sph-8k_20180124.htm

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

January 24, 2018

Commission File Number: 1-14222

 

SUBURBAN PROPANE PARTNERS, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

22-3410353

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

Identification No.)

 

240 Route 10 West

Whippany, New Jersey 07981

(973) 887-5300

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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Item 5.03Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

(a)At its meeting on January 24, 2018, the Board of Supervisors (“Board”) of Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”)  and of Suburban Propane, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), acting pursuant to the authority granted to the Board under the limited partnership agreement of each of the Partnership and the Operating Partnership, adopted Amendment No. 2 to the limited partnership agreement of each of the Partnership and the Operating Partnership in response to certain changes to the Internal Revenue Code enacted by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 relating to partnership audit and adjustment procedures.

 

The foregoing description in this Current Report of the amendments to the limited partnership agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the amendments, copies of which are filed as exhibits to this Current Report, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)      Exhibits.

 

3.1

Amendment No. 2, dated January 24, 2018, to the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership dated as of October 19, 2006, as amended as of July 31, 2007.

 

3.2

Amendment No. 2, dated January 24, 2018, to the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership dated as of October 19, 2006, as amended as of June 24, 2009.

 


 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

SUBURBAN PROPANE PARTNERS, L.P.

 

 

By:       /s/  PAUL ABEL

Name:Paul Abel

 

Title:

Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

 

Date: January 24, 2018