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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): February 8, 2019
Buckeye Partners, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
 
1-9356
 
23-2432497
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
 
(Commission File
Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
One Greenway Plaza
Suite 600
 
 
Houston, Texas
 
77046
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (832) 615-8600
 
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o
 

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Item 2.02              Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
 
On February 8, 2019 Buckeye Partners, L.P. issued a press release announcing its 2018 fourth quarter and full year financial results.  The press release is being furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
 
The information provided in this Item 2.02 (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be incorporated by reference in any filing made by Buckeye Partners, L.P. pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, other than to the extent that such filing incorporates by reference any or all of such information by express reference thereto.
 
Item 9.01                                           Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)                                 Exhibits.
 
99.1                        Press release of Buckeye Partners, L.P. issued February 8, 2019


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SIGNATURE
 
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.
 
 
 
BUCKEYE PARTNERS, L.P.
 
 
 
By:
Buckeye GP LLC,
 
 
its General Partner
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ TODD J. RUSSO
 
 
Todd J. Russo
 
 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: February 8, 2019



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Exhibit Index
 
Exhibit
 
 
99.1                            Press release of Buckeye Partners, L.P. issued February 8, 2019

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