SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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): September 1, 2004
Buckeye Partners, L.P.
Delaware
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1-9356 | 23-2432497 | ||
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
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(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
5002 Buckeye Road |
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P.O. Box 368 |
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Emmaus, PA
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18049 | |||
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (484) 232-4000
Not Applicable
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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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers. |
(b) Steven C. Ramsey resigned as Senior Vice President – Finance and Chief Executive Officer of Buckeye Pipe Line Company LLC, the general partner (the “General Partner”) of Buckeye Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”), effective as of September 1, 2004.
(c) On September 1, 2004, Robert B. Wallace was appointed as the Senior Vice President – Finance and Chief Executive Officer of the General Partner. Mr. Wallace had been retained as a consultant of the Partnership since April 2004. From September 1997 until February 2004, Mr. Wallace was Executive Director for Corporate Finance – Energy Group of UBS Investment Bank.
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On September 1, 2004, the Partnership issued a press release announcing the events described in Item 5.02. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01. The press release is not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (c) | Exhibits. | |||
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated September 1, 2004, issued by Buckeye Partners, L.P. | |||
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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. |
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| By: | Buckeye Pipe Line Company, | |||
| its General Partner | ||||
| By: | /s/ Stephen C. Muther | |||
| Stephen C. Muther | ||||
| Dated: September 2, 2004 | Senior Vice President Administration, General Counsel and Secretary | |||
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