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): October 3, 2019

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


Delaware
  
001-09356
  
23-2432497
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS 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)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
  
Trading Symbol(s)
  
Name of each exchange on which registered
Limited partner units representing limited partnership interests
  
BPL
  
New York Stock Exchange




Item 7.01          Regulation FD Disclosure.

Buckeye Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”) has successfully received approval from both the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) and the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission for the proposed acquisition of the Partnership by entities affiliated with IFM Global Infrastructure Fund announced on May 10, 2019 (the “proposed merger”).  The Partnership continues to expect that the proposed merger will close during the fourth quarter of 2019.

For more information regarding the proposed merger, please see the Partnership’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 10, 2019 and July 31, 2019 and Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on June 25, 2019, as supplemented by the Partnership’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 22, 2019.

The information furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01 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 the Partnership 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.




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  
       



Dated: October 3, 2019