UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 5, 2011
Buckeye Partners, L.P.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in 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, TX |
77046 |
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| (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)
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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ITEM 5.02. DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF
CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.
On May 5, 2011 the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Buckeye GP LLC (the “General Partner”),
the general partner of Buckeye Partners, L.P., voted to increase the size of the Board to eight
members and appointed Pieter Bakker to serve as the eighth member of the Board, effective
immediately. Mr. Bakker was also appointed to the Environment, Health and Safety Committee of the
Board. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Bakker and any other persons
pursuant to which he was appointed as a director. There are no relationships between Mr. Bakker
and the General Partner or any related person of the General Partner that would require disclosure
pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
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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 GP LLC, | |||
| its General Partner | ||||
| By: | /s/ William H. Schmidt, Jr. | |||
| William H. Schmidt, Jr. | ||||
| Vice President and General Counsel | ||||
Dated May 9, 2011
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