BUCKEYE PARTNERS, L.P. - FORM 8-K - June 13, 2011

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UNITED STATES
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
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June 7, 2011
Buckeye Partners, L.P.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
         
Delaware
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation) 		  1-9356
(Commission File
Number) 		  23-2432497
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
One Greenway Plaza
Suite 600
Houston, TX
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) 		  77046
(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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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
     The annual meeting of Buckeye Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”) unitholders was held on June 7, 2011 at which the following matters were voted upon by the Partnership’s unitholders: (i) the election of three Class I directors to serve on the Partnership’s general partner’s board of directors until the Partnership’s 2014 annual meeting, (ii) the ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Partnership’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending 2011, (iii) an advisory vote on executive compensation, and (iv) an advisory vote on the frequency of the executive compensation vote.
     All nominees for director were elected, with voting as detailed below:
                                 
    For     Against     Abstain     Broker-Non Votes  
1. Forrest E. Wylie
     49,683,234       472,572       243,029       27,785,389  
2. Joseph A. LaSala, Jr.
     49,604,834       544,730       249,272       27,785,389  
3. Martin A. White
     49,534,346       614,699       249,792       27,785,389  
     The proposal to appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Partnership’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending 2011, was ratified, with voting as detailed below:
             
For   Against   Abstain   Broker-Non Votes
77,081,963
  615,864   486,398   0
     The advisory vote on executive compensation resulted in an approval of executive compensation, with voting as detailed below:
             
For   Against   Abstain   Broker-Non Votes
48,374,149   1,400,834   623,853   27,785,389
     The advisory vote on the frequency of the executive compensation vote resulted in the approval that such vote be held every three years, with voting as detailed below:
                 
3 Years   2 Years   1 Year   Abstain   Broker-Non Votes
30,440,343   1,378,128   17,939,341   641,023   27,785,389

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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/ William H. Schmidt, Jr.    
    William H. Schmidt, Jr.   
    Vice President and General Counsel   
 
Dated June 13, 2011

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