-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, JYVyty8RCaUXWq+FnJmpyQEVfyQY6AtM0kkOuSF/yXKiNYInRrgoNtVNC3h6xIpl fee32MXbD3lnlpDeiVCEFw== 0000950136-07-007211.txt : 20071025 0000950136-07-007211.hdr.sgml : 20071025 20071025084150 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950136-07-007211 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20071025 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20071025 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20071025 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SUBURBAN PROPANE PARTNERS LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001005210 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-MISCELLANEOUS RETAIL [5900] IRS NUMBER: 223410353 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-14222 FILM NUMBER: 071189597 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 206 STREET 2: 240 ROUTE 10 WEST CITY: WIPPANY STATE: NJ ZIP: 07981 BUSINESS PHONE: 9738875300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE SUBURBAN PLZ STREET 2: 240 RTE 10 WEST CITY: WHIPPANY STATE: NJ ZIP: 07981 8-K 1 file1.htm FORM 8-K

 
 

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 25, 2007

SUBURBAN PROPANE PARTNERS, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

     
1-14222
(Commission File Number)
  22-3410353
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
240 Route 10 West
Whippany, New Jersey 07981
(973) 887-5300

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
 

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:

o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
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o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 

 



ITEM 7.01. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

ITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS

On October 25, 2007, Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”) issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing its Fiscal 2007 Fourth Quarter Distribution Declaration. A copy of the Press Release has been furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.

In accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.1446-4(d), the Partnership hereby notifies all nominees that they are responsible for withholding 35% of the fiscal 2007 fourth quarter distribution to foreign investors (nonresident aliens, foreign corporations, foreign trusts and foreign estates) as required under Section 1446 of the Internal Revenue Code.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d)

Exhibits.

 

99.1

Press Release of Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. dated October 25, 2007, announcing the Fiscal 2007 Fourth Quarter Distribution Declaration.

SIGNATURES

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.


  

October 25, 2007

 

SUBURBAN PROPANE PARTNERS, L.P.

 

By: 


/s/ MICHAEL A. STIVALA

 

 

Name: Michael A. Stivala
Title: Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

 

Exhibit

99.1

 

Press Release of Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. dated October 25, 2007, announcing the Fiscal 2007 Fourth Quarter Distribution Declaration.

 

 


EX-99.1 2 file2.htm PRESS RELEASE DATED OCTOBER 25, 2007


 

News Release

Contact: Michael Stivala
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Accounting Officer
P.O. Box 206, Whippany, NJ 07981-0206
Phone: 973-503-9252

   

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. Declares

$0.15 per Common Unit Increase in Annualized

Distribution Rate to $3.00 per Common Unit

Whippany, New Jersey, October 25, 2007 — Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. (NYSE:SPH), a marketer of propane gas, fuel oil and related products and services nationwide, today announced that its Board of Supervisors declared the fifteenth increase (since the Partnership’s recapitalization in 1999) in the Partnership’s quarterly distribution from $0.7125 to $0.75 per Common Unit for the three months ended September 29, 2007. The distribution equates to $3.00 per Common Unit annualized, an increase of $0.15 per Common Unit from the previous distribution rate, and is payable on November 13, 2007 to Common Unitholders of record as of November 6, 2007.

In announcing the increase in the distribution rate, Chief Executive Officer Mark A. Alexander said, “The success we’ve had in driving efficiencies to the bottom line while enhancing our customer base have put us in the strongest financial position since our initial public offering in 1996. We’re extremely pleased to continue to pass along these benefits to our Unitholders. With this increase, our distribution rate has grown 13% over the prior year fourth quarter. We look forward to building upon our successes as we maintain our focus on measures that support our long-term business strategy to deliver increasing value to our Unitholders by achieving sustainable, profitable growth.”

Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. is a publicly traded Master Limited Partnership listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Headquartered in Whippany, New Jersey, Suburban has been in the customer service business since 1928. The Partnership serves the energy needs of approximately 1,000,000 residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural customers through more than 300 locations in 30 states.

 

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