UNITED STATES
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FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On April 21, 2020, TC PipeLines, LP (the "Partnership") issued a news release (the "News Release") announcing a first quarter 2020 cash distribution of $0.65 per common unit payable on May 12, 2020 to common unitholders of record on May 1, 2020. A copy of the News Release is attached as Exhibit 99 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99 | News Release of TC PipeLines, LP, dated April 21, 2020, reporting the Partnership's first quarter 2020 cash distribution. | |
| 104 | The cover page of this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL |
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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.
| TC PipeLines, LP | ||
| by: TC PipeLines GP, Inc., its general partner | ||
| By: | /s/ Jon Dobson | |
| Jon Dobson | ||
| Secretary | ||
Dated: April 21, 2020
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99 | News Release of TC PipeLines, LP, dated April 21, 2020, reporting the Partnership's first quarter 2020 cash distribution. |