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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 1, 2023

 

GLOBAL PARTNERS LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 001-32593 74-3140887

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

P.O. Box 9161

800 South Street

Waltham, Massachusetts 02454-9161

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(781) 894-8800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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:

 

¨Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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

 

Title of each class   Trading
Symbol(s)
 

Name of each exchange on which

registered

Common Units representing limited partner interests   GLP   New York Stock Exchange
         
9.75% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units representing limited partner interests   GLP pr A   New York Stock Exchange
         
9.50% Series B Fixed Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units representing limited partner interests   GLP pr B  

New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company  ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

  

 

 

Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On June 1, 2023, Spring Partners Retail LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that is a joint venture (the ”Joint Venture”) owned by subsidiaries of Global Partners LP (the “Partnership”) and Exxon Mobil Corporation, completed its acquisition of 64 Houston-area convenience and fueling facilities from certain Landmark entities (the “JV Acquisition”). The Joint Venture’s assets are managed and operated by SPR Operator LLC, a wholly owned and indirect subsidiary of the Partnership. Information regarding the JV Acquisition was previously furnished in the Partnership’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 29, 2023.

 

The information furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, unless the Partnership specifically states that the information is to be considered “filed” under the Exchange Act or incorporates it by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

 

 

 

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

  GLOBAL PARTNERS LP
     
  By: Global GP LLC
    its general partner
     
Dated: June 2, 2023 By: /s/ Sean T. Geary
    Sean T. Geary
    Chief Legal Officer and Secretary