Buckeye Partners, L.P. (NYSE:BPL) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Buckeye Partners, L.P. (NYSE:BPL) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security HoldersItem 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The annual meeting of the unitholders of Buckeye Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”) was held on June5, 2018, at which the following matters were voted upon by the Partnership’s unitholders: (i)the election of three ClassII directors to serve on the board of directors of Buckeye GP LLC, the General Partner of the Partnership, until the Partnership’s 2021 annual meeting of unitholders, (ii)the approval of an amendment of Buckeye Partners, L.P.’s partnership agreement, as described in the Partnership’s definitive proxy statement, (iii)the ratification of the selection of Deloitte& Touche LLP as the Partnership’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year 2018, and (iv)the approval, in an advisory vote, of the compensation of the Partnership’s named executive officers, as described in the Partnership’s definitive proxy statement. As of the record date for the annual meeting, there were 146,931,940 outstanding LP Units and 6,220,658 ClassC Units that were entitled to vote at the annual meeting.

All nominees for director were elected, with voting as detailed below:

The amendment of Buckeye Partners, L.P.’s partnership agreement was not approved because the amendment did not receive the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds of the Partnership’s outstanding limited partnership units as of the record date, with voting as detailed below:

The selection of Deloitte& Touche LLP as the Partnership’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year 2018 was ratified, with voting as detailed below:

The advisory vote on the compensation of the Partnership’s named executive officers resulted in an approval of executive compensation, with voting as detailed below: