GLOBAL PARTNERS LP (NYSE:GLP) Files An 8-K Other Events
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On May15, 2017, Global Partners LP, a Delaware limited
partnership (the Partnership), filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) a prospectus supplement, dated May15,
2017, to Rule424(b)under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
(the ATM Prospectus), relating to the offer and sale of the
Partnerships common units representing limited partner interests
having an aggregate offering price of up to $50,000,000 (the
Common Units), which remain unsold under the Partnerships
existing at-the-market offering program. The ATM Prospectus was
filed in order to permit sales of the Common Units to the
Partnerships shelf registration statement on FormS-3 (File
No.333-212172), which was declared effective by the SEC on July5,
2016 and replaced the Partnerships previously filed shelf
registration statement on FormS-3 (File No.333-188982).
This Current Report on Form8-K is being filed to provide the
legal opinions of the Partnerships counsel, Vinson Elkins L.L.P.,
regarding the legality of the offered Common Units and tax
matters, which opinions are attached hereto as Exhibits 5.1 and
8.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and
Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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Description |
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5.1 |
Opinion of Vinson Elkins L.L.P. as to legality of the |
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8.1 |
Opinion of Vinson Elkins L.L.P. regarding tax matters. |
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23.1 |
Consent of Vinson Elkins L.L.P. (included in its opinion |
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23.2 |
Consent of Vinson Elkins L.L.P. (included in its opinion |
About GLOBAL PARTNERS LP (NYSE:GLP)
Global Partners LP is a midstream logistics and marketing company. The Company is engaged in the purchasing, selling and logistics of transporting petroleum and related products, including domestic and Canadian crude oil, gasoline and gasoline blendstocks, distillates, residual oil, renewable fuels, natural gas and propane. It operates through three segments: Wholesale, Gasoline Distribution and Station Operations (GDSO), and Commercial. Its Wholesale segment engages in the logistics of selling, gathering, storage and transportation of refined petroleum products, renewable fuels, crude oil and propane. In the GDSO segment, gasoline distribution includes sales of branded and unbranded gasoline to gasoline station operators and sub jobbers. Its Commercial segment includes sales and deliveries to end user customers in the public sector and to commercial and industrial end users of unbranded gasoline, home heating oil, diesel, kerosene, residual oil, bunker fuel and natural gas. GLOBAL PARTNERS LP (NYSE:GLP) Recent Trading Information
GLOBAL PARTNERS LP (NYSE:GLP) closed its last trading session down -0.15 at 19.80 with 97,002 shares trading hands.
