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EX-12.1 - EX-12.1 - BUCKEYE PARTNERS, L.P.h78730exv12w1.htm
 
 
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): January 7, 2011 (January 4, 2011)
Buckeye Partners, L.P.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
         
Delaware
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
  1-9356
(Commission File
Number)
  23-2432497
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
One Greenway Plaza
Suite 600
Houston, TX

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  77046
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (832) 615-8600
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
     On January 4, 2011, Buckeye Partners, L.P. ( the “Partnership”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Barclays Capital Inc. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as representatives of the underwriters, that provided for the issuance and sale by the Partnership, and the purchase by the underwriters, of $650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Partnership’s 4.875% senior unsecured notes due 2021 (the “Senior Notes”). A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference herein. The Senior Notes are expected to be issued on January 13, 2011 pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of July 10, 2003, between the Partnership and U.S. Bank National Association (successor to SunTrust Bank), as trustee, as amended and supplemented from time to time. The offering of the Senior Notes has been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-155522).
ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     
(d)   Exhibits.
 
   
1.1
  Underwriting Agreement, dated as of January 4, 2011, among Barclays Capital Inc. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as representatives of the Underwriters, Buckeye Partners, L.P. and Buckeye GP LLC.
 
   
5.1
  Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. as to the legality of the Senior Notes.
 
   
12.1
  Computation of ratios of earnings to fixed charges.
 
   
23.1
  Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (included in its opinions filed as Exhibit 5.1).

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SIGNATURE
     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.
         
  BUCKEYE PARTNERS, L.P.
 
 
  By:   Buckeye GP LLC,    
    its General Partner   
     
  By:    /s/ William H. Schmidt, Jr.  
    William H. Schmidt, Jr.   
    Vice President and General Counsel   
 
Dated: January 7, 2011

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Exhibit Index
     
  Exhibits.
 
   
1.1
  Underwriting Agreement, dated as of January 4, 2011, among Barclays Capital Inc. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as representatives of the Underwriters, Buckeye Partners, L.P. and Buckeye GP LLC.
 
   
5.1
  Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. as to the legality of the Senior Notes.
 
   
12.1
  Computation of ratios of earnings to fixed charges.
 
   
23.1
  Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (included in its opinions filed as Exhibit 5.1).

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