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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): May 2, 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 1.01.Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On May 2, 2023, Global Partners LP (the “Partnership”), as guarantor, and certain of its subsidiaries, as borrowers, entered into the Ninth Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Joinder (the “Ninth Amendment”), which further amends the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated April 25, 2017 (as amended prior to the Ninth Amendment, the “Existing Credit Agreement” and as amended through the Ninth Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”). The Ninth Amendment amends certain terms and provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement to, among other things, increase the Applicable Revolver Rate on borrowings by 25 basis points, and extend the maturity date from May 6, 2024 to May 2, 2026. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

 

The foregoing description of the Ninth Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Ninth Amendment. A copy of the Ninth Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

All other material terms of the Credit Agreement remain the same as disclosed in the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.

 

Item 2.03.Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

 

The description of the Ninth Amendment under Item 1.01 above is incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)            Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

Description

10.1+ Ninth Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Joinder, dated May 2, 2023.
   
104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) 

 

+ Schedules and similar attachments have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Partnership undertakes to furnish supplementally copies of any of the omitted schedules and exhibits upon request by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

 

 

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:  May 3, 2023 By: /s/ Sean T. Geary
    Sean T. Geary
    Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

 

 

 

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