Sunoco Logistics Partners LP--Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): April 23, 2013

 

 

SUNOCO LOGISTICS PARTNERS L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-31219   23-3096839

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

file number)

 

(IRS employer

identification number)

 

1818 Market Street, Suite 1500, Philadelphia, PA     19103
(Address of principal executive offices)     (Zip Code)

(866) 248-4344

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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

 

 

 


Item 8.01. Other Events.

On Tuesday, April 23, 2013, Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. (the “Partnership”) announced that Sunoco Partners LLC, its general partner, declared a cash distribution for the first quarter 2013 of $0.5725 per common unit ($2.29 annualized) to be paid on May 15, 2013 to unit holders of record on May 9, 2013. A copy of the press release announcing the declaration of this distribution is being filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Exhibit

99.1    Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. press release dated April 23, 2013.

Safe Harbor Statement

Statements contained in this report, or the exhibits to this report, that state the Partnership’s expectations or predictions of the future are forward-looking statements and are inherently uncertain. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could affect such results include those mentioned in the documents that the Partnership has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Partnership undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as expressly required by law. All forward-looking statements in this current report on Form 8-K are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.


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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

SUNOCO LOGISTICS PARTNERS L.P.
By:  

Sunoco Partners LLC, its General Partner

  By:  

/s/ KATHLEEN SHEA-BALLAY

   

Kathleen Shea-Ballay

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

April 23, 2013

Philadelphia, PA


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Exhibit

99.1    Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. press release dated April 23, 2013.