Boardwalk Pipeline 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 October
25,
2006
(DATE
OF EARLIEST EVENT
REPORTED)
October
23, 2006
BOARDWALK
PIPELINE PARTNERS, LP
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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01-32665
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20-3265614
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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3800
Frederica Street
Owensboro,
Kentucky 42301
(Address
of principal executive office)
(270)
926-8686
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Check
the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
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Act
(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers.
Effective
October 23, 2006, William R. Codes, age 57, was elected as a director of
Boardwalk GP, LLC, the general partner of the Registrant’s general partner, and
will serve as a member of its Audit Committee. Mr. Cordes, who is currently
serving as President of Northern Border Pipeline Company (operated
by a subsidiary of ONEOK Inc.), has
worked in the natural gas industry for more than 35 years, including as Chief
Executive Officer of Northern Border Partners, LP and President of Northern
Natural Gas Company and Transwestern Pipeline Company. Mr. Cordes has announced
his retirement from Northern Border effective April 1, 2007.
The
Registrant’s press release announcing Mr. Cordes’ election is furnished as
Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.
Item
7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On
October 23, 2006, the Registrant issued a press release announcing a quarterly
distribution per common and subordinated unit of $0.40, payable on November
6,
2006, to unitholders of record as of October 30, 2006. The press release is
furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this Form 8-K.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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99.1
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Boardwalk
Pipeline Partners, LP, News Release, issued October 24, 2006, providing
information on the election of William R. Cordes to its Board of
Directors.
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99.2
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Boardwalk
Pipeline Partners, LP, News Release, issued October 23, 2006, providing
information on quarterly
distribution.
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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.
BOARDWALK
PIPELINE PARTNERS, LP
By:
BOARDWALK
GP, LP,
its general partner
By:
BOARDWALK
GP, LLC,
its general partner
By:
/s/
Jamie
L. Buskill
Jamie
L.
Buskill
Chief
Financial Officer
Dated:
October 25, 2006