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):   May 7, 2009

 

Buckeye GP Holdings L.P.

 (Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)

 

001-32963
(Commission File
Number)

 

11-3776228
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

Five TEK Park
9999 Hamilton Blvd.

 

 

Breinigsville, Pennsylvania

 

18031

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (610) 904-4000

 

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 5.02               Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(b)           On May 7, 2009, Mr. Vance E. Powers advised MainLine Management LLC (“MainLine Management”), the general partner of Buckeye GP Holdings L.P. (“BGH”), of his intention to resign his position as Vice President, Finance and Controller of MainLine Management, effective as of May 15, 2009.  Mr. Powers also indicated his intention to resign a similar position at Buckeye GP LLC (“Buckeye GP”), the general partner of Buckeye Partners, L.P. (NYSE: BPL).  BGH owns and controls Buckeye GP.  Mr. Powers will continue as an employee of Buckeye Pipe Line Services Company for a transition period.

 

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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 GP HOLDINGS L.P.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

MAINLINE MANAGEMENT LLC,

 

 

its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

WILLIAM H. SCHMIDT, JR.

 

 

 

William H. Schmidt, Jr.

 

 

 

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: May 11, 2009

 

 

 

 

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