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 8, 2013 | |
(DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED) | October 7, 2013 |
BOARDWALK PIPELINE PARTNERS, LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 01-32665 | 20-3265614 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2800
Houston, Texas 77046
(Address of principal executive office)
(866) 913-2122
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On October 7, 2013, Boardwalk GP, LP, which is the sole general partner of Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP (the Partnership), entered into an amendment to the Partnerships limited partnership agreement (the Partnership Agreement). The amendment, which became effective on October 7, 2013, provides for a capital account reallocation upon the conversion of a Class B Unit (as defined in the Partnership Agreement). The capital account reallocation allows converted Class B Units to be fungible with Common Units (as defined in the Partnership Agreement) by ensuring that converted Class B Units have like intrinsic economic and federal income tax characteristics, in all material respects, to the intrinsic economic and federal income tax characteristics of an Initial Common Unit (as defined in the Partnership Agreement).
This summary of the amendment is qualified by reference to the full text of the amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this report, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits:
Exhibit No. | Description | |
3.1 | Amendment No. 3 to the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP |
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 Senior Vice President, Chief Financial & Administrative Officer and Treasurer |
Dated: October 8, 2013
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Description | |
3.1 | Amendment No. 3 to the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP |