Edgar Filing: Sprague Resources LP

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Sprague Resources Holdings LLC

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Sprague Resources LP [SRLP]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	__X__ Other (specify below)
Director by Deputization

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

185 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE,

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/16/2017

(Street)

PORTSMOUTH, NH 03801

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Units representing limited partner interests	02/16/2017		C		10,071,970	A	⁽¹⁾	12,106,348	I	See Footnote ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Subordinated Units representing limited partner interests

⁽¹⁾

02/16/2017

10,071,970

⁽¹⁾

Common Units representing limited partner interests

10,071,970

⁽¹⁾

See Footnote ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Sprague Resources Holdings LLC 185 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE PORTSMOUTH, NH 03801		X		Director by Deputization
JOHNSON ANTONIA C/O AXEL JOHNSON AB VILLAGANTAN 6, P.O. BOX 26008 STOCKHOLM, V7 SE-100 41		X

Signatures

/s/ Paul A. Scoff, as Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of Sprague Resources Holdings LLC		03/23/2017
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	All 10,071,970 issued and outstanding subordinated units representing limited partner interests in the Issuer were converted into common units representing limited partner interests in the Issuer on a one-for-one basis, effective February 16, 2017, upon the expiration of the subordination period as set forth in the Issuer's First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership.
(2)	This Form 4 is jointly filed by Sprague Resources Holdings LLC ("Sprague Holdings") and Antonia Ax:son Johnson.
(3)	On March 2, 2015, the 462,408 common units formerly held of record by Sprague International Properties LLC, which is directly controlled by Sprague Holdings, were transferred to Sprague Holdings. Sprague Holdings is indirectly controlled by Antonia Ax:son Johnson and, as such, Antonia Ax:son Johnson may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the units beneficially owned by Sprague Holdings, but disclaims such beneficial ownership except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.
(4)	Sprague Holdings has the right to appoint all of the directors of the Board of Directors of Sprague Resources GP LLC, the general partner of the Issuer. Therefore, each of Sprague Holdings and Antonia Ax:son Johnson may be deemed a director by deputization.

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