0001104659-20-001949.txt : 20200211 0001104659-20-001949.hdr.sgml : 20200211 20200107150952 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-20-001949 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200107 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GLOBAL PARTNERS LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001323468 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-PETROLEUM BULK STATIONS & TERMINALS [5171] IRS NUMBER: 743140887 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: P.O. BOX 9161 STREET 2: 800 SOUTH STREET, SUITE 500 CITY: WALTHAM STATE: MA ZIP: 02454 BUSINESS PHONE: (781) 894-8800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P.O. BOX 9161 STREET 2: 800 SOUTH STREET, SUITE 500 CITY: WALTHAM STATE: MA ZIP: 02454 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Global Partners LP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20050411 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

 

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GLOBAL PARTNERS LP   800 South Street     P.O. Box 9161. Waltham, MA 02454

ph: 781-894-8800  fx: 781-398-9000

 

January 7, 2020

 

Via EDGAR

 

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: Dan Morris

 

Re:                             Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness of Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-235687) (as amended, the “Registration Statement”) of Global Partners LP, GLP Finance Corp. and the Additional Registrants Listed in the Registration Statement (the “Registrants”)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Pursuant to Rule 461 under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and on behalf of the Registrants, the Registrants hereby request that the effectiveness of the above-captioned Registration Statement be accelerated so that such Registration Statement will become effective on January 10, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, or as soon thereafter as practicable.

 

The Registrants hereby acknowledge that the disclosure in the Registration Statement is the responsibility of the Registrants.  The Registrants hereby further acknowledge that:

 

·                  should the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the staff (the “Staff”) thereof, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the Registration Statement effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the Registration Statement;

 

·                  the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the Registration Statement effective, does not relieve the Registrants from their full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the Registration Statement; and

 

·                  the Registrants may not assert Staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

 


 

Please call Brenda Lenahan of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. at (212) 237-0133 with any questions regarding this matter.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

GLOBAL PARTNERS LP

 

 

 

By:

GLOBAL GP LLC

 

 

its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Edward J. Faneuil

 

 

 

Edward J. Faneuil

 

 

 

Executive Vice President and

 

 

 

General Counsel

 

 

 

 

 

GLP FINANCE CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Edward J. Faneuil

 

 

Edward J. Faneuil

 

 

Executive Vice President and

 

 

General Counsel

 

 

cc:           Brenda Lenahan, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.

 

Signature Page to Acceleration Request Letter

 


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