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, 2008
SEMGROUP ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
| DELAWARE | 001-33503 | 20-8536826 | ||
| (State of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission file number) | (I.R.S. employer identification number) | ||
| Two Warren Place 6120 South Yale Avenue, Suite 500 Tulsa, Oklahoma |
74136 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (918) 524-5500
(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 2.02. | Results of Operations and Financial Condition. |
On May 7, 2008, SemGroup Energy Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference. In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information set forth herein and in the press release is deemed to be “furnished” and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
The press release includes the non-generally accepted accounting principles (“non-GAAP”) financial measures of EBITDA and distributable cash flow. The press release provides reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The Partnership’s non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as alternatives to GAAP measures such as net income, operating income, net cash flows provided by operating activities or any other GAAP measure of liquidity or financial performance.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits |
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information set forth in the attached Exhibit 99.1 is deemed to be “furnished” and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of the Exchange Act.
| EXHIBIT |
DESCRIPTION | |||||
| 99.1 | — | Press release dated May 7, 2008. | ||||
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
| SEMGROUP ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P. | ||||||||
| By: | SemGroup Energy Partners G.P., L.L.C. | |||||||
| its General Partner | ||||||||
| Date: May 7, 2008 | By: | /s/ Alex G. Stallings | ||||||
| Alex G. Stallings | ||||||||
| Chief Accounting Officer | ||||||||
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| EXHIBIT |
DESCRIPTION | |||||
| 99.1 | — | Press release dated May 7, 2008. | ||||