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):   July 26, 2007

 

Buckeye GP Holdings L.P.

(Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

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

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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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.

(d)           On July 26, 2007, BGH GP Holdings, LLC, the sole member of MainLine Management LLC (“MainLine Management”), which is the general partner of Buckeye GP Holdings L.P., appointed Mr. Joseph A. LaSala, Jr. to the Board of Directors of MainLine Management effective July 27, 2007.  Subsequent to such appointment, Mr. LaSala was elected to the Audit Committee of MainLine Management, effective July 27, 2007, by the Board of Directors of MainLine Management.

Mr. LaSala, 52, has served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Novell, Inc. since July 2001.  Mr. LaSala has also served since April 2001 as a director of BGH’s subsidiary, Buckeye GP LLC (“Buckeye GP”), and for a portion of that time as a member of its audit committee.  He has resigned his positions at Buckeye GP coincident with his election to the Board of Directors of MainLine Management.  There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. LaSala and any other persons pursuant to which he was appointed as a director.  There are no relationships between Mr. LaSala and MainLine Management that would require disclosure pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

 

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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:		STEPHEN C. MUTHER
				Stephen C. Muther
				Executive Vice President, Administration,
				and Legal Affairs

 

Dated: July 27, 2007

 

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