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SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )
Filed by the Registrant [X]
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Check the appropriate box:
[_] Preliminary Proxy Statement [_] CONFIDENTIAL, FOR USE OF THE
COMMISSION ONLY (AS PERMITTED BY
RULE 14A-6(E)(2))
[_] Definitive Proxy Statement
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[_] Soliciting Material Pursuant to Section 240.14a-11(c) or Section 240.14a-12
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(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
Buckeye Partners L.P.
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(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)
Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):
[X] No fee required
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pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which
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was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement
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BUCKEYE PARTNERS, L.P.
TIME IS SHORT - VOTE BY TELEPHONE TODAY!
Our records indicate that you have not voted in connection with the Buckeye
Partners, L.P. Consent Solicitation. Regardless of the number of units you own,
it is important that they be voted.
Since the time remaining is short, we have set up a procedure by which you
can vote your units by telephone at no cost to you. Instructions for voting
your units via toll-free ProxyGram are provided below.
The present deadline for this Consent Solicitation is July 17. By that
date, we must receive the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the L.P.
Units for the amendments to the Buckeye Partnership Agreement to be approved.
Thank you for your support.
TOLL-FREE PROXYGRAM OPERATORS WHO ARE INDEPENDENT OF THE COMPANY ARE
AVAILABLE TO ASSIST YOU NOW! ! !
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Call Toll-Free 1-800-437-7699 between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight eastern
time.
2. Tell the operator that you wish to send a collect ProxyGram to ID No. 5052,
Buckeye Partners, L.P.
3. State your name, address and telephone number.
4. State your bank or broker at which your units are held and your control
number as shown below:
Name: Mr. Tom Long
Bank/Broker: Broker 3 Name
Control number: 0000000003
Number of Units (Shares): 300
If you need assistance in voting, please call D.F. King & Co., at 1-800-628-
8509.
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FORM OF CONSENT
BUCKEYE PARTNERS, L.P.
3900 Hamilton Boulevard
Allentown, Pennsylvania 18103
CONSENT AND VOTE FOR ADOPTION
OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
The undersigned Unitholder of Buckeye Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership, hereby revokes all prior consents given with respect to the matters
covered hereunder, and acknowledges receipt of the Consent Solicitation
Statement dated May 22, 1998.
THE LP UNITS REPRESENTED BY THIS SIGNED CONSENT WILL BE TREATED AS HAVING
CAST A VOTE IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE OPERATOR.
THE GENERAL PARTNER RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE PROPOSAL
Proposal: To amend and restate the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership by approving and adopting the proposed amendments described in the
Consent Solicitation Statement to the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership. A copy of the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership is included in the accompanying Consent Solicitation Statement as
Appendix A.
( ) FOR ( ) AGAINST
If no box is marked above, but this Consent is otherwise properly completed and
signed, the LP Units will be voted "for" the Proposal.
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