<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001323468-17-000019.txt : 20170705
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20170705205649
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001323468-17-000019
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170701
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170705
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170705

ISSUER:		

	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

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P.O. BOX 9161
		STREET 2:		800 SOUTH STREET
		CITY:			WALTHAM
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02454
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(781) 894-8800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P.O. BOX 9161
		STREET 2:		800 SOUTH STREET
		CITY:			WALTHAM
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02454

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Global Partners LP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20050411

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Faneuil Edward J
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001336789

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32593
		FILM NUMBER:		17950664

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O GLOBAL COMPANIES LLC
		STREET 2:		P.O. BOX 9161, 800 SOUTH ST., SUITE 200
		CITY:			WALTHAM
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02454-9161
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        <footnote id="F1">Each phantom unit representing the right to receive one Common Unit upon vesting (&quot;Phantom Unit&quot;) converts into a common unit representing a limited partner interest in the Issuer (&quot;Common Unit&quot;) on a one for one basis.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Each Common Unit was withheld at the request of the Reporting Person to satisfy the tax withholding obligations of the Reporting Person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The Issuer's closing market price on June 30, 2017.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Each Phantom Unit is the economic equivalent of one Common Unit.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Pursuant to a Grant Agreement dated June 27, 2013, the Reporting Person was granted 76,356 Phantom Units.  Upon satisfying the vesting conditions set forth in said Grant Agreement, the Phantom Units vest as follows: 33 1/3% on July 1, 2017, 66 2/3% on July 1, 2018 and 100% on July 1, 2019.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Remarks: Mr. Edward J. Faneuil is the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Global GP LLC, the general partner of Global Partners LP, the Issuer.</remarks>

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        <signatureDate>2017-07-05</signatureDate>
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