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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001578668-20-000014
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200806
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200810
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200810

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Foster Daphne H.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001578668

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32593
		FILM NUMBER:		201089018

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 SOUTH STREET, SUITE 500
		CITY:			WALTHAM
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02453

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, 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
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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 July 31, 2020.</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 August 16, 2017, the Reporting Person was granted 53,855 Phantom Units.  Upon satisfying the vesting conditions set forth in said Grant Agreement, the Phantom Units vest as follows: 25% on August 1, 2020, 60% on August 20, 2021 and 100% on August 1, 2022.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Remarks: Ms. Daphne H. Foster is a Director and the Chief Financial Officer of Global GP LLC, the general partner of Global Partners LP, the Issuer.</remarks>

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        <signatureName>Edward J. Faneuil, Attorney-in-Fact for Daphne H. Foster</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-08-10</signatureDate>
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