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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001564590-18-031383
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20181223
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20181226
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20181226

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			STAR GROUP, L.P.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001002590
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-RETAIL STORES, NEC [5990]
		IRS NUMBER:				061437793
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14129
		FILM NUMBER:		181251782

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9 WEST BROAD STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 310
		CITY:			STAMFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06902
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2033287300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9 WEST BROAD STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 310
		CITY:			STAMFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06902

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	STAR GROUP LP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20171025

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	STAR GAS PARTNERS LP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19951025
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:6.67%;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">On December 23, 2018, <font style="color:#000000;">the Board of Directors of Kestrel Heat LLC, the general partner of Star Group, L.P. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), approved the appointment of Daniel Donovan, 72, to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of Kestrel Heat LLC on an interim basis until a permanent replacement can be identified and appointed by the Board.&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr. Donovan assumes the responsibilities of Chief Executive Officer from Steven J. Goldman, who passed away suddenly on December 22, 2018.&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr. Donovan has been a director of Kestrel Heat since April&#160;28, 2006. Mr.&#160;Donovan was Chief Executive Officer of Kestrel Heat from May&#160;31, 2007 to September&#160;30, 2013 and had been President from April&#160;28, 2006 to September&#160;30, 2013.&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr. Donovan&#8217;s compensation arrangement as President and Chief Executive Officer is not final as of the date of this filing.&nbsp;&nbsp;Additional information regarding Mr. Donovan is set forth in the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed December 6, 2018, which information is incorporated herein by reference.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Item 7.01<font style="margin-left:36pt;">Regulation FD Disclosure.</font></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">STAMFORD, Conn., Dec. 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Star Group, L.P. (the "Company" or "Star") (SGU), a home energy distributor and services provider, is saddened to announce that Steven J. Goldman, Star&#8217;s President and Chief Executive Officer, died suddenly on Saturday, December 22, 2018. </p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Paul Vermylen, Star&#8217;s Chairman of the Board, stated, "It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of our long-time CEO and colleague, Steve Goldman. Having known Steve for almost fifteen years, I can speak for the Board in recognizing his leadership and stewardship of Star Group.&nbsp;&nbsp;He led the transformation of Star into what it is today &#8211; a leading energy provider serving approximately 450,000 full-service customers in 18 states and the District of Columbia &#8211; where customer service drove every decision he made. He will be greatly missed by everyone associated with the Company and leaves behind a team fully capable of leading Star Group for years to come.&#8221; </p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Star Group, L.P. is a full service provider specializing in the sale of home heating products and services to residential and commercial customers to heat their homes and buildings. The Company also sells and services heating and air conditioning equipment to its home heating oil and propane customers and, to a lesser extent, provides these offerings to customers outside of its home heating oil and propane customer base. In certain of Star's marketing areas, the Company provides plumbing services primarily to its home heating oil and propane customer base. Star also sells diesel, gasoline and home heating oil on a delivery only basis. Star is the nation's largest retail distributor of home heating oil based upon sales volume. Including its propane locations, Star serves customers in the more northern and eastern states within the Northeast, Central and Southeast U.S. regions. Additional information is available by obtaining the Company's SEC filings at <font style="text-decoration:underline;">www.sec.gov</font> and by visiting Star's website at <font style="text-decoration:underline;">www.stargrouplp.com</font>, where unit holders may request a hard copy of Star&#8217;s complete audited financial statements free of charge.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">This news release includes "forward-looking statements" which represent the Company&#8217;s expectations or beliefs concerning future events that involve risks and uncertainties, including those associated with the effect of weather conditions on our financial performance; the price and supply of the products we sell; the consumption patterns of our customers; our ability to obtain satisfactory gross profit margins; our ability to obtain new customers and retain existing customers; our ability to make strategic acquisitions; the impact of litigation; our ability to contract for our current and future supply needs; natural gas conversions; future union relations and the outcome of current and future union negotiations; the impact of future governmental regulations, including environmental, health and safety regulations; the ability to attract and retain employees; customer creditworthiness; counterparty creditworthiness; marketing plans; general economic conditions and new technology. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this news release are forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, the words "believe," "anticipate," "plan," "expect," "seek," "estimate" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct and actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those set forth under the heading "Risk Factors" and "Business Strategy" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K (the "Form 10-K") for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company&#8217;s expectations ("Cautionary Statements") are disclosed in this news release and in the Form 10-K. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the Cautionary Statements. Unless otherwise required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise after the date of this news release.</p>
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