UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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 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): April 23, 2024

 

NuStar Energy L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

19003 IH-10 West

San Antonio, Texas 78257

 

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(210) 918-2000

 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not applicable

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐  

 

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NuStar Energy L.P. (the “Partnership”) held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Unitholders (the “2024 Annual Meeting”) on April 23, 2024, with all members of the Board of Directors of the general partner of the Partnership’s general partner in attendance.  As of the record date for the 2024 Annual Meeting, there were 126,535,271 common units outstanding and entitled to vote at the 2024 Annual Meeting (the “Voting Units”).  A total of 110,989,013 of the Voting Units were present or represented by proxy at the 2024 Annual Meeting, representing approximately 88% of all votes entitled to be cast at the 2024 Annual Meeting. The matters submitted for a vote and the related results are as follows:

Class I Nominees		Votes For		Votes Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Bradley C. Barron		89,081,022		1,078,612		20,829,379
William B. Burnett		89,573,386		586,248		20,829,379
W. Grady Rosier		88,068,715		2,090,919		20,829,379

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
109,899,124		488,305		601,584		—

Consistent with the foregoing votes: (1) each of Bradley C. Barron, William B. Burnett and W. Grady Rosier has been elected as a Group III director to serve on the Board of Directors; and (2) the appointment of KPMG LLP to serve as the Partnership’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 has been ratified.

(d)

Exhibits.

 

SIGNATURES

 

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.

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