UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DATE
OF
REPORT March 18,
2008
(DATE
OF EARLIEST EVENT
REPORTED) March
17, 2008
BOARDWALK
PIPELINE PARTNERS, LP
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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01-32665
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20-3265614
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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9
Greenway Plaza, Suite 2800
Houston,
Texas 77046
(Address
of principal executive office)
(866)
913-2122
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
[
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[
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(17 CFR 240.14a-12)
[
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Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[
] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
7.01
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Regulation
FD Disclosure
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On March
17, 2008, the registrant issued a press release announcing that the Board of
Directors of its general partner had approved, subject to certain conditions,
the purchase by a subsidiary of Loews Corporation of newly created Class B
limited partner units of the registrant for $686 million and the related
contribution of an additional $14 million on behalf of the registrant’s general
partner to maintain its 2% general partner interest. The proposed sale is
subject to the approval of the Conflicts Committee of the registrant’s general
partner and the completion of definitive documentation and is expected to close
by June 30, 2008. The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current
Report on Form 8-K.
The
information under Item 7.01 and in Exhibit 99.1 in this Current Report are being
furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that Section. The information under Item 7.01 and in
Exhibit 99.1 in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into
any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
Item
9.01 Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits:
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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99.1
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Boardwalk Pipeline Partners,
LP News Release, issued March 17,
2008.
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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 thereunto
duly authorized.
BOARDWALK PIPELINE PARTNERS,
LP
By: BOARDWALK
GP, LP,
its
general partner
By: BOARDWALK
GP, LLC,
its
general partner
By: /s/
Jamie L.
Buskill
Jamie L. Buskill
Dated:
March 18, 2008