UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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 914, 2025

GLOBAL PARTNERS LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-32593

74-3140887

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

P.O. Box 9161

800 South Street

Waltham, Massachusetts 02454-9161

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(781) 894-8800

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

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Units representing limited partner interests	GLP	New York Stock Exchange

9.50% Series B Fixed Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units representing limited partner interests	GLP pr B	New York Stock Exchange

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 ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 57.0201. ~~Departure~~Regulation ofFD ~~Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.~~Disclosure

On April 9 14, 2025, ~~Sean~~ T.Global ~~Geary,~~Partners ~~Chief~~LP ~~Legal~~(the ~~Officer~~“Partnership”) ~~and~~issued ~~Secretary~~a ofpress ~~Global~~release GPannouncing ~~LLC~~that (the ~~“General~~Board of ~~Partner”),~~Directors ~~the~~of its general partner, Global GP LLC, declared a quarterly cash distribution of ~~Global~~$0.59375 ~~Partners LP~~per unit (~~the~~$2.375 ~~“Partnership”~~per unit on an annualized basis), ~~notified~~on the ~~General~~Partnership’s ~~Partner~~9.50% ~~that~~fixed-rate ~~Mr.~~Series ~~Geary~~B ~~will~~preferred ~~resign~~units asfor the ~~General~~period ~~Partner’s~~from ~~Chief~~February 15, 2025 ~~Legal~~through ~~Officer~~May 14, ~~and~~2025. ~~Secretary~~On ~~effective January~~May 115, ~~2026.~~2025, Hethe Partnership will ~~continue~~pay tosuch becash ~~employed~~distribution asto aits ~~Senior~~Series B ~~Legal~~preferred ~~Advisor~~unitholders of torecord ~~the~~as ~~General~~of ~~Partner and~~ the ~~Partnership~~opening ~~following~~of ~~his~~business ~~resignation~~ on ~~terms~~May 1, ~~to be negotiated~~2025.

~~Kristin~~A ~~Seabrook~~copy ~~will~~of ~~join~~ the ~~General~~Partnership’s press ~~Partner~~release asis ~~Senior~~attached ~~Vice~~hereto ~~President of Legal Transformation on April 14, 2025 and will succeed Mr. Geary~~ as ~~Chief Legal Officer effective January~~Exhibit 99.1, ~~2026. Previously, Ms. Seabrook was Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Counsel~~ and ~~Secretary at~~incorporated ~~Pilot~~herein ~~Travel~~by ~~Centers LLC, where she worked from 2007 to 2025~~reference. ~~The terms of any plan, contract or arrangement with, or any grant or award to, Ms. Seabrook in connection with her appointment as Chief Legal Officer have not yet been determined.~~

~~Item~~In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information set forth in this Item 7.01 ~~Regulation~~and FDin ~~Disclosure~~Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, unless the Partnership specifically states that the information is to be considered “filed” under the Exchange Act or incorporates it by reference into a filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

~~The information set forth under~~ Item 59.0201. ofFinancial ~~this~~Statements ~~Current~~and ~~Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated in Item 7.01 by reference.~~Exhibits

The information furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, unless the Partnership specifically states that the information is to be considered “filed” under the Exchange Act or incorporates it by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

(d)	Exhibit

99.1	Global Partners LP Press Release dated April 14, 2025

104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

A copy of the Partnership’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)          Exhibits

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Global Partners LP Press Release dated April 11, 2025
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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.

	GLOBAL PARTNERS LP
	By:	Global GP LLC
		its general partner
Dated: April 11, 2025	By:	/s/ Sean T. Geary
		Sean T. Geary
		Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

GLOBAL PARTNERS LP

2By: Global GP LLC its general partner

Dated: April 14, 2025	By:	/s/ Sean T. Geary
		Sean T. Geary
		Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

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