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 (Date of earliest event reported): July 216, 2012

Northern Tier Energy LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware	333-178458	27-3005162
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

38C Grove Street, Suite 100 Ridgefield, Connecticut		06877
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 244-6550

Not Applicable.

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

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Item 27.0201 ~~Results~~Regulation ofFD ~~Operations and Financial Condition~~Disclosure.

On July 216, 2012, Northern Tier Energy LP ~~filed with~~ (the ~~Securities~~“Partnership”), ~~and~~an ~~Exchange~~affiliate ~~Commission~~of ~~Amendment~~Northern ~~No. 4~~Tier toEnergy ~~its~~LLC, ~~Registration~~commenced ~~Statement~~an initial onpublic ~~Form~~offering ~~S-1~~ (~~File No. 333-178457)(~~the ~~“Registration~~ ~~Statement~~“Offering”) of 16,250,000 ~~reporting~~common ~~Northern~~units ~~Tier~~representing ~~Energy~~limited ~~LLC’s~~partner interests in the Partnership (the “~~Company~~Common Units”) ~~preliminary~~pursuant ~~estimates~~to ofa ~~selected~~registration ~~second~~statement ~~quarter~~filed ~~2012~~with ~~financial~~the ~~results.~~Securities ~~Attached~~and asExchange Commission ~~Exhibit~~(the 99“Commission”).1 toThe ~~this~~Partnership ~~Current~~will ~~Report~~grant onthe ~~Form~~underwriters 8a 30-Kday isoption to purchase up to an ~~excerpt~~ ~~from~~additional ~~the~~2,437,500 ~~Registration~~Common ~~Statement~~Units. ~~containing~~The ~~the~~Common ~~Company’s~~Units ~~preliminary~~will ~~estimates~~be oflisted ~~selected~~on ~~second~~the ~~quarter~~New ~~2012~~York ~~financial~~Stock ~~results~~Exchange and trade under the symbol “NTI.”

~~Item~~A 9registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Commission but has not yet become effective.01 ~~Financial~~These ~~Statements~~securities ~~and~~may ~~Exhibits~~not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. The registration statement is available on the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov under the Partnership’s name, Northern Tier Energy LP. This Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information set forth in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (dthe “Exchange Act”), ~~Exhibits~~or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibit
99.1		Excerpt from Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Northern Tier Energy LP (File No. 333-178457), filed July 2, 2012.

SIGNATURE

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.

	~~Northern Tier Energy LLC~~	Northern Tier Energy LLC
	(Registrant)
Date: July 16, 2012		By:	/s/ Peter T. Gelfman
Date: July 9, 2012	By:	/s/ Peter T. Gelfman
		Peter T. Gelfman
	Peter T. Gelfman
		Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
	Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibit
99.1		Excerpt from Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Northern Tier Energy LP (File No. 333-178457), filed July 2, 2012.

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