Current Report Filing (8-k)

    

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): February 22, 2017

ALON USA PARTNERS, LP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	001-35742 (Commission File Number)	46-0810241 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

12700 Park Central Dr., Suite 1600

Dallas, Texas 75251

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: [phone]

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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 ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

        

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Item 2.02.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On February 22, 2017 , Alon USA Partners, LP (the “Partnership”) issued a press release (the “Press Release”) reporting its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2016. A copy of the Press Release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)     Exhibits .

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press Release dated February 22, 2017.

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

			Alon USA Partners, LP
		By:	Alon USA Partners GP, LLC
			its general partner
Date:	February 22, 2017	By:	/s/ Shai Even
			Shai Even
			President and Chief Financial Officer

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press Release dated February 22, 2017.