Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Slifka Eric
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GLOBAL PARTNERS LP [GLP] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
President and CEO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O GLOBAL PARTNERS LP, 800 SOUTH STREET		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/21/2009
(Street)

WALTHAM, MA 02454		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common units representing limited partner interests 10/14/2009   M   22,046 A (1) 149,588 D  
Common units representing limited partner interests 10/14/2009   D   7,000 D $ 22.5 142,588 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Phantom units (2) $ 0 08/21/2009   A   22,046   12/31/2013(3) 12/31/2013(3) Common units 22,046 $ 0 22,046 D  
Phantom units (2) (4) $ 0 10/14/2009   M     22,046 10/14/2009 10/14/2009 Common units 22,046 $ 22.5 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Slifka Eric
C/O GLOBAL PARTNERS LP
800 SOUTH STREET
WALTHAM, MA 02454		   X     President and CEO  

Signatures

 Edward J. Faneuil, Attorney-in-Fact for Eric Slifka   10/16/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Acquisition of common units representing limited partner interests in Global Partners LP, in settlement of 25% of the phantom units that were granted to Mr. Eric Slifka pursuant to a Grant Agreement dated February 5, 2009 under the Global Partners LP Long-Term Incentive Plan, as a result of the satisfaction of certain early vesting conditions set forth in the Grant Agreement. See footnotes (3) and (4) below for additional information regarding the February 5, 2009 grant of phantom units to Mr. Slifka.
(2) Each phantom unit is the economic equivalent of one common unit of Global Partners LP.
(3) Pursuant to a Grant Agreement dated February 5, 2009, Mr. Slifka was granted 88,184 phantom units, subject to satisfaction of a performance goal set forth in the Grant Agreement. All of these phantom units will cliff vest on December 31, 2013, provided that the performance goal set forth in the Grant Agreement is satisfied. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the vesting of some or all of these phantom units may be accelerated under certain conditions set forth in the Grant Agreement.
(4) 22,046 of the phantom units that were granted to Mr. Slifka pursuant to a Grant Agreement dated February 5, 2009 vested on August 21, 2009 as a result of the satisfaction of certain early vesting conditions set forth in the Grant Agreement.
 
Remarks:
Remarks: Mr. Eric Slifka is a Director and the President and Chief Executive Officer of Global GP LLC, the general partner of Global Partners LP, the issuer.

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