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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SUBURBAN PROPANE PARTNERS, L.P.</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>One Suburban Plaza</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. 2009 Restricted Unit Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Paul Abel, Esq.<BR>
Vice President, General Counsel &#038; Secretary<BR>
Suburban Propane Partners L.P.<BR>
One Suburban Plaza<BR>
240 Route 10 West<BR>
Whippany, NJ 07981-0206</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(973)&nbsp;887-5300</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><I>Copies to:</I></B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Charles E. Dropkin, Esq.<BR>
Proskauer Rose LLP<BR>
1585 Broadway<BR>
New York, NY 10036<BR>
(212)&nbsp;969-3000</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller
reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check
one):
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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                    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Common Units</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,200,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(1)</B></SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">42.93</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(2)</B></SUP></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">51,516,000.00</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(2)</B></SUP></TD>
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    <TD>Represents the maximum aggregate number of common units (&#147;Common Units&#148;), of Suburban Propane
Partners, L.P. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) that may be granted under the Suburban Propane Partners,
L.P. 2009 Restricted Unit Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). This Registration Statement also registers such
additional Common Units as may be offered or issued under the Plan to prevent dilution
resulting from unit splits, dividends or similar transactions which results in an increase in
the number of the outstanding Common Units issuable pursuant to awards granted under the Plan.
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the average of the high and low selling prices per
Common Unit as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on July&nbsp;22, 2009.</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) by the
Registrant are incorporated herein by reference:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September
27, 2008, filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;26, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended
December&nbsp;27, 2008, and March&nbsp;28, 2009, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;5, 2009,
and May&nbsp;7, 2009, respectively;</TD>
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
October&nbsp;23, 2008, October&nbsp;30, 2008, January&nbsp;7, 2009, January&nbsp;21, 2009, January&nbsp;22,
2009, February&nbsp;27, 2009, April&nbsp;23, 2009(3), April&nbsp;27, 2009, June&nbsp;30, 2009 and July&nbsp;23,
2009(3); and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.</TD>
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    <TD>the description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Units contained in its Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;19, 2006, together with any
amendment or report filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating this
description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In no event, however, will any information that the Registrant discloses under Item&nbsp;2.02 or
Item&nbsp;7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K that the Registrant may from time to time furnish to
the Commission be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise become a part of, this Registration
Statement. Any statement contained in a document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference or
deemed to be part of this Registration Statement after the most recent effective date may modify or
replace existing statements contained in this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the Common Units offered hereby will be passed upon for the Registrant by Paul
Abel, General Counsel for the Registrant. As of July&nbsp;24, 2009, Mr.&nbsp;Abel, whose opinion is included
herewith as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1, owns 1,665 Common Units and an additional 12,915 unvested restricted units
granted to him under the Registrant&#146;s 2000 Restricted Unit Plan.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;17-108 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act provides that subject
to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in its partnership agreement, a
limited partnership may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any partner or
other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Registrant (as amended)
provides that the Registrant will indemnify (i)&nbsp;the members of the Registrant&#146;s board of
supervisors (the &#147;Board&#148;) or the members of the board of supervisors of Suburban Propane, L.P. (the
&#147;Operating Partnership&#148;) or any subsidiary of either the Registrant or the Operating Partnership,
(ii)&nbsp;Suburban Energy Services Group LLC and its successors as general partner of the Registrant
(&#147;General Partner&#148;), any former General Partner (&#147;Departing Partner&#148;), and any person who is or was
an affiliate of the General Partner or any Departing Partner, (ii)&nbsp;any person who is or was a
member, partner, director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of the Registrant, the Operating
Partnership, any subsidiary of either the Registrant or the Operating Partnership, the General
Partner or any Departing Partner or any affiliate of any of the forgoing entities, and (iv)&nbsp;any
person who is or was serving at the request of the Board, the General Partner or any Departing
Partner or any affiliate of the General Partner or any Departing Partner as a member, partner,
director, officer, employee, partner, agent, fiduciary or trustee of another person, in each case
acting in such capacity ((i) through (iv)&nbsp;collectively, &#147;Indemnitees&#148;); provided that a person will
not be an Indemnitee by reason of providing, on a fee-for-services basis, trustee, fiduciary or
custodial services. To the fullest extent permitted by law, all Indemnitees will be indemnified
and held harmless by the Registrant from and against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities (joint or several), expenses (including legal fees, expenses and other disbursements),
judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts arising from any and all
claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, in which any Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party
or otherwise, by reason of its status as an Indemnitee; provided that in each case the Indemnitee
acted in good faith and in a manner that such Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in, or not
opposed to, the best interest of the Registrant and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had
no reasonable cause to believe its conduct was unlawful. Any indemnification under these
provisions will be only out of the assets of the Registrant, and the General Partner shall not be
personally liable for such indemnification and shall have no obligation to contribute or loan any
monies or property to the Registrant to enable it to effectuate such indemnification. To the
fullest extent permitted by law, expenses (including legal fees, expenses and other disbursements)
incurred by an Indemnitee who is indemnified pursuant to the foregoing in defending any claim,
demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Registrant prior to
the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the
Registrant of any undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall be
determined by a final, non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction that the
Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified in accordance with the foregoing. The Registrant may
to purchase and maintain (or reimburse the members of the Board, the General Partner or it
affiliates for the cost of) insurance against any liability that may be asserted against or expense
that may be incurred by such persons in connection with the Registrant&#146;s activities, regardless of
whether the Registrant would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under
the provisions described above.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, any partner or certain other persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="92%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Registrant dated as of
October&nbsp;19, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report
on Form&nbsp;8-K filed October&nbsp;19, 2006), as further amended as of July&nbsp;31, 2007 (such amendment
incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed
August&nbsp;2, 2007).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Description of Common Units of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to
the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed October&nbsp;19, 2006).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Paul Abel, Esq., General Counsel of the Registrant</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Paul Abel, Esq., General Counsel of the Registrant (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. 2009 Restricted Unit Plan</TD>
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</DIV>


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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(i)&nbsp;to include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(ii)&nbsp;to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in
the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total
dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)
if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20%
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of
Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(iii)&nbsp;to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in the Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Whippany, State of New Jersey on this 24th day of July,
2009.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>SUBURBAN PROPANE PARTNERS, L.P.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ MARK. A. ALEXANDER
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Mark. A. Alexander&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Michael J. Dunn, Jr., Paul Abel and Michael Stivala, or any of them
individually, such person&#146;s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for and in such person&#146;s name, place and stead, in the capacities
indicated below, to sign this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Suburban Propane Partners, L.P.
and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, and to file or cause to
be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person
might, or could, do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ MARK. A. ALEXANDER
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mark A. Alexander
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer (Principal<BR>
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;24, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ MICHAEL A. STIVALA
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael A. Stivala
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer and Chief
Accounting Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;24, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ MICHAEL J. DUNN, JR.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael J. Dunn, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President; Member of the Board of
Supervisors
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;24, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ MICHAEL KUGLIN
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael Kuglin
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Controller&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;24, 2009</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ HAROLD R. LOGAN, JR.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Harold R. Logan, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Supervisors&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;24, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ JOHN HOYT STOOKEY
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John Hoyt Stookey
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Member of the Board of Supervisors&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;24, 2009</TD>
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Dudley C. Mecum
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John D. Collins
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Jane Swift
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Registrant dated as of
October&nbsp;19, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report
on Form&nbsp;8-K filed October&nbsp;19, 2006), as further amended as of July&nbsp;31, 2007 (such amendment
incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Description of Common Units of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to
the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed October&nbsp;19, 2006).</TD>
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Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SUBURBAN PROPANE PARTNERS, L.P.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
22-3410353
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
One Suburban Plaza
240 Route 10 West
Whippany, NJ
07981-0206
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. 2009 Restricted Unit Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Paul Abel, Esq.
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Suburban Propane Partners L.P.
One Suburban Plaza
240 Route 10 West
Whippany, NJ 07981-0206
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(973) 887-5300
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copies to:
Charles E. Dropkin, Esq.
Proskauer Rose LLP
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
(212) 969-3000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller
reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check
one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount
Title Of Securities
Amount To Be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Of
To Be Registered
Registered
Per Common Unit
Offering Price
Registration Fee
Common Units
1,200,000
(1)
$
42.93
(2)
$
51,516,000.00
(2)
$
2,875
(1)
Represents the maximum aggregate number of common units ("Common Units"), of Suburban Propane
Partners, L.P. (the "Registrant") that may be granted under the Suburban Propane Partners,
L.P. 2009 Restricted Unit Plan (the "Plan"). This Registration Statement also registers such
additional Common Units as may be offered or issued under the Plan to prevent dilution
resulting from unit splits, dividends or similar transactions which results in an increase in
the number of the outstanding Common Units issuable pursuant to awards granted under the Plan.
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan.
(2)
Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the average of the high and low selling prices per
Common Unit as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on July 22, 2009.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
EX-99.1
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by the
Registrant are incorporated herein by reference:
1.
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September
27, 2008, filed with the Commission on November 26, 2008;
2.
the Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended
December 27, 2008, and March 28, 2009, filed with the Commission on February 5, 2009,
and May 7, 2009, respectively;
3.
the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
October 23, 2008, October 30, 2008, January 7, 2009, January 21, 2009, January 22,
2009, February 27, 2009, April 23, 2009(3), April 27, 2009, June 30, 2009 and July 23,
2009(3); and
4.
the description of the Registrant's Common Units contained in its Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October 19, 2006, together with any
amendment or report filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating this
description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
In no event, however, will any information that the Registrant discloses under Item 2.02 or
Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K that the Registrant may from time to time furnish to
the Commission be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise become a part of, this Registration
Statement. Any statement contained in a document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference or
deemed to be part of this Registration Statement after the most recent effective date may modify or
replace existing statements contained in this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
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Item 5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.
The validity of the Common Units offered hereby will be passed upon for the Registrant by Paul
Abel, General Counsel for the Registrant. As of July 24, 2009, Mr. Abel, whose opinion is included
herewith as Exhibit 5.1, owns 1,665 Common Units and an additional 12,915 unvested restricted units
granted to him under the Registrant's 2000 Restricted Unit Plan.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 17-108 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act provides that subject
to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in its partnership agreement, a
limited partnership may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any partner or
other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever.
The Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Registrant (as amended)
provides that the Registrant will indemnify (i) the members of the Registrant's board of
supervisors (the "Board") or the members of the board of supervisors of Suburban Propane, L.P. (the
"Operating Partnership") or any subsidiary of either the Registrant or the Operating Partnership,
(ii) Suburban Energy Services Group LLC and its successors as general partner of the Registrant
("General Partner"), any former General Partner ("Departing Partner"), and any person who is or was
an affiliate of the General Partner or any Departing Partner, (ii) any person who is or was a
member, partner, director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of the Registrant, the Operating
Partnership, any subsidiary of either the Registrant or the Operating Partnership, the General
Partner or any Departing Partner or any affiliate of any of the forgoing entities, and (iv) any
person who is or was serving at the request of the Board, the General Partner or any Departing
Partner or any affiliate of the General Partner or any Departing Partner as a member, partner,
director, officer, employee, partner, agent, fiduciary or trustee of another person, in each case
acting in such capacity ((i) through (iv) collectively, "Indemnitees"); provided that a person will
not be an Indemnitee by reason of providing, on a fee-for-services basis, trustee, fiduciary or
custodial services. To the fullest extent permitted by law, all Indemnitees will be indemnified
and held harmless by the Registrant from and against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities (joint or several), expenses (including legal fees, expenses and other disbursements),
judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts arising from any and all
claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, in which any Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party
or otherwise, by reason of its status as an Indemnitee; provided that in each case the Indemnitee
acted in good faith and in a manner that such Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in, or not
opposed to, the best interest of the Registrant and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had
no reasonable cause to believe its conduct was unlawful. Any indemnification under these
provisions will be only out of the assets of the Registrant, and the General Partner shall not be
personally liable for such indemnification and shall have no obligation to contribute or loan any
monies or property to the Registrant to enable it to effectuate such indemnification. To the
fullest extent permitted by law, expenses (including legal fees, expenses and other disbursements)
incurred by an Indemnitee who is indemnified pursuant to the foregoing in defending any claim,
demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Registrant prior to
the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the
Registrant of any undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall be
determined by a final, non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction that the
Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified in accordance with the foregoing. The Registrant may
to purchase and maintain (or reimburse the members of the Board, the General Partner or it
affiliates for the cost of) insurance against any liability that may be asserted against or expense
that may be incurred by such persons in connection with the Registrant's activities, regardless of
whether the Registrant would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under
the provisions described above.
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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, any partner or certain other persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Registrant dated as of
October 19, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed October 19, 2006), as further amended as of July 31, 2007 (such amendment
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed
August 2, 2007).
4.2
Description of Common Units of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 19, 2006).
5.1
Opinion of Paul Abel, Esq., General Counsel of the Registrant
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2
Consent of Paul Abel, Esq., General Counsel of the Registrant (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
99.1
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. 2009 Restricted Unit Plan
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) to include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in
the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total
dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)
if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20%
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement.
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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Whippany, State of New Jersey on this 24th day of July,
2009.
SUBURBAN PROPANE PARTNERS, L.P.
By:
/s/ MARK. A. ALEXANDER
Mark. A. Alexander
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Michael J. Dunn, Jr., Paul Abel and Michael Stivala, or any of them
individually, such person's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for and in such person's name, place and stead, in the capacities
indicated below, to sign this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Suburban Propane Partners, L.P.
and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, and to file or cause to
be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person
might, or could, do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ MARK. A. ALEXANDER
Mark A. Alexander
Chief Executive Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
July 24, 2009
/s/ MICHAEL A. STIVALA
Michael A. Stivala
Chief Financial Officer and Chief
Accounting Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
July 24, 2009
/s/ MICHAEL J. DUNN, JR.
Michael J. Dunn, Jr.
President; Member of the Board of
Supervisors
July 24, 2009
/s/ MICHAEL KUGLIN
Michael Kuglin
Controller
July 24, 2009
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ HAROLD R. LOGAN, JR.
Harold R. Logan, Jr.
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors
July 24, 2009
/s/ JOHN HOYT STOOKEY
John Hoyt Stookey
Member of the Board of Supervisors
July 24, 2009
/s/ DUDLEY C. MECUM
Dudley C. Mecum
Member of the Board of Supervisors
July 24, 2009
/s/ JOHN D. COLLINS
John D. Collins
Member of the Board of Supervisors
July 24, 2009
/s/ JANE SWIFT
Jane Swift
Member of the Board of Supervisors
July 24, 2009
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Registrant dated as of
October 19, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed October 19, 2006), as further amended as of July 31, 2007 (such amendment
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed
August 2, 2007).
4.2
Description of Common Units of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 19, 2006).
5.1
Opinion of Paul Abel, Esq., General Counsel of the Registrant
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2
Consent of Paul Abel, Esq., General Counsel of the Registrant (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
99.1
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. 2009 Restricted Unit Plan