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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>As filed with the Securities and </b><b>Exchange Commission on March 4</b><b>, 2</b><b>021</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;"><b>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>UNITED STATES</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</b><b>&nbsp;</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 216pt;text-align:center;">_________</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>FORM S-8</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>UNDER</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b>&nbsp;</b><b>BLUEKNIGHT ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.</b><b>&nbsp;</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Delaware</b><br>
			(State or Other Jurisdiction<br>
			of Incorporation or Organization)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>20-8536826</b><br>
			(I.R.S. Employer<br>
			Identification No.)</p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>6060 American Plaza, Suite 600</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>(</b><b>918</b><b>) </b><b>237</b><b>-</b><b>40</b><b>00</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>&nbsp;</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Blueknight Energy Partners G.P., L.L.C. Long-Term Incentive Plan</b><br>
(Full title of the Plan)</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Joel </b><b>W. </b><b>Kanvik</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Chief Legal Officer</b><b> and Secretary</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>6060 American Plaza, Suite 600</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>(</b><b>918</b><b>) </b><b>237</b><b>-</b><b>40</b><b>00</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Copy to:</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Douglass M. Rayburn</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Gibson, Dunn &amp; Crutcher LLP</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 2100</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Dallas, Texas 75201</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(214) 698-3100</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer&#8221;, &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&#9744;</p>
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<b>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Registered</b><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt"><b>(1</b></sup><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt"><b>)(2)</b></sup></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Per </b><b>Unit</b><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt"><b>(3</b></sup><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt"><b>) </b></sup></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Offering Price</b><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt"><b>(3</b></sup><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt"><b>) </b></sup></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Amount of<br>
			Registration Fee</b><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt"><b>(3)</b></sup></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">4,000,000</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">$2.27</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">$9,080,000</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">$990.63</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 9pt;">(1)</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 9pt;">In addition to the number of common units (the &#8220;Common Units&#8221;) of Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P. (the &#8220;Partnership&#8221;) set forth in the above table, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) covers an indeterminate number of options and other rights to acquire Common Units, to be granted pursuant to the Blueknight Energy Partners G.P., L.L.C. Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, the &#8220;Plan&#8221;).</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 9pt;">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), this Registration Statement also covers any additional securities that may from time to time be offered or issued in respect of the securities registered by this Registration Statement to prevent dilution as a result of any unit dividend, unit split, recapitalization or other similar transaction pursuant to the terms of the Plan.</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 9pt;">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based upon the average of the high and low prices of a Common Unit reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on March 1, 2021.</p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36pt;">This Registration Statement is being filed by the Partnership pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 under the Securities Act, to register an additional 4,000,000 Common Units for issuance pursuant to the Plan. The board of directors of our general partner, Blueknight Energy Partners G.P., L.L.C., recommended for approval and, on November 23, 2020, the unitholders of the Partnership approved an amendment and restatement of the Plan that increased the number of Common Units available for issuance under the Plan from 4,100,000 to 8,100,000.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36pt;">In accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, and except as the same may be modified by the information set forth in this Registration Statement, the Partnership hereby incorporates by reference the original Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by the Partnership with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) on July 20, 2007 (<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392091/000119312507158851/ds8.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">File No. 333-144737</a>), the additional Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by the Partnership with the Commission on September 26, 2011 (<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392091/000139209111000061/forms-8.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">File No. 333-177005</a>) and the additional Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by the Partnership with the Commission on March 5, 2015 (<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392091/000119312515079050/d884240ds8.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">File No. 333-202537</a>).</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36pt;">The following documents, previously filed by the Partnership with the Commission, are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;">the Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392091/000143774920000199/bkep20200103_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">January 6, 2020</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392091/000143774920000545/bkep20200110_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">January 13, 2020</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392091/000143774920011013/bkep20200511_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">May 15, 2020</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392091/000143774920013547/bkep20200622_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">June 22, 2020</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392091/000143774920016664/bkep20200514_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">August 5, 2020</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392091/000143774920017334/bkep20200810_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">August 10, 2020</a> and <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392091/000143774920024339/bkep20201117_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">November 23, 2020</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392091/000143774920025651/bkep20201217_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">December 21, 2020</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392091/000143774921000671/bkep20210111_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">January 14, 2021</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392091/000143774921001686/bkep20210121_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">February 1, 2021</a>, and <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392091/000143774921004589/bkep20210207_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">March 1, 2021</a>; and</p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36pt;">In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Partnership pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, excluding any information furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K and corresponding information furnished under Item 9.01 or included as an exhibit, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document 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 other 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.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Partnership 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 Tulsa, State of Oklahoma, on March 4, 2021.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36pt;">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints D. Andrew Woodward, Matthew R. Lewis and Joel W. Kanvik, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. &nbsp;</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.</p>

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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 25%; border-bottom: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">/s/ Matthew R. Lewis</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 25%; border-bottom: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">/s/ Michael McLanahan</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 25%; border-bottom: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">/s/ W.R. &#8220;Lee&#8221; Adams&nbsp;<u> </u></td>
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bkep20210301_s8.htm
As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March 4
, 2
021
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
_________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BLUEKNIGHT ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)
20-8536826
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
6060 American Plaza, Suite 600
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135
(
918
)
237
-
40
00
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)
Blueknight Energy Partners G.P., L.L.C. Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
Joel
W.
Kanvik
Chief Legal Officer
and Secretary
6060 American Plaza, Suite 600
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135
(
918
)
237
-
40
00
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
___________________________________________
Copy to:
Douglass M. Rayburn
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 2100
Dallas, Texas 75201
(214) 698-3100
___________________________________________
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer", "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☑
Smaller reporting company
☑
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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
of Securities to be Registered
Amount
to be
Registered
(1
)(2)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per
Unit
(3
)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
(3
)
Amount of
Registration Fee
(3)
Common Units
4,000,000
$2.27
$9,080,000
$990.63
(1)
In addition to the number of common units (the "Common Units") of Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P. (the "Partnership") set forth in the above table, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") covers an indeterminate number of options and other rights to acquire Common Units, to be granted pursuant to the Blueknight Energy Partners G.P., L.L.C. Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, the "Plan").
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers any additional securities that may from time to time be offered or issued in respect of the securities registered by this Registration Statement to prevent dilution as a result of any unit dividend, unit split, recapitalization or other similar transaction pursuant to the terms of the Plan.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based upon the average of the high and low prices of a Common Unit reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on March 1, 2021.
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
This Registration Statement is being filed by the Partnership pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 under the Securities Act, to register an additional 4,000,000 Common Units for issuance pursuant to the Plan. The board of directors of our general partner, Blueknight Energy Partners G.P., L.L.C., recommended for approval and, on November 23, 2020, the unitholders of the Partnership approved an amendment and restatement of the Plan that increased the number of Common Units available for issuance under the Plan from 4,100,000 to 8,100,000.
In accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, and except as the same may be modified by the information set forth in this Registration Statement, the Partnership hereby incorporates by reference the original Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by the Partnership with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on July 20, 2007 (
File No. 333-144737
), the additional Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by the Partnership with the Commission on September 26, 2011 (
File No. 333-177005
) and the additional Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by the Partnership with the Commission on March 5, 2015 (
File No. 333-202537
).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, previously filed by the Partnership with the Commission, are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
●
the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, filed on March 26, 2020
;
●
the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020, filed on
May 7, 2020
, for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 filed on
August 6, 2020
, and for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 filed on
November 5, 2020
;
●
the Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on
January 6, 2020
,
January 13, 2020
,
May 15, 2020
,
June 22, 2020
,
August 5, 2020
,
August 10, 2020
and
November 23, 2020
,
December 21, 2020
,
January 14, 2021
,
February 1, 2021
, and
March 1, 2021
; and
●
the description of the Partnership's securities contained on Exhibit 4.5 to the Partnership's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, filed on March 26, 2020, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Partnership pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, excluding any information furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K and corresponding information furnished under Item 9.01 or included as an exhibit, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document 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 other 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.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Exhibit Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of the Partnership, dated November 19, 2009, but effective as of December 1, 2009 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Partnership's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 25, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
First Amendment to the Certificate of the Partnership, dated July 18, 2019, (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Partnership's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on July 22, 2019, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.3
Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, dated September 14, 2011 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Partnership's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on September 14, 2011, and incorporated herein by reference).
5.1*
Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
23.1*
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.
23.2*
Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page herein).
99.1
Blueknight Energy Partners G.P., L.L.C. Long-Term Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective September 9, 2020) (filed as Annex A to the Partnership's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, filed on October 9, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference).
____________
*Filed herewith.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Partnership 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 Tulsa, State of Oklahoma, on March 4, 2021.
Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P.
By:
Blueknight Energy Partners G.P., L.L.C.
Its General Partner
By:
/s/ Matthew R. Lewis
Name:
Matthew R. Lewis
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints D. Andrew Woodward, Matthew R. Lewis and Joel W. Kanvik, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ D. Andrew Woodward
Chief Executive Officer
March 4, 2021
D. Andrew Woodward
(
Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/ Matthew R. Lewis
Chief Financial Officer
March 4, 2021
Matthew R. Lewis
(
Principal
Financial Officer)
/s/ Michael McLanahan
Chief Accounting Officer
Michael McLanahan
(
Principal
Accounting Officer)
March 4, 2021
/s/ Duke R. Ligon
Duke R. Ligon
Chairman of the Board
March 4, 2021
/s/ Steven M. Bradshaw
Steven M. Bradshaw
Director
March 4, 2021
/s/ John A. Shapiro
John A. Shapiro
Director
March 4, 2021
/s/ W.R. "Lee" Adams
W.R. "Lee" Adams
Director
March 4, 2021
/s/ Edward Drew Brooks
Edward Drew Brooks
Director
March 4, 2021
/s/ Joel D. Pastorek
Joel D. Pastorek
Director
March 4, 2021
/s/ Robert H. Lampton
Robert H. Lampton
Director
March 4, 2021
/s/ William W. Lampton
William W. Lampton
Director
March 4, 2021