COO 8-K 1.14


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): January 8, 2014
 
Summit Midstream Partners, LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 
001-35666
 
45-5200503
(State or other jurisdiction
 
(Commission
 
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
 
File Number)
 
Identification No.)
 
2100 McKinney Avenue
Suite 1250
Dallas, Texas 75201
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
 
Registrants’ telephone number, including area code: (214) 242-1955
 
Not applicable.
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On January 8, 2014, Summit Midstream GP, LLC (the “general partner”), which manages and operates Summit Midstream Partners, LP, appointed Rene L. Casadaban as its Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to his appointment as the principal operating officer of our general partner, Mr. Casadaban served as the Senior Vice President of Engineering, Construction, and Operations of our general partner since May 2012. Prior to joining our general partner, Mr. Casadaban was the Senior Vice President of Engineering, Construction and Operations of Summit Midstream Partners, LLC (“Summit Investments”), the ultimate owner of our general partner, from February 2011 until April 2012, and prior to that he served as a vice president from the time he joined Summit Investments in November 2010.
Mr. Casadaban has 23 years of onshore, offshore and deepwater pipeline systems experience. Prior to joining Summit Investments, Mr. Casadaban worked for Enterprise Products Partners L.P. from 2006 to 2010 as the Director for Deepwater Development of floating production platforms and offshore pipelines. Mr. Casadaban has also served as an independent consultant to ExxonMobil and GulfTerra for Gulf of Mexico and international pipeline projects. At Land & Marine, Mr. Casadaban was responsible for managing domestic and international pipeline river crossings and beach approaches by horizontal directional drilling. Mr. Casadaban is a graduate of Auburn University with a B.S. in Building Construction.
As previously disclosed, Mr. Casadaban has an employment agreement dated September 19, 2012 with Summit Investments. Mr. Casadaban’s employment agreement and his other compensatory arrangements were not modified in connection with his appointment as the principal operating officer of our general partner.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit
 Number
 
Description
99.1
 
Press release of Summit Midstream Partners, LP, dated as of January 8, 2013




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SIGNATURES
 
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.
 
 
 
Summit Midstream Partners, LP
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
 
By:
Summit Midstream GP, LLC (its general partner)
 
 
 
Date: January 9, 2014
 
/s/ Matthew S. Harrison
 
 
Matthew S. Harrison, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
 Number
 
Description
99.1
 
Press release of Summit Midstream Partners, LP, dated as of January 8, 2013



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