UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): April 30, 2021
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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 April 30, 2021, Energy Transfer LP (“ET”), the sole member of USA Compression GP, LLC (the “General Partner”), the general partner of USA Compression Partners, LP (the “Partnership”), increased the size of the board and appointed W. Brett Smith to serve as a director on the board of directors of the General Partner (the “Board”). In connection with Mr. Smith’s appointment, the Board appointed Mr. Smith to serve on the audit and compensation committees of the Board. Mr. Smith will serve on these committees in addition to the current members of such committees.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Smith and any other persons pursuant to which he will serve as a director. As an outside director, Mr. Smith will receive compensation from the Partnership for his service as a director on the Board and its committees pursuant to the General Partner’s Amended and Restated Outside Director Compensation Policy, as described in the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 16, 2021, including an award of 2,500 phantom units upon his appointment to the Board. There are no relationships between Mr. Smith and the General Partner or the Partnership that would require disclosure pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
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.
| USA COMPRESSION PARTNERS, LP | |||||||||||
| By: | USA Compression GP, LLC, | ||||||||||
| its General Partner | |||||||||||
| Date: | May 4, 2021 | By: | /s/ Christopher W. Porter | ||||||||
| Christopher W. Porter | |||||||||||
| Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||||||||||