Item 5.02
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers: Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;
Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
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Resignation of Directors of the General Partner
In connection with the Merger and the Conversion, at the Merger Effective Time, Stephen W. Bergstrom, Gerald A. Tywoniuk, John F. Erhard, Peter A. Fasullo,
Donald R. Kendall, Jr., Daniel R. Revers, Joseph W. Sutton and Lucius H. Taylor (collectively, the
Resigning Directors
) resigned as directors of the General Partner. The decision of each of the Resigning Directors to resign as a
director of the General Partner was not the result of any disagreement with the General Partner or the Partnership on any matter relating to the operations, internal controls, policies or practices of the General Partner or the Partnership, and was
solely as a result of the Merger and the related transactions described in this Current Report on Form
8-K.
Resignation of Officers of the General Partner
In
connection with the Merger, at the Merger Effective Time, Louis Dorey, Eric T. Kalamaras, Rene L. Casadaban, Christopher B. Dial and Karen S. Acree (collectively, the
Resigning Officers
) resigned their positions (but not
employment) as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of the General Partner, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the General Partner, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the General Partner, Senior Vice
President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of the General Partner and Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the General Partner, respectively. The decision of each of the Resigning Officers to resign as officers of the General
Partner was not the result of any disagreements between any Resigning Officer and the Partnership or the General Partner or any officer or director of the Partnership or the General Partner and was solely as a result of the Merger and the related
transactions described in this Current Report on Form
8-K.
Appointment of Officers of Third Coast Midstream,
LLC
As a result of the Conversion and GP Merger, the business and affairs of the Partnership will be overseen by the General Partner as sole member of
the Registrant. Following the GP Merger Effective Time, the General Partner appointed Matthew W. Rowland as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant, Rene L. Casadaban as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the
Registrant, Ryan K. Rupe as Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of the Registrant, Karen S. Acree as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Registrant, and Stephen Ciupak as Vice President Finance of the Registrant
(collectively, the
Registrant Officers
).
Mr. Rowland, 50, previously served as Senior Vice President at CIMA ENERGY, LP a wholly
owned subsidiary of Mitshubishi Corporation from 2017 to 2019, where he was responsible for managing feed gas for Mitsubishis position in the Cameron LNG facility. Mr. Rowland also previously served as the chief operating officer of the
General Partner from 2013 to 2016. Prior to his appointment with the General Partner, Mr. Rowland was a founder and Managing Director at High Point Energy, LLC (
HPE
) from 2009 to 2013. Prior to HPE, Mr. Rowland served as
Vice President, Asset Optimization for CIMA ENERGY, LTD. from 2003 through 2009. Mr. Rowland began his career with Tenneco/El Paso, where he held various operational and commercial roles from 1986 to 2003. Mr. Rowland received a B.S. in
Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1985.
Mr. Casadaban, 49, has 27 years of midstream project management and business
development experience for onshore, offshore and deepwater pipeline systems. Mr. Casadaban has served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the General Partner since 2017. From 2014 to 2017, Mr. Casadaban served as
the Chief Operating Officer for Summit Midstream Partners, LP (
Summit
). Prior to joining Summit, Mr. Casadaban worked for Enterprise Products as the Director for Deepwater Business Development of floating production platforms
and offshore pipelines. Mr. Casadaban has also served as an independent consultant to ExxonMobil Corporation and GulfTerra Energy Partners, LP for Gulf of Mexico and international pipeline projects. Prior to such roles, Mr. Casabadan was
employed at Land and Marine Engineering Limited, and was responsible for managing domestic and international pipeline river crossings and beach approaches by horizontal directional drilling. Mr. Casadaban began his career as a Field Engineer
for McDermott International Inc. He currently serves on the board of directors of Angel Reach and holds a Bachelor of Science in Building Construction from Auburn University.
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