SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Newby Steven J

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O SUMMIT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP
2100 MCKINNEY AVENUE, SUITE 1250

(Street)
DALLAS TX 75201

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Summit Midstream Partners, LP [ SMLP ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
See Remarks
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/03/2012
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Phantom Units (1) 10/03/2012 A 17,500 (2) (3) Common Units 17,500 $0 17,500 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Each phantom unit is the economic equivalent of one common unit.
2. The phantom units vest on October 3, 2015 (the third anniversary of the consummation of this offering). The Reporting Person will receive distribution equivalent rights for each phantom unit, providing for payment on the vesting date of a lump sum of cash equal to the accrued distributions from and after the grant date of the phantom units.
3. The phantom units do not expire. The phantom units are settled upon vesting in common units (on a one-for-one basis) or in cash, at the discretion of the Issuer.
Remarks:
Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney. The Reporting Person is a director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Summit Midstream GP, LLC, the general partner of the Issuer (the "General Partner"). The Issuer is managed by the directors and executive officers of the General Partner.
/s/ Brock M. Degeyter, Attorney-in-Fact for Steven J. Newby 10/05/2012
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
                  For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5, Form 144 and
                    Schedules 13D and 13G relating to Summit
                         Midstream Partners, LP ("SMLP")

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Brock M. Degeyter and
Matthew S. Harrison, signing singly, as the undersigned's
true and lawful attorney in fact to:

     (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned (a) Forms 3, 4 and 5
(including amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act") and the rules
thereunder, (b) Form 144 and (c) Schedules 13D and 13G (including amendments
thereto) in accordance with Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Act and the rules
thereunder;

     (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or
5, Form 144 or Schedule 13D or 13G (including amendments thereto) and timely
file such Forms or Schedules with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC")
and any stock exchange, self-regulatory association or any other authority;

     (3) take any necessary or appropriate action to obtain or regenerate codes
and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC
of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Act or any rule or regulation of the
SEC; and

     (4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing that, in the opinion of each such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required of the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by the attorney in fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as the attorney-in-fact may approve in the
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary
or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys-in-fact substitute, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, and their substitutes, in serving in such capacity
at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming (nor is SMLP assuming) any
of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Act.

The undersigned agrees that each such attorney-in-fact may rely entirely on
information furnished orally or in writing by the undersigned to the
attorney-in-fact. The undersigned also agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
SMLP and each such attorney in fact against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in these respects) that arise out of or are based upon
any untrue statements or omissions of necessary facts in the information
provided by the undersigned to such attorney-in-fact for purposes of executing,
acknowledging, delivering or filing Form 3, 4 or 5, Form 144 or Schedule 13D or
13G (including amendments thereto) and agrees to reimburse SMLP and the attorney
in fact on demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in
connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5, Form 144 and
Schedules 13D and 13G (including amendments thereto) with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by SMLP unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any other
power of attorney that the undersigned has previously granted.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of the date written below.



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/S/ STEVEN J. NEWBY

Date:  September 18, 2012