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): May 10, 2023
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 10, 2023, Summit Midstream Partners, LP (“SMLP”) convened its 2023 Annual Meeting of Limited Partners (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the limited partners of SMLP who are holders of record of SMLP’s outstanding common units (the “Voting Units”) at the close of business on the record date for the Annual Meeting (the “Unitholders”) voted on three proposals and cast their votes as described below.
The matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the number of votes cast for or against, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes as to such matters, were as stated below. The proposals related to each such matter are described in detail in the Proxy Statement.
Proposal 1—Election of Directors
| For | Withhold | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| J. Heath Deneke | 5,271,914 | 108,757 | 2,584,279 | ||||||||
| Robert J. McNally | 5,289,622 | 91,049 | 2,584,279 | ||||||||
| Marguerite Woung-Chapman | 5,271,619 | 109,052 | 2,584,279 | ||||||||
Proposal 2—Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
| For | Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| 7,864,986 | 89,801 | 10,163 | — | ||||||||
Proposal 3—Approval of the Advisory Resolution on Executive Compensation
| For | Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| 4,165,050 | 1,202,580 | 13,041 | 2,584,279 | ||||||||
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File – the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document | |||||||
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) | ||||||||||
| Dated: | May 12, 2023 | /s/ James D. Johnston | |||||||||
James D. Johnston, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer | |||||||||||