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): February 26, 2018

 


 

ANTERO MIDSTREAM PARTNERS LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware

 

001-36719

 

46-4109058

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

1615 Wynkoop Street
Denver, Colorado 80202

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including area code (303) 357-7310

 


 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

 

 

 



 

Item 7.01                   Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On February 26, 2018, Antero Midstream Partners LP (“Antero Midstream”) issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein, announcing that the Board of Directors of Antero Midstream Partners GP LLC, the general partner of Antero Midstream, has formed a special committee comprised solely of independent directors (the “AM Special Committee”) in conjunction with the formation of special committees at both Antero Resources Corporation (“Antero”) and AMGP GP LLC, the general partner of Antero Midstream GP LP.  Antero’s ongoing efforts to explore, review and evaluate potential measures related to its valuation may include transactions involving Antero Midstream, and the AM Special Committee is being established to consider any such transactions. Antero and Antero Midstream GP LP also issued press releases announcing the formation of their respective special committees. Copies of those press releases were furnished as exhibits to Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished by each company on February 26, 2018.

 

The information in this Current Report, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to liabilities of that section, and is not incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act unless specifically identified therein as being incorporated therein by reference.

 

Item 9.01                   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)         Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Antero Midstream Partners LP press release dated February 26, 2018.

 

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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.

 

 

ANTERO MIDSTREAM PARTNERS LP

 

 

 

 

By:

Antero Midstream Partners GP LLC,

 

 

its general partner

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Glen C. Warren, Jr.

 

 

Glen C. Warren, Jr.

 

 

President and Secretary

 

Dated: February 26, 2018

 

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