Current Report Filing (8-k)
November 22 2016 - 04:33PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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): November 16, 2016
Rhino
Resource Partners LP
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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001-34892
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27-2377517
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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424
Lewis Hargett Circle, Suite 250
Lexington, Kentucky 40503
(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)
(859)
389-6500
(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)
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the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant
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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
November 16, 2016, the board of directors of Rhino GP LLC (“Rhino GP”), the general partner of Rhino Resource Partners
LP (the “Partnership”), appointed Richard A. Boone as Chief Executive Officer of Rhino GP effective as of January
1, 2017. Mr. Boone has served as President of Rhino GP since September 2016 and prior to that as Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer since June 2014. Mr. Boone will succeed Joseph E. Funk, who has served as Chief Executive Officer of Rhino
GP since November 2014. Mr. Funk will serve as a senior advisor to the Partnership from January 1, 2017 through March 31, 2017
and will discontinue employment with Rhino GP after this period.
The
board of directors of Rhino GP also approved the extension of the expiration dates of the existing employment agreements of Richard
A. Boone, President, R. Chad Hunt, Senior Vice President of Business Development, and W. Scott Morris, Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer from December 31, 2017 to December 31, 2018.
Item
7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
On
November 22, 2016, the Partnership issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Boone as Chief Executive Officer of
Rhino GP effective as of January 1, 2017. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by
reference into this Item 7.01.
In
accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this report, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed
“filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) or otherwise
subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information, including Exhibit 99.1, be deemed incorporated by reference
in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference
in such filing.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a) None.
(b)
Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
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Description
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99.1
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Press
Release issued by Rhino Resource Partners LP, dated November 22, 2016
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
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RHINO
RESOURCE PARTNERS LP
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By:
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Rhino
GP LLC,
Its
General Partner
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Dated:
November 22, 2016
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By:
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/s/
Whitney C. Kegley
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Name:
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Whitney
C. Kegley Title: Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit No.
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Description
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99.1
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Press Release issued by Rhino Resource Partners LP, dated November 22, 2016
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