Current Report Filing (8-k)

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): July 17, 2017

StoneMor Partners L.P.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Delaware	001-32270	80-0103159
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission file number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3600 Horizon Boulevard Trevose, PA		19053
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (215) 826-2800

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On July 17, 2017, StoneMor Partners L.P. (the “Partnership”) issued a press release announcing that the previously announced review of certain historical transactions undertaken by the Partnership remains ongoing and, as a result, the Partnership remains unable to file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 (the “Form 10-K”), putting it in default under its revolving credit agreement. The press release also announced that the Partnership is working with the lenders to secure a waiver or other relief to extend the date by which the Form 10-K must be filed and will likely also seek a waiver or other relief from its lenders to extend the date by which its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2017 must be filed. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)

Exhibits.


Exhibit Number		Description

99.1		Press Release dated July 17, 2017. *

*	Furnished herewith.

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.


Date: July 17, 2017	STONEMOR PARTNERS L.P.

	By:	StoneMor GP LLC its general partner

	By:	/s/ Mark L. Miller
		Mark L. Miller
		Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President