DELEK LOGISTICS PARTNERS, LP (NYSE:DKL) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d) to Section 7.21 of the Agreement and Plan of Merger among Delek US Holdings, Inc. (now known as Delek US Energy, Inc.) (“Old Delek”), Alon USA Energy, Inc. (“Alon”), Delek Holdco, Inc. (now known as Delek US Holdings, Inc.), Dione Mergeco, Inc., and Astro Mergeco, Inc., as amended by the First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 27, 2017, and the Second Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 21, 2017 (collectively, the “Merger Agreement”), the Independent Director Committee of the Board of Directors of Alon designated Ronald Haddock to be elected to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Delek Logistics GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), the general partner of Delek Logistics Partners, LP (the “Partnership”), within 30 days after the closing of the mergers (the “Mergers”) provided by the Merger Agreement, which were effective as of July 1, 2017.

On July 18, 2017, the members of the Board elected Mr. Haddock to a newly created Board seat, to serve as a member of the Board in accordance with the limited liability company agreement of the Company for a term ending no less than two years from the closing date of the Mergers, subject to compliance with applicable director qualification standards, and until the election and qualification of his successor or earlier termination of his service.

The Board has not appointed Mr. Haddock to any Board committee. Mr. Haddock has not been and is not a party to any transaction or proposed transaction with the Partnership or the Company that would be required to be reported to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Mr. Haddock’s compensation will be consistent with the current director compensation program previously disclosed under the heading “Compensation of Directors in 2016” in the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2017.

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits

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About DELEK LOGISTICS PARTNERS, LP (NYSE:DKL)

Delek Logistics Partners, LP owns and operates logistics and marketing assets for crude oil, and intermediate and refined products. The Company’s business primarily consists of certain crude oil, intermediate and refined products pipelines and transportation, storage, wholesale marketing, terminaling and offloading assets, which were previously owned, operated or held by Delek US Holdings, Inc. (Delek), and assets acquired from unrelated third parties. The Company operates through two segments: Pipelines and Transportation segment, and Wholesale Marketing and Terminalling segment. The Company engaged in the gathering, transporting and storing crude oil; storing intermediate products and feed stocks, and marketing, distributing, transporting and storing refined products. The Company also provides crude oil, intermediate and refined products transportation services for terminaling, and marketing services to third parties primarily in Texas, Tennessee and Arkansas.