EQT Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE:EQM) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain OfficersItem 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On January 19, 2017, Steven T. Schlotterbeck was elected as a director of EQT Midstream Services, LLC (EQM General Partner), the general partner of EQT Midstream Partners, LP (EQM). Consistent with the succession plan announced in EQM’s Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 27, 2016, Mr. Schlotterbeck was also elected President and Chief Executive Officer of the EQM General Partner, effective March 1, 2017. Mr. Schlotterbeck will succeed David L. Porges as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Porges will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the EQM General Partner.
Mr. Schlotterbeck, age 51, has been President, EQT Corporation (EQT) and President, Exploration and Production since December 2015 and has served as a director of EQT since January 1, 2017. He was Executive Vice President and President, Exploration and Production from December 2013 to December 2015; Senior Vice President and President, Exploration and Production from April 2010 to December 2013; and Vice President and President, Production from January 2008 to April 2010. Mr. Schlotterbeck has served as a director of EQT GP Services, LLC (EQGP General Partner), the general partner of EQT GP Holdings, LP, since January 2015. Mr. Schlotterbeck will also become President and Chief Executive Officer of EQT and the EQGP General Partner on March 1, 2017.