UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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) October 1, 2018
MPLX LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-35714 | 27-0005456 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) | ||
| 200 E. Hardin Street Findlay, Ohio |
45840 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(419) 421-2414
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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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 October 1, 2018, Marathon Petroleum Corporation (“MPC”), a Delaware corporation, completed its acquisition of Andeavor through the merger of MPC’s wholly owned subsidiary, Mahi Inc., with and into Andeavor (the “First Merger”), with Andeavor surviving the First Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of MPC and the subsequent merger of Andeavor with and into MPC’s wholly owned subsidiary, Andeavor LLC (f/k/a Mahi LLC) (the “Second Merger” and together with the First Merger, the “Merger”) with Andeavor LLC surviving the Second Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of MPC.
Following the closing of the Merger, the sole member of MPLX GP LLC, the general partner of MPLX LP (the “General Partner”), appointed Gregory J. Goff to serve on the board of directors (the “Board”) of the General Partner. Mr. Goff is the former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Andeavor and the former Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the general partner of Andeavor Logistics LP. As Mr. Goff serves as Executive Vice Chairman of MPC, he will not receive compensation for his services as a director. Mr. Goff is not expected to serve on any standing committees of the Board.
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.
| MPLX LP | ||||||
| By: | MPLX GP LLC, its General Partner | |||||
| Date: October 3, 2018 | By: | /s/ Molly R. Benson | ||||
| Name: | Molly R. Benson | |||||
| Title: | Vice President, Chief Securities, Governance & Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary | |||||