| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On February 1, 2022, N. John Lancaster, Jr. and John Jacobi were nominated to serve on the board of directors (the “Board”) of Crestwood Equity GP, LLC, the general partner (the “General Partner”) of Crestwood Equity Partners LP (the “Company”) pursuant to that certain Director Nomination Agreement (the “Nomination Agreement”), dated as of February 1, 2022, by and among the Company, the General Partner and Oasis Petroleum, Inc. (“Oasis”). On July 1, 2022, in connection with the effectiveness of the merger of Oasis and Whiting Petroleum Corporation (“Whiting Petroleum”), Messrs. Lancaster and Jacobi resigned from the Board effective immediately and in accordance with the terms of the Nomination Agreement. As previously disclosed by the Company, Oasis will continue to have the right to nominate two directors to the Board pursuant to the Nomination Agreement, subject to meeting ongoing minimum ownership levels.
Oasis notified the Company that, pursuant to its rights under the Nomination Agreement, it nominates Samantha F. Holroyd and Paul J. Korus to fill the vacancies created by the resignation of Messrs. Lancaster and Jacobi. The Company intends to appoint Mr. Korus and Ms. Holroyd, as a designee of Oasis, to serve as a Class II and Class III director of the Board, respectively, upon completion of all actions necessary to effect the appointments, including, among other things, the approval by the members of the Board in accordance with the Sixth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Company and the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the General Partner, as applicable.
Samantha F. Holroyd, 53, is a board member of Chord Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: CHRD, “Chord Energy”), the recently renamed merged entity of Oasis and Whiting Petroleum, and serves on the Audit and Reserves Committee and Environmental, Social and Governance Committee of Chord Energy. She was previously a member of the Board of Oasis, serving as the Chair of the Nominating, Environmental, Social & Governance Committee and as a member of Audit & Reserves Committee. Ms. Holroyd also served as Oasis’s Lead Independent Director from late 2020 to early 2021. Previously, Ms. Holroyd served as an independent board member for Gulfport Energy from 2020 to 2021. She has served as an independent advisor to the energy industry since 2020 through Golden Advisory Services, LLC, a consulting firm, and began serving on the Board of Directors for Amerant Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: AMTB, “Amerant”) in 2022. At Amerant, Ms. Holroyd serves on the Risk Committee, Nominating & Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, holds FINRA Certifications (Series 79 and Series 63), and is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. She also is a Certified Corporate Director by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and is NACD Certified in ESG.
Paul J. Korus, 65, is a board member of Chord Energy and serves on its Audit and Reserves Committee and the Environmental, Social and Governance Committee. He was formerly a director of Whiting Petroleum since 2020. Mr. Korus served as Chair of Whiting Petroleum’s Audit Committee and as a member of Whiting Petroleum’s Nominating and Governance Committee. Mr. Korus has more than 35 years of oil and gas industry experience and brings strong financial and accounting expertise. He began his oil and gas career in 1982 with Apache Corporation, where he held positions in corporate planning, information technology and investor relations. From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Korus was the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Key Production Company. He held the same positions with Cimarex Energy Co. from 2002 until his retirement in 2015. Mr. Korus holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and a Master of Science degree in Accounting from the University of North Dakota.
The Board is evaluating whether, but expects to conclude, Ms. Holroyd and Mr. Korus each satisfy the independence requirements of the New York Stock Exchange and the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines. Ms. Holroyd and Mr. Korus are expected to be compensated in accordance with the Company’s compensation policy for non-employee directors as described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2022. Other than with respect to the Nomination Agreement, there are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Holroyd and Mr. Korus and any other person pursuant to which Ms. Holroyd or Mr. Korus are expected to be appointed to the Board, and there are no relationships between Ms. Holroyd and Mr. Korus, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other
