Mollenkopf John C Form 4 MPLX / JOHN C MOLLENKOPF ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

MOLLENKOPF JOHN C

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O MPLX LP

200 E. HARDIN STREET

(Street)

FINDLAY OH 45840

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MPLX LP [ MPLX ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Exec VP and COO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/04/2015

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Units (Limited Partner Interests)	12/04/2015		A		294,783(1)	A	(2)	294,783	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Received in exchange for 270,444 MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. ("MarkWest") common units, including converted phantom units (net of any required withholding taxes with respect to phantom units) in connection with the merger of Sapphire Holdco LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer, with and into MarkWest on December 4, 2015, with MarkWest as the surviving entity (the "Merger"). The Merger consideration for this transaction was 1.09 Issuer common units plus $6.20 in cash per MarkWest common unit or phantom unit converted in connection with the Merger, with cash paid in lieu of fractional units.

2. On the effective date of the Merger, the closing price of the Issuer's common units was $30.83 per unit.

Remarks:

The Reporting Person is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - MarkWest Operations of MPLX GP LLC, the general partner of the Issuer. The Issuer is managed by the directors and executive officers of MPLX GP LLC.

	/s/ Molly R. Benson, Attorney-in-Fact for John C. Mollenkopf	12/08/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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