Robert Thornbury Halpin III Form 4 Crestwood Equity Partners / Robert Thornbury Halpin III 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^*

Halpin Robert Thornbury III

(Last) (First) (Middle)

700 LOUISIANA STREET

SUITE 2550

(Street)

HOUSTON TX 77002

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Crestwood Equity Partners LP [ CEQP ]

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

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chief Financial Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/30/2015

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	09/30/2015		A		127,931(1)(2)	A	(3)	193,279	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
Phantom Units	(4)	09/30/2015		A		52,355.9627(2)		(5)	(5)	Common Units	52,355.9627	(3)	95,025.9147	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes restricted units acquired pursuant to the Merger Agreement.

2. On September 30, 2015, the unitholders of Crestwood Midstream Partners LP ("CMLP") approved the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of May 5, 2015 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Crestwood Equity Partners LP ("CEQP"), Crestwood Equity GP LLC, CEQP St Sub LLC, MGP GP, LLC, Crestwood Midstream Holdings LP, Crestwood Midstream Partners LP, Crestwood Midstream GP LLC and Crestwood Gas Services GP, LLC. As a result of the merger, each common unit of CMLP issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the merger was converted into 2.75 common units of CEQP.

3. On the effective date of the merger, the closing sales price of CMLP common units on the NYSE was $6.18 and the closing sales price of CEQP common units on the NYSE was $2.28.

4. Each phantom unit is the economic equivalent of one common unit representing a limited partnership interest in CEQP.

5. The forfeiture restrictions on the phantom units shall lapse, and the phantom units shall vest and convert to an equal number of common units on the third (3rd) anniversary of the grant date.

Remarks:

	/s/ Judy Riddle, attorney-in-fact for Robert T. Halpin III	10/02/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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