Victor Davis Form 4 AZURE MIDSTREAM PARTNERS / Victor Davis 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^*

Davis Victor

(Last) (First) (Middle)

12377 MERIT DRIVE

SUITE 300

(Street)

DALLAS TX 75251

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AZURE MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP [ AZUR ]

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

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Vice President of Operations

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/05/2016

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 representing limited partner interests	07/05/2016(1)		M(2)		5,741	A	$0(3)	5,741	D
Common units representing limited partner interests	07/05/2016(1)		F		1,519(4)	D	$0.7	4,222	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	(3)	07/05/2016		M			5,741	07/01/2016	(5)	Common Units	5,741	$0	26,485	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Date request was made by Issuer to Issuer's transfer agent to issue common units to those grantees whose phantom units vested on July 1, 2016, pursuant to the Marlin Midstream Partners, LP 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

2. Represents the conversion upon vesting of phantom units into common units. On July 9, 2015, the Reporting Person was granted 17,226 phantom units of which 5,741 phantom units vested on July 1, 2016. Such phantom units were previously reported in Table II on a Form 4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 13, 2015. The common units into which such phantom units converted is reported in Table I on this Form 4.

3. Each phantom unit is the economic equivalent of one common unit (limited partner interest) and will entitle the grantee to receive one common unit or an amount of cash equal to the fair market value of a common unit upon the vesting of the phantom unit.

4. The Reporting Person is reporting the withholdding by Azure Midstream Partners, LP of 1,519 common units to satisfy the Reporting Person's tax withholding obligations in connection with the delivery of the phantom units noted in footnote 2 above to the Reporting Person.

5. Phantom units do not expire.

Remarks:

The Reporting Person is the Vice President - Operations of Azure Midstream GP, LLC (the "General Partner"). The Issuer is managed by the directors and executives of the General Partner.

	/s/ Stacy Murray, as Attorney in Fact for Victor Davis	07/06/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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