UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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): March 21, 2017
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-36550 | 84-1060803 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
800 Gessner Road, Suite 875 Houston, Texas | 77024 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |
(281) 899-4800
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(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 March 21, 2017, Christopher Micklas, resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), in order to spend more time with his family.
On March 21, 2017, the Company announced the appointment of William Monteleone as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Monteleone, 33, has served as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors since August 2012, as the Company’s Senior Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions since January 2015 and as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer from June 2013 to January 2015. Mr. Monteleone was a Vice President at Equity Group Investments from 2008 until August 2014, serving in a limited role from June 2013. At Equity Group Investments, Mr. Monteleone was responsible for evaluating potential new investments and monitoring existing investments. Previously, Mr. Monteleone worked for Banc of America Securities LLC from 2006 to 2008 where he was involved in a variety of debt capital raising transactions, including leveraged buyouts, corporate-to-corporate acquisitions and other debt financing activities.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
On March 21, 2017, the Company posted a news release to its website at www.parpacific.com. Information on the Company’s website or any other website is not incorporated by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K and does not constitute a part of this Current Report on Form 8-K. The news release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the foregoing information, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information and Exhibit 99.1 be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (d) | Exhibits |
99.1 News Release dated March 21, 2017.
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SIGNATURE
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.
| Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. | |||||
| Dated: March 21, 2017 | /s/ James Matthew Vaughn | ||||
James Matthew Vaughn Senior Vice President and General Counsel | |||||
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