CrossAmerica Partners LP 8-K, filed Mar 11, 2022
CrossAmerica Partners LP (CAPL)
About this 8-K
CrossAmerica Partners LP filed this 8-K on March 11, 2022, reporting on events of March 9, 2022.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
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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.
Appointment of Chief Accounting Officer
On March 9, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of CrossAmerica GP LLC, the general partner (the “General Partner”) of CrossAmerica Partners LP (“CrossAmerica” or the “Partnership”), appointed Jonathan E. Benfield as Chief Accounting Officer of the General Partner, effective as of March 9, 2022. In that capacity, Mr. Benfield will be the principal accounting officer of the Partnership, reporting to the Chief Financial Officer of the General Partner, Maura Topper. Mr. Benfield will succeed David Sheaffer ahead of Mr. Sheaffer’s planned retirement in 2022.
Mr. Benfield, age 46, previously served as the Chief Accounting Officer of the General Partner from November 5, 2020 to September 10, 2021, and has served in a variety of roles since joining the Partnership in 2012, including as the Interim Chief Financial Officer of the General Partner from November 19, 2019 to November 4, 2020 and April 16, 2021 to August 10, 2021. Before joining CrossAmerica, Mr. Benfield worked for four years at PPL Corporation, most recently as Manager of Financial Reporting. He also worked for nine years at Ernst & Young, most recently as Senior Manager in the audit practice. He served on the Board of Trustees of Bally Savings Bank from 2004 to 2012, including as chairman of the board from 2009 to 2012. Mr. Benfield is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance from Kutztown University.
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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.
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CrossAmerica Partners LP |
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CrossAmerica GP LLC |
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its general partner |
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/s/ Keenan D. Lynch |
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Keenan D. Lynch |
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General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer |
Dated: March 11, 2022