Evolve Transition Infrastructure LP appointed Charles C. Ward as new CEO

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Departure of Director and Executive Officers

On March 10, 2023, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Evolve Transition Infrastructure GP LLC, the sole general partner ("General Partner") of Evolve Transition Infrastructure LP ("Evolve") terminated Randall Gibbs as Chief Executive Officer of the General Partner and Mike Keuss as President and Chief Operating Officer of the General Partner, in each case, effective March 15, 2023 (the "Effective Date"). The terminations of Messrs. Gibbs and Keuss were each without "Cause," as such term is defined in each of the Executive Services Agreements between the General Partner and each of Messrs. Gibbs and Keuss, respectively, which were filed as Exhibits 10.4 and 10.5, respectively, to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Evolve on November 9, 2021 (File No. 001-33147). 

Also on March 10, 2023, SP Holdings, LLC, the sole member of the General Partner, removed Mr. Gibbs from his position on the Board effective as of the Effective Date. The removal of Mr. Gibbs from his position on the Board was not the result of any disagreement with Evolve, the Board or the General Partner.

Appointment of Interim Chief Executive Officer 

On the Effective Date, the Board appointed Charles C. Ward, the current Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the General Partner, to serve as the Interim Chief Executive Officer of the General Partner, in addition to continuing as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. Mr. Ward's appointment as Interim Chief Executive Officer was effective on the Effective Date. As a result of Mr. Ward's appointment as Interim Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Ward will be designated as both our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer. 

Mr. Ward, age 62, was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the General Partner in March 2015. Mr. Ward previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Sanchez Production Partners LLC from March 2008 until its conversion to a limited partnership in March 2015 and Secretary from July 2014 until March 2015. Mr. Ward also served as a Vice President of Constellation Energy Commodities Group, Inc. from November 2005 until December 2008. Prior to that time, he was a Vice President of Enron Creditors Recovery Corp. from March 2002 to November 2005.

Executive Services Agreement

In connection with Mr. Ward's appointment as the Interim Chief Executive Officer of the General Partner, the General Partner and Mr. Ward entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Executive Services Agreement, effective as of the Effective Date (the "Amended Executive Agreement"), which was approved by the Board on March 10, 2023 and amends and restates the Amended and Restated Executive Services Agreement, between Mr. Ward and the General Partner, dated as of September 2, 2022 (the "Existing Executive Agreement"). The Existing Executive Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Evolve on September 2, 2022 (File No. 001-33147). 

The Amended Executive Agreement, among other things, provides for Mr. Ward's appointment as the Interim Chief Executive Officer of the General Partner on a temporary basis and amends the definition of "Good Reason" to establish that "Good Reason" will not include (whether pursuant to the Existing Executive Agreement or the Amended Executive Agreement) Mr. Ward's appointment to the position of Interim Chief Executive Officer, or the replacement of Mr. Ward as Interim Chief Executive Officer with a permanent President and Chief Executive Officer; provided that Mr. Ward continues to serve as the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the General Partner following the appointment of a permanent President and Chief Executive Officer. 

The foregoing description of the Amended Executive Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Amended Executive Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated into this Item 5.02 by reference.