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Section 5 — Corporate Governance and Management
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
TransMontaigne Partners LLC (“TLP”) announced today that on August 29, 2025, Randal T. Maffett notified TLP Acquisition Holdings, LLC (“TLP Acquisition”), the indirect 100% owner of TLP, of his intention to retire from his position as Chief Executive Officer of TLP, and its subsidiaries, effective as of September 2, 2025. Effective upon his retirement as Chief Executive Officer of TLP, Mr. Maffett will join the Board of Managers (the “Board”) of TLP Acquisition. Mr. Maffett has been the Chief Executive Officer of TLP since 2023.
On August 29, 2025, TLP Acquisition appointed Jesse Arenivas (52) as Chief Executive Officer of TLP and a member of the Board effective September 2, 2025. Mr. Arenivas served as CEO of EnLink Midstream LLC from 2022 to 2025. Prior to EnLink, Mr. Arenivas served in several executive roles with Kinder Morgan, Inc. (“KMI”) including President of KMI’s Energy Transition Ventures team and Vice President (President, CO2 segment). Before joining KMI in 2003, Mr. Arenivas spent five years at ConocoPhillips Co. in financial and commercial roles. Mr. Arenivas received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance from the University of Texas Permian Basin and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
A copy of the press release announcing Mr. Maffett’s retirement and Mr. Arenivas’s appointment is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto. The information contained in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 to this report shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, unless the Company specifically incorporates the information by reference in a document filed under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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| Exhibit No. | Description of Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated September 3, 2025, announcing retirement of Randal T. Maffett as CEO and appointment of Jesse Arenivas as CEO of TransMontaigne Partners LLC. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 99.1). |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| TRANSMONTAIGNE PARTNERS LLC |
| By: | /s/ Matthew White | |
| Name: | Matthew White | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Secretary & General Counsel |
Date: September 3, 2025