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):  July 15, 2013

AMERICAN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware    001-35257    27-0855785

				
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)	
1614 15th Street, Suite 300
Denver, Colorado  
 (Address of principal executive offices)	80202  
 (Zip Code)	
    
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (720) 457-6060

Not applicable
(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.
Effective July 15, 2013, Donald R. Kendall, Jr. was appointed to the board of directors of American Midstream GP, LLC (the "General Partner"). Mr. Kendall will serve as an independent director and as a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Kendall is currently Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Kenmont Capital Partners, LP, an investment management firm based in Houston specializing in alternative investments and private equity. Prior to joining Kenmont, Mr. Kendall was a Portfolio Manager for Carlson Capital, L.P., President of Cogen Technologies Capital Company, L.P., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Palmetto Partners, Ltd., and a Managing Director in the project finance and leasing group at Credit Suisse First Boston.
Concurrent with the appointment of Mr. Kendall, effective July 15, 2013, Donald H. Anderson resigned as a member of the board of directors and the Audit Committee of the General Partner.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.

See “Index to Exhibits” attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference herein.

SIGNATURES
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.

		
 	American Midstream Partners, LP

By : American Midstream GP, LLC,  
       its General Partner   	
Date: July 15, 2013	By: /s/ Daniel C. Campbell
Name: Daniel C. Campbell
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	

Exhibit Index

	
					
Exhibit Number	  	Description	 	
99.1	 	  	American Midstream Partners, LP press release dated	July 15, 2013	

Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

American Midstream Appoints Donald R. Kendall, Jr.
to the Board of Directors of its General Partner

DENVER, CO - July 15, 2013 - American Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: AMID), today announced the appointment of Donald R. Kendall, Jr. to the board of directors of its general partner effective July 15, 2013. Mr. Kendall will serve as an independent director and as a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Kendall is currently Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Kenmont Capital Partners, LP, an investment management firm based in Houston specializing in alternative investments and private equity. Prior to joining Kenmont, Mr. Kendall was a Portfolio Manager for Carlson Capital, L.P., President of Cogen Technologies Capital Company, L.P., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Palmetto Partners, Ltd., and a Managing Director in the project finance and leasing group at Credit Suisse First Boston.
 
Concurrent with the appointment of Mr. Kendall, Donald H. Anderson resigned as a member of the board of directors and the Audit Committee.
 
"We are excited to have Don Kendall join the board of directors of our general partner and our Audit Committee," said Steve Bergstrom, Executive Chairman, President and CEO of American Midstream. "Don has more than three decades of diverse financial and business development experience in the finance and energy industries and will provide significant value to our partnership as we continue to pursue opportunities to grow our business. We would also like to thank Don Anderson for his contributions to American Midstream. We appreciate his valuable insight and leadership, and we wish him well in his many endeavors."
 
Mr. Kendall also serves as a director of SolarCity, Stream Energy, and Tangent Energy Solutions. In addition, Mr. Kendall serves in various capacities at not-for-profit organizations, including The Jane Goodall Institute, The Houston Zoo Conservation Committee, and Earthwatch International. He also is on the Board of Overseers of the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College. Mr. Kendall received a B.A. degree from Hamilton College and an M.B.A. with high honors from The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration. He was a Tuck Scholar and a recipient of the W. M. Bollenbach, Jr. Fellowship.

About American Midstream Partners
Denver-based American Midstream Partners, LP is a growth-oriented limited partnership formed to own, operate, develop and acquire a diversified portfolio of natural gas midstream energy assets. The company provides midstream services in the Gulf Coast and Southeast regions of the United States. For more information about American Midstream Partners, LP visit www.AmericanMidstream.com .

Forward Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements. These statements relate to, among other things, projections of operational volumetrics and improvements, growth projects, cash flows and capital expenditures. We have used the words "anticipate,” "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "predict," "project," "should," "will," "potential," and similar terms and phrases to identify forward-looking statements in this press release. Although we believe the assumptions upon which these forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, any of these assumptions could prove to be

inaccurate and the forward-looking statements based on these assumptions could be incorrect. Our operations involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside our control, and any one of which, or a combination of which, could materially affect our results of operations and whether the forward-looking statements ultimately prove to be correct. Actual results and trends in the future may differ materially from those suggested or implied by the forward-looking statements depending on a variety of factors which are described in greater detail in our filings with the SEC. Please see our Risk Factor disclosures included in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 filed on May 14, 2013. All future written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the previous statements. We undertake no obligation to update any information contained herein or to publicly release the results of any revisions to any forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances that occur, or that we become aware of, after the date of this press release.