0001610682-17-000002.txt : 20170110 0001610682-17-000002.hdr.sgml : 20170110 20170110162410 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001610682-17-000002 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170101 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170110 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170110 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: USD Partners LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001610682 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RAILROAD SWITCHING & TERMINAL ESTABLISHMENTS [4013] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 811 MAIN STREET STREET 2: SUITE 2800 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77002 BUSINESS PHONE: 713-249-0426 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 811 MAIN STREET STREET 2: SUITE 2800 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77002 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Ruple Joshua Dean CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001692717 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36674 FILM NUMBER: 17520825 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 811 MAIN STREET STREET 2: SUITE 2800 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77002 3 1 wf-form3_148408343483032.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2017-01-01 0 0001610682 USD Partners LP USDP 0001692717 Ruple Joshua Dean 811 MAIN STREET SUITE 2800 HOUSTON TX 77002 0 1 0 0 SEE REMARKS COMMON UNITS (LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS) 36274 D Includes 13,612 phantom units initially granted on February 16, 2015, and 18,076 phantom units initially granted on February 25, 2016. Each phantom unit is the economic equivalent of one common unit of USDP. The phantom units vest in four annual installments commencing on the one-year anniversary of the issuance date. The Reporting Person is Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of USD Partners GP LLC, the general partner of the Issuer (the "General Partner"). The Issuer is managed by the directors and executive officers of the General Partner. Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 Power of Attorney /s/ Adam K. Altsuler, Attorney-in-fact for Joshua D Ruple 2017-01-10 EX-24 2 usdp-ruplepoaforsection161.htm RUPLE POA Exhibit

POWER OF ATTORNEY
JOSHUA D. RUPLE

With respect to holdings of and transactions in securities issued by USD Partners LP (the “Company”), the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals named on Schedule A attached hereto and as may be amended from time to time, or any of them signing singly, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to act as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
1.
prepare, execute in the undersigned’s name and on the undersigned’s behalf, and submit to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain and/or regenerate codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any rule or regulation of the SEC;
2.
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;
3.
do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
4.
take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney‑in‑fact may approve in his or her discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and resubstitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorneys-in-fact substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is any Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 3rd day of January, 2017.

/s/     Joshua D. Ruple                     
Joshua D. Ruple








    
Schedule A

Individuals Appointed as Attorney-in-Fact with Full Power of Substitution and Resubstitution

1. Adam K. Altsuler
2. Chris Robbins
3. Keith Benson