Edgar Filing: Crestwood Equity Partners LP

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Dougherty Steven Michael

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Crestwood Equity Partners LP [CEQP]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
SVP - Chief Accounting Officer

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

700 LOUISIANA STREET, SUITE 2550

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/08/2015

(Street)

HOUSTON, TX 77002

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Units								60,789 ⁽¹⁾	D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Phantom Units

⁽²⁾

05/08/2015

1,251.0381 ⁽³⁾

⁽⁴⁾

Common Units

1,251.0381

$ 0

48,563.0239

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Dougherty Steven Michael 700 LOUISIANA STREET SUITE 2550 HOUSTON, TX 77002			SVP - Chief Accounting Officer

Signatures

/s/ Judy Riddle, attorney-in-fact for Steven M. Dougherty		05/12/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Includes restricted units granted under the Crestwood Equity Partners LP Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended.
(2)	Each phantom unit is the economic equivalent of one common unit representing a limited partnership interest in CEQP.
(3)	Represents additional Phantom Units received by the Reporting Person pursuant to the terms of previously granted Distribution Equivalent Rights. Each Distribution Equivalent Right entitles the Reporting Person to additional Phantom Units with a value equal to the amount of distributions paid on each of CEQP's common units. On May 15, 2015, CEQP will pay a quarterly cash distribution to holders of its common units in an amount equal to $0.1375 per common unit. Pursuant to the terms of the Distribution Equivalent Rights, the Reporting Person receives a number of additional Phantom Units in respect of each Distribution Equivalent Right with a value (based on the closing price of CEQP's common units on the record date ($5.20) equal to the per unit amount of the distribution.
(4)	The forfeiture restrictions on the phantom units shall lapse, and the phantom units shall vest and convert to an equal number of common units on the third (3rd) anniversary of the grant date.

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