Edgar Filing: Yost Timothy K.

Ownership Submission

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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 ^*

Â Yost Timothy K.

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/10/2009

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
STONEMOR PARTNERS LP [STON]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O STONEMOR PARTNERS L.P.,Â 311 VETERANS HIGHWAY, SUITE B

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

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Vice President

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

(Street)

LEVITTOWN,Â PAÂ 19056

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 Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Units representing limited partnership interests	3,900	D	Â

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

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Restricted Phantom Units	Â ⁽¹⁾	Â ⁽¹⁾	common units	6,000	$ ⁽¹⁾	D	Â
Unit Appreciation Rights	Â ⁽²⁾	Â ⁽³⁾	common units	10,000	$ 24.14	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Yost Timothy K. C/O STONEMOR PARTNERS L.P. 311 VETERANS HIGHWAY, SUITE B LEVITTOWN,Â PAÂ 19056	Â	Â	Â Vice President	Â

Signatures

/s/ Shirley Herman, Attorney-in-Fact		11/12/2009
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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)	On November 8, 2006, the reporting person was granted 12,000 restricted phantom units on a one-time basis pursuant to a Key Employee Restricted Phantom Unit Agreement (the "Key Employee Agreement"), dated November 8, 2006, under the StoneMor Partners L.P. Long-Term Incentive Plan, between the reporting person and StoneMor GP LLC, the general partner of and acting on behalf of StoneMor Partners L.P. (the "Issuer"), representing 12,000 performance vested units which vest pursuant to the formula set forth in the Key Employee Agreement. Each restricted phantom unit is the economic equivalent of one common unit representing limited partner interests of the Issuer. Restricted phantom units become payable, in cash or common units, at the election of the issuer, upon the full vesting of the restricted phantom units. The reporting person settled 6,000 performance units for 6,000 common units representing limited partner interests in the Issuer.
(2)	The reporting person was granted 10,000 Unit Appreciation Rights ("UARs") pursuant to a Unit Appreciation Rights Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of November 27, 2006, under the StoneMor Partners L.P. Long-Term Incentive Plan, between the reporting person and StoneMor GP LLC. All of the UARs granted pursuant to the Agreement are performance vested UARs, which vest pursuant to a formula set forth in the Agreement. The UARs may be exercised only after vesting and to the extent vested.
(3)	The UARs expire 5 years after the date of grant of November 27, 2006, provided that if the UARs have not fully vested at the end of such 5 year period, the 5 year period will automatically be extended for an additional 2 years.
Â Remarks: ExhibitÂ 24Â -Â PowerÂ ofÂ Attorney TheÂ filingÂ ofÂ thisÂ statementÂ shallÂ notÂ beÂ construedÂ asÂ anÂ admissionÂ (a)Â thatÂ theÂ personÂ filingÂ thisÂ statementÂ is,Â forÂ theÂ purposesÂ ofÂ SectionÂ 16Â ofÂ theÂ SecuritiesÂ ExchangeÂ ActÂ ofÂ 1934,Â asÂ amended,Â theÂ beneficialÂ ownerÂ ofÂ anyÂ equityÂ securitiesÂ coveredÂ byÂ thisÂ statement,Â orÂ (b)Â thatÂ thisÂ statementÂ isÂ legallyÂ requiredÂ toÂ beÂ filedÂ byÂ suchÂ person.

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