---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-068041"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPH"
cik: "0001005210"
company_name: "SUBURBAN PROPANE PARTNERS LP"
filed_at: "2023-12-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T17:40:48.784923+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Suburban Propane COO Steven C. Boyd to retire Jan 1, 2025; VP Centeno named successor

## Summary
- COO Steven C. Boyd will retire effective January 1, 2025; he has served in leadership since 1997.
- Alejandro Centeno, currently VP of Operations, will succeed Boyd as COO on January 1, 2025.
- Boyd and Centeno will work together over the next 12 months to ensure a smooth transition.
- No immediate changes to Centeno's compensation; no related-party transactions disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-068041
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPH
- cik: 0001005210
- company_name: SUBURBAN PROPANE PARTNERS LP
- filed_at: 2023-12-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005210/000095017023068041/0000950170-23-068041-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005210/000095017023068041/sph-20231205.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-068041.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Steven C. Boyd departed as Chief Operating Officer at SUBURBAN PROPANE PARTNERS LP.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On December 5, 2023, Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”) announced that Steven C. Boyd, its Chief Operating Officer, has declared his intention to retire effective January 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005210/000095017023068041/0000950170-23-068041-index.htm
- Executive change
  Alejandro Centeno was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at SUBURBAN PROPANE PARTNERS LP.
  - Action: will serve as the successor
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Simultaneously, the Partnership announced that Alejandro Centeno will serve as the successor to Mr. Boyd effective January 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005210/000095017023068041/0000950170-23-068041-index.htm

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