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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-028629"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001490286"
company_name: "Tortoise Midstream Energy Fund, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-06-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T06:46:34.145162+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tortoise Midstream Energy appoints Matthew Sallee as CEO; Courtney Gengler departs

## Summary
- Director Jennifer Paquette not standing for reelection at 2024 Annual Meeting; no disagreement.
- Matthew Sallee appointed CEO effective June 7, 2024, replacing Courtney Gengler who leaves to pursue other opportunities.
- Sallee, age 45, remains President and Managing Director of Tortoise Capital Advisors; President since 2015.
- Gengler's departure not due to any disagreement with Company's operations, policies, or practices.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-028629
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001490286
- company_name: Tortoise Midstream Energy Fund, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-06-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490286/000114036124028629/0001140361-24-028629-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490286/000114036124028629/ef20030533_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-028629
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-028629.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Courtney Gengler departed as Chief Executive Officer at Tortoise Midstream Energy Fund, Inc..
  - Action: leaving
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Ms. Gengler, who is leaving Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. (the “ Adviser ”) to pursue other opportunities effective as of the close of business on June 7, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490286/000114036124028629/0001140361-24-028629-index.htm
- Executive change
  Matthew Sallee was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Tortoise Midstream Energy Fund, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: effective June 3, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Matthew Sallee to succeed Courtney Gengler as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective as of the close of business on June 7, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490286/000114036124028629/0001140361-24-028629-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jennifer Paquette departed as Director at Tortoise Midstream Energy Fund, Inc..
  - Action: not to stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: Jennifer Paquette, a director of Tortoise Midstream Energy Fund, Inc. (the “ Company ”), notified the Company of her decision not to stand for reelection when her current term expires at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490286/000114036124028629/0001140361-24-028629-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.