---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001423902-22-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WES"
cik: "0001423902"
company_name: "Western Midstream Partners, LP"
filed_at: "2022-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T23:32:44.630824+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Western Midstream appoints Kristen Shults as CFO; grants phantom unit awards

## Summary
- Kristen S. Shults, age 37, appointed SVP and CFO of WES GP (general partner) effective May 2, 2022.
- Previously SVP Finance and Communications since May 2021; prior roles at Anadarko (Occidental) and Ernst & Young.
- Received phantom unit awards: 21,676 time-based (3-year vest), 10,838 TSR-based, 10,838 ROA-based.
- Awards under 2017 LTIP; settle in common units upon vesting; distribution equivalent rights paid quarterly or at end.
- No other arrangements or relationships requiring disclosure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001423902-22-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WES
- cik: 0001423902
- company_name: Western Midstream Partners, LP
- filed_at: 2022-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423902/000142390222000010/0001423902-22-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423902/000142390222000010/wes-20220502.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001423902-22-000010
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001423902-22-000010.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001423902-22-000010.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kristen S. Shults was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Western Midstream Partners, LP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On May 2, 2022, Kristen S. Shults was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Western Midstream Holdings, LLC (“WES GP”), the general partner of Western Midstream Partners, LP (the “Partnership”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423902/000142390222000010/0001423902-22-000010-index.htm

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