---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001552275-24-000017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SUN"
cik: "0001552275"
company_name: "Sunoco LP"
filed_at: "2024-03-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T09:02:21.236973+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sunoco appoints W. Brett Smith as independent director, effective March 22, 2024

## Summary
- W. Brett Smith, 64, appointed to board of Sunoco GP LLC (Sunoco LP's general partner) as independent director.
- Appointed to the audit committee effective immediately.
- Eligible for cash compensation and phantom unit grants under the Long-Term Incentive Plan.
- No arrangements or understandings with any person regarding his appointment; no 404(a) relationships.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001552275-24-000017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SUN
- cik: 0001552275
- company_name: Sunoco LP
- filed_at: 2024-03-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1552275/000155227524000017/0001552275-24-000017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1552275/000155227524000017/sun-20240322.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552275-24-000017
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552275-24-000017.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552275-24-000017.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  W. Brett Smith was appointed as Director at Sunoco LP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 22, 2024, Mr. W. Brett Smith, age 64, was appointed to the board of directors (the “Board”) of Sunoco GP LLC (the “General Partner”), the general partner of Sunoco LP (the “Partnership”) by the sole member of the General Partner pursuant to the provisions of the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the General Partner dated September 25, 2012, as amended.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1552275/000155227524000017/0001552275-24-000017-index.htm

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