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BLACK ELK ENERGY OFFSHORE OPERATIONS, LLC FILES (8-K) Disclosing Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Financial Statements and Exhibits(Edgar Glimpses Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers (b) Resignation of Director and Chief Executive Officer John Hoffman On September 15, 2014, John Hoffman, President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Managers of Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC (the "Company") announced his resignation effective immediately. (c) Appointment of Chief Executive Officer Jeff Shulse On September 18, 2014, the Company appointed Jeffrey Shulse, age 44, as its President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Shulse has more than 20 years of finance, M&A and oilfield operations experience. Most recently, Mr. Shulse has been serving as the CFO of the Company and is founder and President of Freedom Well Services, a P&A, slickline and electronic line services company, from April 2011 to the present. Prior to launching Freedom Well Services, Mr. Shulse was VP of Finance with Norse Cutting & Abandonment from July 2007 to April 2011, CFO and General Counsel for American InfoSource from June 2004 to July 2007 and has public accounting experience with both Arthur Andersen LLP and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited in the areas of M&A, structured finance and taxation. Mr. Shulse is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the State Bar of Texas and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Houston and a JD from the University of Houston Law Center. Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits (d) Exhibit Exhibit Description 10.1 Employment Agreement, dated January 8, 2014, by and between Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC and Jeffrey Shulse (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 14, 2014, File No. 333-174226). . -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exhibit 99.1 |