UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~December~~January 2015, ~~2019~~2020

EMERGE ENERGY SERVICES LP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware		001-35912		90-0832937
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

~~5600~~6500 ~~Clearfork~~West ~~Main Street~~Freeway, Suite ~~400~~ 800 Fort Worth, TX 76116

Fort Worth, Texas 76109

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(817) 618-4020

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

~~Not~~5600 ~~applicable~~Clearfork Main Street, Suite 400 Fort Worth, Texas 76109

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Units		EMESZ		OTC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

AsOn ~~previously disclosed on July~~January 15, ~~2019~~2020, ~~Emerge Energy Services LP (~~the ~~“Partnership”),~~Board ~~along~~of ~~with~~Directors ~~its~~of ~~former~~EES ~~general partner, Emerge Energy Services~~ GP, LLC ~~and certain of the Partnership’s subsidiaries~~, ~~filed voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of title 11 (“Chapter 11”) of~~ the ~~United~~general ~~States~~partner ~~Code~~ (the “~~Bankruptcy~~General ~~Code~~Partner”) inof ~~the~~Emerge ~~United~~Energy ~~States~~Services ~~Bankruptcy~~LP ~~Court for the District of Delaware~~ (the “~~Bankruptcy Court~~Partnership”)~~. On December 10~~, ~~2019,~~appointed ~~the~~Vanessa ~~Partnership~~Gomez ~~filed~~LaGatta ~~with~~as the ~~Bankruptcy~~General ~~Court~~Partner’s ~~the~~Executive ~~proposed~~Vice ~~Second~~President ~~Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization for Emerge Energy Services LP~~ and ~~Its~~Chief ~~Affiliate~~Financial ~~Debtors under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code~~Officer, ~~dated~~effective ~~December~~January 1016, ~~2019, as described below (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Plan”)~~2020. ~~Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.~~

OnIn ~~December 18,~~this ~~2019~~role, Ms. Gomez LaGatta will act as the ~~Bankruptcy~~principal ~~Court~~financial ~~entered~~officer anof ~~order,~~the ~~Docket~~General NoPartner. ~~682,~~ Prior ~~confirming~~to her appointment as Executive Vice President and ~~approving~~Chief ~~the~~Financial ~~Plan~~Officer, Ms. Gomez OnLaGatta, ~~December 20~~age 42, ~~2019~~served ~~(the~~as ~~“Effective~~Managing ~~Date~~Director of Ankura Consulting Group, LLC (“Ankura”), ~~the~~since ~~conditions~~her appointment in May 2019. Prior to ~~effectiveness~~joining Ankura, Ms. Gomez LaGatta served as Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of ~~the~~Quicksilver ~~Plan~~Resources ~~were~~Inc. ~~satisfied~~from orJanuary 2015 ~~waived~~to August 2016 and ~~the~~served ~~Partnership~~as ~~emerged~~Vice President — Treasurer of Quicksilver Resources Inc. from ~~Chapter~~September 2009 11to December 2015. Ms. Gomez ALaGatta ~~summary~~brings ofover ~~the~~19 ~~Plan~~years isof ~~included~~corporate finance experience in the ~~Current~~energy ~~Report~~sector onto ~~Form~~the position of Chief Financial Officer. Ms. ~~8-K~~Gomez ~~filed~~LaGatta byholds ~~the~~a ~~Partnership~~Bachelor onof ~~December 30,~~Business ~~2019~~Administration with distinction in International Finance from Texas Christian University.

~~Departure~~As Executive Vice President and ~~Appointment~~Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Gomez LaGatta will receive an annual base salary of ~~Directors~~$330,000 and her maximum annual cash bonus opportunity will be an amount equal to 50% of her annual base salary. She also will be eligible to receive a sign-on bonus and to participate in the Partnership’s Long-Term Incentive Plan (subject to terms and performance measures as approved by the Board). If Ms. Gomez LaGatta’s employment is terminated without cause, she will be entitled to a cash lump sum payment of six month’s salary, subject to the execution and non-revocation of a general release of claims.

~~Pursuant~~There toare ~~the~~no ~~Plan,~~family asrelationships between Ms. Gomez LaGatta and any director or other executive officer of the ~~Effective~~General ~~Date,~~Partner and she was not selected by the ~~following~~General ~~directors~~Partner’s ~~ceased~~Board of Directors to serve onas ~~the~~Chief ~~board~~Financial ofOfficer ~~directors~~pursuant ofto ~~the~~any ~~general~~arrangement ~~partner~~or ofunderstanding ~~the~~with ~~Partnership:~~any ~~Ted~~person. WMs. Gomez ~~Beneski,~~LaGatta ~~Rick~~has ~~Shearer,~~no ~~Warren~~direct B.or ~~Bonham,~~indirect ~~Kevin~~material ~~Clark,~~interest ~~Mark~~in ~~Gottfredson,~~any ~~Peter~~transaction ~~Jones,~~required ~~Francis~~to J.be ~~Kelly, III,~~disclosed ~~Eliot~~pursuant E.to ~~Kerlin~~Item ~~Jr.~~404(a) of ~~and~~Regulation ~~Victor L~~S-K. ~~Vescovo.~~

Pursuant to the Plan, Mr. William Transier and Mr. Eugene Davis will continue to serve on the board of directors of the general partner of the Partnership, and Mr. Dom Dimitrievich, Mr. Brett Pertuz and Mr. Jeffrey Fitts were added to the board of directors as of the Effective Date.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Messrs. Dimitrievich, Fitts and Pertuz and any other persons pursuant to which he was appointed as a director. There are no relationships between Messrs. Dimitrievich, Fitts and Pertuz and the Partnership or its general partner that would require disclosure pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Messrs. Dimitrievich, Fitts and Pertuz shall not be compensated for their services on the board.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Emerge Energy Services LP	~~Emerge Energy Services LP~~
		By: EES GP, LLC, its general partner
	By:	Emerge Energy Services GP LLC, its general partner
Date: December 30, 2019
Date: January 21, 2020
	By:	~~By:~~/s/ Rick Shearer	~~/s/ Rick Shearer~~
		Rick Shearer	~~Rick Shearer~~
		Chief Executive Officer	~~Chief Executive Officer~~

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