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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 1, 2017

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WESTMORELAND RESOURCE PARTNERS, LP
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Delaware
001-34815
77-0695453
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

9540 South Maroon Circle,
Suite 300
Englewood, CO
80112
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (855) 922-6463

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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Amendment No. 2 to the Services Agreement

On September 1, 2017, Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP ("Partnership") and Westmoreland Resources GP, LLC, the general partner of the Partnership ("General Partner”), entered into a second amendment (the "Amendment") to the Services Agreement dated as of January 1, 2015 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Services Agreement”), by and between the Partnership and General Partner. The Amendment modified the term of the Services Agreement to extend the current term end date from December 31, 2017 to January 31, 2018. The term of the Services Agreement automatically renews upon the end of term for successive 12-month periods unless either party gives written notice no less than 120 days prior to the end of the current term of the Services Agreement.

The foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms of the Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (d)     Exhibits

Exhibit No.
   
Description
 
 
 
10.1
 
Amendment No. 2 to the Services Agreement, dated September 1, 2017, by and between Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP and Westmoreland Resources GP, LLC

 

 





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.

 
WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: September 8, 2017
By:
/s/ Samuel N. Hagreen
 
 
Samuel N. Hagreen
Corporate Secretary and
Associate General Counsel
















EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.
   
Description
 
 
 
 
Amendment No. 2 to the Services Agreement, dated September 1, 2017, by and between Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP and Westmoreland Resources GP, LLC