UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Director Appointment
(d) On November 9, 2020, Gloria L. Hartl, 48, was appointed to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of TC PipeLines GP, Inc. (the “General Partner”), the general partner of TC PipeLines, LP (the “Partnership”), to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Sean Brett from the Board in August 2020. Ms. Hartl’s initial term as an employee director will expire in 2021 or upon her earlier resignation or removal.
Ms. Hartl's principal occupation is Vice-President, Risk Management of TC Energy Corporation (“TC Energy”), the ultimate parent company of the General Partner, a position she has held since February 2019. In her current position, Ms. Hartl is responsible for oversight of risk management, including Canadian and U.S. insurance risk, counterparty risk, contract risk market analytics and reporting. Since joining TC Energy as a Commercial Risk Specialist in January 2007, Ms. Hartl has held several positions of increasing responsibility, most recently as Director, Corporate Planning.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Hartl and any other person pursuant to which she was appointed as a director. There are no transactions to which Ms. Hartl is a party that require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
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SIGNATURES
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.
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TC PipeLines, LP | ||
| by: TC PipeLines GP, Inc., | ||
| its general partner | ||
| By: | /s/ Jon A. Dobson | |
| Jon A. Dobson | ||
| Secretary | ||
| Dated: November 13, 2020 | ||
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