PA Utility Giant UGI Fires CEO, Board Chairman Named Interim CEO

A press release issued yesterday by UGI Corporation, a diversified energy company with midstream (pipeline) operations in the Marcellus and one of PA’s largest utility companies, opens this way: "UGI Corporation announced today that Mario Longhi, incoming Chair of the Board of Directors, has been named interim Chief Executive Officer. Roger Perreault has stepped down as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board, effective immediately." What the press release doesn't mention, but we discovered in a company filing with the SEC, is that "The Board treated Mr. Perreault’s departure from the Company as an involuntary termination other than a Termination for Cause."

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