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): February 3, 2014 (January 31, 2014)

MEMORIAL PRODUCTION PARTNERS LP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 588-8300

Not Applicable

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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On January 31, 2014, Memorial Production Partners LP (the “Partnership”) announced that the Board of Directors of Memorial Production Partners GP LLC (the “Company”), the general partner of the Partnership, appointed William J. Scarff to serve as President of the Company effective January 31, 2014. John A. Weinzierl resigned as President of the Company effective January 31, 2014. Mr. Weinzierl will continue to serve as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Company.

Since 2000, Mr. Scarff, who is 58, has served as president and chief executive officer of several private exploration and production companies sponsored by Natural Gas Partners (“NGP”). Three NGP funds control Memorial Resource Development LLC, which controls the Company. From October 2010 until his appointment to serve as President of the Company, Mr. Scarff was president and chief executive officer of Propel Energy, LLC. Prior to that, he was president and chief executive officer of Seismic Ventures, Inc. from 2006 to 2009. From 2005 to 2014, Mr. Scarff was president and chief executive officer of Proton Operating Company, LLC and from 1999 to 2005, he was president and chief executive officer of Proton Energy, LLC and its affiliates. From 1978 to 1999, Mr. Scarff held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility in Marathon Oil Company, Anadarko Production Company, Burlington Resources, Texas Meridian Resource Corporation and Hilcorp Energy Company.

The Company has not entered into any material contract, plan or arrangement with Mr. Scarff and has not made any grants or awards to Mr. Scarff in connection with his appointment. Mr. Scarff does not have any family relationships with any director, executive officer, or any person nominated to become a director or executive officer, of the Company, and there are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Scarff and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Scarff was appointed to serve as President of the Company. There are no transactions in which Mr. Scarff had or will have a direct or indirect material interest that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

On January 31, 2014, the Partnership issued a press release announcing that William J. Scarff has been appointed to serve as President of the Company. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Item 7.01, including the attached Exhibit 99.1, is being “furnished” pursuant to General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and is not incorporated by reference into any Partnership filing, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

(d)  Exhibits.

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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