Sec Form 4 Filing - LYTAL JAMES H @ Rice Midstream Partners LP - 2018-07-23

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person LYTAL JAMES H 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Rice Midstream Partners LP [ RMP] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X __ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) 625 LIBERTY AVENUE, SUITE 1700 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY) 07/23/2018 (Street) PITTSBURGH, PA15222 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) __ X __ Form filed by One Reporting Person _____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Units Representing Limited Partner Interests 07/23/2018 D( 1 )( 2 ) 33,720 D $ 0 0 D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YY) 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other LYTAL JAMES H 625 LIBERTY AVENUE, SUITE 1700 PITTSBURGH, PA15222 X Signatures /s/ Tobin M. Nelson, Attorney-in-Fact for James H. Lytal 07/23/2018 Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

( 1 )On July 23, 2018, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of April 25, 2018 (the Merger Agreement), by and among EQT Midstream Partners, LP (EQM), EQT Midstream Services, LLC, EQM Acquisition Sub, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of EQM (Merger Sub), EQM GP Acquisition Sub, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of EQM (GP Merger Sub), Rice Midstream Partners LP (RMP), Rice Midstream Management LLC, the general partner of RMP (RMP GP), and, solely for purposes of certain provisions therein, EQT Corporation, Merger Sub merged with and into RMP (the Merger), with RMP continuing as the surviving entity and as a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of EQM, and GP Merger Sub merged with and into RMP GP, with RMP GP continuing as the surviving entity and as a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of EQM. ( 2 )Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the Effective Time), (i) each common unit representing limited partner interests in RMP (each an RMP common unit) issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time was converted into the right to receive 0.3319 common units representing limited partner interests in EQM (the merger consideration) and (ii) each outstanding award of phantom units in respect of RMP common units fully vested and was converted into the right to receive the merger consideration, subject to applicable tax withholding, in respect of each RMP common unit subject thereto.

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