HOUSTON, Aug. 30, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EV Energy Partners, L.P. (Nasdaq:EVEP) announced that its unitholders approved the 2016 Long Term Incentive Plan and the ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as EVEP’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 during a special meeting of the Partnership’s unitholders.

A quorum at the special meeting required the presence, either in person or by proxy, of a majority of all the Partnership’s outstanding units as of the record of date of July 7, 2016. Approximately 38.7 million or 79% percent of the Partnership’s outstanding units participated in the special meeting.

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EV Energy Partners, L.P. is a Houston based master limited partnership engaged in acquiring, producing and developing oil and natural gas properties. More information about EVEP is available on the Internet atwww.evenergypartners.com.