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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): July 16, 2026

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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 816-792-1600

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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 816-792-1600

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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 816-792-1600

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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 816-792-1600

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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:

☐  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp.

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Ferrellgas, L.P.

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Ferrellgas Finance Corp.

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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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.

On July 16, 2026, Ferrellgas, Inc. (the “Company”), the general partner of Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. and Ferrellgas, L.P., and Tamria Zertuche, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, entered into a First Amendment to Executive Employment Agreement (the “First Amendment”), effective as of July 16, 2026, which extends the term of Ms. Zertuche’s employment as President and Chief Executive Officer and principal executive officer for purposes of the Exchange Act, through July 31, 2029, unless earlier terminated by the Company or Ms. Zertuche in accordance with the terms of the Executive Employment Agreement, as amended.

Pursuant to the First Amendment, from and after August 1, 2026, as compensation for Ms. Zertuche’s services, she will be paid an annual base salary of $935,000. The Company’s Board of Directors may adjust Ms. Zertuche’s base salary upward from time to time in its sole discretion. Ms. Zertuche is also eligible to participate in any of the general partner’s incentive and benefits plans as such plans are implemented and will receive certain severance benefits in the event of termination based on the nature of such termination.

Biographical and other information regarding Ms. Zertuche is disclosed in Part III of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2025, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 15, 2025.

Item 7.01Regulation FD Disclosure.

On July 21, 2026, Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. issued a press release announcing the extension of the term of Ms. Zertuche’s employment as described in Item 5.02 of this Form 8-K. The full text of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference in this Item 7.01.

The information contained in this Item 7.01 and in the accompanying Exhibit 99.1 are deemed to be “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

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Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits

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(d) Exhibits.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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