Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby further amended and supplemented by adding the following:
Support Agreement and Director Designation Agreement
On January 11, 2022, the Issuer, Falcon Minerals Operating Partnership, LP, a Delaware limited partnership and subsidiary of the Issuer (“OpCo”), Ferrari Merger Sub A LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of OpCo (“Merger Sub”), and DPM HoldCo, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“DPM”), entered into an agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into DPM (the “Merger”), with DPM continuing as the surviving entity in the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of OpCo.
Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement and subject to the conditions therein, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Merger Effective Time”), the limited liability company interests in DPM issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time will be converted into the right to receive an aggregate of (i) 235,000,000 shares of Class C common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Issuer ( “Class C Common Stock”, and together with the Class A Common Stock, the “Common Stock”), (ii) 235,000,000 common units representing limited partnership interests in OpCo (“OpCo Units”), and (iii) additional shares of Class C Common Stock (and a corresponding number of OpCo Units) equal to (a) the sum of (x) the difference between $140 million and the DPM net debt plus (y) the amount by which the indebtedness for borrowed money of the Issuer and its subsidiaries exceeds $45 million as of immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time divided by (b) $5.15 (together, the “Merger Consideration”). Certain affiliates of Blackstone hold equity interests in DPM, and as such, such affiliates of Blackstone will receive a portion of the Merger Consideration.
Completion of the Merger is subject to certain customary conditions, including, among others, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least (i) a majority of the votes cast at the Issuer’s stockholder meeting on the approval of the issuance of the Merger Consideration and (ii) a majority of the voting power of the outstanding capital stock of the Issuer entitled to vote on the approval of adoption of certain amendments to the Issuer’s certificate of incorporation providing for a reverse stock split of the Issuer’s common stock prior to the Merger Effective Time at a ratio of four to one (the “Falcon Reverse Stock Split”).
In connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, on January 11, 2022, Royal LP entered into (i) a voting and support agreement (the “Support Agreement”) with the Issuer and DPM and (ii) a director designation agreement (the “Director Designation Agreement”) with the Issuer and other members of DPM.
Pursuant to the Support Agreement, Royal LP agreed, from and after the date of the Support Agreement until the earlier of the the closing of the Merger and the termination of the Merger Agreement, (a) not to Transfer (as defined in the Support Agreement) any of the OpCo Units and shares of Class C Common Stock held by it, subject to certain permitted transfers, (b) subject to certain exceptions, not to acquire additional equity interests of the Issuer or OpCo without the consent of DPM, and (c) to vote its shares (1) in favor of proposals relating to the issuance of the Merger Consideration, the Falcon Reverse Stock Split, the amendment of the Issuer’s certificate of incorporation, the Issuer’s long-term incentive plan, and any other matters necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and (2) against any agreement, transaction or proposal relating to a Competing Proposal (as defined in the Merger Agreement).
Pursuant to the Director Designation Agreement, the Issuer agreed to (a) include two nominees designated by the Issuer in the slate of nominees to be recommended by the Falcon Board for election at the first post-closing annual meeting of the Issuer and (b) include in the slate of nominees to be recommended by the Falcon Board for election at each applicable annual or special meeting of stockholders the following individuals: (i) so long as KMF DPM HoldCo, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Chambers DPM HoldCo, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively with KMF DPM Holdco, LLC, “Kimmeridge”), and their affiliates collectively beneficially own at least 10% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, one nominee designated by Kimmeridge; (ii) so long as Royal LP, Rock Ridge Royalty Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively with Royal LP, the “Blackstone Parties”), and their affiliates collectively beneficially own at least 10% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, one nominee designated by the Blackstone Parties; and (iii) so long as Source Energy Leasehold, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, Permian Mineral Acquisitions, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (collectively with Source Energy Leasehold, LP, the “Source Stockholders”), and their affiliates collectively beneficially own at least 10% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, one nominee designated by the Source Stockholders.