Exhibit 10.7
Execution Version
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of August 21, 2023 and effective as of the Closing Date, is made and entered into by and among Permian Resources Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the parties listed on the signature pages hereto (each such party, an “Initial Holder” and collectively, the “Initial Holders”) and each person who becomes a party to this Agreement by entering into a joinder agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company, Smits Merger Sub I Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub I”), Smits Merger Sub II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub II”), Permian Resources Operating, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Permian OpCo”), Earthstone Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Earthstone”), and Earthstone Energy Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Earthstone OpCo”), entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date herewith (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, (i) Merger Sub I will merge with and into Earthstone (the “Initial Merger”), with Earthstone surviving the Initial Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Initial Surviving Corporation”), (ii) as soon as practicable thereafter, the Initial Surviving Corporation will merge with and into Merger Sub II (the “Subsequent Merger”), with Merger Sub II surviving the Subsequent Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Surviving Company”) and (iii) as soon as practicable thereafter, Permian OpCo will merge with and into Earthstone OpCo (the “OpCo Merger”), with Permian OpCo surviving the OpCo Merger as a subsidiary of the Company (the “Surviving OpCo”);
WHEREAS, in connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the “Closing” and such date of closing, the “Closing Date”), among other things, the Initial Holders will receive shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (“Class A Common Stock”), shares of Class C common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (“Class C Common Stock”) and units of the Surviving OpCo (“Units”);
WHEREAS, each Unit will be redeemable or exchangeable, together with one share of Class C Common Stock, for one share of Class A Common Stock in accordance with the Seventh Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Surviving OpCo, to be dated as of the Closing Date (the “Surviving OpCo LLCA”);
WHEREAS, in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company and each of the Initial Holders have entered into this Agreement to set forth certain understandings among themselves with respect to, among other things, the registration of securities owned by the Holders; and
WHEREAS, this Agreement shall become effective immediately and automatically upon the Closing.