Note 21. Subsequent Events (Unaudited) to the Date of the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Subsequent events have been evaluated through June 30, 2022, the date these consolidated financial statements were issued.
Dividend
On February 22, 2022, the combined company entered into a Dividend and Distribution Reinvestment Agreement (the “Reinvestment Agreement”) with selected parties including Blackstone, I Squared Capital, Management and Apache (“Reinvestment Holder”). The Reinvestment Agreement obligates each Reinvestment Holder to reinvest in shares of Class A Common Stock at least 20% of all distributions on Common Units or dividends on shares of Class A Common Stock held by such Reinvestment Holder. On April 4, 2022, the combined company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 related to the Reinvestment Agreement and the establishment of the Dividend and Distribution Reinvestment Plan (the “Plan”) for all other holders.
On April 20, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $1.50 per share on the combined company’s Class A Common Stock which was paid to stockholders on May 17, 2022. The combined company, through its ownership of the general partner of Altus LP, declared a distribution of $1.50 per Common Unit from Altus LP to the holders of Common Units. The combined company paid $11.7 million in cash dividends with the balance receiving additional Class A shares under the Dividend Reinvestment Agreement.
Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Unit Redemptions
At the close of the Transaction, the Partnership assumed 150,000 Preferred Units that are mandatorily redeemable in equal 50,000 unit tranches at each of the six-, twelve- and eighteen-month time periods from the close of the Transaction as defined in the new Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership for Altus LP.
The combined company redeemed 50,000 units along with 2,856 PIK units on March 28, 2022 for an aggregate amount equal to $60.7 million. The combined company redeemed an additional 25,000 units along with 1,428 PIK units on May 31, 2022 for an aggregate amount equal to $30.4 million. The combined company redeemed an additional 50,000 units along with 2,856 PIK units on June 30, 2022 for an aggregate amount equal to $61.4 million.
Stock Split
On May 19, 2022, the Board of Directors of Kinetik Holdings Inc. (“Kinetik Inc.”) (formerly Altus) approved and declared a two-for-one stock split with respect to its Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), and its Class C Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class C Common Stock” and together with the Class A Common Stock, the “Common Stock”), in the form of a stock dividend (the “Stock Split”). The Stock Split was accomplished by distributing one additional share of Class A Common Stock for each share of Class A Common Stock outstanding and one additional share of Class C Common Stock for each share of Class C Common Stock outstanding. The additional shares of Common Stock were issued on Wednesday, June 8, 2022 to holders of record at the close of business on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. These financials have been retrospectively adjusted to reflect this stock split.
Debt Refinancing
On June 8, 2022, Kinetik Holdings LP (“Kinetik LP”) (formerly Altus LP), a subsidiary of Kinetik Inc. (formerly Altus), completed a private offering (the “Notes Offering”) of $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of its 5.875% Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”), which are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Kinetik Inc. The Notes were issued at 99.588% of their face amount. The Notes will mature on June 15, 2030. The terms of the Notes are governed by the Indenture, dated as of June 8, 2022 (the “Indenture”), by and among Kinetik LP as the issuer, the Company as guarantor, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the
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