| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement |
On June 24, 2024, Kinetik Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) consummated the previously announced transaction contemplated by that certain Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (the “Durango MIPA”), dated May 9, 2024, by and between the Company, Kinetik Holdings, LP, a subsidiary of the Company (the “Partnership”), and Durango Midstream LLC, an affiliate of Morgan Stanley Equity Partners (the “Durango Seller”), pursuant to which the Partnership purchased all of the membership interests of Durango Permian, LLC from Durango Seller for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $765 million (the “Durango Acquisition”), consisting of (i) approximately $315 million of cash paid at closing, (ii) approximately 3.8 million common units in the Partnership (“OpCo Units”) and an equivalent number of shares of Class C Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class C Common Stock”) issued at closing and (iii) approximately 7.7 million OpCo Units and an equivalent number of shares of Class C Common Stock to be issued on July 1, 2025. Durango Seller is also entitled to a $75 million earn out in cash contingent upon the Kings Landing gas processing complex in Eddy County, New Mexico (the “Kings Landing Project”) being placed into service (the “Kings Landing Earnout”). The Kings Landing Earnout is subject to reduction based on actual capital costs associated with the Kings Landing Project.
On June 24, 2024, in connection with the closing of the Durango Acquisition, the Company, the Partnership and Durango Seller entered into a board observer rights agreement (the “Observer Rights Agreement”) and a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).
Observer Rights Agreement
Pursuant to the Observer Rights Agreement, Durango Seller is entitled to appoint one observer to the board of directors of the Company for so long as it has the right to receive Deferred Consideration (as defined in the Durango MIPA) and until the date that it ceases to hold at least 6,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (“Class A Common Stock”) or Class C Common Stock.
Registration Rights Agreement
Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has agreed to file a registration statement, within 180 days of closing, registering for resale shares of Class A Common Stock issuable or issued upon exchange of the shares of Class C Common Stock and OpCo Units received by Durango Seller pursuant to the Durango MIPA (the “Registrable Securities”). Durango Seller also has the right to demand that the Company undertake an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities so long as such offering is expected to result in proceeds of at least $100 million, subject to certain other limitations. In addition, Durango Seller has certain “piggyback” rights if the Company or other holders of the Company’s securities undertake an underwritten offering, subject to customary cutbacks. Durango Seller has also agreed, subject to certain customary exceptions, not to directly or indirectly sell, offer or agree to sell, or otherwise transfer, or loan or pledge, through swap or hedging transactions, or grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of the OpCo Units and shares of Class C Common Stock (and any shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon redemption thereof) issued to Durango Seller at closing for approximately 1 year.
The foregoing descriptions of the Observer Rights Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full and complete terms of the Observer Rights Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement, which are included as Exhibits 10.1 and 4.1, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 2.01 | Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets |
The information with respect to the closing of the Durango Acquisition in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 2.01.
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On June 24, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the consummation of the Durango Acquisition. A copy of the Company’s press release is attached hereto and furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated in this report by reference.
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