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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-095753"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AROC"
cik: "0001389050"
company_name: "Archrock, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-08-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T06:46:20.649582+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Archrock closes $826M cash-plus-stock acquisition of TOPS, adding 580k horsepower

## Summary
- Total consideration: $826M cash + 6.87M Archrock shares + up to $6M deferred cash.
- Acquired 580,000 horsepower (500k operating) with contracted backlog.
- Adds electric motor drive compression, deepens Permian Basin presence.
- Sellers locked up: 50% for 90 days, remainder for 180 days.
- Cash portion funded via recent capital markets transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-095753
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AROC
- cik: 0001389050
- company_name: Archrock, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-08-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.01, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1389050/000110465924095753/0001104659-24-095753-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1389050/000110465924095753/tm2423084d1_8k.htm

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