---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-298769"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KGS"
cik: "0001767042"
company_name: "Kodiak Gas Services, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T09:56:59.465871+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kodiak Gas to acquire CSI Compressco LP; unitholders get 0.086 KGS shares each

## Summary
- Partnership common units convert into 0.086 shares of Kodiak common stock; tax-deferred OpCo Units also available.
- Supporting unitholders owning ~54% of Partnership units have agreed to support the merger.
- Deal subject to unitholder approval, HSR clearance, NYSE listing of KGS shares, and debt financing by Kodiak.
- Termination fees: $15M if Partnership terminates for superior proposal; $20M if Kodiak fails to close.
- Mergers expected to close by September 1, 2024, with possible extension.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-298769
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KGS
- cik: 0001767042
- company_name: Kodiak Gas Services, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1767042/000119312523298769/0001193125-23-298769-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1767042/000119312523298769/d679352d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. entered into Agreement and Plan of Merger with CSI Compressco LP, CSI Compressco GP LLC (effective 2023-12-19).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: CSI Compressco LP, CSI Compressco GP LLC
  - Effective: 2023-12-19
  source text: On December 19, 2023, Kodiak Gas Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Kodiak”), Kodiak Gas Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Kodiak (“Kodiak Services”), Kick Stock Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Kodiak (“Stock Merger Sub”), Kick GP Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Kodiak Services (“GP Merger Sub”), Kick LP Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Kodiak Services (“Unit Merger Sub”), CSI Compressco LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and CSI Compressco GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of the Partnership (the “General Partner”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1767042/000119312523298769/0001193125-23-298769-index.htm

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