Kinetik to acquire Durango Permian for $765M, sell GCX stake for $540M in Delaware Basin play

Also on May 9, 2024, the Company entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “GCX Purchase Agreement”) with GCX Pipeline, LLC, an affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC (the “GCX Buyer”), pursuant to which the Company has agreed to sell its 16% membership interest in Gulf Coast Express Pipeline LLC (“GCX”) to the GCX Buyer for a total purchase price of $540 million (the “GCX Sale”), consisting of $510 million of cash (subject to customary adjustments) at closing and an additional $30 million earn out in cash upon the approval by the GCX Board of Directors of one or more capital projects that achieve certain capacity expansion criteria.

On May 9, 2024, Kinetik Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (the “Durango MIPA”) with Durango Midstream LLC, an affiliate of Morgan Stanley Energy Partners (the “Durango Seller”), and Kinetik Holdings, LP, a subsidiary of the Company (the “Partnership”), pursuant to which the Partnership has agreed to purchase all of the membership interests of Durango Permian, LLC (“Durango”) from Durango Seller for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $765 million (the “Durango Acquisition”), consisting of (i) $315 million of cash to be paid at closing, (ii) approximately 3.8 shares of Class C Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share of the Company (“Class C Common Stock”) (and an equivalent number of common units in the Partnership (“OpCo Units”)), to be issued at closing and (iii) approximately 7.7 million shares of Class C Common Stock (and an equivalent number of OpCo Units) to be issued on July 1, 2025.