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accession: "0001520006-26-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTDR"
cik: "0001520006"
company_name: "Matador Resources Co"
filed_at: "2026-10-05T11:36:02+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:44:18.393844+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Matador closes $1.255B Paloma Permian acquisition, adding 16,500 net acres in Eddy and Lea Counties

## Summary
- $1.255B as-adjusted cash purchase price (base $1.275B, subject to post-closing adjustments) for Paloma Permian LLC, a portfolio company of EnCap Investments L.P.
- Adds ~16,500 net primarily undeveloped acres in Eddy and Lea Counties, New Mexico, plus 156 net locations and 59 approved drilling permits.
- Acquired Paloma production has outperformed Matador's underwriting estimates by ~10% since June 1, 2026, led by Paloma's newest Eddy County wells.
- Matador expects to drill up to 25 wells on Paloma acreage by year-end 2027; total Delaware Basin net acreage to reach ~240,000 after the Ridge Runner close.
- Plans to pay down ~$350-400M on its PNC-led reserves-based credit facility in Q4 2026; Q3 2026 earnings release and call set for early November.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001520006-26-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTDR
- cik: 0001520006
- company_name: Matador Resources Co
- filed_at: 2026-10-05T11:36:02+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520006/000152000626000050/0001520006-26-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520006/000152000626000050/mtdr-20261001.htm

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