---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001767042-26-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KGS"
cik: "0001767042"
company_name: "Kodiak Gas Services, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T09:14:05.241563+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kodiak Gas Services issues $1B of 5.875% senior notes due 2031

## Summary
- Issued $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal of 5.875% senior unsecured notes maturing April 1, 2031.
- Interest payable semi-annually on April 1 and October 1, beginning October 1, 2026.
- Redeemable before April 1, 2028 at make-whole premium; up to 40% with equity proceeds at 105.875%.
- Covenants restrict distributions, investments, debt, liens, and mergers; terminate if investment grade rated.
- Change of control triggers repurchase at 101% of principal plus accrued interest.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001767042-26-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KGS
- cik: 0001767042
- company_name: Kodiak Gas Services, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1767042/000176704226000022/0001767042-26-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1767042/000176704226000022/kgs-20260323.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 9472a63efeee99d3781cd599c3bf68fd86beea3e
  claim: Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. incurred senior notes of $1,000,000,000 in aggregate principal amount with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association at 5.875% maturing April 1, 2031.
  evidence_excerpt: On March 20, 2026, Kodiak Gas Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Issuer”), issued $1,000,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5.875% senior unsecured notes due 2031 (the “Notes”), pursuant to an indenture, dated March 20, 2026
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1767042/000176704226000022/0001767042-26-000022-index.htm
- claim_id: 71281391cd849f63fa71e00019cbc88c14511b5b
  claim: Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. entered into Indenture with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee valued at $1,000,000,000 (effective 2026-03-20).
  evidence_excerpt: On March 20, 2026, Kodiak Gas Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Issuer”), issued $1,000,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5.875% senior unsecured notes due 2031 (the “Notes”), pursuant to an indenture, dated March 20, 2026 (the “Indenture”), by and among the Issuer, Kodiak Gas Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), certain other subsidiary guarantors party thereto (collectively with the Company, the “Guarantors”) and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1767042/000176704226000022/0001767042-26-000022-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.