Permian Resources Announces Strategic Bolt-On Acquisition of Core Delaware Basin Assets

Permian Resources Acquired Acreage Map (Graphic: Business Wire)
Transaction Highlights
- Large, contiguous acreage position, offset existing core operating areas
- Adds >200 gross operated, two-mile locations with high NRIs, which immediately compete for capital
- Substantial midstream assets, including >100 miles of oil and natural gas pipelines, robust water infrastructure system with a ~25,000 Bbls/d water recycling facility and >10,000 surface acres
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Purchased at an attractive valuation:
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~3.4x 2025E EBITDAX and ~
17% free cash flow yield - Accretive to cash flow per share, free cash flow per share and NAV per share
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~3.4x 2025E EBITDAX and ~
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Conservatively financed through combination of equity and debt
- Expect to maintain leverage of ~1x net debt-to-EBITDAX
Management Commentary
“This acquisition is a natural fit for us given its high-return inventory and proximity to our current operated position,” said Will Hickey, Co-CEO of Permian Resources. “As the Delaware Basin’s low-cost leader, we are highly confident that our team will be able to leverage its operational expertise of the asset to significantly reduce costs and drive meaningful synergies, maximizing value for our shareholders.”
“Our overarching goal is to drive value for our investors, and this acquisition of high-quality assets adjacent to our existing position is a perfect example. Consistent with our strategy of pursuing sound M&A opportunities, this bolt-on acquisition adds core inventory which immediately competes for capital and is accretive to key metrics over both the short and long-term,” said James Walter, Co-CEO of Permian Resources. “Furthermore, the substantial midstream infrastructure and surface acres represent material value and will provide us with significant flexibility going forward.”
Financial Benefits
The transaction is attractively valued at approximately 3.4x 2025E EBITDAX1 and
Acquisition Overview
The acquired assets consist of approximately 29,500 net acres and 9,900 net royalty acres primarily located in
The acquired assets in
(For maps and further details summarizing Permian Resources’ recent acquisition, please see the presentation materials on its website under the Investor Relations tab.)
Financing and Liquidity Highlights
The Company intends to fund the acquisition, subject to market conditions and other factors, through proceeds from one or more capital markets transactions. Permian Resources anticipates that the financing of the acquisition will be leverage neutral on a forward looking and pro forma basis, allowing the Company to maintain a strong balance sheet with an expected year-end 2024 pro forma net debt-to-EBITDAX1 ratio of approximately 1x on a last quarter annualized basis, assuming strip prices.
Second Quarter 2024 Update
As of the date of this release, the Company has not finalized its financial and operating results for the second quarter of 2024. Based on preliminary information, Permian Resources estimates its average daily oil production volumes during the second quarter to be between 152.1 and 153.6 MBbls/d and its cash capital expenditures to be between
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1) EBITDAX, free cash flow, free cash flow yield and net debt-to-EBITDAX are non-GAAP financial measures. While management believes that such measures are useful for investors, they should not be used as a replacement for financial measures that are in accordance with
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Adjusted EBITDAX is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure that the Company defines as net income attributable to Class A Common Stock before net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, depletion and amortization, impairment and abandonment expense, non-cash gains or losses on derivatives, stock-based compensation (not cash-settled), exploration and other expenses, merger and integration expense, gain/loss from the sale of long-lived assets and other non-recurring items.
The Company defines free cash flow, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, as unlevered cash flow from operating activities before changes in working capital in excess of cash capital expenditures and defines free cash flow yield, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, as unlevered cash flow from operating activities before changes in working capital in excess of cash capital expenditures divided by the value of the applicable transaction.
Net debt-to-EBITDAX is a non-GAAP financial measure. The Company defines net debt as long-term debt, net, plus unamortized debt discount, premium and debt issuance costs on our senior notes minus cash and cash equivalents. The Company defines net debt-to-EBITDAX as net debt (defined above) divided by Adjusted EBITDAX (defined above).
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Source: Permian Resources Corporation