8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 13, 2024

KINETIK HOLDINGS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-38048

81-4675947

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

2700 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 300

Houston, Texas 77056

(Address of principal executive offices and Zip Code)

(713) 621-7330

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value

KNTK

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Underwriting Agreement

On March 13, 2024, Kinetik Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and Apache Midstream LLC (the “Selling Stockholder”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, as representative of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Selling Stockholder agreed to sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agreed to purchase from the Selling Stockholder, subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth therein, 13,079,871 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) of the Company (the “Offering”), which includes the Underwriters’ option to purchase up to an additional 1,706,070 shares of Common Stock, which was exercised in full on March 14, 2024. The Offering is expected to close on March 18, 2024. The Company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of Common Stock in the Offering. The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholder and other customary obligations of the parties and termination provisions.

A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such Exhibit.

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On March 13, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the launching of the Offering and on March 14, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the Offering. Copies of the press releases are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description

1.1		Underwriting Agreement, dated as of March 13, 2024 by and among Kinetik Holdings Inc., Apache Midstream LLC and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, as representative of the several underwriters named therein.

99.1		Press Release Regarding Launch of Offering of Common Stock of Kinetik Holdings Inc. dated March 13, 2024.

99.2		Press Release Regarding Pricing of Offering of Common Stock of Kinetik Holdings Inc. dated March 14, 2024.

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


KINETIK HOLDINGS INC.

By:		/s/ Todd Carpenter
		Todd Carpenter
		General Counsel, Assistant Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer

Dated: March 15, 2024

SEC Form 8-K filed by Kinetik Holdings Inc.