ACQUISITION

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2024

Business Combination, Asset Acquisition, and Joint Venture Formation [Abstract]

ACQUISITION

ACQUISITION

On April 17, 2024, Benchmark consummated the previously announced Transaction contemplated in the Purchase Agreement, dated February 16, 2024, by and among Benchmark and Revolution.

At the closing of Transaction pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, among other things, Benchmark acquired certain upstream assets and related facilities in Texas and Oklahoma, including approximately 140,000 net acres and an interest in approximately 470 operated producing wells, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Purchase Agreement for a purchase price of $145 million in cash, subject to customary post-closing adjustments. Acacia funded a portion of the Purchase Price and related fees amounting to $59.9 million with cash on hand. The remainder of the Purchase Price was funded by a combination of borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility and the remaining being funded through a cash contribution of $15.3 million from other investors. Following closing, the Company’s interest in Benchmark is approximately 73.5%.

The Transaction is being accounted for as an asset acquisition under ASC 805, Business Combinations as substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired was concentrated in a group of similar identifiable assets. The accounting for asset acquisitions is accounted for by using a cost accumulation model, where the cost of the acquisition is allocated to the assets acquired on the basis of relative fair values. As part of the Transaction, the Company also recognized an asset retirement obligation for the oil and gas producing properties acquired of $28.8 million.