Explanatory Note
This Amendment No. 8 (“Amendment No. 8”) to Schedule 13D relates to the Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), of Kinetik Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), and is being filed to amend the initial statement on Schedule 13D filed on March 4, 2022 and subsequently amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on May 20, 2022, Amendment No. 2 filed on August 19, 2022, Amendment No. 3 filed on November 21, 2022, Amendment No. 4 filed on February 22, 2023, Amendment No. 5 filed on May 19, 2023, Amendment No. 6 filed on August 18, 2023 and Amendment No. 7 filed on November 27, 2023 (as amended, the “Schedule 13D”).
Except as set forth herein, this Amendment No. 8 does not modify any of the information previously reported in the Schedule 13D. All capitalized terms contained herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Schedule 13D.
Item 2. | Identity and Background |
Item 2 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by incorporating herein by reference the information set forth on the updated Schedule I attached hereto.
Item 3. | Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration |
The information in Item 5(c) and Item 6 of this Schedule 13D is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5. | Interest in Securities of the Issuer |
The first three paragraphs of items 5(a) and (b) of the Schedule 13D are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as follows:
(a) and (b) Calculations of the percentage of the shares of Class A Common Stock beneficially owned assumes that there were 59,635,172 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding as of the date hereof, as provided by the Issuer, and takes into account any shares of Class A Common Stock which would be received upon exchange of shares of Class C Common Stock along with an equivalent number of Common Units for a corresponding number of newly-issued shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis pursuant to the Third A&R LPA (as defined in Item 6), in each case, that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons, as applicable (and no other shares of Class C Common Stock or Common Units).
The aggregate number and percentage of shares of Class A Common Stock beneficially owned by each Reporting Person and, for each Reporting Person, the number of shares as to which there is sole power to vote or to direct the vote, shared power to vote or to direct the vote, sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition, or shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition are set forth on rows 7 through 11 and row 13 of the cover pages of this Schedule 13D and are incorporated herein by reference.
As of the date hereof, (i) BCP Aggregator holds 10,255,246 shares of Class A Common Stock, 56,421,146 Common Units and a corresponding number of shares of Class C Common Stock and 3,312,308 Consideration Allocation Rights and (ii) BX Permian holds 1,657,909 shares of Class A Common Stock, 9,121,326 Common Units and a corresponding number of shares of Class C Common Stock and 534,945 Consideration Allocation Rights. The Common Units are generally redeemable in exchange for shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis or, at the Partnership’s option, an equivalent amount of cash; provided that the Issuer may, at its option, effect a direct exchange of cash or Class A Common Stock for such Common Units in lieu of such a redemption by the Partnership. Upon any redemption or exchange of Common Units, a corresponding number of shares of Class C Common Stock will be cancelled. Harvest Fund Advisors LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Blackstone (“HFA”), is the beneficial owner of 4,513 shares of Class A Common Stock, which shares are held by funds and accounts managed by HFA in the ordinary course of its business.
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