EQUITY

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Equity [Abstract]

EQUITY

EQUITY

Equity Offering

On March 28, 2024, the Company completed an underwritten public offering of 5,250,000 shares of its common stock. After deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses, the Company received net proceeds of approximately $344.2 million. The net proceeds from this offering were used for general corporate purposes, including the funding of acquisitions and the repayment of borrowings outstanding under the Credit Agreement.

Stock-based Compensation

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company granted awards to certain of its employees of 135,000 service-based restricted stock units to be settled in cash, which are liability instruments, and 170,000 performance-based stock units and 99,600 service-based shares of restricted stock, which are equity instruments. The performance-based stock units vest in an amount between zero and 200% of the target units granted based on the Company’s relative total shareholder return over the three-year period ending December 31, 2026, as compared to a designated peer group. The service-based restricted stock and restricted stock units vest over a three-year period. The fair value of these awards was approximately $22.8 million on the grant date.

Common Stock Dividend

Matador’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share of common stock in February 2024. The dividend, which totaled $23.9 million, was paid on March 13, 2024 to shareholders of record as of February 23, 2024. On April 17, 2024, the Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share of common stock payable on June 7, 2024 to shareholders of record as of May 17, 2024.

San Mateo Distributions and Contributions

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, San Mateo distributed $26.8 million to the Company and $25.7 million to a subsidiary of Five Point Energy LLC (“Five Point”), the Company’s joint venture partner in San Mateo. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, San Mateo distributed $19.9 million to the Company and $19.1 million to Five Point. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company contributed $7.7 million and Five Point contributed $7.4 million of cash to San Mateo. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, there were no contributions to San Mateo by either the Company or Five Point.

Performance Incentives

Five Point paid the Company $1.5 million and $14.7 million of performance incentives during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. These performance incentives are recorded when received, net of the $0.3 million and $3.1 million deferred tax impact to Matador for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, in “Additional paid-in capital” in the Company’s interim unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. These performance incentives for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 are also denoted as “Contributions related to formation of San Mateo” under “Financing activities” in the Company’s interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows and changes in shareholders’ equity.