UNIT-BASED COMPENSATION

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

UNIT-BASED COMPENSATION

UNIT-BASED COMPENSATION

NOTE 12—UNIT-BASED COMPENSATION

On May 18, 2022, the Partnership held a special meeting of unitholders of the Partnership (the “Special Meeting”), at which the Partnership’s unitholders voted to approve the Amended and Restated Kimbell Royalty GP, LLC 2017 Long-

Term Incentive Plan (the “A&R LTIP”), which increased the number of common units eligible for issuance under the A&R LTIP by 3,700,000 common units for a total of 8,241,600 common units. The Partnership’s A&R LTIP authorizes grants to its employees, directors and consultants. The restricted units issued under the Partnership’s A&R LTIP generally vest in one-third installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date, subject to the grantee’s continuous service through the applicable vesting date. Compensation expense for such awards will be recognized over the term of the service period on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for the entire award. Management elects not to estimate forfeiture rates and to account for forfeitures in compensation cost when they occur. Compensation expense for consultants is treated in the same manner as that of the employees and directors.

Distributions related to the restricted units are paid concurrently with the Partnership’s distributions for common units. The fair value of the Partnership’s restricted units issued under the A&R LTIP to the Partnership’s employees, directors and consultants is determined by utilizing the market value of the Partnership’s common units on the respective grant date. The following table presents a summary of the Partnership’s unvested restricted units.

		Weighted		Weighted
		Average		Average
		Grant-Date		Remaining
		Fair Value		Contractual
	Units	per Unit		Term
Unvested at December 31, 2022	1,897,192	$	13.553	1.517 years
Awarded	998,162		15.020	—
Vested	(943,924)		12.602	—
Unvested at December 31, 2023	1,951,430	$	14.763	1.525 years