2. RECAPITALIZATION TRANSACTION

Background and Summary

On August 8, 2018, KAAC, the legal predecessor company, and its then wholly-owned subsidiary, Altus Midstream LP, entered into the Contribution Agreement with certain wholly-owned subsidiaries of Apache, including the Alpine High Entities. The terms of that certain Contribution Agreement included that Altus Midstream would acquire from Apache, 100 percent of the equity interests in each of the Alpine High Entities and the Pipeline Options to acquire equity interests in certain third-party pipelines that are expected to be placed into service in 2019 and 2020.

The Company consummated the Business Combination and certain other transactions contemplated by the Contribution Agreement on the Closing Date. At the Closing Date and following the completion of the Business Combination:


•	Altus Midstream and the Company issued to Apache (i) common units, representing limited partner interests in Altus Midstream, and (ii) an equivalent number of shares of a newly-created class of voting-only common stock (Class C Common Stock), respectively.


•	The Company issued to Apache (i) newly-issued shares of Class A Common Stock, (ii) warrants exercisable for shares of Class A Common Stock, and (iii) the right to receive additional shares of Class A Common Stock, based upon the achievement of certain price and operational thresholds.


•	The Company contributed $628.2 million in cash to Altus Midstream and in return, Altus Midstream issued to the Company (i) a number of common units equal to the total number of shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock outstanding as of the Closing Date.


•	Altus Midstream paid to Apache, $84.0 million, representing the capital expenditures incurred by or on behalf of the Alpine High Entities from and including October 1, 2018 through and including the Closing Date.

The Company changed its name from KAAC to Altus Midstream Company, and our Class A Common Stock continued trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the new symbol “ALTM.” For a detailed description of the types of class of our common stock, please see Note 11 — Equity.

Ownership of Altus

Upon the closing of the Business Combination and as December 31, 2018, Altus’ wholly-owned subsidiary, Altus Midstream GP, was the sole general partner of Altus Midstream and the Company held an approximate 23.1 percent controlling interest in Altus Midstream. Altus Midstream’s other limited partner (Apache) held the remaining 76.9 percent noncontrolling interest.

Additionally, as of the Closing Date and at December 31, 2018, Apache was the largest single holder of the Company’s voting common stock, comprising 100 percent of newly-created, non-economic Class C Common Stock, and approximately 9.8 percent of economic, Class A Common Stock.

The LPA contains certain provisions intended to ensure that a one-to-one ratio is maintained, at all times and subject only to limited exceptions, between (i) the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and the number of common units held by Altus and (ii) the number of outstanding shares of Class C Common Stock and the number of common units held by Apache.

For further discussion of the earn-out consideration provided to Apache and outstanding equity instruments, that may impact ownership interests and the limited partnership interests of Altus Midstream in future periods, please see Note 11 — Equity.

Cash Contribution to Altus Midstream

As illustrated in the table below, the cash contribution to Altus Midstream was funded primarily from (i) the private placement of shares of Class A Common Stock to certain qualified institutional buyers and accredited investors, which closed immediately prior to the Business Combination, and (ii) the funds remaining from the Company’s public offering, net of cash paid to shareholders who redeemed shares.

For further discussion of the significant transactions impacting the Company’s ownership structure throughout the historical period, including the private placement, as well as the initial public offering and subsequent share redemptions, please see Note 11 — Equity.



	Net proceeds
	(In thousands)
Cash from private placement	$	572,340
Cash remaining from public offering (net of redemptions) ⁽¹⁾	84,339
Issuance of newly-created Class C Common Stock to Apache	25
Less: deferred underwriter fees	(13,206		)
Less: closing fees and other ⁽²⁾	(15,344		)
Net cash received by Altus Midstream LP at the Closing Date	$	628,154


(1)	Pursuant to the terms of KAAC’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, public stockholders had the opportunity, in connection with the Business Combination, to redeem shares of Class A Common Stock. A total of 29,469,858 shares were redeemed for an aggregate amount of approximately $298.8 million. Refer to Note 11 — Equity for further information.


(2)	Includes the repayment of a loan with a related party. Refer to Note 3 — Transactions with Affiliates for further information.

Number of Shares at the Closing Date

The number of shares issued and outstanding immediately following the closing of the Business Combination is summarized in the table below.



number of shares	Class A Common Stock		Class B Common Stock⁽¹⁾		Class C Common Stock
Shares outstanding prior to the Business Combination	37,732,112		9,433,028		—
Less: redemption of public shares ⁽²⁾	(29,469,858	)	—		—
Add: shares issued in private placement	57,234,023		—		—
Total shares outstanding prior to the Business Combination	65,496,277		9,433,028		—
Shares, in connection with the Business Combination:
Forfeited ⁽³⁾	—		(7,313,028	)	—
Converted ⁽¹⁾	2,120,000		(2,120,000	)
Total shares outstanding immediately prior to the Closing Date	67,616,277		—		—
Issued as consideration to Apache ⁽⁴⁾	7,313,028		—		250,000,000
Total shares outstanding at the Closing Date	74,929,305		—		250,000,000


(1)	Shares of Class B Common Stock, $0.0001 par value (“Class B Common Stock”), were purchased by the Sponsor (as defined in Note 3 - Transactions with Affiliates) , upon the Company’s incorporation in December 2016. Class B Common Stock is identical to Class A Common Stock except that they automatically converted to Class A Common Stock at the time of the Business Combination.


(2)	Pursuant to the terms of KAAC’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, public stockholders had the opportunity, in connection with the Business Combination, to redeem shares of Class A Common Stock. A total of 29,469,858 shares were redeemed for an aggregate amount of approximately $298.8 million. Refer to Note 11 — Equity for further information.

(3)

In connection with the Business Combination, the Sponsor agreed to forfeit shares of Class B Common Stock. As part of the consideration transferred in the Business Combination, 7,313,028 newly-issued shares of Class A Common Stock were issued to Apache, equivalent to the number of shares of Class B Common Stock forfeited by the Sponsor. Additionally, the Sponsor forfeited a number of warrants originally issued simultaneously with the public offering.


(4)	The equity structure of the Alpine High Entities (the accounting acquirer) has been restated to reflect the number of shares of Altus Midstream Company (the accounting acquiree) issued in the recapitalization transaction. Please refer to the section below entitled “Basis of presentation of equity structure” for further discussion.

Basis of Presentation of Equity Structure

As discussed in Note 1 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, the Business Combination was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization, with Altus Midstream Company treated as the acquired company, and the Alpine High Entities treated as the acquirer, for financial reporting purposes. Therefore, the equity structure in the consolidated financial statements is that of the Company restated for all periods presented.

In accordance with guidance applicable to these circumstances, the equity structure has been restated in all comparative periods up to the Closing Date, to reflect the number of shares issued to Apache in connection with the recapitalization transaction. The value allocated to the shares issued to Apache reflect the capital structure of the Alpine High entities prior to the Business Combination, which solely comprised capital contributions from Apache. Accordingly, shares of common stock issued to Apache in exchange for its ownership interests in the Alpine High Entities are retroactively restated from May 26, 2016 (inception), proportionate to the capital contributions made by Apache to the Alpine High Entities up to the Closing Date.