Matador Resources Company Announces Formation of Joint Venture for Delaware Basin Midstream Assets

Matador Resources Company Announces Formation of Joint Venture for Delaware Basin Midstream Assets

February 17, 2017

DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Matador Resources Company (NYSE: MTDR) (“Matador” or the “Company”) today announced the formation of San Mateo Midstream, LLC (“San Mateo” or the “joint venture”), a strategic joint venture between a wholly-owned subsidiary of Matador and a subsidiary of Five Point Capital Partners LLC (“Five Point”) to operate and expand Matador’s midstream assets in the Delaware Basin in Eddy County, New Mexico and Loving County, Texas (the “Midstream Assets”). Matador received $171.5 million in connection with the formation of the joint venture and may earn up to an additional $73.5 million in deferred performance incentives over the next five years. Matador will continue to operate the Midstream Assets and control the joint venture. At formation, Matador and Five Point owned 51% and 49% of the joint venture, respectively. The implied value of the Midstream Assets and the associated gathering, processing and disposal agreements entered into with Matador, as described below, was approximately $500 million at closing after taking into account the performance incentives.

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