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June 14, 2024
Jason Long
Chief Executive Officer
LandBridge Company LLC
5555 San Felipe Street, Suite 1200
Houston, TX 77056
Re: LandBridge Company
LLC
Registration
Statement on Form S-1
Filed May 31, 2024
Amendment No. 1 to
Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed June 7, 2024
File No. 333-279893
Dear Jason Long:
We have reviewed your
registration statement and have the following comments.
Please respond to this letter by amending your registration
statement and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe a comment applies to your
facts and circumstances
or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in
your response.
After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and
the information you
provide in response to this letter, we may have additional comments.
Form S-1 filed on May 31, 2024
Summary
Financial Performance, page 14
1. Please revise to
balance your revised disclosure here by disclosing that as of March 31,
2024, you had a deficit
in working capital, defined as current assets less current liabilities,
of $7.4 million, cash
and cash equivalents of $8.9 million, and $140 million in outstanding
borrowings. Please also
revise the third risk factor on page 32 to disclose your weighted
average interest rate
as of March 31, 2024.
Summary Historical and Pro Forma Financial Data, page 40
2. We note your response
to our comment 6 and your use of Acquisition Adjusted Free Cash
Flow as a non-GAAP
measure. Please tell us how you determined adjusting for cash flows
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LandBridge Company LLC
June 14, 2024
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from operating and investing activities of an acquiree prior to
acquisition does not
substitute individually tailored recognition and measurement methods
for GAAP given the
significant direct and indirect impacts associated with the
acquisition. For example, given
that the Company expects a material increase in its interest expense
as noted in the pro
forma disclosures beginning on page F-8 due to the additional term
loan amounts, it
appears that any cash portion of such increase would materially impact
future cash
provided by operating activities and as such would not be reflected in
the Acquisition
Adjusted Free Cash Flow measure. Refer to Question 100.04 of the
Non-GAAP Financial
Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations.
3. We still continue to note references to pro forma operating cash flow
margin in your
filing. Such measure is not considered a non-GAAP measure and appears
to be a measure
derived from pro forma operating cash flows which is not a measure
that is consistent with
the type of pro forma financial information that should be provided
pursuant to Article 11-
02(c) of Regulation S-X. Please remove references to pro forma
operating cash flow
margin throughout your filing.
Risk Factors
Our Operating Agreement will designate the Court of Chancery of the State of
Delaware. . .,
page 81
4. We note that the form of Amended and Restated Limited Liability
Company Agreement
that is filed as Exhibit 3.3 states that the sole and exclusive forum
for claims arising under
the Securities Act will be the United States District Court for the
District of Delaware.
Please revise your disclosure here, and elsewhere as appropriate, to
be consistent with this
provision.
Use of Proceeds, page 89
5. We refer to your revised disclosure on page 225 disclosing that
affiliates of certain of your
underwriters, including Wells Fargo, Goldman, and Texas Capital Bank,
are lenders under
your credit facility. You state that you will be using the proceeds to
repay your credit
facility borrowings. Please tell us whether you are required to have a
qualified
independent underwriter in accordance with FINRA Rule 5121.
Business
Customers; Material Contracts and Marketing, page 153
6. We refer to your revised disclosure stating that as of December 31,
2023, after taking into
account your East Stateline Acquisition, your three significant
customers represented 45%
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of your total revenues. Please expand your discussion of the agreements
with
Comapany NameLandBridge
ConocoPhillips, Company LLC
EOG Resources, and WaterBridge to provide investors
with additional
context regarding
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Oil, Natural Gas and NGLs Production Prices and Costs
Production and Price History, page 171
7. The units of measure shown for average realized prices and average
costs in the table on
page 171, presented as $/MBbl, $/MMcf and $/MBoe, are incorrect.
Please revise the
table to use $/Bbl, $/Mcf, and $/Boe where appropriate.
Acreage, page 172
8. We reviewed the table of developed and undeveloped acreage on page 172
and note the
following:
The column labeled Net Mineral Acres appears to represent
the gross acres in
which the Company owns an interest, or Gross Mineral Acres
based on the
Glossary definition on page A-2. If this column presents the
Company's gross mineral
acres, please revise the column title and definition to Gross
Mineral Acres. If this
column does not present the Company's gross mineral acres, please
explain.
The column labeled Weighted Average Royalty Interest
contains an interest of 14%
that is not consistent with disclosures elsewhere in your filing
(pages 12, 141, and
152) which state the Company s weighted average royalty
interest is 23.9%. Please
review and revise as necessary to remove any inconsistencies.
The calculation provided in footnote (1) for "Net Royalty Acres
(1/8th Basis)"
appears to artificially inflate the Company's "Gross Mineral
Acres" using a 12.5%
royalty interest instead of calculating a Net Royalty Interest
based on a standardized
1/8th royalty. For example, the Company owns a "Weighted Average
Royalty
Interest" of 23.9% in 1,775 Gross Mineral Acres; therefore, the
Company s Net
Royalty Acres would equal (1,775 gross acres x .239) = 424 net
acres. On a
standardized 1/8th or 12.5% royalty basis, the Company s Net
Royalty Acres would
equal (1,775 gross acres x .125) = 222 net acres. In a
standardized basis
comparison, the actual gross mineral acres in which a Company
owns an
interest does not change. The acreage table on page 172 presents
calculated total
Net Royalty Acres (1/8th Basis) of (4,180 gross mineral
acres x .239)/.125) = 7,987
net acres which is larger than the Company s actual gross
mineral acres of
4,180 acres. For disclosure clarity, please remove the
presentation of acreage on
a standardized 1/8th basis from the developed and undeveloped
acreage table.
In conjunction, please remove the presentation of acreage on a
standardized 1/8th
basis from the acreage table on page 152 and instead present the
Company s actual
gross mineral acres by location (county and position).
Also, acreage disclosures elsewhere in your filing (pages 3,
12, 127, 132, 141, and
152) state the Company has approximately 8,000 total net
mineral acres which
correlate with the incorrectly calculated Net Royalty Acres
(1/8th Basis). Please
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revise these acreage disclosures to instead present the Company s
total actual "Gross
Mineral Acres."
9. We reviewed the table of Leased and Unleased acreage on page 172 and
note the table
includes the category of Undeveloped which should be revised to
Unleased. Also, for
clarity, please revise the column labeled Net Mineral Acres to
Gross Mineral Acres
and the table total to Total Gross Mineral Acres.
Exhibits
10. We note that the revised exhibit index no longer refers to the purchase
agreement with
D.K. Boyd Oil. To the extent applicable, please revise your disclosures
as appropriate to
discuss any material post-closing provisions of the agreement, and
revise your disclosure
as appropriate to identify the third party seller.
We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for
the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action
or absence of
action by the staff.
Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please
allow adequate
time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of
the registration
statement.
Please contact Ameen Hamady at 202-551-3891 or Shannon Menjivar at
202-551-3856 if
you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related
matters. Please
contact Catherine De Lorenzo at 202-551-3772 or Dorrie Yale at 202-551-8776
with any other
questions.
Sincerely,
FirstName LastNameJason Long
Division of
Corporation Finance
Comapany NameLandBridge Company LLC
Office of Real
Estate & Construction
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cc: David Oelman, Esq.
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