LandBridge Co LLC

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

LandBridge was formed on September 27, 2023 as a Delaware limited liability company to serve as the issuer in an initial public offering of equity, which closed on July 1, 2024 (the “Offering”). LandBridge is a holding company, the sole material asset of which is membership interests in OpCo. LandBridge is also the sole managing member of OpCo. Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, references in this Quarterly Report to “LandBridge”, “us,” “we,” “our” or the “Company” are to (i) OpCo and its subsidiaries before the completion of the corporate reorganization in connection with the Offering (the “Corporate Reorganization”) and (ii) LandBridge and its subsidiaries as of the completion of the Corporate Reorganization. For more information on the IPO and the Corporate Reorganization, please see “Initial Public Offering” in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Quarterly Report”) includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this Quarterly Report, regarding our strategy, future operations, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. When used in this Quarterly Report, words such as “may,” “assume,” “forecast,” “could,” ”would,” “should,” “will,” “plan,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “forecast,” “may,” “objective,” “plan,” “budget” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions about future events and are based on currently available information as to the outcome and timing of future events at the time such statements were made. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current belief, based on currently available information, as to the outcome and timing of future events. When considering forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements described under the section entitled “Risk Factors” included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report and under the heading “Risk Factors” in our prospectus, dated June 27, 2024, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act on June 28, 2024 in connection with our initial public offering of Class A shares (the “Prospectus”). By their nature forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. Although we believe that the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report are based on reasonable assumptions, you should be aware that many factors could affect our actual results of operations, cash flows and financial position and could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may include statements about:

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our customers’ demand for and use of our land and resources;

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the success of WaterBridge and Desert Environmental in executing their business strategies, including their ability to construct infrastructure, attract customers and operate successfully on our land;

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our customers’ ability to develop our land or any potential acquired acreage to accommodate any future surface use developments;

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the domestic and foreign supply of, and demand for, energy sources, including the impact of actions relating to oil price and production controls by the members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (“OPEC”), Russia and other allied producing countries with respect to oil production levels and announcements of potential changes to such levels;

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our reliance on a limited number of customers and a particular region for substantially all of our revenues;

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our ability to enter into favorable contracts regarding surface uses, access agreements and fee arrangements, including the prices we are able to charge and the margins we are able to realize;

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our business strategies and our ability to execute thereon, including our ability to attract non-traditional energy customers to use our land and resources;

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commodity price volatility and trends related to changes in commodity prices, and our customers’ ability to manage through such volatility;

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the level of competition from other companies, including those offering resources that compete with the resources from our land, such as sand and brackish water;

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changes in the price charged to our customers and availability of services necessary for our customers to conduct their businesses, as a result of oversupply, government regulations or other factors;

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any planned or future expansion projects by us or our customers;

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our ability to initiate and continue the payment of dividends;

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the development of advances or changes in energy technologies or practices;

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our ability to successfully implement our growth plans, including through future acquisitions of acreage and/or introduction of new revenue streams, including through the Acquisitions or otherwise;

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the potential deterioration of our customers’ financial condition and their ability to access capital to fund their development programs;

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the degree to which consolidation among our customers may affect spending on U.S. drilling and completions in the near-term;

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our customers’ ability to obtain necessary supplies, raw materials and other critical components on a timely basis, or at all;

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our and our customers’ ability to obtain government approvals or acquire or maintain necessary permits, including those related to the development and operation of produced water handling facilities, mines and brackish water wells;

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operational disruptions and liability related thereto associated with our customers, including those due to environmental hazards, fires, explosions, chemical mishandling or other industrial accidents;

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our liquidity and our ability to access the capital markets on favorable terms, or at all, which depends on general market conditions, including the impact of inflation, elevated interest rates and Federal Reserve policies and potential economic recession;

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uncertainty of estimates of oil, natural gas and NGL reserves and production;

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the effects of political instability or armed conflict in oil and natural gas producing regions, including the global economic distress resulting from the Russia-Ukraine war, as well as the Israel-Hamas conflict and increased tensions in the Middle East and potential energy insecurity in Europe, which may decrease demand for oil and natural gas or contribute to volatility in the prices for oil and natural gas, which could decrease demand for the use of our land and resources;

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uncertainty surrounding the fall 2024 U.S. presidential election and congressional elections, including potential legal, regulatory and policy changes, as well as the potential for general market volatility and political uncertainty;

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the uncertainty of future estimates of oil and natural gas and mineral reserves;

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the demand for sand and the amount of sand that customers on our land are able to excavate and process, which could be adversely affected by, among other things, operating difficulties and unusual or unfavorable geological conditions;

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our level of indebtedness and our ability to service our indebtedness;

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actions taken by the federal, local or state governments in relation to surface uses;

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title defects in the acreage that we acquire;

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the markets for surface acreage in the areas in which we operate and own or plan to own surface acreage, including pricing estimates, availability of land and our ability to acquire such land on favorable terms, or at all;

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our ability to integrate acquired acreage, including the Acquired Lands, and any future acquisitions, and manage growth;

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our ability to recruit and retain key management and employees;

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actions taken by the federal or state governments, such as executive orders or new or expanded regulations, that may impact future energy production in the U.S. and any acceleration of the domestic and/or international transition to a low carbon economy as a result of the IRA or otherwise;

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changes in laws and regulations (or the interpretation thereof), including those related to hydraulic fracturing, accessing water, disposing of wastewater, transferring produced water, interstate brackish water transfer, carbon pricing, pipeline construction, taxation or emissions, leasing, permitting or drilling and various other environmental matters;

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changes in effective tax rates, or adverse outcomes resulting from other tax increases or an examination of our income or other tax returns and tax inefficiencies;

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the severity and duration of world health events, natural disasters or inclement or hazardous weather conditions, including cold weather, droughts, earthquakes, flooding and tornadoes;

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evolving cybersecurity risks, such as those involving unauthorized access, third-party provider defects and service failures, denial-of-service attacks, malicious software, data privacy breaches by employees, insider or others with authorized access, cyber or phishing-attacks, ransomware, social engineering, physical breaches or other actions; and

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other factors discussed elsewhere in this Quarterly Report including in the section titled “Risk Factors.”

We caution you that these forward-looking statements are subject to all of the risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control, incident to the operation of business in our industry. We disclose important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from our expectations under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. Factors that could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, operating results or liquidity and the trading price of our Class A shares are described under “Risk Factors,” included in our Prospectus. This information should be considered carefully, together with other information in this report and other reports and materials we file with the SEC. Should one or more of the risks or uncertainties described in this Quarterly Report occur, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results and plans could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make.

All forward-looking statements, expressed or implied, included in this Quarterly Report are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary note. This cautionary note should also be considered in connection with any subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements that we or persons acting on our behalf may issue. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, we disclaim any duty to update any forward-looking statements, all of which are expressly qualified by the statements in this section, to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Quarterly Report.