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Kimbell Royalty Partners LP

For the period ended Jun 30, 2024. Filed Aug 1, 2024.

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Jun 30, 2024 · Filed Aug 1, 2024

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Unless the context otherwise requi**res, references to “Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP,” the “Partnership,” or like terms refer to Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP and its subsidiaries. References to the “Operating Company” or “OpCo” refer to Kimbell Royalty Operating, LLC. References to the “General Partner” refer to Kimbell Royalty GP, LLC. References to “Kimbell Operating” refer to Kimbell Operating Company, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the General Partner. References to the “Sponsors” refer to affiliates of the Partnership’s founders, Ben J. Fortson, Robert D. Ravnaas, Brett G. Taylor and Mitch S. Wynne, respectively. References to the “Contributing Parties” refer to all entities and individuals, including certain affiliates of the Sponsors, that contributed, directly or indirectly, certain mineral and royalty interests to the Partnership.

NOTE 1—ORGANIZATION** AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION**

Organization

Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP is a Delaware limited partnership formed in 2015 to own and acquire mineral and royalty interests in oil and natural gas properties throughout the United States. The Partnership has elected to be taxed as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes. As an owner of mineral and royalty interests, the Partnership is entitled to a portion of the revenues received from the production of oil, natural gas and associated natural gas liquids (“NGL”) from the acreage underlying its interests, net of post-production expenses and taxes. The Partnership is not obligated to fund drilling and completion costs, lease operating expenses or plugging and abandonment costs at the end of a well’s productive life. The Partnership’s primary business objective is to provide increasing cash distributions to unitholders resulting from acquisitions from third parties, its Sponsors and the Contributing Parties, and from organic growth through the continued development by working interest owners of the properties in which it owns an interest.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). As a result, the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements do not include all disclosures required for complete annual financial statements prepared in conformity with GAAP. Accordingly, the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and related notes should be read in conjunction with the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (the “2023 Form 10-K”), which contains a summary of the Partnership’s significant accounting policies and other disclosures. In the opinion of management of the General Partner, the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments necessary to fairly present the financial position and results of operations for the interim periods in accordance with GAAP and all adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Partnership and its consolidated subsidiaries. All material intercompany balances and transactions are eliminated in consolidation. The results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

Use of Estimates

Preparation of the Partnership’s financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the financial statements and notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Segment Reporting

The Partnership operates in asingle operating andreportable segment. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance. The Partnership’s chief operating decision maker allocates resources and assesses performance based upon financial information of the Partnership as a whole.

Global Conflicts

In February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine and is still engaged in active armed conflict against the country. In October 2023, armed active conflict escalated in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas and is still active. In April 2024, Iran launched an attack on Israel, further escalating the regional conflict in the Middle East. These conflicts and the sanctions imposed in response have led to regional instability and caused dramatic fluctuations in global financial markets and have increased the level of global economic and political uncertainty, including uncertainty about world-wide oil supply and demand, which in turn has increased volatility in commodity prices. To date, the Partnership has not experienced a material impact to operations or the consolidated financial statements as a result of these conflicts; however, the Partnership will continue to monitor for events that could materially impact them.

NOTE 2—SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Significant Accounting Policies

For a description of the Partnership’s significant accounting policies, see Note 2 of the consolidated financial statements included in the Partnership’s 2023 Form 10-K, as well as the items noted below. There have been no substantial changes in such policies or the application of such policies during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024*.*

Consolidation

The Partnership analyzes whether it has a variable interest in an entity and whether that entity is a variable interest entity (“VIE”) to determine whether it is required to consolidate those entities. The Partnership performs the variable interest analysis for all entities in which it has a potential variable interest, which primarily consist of all entities with respect to which the Partnership serves as the sponsor, general partner or managing member, and general partner entities not wholly owned by the Partnership. If the Partnership has a variable interest in the entity and the entity is a VIE, it will also analyze whether the Partnership is the primary beneficiary of this entity and whether consolidation is required.

In evaluating whether it has a variable interest in the entity, the Partnership reviews the equity ownership and the extent to which it absorbs risk created and distributed by the entity, as well as whether the fees charged to the entity are customary and commensurate with the level of effort required to provide services. Fees received by the Partnership are not variable interests if (i) the fees are compensation for services provided and are commensurate with the level of effort required to provide those services, (ii) the service arrangement includes only terms, conditions or amounts that are customarily present in arrangements for similar services negotiated at arm’s length and (iii) the Partnership’s other economic interests in the VIE held directly and indirectly through its related parties, as well as economic interests held by related parties under common control, where applicable, would not absorb more than an insignificant amount of the entity’s losses or receive more than an insignificant amount of the entity’s benefits. Evaluation of these criteria requires judgment.

For entities determined to be VIEs, the Partnership must then evaluate whether it is the primary beneficiary of such VIEs. To make this determination, the Partnership evaluates its economic interests in the entity specifically determining if the Partnership has both the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE (the “benefits”). When making the determination on whether the benefits received from an entity are significant, the Partnership considers the total economics of the entity and analyzes whether the Partnership’s share of the economics is significant. The Partnership utilizes qualitative factors, and, where applicable, quantitative factors, while performing the analysis.

VIEs of which the Partnership is the primary beneficiary have been included in the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements. The portion of the consolidated subsidiaries owned by third parties and any related activity is eliminated through non-controlling interests in the consolidated balance sheets and income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests in the consolidated statements of operations.

Investments Held in Trust by Consolidated Variable Interest Entities

Investments held in trust represented funds raised by Kimbell Tiger Acquisition Corporation (“TGR”), a consolidated special purpose acquisition company, through TGR’s initial public offering. These funds were held in an

actively-traded money market fund, which invested in U.S. Treasury securities. Investments held in trust were classified as trading securities and were presented on the balance sheet at fair value at the end of each reporting period. Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of these securities are included in other income (expense)—interest earned on marketable securities in trust account on the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated statements of operations. Interest earned on marketable securities in trust account was $1.1 million and $3.5 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively. As discussed further in Note 4, the Partnership completed the dissolution and deconsolidation of TGR (along with related entities) on June 30, 2023.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 820): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures.” The amendments in this update apply to all public entities that are required to report segment information in accordance with Topic 280, Segment Reporting. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The Partnership is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this update but does not believe it will have a material impact on its financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures.” The amendments in this update apply to all entities that are subject to Topic 740, Income Taxes. For public business entities, the amendments in this update are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. The Partnership is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this update, but does not believe it will have a material impact on its financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

NOTE 3—REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS

The Partnership has the right to receive revenues from oil, natural gas and NGL sales obtained by the operator of the wells in which the Partnership owns a mineral or royalty interest. Revenue is recognized at the point control of the product is transferred to the purchaser. Virtually all of the pricing provisions in the Partnership’s contracts are tied to a market index.

The Partnership’s oil, natural gas and NGL sales contracts are generally structured whereby the producer of the properties in which the Partnership owns a mineral or royalty interest sells the Partnership’s proportionate share of oil, natural gas and NGL production to the purchaser and the Partnership collects its percentage royalty based on the revenue generated by the sale of the oil, natural gas and NGL. In this scenario, the Partnership recognizes revenue when control transfers to the purchaser at the wellhead or at the gas processing facility based on the Partnership’s percentage ownership share of the revenue, net of any deductions for gathering and transportation.

The following table disaggregates the Partnership’s oil, natural gas and NGL revenues for the following periods:

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​ · ​ · Three Months Ended June 30, · ​ · Six Months Ended June 30,
​ · ​ · 2024 · 2023 · ​ · 2024 · 2023
Oil revenue​$53,405,154​$39,809,883​$115,033,027​$72,810,169
Natural gas revenue​​14,070,601​​11,539,982​​28,625,174​​31,188,764
NGL revenue​​9,483,418​​5,631,749​​20,800,481​​10,399,440
Total Oil, natural gas and NGL revenues​$76,959,173​$56,981,614​$164,458,682​$114,398,373

NOTE 4**—**ACQUISITIONS AND SPECIAL PURPOSE ACQUISITION COMPANY

Acquisitions

On September 13, 2023, the Partnership completed the acquisition of all issued and outstanding membership interests of Cherry Creek Minerals LLC pursuant to a securities purchase agreement with LongPoint Minerals II, LLC (the “LongPoint Acquisition”) in a cash transaction valued at approximately $455.0 million. The Partnership funded the cash transaction with borrowings under its secured revolving credit facility and net proceeds from the Preferred Unit Transaction (as defined in Note 10—Preferred Units). The adjusted purchase price of the LongPoint Acquisition includes the total cash consideration of $455.0 million, transactional costs of $7.4 million and less $16.6 million of post-effective net oil, natural gas and NGL revenues earned prior to the closing date. The LongPoint Acquisition was accounted for as an asset acquisition and the allocation of the purchase price was $198.2 million to proved properties and $247.6 million to unevaluated properties.

On May 17, 2023, the Partnership completed the acquisition of certain mineral and royalty assets held by MB Minerals, L.P. and certain of its affiliates (the “MB Minerals Acquisition”). The aggregate consideration for the MB Minerals Acquisition consisted of (i) approximately $48.8 million in cash and (ii) the issuance of (a)5,369,218 common units of the Operating Company (“OpCo common units”) and an equal number of Class B units representing limited partnership interests in the Partnership (“Class B Units”) and (b)557,302 common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (“common units”). The Partnership funded the cash payment of the purchase price with borrowings under its secured revolving credit facility. The assets acquired in the MB Minerals Acquisition are located in Howard and Borden Counties, Texas. The MB Minerals Acquisition was accounted for as an asset acquisition and the allocation of the purchase price was $60.8 million to proved properties and $74.9 million to unevaluated properties.

Special Purpose Acquisition Company

On February 8, 2022, the Partnership’s previously dissolved special purpose acquisition company and subsidiary, TGR, consummated its $230 million initial public offering. Under the terms of TGR’s governing documents, TGR had until May 8, 2023 to complete a business combination, subject to an option to extend such deadline.

On May 22, 2023, as a result of TGR’s inability to consummate an initial business combination on or prior to May 8, 2023, and pursuant to the terms of its organizational documents, TGR redeemed all of its outstanding shares of Class A common stock of TGR, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A common stock”), included as part of the units issued in its initial public offering. The Class A common stock was redeemed on June 22, 2023 and the Partnership completed the dissolution and deconsolidation of TGR (along with related entities) on June 30, 2023 in accordance with the terms of its organizational documents.

NOTE 5**—**DERIVATIVES

Commodity Derivatives

The Partnership’s ongoing operations expose it to changes in the market price for oil and natural gas. To mitigate the inherent commodity price risk associated with its operations, the Partnership uses oil and natural gas commodity derivative financial instruments. From time to time, such instruments may include variable-to-fixed-price swaps, costless collars, fixed-price contracts and other contractual arrangements. The Partnership enters into oil and natural gas derivative contracts that contain netting arrangements with each counterparty.

As of June 30, 2024, the Partnership’s commodity derivative contracts consisted of fixed price swaps, under which the Partnership receives a fixed price for the contract and pays a floating market price to the counterparty over a specified period for a contracted volume.

The Partnership’s oil fixed price swap transactions are settled based upon the average daily prices for the calendar month of the contract period, and its natural gas fixed price swap transactions are settled based upon the last scheduled trading day for the first nearby month futures contract corresponding to the relevant contract period. Settlement for oil derivative contracts occurs in the succeeding month and natural gas derivative contracts are settled in the production month. Changes in the fair values of the Partnership’s commodity derivative instruments are recognized as gains or losses in the

current period and are presented on a net basis within revenue in the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated statements of operations.

The Partnership has not designated any of its derivative contracts as hedges for accounting purposes. Changes in the fair value consisted of the following:

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​ · ​ · Three Months Ended June 30, · ​ · Six Months Ended June 30,
​ · ​ · 2024 · ​ · 2023 · ​ · 2024 · ​ · 2023
Beginning fair value of derivative instruments​$5,309,268​$175,525​$14,046,982​$(12,324,076)
(Loss) gain on commodity derivative instruments, net​​(1,046,261)​​1,729,459​​(6,750,622)​​10,791,835
Net cash (received) paid on settlements of derivative instruments​​(2,750,052)​​871,254​​(5,783,405)​​4,308,479
Ending fair value of derivative instruments​$1,512,955​$2,776,238​$1,512,955​$2,776,238

The following table presents the fair value of the Partnership’s derivative contracts for the periods indicated:

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​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · June 30, · ​ · December 31,
Classification · ​ · Balance Sheet Location · ​ · 2024 · ​ · 2023
Assets:​​​​​​​​
Current assets​Derivative assets​$2,378,353​$11,427,735
Long-term assets​Derivative assets​​412,015​​2,888,051
Liabilities:​​​​​​​​
Current liabilities​Derivative liabilities​​(178,879)​​(208,710)
Long-term liabilities​Derivative liabilities​​(1,098,534)​​(60,094)
​​​​$1,512,955​$14,046,982

As of June 30, 2024, the Partnership’s open commodity derivative contracts consisted of the following:

Oil Price Swaps

​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​
​ · ​ · Notional · ​ · Weighted Average · ​ · Range (per Bbl)
​​Volumes (Bbl)​Fixed Price (per Bbl)​Low​High
July 2024 - December 2024​284,096​$75.74​$69.30​$80.80
January 2025 - December 2025​563,526​$70.36​$64.35​$77.01
January 2026 - June 2026​295,392​$70.58​$70.38​$70.78

Natural Gas Price Swaps

​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​
​ · ​ · Notional · ​ · Weighted Average · ​ · Range (per MMBtu)
​​Volumes (MMBtu)​Fixed Price (per MMBtu)​Low​High
July 2024 - December 2024​2,661,652​$4.08​$3.27​$4.48
January 2025 - December 2025​5,153,291​$3.81​$3.50​$4.37
January 2026 - June 2026​2,606,400​$3.70​$3.33​$4.07

NOTE 6—FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The Partnership measures and reports certain assets and liabilities on a fair value basis and has classified and disclosed its fair value measurements using the levels of the fair value hierarchy noted below. The carrying values of cash, oil, natural gas and NGL receivables, accounts receivable and other current assets and current and long-term liabilities included in the unaudited interim consolidated balance sheets approximated fair value as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 due to their short-term duration and variable interest rates that approximate prevailing interest rates as of each reporting period. As a result, these financial assets and liabilities are not discussed below.

●Level 1— Unadjusted quoted market prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
●Level 2—Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in non-active markets, or inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.
●Level 3—Measurement based on prices or valuations models that require inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement (including the Partnership’s own assumptions in determining fair value).

Assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value are classified based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The Partnership’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and considers factors specific to the asset or liability. The Partnership recognizes transfers between fair value hierarchy levels as of the end of the reporting period in which the event or change in circumstances causing the transfer occurred. The Partnership did not have any transfers between Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 fair value measurements during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023.

The Partnership’s commodity derivative instruments are classified within Level 2. The fair values of the Partnership’s oil and natural gas fixed price swaps are based upon inputs that are either readily available in the public market, such as oil and natural gas futures prices, volatility factors and discount rates, or can be corroborated from active markets.

The following tables summarize the Partnership’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis by the fair value hierarchy:

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​ · ​ · Fair Value Measurements Using · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​
​ · ​ · Level 1 · ​ · Level 2 · ​ · Level 3 · ​ · Effect ofCounterparty Netting · ​ · Total
June 30, 2024​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Assets​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Commodity derivative contracts​$—​$2,790,368​$—​$—​$2,790,368
Liabilities​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Commodity derivative contracts​$—​$(1,277,413)​$—​$—​$(1,277,413)
December 31, 2023​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Assets​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Commodity derivative contracts​$—​$14,315,786​$—​$—​$14,315,786
Liabilities​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Commodity derivative contracts​$—​$(268,804)​$—​$—​$(268,804)

NOTE 7—OIL AND NATURAL GAS PROPERTIES

Oil and natural gas properties consist of the following:

​​​​​​​
​ · June 30, · ​ · December 31,
​ · ​ · 2024 · ​ · 2023
Oil and natural gas properties​​​​​​
Proved properties​$1,892,726,739​$1,825,977,244
Unevaluated properties​​155,984,953​​222,712,844
Less: accumulated depreciation, depletion and impairment​​(903,995,713)​​(827,033,944)
Total oil and natural gas properties​$1,144,715,979​$1,221,656,144

The net capitalized costs of proved oil and natural gas properties are subject to a full-cost ceiling limitation for which the costs are not allowed to exceed their related estimated future net revenues discounted at 10%. To the extent capitalized costs of evaluated oil and natural gas properties, net of accumulated depreciation, depletion, amortization and impairment, exceed estimated discounted future net revenues of proved oil and natural gas reserves, the excess capitalized costs are charged to expense. The Partnership assesses all unevaluated properties on a periodic basis for possible impairment. The Partnership assesses properties on an individual basis or as a group if properties are individually insignificant. The assessment includes consideration of the following factors, among others: economic and market conditions, operators’ intent to drill, remaining lease term, geological and geophysical evaluations, operators’ drilling results and activity, the assignment of proved reserves and the economic viability of operator development if proved reserves are assigned. Costs associated with unevaluated properties are excluded from the full cost pool until a

determination as to the existence of proved developed reserves is able to be made. During any period in which these factors indicate an impairment, all or a portion of the associated leasehold costs are transferred to the full cost pool and are then subject to amortization and to the full cost ceiling test.

As a result of its full cost ceiling analysis, the Partnership recorded an impairment on its oil and natural gas properties of $6.0 million during the six months ended June 30, 2024. The impairment was primarily attributed to the decline in the 12-month average price of oil and natural gas for the three months ended March 31, 2024. As of March 31, 2024, the 12-month average prices of oil and natural gas were $77.48 per Bbl of oil and $2.45 per Mcf of natural gas. These prices represent a 14.8% and 58.8% decrease, respectively, from the 12-month average prices of oil and natural gas as of March 31, 2023, which were $90.97 per Bbl of oil and $5.95 per Mcf of natural gas. The Partnership didnot record an impairment on its oil and natural gas properties for the three months ended June 30, 2024 or three and six months ended June 30, 2023.

NOTE 8—LEASES

Substantially all of the Partnership’s leases are long-term operating leases with fixed payment terms and will terminate in June 2029. Currently, the only substantial contractual arrangements that the Partnership has classified as operating leases are the main office spaces used for operations.

The Partnership’s right-of-use (“ROU”) operating lease assets represent its right to use an underlying asset for the lease term, and its operating lease liabilities represent its obligation to make lease payments. ROU operating lease assets and operating lease liabilities are included in the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated balance sheets. Short term operating lease liabilities are included in other current liabilities. The weighted average remaining lease term as of June 30, 2024 is 4.89 years.

Both the ROU operating lease assets and liabilities are recognized at the present value of the remaining lease payments over the lease term and do not include lease incentives. The Partnership’s leases do not provide an implicit rate that can readily be determined; therefore, the Partnership used a discount rate based on its incremental borrowing rate, which is determined by the information available in the secured revolving credit facility. The incremental borrowing rate reflects the estimated rate of interest that the Partnership would pay to borrow, on a collateralized basis over a similar term, an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment. The weighted average discount rate used for the operating leases was 6.75% for the six months ended June 30, 2024.

Operating lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term and is included in general and administrative expense in the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023. The total operating lease expense recorded for both the three months June 30, 2024 and 2023 was $0.1 million and $0.3 million for both the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023.

Future minimum lease commitments as of June 30, 2024 were as follows:

​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · ​
​ · ​ · Total · ​ · 2024 · ​ · 2025 · ​ · 2026 · ​ · 2027 · ​ · 2028 · ​ · Thereafter
Operating leases​$2,469,315​$245,367​$497,033​$507,648​$511,917​$496,785​$210,565
Less: Imputed Interest​(403,245)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Total​$2,066,070​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

NOTE 9—LONG-TERM DEBT

On June 13, 2023, the Partnership entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “A&R Credit Agreement”), which amended and restated the Partnership’s existing Credit Agreement, dated as of January 11, 2017 (as amended on July 12, 2018, December 8, 2020, June 7, 2022 and December 15, 2022). The A&R Credit Agreement provides for, among other things, (i) a senior secured reserve-based revolving credit facility in an aggregate maximum principal amount of up to$750.0 million with an initial borrowing base of$400.0 million and an initial aggregate elected commitments amount of up to$400.0 million, including a sub-facility for the issuance of letters of credit of up to$10.0 million and (ii) an extension of the maturity date of the A&R Credit Agreement to June 7, 2027. In connection with the A&R Credit Agreement, the Partnership recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of $0.5 million as a result of writing

off all unamortized loan origination costs associated with the lenders to the Partnership’s existing credit agreement that did not participate in the A&R Credit Agreement.

On July 24, 2023, the Partnership entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “First Amendment”) to the A&R Credit Agreement. The amendment amended the A&R Credit Agreement to, among other things, (i) decrease the frequency of and increase the threshold for excess cash determinations from$30.0 million to$50.0 million and (ii) permit the Partnership to issue certain preferred equity interests.

On December 8, 2023, in connection with the November 1, 2023 redetermination, the Partnership entered into Amendment No. 2 (the “Second Amendment”) to the A&R Credit Agreement. The amendment amends the A&R Credit Agreement to, among other things, increase each of the borrowing base and aggregate elected commitments from $400.0 million to $550.0 million.

The secured revolving credit facility bears interest at a rate equal to, at the Partnership’s election, either (i) the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (as defined in the A&R Credit Agreement) plus an applicable margin that varies from 2.75% to 3.75% per annum or (ii) a base rate plus an applicable margin that varies from 1.75% to 2.75% per annum, based on borrowing base utilization.

The secured revolving credit facility is guaranteed by certain of the Partnership’s material subsidiaries and is collateralized by substantially all assets, including the oil and natural gas properties of such subsidiaries, including mortgages on at least 75% of the PV-9 of the proved reserves constituting borrowing base properties as set forth on the Partnership’s most recent reserve report. The borrowing base will be redetermined semi-annually on or about May 1 and November 1 of each year by the Lenders, with one interim unscheduled redetermination available to each of the Partnership and a group of certain Lenders between scheduled redeterminations during each calendar year. In connection with the May 1, 2024 redetermination under the secured revolving credit facility, the borrowing base was reaffirmed at $550.0 million.

Customary borrowing base reductions and mandatory prepayments are required under the A&R Credit Agreement in connection with certain sales of certain types of borrowing base properties, sales of equity interests in guarantor subsidiaries owning such properties, certain debt issuances or certain types of swap terminations. In addition, Cash Balance (as defined in the First Amendment) above$50.0 million is required to be applied weekly to prepay loans (without a commitment reduction) if not otherwise reduced tozero in a manner permitted by the A&R Credit Agreement.

The Partnership is required to pay a commitment fee of 0.50% per annum on the average daily unused portion of the current aggregate commitments under thesecured revolving credit facility. The Partnership is also required to pay customary letter of credit and fronting fees.

The A&R Credit Agreement requires the Partnership to maintain as of the last day of each fiscal quarter: (i) a Debt to EBITDAX Ratio (as defined in the A&R Credit Agreement) of not more than 3.5 to 1.0 and (ii) a ratio of current assets to current liabilities of not less than 1.0 to 1.0.

The A&R Credit Agreement also contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, including, among other things, as to compliance with laws (including environmental laws and anti-corruption laws), delivery of quarterly and annual financial statements and borrowing base certificates, conduct of business, maintenance of property, maintenance of insurance, entry into certain derivatives contracts, restrictions on the incurrence of liens, indebtedness, asset dispositions, restricted payments and other customary covenants. These covenants are subject to a number of limitations and exceptions.

Additionally, the A&R Credit Agreement contains customary events of default and remedies for credit facilities of this nature. If the Partnership does not comply with the financial and other covenants in the A&R Credit Agreement, the Lenders may, subject to customary cure rights, require immediate payment of all amounts outstanding under the A&R Credit Agreement and any outstanding unfunded commitments may be terminated.

During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Partnership borrowed an additional $5.0 million under the secured revolving credit facility and repaid approximately $33.4 million of the outstanding borrowings. As of June 30, 2024, the Partnership’s outstanding balance was $265.8 million. The Partnership was in compliance with all covenants included in the secured revolving credit facility as of June 30, 2024.

As of June 30, 2024, borrowings under the secured revolving credit facility bore interest at SOFR plus a margin of 3.00% or the ABR (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) plus a margin of 2.00%. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the weighted average interest rate on the Partnership’s outstanding borrowings was 8.59% and 8.65%, respectively.

NOTE 10—PREFERRED UNITS

On August 2, 2023, the Partnership entered into a Series A preferred unit purchase agreement with certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo (NYSE: APO) (collectively, the “Series A Purchasers”) to issue and sell up to 400,000 Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the “Series A preferred units”). On September 13, 2023, in connection with the closing of the LongPoint Acquisition, the Partnership completed the private placement of 325,000 Series A preferred units to the Series A Purchasers for $1,000 per Series A preferred unit, resulting in gross proceeds to the Partnership of $325.0 million (the “Preferred Unit Transaction”). The Partnership used the net proceeds from the Preferred Unit Transaction to purchase 325,000 preferred units of the Operating Company. The Operating Company in turn used the net proceeds to fund a portion of the LongPoint Acquisition. The Series A preferred units rank senior to the Partnership’s common units with respect to distribution rights and rights upon liquidation.

Until the conversion of the Series A preferred units into common units or their redemption, holders of the Series A preferred units are entitled to receive cumulative quarterly distributions equal to 6.0% per annum plus accrued and unpaid distributions. The Partnership has the right, in any four non-consecutive quarters, to elect not to pay such quarterly distribution in cash and instead have the unpaid distribution amount added to the liquidation preference at the rate of 10.0% per annum. If the Partnership makes such an election in consecutive quarters or if the Partnership fails to pay in full, in cash and when due, any distribution owed to the Series A preferred units or otherwise materially breaches its obligations to the holders of the Series A preferred units, the distribution rate will increase to 20.0% per annum until the accumulated distributions are paid in full in cash, or any such material breach is cured, as applicable. Each holder of Series A preferred units has the right to share in any special distributions by the Partnership of cash, securities or other property pro rata with the common units on an as-converted basis, subject to customary adjustments. The Partnership cannot declare or make any distributions, redemptions or repurchases on any junior securities, including any of their common units, prior to paying the quarterly distribution payable to the Series A preferred units, including any previously accrued and unpaid distributions.

Beginning with the earlier of (i) the second anniversary of the original issuance date and (ii) immediately prior to a liquidation of the Partnership, the Series A Purchasers may, at any time (but not more often than once per quarter), elect to convert all or any portion of their Series A preferred units into a number of common units determined by multiplying the number of Series A preferred units to be converted by the then-applicable conversion rate, provided that (a) any conversion is for an amount of common units with an aggregate value of at least $10.0 million or such lesser amount that covers all of the holders’ remaining Series A preferred units and (b) the closing price of the common units is at least 130% of the conversion price of $15.07, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments (the “Conversion Price”) for 20 trading days during the 30-trading day period immediately preceding the conversion notice.

At any time on or after the second anniversary of the original issuance date, the Partnership will have the option to convert all or any portion of the Series A preferred units into a number of common units determined by the then-applicable conversion rate, provided that (i) any conversion is for an amount of common units with an aggregate value of at least $10.0 million or such lesser amount that covers all of the holders’ Series A preferred units, (ii) the common units are listed for, or admitted to, trading on a national securities exchange, (iii) the closing price of the common units is at least 160% of the Conversion Price for 20 trading days during the 30-trading day period immediately preceding the conversion notice and (iv) the Partnership has an effective registration statement on file with the SEC covering resales of the underlying common units to be received by the holders of Series A preferred units upon such conversion.

The Series A preferred units are redeemable at the option of the Series A Purchasers after seven years from the effective date of the Series A preferred unit purchase agreement, August 2, 2023. The Series A preferred units may be redeemed by the Partnership at any time or in the event of a change of control. The Series A preferred units may be redeemed for a cash amount per Series A preferred unit equal to the product of (i) the number of outstanding Series A preferred units multiplied by (ii) the greatest of (a) an amount (together with all prior distributions made in respect of such

Series A preferred unit) necessary to achieve the Minimum IRR (as defined below), (b) an amount (together with all prior distributions made in respect of such Series A preferred unit) necessary to achieve a return on investment equal to 1.2 times with respect to such Series A preferred unit and (c) the Series A issue price plus accrued and unpaid distributions.

For purposes of the Series A preferred units, “Minimum IRR” means as of any measurement date: (i) prior to the fifth anniversary ofthe original issuance date, a 12.0% internal rate of return with respect to the Series A preferred units; (ii) on or after the fifth anniversary of the original issuance date and prior to the sixth anniversary of the original issuance date, a 13.0% internal rate of return with respect to the Series A preferred units and (iii) on or after the sixth anniversary of the original issuance date, a 14.0% internal rate of return with respect to the Series A preferred units.

In connection with the issuance of the Series A preferred units, the Partnership granted holders of the Series A preferred units board observer rights beginning on the fifth anniversary of the original issuance date, board appointment rights beginning on the sixth anniversary of the original issuance date, and in the case of events of default with respect to the Series A preferred units, the right to appointtwo members of the board beginning on the seventh anniversary of the original issuance date.

The terms of the Series A preferred units contain covenants preventing the Partnership from taking certain actions without the approval of the holders of 662/3% of the outstanding Series A preferred units, voting separately as a class.

NOTE 11—UNITHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND PARTNERSHIP DISTRIBUTIONS

The Partnership has issued units representing limited partner interests. As of June 30, 2024, the Partnership had a total of 80,969,651 common units issued andoutstanding and 14,524,120 Class B units outstanding.

On August 7, 2023, the Partnership completed an underwritten public offering of 8,337,500 common units for net proceeds of approximately$110.7 million (the “2023 Equity Offering”). The Partnership used the net proceeds from the 2023 Equity Offering to purchase OpCo common units. The Operating Company in turn used the net proceeds to repay approximately$90.0 million of the outstanding borrowings under the Partnership’s secured revolving credit facility. The Operating Company used the remainder of the net proceeds of the 2023 Equity Offering for general corporate purposes.

The following table summarizes the changes in the number of the Partnership’s common units:

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​​Common Units
Balance at December 31, 2023​73,851,458
Common units issued under the A&R LTIP (1)​1,087,502
Restricted units repurchased for tax withholding​(292,484)
Conversion of Class B units to common units​6,323,175
Balance at June 30, 2024​80,969,651
(1)Includes restricted units granted to certain employees and directors under the Amended and Restated Kimbell Royalty GP, LLC 2017 Long-Term Incentive Plan on February 19, 2024.

The following table presents information regarding the common unit cash distributions approved by the General Partner’s Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors”) for the periods presented:

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​ · ​ · Amount per · ​ · Date · ​ · Unitholder · ​ · Payment
​ · ​ · Common Unit · ​ · Declared · ​ · Record Date · ​ · Date
Q1 2024​$0.49​May 2, 2024​May 13, 2024​May 20, 2024
Q2 2024​$0.42​August 1, 2024​August 12, 2024​August 19, 2024
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Q1 2023​$0.35​May 3, 2023​May 15, 2023​May 22, 2023
Q2 2023​$0.39​August 2, 2023​August 14, 2023​August 21, 2023

For each Class B unit issued, five cents has been paid to the Partnership as additional consideration (the “Class B Contribution”). Holders of the Class B units are entitled to receive cash distributions equal to 2.0% per quarter on their respective Class B Contribution, subsequent to distributions on the Series A preferred units, but prior to distributions on the common units and OpCo common units.

Holders of the Class B units are entitled to one vote per share on all matters to be voted upon by the shareholders. Holders of the common units and the Class B units generally vote together as a single class on all matters presented to the Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP unitholders for their vote or approval. Holders of Class B units do not have any right to receive dividends or distributions upon a liquidation or winding up of Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP. The Class B units and OpCo common units are exchangeable together into an equal number of common units of the Partnership.

NOTE 12—EARNINGS PER COMMON UNI****T

Basic earnings per common unit is calculated by dividing net income attributable to common units by the weighted-average number of common units outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per common unit gives effect, when applicable, to unvested restricted units granted under the Partnership’s A&R LTIP (as defined in Note 13) for its employees and directors and potential conversion of Series A preferred units and Class B units. The Partnership uses the “if-converted” method to determine the potential dilutive effect of exchanges of outstanding Series A preferred units and Class B units (and corresponding units of Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP), and the treasury stock method to determine the potential dilutive effect of vesting of outstanding restricted units granted under the Partnership’s A&R LTIP. The Partnership does not use the two-class method because the Class B units and the unvested restricted units granted under the Partnership’s A&R LTIP are nonparticipating securities.

The following table summarizes the calculation of weighted average common units outstanding used in the computation of diluted earnings per common unit:

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​ · ​ · Three Months Ended June 30, · ​ · Six Months Ended June 30,
​ · ​ · 2024 · ​ · 2023 · ​ · 2024 · ​ · 2023
Net income attributable to common units of Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP​$8,410,318​$13,467,988​$11,579,274​$36,788,624
Net adjustment to accretion of redeemable non-controlling interest in Kimbell Tiger Acquisition Corporation and write-off of deferred underwriting commissions​​—​​1,572,737​​—​​1,572,737
Net income attributable to common units of Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP after accretion of redeemable non-controlling interest in Kimbell Tiger Acquisition Corporation and write-off of deferred underwriting commissions​​8,410,318​​15,040,725​​11,579,274​​38,361,361
Distribution and accretion on Series A preferred units​​5,243,004​​—​​10,499,291​​—
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests in OpCo and distribution on Class B units​​1,533,207​​4,329,043​​2,444,903​​9,907,945
Diluted net income attributable to common units of Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP​$15,186,529​$19,369,768​$24,523,468​$48,269,306
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Weighted average number of common units outstanding:​​​​​​​​​​​​
Basic​​74,834,777​​63,274,492​​73,473,416​​62,910,053
Effect of dilutive securities:​​​​​​​​​​​​
Series A preferred units​​21,566,025​​—​​21,566,025​​—
Class B units​​18,623,761​​18,139,508​​19,735,528​​16,819,289
Restricted units​​1,568,997​​1,545,981​​1,620,729​​1,533,759
Diluted​​116,593,560​​82,959,981​​116,395,698​​81,263,101
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Net income per unit attributable to common units of Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP​​​​​​​​​​​​
Basic​$0.11​$0.24​$0.16​$0.61
Diluted​$0.11​$0.23​$0.16​$0.59

The calculation of diluted net income per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 includes the conversion of all Series A preferred units and Class B units to common units calculated using the “if-converted” method and units of unvested restricted units calculated using the treasury stock method. The calculation of diluted net income per

share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 includes the conversion of all Class B units to common units calculated using the “if-converted” method and units of unvested restricted units calculated using the treasury stock method.

NOTE 13—UNIT-BASED COMPENSATION

On May 1, 2024, the Board of Directors approved and adopted the first amendment to the Amended and Restated Kimbell Royalty GP, LLC 2017 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as so amended, the “A&R LTIP”), which increased the number of common units available to be awarded under the A&R LTIP by 4,684,622 common units, which increased the total number of common units available to be awarded under the A&R LTIP, after taking into account previously awarded common units, to 6,765,012 common units. The Partnership’s A&R LTIP authorizes grants to its employees and directors. The restricted units issued under the Partnership’s A&R LTIP generally vest inone-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.

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 and directors 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.

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​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · Weighted · Weighted
​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · Average · ​ · Average
​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · Grant-Date · ​ · Remaining
​ · ​ · ​ · ​ · Fair Value · ​ · Contractual
​ · ​ · Units · ​ · per Unit · ​ · Term
Unvested at December 31, 2023​1,951,430​$14.7631.525 years
Awarded​1,087,502​​15.710​—
Vested​(1,046,731)​​13.913​—
Unvested at June 30, 2024 (1)​1,992,201​$15.7272.047 years
(1)As of June 30, 2024, there was $31.3 million of unrecognized compensation expense associated with unvested restricted units based on the weighted average grant date fair value per unit of $15.727.

NOTE 14—INCOME TAXES

As discussed in Note 1, the Partnership has elected to be taxed as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes. The non-controlling interest, which represents OpCo common unitholders’, are not subject to federal income taxes.

The Partnership records income taxes for interim periods based on an estimated annual effective tax rate. The estimated annual effective rate is recomputed on a quarterly basis and may fluctuate due to changes in forecasted annual operating income, positive or negative changes to the valuation allowance for net deferred tax assets, changes in forecasted annual income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interest and changes to actual or forecasted permanent book to tax differences. The Partnership’s effective tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2024 was 9.9%, compared to 4.7% for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The Partnership recorded an income tax expense of $1.8 million and $0.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and an income tax expense of $2.7 million and $2.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

NOTE 15—RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Partnership currently has a management services agreement with Kimbell Operating, which has a separate services agreement with K3 Royalties, LLC (“K3 Royalties”). Pursuant to the K3 Royalties service agreement, K3 Royalties and Kimbell Operating provide management, administrative and operational services to the Partnership. In addition, under each of their respective services agreements, affiliates of the Partnership’s Sponsors may identify, evaluate

and recommend to the Partnership acquisition opportunities and negotiate the terms of such acquisitions. Amounts paid to Kimbell Operating and K3 Royalties under their respective services agreements will reduce the amount of cash available for distribution on common units to the Partnership’s unitholders. The Partnership previously had a services agreement with BJF Royalties, LLC (“BJF Royalties”), which was terminated upon the death of Ben Fortson on May 19, 2024.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, no monthly services fee was paid to BJF Royalties. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the Partnership made payments to K3 Royalties in the amount of $30,000 and $60,000, respectively.

The Partnership received $32,101 and $59,479 in reimbursements from Rivercrest Capital Management, LLC for shared operating expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024.

NOTE 16—COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

During the normal course of business, the Partnership may experience situations where disagreements occur relating to the ownership of certain mineral or overriding royalty interest acreage. Management is not aware of any legal, environmental or other commitments or contingencies that would have a material effect on the Partnership’s financial condition, results of operations or liquidity as of June 30, 2024.

NOTE 17—SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Partnership has evaluated events that occurred subsequent to June 30, 2024 in the preparation of its unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.

Distributions

On August 1, 2024, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.42 per common unit and OpCo common unit for the quarter ended June 30, 2024. The Partnership intends to pay this distribution on August 19, 2024 to common unitholders and OpCo common unitholders of record as of the close of business on August 12, 2024.

The Partnership will pay a quarterly cash distribution on the Series A preferred units of approximately $4.8 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2024. The Partnership intends to pay the distribution subsequent to August 1, 2024, and prior to the distribution on the common units and OpCo common units.

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