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Business overview
Business 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 “IPO”). LandBridge is a holding company, the principal 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 Annual 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 IPO (the “Corporate Reorganization”) and (ii) LandBridge and its subsidiaries as of the completion of the Corporate Reorganization.
Company Overview Land is a fundamental requirement for the development and production of energy and the construction and operation of critical infrastructure. As of December 31, 2025, we owned or managed more than 315,000 surface acres in and around the Delaware Basin sub-region in the prolific Permian Basin, which is the most active area for oil and natural gas exploration and development in the United States. Access to expansive surface acreage is necessary for oil and natural gas development, solar power generation, power storage, digital infrastructure and non-hazardous oilfield reclamation and solid waste facilities. Further, the significant industrial economy that exists to service and support energy and infrastructure development requires access to surface acreage to support those activities.
Our strategy is to actively manage our land and resources to support and encourage energy and infrastructure development and other land uses that will generate long-term revenue and Free Cash Flow for us and returns to our shareholders. Please see “ How We Evaluate Our Operations ” for more information regarding Free Cash Flow. The Delaware Basin is characterized by the abundant remaining oil and natural gas resources and low break-even cost of development. Activity in the Delaware Basin is dominated by large, generally publicly-listed, well-capitalized producers. Our land is located predominantly in the heart of the Delaware Basin, along and near the regulatory divide of the Texas-New Mexico state border.
This area represents some of the most productive acreage in the Delaware Basin, with a high concentration of hydrocarbons and elevated levels of drilling and completion activity. We believe that our strategic location positions us to capture additional revenues from the growth in infrastructure required to facilitate the development of these resources. We share a financial sponsor, Five Point, and our management team with WaterBridge. WaterBridge is one of the largest water midstream companies in the United States and operates a large-scale network of pipelines and other infrastructure in the Delaware Basin that, as of December 31, 2025, handles approximately 2. 5 million bpd of water associated with oil and natural gas production, with approximately 4.
2 million bpd of total handling capacity. These relationships provide our shared management team visibility into key areas of oil and natural gas production and long-term trends, which we leverage to encourage and support the development of critical infrastructure on our land and generate additional revenue for us. Since we acquired our initial acreage, WaterBridge has constructed or acquired, as of December 31, 2025, approximately 1. 5 million bpd of water handling capacity on our land, with approximately 3. 2 million bpd of permitted capacity available for future development on our land. We receive royalties for each barrel of produced water that WaterBridge handles on our land as well as surface use payments for infrastructure constructed on our land.
Five Point and our management team formed LandBridge to acquire, manage and expand a strategic land position in the heart of the Delaware Basin to support the development of WaterBridge’s large-scale produced water handling infrastructure and to actively manage our land and resources to support and encourage broader industrial and commercial development. Since our formation, our management and Five Point have successfully started and expanded businesses that generate new and growing sources of revenue for us by capturing and monetizing commercial activity both on and near our land. Examples of the benefits of these relationships include WaterBridge’s strategic relationship with Devon Energy, which supports the development of significant additional infrastructure on and around our land.
We believe that WaterBridge’s future growth will continue to underpin increased revenues for us, into which we have significant visibility and that requires minimal investment by us. Additionally, WaterBridge operates non-hazardous oilfield reclamation and solid waste facilities that are located on our land. In addition to our relationship with WaterBridge, we have actively grown third-party revenues. […]
Management discussion and analysis
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on, and should be read in conjunction with, our Financial Statements and notes thereto in Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Annual Report. The following discussion contains “forward-looking statements” reflecting our current expectations, future plans, estimates, beliefs and assumptions concerning events and financial trends that may affect our future results of operations, cash flows and financial position. Our actual results and the timing of events may differ materially from those contained in these forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including certain factors outside our control.
Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, market prices for oil and natural gas, production volumes, economic and competitive conditions, regulatory changes and other uncertainties, as well as those factors discussed below and elsewhere in this Annual Report, particularly in the sections titled “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” all of which are difficult to predict. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed may not occur. We assume no obligation to publicly update any of these forward-looking statements except as otherwise required by applicable law.
Except as otherwise indicated or required by context, references to “LandBridge,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” and like terms refer (i) prior to the consummation of the reorganizations of entities under common control (the “Corporate Reorganization”) and the initial public offering that occurred on July 1, 2024 (the “IPO”), to OpCo and its subsidiaries, our predecessor for financial reporting purposes and (ii) subsequent to the consummation of the Corporate Reorganization and the IPO, to LandBridge and its subsidiaries, including OpCo and its subsidiaries. The section primarily focuses on 2025 and 2024 items and year-to-year comparisons between 2025 and 2024. Discussions of 2023 items and year-to-year comparisons between 2024 and 2023 that are not included in this report can be found in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on March 6, 2025.
The historical financial information in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” reflects only the historical financial results of us or our predecessor, OpCo, as applicable, and does not give pro forma effect to the Corporate Reorganization or the IPO. Overview Land is a fundamental requirement for the development and production of energy and the construction and operation of critical infrastructure. As of December 31, 2025, we owned or managed more than 315,000 surface acres in and around the Delaware Basin sub-region in the prolific Permian Basin, which is the most active area for oil and gas exploration and development in the United States. Access to expansive surface acreage is necessary for oil and natural gas development, solar power generation, power storage, digital infrastructure and non-hazardous oilfield reclamation and solid waste facilities.
Further, the significant industrial economy that exists to service and support energy and infrastructure development requires access to surface acreage to support those activities. Our strategy is to actively manage our land and resources to support and encourage energy and infrastructure development and other land uses that will generate long-term revenue and Free Cash Flow for us and returns to our shareholders. We take an active approach to the commercial development of our land, seeking to maximize the long-term value of our surface acreage and our resources by identifying and seeking commercial partners looking to invest in developing and operating long-term assets within and beyond the oil and gas value chain on our land.
We measure our revenue divided by our acreage as a performance metric, which we refer to as “surface use economic efficiency.” Further, we are actively pursuing additional revenue streams beyond the hydrocarbon value chain to maximize utilization of our land and resources. We have entered into, or are currently pursuing, primarily long-term commercial relationships with businesses focused on solar power generation, power storage, power generation/microgrids, cryptocurrency mining and data management, as well as other renewable energy production, among other industries and applications. […]
Key risk disclosures
─ Risk Factors” in this Annual Report. Risks Related to Our Business and Operations • Our revenues are substantially dependent on ongoing oil and natural gas exploration, development and production activity on or around our land. If E&P companies do not maintain drilling, completion and production activities on or around our land, the demand for the use of our land and resources, as well as the royalties we receive from the production of oil and natural gas and related activities on our land, could be reduced, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows and financial position. • The willingness of E&P companies to engage in drilling, completion and production activities on and around our land is substantially influenced by the market prices of oil and natural gas, which are highly volatile.
A substantial or extended decline in oil and natural gas prices may adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial position. • Future land acquisitions could expose us to risks associated with acquisitions and the commercialization of additional acreage. • Because a significant portion of our future revenue growth is expected to be derived from WaterBridge, any development that materially and adversely affects its respective business, operations or financial condition could have a material adverse impact on us. • Our reliance on WaterBridge and its personnel to manage and operate our business exposes us to certain risks. • Our acreage is located in the Permian Basin, making us vulnerable to risks associated with geographic concentration in a single geographic area.
• We have a limited operating history, and an investment in our Class A shares is highly speculative. Because we have a limited operating history, it may be difficult to evaluate our ability to successfully implement our business strategy. • We may not be successful in pursuing additional commercial opportunities on our land from non-hydrocarbon based energy production and other users. • The construction by our customers of new infrastructure on our land is subject to regulatory, construction, supply chain and other risks common in the development and operation of facilities and other infrastructure. Risks Related to Environmental and Other Regulations • Our results of operations, cash flows and financial position are subject to major trends in our industry, such as decarbonization, and may be adversely affected by future developments that are outside of our control.
• Legislation or regulatory initiatives intended to address seismic activity, over-pressurization or subsidence could restrict drilling, completion and production activities, as well as WaterBridge’s ability to handle produced water gathered from its customers, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows and financial position. Risks Related to Our Financial Condition • We are subject to interest rate risk, which may cause our debt service obligations to increase significantly. The weighted average interest rate on borrowings outstanding under the 2025 Revolving Credit Facility as of December 31, 2025, was 6. 13%. • We are subject to counterparty credit risk. Nonpayment or nonperformance by our customers could have an adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows and financial position.
• Our obligations under the 2025 Revolving Credit Facility are secured by a first priority security interest in substantially all of our assets and various guarantees. Risks Related to Our Class A Shares • Maintaining the requirements of being a public company, including compliance with the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, and the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, will increase demands on our resources, increase our costs and divert management’s attention, and we may be unable to comply with these requirements in a timely or cost-effective manner. • If we do not continue paying regular cash dividends on our Class A shares, you may not receive a return on investment unless you sell your Class A shares for a price greater than that which you paid for them.
8 • LandBridge Holdings has the ability to direct the voting of a majority of our common shares and control certain decisions with respect to our management and business, including certain consent rights and the right to designate more than a majority of the members of our board of directors as long as it and its affiliates beneficially own at least 40% of our outstanding common shares, as well as lesser director designation rights as long as it and its affiliates beneficially own less than 40% but at least 10% of our outstanding common shares. […]
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