Matador Resources Co (MTDR) · Oct 5, 2026 · Acquisition

Matador acquisition closes at $1.255B as Paloma wells outperform

$1.255B acquisition — $1.255B cash consideration vs. $1.275B announced purchase price

Matador’s Paloma acquisition is closed at $1.255 billion, slightly below the announced price, while acquired production is running 10% above underwriting estimates.

Matador is a Delaware Basin-focused oil producer using acquisitions to expand its drilling inventory while adding scale to its owned and 51%-owned midstream systems. The Paloma deal was already expected to close in the fourth quarter, so the closing itself is confirmation rather than a surprise; the new information is the transaction’s final price and early operating update.

The deal closed slightly below the announced headline price. Matador paid $1.255 billion in cash, versus the $1.275 billion unadjusted price disclosed when the agreement was signed, subject to customary post-closing adjustments. This is a modestly better entry point than the original headline, but not a fundamental change to the transaction’s scale.

Figure	Filing detail
Cash consideration	$1.255 billion (Press Release)
Original unadjusted purchase price	$1.275 billion (Purchase Agreement summary)
Production versus underwriting	Approximately 10% above estimates since June 1, 2026 (Press Release)
Added net acreage	Approximately 16,500 acres (Press Release)
Added locations	Over 156 net locations across nine or more targeted benches (Press Release)
Drilling permits	59 approved permits (Press Release)
Planned debt repayment	Approximately $350–400 million after fourth-quarter closings (Press Release)

The operating evidence is better than merely completing the transaction. Production from the acquired properties has run approximately 10% above Matador’s underwriting estimates since June 1, which gives the company some early validation that the producing assets are contributing more than modeled. 〔0〕 That is more meaningful than management’s generic claim about asset quality because it compares actual performance with the company’s own pre-deal assumptions.

Paloma expands the inventory story more than the near-term production story. The assets add primarily undeveloped acreage, more than 156 potential locations and 59 approved permits, with drilling on up to 25 Paloma wells expected to begin by year-end 2027. The value therefore depends mainly on Matador converting this inventory into efficient future development, not simply on the acquired wells’ current output.

The balance-sheet impact is still part of the execution test. Matador expects the combined fourth-quarter closings to support roughly $350 million to $400 million of repayment on its reserves-based lending facility, but that outcome depends on commodity prices and still includes the separately announced Ridge Runner transaction. 〔1〕

Bottom line: This is a scheduled acquisition closing, not a new strategic surprise, but the lower final price and 10% production outperformance make the completed deal incrementally better than the original setup. The bigger business significance is that Matador now owns more future drilling inventory and must prove it can develop it while still reducing acquisition-related debt, with more detail due in early November.

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Q3 earnings release and call, early November

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Matador acquisition closes at $1.255B as Paloma wells outperform

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