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SoftVest and Blackbeard Sign Definitive Agreement for $2.2 Billion Combination of Permian Basin Royalty Trust and US Land Guild

$PBTPress releaseJul 28, 2026, 7:07 PM ETRead the release

SoftVest and Blackbeard Holdings signed a definitive agreement to combine Permian Basin Royalty Trust (PBT) and US Land Guild into a new C-Corp called PBT Land and Minerals, valued at approximately $2.2 billion. The new company will consolidate 111,000 net royalty acres and 68,000 surface acres in the Central Basin Platform, with PBT unitholders owning approximately 59% of the combined entity. The trust’s existing Net Profits Interest in Waddell Ranch will be converted into a cost-free ~15% effective royalty interest.

Key figures

Deal Value Usd
2200000000
Surface acres
68000
Exchange ratio
1:1
Net royalty acres
111000
Rights offering size
120000000
Credit facility amount
500000000
Pro forma leverage ratio
<0.4x
Credit facility accordion
100000000
Pro forma ownership blackbeard
41%
Pro forma adjusted ebitda margin
90%
Pro forma fy 2025 adjusted ebitda
127189000
Pro forma q1 2026 adjusted ebitda
38616000
Pro forma ownership pbt unitholders
59%
Waddell ranch effective royalty interest
15%

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