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Permian Resources Corp

NYSE:PR
US$22.17Close 7 Oct 2026 · delayed

Past year: ▲ 77%(12.56 – 23.29 USD)

Market cap
A$26.27bn
Shares on issue
838m
Story beats
53 since 2016
Last event
6 May 2026

History

A blank-check company that became a Permian Basin oil producer, grew through the 2022 Colgate and 2023 Earthstone mergers, and by 2026 held a $3.0 billion unsecured credit facility.

2016: From blank cheque to oil producer

The company began as Silver Run Acquisition Corporation, a blank-check company (a shell that raises money to buy a business later). It completed a $500 million IPO on NASDAQ on 29 February 2016. In July it agreed to buy about 89% of Centennial Resource Production, a Southern Delaware Basin oil and gas company, from NGP-affiliated sellers. Riverstone Holdings backed the deal with an estimated $810 million equity commitment and was to become the largest shareholder, with about 51%. Capital World and Fidelity funds added $200 million. An August amendment set the cash consideration at about $1.19 billion.

The deal closed on 11 October 2016, and the company was renamed Centennial Resource Development, Inc. In November it replaced its auditor with KPMG. In December it agreed to buy Silverback Exploration's Reeves County, Texas assets for $855 million cash. It funded the purchase with a $910 million private placement of shares, including $430 million from Riverstone, plus a larger credit line. The purchase closed on 29 December.

2017-2019: Second basin, more debt

In May 2017 Centennial agreed to buy Northern Delaware Basin properties from GMT Exploration for about $350 million, its entry into that area. It paid for them with a $341 million private placement of 23.5 million Class A shares at $14.50, and the deal closed on 9 June 2017.

From then on it leaned on debt. In November 2017 its lenders raised the credit line's borrowing base (the amount lenders will lend against its reserves) from $350 million to $575 million. The company then sold $400 million of 5.375% notes due 2026 and repaid credit line borrowings. In May 2018 it signed a new five-year credit facility with an $800 million initial borrowing base. In March 2019 it issued $500 million of 6.875% notes due 2027.

2020-2021: The oil price crash

In February 2020 Centennial agreed to sell its water infrastructure to WaterBridge for $150 million. The COVID-19 oil price crash then hit. Nasdaq warned in April and again in August that the stock had traded below the $1 minimum bid price, which risked delisting. Lenders cut the borrowing base to $700 million. The WaterBridge sale was terminated in May after WaterBridge failed to close, and Centennial believed it could keep the $10 million deposit. Also in May, noteholders swapped about $254 million of the 2026 and 2027 notes for $127 million of new 8.00% second-lien notes, accepting a discount to move up the repayment queue.

By March 2021, as the oil market recovered, it issued $150 million of 3.25% exchangeable notes due 2028, which can convert into shares.

2022: The Colgate merger

In February 2022 Centennial signed a new credit facility and launched a $350 million share buyback, after reporting $138 million of net income for 2021. In May it agreed a "merger of equals" with Colgate Energy Partners. Colgate's owner would receive 269.3 million Class C shares plus $525 million in cash, leaving existing shareholders with about 51%. Shareholders approved the deal on 29 August, and it closed on 8 September 2022. The company was renamed Permian Resources Corporation and based in Midland, Texas.

2023-2024: Earthstone and balance-sheet repair

In August 2023 Permian Resources agreed to buy Earthstone Energy in an all-stock deal valued at about $4.5 billion including debt. Each Earthstone share converted into 1.446 Permian Resources shares. The deal closed on 3 November 2023, with about 211 million shares issued to Earthstone holders. Its operating subsidiary raised $1 billion of 7.000% notes due 2032 in two steps, in September and December 2023.

In August 2024 it issued $1.0 billion of 6.25% notes due 2033 and used part of the proceeds to retire $300 million of 7.75% notes due 2026. In November it closed the Barilla Draw acquisition (about 29,500 net acres), raised its quarterly dividend 150% to $0.15 a share and received credit rating upgrades from Moody's, S&P and Fitch.

2025-2026: A new holding company

In August 2025 the company called for redemption its 3.25% exchangeable notes. In December it announced a reorganization under a new holding company, PRC NewCo Inc. Holders of operating-company units would surrender their Class C shares and receive 48,916,754 new Class A shares. The reorganization completed on 7 January 2026. The new parent took the Permian Resources Corporation name, the prior entity became Permian Resources Holdings, and certain operating-company unit holders had their Class C shares cancelled and exchanged their units one-for-one for new Class A shares. On 20 January the company deregistered its securities with the SEC. On 6 May 2026 it replaced its credit agreement with a $3.0 billion unsecured revolving facility maturing in 2031.

Written from the 53 story beats below (2016 to 6 May 2026), which come from the company's own announcements and filings.

Beat by beat

The events that changed the company's story, in plain English, each written against everything known about the company at the time. The dot shows whether it was good, bad or neutral for shareholders.

shares on issue market cap (log scale)

2026837m shares · US$18.10bn market cap

  1. 6 May

    Permian Resources replaced its prior credit agreement with a new $3.0 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility maturing in 2031, a significant upgrade from its earlier secured borrowing-base facilities reflecting its stronger post-merger credit profile.

    debt financing

    837m shUS$18.10bn
  2. 20 Jan

    Permian Resources Corp deregistered its securities, ending its obligation to file reports with the SEC.

    listing compliance notice

    752m shUS$10.55bn
  3. 7 Jan

    Permian Resources completed its reorganization on January 7, 2026. Old PR became a wholly owned subsidiary of the new holding company PRC NewCo Inc, which took the Permian Resources Corporation name, and Old PR was renamed Permian Resources Holdings Inc. Certain OpCo unit holders had their Class C shares cancelled and exchanged their units one-for-one for new Class A shares.

    business combination

    752m shUS$10.55bn
  4. 7 Jan

    Permian Resources Corp's exchange filed to remove a class of its securities from listing.

    listing compliance notice

    752m shUS$10.55bn

2025829m shares · US$12.02bn market cap

  1. 22 Dec

    Permian Resources announced a reorganization under a new holding company, PRC NewCo Inc, which will replace it as the NYSE-listed public company. Class A shares convert one-for-one into new Class A shares still trading as PR, and no shareholder vote is needed. Certain holders of operating-company units will surrender their Class C shares for no consideration and swap their units for 48,916,754 new Class A shares, expected in Q1 2026. The company also amended its credit agreement (technical changes to permit the reorganization). The existing company is expected to be renamed Permian Resources Holdings Inc., and the new parent will take the Permian Resources Corporation name.

    capital raising announcement

    829m shUS$12.02bn
  2. 28 Aug

    Permian Resources called for redemption all of its outstanding 3.25% exchangeable senior notes due 2028 (issued in March 2021), triggering noteholders' right to exchange or be cashed out ahead of the redemption date.

    debt financing

    800m shUS$11.33bn

2024803m shares · US$10.95bn market cap

  1. 6 Nov

    Permian Resources extended its credit facility's maturity, closed its Barilla Draw acquisition (adding ~29,500 net acres), raised its quarterly dividend 150% to $0.15/share under a new return-of-capital strategy, and received credit rating upgrades from Moody's, S&P and Fitch as it targets investment-grade status in 2025.

    debt financing

    803m shUS$10.95bn
  2. 8 Aug

    Permian Resources' operating subsidiary issued $1.0 billion of new 6.25% senior notes due 2033 and used part of the proceeds to tender for and fully retire its $300 million of 7.75% notes due 2026.

    debt financing

    803m shUS$12.31bn

2023566m shares · US$7.44bn market cap

  1. 13 Dec

    Permian Resources' operating subsidiary issued a further $500 million of its 7.000% senior notes due 2032 under the existing September 2023 indenture. The new notes join the original $500 million as a single series, bringing it to $1 billion.

    debt financing

    566m shUS$7.44bn
  2. 3 Nov

    Permian Resources completed its acquisition of Earthstone Energy after shareholders of both companies approved the deal, issuing about 211 million shares to Earthstone holders; Earthstone was delisted from the NYSE and ceased separate SEC reporting.

    business combination

    566m shUS$8.25bn
  3. 12 Sept

    Permian Resources' operating subsidiary issued $500 million of new 7.000% senior notes due 2032.

    debt financing

    566m shUS$8.03bn
  4. 6 Sept

    Permian Resources registered with the SEC the shares it will issue to Earthstone Energy shareholders in the pending merger, filing the joint proxy statement/prospectus both companies' shareholders would vote on.

    business combination

    566m shUS$8.03bn
  5. 21 Aug

    Permian Resources and Earthstone Energy jointly announced their merger agreement, valuing the combined company at roughly $14 billion with over 400,000 net Permian acres and about 300,000 boe/d of pro forma production; each Earthstone share converts to 1.446 Permian Resources shares.

    business combination

    566m shUS$6.62bn
  6. 21 Aug

    Permian Resources agreed to acquire Earthstone Energy, a complementary Delaware Basin operator, in an all-stock deal worth an estimated $4.5 billion enterprise value, expecting about $175 million in annual synergies and over 30% free cash flow per share accretion.

    material agreement

    566m shUS$6.62bn

2022285m shares · US$2.35bn market cap

  1. 12 Sept

    Permian Resources Corp's securities were notified for removal from listing and registration on its exchange.

    listing compliance notice

    285m shUS$2.35bn
  2. 9 Sept

    the exchange certified Permian Resources Corp's securities for listing, clearing them to begin trading.

    listing compliance notice

    285m shUS$2.35bn
  3. 8 Sept

    Centennial Resource Development completed its merger with Colgate Energy Partners and renamed itself Permian Resources Corporation, establishing headquarters in Midland, Texas as the largest pure-play E&P company in the Delaware Basin.

    asset acquisition disposition

    285m shUS$2.35bn
  4. 30 Aug

    Centennial's shareholders voted to approve the Colgate Energy merger, clearing the way to close the deal that would create the combined company later renamed Permian Resources Corporation.

    business combination

    285m shUS$1.90bn
  5. 28 July

    Centennial filed the final proxy for the Colgate merger and set the special shareholder meeting for August 29, 2022 (record date July 25, 2022). The terms are unchanged from the preliminary proxy: 269,300,000 Class C shares plus $525 million in cash for Colgate's owner, with the board unanimously recommending a vote for. The charter vote was split into separate proposals (A to D). Shareholders still hold about 51% of the combined stock after closing.

    business combination

    285m shUS$1.70bn
  6. 10 June

    Centennial filed a preliminary proxy for a shareholder vote on the merger agreed May 19, 2022 with Colgate Energy Partners III. Colgate's owner would receive 269,300,000 Class C shares (with matching units) plus $525 million in cash, leaving current shareholders with about 51% of the combined stock and Colgate's owner about 49%. The deal needs shareholder approval of the share issuance and a charter change (more authorized shares among other changes), and the price could be adjusted down for title and environmental defects.

    business combination

    285m shUS$2.26bn
  7. 19 May

    Centennial agreed to merge with Colgate Energy Partners III in a deal where Colgate's owner would receive 269,300,000 Class C shares, matching operating units and $525 million in cash. The deal was subject to a Centennial shareholder vote and regulatory conditions.

    business combination

    285m shUS$2.21bn
  8. 23 Feb

    Centennial replaced its credit agreement with a new facility (initial $1.15 billion borrowing base, $750 million elected commitments) and launched a $350 million share repurchase program, reporting a swing to $138 million of full-year 2021 net income after 2020's pandemic-driven loss.

    debt financing

    285m shUS$2.22bn

2021279m shares · US$1.10bn market cap

  1. 19 Mar

    As the oil market recovered, Centennial issued $150 million of new 3.25% exchangeable senior notes due 2028, convertible into Centennial common stock - its first equity-linked debt issuance and a lower-cost financing option than its prior secured notes.

    debt financing

    279m shUS$1.10bn

2020278m shares · US$219m market cap

  1. 13 Aug

    Nasdaq notified Centennial on August 10, 2020 that its stock had closed below the $1.00 minimum bid for 30 consecutive business days. The company had until February 8, 2021 to regain compliance, with no immediate effect on trading.

    listing compliance notice

    278m shUS$219m
  2. 22 May

    Centennial settled its distressed exchange offers, swapping about $254 million of its unsecured 2026 and 2027 notes for $127 million of new 8.00% second-lien secured notes due 2025 - noteholders took a discount to move up in the capital structure amid the COVID oil price crash.

    debt financing

    277m shUS$327m
  3. 18 May

    Centennial terminated its $150 million sale of water infrastructure to WaterBridge after WaterBridge failed to close by the contractual deadline; Centennial believes it is entitled to keep the $10 million deposit held in escrow.

    material agreement termination

    277m shUS$327m
  4. 4 May

    Centennial's lenders set a new $700 million borrowing base in the spring 2020 redetermination and reduced the elected commitments to $700 million. The amendments also tightened covenants and pricing and allowed the new second- and third-lien notes.

    debt financing

    277m shUS$327m
  5. 23 Apr

    Amid the COVID-19 oil price crash, Nasdaq warned Centennial that its stock had traded below the $1 minimum bid price for 30 straight days, risking delisting; separately the company launched distressed exchange offers, proposing to swap its unsecured 2026 and 2027 notes for new second- and third-lien secured notes.

    listing compliance notice

  6. 25 Feb

    Centennial agreed to sell its Delaware Basin saltwater disposal and water transportation infrastructure to WaterBridge for $150 million, with up to $75 million more in potential earnout payments.

    material agreement

2019

  1. 18 Mar

    Centennial issued $500 million of new 6.875% senior notes due 2027, using the proceeds to repay revolving credit facility borrowings.

    debt financing

2018

  1. 8 May

    Centennial replaced its credit agreement with a new five-year facility providing an $800 million initial borrowing base and up to $1.5 billion in maximum revolving credit.

    debt financing

2017

  1. 5 Dec

    Centennial closed its $400 million offering of 5.375% senior notes due 2026.

    debt financing

  2. 16 Nov

    Centennial priced an upsized $400 million (from a planned $350 million) offering of 5.375% senior notes due 2026 and voluntarily cut its revolving credit facility commitments to $475 million as it shifted funding toward the new notes.

    material agreement

  3. 14 Nov

    Centennial launched a private offering of $350 million in senior unsecured notes due 2026 to repay revolving credit facility borrowings, with lenders waiving the usual borrowing-base reduction that new debt would otherwise trigger.

    debt financing

  4. 3 Nov

    Centennial's lenders raised its revolving credit facility's borrowing base from $350 million to $575 million and doubled the maximum facility size to $1 billion.

    debt financing

  5. 9 June

    Centennial completed its roughly $350 million acquisition of Northern Delaware Basin properties from GMT Exploration, funded by a concurrent private stock placement.

    asset acquisition disposition

  6. 5 May

    Centennial agreed to sell 23,500,000 new Class A shares at $14.50 each (about $341 million) to investors in a private placement. The money is meant to fund its pending purchase of GMT Exploration assets, and the sale closes only if that acquisition closes (expected around June 8, 2017). The agreements lapse if not closed by June 30, 2017 (extendable to July 15). This adds to the share count, so it dilutes existing holders, while funding the GMT deal noted in the context.

    capital raising announcement

  7. 1 May

    Centennial agreed to buy undeveloped and producing oil and gas properties in the Northern Delaware Basin from GMT Exploration for about $350 million, marking its strategic entry into that area and raising its 2020 oil production target to 60,000 bbl/d.

    debt financing

  8. 31 Mar

    Permian Resources Corp's exchange filed to remove a class of its securities from listing.

    listing compliance notice

2016

  1. 29 Dec

    Centennial closed its roughly $855 million acquisition of Reeves County, Texas leasehold and upstream assets from Silverback Exploration, funded by a $910 million private placement of equity (including $430 million from Riverstone) alongside an increased borrowing base on its revolving credit facility.

    asset acquisition disposition

  2. 5 Dec

    Centennial signed agreements with outside investors to buy 33,012,380 new Class A shares at $14.54 each, about $480 million, to help fund the pending Silverback acquisition. Together with the Riverstone commitment, the press release puts total equity commitments at $910 million, with Riverstone and affiliates taking $430 million in common and convertible preferred. Closing is expected on or before December 30, 2016 and depends on the Silverback deal closing. A 2% fee goes to the placement agents and 2% to a Riverstone affiliate. This continues the Silverback financing; the new shares dilute existing holders (an inference).

    capital raising announcement

  3. 1 Dec

    Centennial agreed to take over a Riverstone affiliate's contract to buy Silverback Exploration's Reeves County, Texas leasehold and related assets for $855 million cash, with closing expected December 30, 2016. To help pay, a Riverstone affiliate agreed to buy up to about $400 million (plus up to about $100 million more) of Class A shares and non-voting convertible Series B preferred at $14.54 per share, and Centennial will reimburse a $50 million deposit and pay a fee of at least $8 million. Series B converts at 250-to-1 into Class A once stockholders approve. This is a new acquisition thread following the Centennial deal, and share issuance dilutes existing holders (an inference from the new issuance).

    capital raising announcement

  4. 25 Nov

    Newly renamed Centennial Resource Development dismissed WithumSmith+Brown and engaged KPMG (which had already audited Centennial Resource Production's own books) as its independent auditor, with no disagreements over accounting matters.

    auditor change

  5. 10 Nov

    Centennial Resource Development filed an 8-K/A after the October 11, 2016 closing of its acquisition of about 89% of Centennial Resource Production. It added CRP's unaudited nine-month 2016 financials, updated management discussion and pro forma combined statements.

    asset acquisition disposition

  6. 11 Oct

    Silver Run Acquisition Corporation completed its acquisition of approximately 89% of Centennial Resource Production and renamed itself Centennial Resource Development, Inc., converting from a blank-check SPAC into an operating Permian Basin oil and gas company.

    business combination

  7. 11 Oct

    Permian Resources Corp's exchange filed to remove a class of its securities from listing.

    listing compliance notice

  8. 23 Sept

    Silver Run filed its definitive proxy for the special meeting to approve the Centennial Resource Production acquisition, replacing the July preliminary version. The proposals are the same in substance, including the Class C stock, the increase in authorised Class A shares from 200 million to 600 million, the Riverstone and other private placements and the incentive plan. The preliminary proposal to add one-to-one share-to-unit maintenance provisions is no longer listed as a separate item; the proxy lists the elimination of old SPAC provisions as the 'Additional Charter Proposal'. The name is now planned as Centennial Resource Development, Inc. rather than 'Corp.', and the trust figure is updated to about $500.3 million as of June 30, 2016 (about $10.00 per share). Shareholders can still redeem; the deal is not yet completed in this filing.

    business combination

  9. 4 Aug

    Silver Run and the Centennial sellers amended their contribution agreement, resetting the cash consideration structure for the pending Centennial acquisition to about $1.19 billion (plus up to $200 million more under a seller cash election); separately, Silver Run's sponsor extended it a small $300,000 working-capital note to cover expenses until the deal closes.

    debt financing

  10. 29 July

    Silver Run filed a preliminary proxy asking its stockholders to vote on buying about 89% of Centennial Resource Production (the deal announced in July), with a stated transaction value of about $1.39 billion. Votes are also sought on creating a new Class C stock, raising authorised Class A shares from 200 million to 600 million, up to 81,005,000 shares sold to Riverstone affiliates plus 20,000,000 to other investors, a long-term incentive plan, and a name change to Centennial Resource Development Corp. Public holders can redeem for their share of the roughly $500 million trust (about $10.00 per share illustratively). The sponsor, officers and directors (about 20% of shares) have agreed to vote in favour. This continues the July deal and is still preliminary.

    business combination

  11. 27 July

    Silver Run signed an Agreement to Assign with Riverstone affiliate New Centennial, under which it agreed to assume the rights to buy about 89% of Centennial Resource Production. The assignment was conditional on stockholder approval and other conditions, and either party could terminate it if approval was not obtained by October 10, 2016.

    listing compliance notice

  12. 22 July

    Silver Run agreed to acquire roughly 89% of Centennial Resource Production, an oil and gas company in the core of the Southern Delaware Basin, from NGP-affiliated sellers, backed by an estimated $810 million equity commitment from Riverstone Holdings (which would become Silver Run's largest shareholder, ~51%) plus $200 million from Capital World and Fidelity funds to help pay the cash consideration.

    business combination

  13. 29 Feb

    Silver Run Acquisition Corporation, an energy-focused blank-check company, completed a $500 million IPO on NASDAQ, raising capital to pursue a future acquisition or merger in the energy sector.

    business combination

  14. 22 Feb

    Nasdaq certified Permian Resources Corp's securities for listing, clearing them to begin trading.

    listing compliance notice