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WaterBridge Infrastructure LLC
Date: May 15, 2025 · CIK: 0002064947 · Accession: 0000000000-25-005224
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May 15, 2025
Jason Long
Chief Executive Officer
WaterBridge Infrastructure LLC
5555 San Felipe Street, Suite 1200
Houston, Texas 77056
Re: WaterBridge Infrastructure LLC
Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1
Submitted April 18, 2025
CIK No. 0002064947
Dear Jason Long:
We have reviewed your draft registration statement and have the
following comments.
Please respond to this letter by providing the requested information and
either
submitting an amended draft registration statement or publicly filing your
registration
statement on EDGAR. If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and
circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why
in your
response.
After reviewing the information you provide in response to this letter
and your
amended draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we may
have additional
comments.
Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1
Basis of Presentation, page ii
1. We note your disclosure that NDB Midstream and WBEF were not under
common
control for the periods presented and NDB Midstream is the accounting
acquirer in
the WaterBridge Combination. We also note disclosure on page 1
that WBEF and NDB Operating, are deemed your predecessors for accounting
purposes. Please address the following comments:
Please clarify the relationship between NDB Midstream and NDB
Operating and
tell us your ownership interest in each entity.
Tell us why you state here that NDB Midstream is the accounting
acquirer, but
state that NDB Operating is the accounting acquirer in the pro forma
financial
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statements on page F-9.
In regard to common control of NDB Midstream and WBEF, provide us
with
your analysis as to why such entities are not under common control.
Present any
factors you considered beyond equity ownership, and the weight given
to such
factors.
Clarify how you concluded that WBEF and NDB Operating are deemed
your
predecessors for accounting purposes and how it relates to your
disclosure here
that NDB Midstream is the accounting acquirer of WBEF.
Summary
Our Assets, page 3
2. We note your disclosure regarding an open season, scheduled to have
concluded on
May 1, 2025, to solicit commitments from E&P companies to support your
construction of a large diameter transportation pipeline, which you
refer to as the
Speedway Pipeline, that will extend across the northern Delaware
Basin and
connect Eddy and Lea counties to out-of-basin pore space in the Central
Basin
Platform owned by LandBridge. Please expand your disclosure to discuss
the timing
and anticipated cost of development of this asset.
Competitive Strengths
Experienced Management Team that Pioneered Large-Scale Water Infrastructure
Development
Proven Track Record of Prudent, High-Return Capital Allocation, page 12
3. We note your disclosure in these sections. Please also include
disclosure cautioning
potential investors that the prior performance of entities or projects
in which
management has been involved is not indicative of your future
performance.
Corporate Reorganization, page 15
4. To facilitate an understanding of the nature of the transactions, please
identify your
corporate reorganization as an Up-C in your summary and elsewhere
throughout
your prospectus. Please also expand your summary disclosure to explain
the business
or strategic rationale for why this corporate structure was selected and
discuss the
significant material benefits to the parties involved.
Organizational Structure, page 19
5. Please update the corporate structure diagrams situated on pages 18 and
19 to include
the ownership interests of the entities depicted. In addition, please
update both
diagrams to separately identify and present WaterBridge NDB Operating
LLC and
WaterBridge Equity Finance LLC.
A loss of one or more significant customers could have a material adverse
effect, page 40
6. You disclose here that for the year ended December 31, 2024 two
customers collectively represented 31% of your total water-related
revenues; that each
individually comprised 21% and 11% of your total accounts receivable, on
a pro
forma basis, as of December 31, 2024; and that they collectively
represented 32% of
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your total accounts receivable at such date. To the extent you are
substantially
dependent on any agreements or arrangements with these customers, please
describe
the material terms of such agreements and arrangements and file the
agreements as
exhibits to your registration statement. Refer to Item 601(b)(10) of
Regulation S-K. If
you believe you are not substantially dependent on the agreements,
please provide us
an analysis to explain your basis.
Future sales of Class A shares, or the perception that such sales may occur,
may depress our
share price, page 51
7. Please revise your risk factor to disclose the number of shares subject
to the
Registration Rights Agreement.
Certain of our directors and officers may have significant duties with, and
spend significant
time serving, other entities, page 53
8. Please revise this risk factor to discuss how much time each member of
management
expects to devote to the company.
Our Operating Agreement will designate the Court of Chancery of the State of
Delaware as
the sole and exclusive forum, page 57
9. We note your disclosure that your Operating Agreement will provide that,
unless you
consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court
of Chancery of
the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery of the State of
Delaware does not
have jurisdiction, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, or, if
the Superior
Court of the State of Delaware does not have jurisdiction, the United
States District
Court for the District of Delaware, in each case, subject to that court
having personal
jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named defendants therein)
will, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be the sole and exclusive
forum for any
derivative action. We further note your disclosure that Our Operating
Agreement will
also provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
the United States
District Court for the District of Delaware will be the sole and
exclusive forum for
resolving any complaint asserting a cause of action under the Securities
Act. This
provision would not apply to claims brought to enforce a duty or
liability created by
the Exchange Act, the Securities Act or any other claim for which the
federal courts
have exclusive jurisdiction. Please revise to clarify the
applicability of your choice of
forum provision(s) to Securities Act claims.
Use of Proceeds, page 64
10. You state here that you intend to use a portion of your offering
proceeds to purchase,
in full, the OpCo preferred equity interests held by the Legacy
Preferred Holder;
however, the introduction to your pro forma financial statements on page
F-5 and the
transaction accounting adjustments footnote on page F-10 indicate that a
portion of
the net proceeds will be used to pay a distribution to preferred
shareholders. Please
clarify or revise this discrepancy.
11. We note your disclosure that OpCo intends to use the remaining net
proceeds from the
offering to repay outstanding indebtedness of WaterBridge Operating and
its
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subsidiaries. Please provide the disclosure required by Instruction 4 to
Item 504 of
Regulation S-K.
Dividend Policy, page 65
12. We note your disclosure that you intend to pay dividends on your Class A
shares in
amounts determined from time to time by your board of directors. We also
note your
disclosure on page 52 that your board of directors will take into
account, amongst
other things, your financial condition, results of operations, and cash
flows from
operations when declaring and paying dividends. You also disclose on
page
82 that you expect your primary sources of liquidity to be cash flows
from operating
activities and, if required, proceeds from borrowings under your credit
facilities.
Finally, you state that you expect that your primary liquidity and
capital requirements
will be for your operating expenses, servicing of debt, the payment of
dividends to
your shareholders, if any, general company needs and investing in your
business.
Indicate the extent to which the operating cash flows for 2024 would
have supported
your capital requirements, capital expenditure plans, and dividend
payments if you
elected to declare a dividend for that period. To the extent there is a
cash deficiency,
quantify that amount and explain the extent to which your reliance on
external
funding would have increased to cover your cash requirements.
Capitalization, page 66
13. Please include a column for the Registrant, WaterBridge Infrastructure
LLC
("WaterBridge"), in your capitalization table.
Overview, page 69
14. Please provide support for your belief that you operate the largest
water infrastructure
network in the United States.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management, page 132
15. Please revise your beneficial ownership table to disclose the natural
person or persons
who exercise sole or shared voting and/or dispositive powers with
respect to the
shares held by WBR Aggregator, NDB Holdings, and Devon Holdco. Refer to
Item
403 of Regulation S-K and Exchange Act Rule 13d-3.
Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Statements
Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements
Note 2: Basis of Presentation, page F-9
16. Please provide us with a detailed analysis under ASC 805-10-25-4 as to
why NDB
Operating is the accounting acquirer in the WaterBridge Combination.
Financial Statements , page F-17
17. Please update Note 1. Organization and Nature of Operations on pages
F-17 and F-42
to quantify Five Point's ownership interest in WaterBridge NDB Operating
LLC
and WaterBridge Equity Finance LLC, respectively, as of the balance
sheet date.
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Exhibits
18. Please tell us what consideration you gave to filing the following
agreements as
exhibits :
Produced water facilities agreements with LandBridge
Supply water facilities agreement with Landbridge
Surface use agreement with LandBridge
Solids waste handling agreements and produced water offload
agreements with
Desert Environmental
Long-term strategic partnership agreement with Devon described on
pages 2 and
10
Shared Services Agreement with LandBridge and Desert Environmental
Refer to Item 601(b)(2) and Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K.
General
19. Throughout your filing you refer to WaterBridge Equity Finance LLC
("WBEF") and
WaterBridge NDB Operating LLC ("NDB Operating") as predecessors. Please
define
and explain what "predecessors," "predecessors for accounting purposes,"
and "co-
predecessor" signify and are meant to represent.
In addition, tell us what you expect to present as historical
predecessor financial
statements in future periodic filings, such as a Form 10-K. As an
example, tell us
which entity or entities will be presented as your historical financial
statements as of
and for the year ended December 31, 2024 in a future Form 10-K.
20. Please provide us with supplemental copies of all written
communications, as defined
in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, that you, or anyone authorized to
do so on your
behalf, have presented or expect to present to potential investors in
reliance on Section
5(d) of the Securities Act, whether or not you retained, or intend to
retain, copies of
those communications. Please contact the staff member associated with
the review of
this filing to discuss how to submit the materials, if any, to us for
our review.
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Please contact John Cannarella at 202-551-3337 or Yong Kim at
202-551-3323 if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related
matters. Please
contact Claudia Rios at 202-551-8770 or Liz Packebusch at 202-551-8749 with any
other
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of
Corporation Finance
Office of Energy &
Transportation
cc: Ryan Maierson, Esq.
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