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February 12, 2024
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Energy & Transportation
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: | Anuja A. Majmudar |
Karina Dorin
Re: | Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. |
Registration Statement on Form S-4
Filed January 12, 2024
File No. 333-276508
Dear Ms. Majmudar and Ms. Dorin:
On behalf of our client, Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. (the Company), we are transmitting via EDGAR with this letter, for filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), Amendment No. 1 to the above referenced Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the Revised S-4). This letter together with the changes reflected in the Revised S-4 respond to the Staffs comments contained in its letter dated February 6, 2024.
For your convenience, this letter sets forth in italics each of the Staffs comments before each response is given. All references, page numbers and captions (other than those in the Staffs comments) correspond to the page numbers and captions contained in the Revised S-4. All capitalized terms used in this letter but otherwise not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Revised S-4.
Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed January 12, 2024
Information About Kodiak
Executive Compensation of Kodiak, page 133
1. | Please update executive compensation and director compensation for Kodiak to reflect data for the year ended December 31, 2023. Refer to Item 18(a)(7) of Form S-4 and Question 117.05 of the Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations for Regulation S-K. |
The Company has revised the disclosure under the caption Executive Compensation of Kodiak beginning on page 134 of the Revised S-4 in response to the Staffs comment.
Securities and Exchange Commission
February 12, 2024
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Material U.S Federal Income Tax Consequences
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Subsequent LP Merger for Electing
Unitholders, page 232
2. | We note that except with respect to any cash received in lieu of fractional shares, the exchange by U.S. holders of Partnership Common Units, in the case of Electing Unitholders, for OpCo Units and shares of Series A Preferred Stock is generally not expected to result in the recognition of gain or loss to such U.S. holders for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Please attribute this representation of tax consequences to counsel and file a tax opinion pursuant to Item 601(b)(8) of Regulation S-K or provide us with analysis explaining why it is not necessary to do so. For guidance, refer to Item 601(b)(8) of Regulation S-K. |
The Company has revised the disclosure under the caption Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Subsequent LP Merger for Electing Unitholders beginning on page 234 and has filed the requested tax opinion as Exhibit 8.1 to the Registration Statement in response to the Staffs comment.
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If we can be of any assistance in explaining these responses or the changes in the Revised S-4, please contact me (telephone: (404) 572-3517; email: ktownsend@kslaw.com) or Robert J. Leclerc (telephone: (404) 572-2781; email: rleclerc@kslaw.com).
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Keith M. Townsend |
cc: | Robert M. McKee |
Kelly M. Battle
(Kodiak Gas Services, Inc.)
Robert J. Leclerc
(King & Spalding LLP)
Matthew R. Pacey
Jennifer Wu
(Kirkland & Ellis LLP)
David P. Oelman
Lande A. Spottswood
Raleigh J. Wolfe
(Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.)
Derek J. Anchondo
(CSI Compressco LP)