Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
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Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
TPL is not involved in any material pending legal proceedings other than the item disclosed below.
On November 23, 2022, TPL filed a complaint in Delaware Chancery Court (“the Court”) against Horizon Kinetics, LLC, Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC, SoftVest Advisors LLC, and SoftVest, L.P. (collectively, the “Stockholder Defendants”) under the caption Texas Pacific Land Corporation v. Horizon Kinetics LLC, Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC, SoftVest Advisors, LLC, and SoftVest L.P. (C.A. No. 2022-1066-JTL) (the “Action”). Horizon Kinetics LLC and Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC are affiliated with Murray Stahl, a member of the Board, and Softvest Advisors, LLC and SoftVest L.P. are affiliated with Eric Oliver, a member of the Board. TPL filed the Action to resolve a disagreement with the Stockholder Defendants over their voting commitments pursuant to the Stockholders’ Agreement with the Company. A trial was held on April 17, 2023. On December 1, 2023, the Court ruled that the Stockholder Defendants’ shares were deemed voted in favor of Proposal Four, the Company’s proposal to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, which the Court deemed approved by holders of a majority of the Company’s Stock, at the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders. The decision is currently on appeal.
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