Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

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Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

Our Common Stock is listed on the NYSE under the symbol “TPL.”

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

The following table sets forth certain information, as of December 31, 2024, regarding the shares of our Common Stock authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans.

PlanNumber of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants or rightsWeighted average of exercise price of outstandingNumber of shares of Common Stock remaining available for future issuance
Texas Pacific Land Corporation 2021 Incentive Plan approved by stockholders (1)44,290—136,238
Texas Pacific Land Corporation 2021 Director Stock and Deferred Compensation Plan approved by stockholders——24,219
Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders———

(1) Includes unvested RSUs and PSUs (based on target units). The amount reported in “Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights” does not take into account RSUs and PSUs because they have no exercise price.

2021 Incentive Plan

We maintain the 2021 Plan, pursuant to which we may grant to any employee of the Company, an affiliate or a subsidiary nonqualified stock options, incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares, performance units, cash-based awards and other stock-based awards. The 2021 Plan was approved by our Board on August 11, 2021 and by our stockholders on December 29, 2021, and amended on October 31, 2023, and will expire on December 29, 2031. The maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the 2021 Plan is 225,000 shares, which may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued shares (if any), treasury shares, or shares reacquired by the Company in any manner.

Unless otherwise provided in an award agreement, a severance plan sponsored by the Company, or in an applicable employment agreement, or otherwise determined by the Compensation Committee, upon a change in control of the Company (as defined in the 2021 Plan) the following shall occur:

  • For awards other than performance awards, a replacement award (that is, an award with a value and terms that are at least as favorable as the outstanding award that is being replaced by the replacement award) may be issued;

  • For awards other than performance awards, if a replacement award is not issued and the Company’s Common Stock ceases to be publicly traded after the change in control, such awards shall be immediately vested and exercisable upon such change in control;

  • For unearned performance awards, the award shall be (i) earned on a pro-rata basis at the higher of actual or target performance and (ii) measured as of the end of the calendar quarter before the change in control date or, if the award is stock-price based, as of the effective date of the change in control;

  • For earned but unvested performance awards, the earned award shall be immediately vested and payable as of the change in control; and

  • For awards other than performance awards, if the Company’s Common Stock continues to be publicly traded after change in control, such awards shall continue under their applicable terms, unless otherwise determined by the Compensation Committee.

Notwithstanding the forgoing, in the case of awards other than performance awards, the Compensation Committee may cancel such awards, and the award holders shall receive shares or cash equal to the difference between the amount stockholders receive for their shares and the purchase price per share, if any, under the award. Except as may be provided in an employment or severance compensation agreement between the Company and the participant, if, in connection with a change in control, a participant’s payment of any awards will cause the participant to be liable for federal excise tax levied on certain “excess parachute payments,” then either (i) all payments otherwise due or (ii) the reduced payment amount to avoid an excess

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parachute payment, whichever will provide the participant with the greater after-tax economic benefit taking into account any applicable excise tax, shall be paid to the participant. In no event will any participant be entitled to receive any kind of gross-up payment or reimbursement for any excise taxes payable in connection with change in control payments.

2021 Non-Employee Director Stock and Deferred Compensation Plan

We maintain the Texas Pacific Land Corporation 2021 Non-Employee Director and Deferred Compensation Plan (the “2021 Director Plan”), pursuant to which we may grant shares of Common Stock to each of our non-employee directors and our non-employee directors may defer some or all of their directors’ cash fees and stock compensation. The 2021 Director Plan was approved by our Board on August 11, 2021 and by our stockholders on December 29, 2021, and amended on October 31, 2023, and will expire on December 29, 2031. The 2021 Director Plan provides for annual grants of shares of Common Stock to each of our non-employee directors. Shares granted are fully vested upon date of grant unless the Compensation Committee or Board determines otherwise.

The maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the 2021 Director Plan is 30,000 shares, and the aggregate fair market value of shares that may be issued to a non-employee director in a calendar year is limited to $500,000. Shares granted under the 2021 Director Plan may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued shares (if any), treasury shares, or shares reacquired by the Company in any manner.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners

We have determined beneficial ownership in accordance with the rules of the SEC. Under such rules, an individual or entity is generally deemed to beneficially own any shares as to which the individual or entity has sole or shared voting or investment power, including any shares that the individual or entity has the right to acquire within 60 days of February 12, 2025 through the exercise of any stock options, through the vesting/settlement of RSUs, or upon the exercise of other rights. Shares underlying PSUs will not be deemed beneficially owned by a person even if the PSU may vest within 60 days of February 12, 2025 because the satisfaction of the applicable performance conditions is outside of the person’s control. For purposes of computing the percentage of outstanding shares of Common Stock held by each person or group of persons named below, any Common Stock that such person or persons has the right to acquire within 60 days of February 12, 2025 is deemed to be outstanding but is not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.

Except as indicated in the footnotes below, we believe, based on the information furnished or available to us, that the persons and entities named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of Common Stock that they beneficially own, subject to community property laws where applicable. There are no arrangements currently known to us, the operation of which may at a subsequent date result in a change of control of the Company.

The following table is based upon 22,984,798 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of February 12, 2025 and shows all holders known to the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock as of February 12, 2025:

Name and AddressNumber of Securities Beneficially OwnedPercent of Class
Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC (1) 470 Park Avenue South, 8th Floor South, New York, New York 100163,578,17315.6%
The Vanguard Group (2) 100 Vanguard Blvd. Malvern, Pennsylvania 193552,454,11710.7%
BlackRock, Inc. (3) 50 Hudson Yards New York, New York 100011,815,3317.9%
State Street Corporation (4) One Congress Street, Suite 1, Boston, Massachusetts 021141,185,2305.2%

*(1)*The information set forth is based on Amendment No. 8 to Schedule 13D (the “Schedule 13D”) filed on December 18, 2024 by Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC (“Horizon”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Horizon Kinetics Holding Corporation, which indicates that Horizon has sole voting and sole dispositive power with respect to all shares beneficially owned. Horizon Kinetics Holding Corporation, through its registered investment adviser, Horizon, acts as a discretionary investment manager on behalf of its clients, who maintain beneficial interest in TPL. Murray Stahl, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board and Chief Investment Officer of Horizon Kinetics Holding Corporation, is a director of TPL. The number of shares beneficially owned excludes shares held by portfolio managers and other employees of Horizon personally.

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*(2)*The information reported is based on Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13G filed on December 6, 2024 by The Vanguard Group. The Vanguard Group reported sole dispositive power with respect to 2,370,928 shares, shared voting power with respect to 24,770 shares, and shared dispositive power with respect to 83,189 shares.

*(3)*The information reported is based on Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13G filed on February 5, 2025 by BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock, Inc. reported sole voting power with respect to 1,691,275 shares and sole dispositive power with respect to 1,815,331 shares.

*(4)*The information reported is based on Schedule 13G filed on February 5, 2025 by State Street Corporation. State Street Corporation reported shared voting power with respect to 858,356 shares and shared dispositive power with respect to 1,185,230 shares.

Stock Ownership Information for Directors and Officers

The following table is based upon 22,984,798 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of February 12, 2025 and shows the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned directly or indirectly as of February 12, 2025 (i) our current directors, (ii) our Named Executive Officers and (iii) all of our directors and executive officers as a group. Unless otherwise indicated, the address for each director and Named Executive Officer is: c/o Texas Pacific Land Corporation, 1700 Pacific Avenue, Suite 2900, Dallas, Texas 75201.

Name of Beneficial OwnerNumber of Securities Beneficially OwnedPercent of Class
Directors and Named Executive Officers:
Rhys J. Best915*
Donald G. Cook844*
Barbara J. Duganier789*
Donna E. Epps789*
Karl F. Kurz690*
Eric L. Oliver402,189(1)1.8%
Robert Roosa1,305(2)*
Murray Stahl163,384(3)*
Marguerite Woung-Chapman405*
Tyler Glover11,208(4)*
Chris Steddum4,564(5)*
Micheal W. Dobbs2,721(6)*
All Directors and Executive Officers as a Group (12 persons)589,8032.6%

***Indicates ownership of less than 1% of the class.

*(1)*Includes (i) 1,089 shares held by Eric L. Oliver, (ii) 393,300 shares held by SoftVest, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“SoftVest LP”), (iii) 1,050 shares held by trusts administered for the benefit of Mr. Oliver's grandchildren (the “Trust Shares”), and (iv) 6,750 shares owned by Debeck LLC and Debeck Properties LP (together, “Debeck”). The general partner of SoftVest LP is SoftVest GP I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SV GP”). SoftVest Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SoftVest Advisors”) is investment manager of SoftVest LP. Mr. Oliver is the managing member of SV GP. SoftVest LP, SoftVest Advisors and Mr. Oliver may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to shares beneficially owned by them. Mr. Oliver disclaims beneficial ownership of the 393,300 shares of Common Stock held by SoftVest LP for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, except for his pecuniary interest therein. Mr. Oliver has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to the Trust Shares and disclaims any pecuniary interest in such shares. Mr. Oliver controls Debeck and has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares beneficially owned by Debeck, but Mr. Oliver disclaims any pecuniary interest therein.

*(2)*Includes (i) 405 shares held by Robert Roosa, (ii) 450 shares held by RSR Resources & Minerals Unvested, LLC, of which Mr. Roosa is the manager, and (iii) 450 shares held by RSR Resources & Minerals Vested, LLC, of which Mr. Roosa is the manager.

*(3)*Includes (i) 7,980 shares held by Murray Stahl and (ii) 155,404 shares held indirectly by Mr. Stahl as of December 31, 2024. The shares referenced in (ii) above are managed by Horizon Kinetics Holding Corporation through its registered investment adviser, Horizon. Mr. Stahl, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board and Chief Investment Officer of Horizon Kinetics Holding Corporation, is a director of TPL, but does not participate in Horizon’s investment decisions with respect to the securities of TPL. Horizon separately reports its position and transactions in the securities of TPL on Forms 4 and Schedule 13D. Mr. Stahl disclaims beneficial ownership in any of the accounts managed by Horizon except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

*(4)*Includes 1,266 shares underlying RSUs that will vest within 60 days of February 12, 2025.

*(5)*Includes 690 shares underlying RSUs that will vest within 60 days of February 12, 2025.

*(6)*Includes 402 shares underlying RSUs that will vest within 60 days of February 12, 2025.

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