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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>under </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>the
Securities Act of 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PERMIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>300 N. Marienfeld Street, Suite 1000</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Midland, TX 79701</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">47-5381253</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address, Including Zip Code, of Registrant&#146;s of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Principal Executive Offices)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Permian Resources Corporation 2023 Long Term Incentive Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>John C. Bell </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>300 N.
Marienfeld Street, Suite 1000 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Midland, Texas 79701 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(432) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">695-4222</FONT></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies to: </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Michael W. Rigdon, P.C. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Ieuan A. List </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Kirkland&nbsp;&amp; Ellis LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>609 Main Street </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Houston,
Texas 77002 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(713) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">836-3600</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9746;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Emerging&nbsp;growth&nbsp;company</TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On November&nbsp;1, 2023, Permian Resources Corporation (the &#147;Registrant,&#148; &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us&#148; and &#147;our&#148;)
completed its acquisition of Earthstone Energy, Inc. (&#147;Earthstone&#148;), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the &#147;Merger Agreement&#148;), dated as of August&nbsp;21, 2023, by and among the Registrant, Smits Merger Sub I Inc.,
Smits Merger Sub II LLC, Permian Resources Operating, LLC, Earthstone and Earthstone Energy Holdings, LLC (&#147;EEH&#148;). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Earthstone and EEH became wholly owned subsidiaries of the Registrant (the
&#147;Mergers&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (this &#147;Registration
Statement&#148;) registers 2,468,560 shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Registrant (&#147;Common Stock&#148;) that may be issued under the Permian Resources Corporation 2023 Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended
(the &#147;Plan&#148;) in accordance with, and subject to the terms and conditions of, an exception under Rule 303A.08 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual (&#147;Rule 303A.08&#148;). The shares of Common Stock registered hereunder represent the number
of shares of Earthstone Class&nbsp;A common stock that were available for issuance under the Earthstone Energy, Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan immediately prior to the Mergers, as appropriately adjusted to reflect the Mergers and assumed by the
Registrant, in accordance with Rule 303A.08. Pursuant to an exception under Rule 303A.08, shares that are available for grant under a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-existing</FONT> shareholder approved plan of an issuer that is acquired in an
acquisition or merger may be used (after appropriate adjustment of the number of shares to reflect the transaction) by the listed acquiring company for certain post-transaction grants, either under the
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-existing</FONT> plan or another plan, provided that (i)&nbsp;the time during which those shares are available for grants is not extended beyond the period when they would have been available under the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-existing</FONT> plan, absent the transaction, and (ii)&nbsp;such awards are not granted to individuals who were employed, immediately before the transaction, by the post-transaction listed company or entities that were
its subsidiaries immediately before the transaction. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Part I. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant will provide all participants in the Plan with the document(s) containing the information required by Part I of <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8,&nbsp;as</FONT> specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the&nbsp;&#147;Securities Act&#148;). In accordance with Rule 428 of the Securities Act,
the Registrant has not filed such document(s) with the Commission, but such document(s) (along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) shall constitute a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act. The Registrant shall maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Upon request, the Registrant shall furnish to the
Commission or its staff a copy or copies of all of the documents included in such file. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Part II. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant are incorporated by reference herein: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">a. The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1658566/000165856623000019/cdev-20221231.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022, as filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;24, 2023 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-37697);</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">b. The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1658566/000165856623000040/cdev-20230331.htm">May&nbsp;9,
 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1658566/000165856623000079/cdev-20230630.htm">August&nbsp;
3, 2023</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1658566/000165856623000092/cdev-20230930.htm">November&nbsp;8, 2023</A>; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">b. The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1658566/000165856623000022/cdev-20230301.htm">March&nbsp;2,
 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1658566/000119312523067741/d479777d8k.htm">March&nbsp;
10, 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1658566/000119312523124693/d485064d8k.htm">April&nbsp;
28, 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1658566/000165856623000044/cdev-20230523.htm">May&nbsp;
24, 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1658566/000119312523217088/d703494d8k.htm">August&nbsp;
21, 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1658566/000119312523228643/d437341d8k.htm">September&nbsp;
5, 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1658566/000119312523229125/d847472d8k.htm">September&nbsp;
6, 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1658566/000119312523229843/d547784d8k.htm">September&nbsp;
7, 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1658566/000119312523233509/d393042d8k.htm">September&nbsp;
12, 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1658566/000119312523237647/d512047d8k.htm">September&nbsp;
19, 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1658566/000119312523239145/d506050d8k.htm">September&nbsp;
21, 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1658566/000119312523266294/d575193d8k.htm">October&nbsp;
30, 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1658566/000119312523270509/d559460d8k.htm">November&nbsp;
3, 2023</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1658566/000119312523273552/d551511d8k.htm">November&nbsp;8, 2023</A> (in each case, excluding Items 2.02 and 7.01); and </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">c. The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in its Registration
Statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1658566/000119312522241108/d359168d8a12b.htm">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT></A> filed with the Commission on September&nbsp;8, 2022, including any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, except as to any portion of any Current Report furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> that is not deemed filed under such provisions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any subsequently filed document that also
is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this registration statement.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;4. Description of Securities. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;5. Interests of
Named Experts and Counsel. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We are organized under the laws of Delaware. Reference is made to Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the
&#147;DGCL&#148;), which enables a corporation in its original certificate of incorporation or an amendment thereto to eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director for violations of the director&#146;s fiduciary duty, except (1)&nbsp;for
any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (2)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (3)&nbsp;pursuant to Section&nbsp;174
of the DGCL, which provides for liability of directors for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions; or (4)&nbsp;for any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal benefit. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Reference is also made to Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL, which provides that a corporation may indemnify any person, including an officer or
director, who was or is, or is threatened to be made, party to any threatened, pending or completed legal action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such
corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or
enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such
officer, director, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the corporation&#146;s best interest and, for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was
unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any officer or director in an action by or in the right of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director is
adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him against the expenses that such officer or director
actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL, our Charter provides
that no director shall be personally liable to us or any of our stockholders for monetary damages resulting from breaches of its fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such limitation on or exemption from liability is not permitted under
the DGCL unless he or she violated their duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, acted in bad faith, knowingly or intentionally </P>
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violated the law, authorized unlawful payments of dividends, unlawful stock purchases or unlawful redemptions, or derived improper personal benefit from their actions as directors. The effect of
this provision of the Charter is to eliminate our rights and those of our stockholders (through stockholders&#146; derivative suits on our behalf) to recover monetary damages against a director for breach of the fiduciary duty of care as a director,
including breaches resulting from negligent or grossly negligent behavior, except, as restricted by Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL. However, this provision does not limit or eliminate our rights or the rights of any stockholder to seek <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-monetary</FONT> relief, such as an injunction or rescission, in the event of a breach of a director&#146;s duty of care. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the DGCL is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the liability of directors, then, in accordance with our
Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (&#147;Charter&#148;), the liability of our directors to us or our stockholders will be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as so amended. Any repeal or
amendment of provisions of our Charter limiting or eliminating the liability of directors, whether by our stockholders or by changes in law, or the adoption of any other provisions inconsistent therewith, will (unless otherwise required by law) be
prospective only, except to the extent such amendment or change in law permits us to further limit or eliminate the liability of directors on a retroactive basis. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Charter also provides that we will, to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by applicable law, indemnify our current and former
officers and directors, as well as those persons who, while serving as our directors or officers, are or were serving as directors, officers, employees or agents of another entity, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an
employee benefit plan, in connection with any threatened, pending or completed proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, against all expense, liability and loss (including, without limitation, attorney&#146;s fees,
judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by any such person in connection with any such proceeding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a person eligible for indemnification
pursuant to our Charter will be indemnified by us in connection with a proceeding initiated by such person only if such proceeding was authorized by our board of directors, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The right to indemnification conferred by our Charter is a contract right that includes the right to be paid by us the expenses incurred in
defending or otherwise participating in any proceeding referenced above in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that if the DGCL requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by our officer or director (solely in his or her capacity
as an officer or director of the Registrant) will be made only upon delivery to us of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such officer or director, to repay all amounts so advanced if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to be
indemnified for such expenses under our Charter or otherwise. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses will not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights which any person covered by our Charter may have or hereafter acquire under law, our Charter, our Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (&#147;Bylaws), an agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors,
or otherwise. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any repeal or amendment of provisions of our Charter affecting indemnification rights, whether by our stockholders or by
changes in law, or the adoption of any other provisions inconsistent therewith, will (unless otherwise required by law) be prospective only, except to the extent such amendment or change in law permits us to provide broader indemnification rights on
a retroactive basis, and will not in any way diminish or adversely affect any right or protection existing at the time of such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such
repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision. Our Charter will also permit us, to the extent and in the manner authorized or permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than those specifically covered by
our Charter. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Bylaws include the provisions relating to advancement of expenses and indemnification rights consistent with those set
forth in our Charter. In addition, our Bylaws provide for a right of indemnity to bring a suit in the event a claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses is not paid in full by us within a specified period of time. Our Bylaws also permit us
to purchase and maintain insurance, at our expense, to protect us and/or any director, officer, employee or agent of our corporation or another entity, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not we would have
the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any repeal or amendment of provisions of our Bylaws affecting indemnification rights,
whether by our board of directors, stockholders or by changes in applicable law, or the adoption of any other provisions inconsistent therewith, will (unless otherwise required by law) be prospective only, except to the extent such amendment or
change in law permits us to provide broader indemnification rights on a retroactive basis, and will not in any way diminish or adversely affect any right or protection existing thereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such
repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with the Mergers, the Registrant and the entity into which
Earthstone was merged (the&nbsp;&#147;Surviving Company&#148;) have agreed to, jointly and severally, indemnify, defend and hold harmless, in the same manner as provided by Earthstone immediately prior to August&nbsp;21, 2023, each person who has
been at any time prior to August&nbsp;21, 2023 or who became, prior to the Initial Company Merger Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), an officer, director of Earthstone or any of its subsidiaries or who acts as a fiduciary under any
employee benefit plan sponsored, maintained, or contributed to by Earthstone, or was serving at the request of Earthstone or any of its respective subsidiaries as a director, officer or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, employment benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, in each case, when acting in such capacity (whom are referred to herein as the &#147;indemnified persons&#148;) against all losses, claims, damages, costs, fines,
penalties, expenses (including attorneys&#146; and other professionals&#146; fees and expenses), liabilities or judgments or amounts that are paid in settlement of, or incurred in connection with, any actual or threatened proceeding to which such
indemnified person is a party or is otherwise involved (including as a witness) based on, in whole or in part, or arising out of, in whole or in part, the fact that such person was an officer or director of Earthstone or any of its subsidiaries, a
fiduciary under any employee benefit plan sponsored, maintained, or contributed to by Earthstone or is or was serving at the request of Earthstone or any of its respective subsidiaries as an officer, director or fiduciary of another corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, as applicable, or by reason of anything done or not done by such person in any such capacity, whether pertaining to any act or omission
occurring or existing prior to, but not after, the Initial Company Merger Effective Time and whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after, the Initial Company Merger Effective Time (which liabilities are referred to herein as &#147;indemnified
liabilities&#148;), including all indemnified liabilities based in whole or in part on, or arising in whole or in part out of, or pertaining to the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby, in each case to the fullest extent
permitted under applicable law (and we and the Surviving Corporation will, jointly and severally, pay expenses incurred in connection therewith, including but not limited to expenses for the retention of Earthstone&#146;s regularly engaged legal
counsel or other counsel satisfactory to Earthstone, in advance of the final disposition of any such proceeding to each indemnified person to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Until <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;six-year&nbsp;anniversary</FONT> date of the Initial Company Merger Effective Time, neither
the Registrant nor the Surviving Company will amend, repeal or otherwise modify any provision in the organizational documents of the Surviving Company or any of its subsidiaries in any manner that would affect adversely the rights of any indemnified
person to indemnification, exculpation and advancement except to the extent required by applicable law. We shall, and shall cause the Surviving Company and its subsidiaries to, fulfill and honor any indemnification, expense advancement, or
exculpation agreements between Earthstone or any of its subsidiaries and any of its officers, directors existing and in effect immediately prior to the Initial Company Merger Effective Time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant and the Surviving Company have put in place, and the Registrant has fully prepaid, &#147;tail&#148; insurance policies with a
claims reporting or discovery period of at least six years from the Initial Company Merger Effective Time (the &#147;tail period&#148;) from an insurance carrier with the same or better credit rating as Earthstone&#146;s current insurance carrier
with respect to directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance (&#147;D&amp;O insurance&#148;) in an amount and scope at least as favorable as Earthstone&#146;s existing policies with respect to matters, acts or omissions existing or
occurring at, prior to, or after the Initial Company Merger Effective Time; provided,&nbsp;however, that in no event shall the aggregate cost of the D&amp;O insurance exceed during the tail period 300% of the current aggregate annual premium paid by
Earthstone for such purpose; and&nbsp;provided,&nbsp;further, that if the cost of such insurance coverage exceeds such amount, the surviving entity shall obtain a policy with the greatest coverage reasonably available for a cost not exceeding such
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1658566/000119312522241104/d402395dex31.htm">Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on
 Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the SEC on September&nbsp;8, 2022). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1658566/000165856619000062/exhibit32.htm">Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;1, 2019). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1*</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d553327dex51.htm">Opinion of Kirkland Ellis LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1658566/000165856623000044/a101permianresourcescorp20.htm">Permian Resources Corporation 2023 Long Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
 Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;24, 2023). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.1*</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d553327dex231.htm">Consent of KPMG LLP (Permian Resources). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d553327dex232.htm">Consent of Netherland, Sewell&nbsp;&amp; Associates, Inc. (Permian Resources). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d553327dex233.htm">Consent of KPMG LLP (Colgate Energy Partners III, LLC). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.4*</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d553327dex234.htm">Consent of Moss Adams LLP (Earthstone). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.5*</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d553327dex235.htm">Consent of Cawley, Gillespie&nbsp;&amp; Associates, Inc. (Earthstone). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d553327dex236.htm">Consent of Moss Adams LLP (Novo Oil&nbsp;&amp; Gas Holdings, LLC). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d553327dex237.htm">Consent of Netherland, Sewell &amp; Associates, Inc. (Novo Oil&nbsp;&amp; Gas Holdings, LLC). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d553327dex51.htm">Consent of Kirkland&nbsp;&amp; Ellis LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="#sig">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d553327dexfilingfees.htm">Filing Fee Table. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Filed herewith. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Management contract or compensatory plan. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(A) The
Registrant hereby undertakes: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in
the effective Registration Statement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>provided,
however</I>, that paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) above do not apply if this Registration Statement is on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8,&nbsp;and</FONT> the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. </P>
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such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(B) The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under
the&nbsp;Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(C) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
the&nbsp;Securities Act&nbsp;may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the&nbsp;Securities Act&nbsp;and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the&nbsp;Securities Act&nbsp;and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Midland,
State of Texas, on the 8th day of November 2023. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ GUY M. OLIPHINT</P></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of the undersigned officers and directors of the registrant hereby severally constitutes and appoints James H. Walter, William M. Hickey III, John C.
Bell and Chad W. MacDonald, and each of them singly (with full power to each of them to act alone), as his or her true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents with full
power of substitution and resubstitution in each of them, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to file and sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement
on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith and about the premises, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and applicable federal securities laws. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf
of the registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TITLE</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>DATE</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ WILLIAM M. HICKEY III</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Co-Chief</FONT> Executive Officer and Director</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">November 8, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">William M. Hickey III</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ JAMES H. WALTER</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Co-Chief</FONT> Executive Officer and Director</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">November 8, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ GUY M. OLIPHINT</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Financial Officer)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">November 8, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Guy M. Oliphint</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ BRENT P. JENSEN</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ROWSPAN="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Accounting Officer)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">November 8, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Brent P. Jensen</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ ROBERT M. TICHIO</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">November 8, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Robert M. Tichio</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ WILLIAM J. QUINN</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">November 8, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">William J. Quinn</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ ARON MARQUEZ</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">November 8, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ STEVEN D. GRAY</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Chairman and Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">November 8, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Steven D. Gray</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ KARAN E. EVES</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">November 8, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Karan E. Eves</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ MAIRE A. BALDWIN</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">November 8, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Maire A. Baldwin</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">November 8, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Jeffrey H. Tepper</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">November 8, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Robert J. Anderson</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">November 8, 2023</TD></TR>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 8, 2023
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
under
the
Securities Act of 1933
PERMIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
300 N. Marienfeld Street, Suite 1000
Midland, TX 79701
47-5381253
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(Address, Including Zip Code, of Registrant's of
Principal Executive Offices)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
Permian Resources Corporation 2023 Long Term Incentive Plan
(Full title of plan)
John C. Bell
300 N.
Marienfeld Street, Suite 1000
Midland, Texas 79701
(432)
695-4222
(Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Michael W. Rigdon, P.C.
Ieuan A. List
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
609 Main Street
Houston,
Texas 77002
(713)
836-3600
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
On November 1, 2023, Permian Resources Corporation (the "Registrant," "we," "us" and "our")
completed its acquisition of Earthstone Energy, Inc. ("Earthstone"), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of August 21, 2023, by and among the Registrant, Smits Merger Sub I Inc.,
Smits Merger Sub II LLC, Permian Resources Operating, LLC, Earthstone and Earthstone Energy Holdings, LLC ("EEH"). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Earthstone and EEH became wholly owned subsidiaries of the Registrant (the
"Mergers").
This registration statement on Form
S-8
(this "Registration
Statement") registers 2,468,560 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Registrant ("Common Stock") that may be issued under the Permian Resources Corporation 2023 Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended
(the "Plan") in accordance with, and subject to the terms and conditions of, an exception under Rule 303A.08 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual ("Rule 303A.08"). The shares of Common Stock registered hereunder represent the number
of shares of Earthstone Class A common stock that were available for issuance under the Earthstone Energy, Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan immediately prior to the Mergers, as appropriately adjusted to reflect the Mergers and assumed by the
Registrant, in accordance with Rule 303A.08. Pursuant to an exception under Rule 303A.08, shares that are available for grant under a
pre-existing
shareholder approved plan of an issuer that is acquired in an
acquisition or merger may be used (after appropriate adjustment of the number of shares to reflect the transaction) by the listed acquiring company for certain post-transaction grants, either under the
pre-existing
plan or another plan, provided that (i) the time during which those shares are available for grants is not extended beyond the period when they would have been available under the
pre-existing
plan, absent the transaction, and (ii) such awards are not granted to individuals who were employed, immediately before the transaction, by the post-transaction listed company or entities that were
its subsidiaries immediately before the transaction.
Part I.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The Registrant will provide all participants in the Plan with the document(s) containing the information required by Part I of
Form S-8, as
specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). In accordance with Rule 428 of the Securities Act,
the Registrant has not filed such document(s) with the Commission, but such document(s) (along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) shall constitute a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. The Registrant shall maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Upon request, the Registrant shall furnish to the
Commission or its staff a copy or copies of all of the documents included in such file.
Part II.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant are incorporated by reference herein:
a. The Registrant's Annual Report on
Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, as filed with the Commission on February 24, 2023 (File
No. 001-37697);
b. The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q
filed with the Commission on
May 9,
 2023
,
August 
3, 2023
and
November 8, 2023
;
b. The Registrant's Current Reports on Form
8-K
filed with the Commission on
March 2,
 2023
,
March 
10, 2023
,
April 
28, 2023
,
May 
24, 2023
,
August 
21, 2023
,
September 
5, 2023
,
September 
6, 2023
,
September 
7, 2023
,
September 
12, 2023
,
September 
19, 2023
,
September 
21, 2023
,
October 
30, 2023
,
November 
3, 2023
and
November 8, 2023
(in each case, excluding Items 2.02 and 7.01); and
c. The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in its Registration
Statement on
Form
8-A
filed with the Commission on September 8, 2022, including any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, except as to any portion of any Current Report furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form
8-K
that is not deemed filed under such provisions.
Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any subsequently filed document that also
is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this registration statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of
Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
We are organized under the laws of Delaware. Reference is made to Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the
"DGCL"), which enables a corporation in its original certificate of incorporation or an amendment thereto to eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director for violations of the director's fiduciary duty, except (1) for
any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (3) pursuant to Section 174
of the DGCL, which provides for liability of directors for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions; or (4) for any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal benefit.
Reference is also made to Section 145 of the DGCL, which provides that a corporation may indemnify any person, including an officer or
director, who was or is, or is threatened to be made, party to any threatened, pending or completed legal action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such
corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or
enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such
officer, director, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the corporation's best interest and, for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was
unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any officer or director in an action by or in the right of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director is
adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him against the expenses that such officer or director
actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith.
In accordance with Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, our Charter provides
that no director shall be personally liable to us or any of our stockholders for monetary damages resulting from breaches of its fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such limitation on or exemption from liability is not permitted under
the DGCL unless he or she violated their duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, acted in bad faith, knowingly or intentionally
violated the law, authorized unlawful payments of dividends, unlawful stock purchases or unlawful redemptions, or derived improper personal benefit from their actions as directors. The effect of
this provision of the Charter is to eliminate our rights and those of our stockholders (through stockholders' derivative suits on our behalf) to recover monetary damages against a director for breach of the fiduciary duty of care as a director,
including breaches resulting from negligent or grossly negligent behavior, except, as restricted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL. However, this provision does not limit or eliminate our rights or the rights of any stockholder to seek
non-monetary
relief, such as an injunction or rescission, in the event of a breach of a director's duty of care.
If the DGCL is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the liability of directors, then, in accordance with our
Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation ("Charter"), the liability of our directors to us or our stockholders will be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as so amended. Any repeal or
amendment of provisions of our Charter limiting or eliminating the liability of directors, whether by our stockholders or by changes in law, or the adoption of any other provisions inconsistent therewith, will (unless otherwise required by law) be
prospective only, except to the extent such amendment or change in law permits us to further limit or eliminate the liability of directors on a retroactive basis.
Our Charter also provides that we will, to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by applicable law, indemnify our current and former
officers and directors, as well as those persons who, while serving as our directors or officers, are or were serving as directors, officers, employees or agents of another entity, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an
employee benefit plan, in connection with any threatened, pending or completed proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, against all expense, liability and loss (including, without limitation, attorney's fees,
judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by any such person in connection with any such proceeding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a person eligible for indemnification
pursuant to our Charter will be indemnified by us in connection with a proceeding initiated by such person only if such proceeding was authorized by our board of directors, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification.
The right to indemnification conferred by our Charter is a contract right that includes the right to be paid by us the expenses incurred in
defending or otherwise participating in any proceeding referenced above in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that if the DGCL requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by our officer or director (solely in his or her capacity
as an officer or director of the Registrant) will be made only upon delivery to us of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such officer or director, to repay all amounts so advanced if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to be
indemnified for such expenses under our Charter or otherwise.
The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses will not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights which any person covered by our Charter may have or hereafter acquire under law, our Charter, our Second Amended and Restated Bylaws ("Bylaws), an agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors,
or otherwise.
Any repeal or amendment of provisions of our Charter affecting indemnification rights, whether by our stockholders or by
changes in law, or the adoption of any other provisions inconsistent therewith, will (unless otherwise required by law) be prospective only, except to the extent such amendment or change in law permits us to provide broader indemnification rights on
a retroactive basis, and will not in any way diminish or adversely affect any right or protection existing at the time of such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such
repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision. Our Charter will also permit us, to the extent and in the manner authorized or permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than those specifically covered by
our Charter.
Our Bylaws include the provisions relating to advancement of expenses and indemnification rights consistent with those set
forth in our Charter. In addition, our Bylaws provide for a right of indemnity to bring a suit in the event a claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses is not paid in full by us within a specified period of time. Our Bylaws also permit us
to purchase and maintain insurance, at our expense, to protect us and/or any director, officer, employee or agent of our corporation or another entity, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not we would have
the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL.
Any repeal or amendment of provisions of our Bylaws affecting indemnification rights,
whether by our board of directors, stockholders or by changes in applicable law, or the adoption of any other provisions inconsistent therewith, will (unless otherwise required by law) be prospective only, except to the extent such amendment or
change in law permits us to provide broader indemnification rights on a retroactive basis, and will not in any way diminish or adversely affect any right or protection existing thereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such
repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision.
In connection with the Mergers, the Registrant and the entity into which
Earthstone was merged (the "Surviving Company") have agreed to, jointly and severally, indemnify, defend and hold harmless, in the same manner as provided by Earthstone immediately prior to August 21, 2023, each person who has
been at any time prior to August 21, 2023 or who became, prior to the Initial Company Merger Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), an officer, director of Earthstone or any of its subsidiaries or who acts as a fiduciary under any
employee benefit plan sponsored, maintained, or contributed to by Earthstone, or was serving at the request of Earthstone or any of its respective subsidiaries as a director, officer or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, employment benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, in each case, when acting in such capacity (whom are referred to herein as the "indemnified persons") against all losses, claims, damages, costs, fines,
penalties, expenses (including attorneys' and other professionals' fees and expenses), liabilities or judgments or amounts that are paid in settlement of, or incurred in connection with, any actual or threatened proceeding to which such
indemnified person is a party or is otherwise involved (including as a witness) based on, in whole or in part, or arising out of, in whole or in part, the fact that such person was an officer or director of Earthstone or any of its subsidiaries, a
fiduciary under any employee benefit plan sponsored, maintained, or contributed to by Earthstone or is or was serving at the request of Earthstone or any of its respective subsidiaries as an officer, director or fiduciary of another corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, as applicable, or by reason of anything done or not done by such person in any such capacity, whether pertaining to any act or omission
occurring or existing prior to, but not after, the Initial Company Merger Effective Time and whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after, the Initial Company Merger Effective Time (which liabilities are referred to herein as "indemnified
liabilities"), including all indemnified liabilities based in whole or in part on, or arising in whole or in part out of, or pertaining to the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby, in each case to the fullest extent
permitted under applicable law (and we and the Surviving Corporation will, jointly and severally, pay expenses incurred in connection therewith, including but not limited to expenses for the retention of Earthstone's regularly engaged legal
counsel or other counsel satisfactory to Earthstone, in advance of the final disposition of any such proceeding to each indemnified person to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law).
Until
the six-year anniversary
date of the Initial Company Merger Effective Time, neither
the Registrant nor the Surviving Company will amend, repeal or otherwise modify any provision in the organizational documents of the Surviving Company or any of its subsidiaries in any manner that would affect adversely the rights of any indemnified
person to indemnification, exculpation and advancement except to the extent required by applicable law. We shall, and shall cause the Surviving Company and its subsidiaries to, fulfill and honor any indemnification, expense advancement, or
exculpation agreements between Earthstone or any of its subsidiaries and any of its officers, directors existing and in effect immediately prior to the Initial Company Merger Effective Time.
The Registrant and the Surviving Company have put in place, and the Registrant has fully prepaid, "tail" insurance policies with a
claims reporting or discovery period of at least six years from the Initial Company Merger Effective Time (the "tail period") from an insurance carrier with the same or better credit rating as Earthstone's current insurance carrier
with respect to directors' and officers' liability insurance ("D&O insurance") in an amount and scope at least as favorable as Earthstone's existing policies with respect to matters, acts or omissions existing or
occurring at, prior to, or after the Initial Company Merger Effective Time; provided, however, that in no event shall the aggregate cost of the D&O insurance exceed during the tail period 300% of the current aggregate annual premium paid by
Earthstone for such purpose; and provided, further, that if the cost of such insurance coverage exceeds such amount, the surviving entity shall obtain a policy with the greatest coverage reasonably available for a cost not exceeding such
amount.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on
 Form
8-K
filed with the SEC on September 8, 2022).
4.2
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form
8-K
filed with the SEC on May 1, 2019).
5.1*
Opinion of Kirkland Ellis LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered.
10.1+
Permian Resources Corporation 2023 Long Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's
 Current Report on Form
8-K
filed with the SEC on May 24, 2023).
23.1*
Consent of KPMG LLP (Permian Resources).
23.2*
Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. (Permian Resources).
23.3*
Consent of KPMG LLP (Colgate Energy Partners III, LLC).
23.4*
Consent of Moss Adams LLP (Earthstone).
23.5*
Consent of Cawley, Gillespie & Associates, Inc. (Earthstone).
23.6*
Consent of Moss Adams LLP (Novo Oil & Gas Holdings, LLC).
23.7*
Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. (Novo Oil & Gas Holdings, LLC).
23.8*
Consent of Kirkland & Ellis LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
107*
Filing Fee Table.
*
Filed herewith.
+
Management contract or compensatory plan.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(A) The
Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in
the effective Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided,
however
, that paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) above do not apply if this Registration Statement is on
Form S-8, and
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(B) The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(C) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
5
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Midland,
State of Texas, on the 8th day of November 2023.
PERMIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION
By:
/s/ GUY M. OLIPHINT
Name:
Guy M. Oliphint
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each of the undersigned officers and directors of the registrant hereby severally constitutes and appoints James H. Walter, William M. Hickey III, John C.
Bell and Chad W. MacDonald, and each of them singly (with full power to each of them to act alone), as his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact
and agents with full
power of substitution and resubstitution in each of them, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to file and sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement
on Form
S-8,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith and about the premises, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and applicable federal securities laws.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf
of the registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ WILLIAM M. HICKEY III
Co-Chief
Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
November 8, 2023
William M. Hickey III
/s/ JAMES H. WALTER
Co-Chief
Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
November 8, 2023
James H. Walter
/s/ GUY M. OLIPHINT
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
November 8, 2023
Guy M. Oliphint
/s/ BRENT P. JENSEN
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
November 8, 2023
Brent P. Jensen
/s/ ROBERT M. TICHIO
Director
November 8, 2023
Robert M. Tichio
/s/ WILLIAM J. QUINN
Director
November 8, 2023
William J. Quinn
/s/ ARON MARQUEZ
Director
November 8, 2023
Aron Marquez
/s/ STEVEN D. GRAY
Chairman and Director
November 8, 2023
Steven D. Gray
/s/ KARAN E. EVES
Director
November 8, 2023
Karan E. Eves
/s/ MAIRE A. BALDWIN
Director
November 8, 2023
Maire A. Baldwin
/s/ JEFFREY H. TEPPER
Director
November 8, 2023
Jeffrey H. Tepper
/s/ ROBERT J. ANDERSON
Director
November 8, 2023
Robert J. Anderson
/s/ FROST W. COCHRAN
Director
November 8, 2023
Frost W. Cochran