Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. (NYSE: KGS), (“Kodiak” or the “Company”), a leading provider of critical energy infrastructure and contract compression services, today announced that its board of directors has approved an 8% increase in the quarterly cash dividend to $0.41 per share of common stock for the second quarter of 2024 (the “Common Stock Dividend”). This Common Stock Dividend will be paid on August 16, 2024 to all stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 12, 2024.
Mickey McKee, Kodiak’s President and Chief Executive Officer, commented “returning capital to stockholders is a key element of our capital allocation strategy. The dividend increase we announced today reflects the enhanced cash flow generated by the industry’s largest contract compression fleet and our confidence in the outlook for the compression market.”
In conjunction with the Common Stock Dividend, Kodiak Gas Services, LLC (“Kodiak Services”), a subsidiary of Kodiak, has declared a distribution of $0.41 per unit for the second quarter of 2024, which will be paid on August 16, 2024 to all unitholders of record of Kodiak Services on August 12, 2024.
About Kodiak
Kodiak is the largest contract compression services provider in the United States, serving as a critical link in the infrastructure enabling the safe and reliable production and transportation of natural gas and oil. Headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, Kodiak provides contract compression and related services to oil and gas producers and midstream customers in high–volume gas gathering systems, processing facilities, multi-well gas lift applications and natural gas transmission systems. More information is available at www.kodiakgas.com.
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