CDT Roundup: 11 Deals, 9 Firms, 75 Lawyers, $3.1B

Watching natural gas prices these days is to play a tantalizing, billion-dollar game of Whack-A-Mole.

Take, for instance, the head-scratching numbers from latest weekly report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In a single week, the Henry Hub spot price fell from $7.78/MMBtu to $3.87/MMBtu — a drop of more than 50 percent.

In fact, natural gas spot prices fell almost everywhere over the same period (Feb. 19 to Feb. 26). In the Northeast, prices at the Algonquin Citygate, which serves the Boston area, the price fell even more precipitously, from $18.30/MMbtu to $4.07 to $4.07/MMbtu. Before you grab your calculator, that’s a drop of 77.8 percent. Chicago Citygate fell $4.42 from $7.82/MMbtu (-56.5%) and even the WaHa Hub in the Permian fell from $4.07/MMbtu to $1.50/MMbtu during the same period. That’s not only a drop of more than 63 percent, and well under the Henry Hub just over the Louisiana state line.

Even so, energy producers are feeling optimistic. Take Tom Jorden, CEO of Houston-based Coterra Energy. On a conference call with industry analysts last week, even as prices were dropping, he was talking about adding $50 million to his capital program to restart the company’s operations in the Marcellus, where they all but stopped in August 2024 because of pricing concerns.

This is particularly of interest because Coterra has been one of the most active companies of late in the M&A markets. Just last November, Coterra announced the $2.5 billion acquisition of Franklin Mountain Energy and $1.45 billion of Permian assets from Avant Energy. Those deals closed in January, advised by Gibson Dunn for Coterra and Kirkland & Ellis for the sellers.

Then in December Coterra revealed yet another $43 million purchase of 1,650 royalty acres from Sandia Minerals.

So, what’s going on here?

First, as Joden explains it, integration of the Permian acquisitions are going well. Competitive pricing of oilfield services and the introduction of new technologies are there, he says, to free up $50 million, and the hope is that the anticipated pressures for power demand — for data centers, utilities, European storage gas storage levels and ramped up LNG exports as the Gulf Coast facilities come online — will justify their plans to reopen in the Marcellus.

“In many ways, the stars are aligning for constructive pricing throughout 2025 and into 2026. But we don’t run our program on hold. So, we’re not going to make any decisions we don’t have to make,” Jorden said on the call.

More to the point, Jorden notes that the company is trying to make itself able to respond to pricing wherever changes occur. Coterra is focused on return, not pricing. Setting the Marcellus against the Permian is part of the strategy.

“We’re looking at what’s happening, not only domestically but globally.”

“We love the competition between different parts of our portfolio. We love the tough decisions that it puts on us. and we love the way our teams fight for capital by trying to become more and more efficient,” Jorden said.

Moreover, there’s always oil, now hovering at $70 per barrel. Even if it were to drop into the $40 range and stay there, Coterra would still make money, Jorden said.

“That’s resilience. That means you can make investments, and you can have a high degree of confidence that the cycles in price file will not turn those investments south on you,” Jorden said.

“Flexibility is the coin of the realm.”

The week that ended March 1 saw 11 deals, valued at $3.05 billion, well off the week prior, which saw a dozen deals valued at more than $16 billion. It was also off from the 20 deals for more than $9 billion this time last year.

Weekly Corporate Deal Tracker Roundup Stats

A compilation of weekly stats from The Lawbook's CDT Weekly Roundup
(Deal Values in Millions)

Week Ending	Deal Count	Amount	Firms	Lawyers	M&A Count	M&A Value $M	CapM Count	CapM Value $M
14-Jun-2025	9	$478	8	133	6	0	3	$478
07-Jun-2025	16	$26,210	11	196	11	$24,744	5	$1,466
31-May-2025	19	$23,381	11	166	12	$18,665	7	$4,717
24-May-2025	15	$24,033	11	121	13	$23,624	2	$409
17-May-2025	16	$21,760	12	145	11	$18,615	5	$3,145
10-May-2025	24	$33,175	16	206	19	$30,765	5	$2,410
03-May-2025	11	$4,249	13	90	11	$2,226.5	2	$2,022.5
26-Apr-2025	12	$8,787	9	168	9	$6,011	3	$2,776
19-Apr-2025	11	$8,097	7	138	9	$7,985	2	$112
12-Apr-2025	13	$2,392	8	152	10	$2,065	3	$327
05-Apr-2025	19	$27,762	15	188	16	$25,473	3	$2,289
29-Mar-2025	21	$8,188	10	258	16	$4,125	5	$4,064
22-Mar-2025	19	$6,485	14	231	15	$4,128	4	$2,857
15-Mar-2025	13	$13,737	13	151	10	$9,932	4	$3,805
8-Mar-2025	7	$2,234	5	66	5	$224	2	$2,100
1-Mar-2025	11	$3,050	8	75	10	$2,550	1	$500
24-Feb-25	12	$16,397	7	149	6	$6,635	6	$9,862
17-Feb-25	17	$12,136	13	134	10	$9,411	2	$2,725
10-Feb-25	14	$7,154	9	179	9	$4,950	5	$2,204
3-Feb-25	16	$10,068	7	200	11	$7,553	5	$2,515
25-Jan-25	14	$10,261	10	125	9	$2,207	5	$8,054
18-Jan-25	19	$7,382	15	316	12	$2,300	7	$5,082
11-Jan-25	21	$33,560	16	187	16	$32,521	5	$1,039
4-Jan-25	9	$6,827	9	80	9	$6,827	0	0
21-Dec-24	11	$2,798	11	92	8	$2,229	3	$570
14-Dec-24	15	$5,323	12	186	12	$3,812	3	$1,511
07-Dec-24	16	$4,766	10	231	11	$2,321	5	2,445
30-Nov-24	10	$10,291	9	103	4	$8,290	6	$2.001
23-Nov-24	15	$4,553	15	153	11	$3,379	4	$1,174
16-Nov-24	17	$11,488	11	245	13	$10,186	4	$1,303
09-Nov-24	14	$2,110	12	139	12	$1,410	2	$700
02-Nov-24	12	$52,788	11	107	11	$52,738	1	$50
26-Oct-24	8	$3,160	8	65	7	$3,065	1	$75
19-Oct-24	12	$5,304	11	136	11	$4,554	1	$750
12-Oct-24	17	$8,438	12	150	15	$8,116	2	$322
05-Oct-24	22	$23,181	12	189	15	$19,980	7	$3,201
28-Sep-24	11	$2,356	7	144	7	$53	4	$2,303
21-Sep-24	12	$9,568	10	169	5	$4,101	7	$5,467
14-Sep-24	24	$10,988	12	235	16	$7,175	8	$3,813
7-Sep-24	12	$20,420	16	168	11	$20,307	1	$112.9
31-Aug-24	13	$20,631	9	134	12	$14,775	1	$5,856
24-Aug-24	19	$8,452	21	325	16	$7,102	3	$1,350
17-Aug-24	25	$49,196	16	304	11	$39,386	14	$9,810
10-Aug-24	20	$12,264	15	312	16	$9,794	4	$2,470
03-Aug-24	26	$16,498	16	334	18	$8,137	8	$8,361
27-Jul-24	19	$16,442	21	271	15	$13,838	4	$2,604
20-Jul-24	15	$16,016	14	184	10	$14,232	5	$1,784
13-Jul-24	20	$17,220	14	265	18	$7,146	2	$10,074
6-Jul-24	11	$3,941	11	95	8	$2,650	3	$1,291
29-Jun-24	14	$6,296	15	224	8	$6,296	6	$1,927
22-Jun-24	12	$5,679	8	137	5	$210	7	$5,469
15-Jun-24	13	$9,895	16	214	10	$5,280	3	$4,615
8-Jun-24	19	$23,859	13	239	12	$19,436	7	$4,423
1-Jun-24	12	$34,510	11	147	9	$26,110	3	$8,400
25-May-24	13	$9,684	15	171	10	$4,434	3	$5,250
18-May-24	11	$5,490	11	173	8	$3,129	3	$2,361
11-May-24	22	$14,855	14	227	16	$11,105	6	$3,750
4-May-24	13	$3,139	9	87	10	$1,297	3	$1,842
27-Apr-24	10	$6,684	6	28	10	$6,684	0	0
20-Apr-24	19	$15,989	11	147	9	$5,208	10	$10,781
13-Apr-24	13	$8,952	9	76	10	$1,652	3	$7,300
6-Apr-24	23	$26,616	14	222	14	$13,501	8	$13,116
30-Mar-24	12	$9,286	8	136	8	$4,299	4	$4,987
23-Mar-24	18	$5,451	17	266	16	$4,759	2	$692
16-Mar-24	21	$11,437	13	186	14	$9,316	6	$2,070
9-Mar-24	23	$4,695	21	218	19	$2,723	4	$1,972
2-Mar-24	20	$9,108	19	372	14	$4,558	6	$4,550
24-Feb-24	19	$16,382	12	248	15	$9,507	4	$6,875
17-Feb-24	16	$29,932	15	157	12	$29,216	4	$716
10-Feb-24	25	$10,750	17	196	19	$5,372	6	$5,379
3-Feb-24	12	$8,416	18	125	9	$3,416	3	$5,000
27-Jan-24	9	$8,165	9	87	8	$7,815	1	$800
20-Jan-24	14	$4,084	12	109	12	$3,219	2	$865
13-Jan-24	17	$33,588	12	256	12	$26,765	5	$6,823
6-Jan-24	8	$7,915	8	84	6	$7,265	2	$650
30-Dec-23	17	$14,599	12	99	15	$2,714	2	$11,885
23-Dec-23	23	$4,182	13	219	16	$1,813	7	$2,370
16-Dec-23	13	$16,436	13	280	7	$15,150	5	$1,286
9-Dec-23	26	$14,633.90	17	244	16	$8,095	10	$6,538.90
2-Dec-23	13	$6,720	9	57	12	$6,630	1	$90
25-Nov-23	9	$4,835	9	131	6	$1,785	3	$3,050
18-Nov-23	22	$6,568.70	17	184	14	$4,709.20	8	$1,859.50
11-Nov-23	15	$9,825	13	179	12	$6,581	3	$3,244
4-Nov-23	15	$20,582.50	14	193	12	$19,417.50	3	$1,165
28-Oct-23	18	$68,419.10	18	152	15	$66,646	3	$1,773.10
21-Oct-23	16	$6,755.90	16	165	15	$6,755.90	1	$3
14-Oct-23	14	$67,851.20	13	125	9	$61,998.50	5	$5,852.70
7-Oct-23	17	$6,595.50	13	228	16	$5,995.50	1	$600
30-Sep-23	17	$1,896.45	13	189	14	$806.45	3	$1,090
23-Sep-23	23	$6,432.70	17	230	16	$1,402.80	7	$5,029.90
16-Sep-23	25	$23,226.70	23	353	16	$17,239	9	$5,987.70
9-Sep-23	12	$6,369	8	102	7	$4,311	5	$2,058
2-Sep-23	14	$2,522	6	92	13	$1,322	1	$1,200
26-Aug-23	17	$12,160.25	13	202	15	$6,573.25	2	$5,587.00
19-Aug-23	19	$11,505	13	213	15	$11,255	4	$250
12-Aug-23	19	$9,698.80	13	184	7	$3,270	12	$6,428.80
5-Aug-23	13	$5,201	12	118	12	$5,051	1	$150
29-Jul-23	15	$21,031.60	13	196	11	$18,292.00	4	$2,739.60
22-Jul-23	18	$3,992	12	130	13	$2,808	5	$1,184
15-Jul-23	13	$8,254.95	13	81	13	$8,254.95	0	0
8-Jul-23	16	$5,441.45	12	172	11	$2,443	5	$2,998.45
1-Jul-23	16	$6,872	10	105	12	$5,474	4	$1,398
24-Jun-23	13	$10,914	16	201	10	$7,874	3	$3,040
17-Jun-23	17	$5,880.70	15	151	15	$4,705.70	2	$1,175
10-Jun-23	19	$8,516.10	13	111	16	$6,252.40	3	$2,263.70
June 3 2023	12	$6,104.42	12	138	8	$4,256.92	4	$1,847.50
27-May-23	17	$12,200	10	67	11	$6,165	6	$6,035
20-May-23	11	$22,458.10	8	103	4	$19,455	7	$3,003
13-May-23	12	$7,034	10	101	8	$5,460	4	$1,574
6-May-23	20	$3,297.60	18	196	17	$2,985.60	3	$312
29-Apr-23	23	$3,691.20	18	135	17	$1,969.70	6	$1,721.50
22-Apr-23	16	$5,570	14	104	14	$4,750	2	$1,000
15-Apr-23	12	$23,818.10	9	59	10	$21,618.10	2	$2,200
8-Apr-23	16	$7,949	9	173	9	$5,472	7	$3,477
1-Apr-23	21	$18,676.70	12	175	11	$10,926.70	10	$7,750
25-Mar-23	15	$8,779.50	10	141	5	$2,362	10	$6,416.50
18-Mar-23	7	$14,048.80	6	69	5	$13,345	2	$703.80
11-Mar-23	21	$11,576	16	165	16	$8,131	5	$3,445
4-Mar-23	20	$9,668	11	228	16	$8,209	4	$1,459
25-Feb-23	13	$5,335	13	130	12	$4,235	1	$1,200
18-Feb-23	14	$5,743.70	13	158	8	$898.70	6	$4,845
11-Feb-23	16	$12,088	12	137	12	$9,965	4	$2,123
4-Feb-23	17	$8,066	15	140	13	$5,614	4	$2,452
28-Jan-23	7	$2,180	7	75	5	$1,692.75	2	$488
21-Jan-23	17	$5,768	16	174	12	$1,918	5	$3,850
14-Jan-23	11	$2, 800	10	102	8	$421	3	$2,400
7-Jan-23	18	$8,296	11	167	14	$6,461	3	$1,835
31-Dec-22	14	$2,732	11	99	12	$2,092	2	$640
17-Dec	14	$7,919	13	115	12	$7,419	1	$500
10-Dec-22	14	$10,093	12	88	11	$7,093	3	$3,000
3-Dec-22	26	$12,800.90	11	172	20	$4,141	6	$8,659.90
26-Nov-22	8	$2,266.70	8	5	3	$76	5	$2,190.70
19-Nov-22	21	$2,886	15	212	19	$2,550	2	$336
12-Nov-22	13	$15,093.70	9	81	9	$14,200	4	$893.70
5-Nov-22	25	19,337.20	16	509	22	$8,267.20	3	$11,070
29-Oct-22	15	$7,805.30	9	116	14	$7,180.30	1	$625
22-Oct-22	20	$8,193.50	13	253	13	$5,442	7	$2,751.50
15-Oct-22	9	$3,046.10	9	139	7	$2,588.30	2	$457.80
8-Oct-22	19	$2,011.80	12	114	16	$833.80	3	$1,178
1-Oct-22	23	$5,532.90	16	156	18	$4,952.30	5	$580.60
24-Sep-22	18	$5,194	14	216	15	$4,050	3	$1,144
17-Sep-22	21	$8,352.30	12	320	15	$4,759.60	6	$3,592.70
10-Sep-22	15	$19,853.50	10	126	13	$19,403.60	2	$450
3-Sep-22	9	$2,312	9	62	9	$2,312	0	0
27-Aug-22	16	$30,891.70	10	135	15	$30,666.40	1	227.7
20-Aug-22	12	$1,977	8	152	9	925	3	$1,052
13-Aug-22	18	$8,004.70	11	242	11	$2,844.70	7	$5,160
6-Aug-22	24	$7,948.90	12	240	17	$3,577	7	$4,371.90
30-Jul-22	8	$6,941	9	78	7	$6,839	1	$102
23-Jul-22	11	$801	11	92	10	$801	1	0
16-Jul-22	14	$3,650	10	122	14	$3,650	0	0
9-Jul-22	10	$3,557.70	7	68	9	$3,557.70	1	0
2-Jul-22	18	$8,609.40	13	152	15	$2,754.40	3	$5,855
25-Jun-22	15	$6,142	13	146	9	$2,017	6	$4,125
18-Jun-22	17	$11,890.10	14	228	15	$11,410	2	479.7
11-Jun-22	17	$7,600	12	123	10	$2,300	7	$5,300
4-Jun-22	12	$2,937	10	127	9	$692	3	$2,245
28-May-22	9	$3,197.60	11	86	9	$3,197.60	0	0
21-May-22	14	$7,284.50	12	185	11	$6,609	3	$675.50
14-May-22	11	$306.60	9	80	10	$306.60	1	$225
7-May-22	16	$10,451.75	12	108	12	$1,827	4	$8,624.75
30-Apr-22	16	$2,296.50	16	157	12	$895.50	4	$1,401
23-Apr-22	10	$2,241	11	58	8	$1,641	2	$600
16-Apr-22	11	$6,643	7	156	8	$2,359	3	$4,284
9-Apr-22	17	$4,429	14	184	11	$1,690	6	$2,739
2-Apr-22	13	$1,755	8	84	10	$1,145	3	$610
26-Mar-22	11	$3,205	8	65	6	$200	5	$3,005
19-Mar-22	13	$2,239.17	9	106	13	$2,239.17	0	0
12-Mar-22	18	$12,016	11	239	15	$11,965	2	$51.35
5-Mar-22	17	$6,786	13	137	13	$5,161	4	$1,625
26-Feb-22	12	$5,095	8	149	9	$4,437.50	3	$658
19-Feb-22	17	$22,229	17	174	14	$21,354	3	$875
12-Feb-22	12	$2,344.70	10	73	8	$641.70	4	$1,703
5-Feb-22	11	$2,503	8	99	11	$2,503	0	0
29-Jan-22	11	$3,872	12	101	12	$3,872	0	0
22-Jan-22	13	$5,143.50	10	99	12	$4,842.50	1	$301
15-Jan-22	12	$7,605	9	155	9	$6,480	3	$1,025
8-Jan-22	13	$8,256.20	11	102	13	$8,256.20	0	0
1-Jan-22	9	$1,273.80	6	50	9	$1,273.80	0	0
25-Dec-21	21	$4,734.75	11	176	16	$3,410	5	$1,324.75
18-Dec-21	26	$7,325.20	15	193	18	$3,640.20	8	$3,685.20
11-Dec-21	16	$5,017	10	109	13	$1,417	3	$3,600
4-Dec-21	14	$2,310	8	86	8	$2,310	6	$1,882.05
27-Nov-21	9	$3.460.1	10	101	6	$1,758	3	$1,702.60
20-Nov-21	20	$22,792	15	157	12	$18,864.50	8	$3,928
13-Nov-21	21	$26,729	12	178	13	$11,822	8	$14,907
6-Nov-21	12	$8,303	13	157	10	$6,682	3	$1,621
30-Oct-21	21	$10,368	15	218	15	$9,24.4	6	$1,103.00
23-Oct-21	21	$18.783.1	15	222	11	$12,314	10	$6,468.60
16-Oct-21	15	$3,868	11	118	15	$2,293	2	$1,575
9-Oct-21	20	$8,610	16	175	16	$7,795	4	$815
2-Oct-21	14	$6,250	11	137	10	$5,200	4	$1,050
25-Sep-21	11	$11,460	9	93	7	$10,200	4	$1,250
18-Sep-21	11	$16,603	8	99	8	$15,084	3	$1,519
11-Sep-21	17	$10,653	11	103	13	$8,503	4	$2,150
4-Sep-21	13	$7,222	10	89	11	$6,715	2	$507
28-Aug-21	12	$763	9	63	11	$663	1	$100
21-Aug-21	12	$29,659	7	79	11	$29,579	1	$80
14-Aug-21	22	$17,845	11	199	12	$12,805	10	$5,04
7-Aug-21	17	$13,670	12	139	15	$11,766	2	$1,904
31-Jul-21	21	$8,160	11	134	10	$3,574	10	$4,586
July 24,2021	21	$6,367	11	139	15	$3,712	6	$2,655
17-Jul-21	14	$4,009	11	124	12	$2,015	2	$1,994
10-Jul-21	16	$3,997	13	143	11	$1,597	4	$2,4
3-Jul-21	24	$7,492	13	94	16	$3,769	8	$3,722
26-Jun-21	10	$4,995	7	85	8	$3,847	2	$1,148
19-Jun-21	28	$16,830	8	228	9	$1,861	19	$14,968
12-Jun-21	26	$27,238	15	209	19	$25,602	7	$1,636
5-Jun-21	15	$15,539	13	100	13	$14,709	2	$600
29-May-21	35	$20,279	11	145	28	$18,64	7	$1,639
22-May-21	24	$53,208	14	174	17	$51,047	7	$2,161
15-May-21	18	$10,620	13	220	11	$5,870	7	$4,809
8-May-21	17	$10,400	11	156	15	$8,386	2	$2,500
1-May-21	21	$7,200	16	115	12	$3,808	9	$3,392
24-Apr-21	8	$20,200	9	31	8	$20,200	0	0
17-Apr-21	14	$6,270	8	102	11	$40,180	3	$2,260
10-Apr-21	15	$8,940	13	129	14	$7,990	1	$950
3-Apr-21	18	$19,513	10	151	12	$16,923	6	$2,590
27-Mar-21	27	$13,942	15	244	14	$4,300	13	$9,633.50
20-Mar-21	11	$2,046	4	102	3	$270	8	$1,776
13-Mar-21	15	$3,270	9	109	6	$538	9	$2,732
6-Mar-21	24	$13,617	10	196	13	$10,395	11	$3,222
27-Feb-21	19	$8,105	12	139	15	$4,970	4	$3,135
20-Feb-21	9	$8,820	9	153	8	$8,520	1	$300
13-Feb-21	12	$4,852.60	7	81	7	2,766	5	$2,086.60
6-Feb-21	18	$9,752	13	153	14	$5,222	4	$4,530
30-Jan-21	18	$9,449	9	182	15	$8,753.80	3	$695.30
23-Jan-21	14	$8,150	8	118	6	$4,000	8	$4,150
16-Jan-21	17	$6,783	13	138	11	$2,400	6	$4,382.90
9-Jan-21	22	$6,829	14	135	18	$3,139.30	4	$3,690
2-Jan-21	7	$1,466	7	60	7	$1,466	0	0
26-Dec-20	18	$15,900	12	163	16	$5,300	1	$600
19-Dec-20	18	$9,769	14	110	14	$8,426	4	$1,343
12-Dec-20	10	$7,200	9	100	9	$3,325	1	$3,830
5-Dec-20	15	$4,261	9	122	9	$2,780	6	$1,481
28-Nov-20	19	$7,758	10	110	13	$4,003	6	$3,755
14-Nov-20	14	$864.10	14	157	12	$289.10	2	$575
7-Nov-20	13	$6,332	9	129	9	$2,483.50	4	$3,849
31-Oct-20	10	$3,995.80	8	103	6	$3,231.10	4	$754.70
24-Oct-20	6	$18,100	6	58	5	$17,709	1	$350
17-Oct-20	8	$351.90	5	55	8	$351.90	0	0
10-Oct-20	7	$5,229	3	50	4	$735	3	$4,494
3-Oct-20	14	$21,428	9	173	9	$17,535	5	$3,893
26-Sep-20	10	$12,770	8	93	5	$10,300	5	$2,470
19-Sep-20	14	$8,365	9	101	6	$1,020	8	$7,345
12-Sep-20	6	$4,406	8	59	3	$1,270	3	$3,136
5-Sep-20	11	$5,191	8	117	9	$4,061	2	$1,130
29-Aug-20	11	$2,531	9	94	5	$1,130	6	$1,401
22-Aug-20	18	$6,574	12	140	7	$1,930	11	$4,644
15-Aug-20	13	$4,991	10	97	7	$1,216	6	$3,775
8-Aug-20	12	$32,092	11	112	9	$30,457	3	$1,635
1-Aug-20	7	$5,287	8	76	5	$3,687	2	$1,600
25-Jul-20	9	$18,751	6	67	7	$18,403	2	$348
18-Jul-20	6	$1,982.50	5	50	4	$1,407.50	2	$575
11-Jul-20	11	$565.10	12	75	10	$65.10	1	$500
4-Jul-20	10	$8,889	8	98	9	$8,788	1	$100.30
27-Jun-20	8	$6,874	10	50	5	$4,972.50	3	$2,081.50
20-Jun-20	12	$4,444	9	115	7	$2,829	5	$1,615
13-Jun-20	6	$3,582	4	37	2	$350	4	$3,232
6-Jun-20	11	$3,213.70	8	65	7	$470	4	$2,743.70
30-May-20	8	$7,335	7	48	6	$4,639	2	$2,697
23-May-20	4	$432.40	4	34	3	$432.40	1	0
16-May-20	6	$310	6	34	5	$310	1	0
9-May-20	18	$5,630	16	124	14	$3,180	4	$2,450
2-May-20	15	10,400	10	90	8	$1,900	7	$,8,500
25-Apr-20	8	$3,400	9	36	5	$1,000	3	$2,450
18-Apr-20	19	$9,500	14	92	8	$185.70	11	$9,360
11-Apr-20	12	$6,000	9	40	5	$190	7	$5,800
4-Apr-20	14	$8,200	11	68	10	$2,200	4	$6,000
28-Mar-20	16	$6,500	13	96	10	$3,700	6	$2,800
21-Mar-20	11	$11,910	7	33	7	$2,250	4	$9,960
14-Mar-20	7	809.8	6	34	6	684.8	1	125
7-Mar-20	16	$2,500	15	70	13	$669	3	$1,400
29-Feb-20	13	$15,260	13	128	11	$11,760	2	$3,500
22-Feb-20	12	$3,700	10	92	10	$2,560	2	$1,130
15-Feb-20	16	$1,250	10	84	12	$35	4	$1,222
8-Feb-20	18	$6,080	14	123	14	$2,595	4	$3,485
1-Feb-20	21	$20,900	12	101	14	$17,860	7	$3,060
25-Jan-20	13	$7,430	13	62	12	$6,430	1	$1,000
18-Jan-20	23	$9,580	15	120	19	$6,580	4	$3,000
11-Jan-20	21	$14,200	18	199	16	$1,020	5	$13,200
4-Jan-20	22	$6,400	11	119	16	$3,204	6	$3,245
28-Dec-19	22	$7,150	19	175	18	$6,800	4	$327.40
14-Dec-19	24	$36,300	23	167	19	$9,500	5	$26,800
7-Dec-19	11	$10,400	11	55	7	$1,082	4	$9,370
November 30. 2019	14	$2,450	12	126	12	$1,760	2	$692.50
23-Nov-19	16	$1,995	10	41	11	$615	5	$1,380
16-Nov-19	15	$3,820	13	135	11	$2,500	4	$1,271
9-Nov-19	25	$12,900	17	182	23	$12,200	2	$575
2-Nov-19	10	$2,470	12	61	9	2,450	3	$22
26-Oct-19	12	$5,560	14	70	11	$3,860	1	$1,700
19-Oct-19	8	$6,600	8	138	8	$6,600	0	0
12-Oct-19	19	$4,300	14	55	16	$3,800	3	$500
5-Oct-19	18	$14,500	19	166	15	$11,100	3	$3,400
28-Sep-19	19	$8,100	18	132	18	$7,560	1	$550
21-Sep-19	14	$6,300	16	66	11	$2,160	3	$4,170
14-Sep-19	15	$23,800	12	56	11	$21,250	4	$2,570
7-Sep-19	17	$3,500	15	98	14	$1,900	3	$1,600
31-Aug-19	5	$8,700	6	50	5	$8,700	0	0
24-Aug-19	16	$10,000	14	82	15	$4,250	1	$5,750
16-Aug-19	10	$1,680	5	52	7	$650	3	$950
9-Aug-19	17	$17,700	15	68	14	$3,900	3	$13,800
2-Aug-19	13	$5,760	12	108	13	$5,760	NA	NA
27-Jul-19	11	$7,300	13	76	8	$6,570	3	$730
20-Jul-19	13	$11,800	13	125	11	$5,300	2	$6,500
13-Jul-19	10	$775	7	46	8	$542.50	2	$233
6-Jul-19	7	$2,500	9	85	7	$2,500	0	0
29-Jun-19	23	$8,290	15	154	17	$2,300	6	$5,970
22-Jun-19	17	$10,700	10	139	14	$7,700	3	$3,000
15-Jun-19	11	$13,500	14	160	11	$13,500	NA	NA
8-Jun-19	13	$2,870	17	55	11	$1,570	2	$1,300
1-Jun-19	10	$4,460	11	60	8	$4,140	2	$315
25-May-19	17	$4,360	14	79	14	$3,700	3	$612
18-May-19	22	$9,000	17	150	16	$3,400	6	$5,600
11-May-19	18	$19,800	17	177	15	$18,300	3	$1,500
4-May-19	10	$7,075	6	32	8	$6,900	2	$175
27-Apr-19	15	$3,200	14	117	14	$3,160	1	$40
20-Apr-19	13	$13,500	10	90	9	$12,200	4	$1,300
13-Apr-19	16	$38,900	14	91	14	$37,800	2	$1,100
6-Apr-19	12	$6,870	11	94	10	$6,730	2	$50
30-Mar-19	15	$6,470	12	84	10	$7,91.5	5	$5,677
23-Mar-19	18	$6,450	14	91	14	$5,042	4	$1,408
16-Mar-19	14	$10,180	12	115	11	$8,800	3	$1,300
9-Mar-19	9	$1,800	6	49	8	$1,300	1	$500
2-Mar-19	20	$3,033	16	107	14	$1,817	6	$1,262
23-Feb-19	12	$2,040	8	69	9	$614.60	3	$1,430
16-Feb-19	16	$9,970	18	77	16	$9,970	0	0
9-Feb-19	14	$6,400	10	110	14	$6,400	0	0
2-Feb-19	18	$6,740	15	99	16	$5,720	2	$950
26-Jan-19	13	$2,770	11	67	11	$918.95	2	$1,850
19-Jan-19	15	$3,819	16	76	12	$2,594	3	$1,225
12-Jan-19	18	$7,283	14	92	15	$1,683	3	$5,600
5-Jan-19	10	$529	12	50	10	$529	0	0
22-Dec-18	17	$2,570	13	87	14	$941	3	$1,629
15-Dec-18	10	$2,860	8	26	8	$264	2	$2,600
8-Dec-18	15	$1,819	16	65	12	$552	3	$1,267
1-Dec-18	12	$7,500	10	90	9	$1,200	3	$6,200
28-Nov-18	15	$4,500	11	107	14	$4,000	1	$500
19-Nov-18	18	$6,137	13	98	13	$2,142	5	$3,995
14-Nov-18	18	$9,200	13	152	15	$8,500	3	$694
6-Nov-18	16	$17,300	16	183	14	$16,361	2	$950
29-Oct-18	14	$14,400	18	127	17	$13,800	1	$600
24-Oct-18	13	$6,140	13	126	11	$5,122	2	$1,018
17-Oct-18	18	$18,390	15	125	14	$12,292	4	$6,098
10-Oct-18	29	$3,149	18	104	20	$1,647	9	$819
2-Oct-18	18	$9,300	11	67	14	$7,300	4	$2,000
25-Sep-18	13	$7,000	11	75	10	$6,000	3	$995
18-Sep-18	9	$3,570	7	44	9	$3,570	0	0
11-Sep-18	13	$5,900	10	132	13	$5,900	0	0
7-Sep-18	14	$5,000	15	86	11	$4,000	3	$1,000
29-Aug-18	15	$20,700	14	79	13	$4,700	2	$16,000
20-Aug-18	10	$12,400	11	53	8	$11,380	3	$1,057
14-Aug-18	12	$19,900	12	132	9	$18,889	3	$1,011
7-Aug-18	16	$68,600	11	106	13	$67,259	3	$1,340
31-Jul-18	15	$15,100	15	95	11	$13,060	4	$2,060
23-Jul-18	13	$2,130	15	60	10	$1,804	3	$1,100
17-Jul-18	14	$5,370	17	98	9	$4,310	5	$1,100
9-Jul-18	16	$11,200	15	74	10	$11,080	6	$862
3-Jul-18	13	$7,000	7	81	12	$6,330	1	$750
25-Jun-18	15	$8,800	13	97	9	$4,970	6	$3,930
18-Jun-18	13	$14,200	14	80	7	$221	6	$14,290
11-Jun-18	12	$6,300	8	96	8	$5,910	4	$803
6-Jun-18	13	$14,500	10	88	8	$14,154	5	$579
31-May-18	11	$4,890	10	63	8	$3,240	3	$1,790
22-May-18	15	$20,400	11	63	9	$19,808	6	$885
15-May-18	15	$4,700	15	106	10	$3,900	5	$643
9-May-18	11	$1,400	13	88	9	$1,300	2	$560
1-May-18	8	$14,250	7	88	7	$13,400	1	$450
24-Apr-18	12	$5,300	6	61	11	$4,470	1	$800
17-Apr-18	9	$1,800	10	44	7	$2,330	2	$1,434
11-Apr-18	11	$2,500	8	32	6	$1,690	5	$809
3-Apr-18	15	$13,400	11	121	9	$12,020	6	$1,090
28-Mar-18	10	$4,000	10	92	7	$3,870	3	$215
19-Mar-18	17	$5,800	13	51	10	$590	7	$5,165
12-Mar-18	15	$3,130	11	43	11	$2,360	4	$788
6-Mar-18	19	$5,400	13	116	10	$1,530	9	$4,860
27-Feb-18	20	$6,600	13	69	14	$5,530	6	$1,030
19-Feb-18	15	$5,500	14	111	10	$3,990	6	$1,980
12-Feb-18	23	$10,900	17	157	12	$7,110	11	$3,840
5-Feb-18	16	$8,600	13	100	7	$1,330	9	$7,800
30-Jan-18	11	$12,600	11	68	5	$7,300	6	$4,982
24-Jan-18	19	$9,400	15	129	5	$2,010	14	$7,337
18-Jan-18	10	$6,280	8	49	2	$2,100	8	$4,188
9-Jan-18	12	$16,500	12	92	9	$15,890	3	$475
3-Jan-18	10	$2,500	9	47	8	$2,350	2	$150
27-Dec-17	15	$9,000	15	113	9	$7,568	6	$1,784
18-Dec-17	15	$13,800	16	164	9	$13,010	7	$1,118
11-Dec-17	14	$9,700	10	126	12	$2,940	4	$8,500
4-Dec-17	6	$1,800	6	31	5	$1,510	1	$300
28-Nov-17	7	$3,850	8	76	4	$3,260	3	$285
16-Nov-17	10	$2,700	10	48	6	$1,840	4	$856
8-Nov-17	15	$2,380	17	91	10	$1,860	5	$516
1-Nov-17	12	$4,700	17	94	9	$3,400	4	$1,300
23-Oct-17	15	$10,500	10	67	10	$9,780	4	$1,530
18-Oct-17	6	$2,000		37	3	$225	3	$1,820
10-Oct-17	12	$6,570		100	9	$3,880	3	$3,360
2-Oct-17	8	$3,100	11	19	3	$1,630	5	$1,750
25-Sep-17	8	$4,880	8	79	5	$2,660	5	$2,070
18-Sep-17	9	$4,770			3	$300	6	$4,470
12-Sep-17	11	$4,430			8	$2,030	3	$2,400
1-Sep-17	4	$1,310			3	$317	1	$1,000
23-Aug-17	11	$13,640	9		8	$11,840	3	$1,800

M&A/Fundings

MPLX Acquires Remaining Interest in the BANGL Pipeline for $715M

Deal Description: MPLX LP, a Findlay, Ohio-based limited partnership formed by Marathon that owns and operates midstream energy infrastructure and other similar assets, announced on Feb. 28 that it has acquired the remaining 55 percent interest in the BANGL Pipeline for $715 million. MPLX acquired the remaining interest from affiliates of Austin’s WhiteWater Midstream and Midland’s Diamondback Energy, with the deal expected to close officially in July 2025. Once it closes, the BANGL Pipeline will be owned entirely by MPLX after it obtained a 45 percent interest stake in the pipeline in July 2024. MPLX expects the transaction to become immediately accretive and to generate mid-teen returns for the partnership. Furthermore, the newly acquired asset, which transports 250,000 NGL barrels daily from Texas’ Permian basin to the Gulf Coast, is expected to expand to produce 300,000 barrels per day by 2026 and enable NGLs to reach MPLX’s Gulf Coast fractionation complex by 2028.

Diamondback Energy In-House Counsel: Matt Zmigrosky (Midland)

WhiteWater In-House Legal Counsel: Nathan Murphy (Austin)

WhiteWater Outside Legal Counsel: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett advised WhiteWater in the deal with a team that included Shamus Crosby (Houston), Katy Lukaszewski (Houston), Breen Haire (Houston), Tushar Parashar (Houston), Andrew Kingsbury (Houston), Gavin Jaco (Houston), Arthur Kopilevich (Houston), Kaitlyn Greening (Houston), John Carter (Houston), Adam Arikat (Houston), Eli Shalam (New York), Elizabeth Trask (Washington, D.C.), Peter Guryan(New York), Kelly Karapetyan (New York) and James Logie (New York).

MPLX LP Outside Legal Counsel: Morgan Lewis is advising MPLX LP in the agreement with a team that included Sameer Mohan (Houston), Tara McElhiney (Houston), Kelsey Warren (Houston), LaVelle King (Philadelphia), Harry Robins (New York), Michael Masling (Frankfurt), Qian Susan Zhu (New York), Michelle Pector (Houston), Melissa Brown (Houston) and Terresa Adams (Washington, DC). 

WhiteWater Financial Advisor: Barclays

Trive Capital Invests in the UK’s Independent Forgings and Alloys

Deal Description: Trive Capital, a Dallas-based PE firm, announced on Feb. 27 that it has invested in Independent Forgings and Alloys, a Sheffield, United Kingdom-based forged and machine product manufacturer primarily serving significant European defense suppliers and customers using aircraft engines. Despite the recent announcement of the investment, the exact amount was undisclosed. Moving forward, Trive will continue to make strategic investments in the company and look for acquisition opportunities to enhance IFA’s platform and capabilities to serve its customers better in the present and long term. In addition, Andy McGuinness, the current CEO of IFA, will continue to head the company into its next growth phase despite the recent investment.

Trive Capital In-House Legal Counsel: Trevor Johnston (Dallas)

Trive Capital Outside Legal Counsel: Willkie advised Trive Capital in the deal with a team led by Brandon McCoy(Dallas) and included David Arnold (London), Jane Scobie (London), Ethan Douglas (London), Ashley Jamali(London), Ashley Braham (London), Ellie Byrne (London), Robert Jacobson (Houston), Yaniv Maman (Houston), Omar Shariff (Dallas) and Morgan Butkus (Dallas).

Independent Forgings and Alloys Outside Legal Counsel: Knights

Independent Forgings Financial Advisor: Kroll

Ring Energy Acquires Central Basin Assets From Lime Rock for $100M

Deal Description: Ring Energy, a Midland-based producer, explorer and developer of oil and gas assets, announced on Feb. 26 that it has agreed to acquire the Central Basin Platform assets from Houston’s Lime Rock Resources IV for $100 million. The transaction price comprises $80 million upfront cash, which includes cash on hand and borrowings from its existing credit facility. In addition, it consists of a $10 million deferred cash payment, which will be due nine months after closing, and 7.4 million shares of Ring common stock for $1.3534 per share. Through this accretive bolt-on acquisition, Ring will use the new assets, located primarily in Andrews County, Texas, to enhance its operations by adding near-term opportunities for field-level optimization. In addition, the acquisition will enable it to save money and increase shareholder value through the improved opportunities and operational efficiencies it expects the new assets to bring.

Ring Energy In-House Counsel: Phillip Feiner (Houston)

Lime Rock Resources In-House Counsel: Debra Sandefer (Houston)

Lime Rock Resources IV Outside Legal Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis advised the team in the deal with a team that included Jonathan Paul Strom (Houston), Christopher Heasley (Austin/Houston), Chelsea Daku (Houston), Lyle Paul(Houston), Jennifer Wu (Austin), Billy Vranish (Houston), Mark Dundon (Houston), Eli Kukharuk (Salt Lake City), Jonathan Kidwell (Dallas) and Max Anderson (Dallas).

Ring Energy Outside Legal Counsel: Jones & Keller

Lime Rock Resources IV Financial Advisor: Truist Securities

Ring Energy Financial Advisor: Greenhill, a Mizuho affiliate

Brookfield Asset Management Acquires National Grid’s US Onshore Renewables Business for Over $1.7B

Deal Description: National Grid plc, a London-based energy-focused company, announced on Feb. 24 that it has agreed to sell its National Grid Renewables US onshore business to Toronto’s Brookfield Asset Management and a group of its institutional partners, including Brookfield Renewable Partners, for $1.735 billion. The final purchase price may change at closing due to the current terms of the transaction only representing the company’s current enterprise value, with the expected closing date falling within Q1 2026. The move was made to support National Grid’s May 2024 announced strategy of streamlining its business and increasing its network focus.

Brookfield Outside Legal Counsel: Skadden advised Brookfield in the deal with a team that included Katherine Kady Ashley (Washington, D.C.), Ataefiok Etukeren (Washington, D.C.), Aryan Moniri (Washington, D.C.), Joyce Chang (Washington, D.C.), Simon Cassell (New York), Jack Keller (Houston), Olivia Yuan (Houston), Sean Shimamoto (Palo Alto/Houston), Robert Chou (Palo Alto). 

Slant Energy III Secures Equity Commitment From Pearl Energy

Deal Description: Slant Energy III, a recently formed Lafayette, Louisiana-based explorer and producer of upstream oil and gas assets, announced on Feb. 25 that it has received an undisclosed equity commitment from Pearl Energy Investments, a Dallas-based PE firm. Through the recently announced investment, Slant III will look for acquisition and development opportunities in the Permian Basin region of New Mexico and West Texas.

Slant Energy III Outside Legal Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis advised Slant Energy III in the deal, which included a team of lawyers, including Kevin Crews (Dallas) and Jacqueline Scioli (Dallas).

Pearl Energy Investments Outside Legal Counsel: Willkie represented Pearl in the deal with a team that included Tony Johnston (Dallas), J. Holt Foster, III (Dallas), Robert Jacobson (Houston), AK Lutz (Dallas) and Wills Layton (Houston).

Note: This isn’t the first time Slant and Pearl have worked on one of Slant’s projects, as the duo have worked with one another since the company’s inception in 2016. Most recently, they worked together in Feb. 2022 on Slant II, when Slant secured a $90 million commitment from Pearl, a deal in which Kirkland & Ellis’ Kevin Crews also represented Slant.

Azara Healthcare to merge with i2i Population Health

Deal Description: In a deal bankrolled by Insight Partners, healthcare analytics providers Azara Healthcare and i2i Population Health announced Feb. 19, that they are merging. The combined company will have its headquarters in Burlington, Mass., and an office in Nashville, Tenn., where i2i is currently based. The combined company will have an expanded base of analytical data to identify appropriate interventions, patient risk factors and potential efficiencies available to healthcare payers and providers.

Financial Advisors to Azara: Aeris Partners

Financial Advisors to Insight: Healthcare Growth Partners

Insight Outside Legal Counsel: Willkie Farr & Gallagher led by partners Matthew Guercio (New York) and Tai Fukumoto (New York) with associate Joe Laurel (Houston).

VerAI Discoveries closes Series B Round with $24M

Deal Description: VerAI, a mineral asset E&P company, announced the close of its Series B funding round with $24 million led by Insight Partners. The investment includes continued support from existing investors Blumberg Capital, Chrysalix Venture Capital and Orion Industrial Ventures. The capital infusion is intended to support the development of VerAI’s platform for software-driven identification and procurement of otherwise concealed deposits of high-value minerals in covered terrains like ice sheets and rock formations.

Insight Partners Outside Legal Counsel: Willkie Farr & Gallagher led by partner Matthew Haddad (New York) assisted by associate Joe Laurel (Houston).

Grovecourt Capital acquires intraoperative imaging provider IMRIS

Deal Description: Grovecourt Capital Partners, announced Feb. 9, its acquisition of IMRIS, a provider of movable intraoperative imagery for surgical theaters and suites, from Deerfield . That IMRIS structural mobility, incorporated in the operation room design, allows patients to stay in sterile environments during imaging for emerging procedures like laser ablation and high intensity ultrasound. Originally headquartered in Winnipeg, IMRIS moved to Chaska, Minn., following its emergence from bankruptcy after a buyout by Deerfield Management in 2015, one of its secured lenders. Grovecourt is headquartered in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Financing: Bell Bank and Farragut Capital Partners

Financial Advisor to IMRIS: CMD Global Partners

Grovecourt Outside Legal Advisors: Holland & Knight with a team led from Miami by partner Jordan Taylor, along with associate Matthew Zawislinski (Miami). Financing was handled by partner Arthur Lotz (Dallas) along with associates Amir Saboorian (Dallas) and Ana Carvajal (Dallas).

Brazil’s BTG Pactual acquires UniTek Global

Deal Description: BTG Pactual Strategic Capital (Strat Cap) announced Feb. 27 its strategic investment in broadband infrastructure services provider UniTek Global Services. Based in Jackson, Mississippi, UniTek provides design, engineering, installation and maintenance for both aerial and underground fiber optics systems for telecommunications and data centers. The Strat Cap investment was made alongside existing investor New Mountain Finance Corp. Strat Cap is a buyout fund managed Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual.

Strat Cap Outside Legal Counsel: Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

UniTek Global Outside Legal Counsel: A&O Shearman led by Dallas partners Kyle Park and Alain Dermarkar, along with Jake Lortz, Ian Johnson, Emily Kelly.

J.F. Lehman-backed PURIS acquires Creekside

Deal Description: J.F. Lehman portfolio PURIS announced Feb. 24 the completion of its acquisition of Creekside, a pipeline rehabilitation company. The acquisition is the first for The Woodlands-based PURIS platform since Lehman restructured its ownership of PURIS through a single-asset continuation fund last July. Creekside, founded in Harmony, Penn., in 1989, specializes in the trenchless rehabilitation of aging sewer, wastewater and potable water lines using geopolymer spray linings. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

PURIS Outside Legal Counsel: A&O Shearman led from Dallas by partners Alain Dermarkar and Robert Cardone with Kyle Park, John Kurtz, Elizabeth Robishaw, Hamza Mallick and Efren Lemus.

Financing: General Atlantic Credit with PSP Credit USA

Financial Advisors to Creekside: Strategic Advisors

Creekside Outside Legal Counsel: Must O’Keefe

Capital Markets/Credit

Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric Announces $500M General Mortgage Bond Offering

Deal Description: Houston’s CenterPoint Energy’s subsidiary, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, announced on Feb. 27 that it has closed its public offering of $500 million worth of general mortgage bonds, part of its Series AP bond series, at 4.80 percent due in 2030. CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric intends to use the offering for working capital and expenditures.

CenterPoint Energy In-House Legal Counsel: Monica Karuturi (Houston)

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric Outside Legal Counsel: Baker Botts represented CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric in the deal with a team that included Timothy Taylor (Houston), Clint Rancher (Houston), Robert Cowan(Austin), Sarah Dyer (Houston), Jack Hennessy (Houston), Michael Bresson (Houston) and Jared Meier (Houston).

Underwriters Outside Legal Counsel: Hunton Andrews Kurth 

Joint Book-running Managers for the Offering: BofA Securities, Scotia Capital (USA) and U.S. Bancorp Investments

Note: In November 2024, CenterPoint issued a $500 million public offering, which several of the same Baker Botts attorneys working on the recently announced offering also advised CenterPoint on. In addition, Hunton Andrews Kurth also advised the underwriters sitting opposite CenterPoint in the same November 2024 deal.

Other Matters…

The Middleby Corporation Announces Spin-off of Food Processing Business

The Middleby Corporation, an Elgin, Illinois-based equipment manufacturer for commercial food services, residential kitchens and food processing firms, announced on Feb. 25 that it intends to spin off its food processing business tax-free into a standalone public company, Middleby Food Processing. When the deal is approved, stock in the new publicly traded company will be distributed to Middleby’s current shareholders. Through the spin-off, Middleby will enable its food processing business to stay in line with similar companies in the industry in terms of value and deliver several other benefits to ensure it can continue creating value for its shareholders long-term. The spin-off is a part of The Middleby Corporation’s January 2025 announced plan to review its business portfolio and look for ways to maximize shareholder value strategically. Houston lawyer Eric Otness is part of a Skadden team advising Middleby Corporation on the transaction.

RedHill Biopharma Announces Global Licensing Agreement with Hyloris Pharmaceuticals

RedHill Biopharma, a Tel-Aviv, Israel-based developer and seller of gastrointestinal and infectious disease medications, announced on Feb. 25 that it had entered a licensing agreement with Belgium’s Hyloris Pharmaceuticals, to further develop and commercialize its RHB-102 medicines, which are commonly referred to as Bekinda. Throughout its development process thus far, the medication has been primarily used for oncology support, irritable bowel syndrome and acute gastroenteritis. Through the agreement, Hyloris intends to make Bekinda available to patients globally; however, that does not include North America. RedHill will receive an upfront payment for the rights to the medication, as well as milestone payments and royalties, which can total up to $60 million. Haynes Boone represented RedHill Biopharma with a team that included Texas lawyers Simin Sun(Houston),  Khalil Bryant (Houston) and Lisa Vasek (Houston).