Texas Pacific Land Corporation Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Real Estate Activity

Real Estate Activity

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, TPL owned the following land and real estate (in thousands, except number of acres):


	December 31,			December 31,
	2021			2020
	Number of Acres	Net Book Value		Number of Acres	Net Book Value
Land (surface rights) (1)	823,452	$	—	823,482	$	—
Real estate acquired	57,129	109,071		57,041	108,536
Total real estate situated in Texas	880,581	$	109,071	880,523	$	108,536

(1)Real estate assigned through the 1888 Declaration of Trust.

The Assigned land held by TPL was recorded with no value at the time of acquisition. See Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies — Real Estate and Royalty Interests Assigned Through the 1888 Declaration of Trust” for further information regarding the Assigned land. Real estate acquired includes land parcels which have either been acquired through foreclosure or transactions with third parties.

Land Sales

For the year ended December 31, 2021, we sold 30 acres of land in Texas for an aggregate sales price of $0.7 million, an average of approximately $25,000 per acre.

For the year ended December 31, 2020, we sold 22,160 acres of land in Texas for an aggregate sales price of approximately $16.0 million, an average of approximately $721 per acre. Additionally, we recognized land sales revenue of $1.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2020 related to land exchanges where we had no cost basis in the land conveyed.

For the year ended December 31, 2019, we sold 21,986 acres of land in Texas for an aggregate sales price of approximately $113.0 million, an average of approximately $5,141 per acre. Additionally, we conveyed 5,620 acres of land in exchange for 5,545 acres of land. As we had no cost basis in the land conveyed, we recognized land sales revenue of $22.0 million related to this land exchange for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Land Acquisitions

For the year ended December 31, 2021, we acquired 88 acres of land in Texas for an aggregate purchase price of $0.5 million, an average of approximately $6,086 per acre.

For the year ended December 31, 2020, we acquired 756 acres of land in Texas for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $3.9 million, an average of approximately $5,134 per acre (excludes land acquired through the land exchange as discussed above).

For the year ended December 31, 2019, we acquired 21,671 acres of land in Texas for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $74.4 million, an average of approximately $3,434 per acre (excludes land acquired through the land exchange as discussed above).