Diamondback Energy, Inc. returned 73,150,000 units of Common Units representing limited partner interests to the company, exercised 7,946,507 units of Common Units representing limited partner interests at a strike of $25.17, converted options into 5,278,493 shares and sold $451,303,125 worth of shares (13,225,000 units at $34.12), closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)

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SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

500 WEST TEXAS

SUITE 100

(Street)

MIDLAND

79701

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Viper Energy, Inc. [ VNOM ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	X	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/10/2018

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Units representing limited partner interests	05/10/2018		D		73,150,000⁽¹⁾	D	⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	0	D
Common Units representing limited partner interests	05/10/2018		M		731,500⁽³⁾	A	⁽²⁾	731,500	D
Common Units representing limited partner interests	10/31/2023		M		7,215,007⁽⁴⁾	A	$27.72⁽⁴⁾	7,946,507	D
Class A Common Stock	03/08/2024		M		5,278,493⁽⁵⁾	A	⁽²⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾	13,225,000⁽⁶⁾	D
Class A Common Stock	03/08/2024		S		13,225,000	D	$34.125	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Class B Units	⁽²⁾	05/10/2018		A		73,150,000		⁽²⁾	⁽²⁾	Common Units	73,150,000	⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	73,150,000	D
Operating Company Units	⁽²⁾	05/10/2018		A		73,150,000		⁽²⁾	⁽²⁾	Common Units	73,150,000	⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	73,150,000	D
Class B Units	⁽²⁾	05/10/2018		M			731,500	⁽²⁾	⁽²⁾	Common Units	731,500⁽³⁾	⁽²⁾	72,418,500	D
Operating Company Units	⁽²⁾	05/10/2018		M			731,500	⁽²⁾	⁽²⁾	Common Units	731,500⁽³⁾	⁽²⁾	72,418,500	D
Class B Units	⁽²⁾	10/01/2019		A		10,224,918		⁽²⁾⁽⁷⁾	⁽²⁾⁽⁷⁾	Common Units	82,643,418	⁽²⁾⁽⁷⁾	82,643,418	D
Operating Company Units	⁽²⁾	10/01/2019		A		10,224,918		⁽²⁾⁽⁷⁾	⁽²⁾⁽⁷⁾	Common Units	82,643,418	⁽²⁾⁽⁷⁾	82,643,418	D
Class B Units	⁽²⁾	10/01/2019		A		8,066,528		⁽²⁾⁽⁷⁾	⁽²⁾⁽⁷⁾	Common Units	8,066,528	⁽²⁾⁽⁷⁾	8,066,528	I	See footnote⁽⁸⁾
Operating Company Units	⁽²⁾	10/01/2019		A		8,066,528		⁽²⁾⁽⁷⁾	⁽²⁾⁽⁷⁾	Common Units	73,150,000	⁽²⁾⁽⁷⁾	8,066,528	I⁽⁸⁾	See footnote⁽⁸⁾
Put Option (obligation to buy)	$27.72	09/04/2023		D			7,215,007	09/04/2023	11/01/2023⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	Common Units	7,215,007	⁽⁴⁾	7,215,007	D
Put Option (obligation to buy)	$27.72	10/31/2023		M			7,215,007	09/04/2023	11/01/2023⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	Common Units	7,215,007	⁽⁴⁾	0	D
Class B Common Stock	⁽²⁾	03/08/2024		M			5,278,493	⁽²⁾⁽⁵⁾	⁽²⁾⁽⁵⁾	Class A Common Stock⁽⁶⁾	5,278,493	⁽²⁾⁽⁵⁾	77,364,925	D
Operating Company Units	⁽²⁾	03/08/2024		M			5,278,493	⁽²⁾⁽⁵⁾	⁽²⁾⁽⁵⁾	Class A Common Stock⁽⁶⁾	5,278,493	⁽²⁾⁽⁵⁾	77,364,925	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Effective on May 10, 2018, Diamondback Energy, Inc.(the "Reporting Person") delivered and assigned to Viper Energy Partners LP (a predecessor of Viper Energy, Inc., collectively, the "Issuer"), a subsidiary that is primarily controlled by the Reporting Person, 73,150,000 common units representing limited partnership interests (the "Common Units") that the Reporting Person owned in exchange for (i) 73,150,000 of the Issuer's newly-issued Class B units representing limited partnership units (the "Class B Units") and (ii) 73,150,000 newly-issued units of the Operating Company ("OpCo Units") of Viper Energy Partners LLC, as defined below (the "Recapitalization").

2. Following the Recapitalization, each Class B Unit and each OpCo Unit were together convertible and exchangeable into one Common Unit of Viper Energy Partners LP. Following the Conversion, as defined below, one share of Class B common stock, par value $0.000001 per share (the "Class B Common Stock") and each OpCo Unit were together convertible and exchangeable into one share of Class A common stock, par value $0.000001 per share (the "Class A Common Stock") of the Issuer.

3. On May 10, 2018, the Reporting Person converted and exchanged 731,500 Class B Units and Operating Company Units for an equal number of Common Units.

4. On September 4, 2023, the Reporting Person granted the Issuer a right to sell up to 7,215,007 Common Units to the Reporting Person at a fixed price of $27.72, which the Issuer was permitted to exercise until a certain acquisition closed. The Issuer exercised its right to sell Common Units to the Reporting Person on October 31, 2023.

5. On March 8, 2024, the Reporting Person converted and exchanged 5,278,493 Class B Shares and OpCo Units in connection with the Reporting Person's registered offering of Class A Common Stock, which included 11,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock sold by the Reporting Person to the underwriters in the firm offering and shares of Class A Common Stock subject to the underwriters' option to purchase 1,725,000 additional shares of Class A Common Stock, which option was exercised in full by the underwriters, and the offering of both firm and optional shares closed on March 8, 2024.

6. On November 13, 2023, the Issuer converted its form to that of a corporation (the "Conversion"), and each Common Unit became one share of Class A Common Stock, each Class B Common Unit became one share Class B Common Stock, and each unit of the Operating Company was now exchangeable, together with a share of Class B Common Stock into one share of Class A Common Stock. The Conversion was a change in form of the Issuer without any change in the pecuniary interest of the Reporting Person.

7. On October 1, 2019, Viper Energy Partners LP completed the acquisition of certain mineral and royalty interests from subsidiaries of the Reporting Person in exchange for 10,244,918 OpCo Units and Class B Units newly issued to the Reporting Person, 8,066,528 OpCo Units and Class B Units newly issued to a wholly owned subsidiary of the Reporting Person and $190.2 million in cash.

8. Held by Diamondback E&P LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Reporting Person.

Remarks:

By virtue of the Reporting Person's representation on the Board of Directors of Viper Energy, Inc. (the "Issuer"), for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Reporting Person is deemed a director by deputization of the Issuer.

	/s/ Teresa L. Dick, as Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Assistant Secretary	03/08/2024
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)

2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)

6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

Amount

(A) or (D)

Price

Common Units representing limited partner interests

05/10/2018

73,150,000⁽¹⁾

⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾

Common Units representing limited partner interests

05/10/2018

731,500⁽³⁾

⁽²⁾

731,500

Common Units representing limited partner interests

10/31/2023

7,215,007⁽⁴⁾

$27.72⁽⁴⁾

7,946,507

Class A Common Stock

03/08/2024

5,278,493⁽⁵⁾

⁽²⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾

13,225,000⁽⁶⁾

Class A Common Stock

03/08/2024

13,225,000

$34.125

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Class B Units

⁽²⁾

05/10/2018

73,150,000

⁽²⁾

Common Units

73,150,000

⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾

73,150,000

Operating Company Units

⁽²⁾

05/10/2018

73,150,000

⁽²⁾

Common Units

73,150,000

⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾

73,150,000

Class B Units

⁽²⁾

05/10/2018

731,500

⁽²⁾

Common Units

731,500⁽³⁾

⁽²⁾

72,418,500

Operating Company Units

⁽²⁾

05/10/2018

731,500

⁽²⁾

Common Units

731,500⁽³⁾

⁽²⁾

72,418,500

Class B Units

⁽²⁾

10/01/2019

10,224,918

⁽²⁾⁽⁷⁾

Common Units

82,643,418

⁽²⁾⁽⁷⁾

82,643,418

Operating Company Units

⁽²⁾

10/01/2019

10,224,918

⁽²⁾⁽⁷⁾

Common Units

82,643,418

⁽²⁾⁽⁷⁾

82,643,418

Class B Units

⁽²⁾

10/01/2019

8,066,528

⁽²⁾⁽⁷⁾

Common Units

8,066,528

⁽²⁾⁽⁷⁾

8,066,528

See footnote⁽⁸⁾

Operating Company Units

⁽²⁾

10/01/2019

8,066,528

⁽²⁾⁽⁷⁾

Common Units

73,150,000

⁽²⁾⁽⁷⁾

8,066,528

I⁽⁸⁾

See footnote⁽⁸⁾

Put Option (obligation to buy)

$27.72

09/04/2023

7,215,007

09/04/2023

11/01/2023⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾

Common Units

7,215,007

⁽⁴⁾

7,215,007

Put Option (obligation to buy)

$27.72

10/31/2023

7,215,007

09/04/2023

11/01/2023⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾

Common Units

7,215,007

⁽⁴⁾

Class B Common Stock

⁽²⁾

03/08/2024

5,278,493

⁽²⁾⁽⁵⁾

Class A Common Stock⁽⁶⁾

5,278,493

⁽²⁾⁽⁵⁾

77,364,925

Operating Company Units

⁽²⁾

03/08/2024

5,278,493

⁽²⁾⁽⁵⁾

Class A Common Stock⁽⁶⁾

5,278,493

⁽²⁾⁽⁵⁾

77,364,925

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