UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 15
CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION
12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE
REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Commission File Number 001-40955
ARIS WATER SOLUTIONS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
c/o Western Midstream Partners, LP
Christopher B. Dial
9950
Woodloch Forest Drive, Suite 2800
The Woodlands, Texas 77380
(346) 786-5000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
None
(Titles of all
other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
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| Rule 12g-4(a)(1) |
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| Rule 12g-4(a)(2) |
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| Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i) |
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| Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) |
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| Rule 15d-6 |
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| Rule 15d-22(b) |
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Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date*:
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Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share: 1 |
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As previously disclosed, on August 6, 2025, Aris Water Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) entered
into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (“Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Aris Water Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Aris OpCo”), Western Midstream Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership
(“WES”), Arrakis OpCo Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct subsidiary of WES, Arrakis Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct subsidiary of WES (“Arrakis Holdings”), Arrakis Unit Merger Sub
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct subsidiary of WES, and Arrakis Cash Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct subsidiary of Arrakis Holdings. On October 15, 2025, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, among other things, the Company and Aris OpCo became wholly owned subsidiaries of WES through a series of mergers. This Form 15 relates solely to the reporting obligations of the Company.
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