Viper Energy, Inc. filings document material-event reports, proxy materials, and security disclosures for a Nasdaq-listed Class A common stock issuer that owns and acquires oil and natural gas mineral and royalty interests. Form 8-K reports record operating and financial results, base and variable cash dividends, share repurchase activity, debt and capital-allocation updates, and public-offering agreements involving selling stockholders.
Its filings also describe governance and shareholder voting matters, executive officer and compensation arrangements, the Services and Secondment Agreement through which Diamondback-related entities provide personnel and administrative services, and capital-structure items involving Class A common stock, Class B shares paired with OpCo units, and VNOM Holding Company LLC.
Viper Energy, Inc. (VNOM) reported that the issuer withheld 1,008 shares from its President, Austen Gilfillian, on October 1, 2026, to satisfy tax withholding obligations when the third tranche of time-based restricted stock units granted on March 2, 2023, vested and settled. The withholding price was $39.89 per share, based on the September 30, 2026 closing price. Gilfillian's reported direct holdings following the transaction were 48,260 shares.
Viper Energy, Inc. (symbol: VNOM) is the issuer of record for a Form 4 filing submitted to the SEC. Grotzinger John P. reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Viper Energy, Inc. (VNOM) reported that director John P. Grotzinger received an award of 2,606 restricted stock units of Class A Common Stock on September 15, 2026. The units were granted as a prorated annual non-employee director grant under the company’s long term incentive plan.
Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Class A Common Stock and will vest on the earlier of May 19, 2027 and the date of the next annual meeting of stockholders following the grant date. After this grant, Grotzinger has 2,606 shares/units reported as directly owned. No Rule 10b5-1 trading plan is reported for this transaction.
Viper Energy, Inc. (VNOM) reported that John P. Grotzinger is a reporting person in his capacity as a director, in an initial statement of beneficial ownership of securities. No transactions or holdings are reported, and the remarks reference Exhibit 24.1, a Limited Power of Attorney.
Viper Energy, Inc. (VNOM) expanded its Board of Directors and appointed Dr. John Grotzinger as a new director. On September 15, 2026, the Board increased its size by one seat and named Dr. Grotzinger to serve until the 2027 annual meeting, or until a successor is elected and qualified or an earlier termination event occurs. Following this appointment, the Board consists of nine directors, and he has not been assigned to any Board committee.
Dr. Grotzinger has over 40 years of experience in geology, geobiology, and planetary science, including roles at the California Institute of Technology and as Chief Scientist of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover mission. As a non-employee director, he will receive compensation under Viper Energy’s existing non-employee director compensation program, including a pro-rated annual restricted stock unit award, and has entered into the same form of indemnification agreement used for the company’s other directors. The company states there are no related-party arrangements or transactions tied to his selection requiring disclosure.
Viper Energy, Inc. (VNOM) completed its previously disclosed 2026 Drop Down transaction on September 1, 2026, acquiring certain mineral and royalty interests from Diamondback Energy, Inc. and its subsidiaries. As consideration, Viper issued 3,815,459 units of VNOM Holding Company LLC, a consolidated subsidiary, and an equivalent 3,815,459 shares of its Class B common stock, each with a par value of $0.000001 per share.
The Class B shares were issued as an unregistered sale of equity securities, in reliance on the exemption under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 for sales by an issuer not involving any public offering.
Viper Energy, Inc. (VNOM) received an updated Schedule 13D/A from Diamondback Energy, Inc. and its affiliates reflecting their current beneficial ownership and a recently closed transaction. Based on 194,405,049 Class A shares outstanding as of July 31, 2026, Diamondback reports beneficial ownership of 145,972,177 shares of Class A Common Stock (including exchangeable interests), representing 42.9% of the class. Diamondback E&P LLC reports 10,874,987 shares (5.3% of the class), and Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P. reports 70,633,640 shares (26.7% of the class), each with sole voting and dispositive power over its reported shares.
The amendment notes that on September 1, 2026, a previously disclosed Purchase Agreement closed, resulting in the reporting persons acquiring an aggregate of 3,815,459 OpCo units and an equivalent number of Class B Common shares. Diamondback, Diamondback E&P and Endeavor each hold Class B Common Stock and New OpCo Units that are exchangeable on a one-for-one basis for Class A Common Stock.
Viper Energy, Inc. (VNOM) reported that large shareholder Diamondback Energy, Inc., through affiliated entities, acquired additional equity-linked interests on September 1, 2026. Affiliates Diamondback E&P LLC and Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P. received an aggregate of 3,815,459 Operating Company Units and an equal number of Class B Common Stock shares in connection with a mineral and royalty interests acquisition. Each Class B share, together with a matching Operating Company Unit, is redeemable at the holder’s discretion for one share of Class A Common Stock.
Wellington Management Group LLP and related entities report beneficial ownership of Viper Energy, Inc. common stock. Through investment-adviser affiliates, they beneficially own 8,696,506 shares, representing 4.48% of the class, with 0 shares under sole voting or dispositive power.
The group has shared voting power over 7,909,365 shares and shared dispositive power over 8,696,506 shares. The securities are held for clients of Wellington’s investment advisers, and no individual client is known to hold more than five percent of this class.
Viper Energy, Inc. has reported that Capital World Investors, a division of Capital Research and Management Company and related investment management entities, is a significant shareholder. Capital World Investors is deemed the beneficial owner of 26,496,049 shares of Viper Energy common stock, representing 13.6% of the 194,215,015 shares believed to be outstanding. All of these shares are reported with sole voting power and sole dispositive power, with no shared voting or dispositive power disclosed.
Diamondback Energy, Inc., Diamondback E&P LLC and Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P. filed an amended Schedule 13D updating their beneficial ownership in Viper Energy, Inc. Class A Common Stock. Diamondback Energy, Inc. reports beneficial ownership of 142,156,718 shares, representing 42.2% of the class, with sole voting and dispositive power. Diamondback E&P LLC reports 8,066,528 shares, or 4.0%, and Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P. reports 69,626,640 shares, or 26.4%, each with sole voting and dispositive power.
On August 3, 2026, Viper Energy, Inc., as parent, and Viper Energy Partners LP, as buyer, entered into a definitive Purchase Agreement to acquire certain mineral and royalty interests from the reporting persons and related subsidiaries in exchange for 3,654,979 OpCo units and an equivalent number of shares of Class B Common Stock, subject to transaction costs and customary post-closing adjustments. Closing is expected in September.