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.
Diamondback Energy amended its ownership filing for Viper Energy to reflect a March 2026 secondary share sale and updated structure. Diamondback agreed to sell 12,391,304 Viper Class A shares at $45.69 per share, with underwriters holding a 30-day option for up to 2,163,958 additional shares.
After the transaction, Diamondback beneficially owned 142,666,789 shares of Class A common stock, or 42.4% of the class, based on 194,114,585 shares outstanding as of March 4, 2026. Its subsidiaries Diamondback E&P and Endeavor held additional exchangeable Class B shares and New OpCo units under a new LLC agreement that permits one-for-one exchanges into Class A shares or, in some cases, cash redemptions.
Viper Energy, Inc. reported that existing investors completed a secondary public offering of 17,391,304 shares of its Class A common stock at $45.90 per share, with an additional 2,608,696 shares available to underwriters under an option. The gross proceeds of approximately $798 million go to the selling stockholders, and Viper does not receive any of the sale proceeds. Viper, the selling stockholders and the underwriters entered into an underwriting agreement that includes standard indemnification provisions and 30-day restrictions on additional equity sales, subject to exceptions.
Separately, VNOM Holding Company LLC, a consolidated subsidiary of Viper, repurchased 1,000,000 OpCo units from Oaktree affiliates at a price equivalent to the secondary offering price, and a corresponding number of Class B common shares held by Oaktree were cancelled. This transaction was executed under Viper’s existing $1.75 billion repurchase program, under which Viper has also repurchased 417,516 Class A shares since December 31, 2025 for a total of $15.6 million, leaving about $1.23 billion available.
Viper Energy, Inc. is registering the resale of 17,391,304 shares of Class A common stock by selling stockholders. The selling stockholders will receive the proceeds; the company will not receive any proceeds from these sales.
As disclosed, the underwriters have a 30‑day option to purchase an additional 2,608,696 shares to cover over‑allotments. In connection with the offering, the operating company (OpCo) has agreed to purchase 1,000,000 OpCo Units from affiliates of Oaktree at the same per‑unit price, for a total payment of approximately $45.7 million, and the corresponding Class B shares held by Oaktree will be cancelled. The Concurrent OpCo Unit Purchase is conditioned on the closing of this offering. Shares are expected to deliver on or about March 4, 2026.
Viper Energy, Inc. reported equity compensation and related tax withholding transactions for its VP, General Counsel and Secretary, William F. Krueger. On March 1, 2026, he acquired 8,787 restricted stock units, each representing one share of Class A Common Stock, granted under the company’s equity incentive plan and scheduled to vest in three equal installments beginning March 1, 2026.
On the same date, the company withheld 1,166 and 1,153 shares of Class A Common Stock to cover tax obligations tied to the vesting and settlement of prior time-based restricted stock unit tranches. These withholdings were priced at $46.54 per share, based on the February 27, 2026 closing price, leaving Krueger with 13,845.854 Class A shares held directly after the transactions.
Viper Energy, Inc. President Austen Gilfillian reported equity compensation and related tax-withholding transactions in Class A Common Stock. He received a grant of 12,302 restricted stock units, each representing one share of Class A Common Stock, at a price of $0.00 per unit. These units were granted under the company’s equity incentive plan and will vest in three equal installments beginning on March 1, 2026.
On the same date, the company withheld 829, 2,645, 1,421 and 1,614 shares of Class A Common Stock at $46.54 per share to cover tax withholding obligations tied to the vesting and settlement of earlier time-based restricted stock unit grants. Following these award and withholding entries, Gilfillian directly held 49,268 shares of Class A Common Stock.
Viper Energy, Inc. is offering the resale of 17,391,304 shares of its Class A common stock by selling stockholders. The company will not receive any proceeds from the sales. Certain selling stockholders granted a 30-day over-allotment option for up to 2,608,696 shares.
As described, the company has agreed to purchase up to 1,000,000 OpCo Units from affiliates of Oaktree at the same per‑unit price as this offering and to cancel a corresponding number of Class B shares; that purchase is conditioned on completion of this offering. The prospectus lists total Class A shares outstanding after the offering as 194,114,585 (or 196,723,281 if the over-allotment is exercised).
Viper Energy, Inc. reports that certain existing stockholders have launched an underwritten secondary public offering of 17,391,304 shares of its Class A common stock. The selling stockholders have also granted underwriters a 30-day option to buy up to an additional 2,608,696 shares to cover over-allotments. Viper will not receive any proceeds from these share sales.
Separately, Viper agreed to a Concurrent OpCo Unit Purchase, buying 1,000,000 units of VNOM Holding Company LLC from Oaktree affiliates at the same price per unit as the secondary offering, contingent on that offering closing. The filing also provides an unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for 2025, reflecting the previously completed approximately $4.0 billion all‑equity Sitio Acquisition and the 2025 Endeavor Drop Down, including the $1.0 billion cash component and related equity issuance. On a pro forma basis for 2025, net loss attributable to common stockholders is shown at $43 million with basic and diluted net loss per share of $0.25.
Viper Energy, Inc. officer William F. Krueger reported his initial holdings on a Form 3. He directly holds 1,891.854 shares of Class A common stock and 5,486 restricted stock units, each convertible into one share. Of these units, 2,743 are scheduled to vest in two equal annual installments beginning on March 1, 2026.
Viper Energy, Inc. filed its annual report describing a royalty-focused oil and gas business concentrated in the Permian Basin. The company owns mineral and royalty interests underlying 96,003 net royalty acres and 4,462,119 gross royalty acres as of December 31, 2025.
Proved reserves totaled 406,035 MBOE, with about 78% proved developed producing and a mix of 48% oil, 26% natural gas and 26% natural gas liquids. Net production averaged 95,126 BOE/d in 2025, reaching about 134,000 BOE/d in the fourth quarter.
Viper completed several major portfolio moves, including a roughly $4.0 billion all-equity Sitio Acquisition, an $873 million cash-and-equity “2025 Drop Down” from a Diamondback affiliate, and a $617 million Non-Permian Divestiture in early 2026. The company also recorded $768 million of non-cash ceiling test impairments in 2025 due to commodity price conditions.
Viper Energy, Inc. reported strong volume growth and portfolio expansion for Q4 and full year 2025 while posting a GAAP net loss driven by a large non-cash impairment tied to acquired properties. Q4 2025 production averaged 66,413 bo/d (134,000 boe/d), with full year 2025 at 48,973 bo/d (95,126 boe/d).
The company generated Q4 consolidated adjusted net income of $121 million, or $0.72 per Class A share, and cash available for distribution of $145 million, or $0.85 per share. It declared a Q4 2025 base dividend of $0.38 and variable dividend of $0.14, and repurchased 2.4 million shares for about $94 million, returning 90% of cash available for distribution to Class A holders.
For 2026, Viper is increasing its annual base dividend 15% to $1.52 per share and enlarging its share repurchase authorization by $1.0 billion, leaving roughly $1.2 billion remaining. It closed a non‑Permian asset divestiture for approximately $617 million and used proceeds to fully repay its term loan and revolver. Proved reserves rose 107% year over year to 406,035 Mboe, with a PV‑10 of about $7.4 billion.