# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001539838
**File Stem:** 0000950170-25-081928
**Filing Date:** 2025-6
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000950170-25-081928.hdr.sgml**: 20250604

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000950170-25-081928

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: SCHEDULE 13D/A

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250604

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250604

**SUBJECT COMPANY**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Viper Energy, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001602065
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 01 Energy & Transportation
- **EIN:** 465001985
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** SCHEDULE 13D/A
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 005-89593
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251024783

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 500 WEST TEXAS AVENUE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 100
- **CITY:** MIDLAND
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 79701
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 432-221-7400

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 500 WEST TEXAS AVENUE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 100
- **CITY:** MIDLAND
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 79701

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Viper Energy Partners LP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20140307
**FILED BY**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Diamondback Energy, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001539838
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 01 Energy & Transportation
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** SCHEDULE 13D/A

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 500 WEST TEXAS AVENUE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 100
- **CITY:** MIDLAND
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 79701
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 432-221-7400

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 500 WEST TEXAS AVENUE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 100
- **CITY:** MIDLAND
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 79701

### Attached PDF Documents

**Attachment 1:** `ck0000000000-ex99_1.pdf`

Executive Officers and Directors of
Diamondback Energy, Inc.,
Diamondback E&amp;P LLC and Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P.

| Name | Class A Common Stock Beneficially Owned | Percentage of Class Beneficially Owned |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travis D. Stice | 106,169 | * |
| M. Kaes Van’t Hof | 35,362 | * |
| Daniel N. Wesson | 451 | * |
| Matt Zmigrosky | 4,253 | * |
| Teresa L. Dick | 11,540 | * |
| Albert Barkmann | 1,000 | * |
| Chad McAllaster | 0 | * |
| Jere W. Thompson III | 0 | * |
| Vincent K. Brooks | 0 | * |
| Darin G. Holderness | 0 | * |
| Rebecca A. Klein | 0 | * |
| Stephanie K. Mains | 0 | * |
| Charles A. Meloy | 0 | * |
| Mark L. Plaumann | 0 | * |
| Robert K. Reeves | 0 | * |
| Lance W. Robertson | 0 | * |
| Melanie M. Trent | 0 | * |
| Frank D. Tsuru | 0 | * |
| Steven E. West | 28,615 (1) | * |

*Less than 1%

(1) Excludes interests that will not vest within 60 days.

To Diamondback’s knowledge, each of the listed in the table above has sole voting power and dispositive power with respect to all of the Class A Common Stock reported for him or her in such table as of May 30, 2025.

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

## SCHEDULE 13D

### Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

**(Amendment No. 5)**

**Viper Energy, Inc.**

*(Name of Issuer)*

**Class A Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share**

*(Title of Class of Securities)*

**927959106**

*(CUSIP Number)*

**Teresa L. Dick**<br>Diamondback Energy, Inc.<br>900 NW 63rd Street, Suite 200<br>Oklahoma City OK 73116<br>(405) 463-6900

*(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)*

**06/02/2025**

*(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)*

| **CUSIP No.** | **927959106** |

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| | | | |
|:--|:--|:--|:--|
| 1 | Name of reporting person<br>**Diamondback Energy, Inc.** | Name of reporting person<br>**Diamondback Energy, Inc.** | |
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)<br>[x] (a)<br>[ ] (b) | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)<br>[x] (a)<br>[ ] (b) | |
| 3 | SEC use only | SEC use only | |
| 4 | Source of funds (See Instructions)<br>**WC** | Source of funds (See Instructions)<br>**WC** | |
| 5 | Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)<br>[ ] | Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)<br>[ ] | |
| 6 | Citizenship or place of organization<br>**DELAWARE** | Citizenship or place of organization<br>**DELAWARE** | |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 7 | Sole Voting Power<br>**155058093.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 8 | Shared Voting Power<br>**0.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 9 | Sole Dispositive Power<br>**155058093.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 10 | Shared Dispositive Power<br>**0.00** |
| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person<br>**155058093.00** | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person<br>**155058093.00** | |
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)<br>[ ] | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)<br>[ ] | |
| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)<br>**54.2%** | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)<br>**54.2%** | |
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<br>**CO** | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<br>**CO** | |

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| **CUSIP No.** | **927959106** |

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| | | | |
|:--|:--|:--|:--|
| 1 | Name of reporting person<br>**Diamondback E&P LLC** | Name of reporting person<br>**Diamondback E&P LLC** | |
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)<br>[x] (a)<br>[ ] (b) | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)<br>[x] (a)<br>[ ] (b) | |
| 3 | SEC use only | SEC use only | |
| 4 | Source of funds (See Instructions)<br>**WC** | Source of funds (See Instructions)<br>**WC** | |
| 5 | Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)<br>[ ] | Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)<br>[ ] | |
| 6 | Citizenship or place of organization<br>**DELAWARE** | Citizenship or place of organization<br>**DELAWARE** | |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 7 | Sole Voting Power<br>**8066528.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 8 | Shared Voting Power<br>**0.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 9 | Sole Dispositive Power<br>**8066528.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 10 | Shared Dispositive Power<br>**0.00** |
| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person<br>**8066528.00** | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person<br>**8066528.00** | |
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)<br>[ ] | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)<br>[ ] | |
| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)<br>**5.8%** | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)<br>**5.8%** | |
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<br>**OO** | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<br>**OO** | |

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| **CUSIP No.** | **927959106** |

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| | | | |
|:--|:--|:--|:--|
| 1 | Name of reporting person<br>**Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P.** | Name of reporting person<br>**Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P.** | |
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)<br>[x] (a)<br>[ ] (b) | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)<br>[x] (a)<br>[ ] (b) | |
| 3 | SEC use only | SEC use only | |
| 4 | Source of funds (See Instructions)<br>**WC** | Source of funds (See Instructions)<br>**WC** | |
| 5 | Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)<br>[ ] | Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)<br>[ ] | |
| 6 | Citizenship or place of organization<br>**TEXAS** | Citizenship or place of organization<br>**TEXAS** | |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 7 | Sole Voting Power<br>**69626640.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 8 | Shared Voting Power<br>**0.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 9 | Sole Dispositive Power<br>**69626640.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 10 | Shared Dispositive Power<br>**0.00** |
| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person<br>**69626640.00** | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person<br>**69626640.00** | |
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)<br>[ ] | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)<br>[ ] | |
| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)<br>**34.7%** | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)<br>**34.7%** | |
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<br>**PN** | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<br>**PN** | |

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**Item 1. Security and Issuer**

**(a) Title of Class of Securities:**
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share

**(b) Name of Issuer:**
Viper Energy, Inc.

**(c) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:**
500 West Texas Ave., Suite 100, Midland, TX, 79701

The following constitutes Amendment No. 5 ("Amendment No. 5") to the Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") by Diamondback Energy, Inc. ("Diamondback"), Diamondback E&P LLC ("Diamondback E&P")  on August 11, 2016, as amended on March 7, 2024, March 8, 2024, February 3, 2025 and May 5, 2025 (which added Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P. ("Endeavor")) (collectively, the "Schedule 13D"), relating to Viper Energy, Inc. (the "Issuer"). This Amendment No. 5 amends and supplements the Schedule 13D as specifically set forth herein.

All capitalized terms contained herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Schedule 13D, as amended. Information given in response to each item shall be deemed incorporated by reference in all other items, as applicable.

**Item 4. Purpose of Transaction**

The information in Item 6 is incorporated herein by reference.

**Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer**

**(a)**
Item 5 is supplemented and superseded, as the case may be, as follows:

As of the close of business on May 30, 2025, Diamondback beneficially owned 54.2% of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Issuer ("Common Stock"), Diamondback E&P beneficially owned 5.8% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock and Endeavor beneficially owned 34.7% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

The aggregate number and percentage of Common Stock beneficially owned by Diamondback, Diamondback E&P and Endeavor is based on 131,067,235 shares of Class A common stock, par value 0.000001 per share ("Class A Common Stock") of the Issuer outstanding as of May 30, 2025, as reported in the Issuer's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 4, 2025, relating to the Sitio Acquisition (as defined in Item 6). The aggregate percentage of Common Stock beneficially owned by Diamondback does not reflect 10,093,670 units of OpCo ("OpCo Units") and an option to purchase 10,093,670 shares of Class B common stock, par value 0.000001 per share ("Class B Common Stock") of the Issuer (which securities together are exchangeable for the same number of shares of Class A Common Stock), in each case granted to Tumbleweed Royalty IV, LLC ("TWR IV"), a third-party seller, in connection with the Issuer's acquisition of certain mineral and royalty-owning subsidiaries of TWR IV on October 1, 2024, as reported in the Issuer's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 2, 2024.

The beneficial ownership percentage of the Listed Persons is set forth on Exhibit 99.1.

**(b)**
Diamondback:

Sole Voting Power: 155,058,093
Shared Voting Power: 0
Sole Dispositive Power: 85,431,453
Shared Dispositive Power: 0

Includes (i) 77,364,925 shares of Class B Common Stock and 77,364,925 OpCo Units held by Diamondback, (ii) 8,066,528 shares of Class B Common Stock and 8,066,528 OpCo Units held by Diamondback's wholly owned subsidiary, Diamondback E&P and (iii) 69,626,640 shares of Class B Common Stock and 69,626,640 OpCo Units held by Diamondback's wholly owned subsidiary, Endeavor. Diamondback, Diamondback E&P and Endeavor have the right to exchange their shares of Class B Common Stock and an equal number of OpCo Units on a one-for-one basis for shares of Class A Common Stock.

Diamondback E&P:

Sole Voting Power: 8,066,528
Shared Voting Power: 0
Sole Dispositive Power: 8,066,528
Shared Dispositive Power: 0

Includes 8,066,528 shares of Class B Common Stock and 8,066,528 OpCo Units held by Diamondback E&P. Diamondback E&P has the right to exchange its shares of Class B Common Stock and an equal number of OpCo Units on a one-for-one basis for shares of Class A Common Stock.

Endeavor:

Sole Voting Power: 69,626,640
Shared Voting Power: 0
Sole Dispositive Power: 69,626,640
Shared Dispositive Power: 0

Includes 69,626,640 shares of Class B Common Stock and 69,626,640 OpCo Units held by Endeavor. Endeavor has the right to exchange its shares of Class B Common Stock and an equal number of OpCo Units on a one-for-one basis for shares of Class A Common Stock.

The beneficial ownership of the Listed Persons is set forth in Exhibit 99.1.

**(c)**
The information contained in Items 4 and 6 is incorporated herein by reference. Except as otherwise described herein or in Amendment No. 4 to the Schedule 13D, none of the Reporting Persons nor, to the Reporting Persons' knowledge, the Listed Persons has effected any transactions in the shares of Class A Common Stock during the past 60 days.

**Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer.**

Item 6 is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following:

Written Consent:

On June 2, 2025, the Issuer and Viper Energy Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Opco"), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with Sitio Royalties Corp., a Delaware corporation ("Sitio"), Sitio Royalties Operating Partnership, LP, a Delaware limited partnership and a subsidiary of Sitio ("Sitio Opco"), New Cobra Pubco, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer ("New Parent"), Cobra Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of New Parent ("Viper Merger Sub"), and Scorpion Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of New Parent ("Sitio Merger Sub").  Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Issuer will acquire Sitio in an all-equity transaction (the "Sitio Acquisition") through: (i) the merger of Sitio Merger Sub with and into Sitio, with Sitio continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of New Parent, (ii) the merger (the "Viper Pubco Merger") of Viper Merger Sub with and into Viper, with Viper continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of New Parent, and (iii) the merger of Sitio Opco with and into Viper Opco, with Viper Opco continuing as the surviving entity, in each case on the terms set forth in the Merger Agreement.

On June 2, 2025, following the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Reporting Persons delivered a written consent irrevocably approving the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, which constitutes the requisite approval of the stockholders of the Issuer under the Merger Agreement.

Support Agreement:

Concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement, Sitio, Viper, New Parent, and the Reporting Persons entered into the Parent Support Agreement, dated June 2, 2025 (the "Support Agreement"), which provides, among other things, that the Reporting Persons will not transfer or otherwise dispose of any common stock of the Issuer or New Parent or OpCo Units held by them or engage in any short sales with respect to securities of the Issuer, the Company or, following the closing, New Parent, in each case, from the date of the Merger Agreement to 90 days following the closing under the  Merger Agreement (the "Restricted Period"), subject to certain exceptions. The Reporting Persons have agreed to not commence or participate in claim against the Issuer, New Parent, Sitio or any of their respective affiliates or successors or any of their respective directors, managers or officers (a) challenging the validity of, or seeking to enjoin or delay the operation of, any provision of the Support Agreement or the Merger Agreement or (b) alleging a breach of any duty of the Issuer's board in connection with the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby. The Reporting Persons have irrevocably and unconditionally waived any appraisal or dissenter's rights that they may have in connection with the Viper Pubco Merger.  The Reporting Persons have agreed that if any takeover law becomes applicable to the Viper Pubco Merger or any other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, they will grant such approvals and take such actions as are reasonably necessary so that the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated thereby and otherwise act to eliminate or minimize the effects of such statute or regulation on the transactions contemplated thereby.  The Support Agreement will terminate at the earliest of (i) the date the Merger Agreement is validly terminated in accordance with its terms (if prior to the closing of the Sitio Acquisition), (ii) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (iii) mutual consent of the parties to the Support Agreement.

The foregoing description of the Support Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by the full text of, the Support Agreement, which is included as Exhibit 99.2 to this Schedule 13D and is incorporated herein by reference.

### SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

**Reporting Person:** Diamondback Energy, Inc.

**Signature:** /s/ Teresa L. Dick

**Name/Title:** Teresa L. Dick/Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Assistant Secretary

**Date:** 06/04/2025

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

**Reporting Person:** Diamondback E&P LLC

**Signature:** /s/ Teresa L. Dick

**Name/Title:** Teresa L. Dick/Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Assistant Secretary

**Date:** 06/04/2025

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

**Reporting Person:** Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P.

**Signature:** /s/ Teresa L. Dick

**Name/Title:** Teresa L. Dick/Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Assistant Secretary

**Date:** 06/04/2025