secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Viper Energy, Inc. (VNOM)
CIK:        0002074176
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-16T20:05:23+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-108245
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Viper Energy appoints John Grotzinger to board; board expands to 9 directors
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- Appointed John Grotzinger as director effective Sept 15, 2026; board size increased to 9.
- Grotzinger is Caltech geology professor, ex-chief scientist of NASA's Mars Curiosity mission.
- Receives non-employee director comp and pro-rated annual RSU; indemnification agreement signed.
- No arrangements or transactions requiring disclosure under Item 404(a).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2074176/000110465926108245/0001104659-26-108245-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2074176/000110465926108245/tm2625491d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-108245

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