secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Viper Energy, Inc. (VNOM)
CIK:        0002074176
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-11-10T21:28:41+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-125230
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 3.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Viper Energy adopts OpCo distribution reinvestment plan capped at 72.2M units; Diamondback affiliates opt in
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- Viper Energy and VNOM Holding Company LLC jointly adopted the OpCo DRIP on November 5, 2026; OpCo unit holders may reinvest cash distributions in newly issued units.
- Each new OpCo Unit is paired with one share of Class B common stock (or an option increase); one OpCo Unit plus one Class B share exchanges into one Class A share.
- Issue price equals the average closing price of Class A common stock (VNOM) over the five trading days before the distribution payment date.
- Aggregate cap is 72,178,273 OpCo Units, about 19.99% of Class A and Class B shares outstanding on the November 5, 2026 plan effective date.
- Diamondback Energy and affiliates holding OpCo Units, including Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P. and Diamondback E&P LLC, have elected to participate; issuance relies on Section 4(a)(2).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2074176/000110465926125230/0001104659-26-125230-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2074176/000110465926125230/tm2629491d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-125230

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