---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-085640"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FANG"
cik: "0001539838"
company_name: "Diamondback Energy, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-03-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T09:11:58.823067+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Diamondback Energy board member Michael P. Cross to retire, not stand for re-election

## Summary
- Michael P. Cross, board member since IPO, will not stand for re-election at 2023 Annual Meeting.
- His term as director and committee member expires immediately after the Annual Meeting.
- Retirement is not due to any disagreement with the Company's operations, policies, or practices.
- Cross served on Audit, Compensation, Nominating, and Safety committees.
- Chairman/CEO Travis Stice thanked Cross for his decade of service and contributions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-085640
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FANG
- cik: 0001539838
- company_name: Diamondback Energy, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-03-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1539838/000119312523085640/0001193125-23-085640-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1539838/000119312523085640/d439531d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-085640.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael P. Cross departed as Director at Diamondback Energy, Inc..
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 28, 2023, Michael P. Cross, who has been a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Diamondback Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) for over a decade since the Company’s initial public offering and who currently also serves on the Board’s Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Safety, Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Committee, informed the Company of his decision not to stand for re-election at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1539838/000119312523085640/0001193125-23-085640-index.htm

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