secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Western Midstream Partners, LP (WES)
CIK:        0001423902
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001423902-25-000097
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.01, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Western Midstream completes acquisition of Aris Water Solutions for $415M cash + 26.6M units
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- Each Aris share converted into 0.625 WES units, $25 cash (subject to proration), or 0.45 units + $7 cash.
- Final elections: 14.4M shares elected all stock, 33.8M all cash (prorated to ~$10 cash + 0.375 units), 11.0M mixed.
- Aris 7.250% Senior Notes due 2030 remain outstanding and assumed by WES OpCo.
- WES becomes one of largest three-stream midstream providers in Delaware Basin; expects to lead integrated water solutions.
- Total consideration ~28% cash, ~72% equity; $415M cash and ~26.6M WES common units issued.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423902/000142390225000097/0001423902-25-000097-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423902/000142390225000097/wes-20251015.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001423902-25-000097

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