Diamondback Energy CEO transition: Stice becomes Executive Chairman, Van't Hof new CEO

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

Travis Stice stepped down as CEO effective May 21, 2025; became Executive Chairman.
Kaes Van't Hof, former President, succeeded Stice as CEO and elected to board.
David L. Houston retired as director after 12 years; did not stand for re-election.
All 13 directors elected; say-on-pay approved (253.9M for); Grant Thornton ratified; severance proposal defeated.

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Role change

Travis D. Stice

Executive Chairman

FANG · Diamondback Energy, Inc.

Effective: 2025-05-21
Successor: Kaes Van't Hof
Filed: May 21, 2025 23:59 UTC

Travis D. Stice stepped down as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and became Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, in each case effective as of May 21, 2025

Appointed

Kaes Van't Hof

Director

FANG · Diamondback Energy, Inc.

Effective: 2025-05-21
Filed: May 21, 2025 23:59 UTC

At the 2025 Annual Meeting, Mr. Van’t Hof was also elected to serve as a director of the Company until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

Role change

Kaes Van't Hof

Chief Executive Officer

FANG · Diamondback Energy, Inc.

Effective: 2025-05-21
Filed: May 21, 2025 23:59 UTC

Effective as of the date of the 2025 Annual Meeting, Kaes Van’t Hof, former President of the Company, succeeded Mr. Stice as Chief Executive Officer.

Departed

David L. Houston

Director

FANG · Diamondback Energy, Inc.

Effective: 2025-05-21
Filed: May 21, 2025 23:59 UTC

David L. Houston, who served as a director of the Company since the Company’s initial public offering, did not stand for re-election at the 2025 Annual Meeting and retired as a director and member of the Company’s Audit Committee and Safety, Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Committee, effective as of the date of the 2025 Annual Meeting.

Source: SEC EDGAR

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