---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001539838-26-000090"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FANG"
cik: "0001539838"
company_name: "Diamondback Energy, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-20T20:03:32+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T20:04:41.263749+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Travis Stice transitions to non-executive Chairman at Diamondback, as previously planned

## Summary
- Travis Stice stepped down as Executive Chairman, became non-executive Chairman effective May 20, 2026.
- Stice will be compensated per non-employee director program; COBRA premiums reimbursed through Dec 2026.
- All 13 director nominees elected at 2026 annual meeting with strong support.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved (245.9M for, 3.5M against); 1-year frequency chosen for future votes.
- Grant Thornton LLP ratified as auditor for FY 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001539838-26-000090
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FANG
- cik: 0001539838
- company_name: Diamondback Energy, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T20:03:32+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1539838/000153983826000090/0001539838-26-000090-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1539838/000153983826000090/fang-20260520.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001539838-26-000090.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Travis D. Stice changed role as non-executive Chairman of the Board at Diamondback Energy, Inc..
  - Action: stepped down as Executive Chairman and became non-executive Chairman
  - Role: non-executive Chairman of the Board
  source text: Travis D. Stice stepped down as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) and became non-executive Chairman of the Board, in each case effective as of May 20, 2026, the date of the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2026 Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1539838/000153983826000090/0001539838-26-000090-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.