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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001602065-23-000080"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001602065"
company_name: "VNOM Sub, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T00:23:50.593809+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Viper Energy Partners LP to convert to corporation on Nov 13; symbol remains VNOM

## Summary
- Conversion from Delaware LP to corporation Viper Energy, Inc., effective 12:01 a.m. ET on Nov 13, 2023.
- Each common unit converts into one share of Class A common stock; Class B units convert to Class B common stock; general partner interest cancelled.
- Diamondback entities will own ~56% of outstanding common stock post-Conversion, making Viper a controlled company under Nasdaq rules.
- Common stockholders gain voting rights including election of directors; Diamondback can designate up to 3 directors while owning ≥25%.
- Kaes Van't Hof appointed to the General Partner board effective Nov 3, 2023; no additional compensation for board service.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001602065-23-000080
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001602065
- company_name: VNOM Sub, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1602065/000160206523000080/0001602065-23-000080-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1602065/000160206523000080/vnom-20231102.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001602065-23-000080.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kaes Van’t Hof was appointed as Director at VNOM Sub, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 2, 2023, Kaes Van’t Hof, who currently serves as President of Viper Energy Partners GP LLC, the general partner of the Partnership (the “General Partner”), was appointed to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the General Partner, to fill the newly created directorship on the Board, effective as of November 3, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1602065/000160206523000080/0001602065-23-000080-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  VNOM Sub, Inc.: Second Amendment to LP Agreement clarified conversion conditions and removed general partner interest requirement (effective 2023-11-02).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-11-02
  source text: On November 2, 2023, the General Partner entered into the Second Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1602065/000160206523000080/0001602065-23-000080-index.htm

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