Viper Energy's Major Shareholders Launch Secondary Offering of 17.4M Shares; Company to Buy Back 1M Units

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Viper Energy's major shareholders, including Diamondback Energy, are selling 17.4 million shares in a secondary offering from which the company will receive no proceeds, though Viper will concurrently repurchase 1 million OpCo units. The filing also provides updated pro forma financials for the combined entity, showing a reduced net loss for 2025.

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• Major Secondary Offering by Key Shareholders

  Selling stockholders, including Diamondback Energy, launched an underwritten public offering of 17,391,304 shares of Class A common stock. The company will not receive any proceeds from this sale, which represents approximately 10.27% of the company's pro forma outstanding shares.

• Company to Repurchase OpCo Units

  Viper Energy agreed to purchase 1,000,000 units in its operating company from affiliates of Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., concurrent with the secondary offering. This repurchase is conditioned upon the completion of the secondary offering.

• Updated Pro Forma Financials Released

  The filing includes unaudited pro forma statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2025, reflecting recent acquisitions. These financials show a pro forma net loss of $(42) million and pro forma basic and diluted EPS of $(0.25), an improvement from the historical reported net loss of $(68) million and EPS of $(0.48).

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This 8-K details a significant secondary offering by major shareholders, including parent company Diamondback Energy, involving 17.4 million shares. The company will not receive any proceeds from this sale, which typically creates an overhang on the stock price as a large block of shares enters the market. While Viper Energy has agreed to concurrently purchase 1 million OpCo units, this buyback is considerably smaller than the shares being sold by the institutional investors. Additionally, the filing provides updated pro forma financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, integrating the Sitio Acquisition and Endeavor Drop-Down, which show a pro forma net loss of $(42) million and EPS of $(0.25), an improvement compared to the historical reported net loss. This clarifies the financial picture of the combined entity following recent acquisitions.