SEC Form 3
| FORM 3 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 10/01/2021 | 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Viper Energy Partners LP [ VNOM ] | |||||||||||||
| 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
| 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) | ||||||||||||||
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) | 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| Common Units | 2,434,192 | I | See Footnotes(1)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7) |
| Common Units | 12,815,808 | I | See Footnotes(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7) |
| Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Reflects common units representing limited partner interests ("Common Units"), of Viper Energy Partners LP (the "Issuer") directly held by Swallowtail Royalties LLC. Guidon Energy Holdings LP is the managing member of Swallowtail Royalties LLC. Guidon Energy Holdings GP LLC is the general partner of Guidon Energy Holdings LP. |
| 2. Reflects Common Units directly held by Swallowtail Royalties II LLC. Swallowtail Royalties Holdings LLC is the managing member of Swallowtail Royalties II LLC. BX Swallowtail Royalties Holding LLC is the managing member of Swallowtail Royalties Holdings LLC. BX Guidon Topco LLC is the managing member of Swallowtail Roytalities Holdings LLC. |
| 3. The controlling membership interests of Guidon Energy Holdings GP LLC and BX Guidon Topco LLC are held by Blackstone Management Associates VI L.L.C. and Blackstone Energy Management Associates II L.L.C. BMA VI L.L.C. is the sole member of Blackstone Management Associates VI L.L.C. Blackstone EMA II L.L.C. is the sole member of Blackstone Energy Management Associates II L.L.C. Blackstone Holdings III L.P. is the managing member of each of BMA VI L.L.C. and Blackstone EMA II L.L.C. Blackstone Holdings III GP L.P. is the general partner of Blackstone Holdings III L.P. Blackstone Holdings III GP Management L.L.C. is the general partner of Blackstone Holdings III GP L.P. Blackstone Inc. is the sole member of Blackstone Holdings III GP Management L.L.C. |
| 4. (Continued from Footnote 3) The sole holder of the Series II preferred stock of Blackstone Inc. is Blackstone Group Management L.L.C. Blackstone Group Management L.L.C. is wholly-owned by Blackstone's senior managing directors and controlled by its founder, Stephen A. Schwarzman. |
| 5. Information with respect to each of the Reporting Persons is given solely by such Reporting Person, and no Reporting Person has responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of information supplied by another Reporting Person. |
| 6. Each of the Reporting Persons (other than to the extent it directly holds securities reported herein) disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by the other Reporting Persons, except to the extent of such Reporting Person's pecuniary interest therein, and, pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), each of the Reporting Persons (other than to the extent it directly holds securities reported herein) states that the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose or that the Reporting Persons are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act. |
| 7. Due to the limitations of the electronic filing system certain Reporting Persons are filing a separate Form 3. |
| Remarks: |
| On October 1, 2021, the Issuer and its subsidiary Viper Energy Partners LLC ("Viper OpCo" and, together with the Issuer, the "Buyer Parties") completed the acquisition (the "Acquisition") of certain mineral and royalty interests from Swallowtail Royalties LLC and Swallowtail Royalties II LLC (collectively, the "Seller") under the previously reported Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of August 6, 2021, by and between the Buyer Parties and the Seller (the "Purchase and Sale Agreement"). The total consideration for the Acquisition consisted of 15.25 million common units representing limited partnership interests in Viper and approximately $225 million in cash. Form 1 of 2 |
| SWALLOWTAIL ROYALTIES LLC, By: /s/ Jay Still, Name: Jay Still, Title: Chief Executive Officer | 10/12/2021 | |
| GUIDON ENERGY HOLDINGS LP, By: Guidon Energy Holdings GP LLC, By: /s/ Jay Still, Name: Jay Still, Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | 10/12/2021 | |
| GUIDON ENERGY HOLDINGS GP LLC, By: /s/ Jay Still, Name: Jay Still, Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | 10/12/2021 | |
| SWALLOWTAIL ROYALTIES II LLC, By: /s/ Jay Still, Name: Jay Still, Title: Chief Executive Officer | 10/12/2021 | |
| SWALLOWTAIL ROYALTIES HOLDINGS LLC, By: /s/ Jay Still, Name: Jay Still, Title: Chief Executive Officer | 10/12/2021 | |
| BX SWALLOWTAIL ROYALTIES HOLDING LLC, By: /s/ Angelo Acconcia, Name: Angelo Acconcia, Title: President | 10/12/2021 | |
| BX GUIDON TOPCO LLC, By: /s/ Angelo Acconcia, Name: Angelo Acconcia, Title: President | 10/12/2021 | |
| BLACKSTONE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES VI L.L.C., By: BMA VI L.L.C., its sole member, By: /s/ Tabea Hsi, Name: Tabea Hsi, Title: Authorized Signatory | 10/12/2021 | |
| BLACKSTONE ENERGY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES II L.L.C., By: Blackstone EMA II L.L.C., its sole member, By: /s/ Tabea Hsi, Name: Tabea Hsi, Title: Authorized Signatory | 10/12/2021 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||