Viper Energy, Inc.

The Revolving Credit Facility

At March 31, 2026, our Revolving Credit Facility, which matures on June 12, 2030, had a commitment amount of $1.50 billion, with $20 million in outstanding borrowings and $1.48 billion of availability.

See Note 6—Debt of the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements for additional discussions of our debt.

Capital Requirements

Repurchases of Securities

On December 10, 2025, our board of directors expanded the repurc hase program to include repurchases of our Class B Common Stock and OpCo Unitsin addition to our previously authorized Class A Common Stock. On February 18, 2026, our board of directors also approved an increase in our repurchase program authorization from $750 million to $1.75 billion, excluding the 1% U.S. federal excise tax on certain repurchases of stock by publicly traded U.S. corporations enacted as part of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Since the inception of our repurchase program through May 1, 2026, we have repurchased an aggregate of 18,768,257 shares of our Common Stock and 2,000,000 OpCo Units for a total cost of $610 million, excluding any applicable excise tax, leaving approximately $1.14 billion for future repurchases under the repurchase program. See Note 7—Stockholders’ Equity of the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements for further discussion of our stock repurchase program.

First Quarter 2026 Cash Dividends and Return of Capital Update

The Operating Company will pay a cash distribution for the first quarter of 2026 in accordance with its distribution policy of $0.86 per OpCo Unit on May 21, 2026, to eligible holders of record at the close of business on May 14, 2026.

Our capital‑light business model and high free cash flow margins positioned us to further deliver on our comprehensive capital allocation strategy. As a result, in addition to repurchases under our repurchase program, we will pay a cash dividend for the first quarter of 2026 of $0.68 per share of Class A Common Stock payable on May 21, 2026, to eligible holders of record at the close of business on May 14, 2026. The dividend to stockholders consists of a base quarterly dividend of $0.38 per share of Class A Common Stock and a variable quarterly dividend of $0.30 per share of Class A Common Stock.

We expect to continue paying quarterly cash dividends in respect of our Class A Common Stock and OpCo Units. Future base and variable dividends are not required and are at the discretion of the board of directors, who may change the dividend policy at any time. See Note 7—Stockholders’ Equity of the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements for further discussion of the repurchase program and dividends.

Supplemental Guarantor Disclosure

The Guaranteed Senior Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by each of Former Viper and New Viper. Following the Reorganization, Viper Energy Partners LP became the issuer of the Guaranteed Senior Notes.

The Guaranteed Senior Notes and the guarantees are obligations of the issuer and the guarantors that (i) are senior unsecured obligations and rank equally in right of payment with all of their respective existing and future senior indebtedness, including obligations under the Revolving Credit Facility, (ii) rank senior in right of payment to any of their respective future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Guaranteed Senior Notes or the guarantees, as applicable, (iii) are effectively subordinated to any of their respective existing and future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness, and (iv) are structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade payables) of subsidiaries that are not obligors under the Guaranteed Senior Notes.

In the event of bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization or other winding up of the issuer or a guarantor or upon a default in payment with respect to, or the acceleration of, any senior secured indebtedness of the issuer or a guarantor, the assets that secure such senior secured indebtedness will be available to pay obligations on the Guaranteed Senior Notes and the guarantees only after all obligations under such senior secured indebtedness have been repaid in full from such assets. There may not be sufficient assets remaining to pay amounts due on any or all of the Guaranteed Senior Notes then outstanding and the guarantees.

The obligations of the guarantors under the guarantees are limited in a manner designed to prevent the guarantees from constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable law, although no assurance can be given that a court would give the holder the benefit of such provision. If a guarantee were rendered voidable, it could be subordinated by a court to all other indebtedness (including contingent liabilities) of such guarantor, and, depending on the amount of such indebtedness, the guarantor’s liability on such guarantee could be reduced to zero.

In accordance with Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X, subsidiary issuers of obligations guaranteed by the parent are not required to provide separate financial statements, provided that the subsidiary obligor is consolidated into the parent company’s consolidated financial statements, the parent guarantee is “full and unconditional,” except that such guarantee will be released or terminated in certain circumstances set forth in the indentures governing the Guaranteed Senior Notes, and, subject to certain exceptions, the alternative disclosures specified in Rule 13-01 are provided, which include narrative disclosure and summarized financial information. Accordingly, separate consolidated financial statements of the issuer have not been presented. Furthermore, as permitted under Rule 13-01(a)(4)(vi) of Regulation S-X, we have excluded the summarized financial information for the issuer because the assets, liabilities and results of operations of the issuer are not materially different than the corresponding amounts in our consolidated financial statements and management believes such summarized financial information would be repetitive and would not provide incremental value to investors.

Critical Accounting Estimates

There have been no changes to our critical accounting estimates from those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements for recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted, if any.