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MIDLAND, Texas, July 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) ('Viper” or the 'Company”), a subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:FANG) ('Diamondback”), today announced that Viper has completed its previously announced acquisition of all of the equity interests of Riverbend Oil & Gas IX, L.L.C., an entity owning certain mineral and royalty interests, from Riverbend Oil & Gas IX (AIV), L.L.C. and ROG IX, L.L.C. (such acquisition, the 'Riverbend Acquisition”) in exchange for $337 million in cash and approximately 3.7 million shares of Viper’s Class A common stock, par value $0.000001 per share, subject to customary post-closing adjustments. The cash portion of the Riverbend Acquisition was funded through a combination of cash on hand and borrowings under the Company’s credit facility.