X0202 SCHEDULE 13D/A 0000950170-25-111487 0001539838 XXXXXXXX LIVE 3 Class A Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share 08/03/2026 false 0002074176 64361Q101 Viper Energy, Inc.

500 West Texas Ave. Suite 100 Midland TX 79701

Teresa L. Dick (432) 221-7400 Diamondback Energy, Inc. 900 NW 63rd Street, Suite 200 Oklahoma City OK 73116 Zachary S. Podolsky (212) 906-1200 Latham & Watkins LLP 1271 Avenue of the Americas New York NY 10020 0001539838 N Diamondback Energy, Inc. OO N DE 142156718.00 0.00 142156718.00 0.00 142156718.00 N 42.2 CO 0001590692 N Diamondback E&P LLC OO N DE 8066528.00 0.00 8066528.00 0.00 8066528.00 N 4.0 OO 0002068309 N Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P. OO N TX 69626640.00 0.00 69626640.00 0.00 69626640.00 N 26.4 OO Class A Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share Viper Energy, Inc. 500 West Texas Ave. Suite 100 Midland TX 79701 This Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D amends and supplements the statement on Schedule 13D originally filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on August 26, 2025 (as amended, the "Schedule 13D"), relating to the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share (the "Class A Common Stock") of Viper Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meaning set forth in the Schedule 13D. Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows: The information contained in Item 4 is incorporated by reference to this Item 3. Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows: Purchase Agreement On August 3, 2026, the Issuer, as parent, and Viper Energy Partners LP, as buyer, entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire certain mineral and royalty interests from the Reporting Persons and related subsidiaries in exchange for 3,654,979 OpCo units and an equivalent number of shares of the Issuer's Class B Common Stock, subject to transaction costs and certain customary post-closing adjustments (the "Purchase Agreement"). The Purchase Agreement is expected to close in September. The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of such agreement, which is attached as an exhibit to this Schedule 13D and incorporated herein by reference. Item 6 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows: Item 4 above summarizes certain provisions of the Purchase Agreement. A copy of such agreement is attached as an exhibit hereto and incorporated herein by reference. Except as set forth herein, none of the Reporting Persons has any contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise) with any person with respect to any securities of the Issuer, including, but not limited to, any contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships concerning the transfer or voting of such securities, finder's fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of profits, division of profits or losses, or the giving or withholding of proxies. Item 7 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows: Exhibit 99.10: Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 3, 2026. Diamondback Energy, Inc. /s/ Teresa L. Dick 08/05/2026 Diamondback E&P LLC /s/ Teresa L. Dick 08/05/2026 Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P. /s/ Teresa L. Dick 08/05/2026