Blackstone Inc. — Director's Dealing 2021

Oct 13, 2021

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: Viper Energy Partners LP (VNOM)
CIK: 0001602065
Period of Report: 2021-10-01

Reporting Person: Blackstone Holdings III L.P. (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: BMA VI L.L.C. (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: Blackstone EMA II L.L.C. (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: Blackstone Holdings III GP L.P. (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: Blackstone Holdings III GP Management L.L.C. (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: Blackstone Inc (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: Blackstone Group Management L.L.C. (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: SCHWARZMAN STEPHEN A (10% Owner)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Units	2434192	Indirect
Common Units	12815808	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: 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.

F2: 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 Royalties Holdings LLC.

F3: 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.

F4: (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.

F5: 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.

F6: 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.

F7: Due to the limitations of the electronic filing system certain Reporting Persons are filing a separate Form 3.