SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Stice Travis D. (Last) (First) (Middle) 500 WEST TEXAS AVENUE SUITE 100 (Street) MIDLAND TX 79701 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Diamondback Energy, Inc. [ FANG ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chief Executive Officer
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/31/2024
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
	Rule 10b5-1(c) Transaction Indication Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	05/31/2024		G		32,670(1)	A	$0	435,593(2)	I(2)	By Stice Investments, Ltd.(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents an estimated number of shares of the issuer's common stock held by Stice Investments, Ltd., which are subject to the gift by Travis Stice's spouse to the TDS 2024 Trust (the "Trust"), of which Mr. Stice is the sole trustee and primary beneficiary and his adult children are secondary beneficiaries. Effective as of May 31, 2024, Mr. Stice's spouse gifted an estimated 8% limited partner interest in Stice Investments, Ltd., which interest was owned by her as of that date as her sole and separate property, to the Trust pursuant to the gift assignment executed effective as of May 31, 2024, which interest was calculated based on the third party valuation of the fair market value of the gifted interest as of May 31, 2024, subject to completion of the final valuation.

2. Stice Investments, Ltd. is managed by Stice Management, LLC, its general partner. Mr. Stice and his spouse hold 100% of the membership interest in Stice Management, LLC, of which Mr. Stice is the manager. Mr. Stice may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of securities beneficially owned by his spouse and, as a result, the gifted interest did not change Mr. Stice's beneficial ownership of the issuer's securities following the reported transaction(s).

Remarks:

	/s/ Teresa L. Dick, as attorney-in-fact for Travis D. Stice	06/04/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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