Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Stice Travis D.

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Diamondback Energy, Inc. [FANG]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Chief Executive Officer

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

500 WEST TEXAS AVENUE, SUITE 100

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/31/2024

(Street)

MIDLAND, TX 79701

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

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⁾

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Stice Travis D. 500 WEST TEXAS AVENUE SUITE 100 MIDLAND, TX 79701	X		Chief Executive Officer

Signatures

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

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(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).

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