<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001193125-25-240640.txt : 20251015
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20251015211203
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-25-240640
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20251015
FILED AS OF DATE:		20251015
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20251015

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Keenan W Howard JR
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001370287
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-40955
		FILM NUMBER:		251396265

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		410 PARK AVENUE
		STREET 2:		20TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Aris Water Solutions, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001865187
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OIL, GAS FIELD SERVICES, NBC [1389]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		EIN:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9651 KATY FREEWAY
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77024
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(832) 304-7003

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9651 KATY FREEWAY
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77024

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Solaris Water, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20210601
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        <footnote id="F1">As of the effective time (the &quot;Effective Time&quot;) of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger entered into on August 6, 2025, by and among the Issuer, Western Midstream Partners, LP (&quot;Parent&quot;), Arrakis OpCo Merger Sub LLC, Arrakis Holdings Inc., Arrakis Unit Merger Sub LLC, Arrakis Cash Merger Sub LLC and Aris Water Holdings, LLC (&quot;Aris OpCo&quot;), each issued and outstanding share of the Issuer's Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&quot;Issuer Class A Common Stock&quot;) and each Aris OpCo Unit and a corresponding share of Issuer Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&quot;Issuer Class B Common Stock&quot;), held by the Reporting Person as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, was converted into the right to receive, pursuant to an election made by the Reporting Person, one of the following forms of consideration:</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">cont'd from Footnote 1: (i) $7.00 in cash (without interest) and 0.450 common units representing limited partnership interests in Parent (&quot;Parent Common Units&quot;); (ii) $25.00 in cash (without interest); (iii) 0.625 Parent Common Units (&quot;Common Unit Election Consideration&quot;), or (iv) in the event of the Reporting Person's failure to timely deliver an election, the Common Unit Election Consideration.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This amount includes 4,426 shares of Issuer Class A Common Stock subject to awards of time-vesting restricted stock units (&quot;Issuer RSU Awards&quot;) held by the Reporting Person. At the Effective Time, each Issuer RSU Award was converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to (i) the total number of shares of Issuer Class A Common Stock subject to such Issuer RSU Award, multiplied by (ii) $25.00, plus an additional amount in cash equal to any accrued but unpaid cash-based dividend equivalents.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">These securities are held directly by Yorktown XI, whose general partner is Yorktown XI Company LP (&quot;Yorktown XI Company&quot;), whose general partner is Yorktown XI Associates LLC (&quot;Yorktown XI Associates&quot;). The Reporting Person is a managing member of Yorktown XI Associates. The Reporting Person, Yorktown XI Company and Yorktown XI Associates are indirect beneficial owners of the reported securities.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureDate>2025-10-15</signatureDate>
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