<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001193125-25-240622.txt : 20251015
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-25-240622
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:			Tompsett Stephan E
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001682422
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-40955
		FILM NUMBER:		251396255

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		19100 RIDGEWOOD PARKWAY
		CITY:			SAN ANTONIO
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78259

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, 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;) 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 102,592 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">At the Effective Time, each outstanding award of performance-vesting restricted stock units (&quot;Issuer PSU Awards&quot;) held by the Reporting Person as of immediately prior to the Effective Time 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 Aris PSU Award (assuming that any performance-based vesting conditions applicable to such Issuer PSU Award were achieved at the greater of (x) the target level of performance and (y) the greater of the actual level of performance through (1) August 13, 2025, and (2) the Effective Time), multiplied by (ii) $25.00, plus an additional amount in cash equal to any accrued but unpaid dividend equivalents.</footnote>
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