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style="font-size:6pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</span></p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 3pt 0pt;">Emerging growth company <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="Duration_2_28_2022_To_2_28_2022_BFak86121E69mF6vFtGLKA" format="ixt-sec:boolballotbox" name="dei:EntityEmergingGrowthCompany" id="Narr_xv5AccKhuUKm76xymP0z9A"><span style="font-family:'Segoe UI Symbol';">&#9746;</span></ix:nonNumeric></p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><span style="font-size:2pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</span></p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0.15pt 0pt;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="Duration_2_28_2022_To_2_28_2022_BFak86121E69mF6vFtGLKA" format="ixt-sec:boolballotbox" name="dei:EntityExTransitionPeriod" id="Narr_SfaOb4Hb-UaK7N-WagFBdA"><span style="font-family:'Segoe UI Symbol';">&#9744;</span></ix:nonNumeric></p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0.15pt 5.3pt;"><span style="font-size:3pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</span></p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;padding-bottom:1pt;padding-top:1pt;border-bottom:3.0pt solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt 0pt 0.15pt 0pt;"><span style="font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</span></p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0.15pt 5.3pt;"><span style="margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</span></p><p style="display:none;font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';line-height:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0.15pt 5.3pt;"><span style="font-size:0pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</span></p></div></div>
<div style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;height:2pt;page-break-after:always;width:79.3%;border:0;margin:30pt 10.35% 30pt 10.35%;"></div><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:10.35%;padding-right:10.35%;position:relative;"><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.</b></p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;line-height:1.79;padding-left:0.8pt;text-indent:-0.8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;">On February 28, 2022, Aris Water Solutions, Inc. issued a press release announcing its operating and financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2021. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.</p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;line-height:1.79;padding-left:0.7pt;text-indent:-0.7pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;">The information in this Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, is being furnished and shall not be deemed &#8220;filed&#8221; for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.</p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;line-height:1.79;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Item 8.01 Other Events.</b></p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;line-height:1.79;margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;">On February 25, 2022, Aris Water Solutions, Inc. (&#8220;Aris&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;) announced that its Board of Directors declared and approved a dividend on its Class A common stock for the first quarter of 2022 of $0.09 per share. In conjunction with the dividend payment, a distribution of $0.09 per unit will be paid to unit holders of Solaris Midstream Holdings, LLC. The dividend will be paid on March 29, 2022 to holders of record of the Company&#8217;s Class A common stock as of the close of business on March 17, 2022. The distribution to unit holders of Solaris Midstream Holdings, LLC will be subject to the same payment and record dates.</p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><span style="display:inline-block;text-indent:0pt;width:49.65pt;"><b style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.01.</b></span><b style="font-weight:bold;">Financial Statements and Exhibits.</b></p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0.15pt 24.5pt;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">(d)  Exhibits.</span></p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><span style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</span></p><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;width:100%;"><tr style="height:1pt;"><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:11.77%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><div style="height:1pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="bottom:0pt;position:absolute;width:100%;"></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:88.22%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><div style="height:1pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="bottom:0pt;position:absolute;width:100%;"></div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:11.77%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Exhibit</b><b style="font-weight:bold;"><br /></b><b style="font-weight:bold;">Number</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:88.22%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Description</b></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:11.77%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">99.1</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:88.22%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="aris-20220228xex99d1.htm"><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;">Press release of Aris Water Solutions, Inc. dated February 28, 2022.</span></a></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:11.77%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">104</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:88.22%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)</p></td></tr></table><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><span style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</span></p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><span style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</span></p></div></div>
<div style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;height:2pt;page-break-after:always;width:79.3%;border:0;margin:30pt 10.35% 30pt 10.35%;"></div><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:10.35%;padding-right:10.35%;position:relative;"><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</b></p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><span style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</span></p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;line-height:1.79;margin:0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><span style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</span></p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;line-height:1.79;margin:0pt;">Date: February 28, 2022</p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><span style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</span></p><a id="_Hlk70454108"></a><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width:100%;"><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50.09%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;width:49.9%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">ARIS WATER SOLUTIONS, INC.</b></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50.09%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:3.59%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;width:46.31%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50.09%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:3.59%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;margin:0pt;">By:</p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;width:46.31%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;margin:0pt;">/s/ Brenda R. Schroer</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50.09%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;width:6.49%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;margin:0pt;">Name:</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:43.41%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;margin:0pt;">Brenda R. Schroer</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50.09%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;width:6.49%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;margin:0pt;">Title:</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:43.41%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;margin:0pt;">Chief Financial Officer</p></td></tr></table><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><span style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</span></p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><span style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</span></p><p style="font-family:'Arial','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><span style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</span></p></div></div>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
February 28, 2022
Aris Water Solutions, Inc
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Delaware
87-1022110
001-40955
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
(Commission File Number)
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9811 Katy Freeway
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Suite 700
Houston
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Texas
77024
(Address of Principle Executive Offices and Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(
281
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501-3070
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report: Not Applicable)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title of Each Class
Trading Symbol
Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
ARIS
New York Stock Exchange
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On February 28, 2022, Aris Water Solutions, Inc. issued a press release announcing its operating and financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2021. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
The information in this Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On February 25, 2022, Aris Water Solutions, Inc. ("Aris" or the "Company") announced that its Board of Directors declared and approved a dividend on its Class A common stock for the first quarter of 2022 of $0.09 per share. In conjunction with the dividend payment, a distribution of $0.09 per unit will be paid to unit holders of Solaris Midstream Holdings, LLC. The dividend will be paid on March 29, 2022 to holders of record of the Company's Class A common stock as of the close of business on March 17, 2022. The distribution to unit holders of Solaris Midstream Holdings, LLC will be subject to the same payment and record dates.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)  Exhibits.
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Exhibit
Number
Description
99.1
Press release of Aris Water Solutions, Inc. dated February 28, 2022.
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)
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SIGNATURES
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Date: February 28, 2022
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ARIS WATER SOLUTIONS, INC.
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By:
/s/ Brenda R. Schroer
Name:
Brenda R. Schroer
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
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