{"url_path":"/sec/cik-0001414475/8-k/2026-06-12/item-1-01","section_key":"item-1-01","section_title":"Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-12","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1414475/0001414475-26-000010-index.html","accession_number":"0001414475-26-000010","cik":"0001414475","ticker":null,"issuer_name":"Western Midstream Operating, LP","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1414475/0001414475-26-000010-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001414475","primary_entity_name":"Western Midstream Operating, LP"},"word_count":271,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.\n\nOn June 11, 2026 (the “Closing Date”), Western Midstream Partners, LP (“WES”), which owns Western Midstream Operating GP, LLC, the general partner of Western Midstream Operating, LP (the “Partnership”), consummated the previously announced acquisition (the “Acquisition”) contemplated by that certain Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated May 6, 2026 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among WES, B-2 Holdings LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of WES (“Purchaser”), and Brazos Permian II, LLC (“Seller”). The Partnership previously reported its entry into the Purchase Agreement under Item 5 of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2026, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 2026. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Purchaser acquired from Seller all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Brazos Delaware II, LLC (“Brazos Delaware”) for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.6 billion, subject to customary purchase price adjustments, consisting of (i) approximately $800 million in cash and (ii) 19,389,239 common units representing limited partner interests in WES, which represented approximately $800 million of WES common units based upon the 20-day weighted-average WES common unit price at the time the acquisition agreement was signed. Following the closing of the Acquisition, Brazos Delaware will be an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Partnership.\n\nThe foregoing summary of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference."}