Vitesse Energy VTS

On March 26, 2026, the Board appointed Mr. Cree to serve as Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Cree will serve as President and Interim Chief Executive Officer until May 1, 2026. Brian J. Cree. Mr. Cree was appointed the President and Chief Operating Officer of Vitesse in August 2022 and continued as President following the Company's Spin-Off. Mr. Cree has worked in the oil and natural gas industry for over 30 years. In 1987, he joined the predecessor of Gerrity Oil & Gas Corporation and worked closely with Mr. Gerrity for almost nine years to grow and eventually merge Gerrity Oil & Gas Corporation with Patina Oil & Gas Corporation in 1996. While at Gerrity Oil & Gas Corporation, Mr. Cree held various financial and operational roles, including Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer, and served as a director on its board of directors. Mr. Cree served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and as a director of Patina Oil & Gas Corporation from 1996 to 1999, following which time he spent close to ten years as the Chief Financial Officer and/or Chief Operating Officer at various companies focused on oil and gas software, the creation of a molecular memory technology and the use of biotechnology to create sustainable natural gas. Mr. Cree has served as the President of Vitesse Energy since 2014 and the Chief Operating Officer of Vitesse Energy since 2020, and also previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of Vitesse Energy from 2014 to 2020. In addition, Mr. Cree has served as the President of Vitesse Oil since 2013 and the Chief Operating Officer of Vitesse Oil since 2020, and also previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of Vitesse Oil from 2013 to 2020. Mr. Cree served as Vice Chairman of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, a position appointed by the Governor of Colorado, from 1999 through 2007. He received a B.A. in Accounting from the University of Northern Iowa. On March 26, 2026, Brian J. Cree, President of the Company, notified the Board of his decision to retire from the Company effective December 31, 2026.

Mr. Henderson was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of Vitesse in August 2023. Mr. Henderson has over 30 years of oil and gas experience and most recently served as Executive Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Whiting Petroleum Corporation (Whiting) from September 2020 until the closing of its merger with Oasis Petroleum Inc. (Oasis) in July 2022. Prior to joining Whiting, Mr. Henderson served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SRC Energy Inc. from 2015 until the closing of its merger with PDC Energy, Inc. in January 2020. From January 2020 until September 2020 and from July 2022 to August 2023, he was a private investor. Mr. Henderson also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kodiak Oil & Gas Corporation (Kodiak) until its acquisition by Whiting in 2014. Prior to joining Kodiak, Mr. Henderson held various positions at Aspect Energy, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Western Gas Resources, Inc., Apache Corporation and Pennzoil Company. Mr. Henderson has served as a board member of Dynamix Corporation III, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, since November 2025. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting from Texas Tech University and a Master of Business Administration degree in finance from Regis University.

On March 26, 2026, The Board unanimously elected Daniel O'Leary as the next Chairman of the Board. Daniel O'Leary. Mr. O'Leary was elected as a member of our Board in connection with Spin-Off. He has served on the board of Hillman Solutions Corp. (NASDAQ: HLMN) since 2021 and currently serves on its Audit and Nominating, Governance and Environmental and Social Responsibility Committees. Mr. O'Leary has served on the board of Custom Ecology, Inc. since 2021 as its Non-Executive Chairman. Additionally, he served as a director on the board of Sprint Industrial from 2017 to 2019. Mr. O'Leary is an independent consultant who served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Edgen Murray Corporation, a distributor for energy infrastructure components, specialized oil and gas parts and equipment, from 2003 to 2021, and guided a management buyout that grew the company through a series of acquisitions and growth initiatives during that time. He was appointed Chairman of the board of Edgen Murray Corporation in 2006 and served in that role until March 2021. Edgen Murray Corporation completed its initial public offering in May 2012 and was acquired in 2013 by Sumitomo Corporation. Mr. O'Leary has served on various boards within Sumitomo Corporation and its subsidiaries. Mr. O'Leary received a B.S. in Education from Tulsa University.

Mr. Stein was elected as a member of our Board in connection with the Spin-Off. Mr. Stein is a self-employed tax, accounting and general business consultant, having retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in 2000. Mr. Stein was employed for 20 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, most recently as principal in charge of the Denver, Colorado tax practice. Mr. Stein currently serves on the board, and as President effective March 1, 2026, of Club Oil & Gas Inc., a private company that invests in oil and natural gas and real estate interests. Mr. Stein previously served as a director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Denbury Resources Inc. from 2005 to 2020, HighPoint Resources Corporation (formerly, Bill Barrett Corporation) from 2004 to 2021 and Westport Resources Inc. from 2000 to 2004, all public oil and gas companies. In addition, Mr. Stein served from 2001 through 2005 as a director of Koala Corporation, a Denver-based public company engaged in the design, production, and marketing of family convenience products. Mr. Stein also was previously employed as an executive director of a Denver-based independent oil and gas company. Mr. Stein received a B.S. in Accounting from Florida State University.

Ms. Adamany was elected as a member of our Board in connection with the Spin-Off. Ms. Adamany has been a director of Jefferies since 2014, a director of Jefferies Group LLC (Jefferies Group), previously Jefferies' largest subsidiary, from November 2018 until November 1, 2022 (when Jefferies Group merged into Jefferies), and a director of Jefferies International Limited since March 2021. Ms. Adamany is the Senior Independent Director, chairs the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee, and serves as a member of the Audit and Culture & Community Committees of the Jefferies Board. She also serves as Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit, Risk and Nominations and Corporate Governance Committees of Jefferies International Limited. Ms. Adamany also has served as a director of Coeur Mining Inc. (NYSE: CDE) since March 2013 and is a member of its Compensation and Nominations & Governance Committees and Chair of its Audit Committee, and as a director of BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. since March 2018, where she is a member of its Audit and Risk Committees. From October 2017 through April 2019, Ms. Adamany served as a director and member of both the Audit Committee and the Safety, Assurance and Business Ethics Committee of Wood plc, a global leader in the delivery of project, engineering and technical services to energy and industrial markets. Prior to that time, from October 2012 until October 2017, Ms. Adamany served as a member of the board of directors of AMEC Foster Wheeler plc, and chaired its Health, Safety, Security, Environment and Ethics Committee and served as a member of its Audit Committee, Nominations and Governance Committee and Compensation Committee. Ms. Adamany also served as a member of the board of directors of National Grid plc from October 2006 until October 2012, where she was a member of the Audit, Environment and Safety, Nominations and Governance and Remuneration Committees. Ms. Adamany's career reflects 32 years of diverse executive experience in global businesses, including 27 years at BP plc spanning from 1980 to 2007, where she held a variety of leadership roles in both business and functional support areas, including Refining and Marketing, Exploration and Production, Chemicals, Shipping, Supply and Trading, Logistics, Information Technology, Supply Chain Management, Strategy and Human Resources. Ms. Adamany is a C.P.A. and holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a major in Accounting, magna cum laude, from John Carroll University, where she also was the recipient of the Arthur Anderson prize awarded to the top accounting graduate. Other awards include Most Influential Corporate Director (Women's Inc. 2018) and Top 22 Presidents of U.S. Private Clubs (2017 Boardroom Magazine).

Mr. Friedman was first elected as a member of our Board in connection with the Spin-Off. Mr. Friedman has served as a director and the President of Jefferies since March 2013, and as a director and executive officer of Jefferies Group from July 2005 until November 1, 2022 (when Jefferies Group merged into Jefferies), as well as Chairman of the Executive Committee of Jefferies Group from 2002 until November 1, 2022. Since 1997, Mr. Friedman also has served as President of Jefferies Capital Partners (formerly, FS Private Investments), a private equity fund management company controlled by Mr. Friedman. Mr. Friedman was previously employed by Furman Selz LLC and its successors, including serving as Head of Investment Banking and a member of its Management and Operating Committees. Prior to his 17 years with Furman Selz LLC and its successors, Mr. Friedman was an attorney with Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Mr. Friedman has previously served on a number of boards of private and public portfolio companies and was on the board of Fiesta Restaurant Group (NASDAQ: FRGI) from 2011 through April 2021. Mr. Friedman is also engaged in a range of philanthropic efforts personally and through his family foundation and serves as the Co-Chairman of the board of Strive International, a workforce training effort, and Vice President of the HC Leukemia Foundation. He also serves as the Co-Chair of the Global Diversity Council at Jefferies. Mr. Friedman received a J.D. from Columbia Law School and a B.S. in Economics and M.S. in Accounting from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Osborn was elected as a member of our Board in connection with the Spin-Off. Ms. Osborn is retired with extensive experience as a corporate attorney for nearly 30 years with legal and M&A related transaction experience in the energy industry. Ms. Osborn served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of SRC Energy Inc., an oil and gas company, from August 2015 until the company's merger with PDC Energy, Inc. in 2020. Prior to that, Ms. Osborn was Deputy General Counsel of Whiting Petroleum Corporation, an oil and gas company, from 2014 to August 2015, and General Counsel of Kodiak Oil & Gas Corporation, an oil and gas company, from 2011 until it merged with Whiting Petroleum Corporation in 2014. Ms. Osborn received her B.A. and J.D. from the University of Denver.

Mr. Steinberg was elected as a member of our Board in connection with the Spin-Off. He has served as a director of Jefferies since December 1978 and as its Chairman since March 2013. Mr. Steinberg has served on the board of Crimson Wine Group, Ltd. since 2013. Previously, Mr. Steinberg served as a director overseeing Jefferies' investments in HomeFed Corporation, HRG Group, and Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. and as a director of Fidelity & Guaranty Life and of Pershing Square Tontine Holdings, Ltd. Mr. Steinberg received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and an A.B. in Government from New York University.

On March 26, 2026, the Board appointed Jamie Benard to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and as a member of the Board, effective May 1, 2026. Mr. Benard, 49, has served since 2023 as President of SOGC, LLC., a privately held upstream exploration and production company. Prior to joining SOGC, he was the principal and owner of Benargy LLC, an advisory firm providing executive management services to energy companies, from 2021 until 2023, and held positions of increasing responsibility at Summit Discovery Resources LLC, an upstream exploration and production company, most recently serving as President and Chief Operating Officer from 2019 to 2021. Mr. Benard's experience in the energy industry and position with the Company provide him with the necessary experience, qualifications and skills to serve as a director of the Company.