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Mr. Gideon joined the Company as Chief Operating Officer in March 2025, following the Company's acquisition of Maverick where Mr. Gideon served as Chief Executive Officer from July 2024 to March 2025. Mr. Gideon previously held roles as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Maverick from May 2023 to July 2024. Prior to joining Maverick, Mr. Gideon was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of RNG Consulting, Inc. from January 2020 to May 2023 and the Chief Executive Officer of Roan Resources, Inc. from September 2019 to December 2019. Mr. Gideon has held numerous leadership roles in public and privately held oil and gas companies, including as Senior Vice President of U.S. Exploration and Production for Devon Energy Corporation as well as senior positions at HighMount Exploration & Production, LLC, Linn Energy, Inc., and Dominion Energy, Inc. He has also advised and consulted firms such as Blackstone Energy Partners. Mr. Gideon holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wyoming.

Mr. Hutson is our co-founder and has served as our Chief Executive Officer since the founding of our predecessor entity in 2001. Building upon his early career in the oil and gas industry and financial services sector, Mr. Hutson founded Diversified Energy in 2001 with a strategy centered on acquiring established, predictable, long life producing assets. After years of refining this cash flow focused model, Mr. Hutson and his team took the company public on the London Stock Exchange in 2017. Since going public, Diversified Energy has executed over 33 acquisitions, with approximately 2 billion in transformative acquisitions in 2025, including Maverick and Canvas. Operating across 14 states, Mr. Hutson has created a scaled powerhouse with an asset base within Appalachia, Permian, Western Anadarko, Ark La Tex, and other regions. The first in his family to pursue higher education, Mr. Hutson graduated from Fairmont State University WV with a degree in accounting. After college, Mr. Hutson spent 13 years steadily progressing into multiple leadership roles within the banking industry at well known institutions such as Bank One and Compass Bank, and prior to concluding his time within banking as CFO of Compass Financial Services. Mr. Hutson is also an active member of the American Exploration Production Council AXPC and serves as the Chairman of the West Virginia University Board of Governors.

Mr. Gray has served as our President and Chief Financial Officer since September 2023. Mr. Gray has also served as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer from October 2016 to September 2023 and on the Board of Directors from July 2017 until September 2023. Prior to joining Diversified, Mr. Gray served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Royal Cup, Inc. from August 2014 to October 2016. From 2006 to 2014, Mr. Gray served in various roles at The McPherson Companies, Inc., most recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from September 2006 to December 2013. Mr. Gray also worked in various financial and operational roles at Saks Incorporated from 1997 to 2006. Mr. Gray started his professional career in the audit practice of Arthur Andersen LLP. Mr. Gray has a B.S. degree in Accounting from the University of Alabama and was formerly a licensed CPA (Alabama).

Mr. Sullivan has served as our Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Risk Officer, and Corporate Secretary since September 2023, and prior to that served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since 2019. Prior to joining us, Mr. Sullivan worked with Greylock Energy, LLC (an ArcLight Capital Partners portfolio company) and its predecessor, Energy Corporation of America, from 2012 to 2017, most recently as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary from 2017 to 2019. Prior to that, Mr. Sullivan served as counsel for EQT Corporation from 2006 to 2012. Mr. Sullivan has served as our Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Risk Officer, and Corporate Secretary since September 2023, and prior to that served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since 2019. Prior to joining us, Mr. Sullivan worked with Greylock Energy, LLC (an ArcLight Capital Partners portfolio company) and its predecessor, Energy Corporation of America, from 2012 to 2017, most recently as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary from 2017 to 2019. Prior to that, Mr. Sullivan served as counsel for EQT Corporation from 2006 to 2012. Mr. Sullivan received a B.A. from the University of Kentucky and a J.D. degree from the West Virginia University College of Law. He holds licenses to practice law in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Mr. Ridgway has served as our Executive Vice President, Energy Marketing since September 2023. Mr. Ridgway joined Diversified in March 2021 as the Senior Vice President, Energy Marketing and brings with him over 30 years of industry experience in energy marketing, transportation, NGL activities, operations, regulatory rates, and gas accounting. As Executive Vice President of Energy Marketing, Mr. Ridgway oversees the marketing of natural gas and liquids, as well as commercial midstream across all regions. Prior to joining Diversified, Mr. Ridgway served as the Director of Interstate and NGL Marketing at Berkshire Hathaway Energy. Prior to BHE, Mr. Ridgway was the Director of East Coast Marketing for Centennial Energy. Mr. Ridgway holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Fairmont State University.

Mr. Turner has served as Chief Financial Officer of Regions Financial Corporation NYSE: RF since 2010 where he leads all finance operations, including mergers and acquisitions, financial systems, investor relations, corporate treasury, corporate tax, management planning and reporting and accounting. Prior to his appointment as Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Turner oversaw the Internal Audit Division for AmSouth Bank which merged with Regions Financial Corporation in 2006 from April 2005 to March 2010. Before beginning his banking career, Mr. Turner was a certified public accountant and an Audit Partner with Arthur Andersen and KPMG specializing in financial services clients. Mr. Turner joined the Board of Directors of Pan-American Life Insurance Group in October 2025 and serves on the Audit and Finance Committees. Mr. Turner has also served on the boards of Junior Achievement of Alabama and United Way of Central Alabama and is actively involved in several professional and civic organizations, including the University of Alabama Presidents Cabinet and Leadership Alabama.

Since 2014, Ms. Klaber has served as the Managing Director of The Klaber Group, which provides strategic consulting services to businesses and organizations with a focus on energy development in the United States and abroad. Prior to founding The Klaber Group, Ms. Klaber launched the Marcellus Shale Coalition, serving as its first CEO from 2009 to 2013. Previously in her career, Ms. Klaber also served as the Executive Vice President for Competitiveness at the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Economy League, and consultant at Environmental Resources Management. Ms. Klaber has served on the Board of RLG International since 2023.

Since January 2022, Mr. Thomas has served as a consultant at the law firm Wedlake Bell LLP, from where he was previously a Partner from January 2018 to December 2021. During his more than 30 year legal career, Mr. Thomas also served as Partner of Watson Farley Williams LLP from February 2015 to April 2017 and as consultant of the same firm from May 2017 to May 2018. Mr. Thomas joined the Board of The Smarter Web Company PLC in January 2026.

On May 20, 2026, the Board of Directors of Diversified Energy Company (the Company) appointed Kirk Oliver to the Board and to the Audit and Risk Committee and the Sustainability and Safety Committee of the Board, in each case effective May 21, 2026. Mr. Oliver brings nearly twenty years of experience as the CFO of publicly traded energy companies, with deep experience in capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, and risk management. He most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Equitrans Midstream Corporation, a publicly traded natural gas midstream company (Equitrans), from September 2018 until July 2024, where he built and led the company's finance organization and was responsible for its accounting, financial planning and analysis, treasury, tax, investor relations, and risk management functions. Prior to joining Equitrans, Mr. Oliver served as Chief Financial Officer of UGI Corporation from October 2012 to May 2018, where he had broad responsibility for financial operations, capital allocation, investor relations, and risk management. Mr. Oliver has also held senior executive and financial leadership positions at Allegheny Energy, Inc., TXU Corp. and Hunt Power, L.L.C. Earlier in his career, Mr. Oliver worked in investment banking at Lehman Brothers in its Global Power & Energy Group. Mr. Oliver holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Lawrence Technological University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Mr. Garrett has served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer since March 2025. Mr. Garrett joined Diversified Energy in 2018 as Vice President and Controller. Mr. Garrett is responsible for leading the Company's corporate and regulatory accounting matters, external financial reporting, controllership, and tax, overseeing a team of approximately 75 financial professionals across numerous offices. Mr. Garrett brings 20 years of advanced accounting experience to his role. He has previously served in accounting functions at Callon Petroleum Company, Pfizer, and Pinnacle Airlines with progressively higher responsibilities. Mr. Garrett is a graduate of Lambuth University with a degree in accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant.