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Mr. Vogel, Chief Executive Officer (November 2020 - present), President (July 2020 - present), Chief Operating Officer (2019 - November 2020), Executive Vice President (2019 - July 2020), Executive Vice President-Operations (2014 - 2019), Senior Vice President-Portfolio Development and Technical Services (2012 - 2014), SM Energy; Worked for 28 years at BP and ARCO, integrated energy businesses, where he held positions including most recently as President of BP Energy Co. and Regional Business Unit Leader of North American Gas & Power (2010 - 2012), COO-NGL, Power & Financial Products (2009 - 2010), Managing Director Gas Europe & Africa, and Sr. VP of the Tangguh LNG Project. Started his career as a reservoir engineer with ARCO Alaska, Inc., and progressed through a series of positions of increasing responsibility in engineering, operations management, new ventures development, and business unit management at ARCO and then BP, when it acquired ARCO in 2000. Education: BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder and MSE, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin. On September 8, 2025, SM Energy Company announced that Herbert S. Vogel, its President and Chief Executive Officer, advised the Board of Directors of his intention to retire from his role as Chief Executive Officer of the Company on March 1, 2026 and that he resigned as President of the Company effective as of September 4, 2025. Mr. Vogel will continue to serve as a director of the Company. On January 20, 2026, Mr. Herbert S. Vogel delivered a letter effectuating his or her resignation as a director of the Company, contingent upon the closing of the First Merger, and effective as of the closing of the First Merger they will each cease being a director of Company.

On January 20, 2026, effective as of the closing of the Second Merger, the Board appointed Elizabeth A. McDonald to serve as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Elizabeth A. McDonald, age 47, joined the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in September 2024, and, in September 2025, was appointed to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. McDonald most recently served as Executive Vice President - Strategic Planning, Field Development and Marketing for Pioneer Natural Resources Company. For approximately the last twenty years, Ms. McDonald worked in roles of increasing responsibility at Pioneer, holding leadership positions focusing on both the Permian Basin and South Texas. Prior to joining Pioneer, Ms. McDonald held various engineering roles at Hess Corporation and Total E&P USA. Ms. McDonald has over 23 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Ms. McDonald currently serves as an Industry Board Member for the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University and is a member of Advancing Women Executives in Energy.

A. Wade Pursell. Mr. Pursell joined SM Energy as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in September 2008. Mr. Pursell has more than 38 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining SM Energy, Mr. Pursell was with Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (NYSE: HLX). While at Helix, Mr. Pursell served in several roles including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Vice President-Finance and Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Pursell was with Arthur Andersen LLP, from 1988 through 1997, where he served in roles of increasing responsibility, culminating as an Experienced Manager specializing in the offshore services industry. Mr. Pursell currently serves on the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement - Rocky Mountain.

James B. Lebeck. Mr. Lebeck was appointed Executive Vice President - Chief Corporate Development Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in January 2026, having previously served as Executive Vice President - Corporate Development and General Counsel since September 2024, and Executive Vice President and General Counsel since February 2024. Mr. Lebeck rejoined SM Energy as Senior Vice President and General Counsel in January 2023. Mr. Lebeck has more than 18 years of experience in the energy industry. Prior to rejoining SM Energy, Mr. Lebeck was Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Encino Energy from 2018 to 2023. From 2011 until 2018, Mr. Lebeck served in roles of increasing responsibility at SM Energy, ultimately serving as Deputy General Counsel. Prior to 2011, he practiced law at Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP in Denver and Vinson & Elkins LLP in Houston and clerked for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Denver. Mr. Lebeck currently serves on the Coordinating Committee of the American Exploration and Production Council (AXPC).

Mr. Quintana, Business Experience He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Tesco Corporation (NASDAQ: TESO), an oilfield services company, from 2005 to 2015 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 2004 to 2005. Prior to that, he held various executive roles at Schlumberger Corporation, including Vice President of Integrated Project Management and Vice President of Marketing for the Americas from 1999 to 2004. He also spent nearly 20 years in operational and managerial roles at Unocal Corporation, an integrated exploration and production company. Education He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Southern California. Other Public Company Boards He has served on the boards of Calumet Inc. (NYSE: CLMT) since 2025, a manufacturer of lubricating oils, solvents, waxes, packaged and synthetic specialty products, fuels, and fuel-related products; Newmont Mining Company (NYSE: NEM) since 2015, the world's leading gold company and producer of copper, silver, zinc, and lead; California Resources Corporation (NYSE: CRC) from 2020 to 2024, a leading oil and natural gas producer focused on California; and Basic Energy Services (NYSE: BAS) from 2016 to 2021, a provider of well site services to oil and gas companies.

Mr. Peru, Business Experience He spent nearly 28 years at Phelps Dodge Corporation, a North American mining company, holding various finance and accounting positions of increasing responsibility, including Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1999 to 2004 and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2004 to 2007. Education He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Arizona. Other Public Company Boards He has served on the boards of Elevance Health Inc., formerly Anthem, Inc. (NYSE: ELV), a provider of health plans and healthcare-related solutions, since 2004, and UNS Energy Corporation, a provider of natural gas and electric service in Arizona and a subsidiary of Fortis, Inc. (NYSE: FTS), from 2007 to April 2025.

Ms. Robeson, Business Experience She served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of DCP Midstream GP LLC, the general partner of DCP Midstream, LP (formerly DCP Midstream Partners, LP), from 2012 to 2014, a Fortune 500 midstream natural gas company. Prior to that, she was Group Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of DCP Midstream LLC from 2002 to 2012 and Vice President and Treasurer from 2000 to 2002. Earlier, she served as Vice President and Treasurer of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (formerly KN Energy, Inc.) from 1996 to 2000, one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America. Education She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Northwest Missouri State University. Other Public Company Boards She has served on the boards of NPK International Inc. (NYSE: NPKI; formerly Newpark Resources, Inc.) since 2018, a leading provider of site access solutions for critical infrastructure markets; The Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE: WMB) since 2020, an owner and operator of energy infrastructure delivering natural gas; and Antero Midstream Corporation (NYSE: AM) from 2019 to 2022, an Appalachian Basin midstream company.

Ms. Bailo, President and Chief Executive Officer (2014 - present), ECOS Consulting LLC, an energy efficiency solutions provider; Chief Executive Officer, Center for Automotive Research (2017 - 2022), a non-profit think tank that provides leading edge research to promote the sustainability of the automotive and mobility industry; Assistant Vice President of Mobility Research and Business Development (2015 - 2017), a division of the Ohio State University, College of Engineering; Senior Vice President, R&D Americas (2011 - 2014), Nissan North America, Inc.; Held a variety of technical and managerial positions with Nissan Motor Company Limited (1988 - 2011), a global automobile manufacturer and Started her career in 1978 at General Motors Company, a global automobile manufacturer, and held positions of increasing responsibility, ultimately serving as Engineer, Vehicle Test, General Motors Truck & Bus until 1988. Education: BS, Mechanical Engineering, Kettering University; MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan. Other Public Company Boards: Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP) (2020 - present), a leading automotive aftermarket parts provider; Vesuvius plc (LSE: VSVS) (2023 - present), a global leader in metal flow engineering and EVe Mobility Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: EVE) (2021 - 2024), a blank check company targeting the acquisition of a business operating in the automotive and mobility industry. On January 20, 2026 Ms. Carla J. Bailo delivered a letter effectuating his or her resignation as a director of the Company, contingent upon the closing of the First Merger, and effective as of the closing of the First Merger they will each cease being a director of Company.

Mr. Barton R. Brookman Business Experience: He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of PDC Energy, Inc. from 2015 to 2023, an independent exploration and production company that was acquired by Chevron Corporation in 2023. He joined PDC Energy, Inc. in 2005 as Senior Vice President of Exploration and Production and held various roles of increasing responsibility, including Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in 2013 and President and Chief Operating Officer in 2014. He began his career in 1985 with Ladd Petroleum and joined Snyder Oil, the predecessor to Patina Oil and Gas, as a Petroleum Engineer in 1988. Over the next 17 years, he advanced through multiple roles, concluding his tenure as Senior Vice President of Operations in 2005. Education He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and a Master of Science degree in Finance from the University of Colorado.

Mr. William D. Sullivan, Spent more than 20 years holding positions of increasing responsibility including Executive Vice President, Exploration and Production (2001 - 2003), Vice President, Operations-International, Gulf of Mexico, and Alaska (2001), Vice President-International Operations (1998 - 2000), Vice President-Algeria (1995 - 1998), Vice President-U.S. Onshore Operations (1993 - 1995) at Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, a large independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company. Education: BS, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University. Other Public Company Boards: Tetra Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: TTI) (2007 - 2022) Chairman (2015 - 2022), a solutions provider to the upstream energy industry for completion fluids and water management. CSI Compressco Partners GP, Inc., the general partner of CSI Compressco, L.P. (NASDAQ: CCLP) (2011 - 2021), a publicly traded limited partnership providing wellhead compression-based production enhancement services. CSI Compressco GP, Inc. was a minority-owned subsidiary of Tetra Technologies, Inc. until January 2021. On January 20, 2026, Mr. William D. Sullivan delivered a letter effectuating his or her resignation as a director of the Company, contingent upon the closing of the First Merger, and effective as of the closing of the First Merger they will each cease being a director of Company.

Ms. Anita M. Powers, Spent more than 35 years at Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY), an international energy company now operating under the name Oxy, serving in various exploration and geological roles across the globe with increasing responsibility and most recently served as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Exploration of Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation and Vice President of Occidental Petroleum (2007 - 2016). Education: BS, Geology, Texas A&M University. Other Public Company Boards: EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) (2018 - 2025), a leading independent natural gas producer and California Resources Corporation (NYSE: CRC) (2017 - 2020), a leading producer of oil and natural gas focused exclusively on California. On January 20, 2026 Ms. Anita M. Powers delivered a letter effectuating his or her resignation as a director of the Company, contingent upon the closing of the First Merger, and effective as of the closing of the First Merger they will each cease being a director of Company.

Effective November 26, 2024, the Board of Directors of Company appointed Dr. Ashwin Venkatraman to serve on the Board until the next annual meeting of the Company's stockholders.Business Experience He is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Resermine, Inc., a company he founded in 2017 that specializes in subsurface artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions focused on enhancing oil recovery. From January 2019 to December 2020, he served as an Associate Professor of Petroleum and Geological Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. Between 2015 and 2017, he held academic appointments as a Postdoctoral Fellow at The Institute of Computational & Engineering Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin and as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University. Earlier in his career, he worked at Shell International Exploration and Production Inc. from 2004 to 2015 in roles of increasing responsibility, including Senior Reservoir Engineer, Research Reservoir Engineer, Concept Engineer, and Operations Engineer for the Panna-Mukta Field. Education He holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Technology and Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, and a Ph.D. in Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.

Effective March 2, 2025, Alan Bennett will be appointed as Vice President - Controller of the Company. Mr. Bennett has held roles of increasing responsibility since joining the Company in 2011. Most recently, Mr. Bennett served as Senior Director, Financial Planning & Analysis and, prior to that, served as Director of Operations Accounting. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Bennett was a Senior Associate at Ernst and Young LLP. Mr. Bennett is a certified public accountant and he earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Master of Science in Accounting and Finance from North Carolina State University. In his new role, Mr. Bennett will serve as the Principal Accounting Officer of the Company.

On January 20, 2026, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted resolutions to be effective as of the closing of the First Merger Ms. Carrie M. Fox will appoint as director.

On January 20, 2026, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted resolutions to be effective as of the closing of the First Merger Morris R. Clark will appoint as director.

On January 20, 2026, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted resolutions to be effective as of the closing of the First Merger Mr. Wouter Van Kempen will appoint as director.

On January 20, 2026, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted resolutions to be effective as of the closing of the First Merger Mr. Lloyd W. Helms, Jr will appoint as director.

on January 20, 2026, effective as of the closing of the Second Merger, the Board appointed Blake D. McKenna to serve as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company. Blake D. McKenna, age 39, joined the Company as Senior Vice President - Strategic Planning and Corporate Reserves in April 2025. In May 2025, Mr. McKenna was appointed to the position of Senior Vice President - Texas. He previously co-founded and served as President and Chief Operating Officer of XCL Resources from April 2018 to January 2025. Mr. McKenna has more than 19 years of experience in the energy industry. Prior to XCL Resources, Mr. McKenna was with Vitesse Energy and EOG Resources, serving in operational, technical, business development and planning roles of increasing responsibility in both conventional and unconventional fields across many different basins.

On January 20, 2026, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted resolutions to be effective as of the closing of the First Merger Mr. Howard A. Willard, III will appoint as director.