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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Floyd Wilson

66 2012 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer

Stephen Herod

54 2012 President

Mark Mize

41 2012 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Treasurer

Charles Cusack

54 2013 Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President

David Elkouri

59 2012 Executive Vice President, General Counsel

Larry Helm

65 2013 Executive Vice President - Corporate Affairs

Richard DiMichele

53 2012 Vice President - Midstream Operations and President of Halcón Field Services, LLC

Joseph Rinando

41 2012 Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer

David Tippett

49 2012 Vice President, Chief Information Officer

Leah Kasparek

43 2012 Vice President - Human Resources

Scott Zuehlke

36 2012 Vice President - Investor Relations

Tina Obut

48 2013 Vice President - Corporate Reserves

James Irish

68 2012 Lead Independent Director

David Miller

63 2012 Director

Tucker Bridwell

61 2012 Independent Director

James Christmas

65 2012 Independent Director

Thomas Fuller

65 2012 Independent Director

Kevin Godwin

46 2012 Independent Director

David Hunt

50 2012 Independent Director

Daniel Rioux

44 2012 Independent Director

Stephen Smiley

64 2012 Independent Director

Michael Vlasic

52 2012 Independent Director

Mark Welsh

33 2012 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Floyd Wilson

Mr. Floyd C. Wilson is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Halcon Resources Corp. (formerly Ram Energy Resources Inc.). He resigned as President of the company effective May 16, 2012. Prior to February 2012, he was President of HALRES LLC (formerly Halcón Resources LLC), an oil and natural gas company that he founded in October 2011. Mr. Wilson served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Petrohawk Energy Corporation. Mr. Wilson also served as President of Petrohawk from May 25, 2004 until September 8, 2009. Prior to May 25, 2004, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of PHAWK, LLC which he founded in June 2003. Mr. Wilson was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 3TEC Energy Corporation from August 1999 until its merger with Plains Exploration & Production Company in June 2003. Mr. Wilson founded W/E Energy Company L.L.C., formerly known as 3TEC Energy Company L.L.C. in 1998 and served as its President until August 1999. Mr. Wilson began his career in the energy business in Houston, Texas in 1970 as a completion engineer. He moved to Wichita, Kansas in 1976 to start an oil and gas operating company, one of several private energy ventures which preceded the formation of Hugoton Energy Corporation in 1987, where he served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. In 1994, Hugoton completed an initial public offering and was merged into Chesapeake Energy Corporation in 1998.

Stephen Herod

Mr. Stephen W. Herod is President of Halcon Resources Corp. He joined the Company in May 2012. Previously, Mr. Herod served as Executive Vice President—Corporate Development and Assistant Secretary of Petrohawk Energy Corp. since August 1, 2005. Mr. Herod also served as Vice President—Corporate Development from May 25, 2004 until August 1, 2005. Prior to joining Petrohawk, Mr. Herod was employed by PHAWK, LLC from its formation in June 2003 until May 2004. He served as Executive Vice President—Corporate Development for 3TEC Energy Corporation from December 1999 until its merger with Plains Exploration & Production Company in June 2003 and as Assistant Secretary from May 2001 until June 2003. Mr. Herod also served as a director of 3TEC from July 1997 until January 2002 and as the Treasurer of 3TEC from 1999 until 2001. From July 1997 to December 1999, Mr. Herod was Vice President—Corporate Development of 3TEC. Mr. Herod served as President and a director of Shore Oil Company from April 1992 until the merger of Shore with 3TEC’s predecessor in June 1997. He joined Shore’s predecessor as Controller in February 1991. Mr. Herod was employed by Conquest Exploration Company from 1984 until 1991 in various financial management positions, including Operations Accounting Manager. From 1981 to 1984, Superior Oil Company employed Mr. Herod as a financial analyst.

Mark Mize

Mr. Mark J. Mize is the Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Treasurer of Halcon Resources Corp. (formerly Ram Energy Resources Inc.). Mr. Mize served as Executive Vice President—Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Petrohawk Energy Corporation from August 10, 2007 until BHP Billiton acquired Petrohawk for $15.1 billion, including assumed debt, in August 2011. Mr. Mize served as the Chief Ethics Officer and Insider Trading Compliance Officer for Petrohawk until June 17, 2009. Additionally, he served as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller at Petrohawk from July 2005 until August 10, 2007. Mr. Mize first joined Petrohawk on November 29, 2004 as Controller. Prior to working at Petrohawk, Mr. Mize was the Manager of Financial Reporting of Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, a public oil and gas exploration company, from January 2003 to November 2004. Prior to his employment at Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, he was an Audit Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from 1996 to 2002. Mr. Mize is a Certified Public Accountant.

Charles Cusack

Mr. Charles E. Cusack, III, has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President of Halcon Resources Corporation effective May 24, 2013. He joined the Company in October 2012 as Executive Vice President, Exploration. Mr. Cusack’s responsibilities include providing support to regional operations to include overseeing all geological efforts for the Company. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Cusack served as Vice President—Exploration at Petrohawk Energy Corporation from 2005 until its sale to BHP Billiton in 2011, where he continued his role until joining the Company in 2012. Prior to joining Petrohawk, he was employed by PHAWK, LLC from its formation in 2003 until 2004. Mr. Cusack held various technical and management positions at 3TEC Energy Corporation, Cockrell Oil, Amerada Hess, Chevron and Tenneco Oil. Mr. Cusack began his career as a geologist with Gulf Oil in 1983 and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering geology from Texas A&M University.

David Elkouri

Mr. David S. Elkouri is Executive Vice President, General Counsel of Halcon Resources Corp. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Elkouri served as Executive Vice President—General Counsel and Secretary of Petrohawk Energy Corporation from August 1, 2007 until its sale in 2011. Mr. Elkouri also served as Chief Ethics Officer and Insider Trading Compliance Officer for Petrohawk. Mr. Elkouri served as lead outside counsel for Petrohawk from 2004 through July 2007. Prior to that time, Mr. Elkouri served as lead outside counsel for 3TEC Energy Corporation from its inception in 1999 until it was acquired in 2003 and for Hugoton Energy Corporation from its inception in 1994 until it was acquired in 1998. Mr. Elkouri is a co-founder of Hinkle Law Firm L.L.C. where he practiced for 20 years prior to joining Petrohawk. Mr. Elkouri is a graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law where he served as a Research Editor of the Kansas Law Review.

Larry Helm

Mr. Larry L. Helm is Executive Vice President - Corporate Affairs of Halcon Resources Corp. Mr. Helm served as Executive Vice President—Finance and Administration of Petrohawk Energy Corporation from August 2007 until its sale to BHP Billiton in August 2011, where he served as Vice President—Transition until joining Halcón in 2013. Mr. Helm served as Vice President—Chief Administrative Officer of Petrohawk from July 2004 until August 2005, and as Executive Vice President—Chief Administrative Officer of Petrohawk from August 2005 until August 2007. Prior to serving as an executive officer, Mr. Helm served on Petrohawk's board of directors for approximately two months. Mr. Helm was employed with Bank One Corporation from December 1989 through December 2003. Mr. Helm served as Executive Vice President of Middle Market Banking from October 2001 to December 2003. From April 1998 to August 1999, he served as Executive Vice President of the Energy and Utilities Banking Group. Prior to joining Bank One, he worked for 16 years in the banking industry primarily serving the oil and gas sector. He served as director of 3TEC Energy Corporation from 2000 to June 2003.

Richard DiMichele

Mr. Richard G. DiMichele is Vice President - Midstream Operations and President of Halcón Field Services, LLC of Halcon Resources Corp. Prior to joining Halcón in 2012, Mr. DiMichele served as President of Hawk Field Services, LLC, where he developed and operated scalable midstream systems in the Fayetteville, Haynesville and Eagle Ford shale plays. From 2010 to 2011, he was President of KinderHawk Field Services, a midstream joint venture between Petrohawk Energy Corporation and Kinder Morgan focused on the Haynesville Shale. From 2011 to 2012, he was President of EagleHawk Field Services, a midstream joint venture between Petrohawk and Kinder Morgan focused on the Eagle Ford Shale. Mr. DiMichele spent 7 years in various executive capacities at Turnaround Partners, Inc. and Cinergy Corp. and as a consultant to Accent Energy Corporation and Cinergy Marketing and Trading. Prior to that, he spent 9 years at Enron where he served as in various legal and managerial positions including as a Managing Director of Enron's European and Americas units. Mr. DiMichele started his career as an associate attorney at Vinson & Elkins LLP. He is a past member of the State Bar of Texas and has served on the Board of Trustees for St. Francis Episcopal Day School and Justice for Children.

Joseph Rinando

Mr. Joseph S. Rinando, III, is Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer of Halcon Resources Corp. He joined the Company in March 2012. Previously, Mr. Rinando served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Wilson Industries, a Schlumberger company, since March 2010. Prior to joining Wilson, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Foxxe Energy Services, LLC, a private-equity owned international drilling rig contractor, from January 2009 to March 2010. Prior to Foxxe, Mr. Rinando served as Vice President and Corporate Controller of Smith International, Inc. from April 2006 through January 2009 and as Director of Financial Reporting from May 2003 through March 2006. Prior to his employment at Smith, he was an audit Senior Manager in the Energy practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, where he was employed from January 1995 to May 2003 serving clients focused on exploration and production, natural gas transmission, power and utilities, petrochemicals and refining, and drilling. Mr. Rinando has a BBA in Accounting from Lamar University and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas.

David Tippett

Mr. David W. Tippett is Vice President, Chief Information Officer of Halcon Resources Corporation. He served as Sr. Manager – Systems Program at LINN Energy from 2008 to 2011. Prior to joining LINN, he served as Sr. Manager, Oil & Gas Practice at BearingPoint Consulting in 2008. From 2006 to 2007, Mr. Tippett served as E&P VP & Business Unit CIO, Information Technology at El Paso Exploration & Production. He served as Sr. Manager, Information and Technology and Manager, eBusiness at Burlington Resources, Inc. from 2001 to 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Tippett served in various Information Technology leadership roles from 1991 to 2001. Mr. Tippett holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems from the University of Phoenix.

Leah Kasparek

Ms. Leah R. Kasparek is Vice President - Human Resources of Halcon Resources Corp. Ms. Kasparek initially joined Halcón as Director, Human Resources in February 2012. Ms. Kasparek served as Director of Human Resources at Southwestern Energy from 2009 to 2012. She served as Division Vice President of Human Resources for CenterPoint Energy from 2004 until 2008. Ms. Kasparek was employed in 1996 by Anheuser-Busch Companies and served as Division Vice President of Human Resources from 2001 until 2004.

Scott Zuehlke

Mr. Scott M. Zuehlke is Vice President - Investor Relations of Halcon Resources Corp. Mr. Zuehlke initially joined Halcón as Director, Investor Relations in February 2012, having served HALRES LLC in a similar capacity since December 2011. Mr. Zuehlke served as Director of Investor Relations at Geokinetics Inc. from 2010 to 2011. From 2009 to 2010, he served as Manager, Finance and Investor Relations at Hercules Offshore, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Zuehlke spent a total of 11 years at Invesco Ltd., serving four years as an Equity Analyst focusing on the energy sector and seven years as a Market Data Associate.

Tina Obut

Ms. Tina S. Obut is Vice President - Corporate Reserves of Halcon Resources Corp. Ms. Obut served as Senior Manager of Petroleum Resources at BHP Billiton Petroleum from 2011 to 2012. Prior to that, she served as Senior Vice President—Corporate Reserves for Petrohawk Energy Corporation from 2005 until its sale to BHP Billiton in 2011. From 2004 to 2006, Ms. Obut served as Manager of Reservoir Engineering Evaluations at El Paso Production Company. In addition, she held various engineering, managerial and executive positions at Mission Resources, Ryder Scott Company and Chevron from 1989 to 2006.

James Irish

Mr. James L. Irish, III, is the Lead Independent Director of Halcon Resources Corp. (formerly Ram Energy Resources Inc.). Mr. Irish served as a director of Petrohawk Energy Corporation from May 25, 2004 until BHP Billiton acquired Petrohawk for $15.1 billion, including assumed debt, in August 2011. Mr. Irish served as a director of 3TEC Energy Corporation from 2002 until June 2003, and has served as an advisory director of EnCap Investments L.P. since October 2007. For over 30 years, until his retirement in December 2001, Mr. Irish practiced law with Thompson & Knight LLP, a Texas-based law firm that represents multinational and independent oil and gas companies, host government oil and gas companies, utilities, private power plants, energy industry service companies, refineries, petrochemical companies, financial institutions, and multinational drilling contractors and construction companies. Mr. Irish’s practice specialized in the area of energy finance and focused on the representation of insurance companies, pension plan managers, foundations and other financial institutions with respect to their equity and debt oil and gas investments and their related legal, regulatory and structural issues. Mr. Irish has also represented energy companies in connection with project financings, joint ventures, master limited partnerships and similar matters and has represented banks and other financial institutions with issues of revolving credit, project, term and other oil and gas loans. Mr. Irish served as chair of the energy group of Thompson & Knight LLP and was its sole Vice President or Managing Partner for over ten years prior to his retirement. Mr. Irish has been named since 1987 in Corporate Law by The Lawyers in America and has been included as a Texas Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly in Energy & Natural Resources and Securities & Corporate Finance.

David Miller

Mr. David B. Miller is the Director of Halcon Resources Corp. (formerly Ram Energy Resources Inc.). Mr. Miller currently serves as a Managing Partner of EnCap Investments L.P. From 1988 to 1996, Mr. Miller served as President of PMC Reserve Acquisition Company, a partnership jointly-owned by EnCap and Pitts Energy Group. Prior to the establishment of EnCap, he served as Co-Chief Executive Officer of MAZE Exploration Inc., a Denver-based oil and gas company he co-founded in 1981. Mr. Miller began his professional career with Republic National Bank of Dallas, ultimately serving as Vice President and Manager of the bank’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Republic Energy Finance Corporation. Mr. Miller is a graduate of Southern Methodist University, having received Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Business Administration in 1972 and 1973, respectively. In 2004, Mr. Miller was appointed to the National Petroleum Council, an advisory body to the Secretary of Energy, and he is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Maguire Energy Institute. Additionally, he is a member of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association and the Western Energy Alliance. Mr. Miller currently serves on the board of trustees for Southern Methodist University and of the board of directors of several EnCap portfolio companies.

Tucker Bridwell

Mr. Tucker S. Bridwell is the Independent Director of Halcon Resources Corp. (formerly Ram Energy Resources Inc.). Mr. Bridwell served as a director of Petrohawk Energy Corporation from May 2004 until December 2010. Mr. Bridwell has been the President of Mansefeldt Investment Corporation and the Dian Graves Owen Foundation since September 1997 and manages investments in both entities. He has been in the energy business in various capacities for over 27 years, focusing on oil and gas private equity and public oil and gas investments with experience in managing both public and private energy companies. Mr. Bridwell is a Certified Public Accountant and has practiced public accountancy, specializing in oil and gas. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and a Master of Business Administration degree from Southern Methodist University. He has also served on the audit committees of numerous businesses, including Petrohawk and non-profit organizations. Currently, he serves on the board of directors and audit committees of Concho Resources, Inc. and First Financial Bankshares, Inc. Mr. Bridwell previously served as chairman of First Permian, LLC from 2000 until its sale to Energen Corporation in April 2002.

James Christmas

Mr. James W. Christmas is the Independent Director of Halcon Resources Corp. (formerly Ram Energy Resources Inc.). Mr. Christmas has also served on the board of directors of Petrohawk Energy Corporation since its merger with KCS Energy, Inc. on July 12, 2006. Mr. Christmas served as President and Chief Executive Officer of KCS from 1988 until April 2003 and Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of KCS until its merger into Petrohawk. Mr. Christmas was a Certified Public Accountant in New York and was with Arthur Andersen & Co. from 1970 until 1978 before leaving to join National Utilities & Industries (“NUI”), a diversified energy company, as Vice President and Controller. He remained with NUI until 1988, when NUI spun out its unregulated activities that ultimately became part of KCS. As an auditor and audit manager, controller and in his role as CEO of KCS, Mr. Christmas was directly or indirectly responsible for financial reporting and compliance with SEC regulations, and as such has experience in reviewing and evaluating financial reports, as well as in evaluating executive and board performance and in recruiting directors.

Thomas Fuller

Mr. Thomas R. Fuller is the Independent Director of Halcon Resources Corp. (formerly Ram Energy Resources Inc.). Mr. Fuller served as a director at Petrohawk Energy Corporation from March 6, 2006 until BHP Billiton acquired Petrohawk for $15.1 billion, including assumed debt, in August 2011. Since December 1988, Mr. Fuller has been a principal of Diverse Energy Management Co., a private upstream acquisition, drilling and production company which also invests in other energy-related companies. Mr. Fuller has earned degrees from the University of Wyoming and the Louisiana State University School of Banking of the South and is a Registered Professional Engineer in Texas. He has 40 years of experience as a petroleum engineer, specializing in economic and reserves evaluation. He has served as an employee, officer, partner or director of various companies, including ExxonMobil, First City National Bank, Hillin Oil Co., Diverse Energy Management Co. and Rimco Royalty Partners. Mr. Fuller also has experience in energy-related merger and acquisition transactions, having generated and closed over 90 producing property acquisitions during his career.

Kevin Godwin

Mr. Kevin E. Godwin is Independent Director of Halcon Resources Corporation. He has served as a Senior Portfolio Manager of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in its Relationship Investments group since 2008. From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Godwin served as a Principal of Birch Hill Equity Partners L.P. From 1995 to 2005, he worked at TD Securities then TD Capital Group Limited, ultimately serving as Vice President and Director. Mr. Godwin began his professional career in 1989 with ICI Explosives then Stuart Energy serving as a Project Engineer. Mr. Godwin is a graduate of Queen’s University (Kingston, Ontario), having received a Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Science (Mechanical Engineering) in 1989. He also received a Masters Degree in Business Administration in 1995 from the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario. In 2012, Mr. Godwin received the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. Mr. Godwin has served on the board of directors of several private companies.

David Hunt

Mr. David S. Hunt is Independent Director of Halcon Resources Corporation. He is the founder and Managing Partner of Genesis Acquisition Partners, L.P., an independent oil and gas acquisition, development and production company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, since 1995. He has been an active investor in the oil and gas exploration, oil service and midstream sectors for more than 25 years. Mr. Hunt has made numerous equity and debt investments in companies ranging from private start-ups to later stage public companies across a number of different industries. Mr. Hunt was a director of Cornerstone Natural Gas, Inc. (AMEX: CGA) from November 1993, when the company emerged from bankruptcy reorganization, until June 1996 when Cornerstone was sold to El Paso Natural Gas Company. Mr. Hunt graduated from the University of Texas with a BA in Business in 1985.

Daniel Rioux

Mr. Daniel A. Rioux is the Independent Director of Halcon Resources Corp. (formerly Ram Energy Resources Inc.). He is the current Co-President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Energy Holdings, LLC. From 2001 to 2008, Mr. Rioux served as Vice President of Liberty Energy Holdings, LLC, where he managed the company’s private equity and direct oil and gas working interest portfolios. From 1993 until 2000, Mr. Rioux was employed by Liberty Energy Corporation, a subsidiary of Liberty Energy Holdings, LLC and currently serves as a director of Axia Energy, LLC, a Denver-based exploration and production company, as well as a manager of Wildcat Midstream Holdings LLC, a company focused on the development, acquisition and operation of gas gathering and midstream oil and gas assets. Mr. Rioux previously served as a Director of Petrohawk Energy Corporation from 2004 to 2006 and as a director of Energy Transfer Equity from 2002 to 2006. He also served as a director of the Independent Petroleum Association of American from 2003 to 2011. Mr. Rioux holds a B.S. in Finance from Bryant College and an M.B.A from Babson College.

Stephen Smiley

Mr. Stephen P. Smiley is the Independent Director of Halcon Resources Corp. (formerly Ram Energy Resources Inc.). Mr. Smiley served as a director of Petrohawk Energy Corporation from April 5, 2010 until BHP Billiton acquired Petrohawk for $15.1 billion, including assumed debt, in August 2011. Upon his retirement from Hunt Private Equity Group in September 2010, Mr. Smiley founded and is the sole partner of Madison Lane Partners, LLC, an advisory and investment company. Mr. Smiley was the Co-founder and had been President of Hunt Private Equity Group, Inc. since 1996. During his time at Hunt Private Equity Group, he raised and managed a private equity fund to invest in leveraged buyouts and growth financings for various middle market companies. At Hunt Private Equity Group he was also responsible for managing relationships with institutional, family and individual investors, and for sourcing, evaluating, financing and managing the portfolio. Mr. Smiley also serves on the boards of Signature Financial Management, a registered investment adviser where he serves on the compensation committee, and Ginsey Holdings, Inc., where he serves on the audit and compensation committees. Before he joined Hunt Private Equity Group, from 1991 to 1995 he co-founded and served as the chief executive officer of Cypress Capital Corporation where he raised and managed a multi-million dollar fund to invest in leveraged buyouts, industry consolidations and growth financings in the middle market. From 1989 to 1991 Mr. Smiley worked in the venture capital group at Citicorp/Citibank, N.A. Mr. Smiley holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia and a Master of Business Administration from the College of William and Mary and has 30 years of corporate finance and investing experience and over 20 years of corporate governance experience.

Michael Vlasic

Mr. Michael A. Vlasic is Independent Director of Halcon Resources Corp. He had served on the board of directors of GeoResources, Inc. since April 2007. He also served on the board of managers of Southern Bay Energy, LLC from its inception in 2004 until it was acquired by GeoResources in April 2007. He previously was a Director of Texoil, Inc., a company with a class of equity securities registered under the Exchange Act, where he served on its executive committee from 1997 until its sale to Ocean Energy Inc. in 2001. For more than the past nine years he has been Chief Executive Manager of Vlasic Investments L.L.C. He is a 1982 graduate of Brown University and holds an MBA from the University of Michigan.

Mark Welsh

Mr. Mark A. Welsh IV, is the Independent Director of Halcon Resources Corp. (formerly Ram Energy Resources Inc.). Mr. Welsh currently serves as a Director of EnCap Investments L.P. Mr. Welsh has 10 years of experience in private equity, including six years with EnCap. Prior to joining EnCap, Mr. Welsh served as a financial analyst with The Blackstone Group L.P. and as a Vice President with Adam Corporation. Mr. Welsh received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from Texas A&M University, where he was recognized with the Brown-Rudder Award as the graduate in his class. Mr. Welsh serves on the board of directors of several EnCap portfolio companies.
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