| GFW IX, L.L.C. is the general partner of G.F.W. Energy IX, L.P., which is the general partner of each of Natural Gas Partners IX, L.P. and NGP IX Offshore Holdings, L.P. (together with Natural Gas Partners IX, L.P. “NGP IX”), which jointly own Production Opportunities II, L.P. GFW IX, L.L.C. has delegated full power and authority to manage NGP IX to NGP Energy Capital Management, L.L.C. GFW VIII, L.L.C. is the general partner of G.F.W. Energy VIII, L.P., which is the general partner of Natural Gas Partners VIII, L.P. (“NGP VIII”), which owns a controlling interest in Rising Star Energy Holdings, L.P. and Rising Star Energy GP, L.L.C. Rising Star Energy GP, L.L.C. is the general partner of Rising Star Energy Holdings, L.P., which is the sole member of Rising Star Energy Development Co., L.L.C. GFW VIII, L.L.C. has delegated full power and authority to manage NGP VIII to NGP Energy Capital Management, L.L.C. In accordance with NGP IX’s and NGP VIII’s general practice of exiting investments proportionately and in tandem, it is expected that Production Opportunities II, L.P. and NGP VIII will sell shares of the Issuer’s common stock in proportion to the number of such shares held by them. Each of RSP Permian, Inc., RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C., Ted Collins, Jr., Wallace Family Partnership, LP, Rising Star Energy Development Co., L.L.C. and Pecos Energy Partners, L.P. entered into a Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of January 23, 2014 (the “Stockholders’ Agreement”). In December 2014, in connection with a distribution by RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. to its members (including Production Opportunities II, L.P.), on a pro rata basis, of all of its shares of the Issuer’s common stock, RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. assigned all of its rights and obligations under the Stockholders’ Agreement to Production Opportunities II, L.P. and Production Opportunities II, L.P. became a party to the Stockholders’ Agreement. Similarly, as described more fully under Item 5, below, in January 2015, in connection with the distribution by Rising Star Energy Development Co., L.L.C. of all of its shares of the Issuer’s common stock to its sole member, which in turn distributed all such shares to its partners, on a pro rata basis, Rising Star Energy Development Co., L.L.C. assigned all of its rights and obligations under the Stockholders’ Agreement to NGP VIII, one of its sole member’s partners, and NGP VIII became a party to the Stockholders’ Agreement. The Stockholders’ Agreement, among other things, requires Production Opportunities II, L.P., Ted Collins, Jr., Wallace Family Partnership, LP, NGP VIII and Pecos Energy Partners, L.P. to vote their respective shares of the Issuer’s common stock for directors that are designated in accordance with the provisions of the Stockholders’ Agreement. Each of Production Opportunities II, L.P., Ted Collins, Jr. and Wallace Family Partnership, LP has the right to designate a certain number of nominees to the Issuer’s board of directors, subject to the limitations and conditions set forth in the Stockholders’ Agreement, including the ownership of a specified percentage of the outstanding shares of the Issuer’s common stock. Because of the foregoing relationships, (i) Production Opportunities II, L.P. may be deemed to share voting power over the 19,694,179 shares of the Issuer’s common stock held of record by the other parties to the Stockholders’ Agreement, (ii) NGP Energy Capital Management, L.L.C., GFW IX, L.L.C., G.F.W. Energy IX, L.P., and NGP IX may be deemed to share voting power over the |