Information regarding Parsley’s directors and executive officers is contained in the proxy statement for Parsley’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the SEC on May 21, 2020, and certain of its Current Reports on Form 8-K. You can obtain free copies of these documents at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov or by accessing Parsley’s website at http://www.parsleyenergy.com. Information regarding Pioneer’s executive officers and directors is contained in the proxy statement for the Pioneer’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the SEC on May 21, 2020, and certain of its Current Reports on Form 8-K. You can obtain free copies of these documents at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or by accessing the Pioneer’s website at http://www.investors.pxd.com.
Investors may obtain additional information regarding the interests of those persons and other persons who may be deemed participants in the Transaction by reading the joint proxy statement/prospectus regarding the Transaction when it becomes available. You may obtain free copies of this document as described above.
Forward-Looking Statements and Cautionary Statements
The foregoing contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this communication that address activities, events or developments that Pioneer or Parsley expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Words such as “estimate,” “project,” “predict,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “potential,” “create,” “intend,” “could,” “may,” “foresee,” “plan,” “will,” “guidance,” “look,” “outlook,” “goal,” “future,” “assume,” “forecast,” “build,” “focus,” “work,” “continue” or the negative of such terms or other variations thereof and words and terms of similar substance used in connection with any discussion of future plans, actions, or events identify forward-looking statements. However, the absence of these words does not mean that the statements are not forward-looking. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the Transaction, pro forma descriptions of the combined company and its operations, integration and transition plans, synergies, opportunities and anticipated future performance. There are a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements included in this communication. These include the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the Transaction, including the timing, receipt and terms and conditions of any required governmental and regulatory approvals of the Transaction that could reduce anticipated benefits or cause the parties to abandon the Transaction, the ability to successfully integrate the businesses, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement, the possibility that stockholders of Pioneer may not approve the issuance of new shares of common stock in the Transaction or that stockholders of Parsley may not approve the merger agreement, the risk that the parties may not be able to satisfy the conditions to the Transaction in a timely manner or at all, risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the Transaction, the risk that any announcements relating to the Transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of Pioneer’s common stock or Parsley’s common stock, the risk that the Transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of Pioneer and Parsley to retain customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with their suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally, the risk the pending Transaction could distract management of both entities and they will incur substantial costs, the risk that problems may arise in successfully integrating the businesses of the companies, which may result in the combined company not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected, the risk that the combined company may be unable to achieve synergies or it may take longer than expected to achieve those synergies, the impact of reduced demand for Pioneer’s or Parsley’s products and products made from them due to governmental and societal actions taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; the uncertainties, costs and risks involved in Pioneer’s and Parsley’s operations, including as a result of employee misconduct; natural disasters, pandemics, epidemics (including COVID-19 and any escalation or worsening thereof) or other public health conditions and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected.
All such factors are difficult to predict and are beyond Pioneer’s or Parsley’s control, including those detailed in Pioneer’s annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K that are available on its website at http://www.investors.pxd.com and on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov, and those detailed in Parsley’s annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K that are available on Parsley’s website http://www.parsleyenergy.com and on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that Pioneer or Parsley believe to be reasonable but that may not prove to be accurate. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on
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