Mr. Davis has been a Managing Partner of SailingStone since the commencement of its operations in 2014. Prior to forming SailingStone, Mr. Davis was a member of the Hard Assets Team at RS Investment Management Co. LLC. Prior to joining RS Investments in 2004, Mr. Davis spent four years as a high-yield analyst at Fidelity Management & Research Company, covering technology, telecommunications, industrial, and energy issuers. Previously, he was a vice president at Fidelity Capital Markets, focusing on origination and financial engineering initiatives. He was also an analyst at Goldman Sachs & Company. Mr. Davis is a CFA charterholder.

Kenneth L. Settles Jr. has been responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund (including its predecessor fund) since 2007. Mr. Settles has been a Managing Partner of SailingStone since the commencement of its operations in 2014. Prior to forming SailingStone, he was a member of the Hard Assets Team at RS Investment Management Co. LLC. Prior to joining RS Investments in 2006, he was a senior energy analyst at Neuberger Berman, LLC for seven years where he also co-managed the Neuberger Berman Premier Energy Portfolio. Previously, Mr. Settles spent three years at Salomon Smith Barney, Inc. where he was a financial analyst. Mr. Settles is a CFA charterholder.

Mr. Lively has been a Partner of SailingStone since the commencement of its operations in 2014. He is currently an investment analyst and portfolio manager. Prior to forming SailingStone in June 2014, Mr. Lively was an investment analyst at RS Investments for the RS Global Natural Resource strategies. From October 2008 through August 2013, he was Managing Director, E&P Research at Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co., where he served as global head of upstream research. From December 2000 through July 2004 he was a vice president and team leader at Netherland, Sewell & Associates Inc. and a senior project engineer at Exxon Mobil Corporation.