Vitesse Energy Inc

The information in this Form 10-Q contains statements which, to the extent they are not statements of historical or present fact, constitute “forward-looking statements” under the securities laws. These forward-looking statements are intended to provide management’s current expectations or plans for our future operating and financial performance, based on assumptions currently believed to be valid. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “believe,” “expect,” “expectations,” “plans,” “strategy,” “prospects,” “estimate,” “project,” “target,” “anticipate,” “will,” “should,” “see,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “confident” and other words of similar meaning in connection with a discussion of future operating or financial performance. Forward-looking statements may include, among other things, statements relating to future earnings, cash flow, results of operations, uses of cash, tax rates and other measures of financial performance or potential future plans, strategies or transactions of Vitesse, and other statements that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and conditions, but rather are subject to numerous assumptions, risks, and uncertainties that may cause actual future results to be materially different from those contemplated, projected, estimated, or budgeted. Such assumptions, risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to, the following:

■the timing and extent of changes in oil and natural gas prices;

■our ability to successfully implement our business plan;

■the pace of our operators’ drilling and completion activity on our properties, including in connection with refrac programs and extended length three-mile lateral wells;

■our operators’ ability to complete projects on time and on budget;

■uncertainties about estimates of reserves, identification of drilling locations and the ability to add reserves in the future;

■our ability to complete acquisitions;

■actions taken by third-party operators, processors, transporters and gatherers;

■natural disasters, adverse weather conditions, pandemic, war (such as the conflict in the Middle East and the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine), financial or political instability, casualty losses and other matters beyond our control;

■changes in general economic conditions, including central bank policy actions, bank failures and associated liquidity risks;

■our ability to achieve the benefits that we expect to achieve as an independent publicly traded company;

■the qualification of the Distribution and certain related transactions as tax-free under the Code;

■inflation;

■infrastructure constraints and related factors affecting our properties;

■competitive conditions in our industry;

■the effects of existing and future laws and governmental regulations;

■the availability and price of oil and natural gas to the consumer compared to the price of alternative and competing fuels;

■operating hazards and other risks incidental to gathering, storing and transporting oil and natural gas;

■restrictions in our Revolving Credit Facility;

■interest rates;

■the effects of ongoing or future litigation;

■cyber-related risks;

■changes in insurance markets impacting costs and the level and types of coverage available;

■financial, regulatory, and political risks associated with societal responses to climate change;

■extreme weather events and fluctuating regional and global weather conditions or patterns;

■energy efficiency and technology trends;

■large customer defaults;

■labor relations; and

■changes in tax status.

The above list of factors is not exhaustive. For additional information on identifying factors that may cause actual results to vary materially from those stated in forward-looking statements, see the discussion under the section Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors in this Form 10-Q and Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on February 26, 2024.

Reserve engineering is a process of estimating underground accumulations of hydrocarbons that cannot be measured in an exact way. The accuracy of any reserve estimates depends on the quality of available data, the interpretation of such data and price and cost assumptions made by reserve engineers. In addition, the results of drilling, testing and production activities may justify revisions of estimates that were made previously. Accordingly, reserve estimates may differ significantly from the quantities of oil, natural gas and NGLs that are ultimately recovered.

Any forward-looking statements, express or implied, included in this Form 10-Q are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. This cautionary statement should also be considered in connection with any subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements that we or persons acting on our behalf may issue. Any forward-looking statement that we make in this Form 10-Q speaks only as of the date on which it was made. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, we expressly disclaim any obligation to, update or alter our forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, subsequent events or otherwise.