On October 27, 2022, the Board of Directors of Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation approved the appointment of Brian M. Corales, age 43, as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective November 3, 2022. He will also serve as the Company's principal financial officer and principal accounting officer from that date. Mr. Corales has served as the Company's Vice President, Investor Relations since November 2018.

Mr. Corales is a certified public accountant, and, prior to joining the Company in November 2018, he was a senior analyst at Johnson Rice & Co. and previously spent 15 years in positions at other investment banks, including as a director at Scotia Howard Weil from October 2009 to February 2018, where he covered E&P companies with a range of market caps located in various basins throughout the United States. Mr. Corales began his career in 2001 in the Assurance practice at Ernst & Young focusing on energy companies.

He holds a bachelor's degree in economics and accounting from the College of the Holy Cross. Upon the Effective Date, Mr. Corales will receive an annual base salary of $367,500 and will be eligible to receive a cash bonus award under the Company's 2022 annual short term incentive program applicable to executive officers of the Company (the “2022 Bonus Program”), with a maximum potential bonus amount equal to 110% of his base salary. In addition, Mr. Corales will be eligible to participate in the Company's regular annual long term equity-based incentive award program for executive officers of the Company (the “Long Term Incentive Program”), with the value of his target award under the Long Term Incentive Program for the February 2023 annual grant to equal approximately 275% of his base salary.

There are no transactions between the Company and Mr. Corales that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Mr. Corales has no family relationships with any director or executive officer of the Company, and t here are no understandings or arrangements between Mr. Corales and any other person pursuant to which he was selected to serve as an officer of the Company. Also on October 27, 2022, the Board approved certain changes to the compensation of Christopher G. Stavros who was, effective September 21, 2022, appointed as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director (and who continued to serve as the Company's Chief Financial Officer, principal financial officer, and principal accounting officer prior to Mr. Corales' appointment). Specifically, the Board approved that Mr. Stavros will receive an annual base salary of $700,000, retroactive to September 21, 2022, and will be eligible to receive a cash bonus award under the 2022 Bonus Program, with a maximum potential bonus amount equal to 150% of his base salary.

Mr. Stavros will continue to be eligible to participate in the Long Term Incentive Program, with the value of his target award for the February 2023 annual grant to equal approximately $3,600,000. Further details concerning the Company's executive compensation program are described in the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A dated March 18, 2022. Additional information regarding Mr. Stavros' recent appointment and background is available in the Company's current report on Form 8-K, filed on September 23, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference.