Pure Acquisition Corp. announced that it has named Michael L. Hollis as President. Mr. Hollis is also expected to be named President of HighPeak Energy Inc. (“HighPeak”) upon the consummation of Pure’s business combination, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2020. On November 27, 2019, Pure announced that it had entered into a business combination agreement with HighPeak and certain affiliates of HighPeak Energy Partners, LP and a contribution agreement with Grenadier Energy Partners II, LLC. HighPeak filed a Form S-4 Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 2, 2019. Mr. Hollis joins Pure most recently from Diamondback Energy Inc. Mr. Hollis also served on the Board of Directors for Diamondback Energy Inc. as well as on the Board of Directors for Viper Energy Partners LP. Prior to his positions at Diamondback, Mr. Hollis was a Drilling Manager at Chesapeake Energy Corporation and also held roles of increasing responsibility in production, completions, and drilling engineering at ConocoPhillips and Burlington Resources Inc. Mr. Hollis has over 20 years of oil and gas experience and holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University.