Appointment of Director

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) appointed Audrey Robertson as a member of the Board, effective September 16, 2019. Ms. Robertson has been determined by the Board to be an “independent director” in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(a)(2). Following her appointment to the Board, Ms. Robertson will serve as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board.

As a member of the Board, Ms. Robertson will receive the $80,000 annual retainer previously authorized and approved by the Board for each non-employee director, which amount is prorated for any partial year of service. In addition, in connection with her election, Ms. Robertson will receive 75,000 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) under the Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan in connection with her appointment to the Board. The RSUs will vest ratably over three years subject to her continuous service as a director. Upon vesting, each RSU will entitle her to receive one share of the common stock, par value $0.01, of the Company. The foregoing description of this RSU award is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (for Directors), which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 the Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated into this Item 5.02 by reference.

A fulsome description of the other compensation Ms. Robertson will receive following her appointment to the Board is contained in the Company’s definitive proxy statement under the section entitled “Director Compensation”, filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 2019.

In connection with her appointment to the Board, the Company entered into an Indemnification Agreement (the “Indemnification Agreement”) with Ms. Robertson. The Indemnification Agreement requires the Company to indemnify Ms. Robertson to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law against liability that may arise by reason of her service to the Company, and to advance certain expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against her as to which she could be indemnified.

The foregoing description of the Indemnification Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Indemnification Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated into this Item 5.02 by reference.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Robertson and any other person to which she was selected as a director. There are no transactions in which Ms. Robertson has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On September 18, 2019, the Company announced the appointment of Ms. Robertson to the Board. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report, including the exhibit attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. Exhibit
EX-10.2 2 ex102indemnificationagreem.htm EXHIBIT 10.2 Exhibit Exhibit 10.2INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENTThis Indemnification Agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of September 16,…
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About EXTRACTION OIL & GAS, INC. (NASDAQ:XOG)

Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc., formerly Extraction Oil & Gas, LLC, is an energy company. It is focused on the acquisition, development and production of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) reserves in the Rocky Mountains, primarily in the Wattenberg Field of the Denver-Julesburg Basin (the DJ Basin) of Colorado. It focuses on the development of the Codell and Niobrara formations. It offers its exploration and production processes in various steps, such as seismic, site preparation, drilling the well, completing the well, monitoring the well and reclaiming the site. The Company utilizes sound walls to mute or redirect noise caused by its operations. The Company uses an electric rig to manage its drilling operations. It uses vapor recovery units to capture emissions from storage facilities. It uses lease automatic custody transfer (LACT) units to collect oil from tanks in a closed-loop system that manages air emissions associated with the oil gathering and transportation process.