0001193125-25-187816 Sample Contracts

VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT
Voting and Support Agreement • August 25th, 2025 • Vital Energy, Inc. • Crude petroleum & natural gas • Delaware

THIS VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), is dated as of August 24, 2025, by and among Independence Energy Aggregator L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Holder”), as a stockholder of Crescent Energy Company, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Parent and Vital Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AMONG CRESCENT ENERGY COMPANY, VENUS MERGER SUB I INC., VENUS MERGER SUB II LLC AND VITAL ENERGY, INC. Dated as of August 24, 2025
Merger Agreement • August 25th, 2025 • Vital Energy, Inc. • Crude petroleum & natural gas • Delaware

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of August 24, 2025 (this “Agreement”), among Crescent Energy Company, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Venus Merger Sub I Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub Inc.”), Venus Merger Sub II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub LLC”), and Vital Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).