SM Energy Company

Greetings. Welcome to SM Energy Company and Civitas Resources Merger Joint Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. If anyone should require operator assistance during the conference, please press star zero on your telephone keypad. Please note this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the conference over to Wade Purcell, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Thank you. You may begin.

Thank you, Sherry. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us on this very exciting day in the history of our companies. Our call today is to discuss SM Energy Company and Civitas Resources merger announcement. Earlier this morning, we issued a press release, posted a presentation to our website. We hope that you've had a chance to review both of those. So during today's call, we'll be making forward-looking statements, which consist of statements that cannot be confirmed by reference to existing information, including statements regarding our beliefs, goals, expectations, forecasts, projections, and future performance, and the assumptions underlying the statements. Please note there are a number of factors that will cause actual results to differ materially from our statements. Also, please recognize that except as required by applicable law, we undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on such statements. We may also refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures and metrics to help facilitate comparisons across periods and with peers. Please refer to Slides 2 and 3 in the presentation posted earlier this morning for additional discussion of forward-looking statements and non-GAAP measures. Today's prepared remarks will be given by SM Energy Company's Chief Executive Officer, Herb Vogel, and President and Chief Operating Officer, Beth McDonald, and Civitas Resources Interim Chief Executive Officer, Wouter van Kippen. I'll now turn the call over to Herb.

Herb. Thanks, Wade. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. Earlier this morning, we announced that we've entered into a merger agreement with Civitas Resources. Wouter, Beth, and I are excited to share how this transformational merger delivers superior value for both SM Energies and Civitas' stockholders. This is more than just a combination of two companies. It's a remarkable opportunity that creates value-enhancing scale, value-driven synergies, and value-accretive substance in the form of significant free cash flow generation. Before handing the call over to Wouter for a few remarks, I want to extend my congratulations to Wouter and the entire Civitas team for building Civitas into a leading sustainable energy producer. Today's transaction reflects the exceptional talent and operational excellence they've cultivated. I look forward to seeing what our two companies can achieve as one stronger organization. I will now turn the call over to Bouter. Bouter?