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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Following the transactions reported herein, includes: 2,123,393 shares held of record by Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&amp;P) XI - A, L.P. (&quot;WP E&amp;P XI A&quot;), 163,270 shares held of record by Warburg Pincus XI (E&amp;P) Partners - A, L.P. (&quot;WP XI E&amp;P Partners A&quot;), 2,068,675 shares held of record by WP IRH Holdings, L.P. (&quot;WP IRH Holdings&quot;), 57,365 shares held of record by Warburg Pincus XI (E&amp;P) Partners-B IRH, LLC (&quot;WP XI E&amp;P Partners B IRH&quot;), 3,179,794 shares held of record by WP Energy IRH Holdings, L.P. (&quot;WPE IRH Holdings&quot;), 260,350 shares held of record by WP Energy Partners IRH Holdings, L.P. (&quot;WPE Partners IRH Holdings&quot;), 101,492 shares held of record by Warburg Pincus Energy (E&amp;P) Partners-B IRH, LLC (&quot;WPE E&amp;P Partners B IRH&quot;), 300,946 shares held of record by Warburg Pincus Energy (E&amp;P) Partners-A, L.P. (&quot;WPE E&amp;P Partners A&quot;) and 4,982,825 shares held of record by Warburg Pincus Energy (E&amp;P)-A, L.P. (&quot;WPE E&amp;P A&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Warburg Pincus XI (E&amp;P) Partners - B, L.P. (&quot;WP XI E&amp;P Partners B&quot;) is the general partner of WP XI E&amp;P Partners B IRH. Warburg Pincus (E&amp;P) XI, L.P. (&quot;WP XI E&amp;P GP&quot;) is the general partner of WP E&amp;P XI A, WP XI E&amp;P Partners A, WP IRH Holdings, and WP XI E&amp;P Partners B. Warburg Pincus (E&amp;P) XI LLC (&quot;WP XI E&amp;P GP LLC&quot;) is the general partner of WP XI E&amp;P GP. Warburg Pincus Partners (E&amp;P) XI LLC (&quot;WPP E&amp;P XI&quot;) is the managing member of WP XI E&amp;P GP LLC.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Warburg Pincus Energy (E&amp;P) Partners-B, L.P. (&quot;WPE E&amp;P Partners B&quot;) is the general partner of WPE E&amp;P Partners B IRH. Warburg Pincus (E&amp;P) Energy GP, L.P. (&quot;WPE E&amp;P GP&quot;) is the general partner of WPE IRH Holdings, WPE Partners IRH Holdings, WPE E&amp;P Partners B, WPE E&amp;P Partners A, and WPE E&amp;P A. Warburg Pincus (E&amp;P) Energy LLC (&quot;WPE E&amp;P GP LLC&quot;) is the general partner of WPE E&amp;P GP.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Warburg Pincus Partners II (US), L.P. (&quot;WPP II US&quot;) is the managing member of WPP E&amp;P XI and WPE E&amp;P GP LLC. Warburg Pincus &amp; Company US, LLC (&quot;WP &amp; Co. US LLC&quot;) is the general partner of WPP II US. Warburg Pincus LLC (&quot;WP LLC&quot;) is a registered investment adviser, and the manager of WP E&amp;P XI A, WP XI E&amp;P Partners A, WPE E&amp;P Partners A, and WPE E&amp;P A.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Immediately following the acquisition of shares of Class A Common Stock reported herein, Independence Resources Holdings, LLC disposed of all of its shares of Class A Common Stock in a pro-rata distribution in-kind to its members for no consideration.</footnote>
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    <remarks>Due to the limitations of the electronic filing system certain Reporting Persons are filing a separate Form 4.</remarks>

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        <signatureDate>2021-01-11</signatureDate>
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        <signatureDate>2021-01-11</signatureDate>
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        <signatureDate>2021-01-11</signatureDate>
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        <signatureDate>2021-01-11</signatureDate>
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        <signatureDate>2021-01-11</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>Warburg Pincus LLC By: /s/ Robert B. Knauss, Authorized Signatory</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-01-11</signatureDate>
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