0001528129-24-000063.txt : 20240223 0001528129-24-000063.hdr.sgml : 20240223 20240223164144 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001528129-24-000063 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20240215 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240223 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240223 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Hill Kathryn Anne CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0002001667 ORGANIZATION NAME: FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35380 FILM NUMBER: 24672089 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 521 E. 2ND STREET, SUITE 1000 CITY: TULSA STATE: OK ZIP: 74120 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Vital Energy, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001528129 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] ORGANIZATION NAME: 01 Energy & Transportation IRS NUMBER: 453007926 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 521 E. SECOND STREET SOUTH STREET 2: SUITE 1000 CITY: TULSA STATE: OK ZIP: 74120 BUSINESS PHONE: 918-513-4570 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 521 E. SECOND STREET SOUTH STREET 2: SUITE 1000 CITY: TULSA STATE: OK ZIP: 74120 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Laredo Petroleum, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20140102 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20110816 4/A 1 wk-form4a_1708724451.xml FORM 4/A X0508 4/A 2024-02-15 2024-02-20 0 0001528129 Vital Energy, Inc. VTLE 0002001667 Hill Kathryn Anne 521 E. 2ND STREET, SUITE 1000 TULSA OK 74120 0 1 0 0 SVP & Chief Operating Officer 0 Common Stock 2024-02-15 4 F 0 1114 46.19 D 14148 D Represents shares of common stock withheld by the Issuer to satisfy tax withholding obligations of the Reporting Person in connection with the vesting of a portion of restricted shares previously granted to the Reporting Person under the Issuer's Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan. The Form 4 that was filed on February 20, 2024 is being amended solely to attach the Power of Attorney for the Reporting Person. /s/ Mark D. Denny as attorney-in-fact for Kathryn A. Hill 2024-02-23 EX-24.1 2 powerofattorney-forms345xh.htm EX-24.1 Document
EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5
The undersigned, Kathryn Anne Hill, hereby constitutes and appoints Mark D. Denny with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to have full power and authority to act in her name, place and stead and on the undersigned’s behalf to:
1.execute and deliver for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments, corrections, supplements or other changes thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules thereunder, but only to the extent each form relates to the undersigned’s beneficial ownership of securities of Vital Energy, Inc. or any of its subsidiaries;
2.do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange, self-regulatory association or any other authority; and
3.take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing, which, in the opinion of each such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required of, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve, in his discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as such attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is Vital Energy, Inc. assuming, (i) any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act or any liability for the undersigned’s failure to comply with such requirements or (ii) any obligation or liability that the undersigned incurs for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments, corrections, supplements or other changes thereto) with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Vital Energy, Inc. unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 19th day of February, 2024.

By:/s/ Kathryn Anne Hill
Kathryn Anne Hill

Signature Page to Power of Attorney for Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5