M. Jason Pigott - Feb 20, 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for Vital Energy, Inc. (VTLE)

Signature
/s/ Mark D. Denny, as attorney-in-fact for M. Jason Pigott
Stock symbol
VTLE
Transactions as of
Feb 20, 2024
Transactions value $
$2,750,010
Form type
4
Date filed
2/22/2024, 05:05 PM
Previous filing
Feb 20, 2024
Next filing
Feb 23, 2024

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction VTLE Common Stock Award $2.75M +63.5K +55.16% $43.34 178K Feb 20, 2024 Direct F1

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Underlying Class Amount Exercise Price Ownership Footnotes
transaction VTLE Performance Units Award $0 +63.5K $0.00 63.5K Feb 20, 2024 Common Stock 63.5K Direct F2
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 These restricted shares are granted under the Issuer's Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan and will vest in three equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary date of the grant.
F2 These performance units are granted under the Issuer's Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan. Each performance unit represents a share of common stock. The performance units will be payable, if at all, in common stock, cash, or a combination of common stock and cash, to be determined in the discretion of the Issuer's Compensation Committee, based upon (i) the Issuer's total shareholder return measured against an industry peer group on an absolute share return basis, (ii) earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and exploration expense divided by three-year total debt reduction, (iii) growth in inventory and (iv) emissions reduction, over a three-year performance period ending December 31, 2026. The final number of shares of common stock or cash earned is dependent on the performance of the stock price and the factors identified herein with the performance unit multiple having a range from 0% to 225%.