ARES MANAGEMENT LLC - 13 Dec 2021 Form 4 Insider Report for California Resources Corp (CRC)

Footnote F1

This statement is being filed jointly by (i) AF V Energy IV AIV 1A, L.P. ("ACOF AIV 1A"), (ii) AF V Energy IV AIV 1B, L.P. ("ACOF AIV 1B"), (iii) AF V Energy IV AIV 2, L.P. ("ACOF AIV 2" and, together with ACOF AIV 1A and ACOF AIV 1B, the "ACOF AIVs"), (iv) AEOF ECR AIV A-B, L.P. ("AEOF AIV A-B"), (v) AEOF ECR AIV C, L.P. ("AEOF AIV C" and, together with AEOF AIV A-B, the "AEOF AIVs"), (vi) AF Energy Feeder, L.P., (vii) ACOF Investment Management LLC ("ACOF Investment Management"), (viii) Ares Management LLC, (Continued in footnote 2

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(ix) Ares Management Holdings L.P. ("Ares Management Holdings"), (x) Ares Holdco LLC ("Ares Holdco"), (xi) Ares Management Corporation ("Ares Management"), (xii) Ares Voting LLC ("Ares Voting"), (xiii) Ares Management GP LLC ("Ares Management GP") and (xiv) Ares Partners Holdco LLC ("Ares Partners") (collectively, the "Reporting Persons"). Due to the electronic system's limitation of 10 Reporting Persons per joint filing, this statement is being filed in duplicate.

Footnote F3

ACOF Investment Management is the manager of each of the ACOF AIVs, the AEOF AIVs and AF Energy Feeder, L.P., and the sole member of ACOF Investment Management is Ares Management LLC. The sole member of Ares Management LLC is Ares Management Holdings and the general partner of Ares Management Holdings is Ares Holdco. The sole member of Ares Holdco is Ares Management. Ares Management GP is the sole holder of the Class B common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Ares Management (the "Ares Class B Common Stock") and Ares Voting is the sole holder of the Class C common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Ares Management (the "Ares Class C Common Stock"). (Continued in footnote 4)

Footnote F4

Pursuant to Ares Management's Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of the Ares Class B Common Stock and the Ares Class C Common Stock, collectively, will generally have the majority of the votes on any matter submitted to the stockholders of Ares Management if certain conditions are met. The sole member of both Ares Management GP and Ares Voting is Ares Partners. Ares Partners is managed by a board of managers, which is composed of Michael Arougheti, Ryan Berry, R. Kipp deVeer, David Kaplan, Antony Ressler and Bennett Rosenthal (collectively, the "Board Members"). Mr. Ressler generally has veto authority over decisions by the Board Members.

Footnote F5

The Reporting Persons collectively beneficially own, or may be deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate 11,149,867 shares of Common Stock by reason of the direct or indirect beneficial ownership of such shares as follows: (i) ACOF AIV 1A directly holds 663,094 shares of Common Stock, (ii) ACOF AIV 1B directly holds 2,426,585 shares of Common Stock, (iii) ACOF AIV 2 directly holds 2,471,962 shares of Common Stock, (iv) AEOF AIV A-B directly holds 1,894,861 shares of Common Stock, (v) AEOF AIV C directly holds 804,524 shares of Common Stock and (vi) AF Energy Feeder, L.P. directly holds 2,888,841 shares of Common Stock.

Footnote F6

Each of the Reporting Persons (other than the ACOF AIVs, the AEOF AIVs, and AF Energy Feeder, L.P with respect to the shares of Common Stock directly held by them) and the Board Members, and the other directors, officers, partners, stockholders, members and managers of the Reporting Persons, expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of the Common Stock, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein, and this Form 4 shall not be deemed an admission that any such person or entity is the beneficial owner of, or has any pecuniary interest in, such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purposes.

Footnote F7

The Reporting Persons collectively have written, or may be deemed to have written, in the aggregate 3,500 call options. Each call option represents 100 shares of Common Stock. ACOF AIV 1A wrote 275 call options; ACOF AIV 1B wrote 1,005 call options; ACOF AIV 2 wrote 1,024 call options; and AF Energy Feeder, L.P. wrote 1,196 call options.