Resolute Energy Corporation Announces the Closure of Merger

Resolute Energy Corporation is an independent oil and gas company. The Company is engaged in the exploitation, development, exploration for and acquisition of oil and gas properties. The Company's assets are located primarily in the Delaware Basin in west Texas (the Permian Properties or Permian Basin Properties) and Aneth Field located in the Paradox Basin in southeast Utah (the Aneth Field Properties or Aneth Field). The Company has an interest in gas gathering and compression facilities located within and adjacent to its Aneth Field Properties. The Aneth field is an oil field located in southeast Utah. The Aneth field is connected by pipeline to a refinery located near Gallup, New Mexico. As of December 31, 2016, the Company had interests in approximately 23,900 gross (20,000 net) acres in the Permian Basin of Texas and southeast New Mexico.