2023 Final Results

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Acquisition Highlights

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Final Results

RELENTLESS FOCUS ON INCREASING VALUE

2023 Strategic Successes

  • Commenced trading on the New York Stock Exchange
  • Generated $219 million of Free Cash Flow
  • Decreased leverage to 2.3x; realized ~15% Debt reduction in a challenged commodity price environment
  • Delivered record production on stable, ~10% declines
  • Distributed ~$180 million in dividends, share repurchases
  • Awarded OGMP 2.0 Gold Standard; 2nd consecutive year
  • Retired more than 400 wells across our operating regions
  • Completed multiple, accretive and innovative transactions

821 MMcfepd

137 Mboepd

2023 Avg Production

$543Mn

2023 Adjusted EBITDA

52% CashMargins

50% or higher since 2017

10% ProductionDeclines

Industry-leading

2.3x Net Debt/ Adj. EBITDA

Consistent Leverage Profile

$800+Mn

Return of Capital since IPO(a)

"Diversified is the right company at the right time to deliver long-term stakeholder returns while also providing the

solution to existing, long-life producing wells that have become non-core assets for other operators."

-Rusty Hutson, Co-Founder and CEO

a) Includes the total value of dividends paid and declared and share repurchases (including Employee Benefit Trust) since the Company's February 2017 IPO

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DELIVERING ON A DE-RISKED PRODUCTION MODEL

Commodity Price Risk

  • Dynamic hedging sustains realized pricing and delivers consistent cash margins

Development/Operational Risk

  • PDP focus eliminates the need for drill-bit exploration
  • Smarter Asset Management enhances production
  • Predictable, low & peer-leading corporate declines

Financing Risk

  • Investment grade, low fixed rate, fully amortizing debt limits interest rate and maturity exposure
  • ABS structure provides natural de-leveraging

Environmental Risk

  • Stewardship model focused on reducing emissions and improving already producing long-life assets
  • Best-in-classsustainability reporting

Diversified's business model reduces exposure to typical industry risk factors

Oil & Gas Development Risk Spectrum

High Risk

Low Risk

Exploration Infill Drilling Behind Pipe Producing Wells

Positioned to Generate Consistent Cash Flow

(Hedged)MarginsCash

53%

53%

54%

50%

$6.64

52%

HubHenryAveragePrice

($/MMBtu)

49%

$3.09

$2.63

$3.04

$2.74

$2.08

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Average Henry Hub price based on value of settled monthly futures contracts for the periods presented

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(%)

LOW PRODUCTION DECLINES CREATE DISTINCT ADVANTAGES

32%

33%

35%

Peer Average

2023 Annual Prod. Decline

28%

23%23%

~10%

25%

Capital Intensity

DEC

Peer 1

$0.25/Mcfe

$0.79/Mcfe

Peer 2

Peer 3

Peer 4

Peer 5

Peer 6

$0.86/Mcfe

$0.95/Mcfe

$1.09/Mcfe

$1.28/Mcfe

$1.44/Mcfe

Superior Capital Intensity

Eases pressure to replace production and maintains generation of free cash flow

Enhanced Free Cash Flows

Available for reinvestment, return of capital, debt repayment and sustainability investments

Greater Value Creation & Return

Organic capital generation rate exceeds that available to industry peers with higher capital intensity

Source: Company Data, Enverus, Factset;

Peers include AR, CHK, EQT, GPOR, RRC and SWN

Capital Intensity calculated as 2023 capital expenditures divided by 2023 net total production

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% of 2024 Natural Gas Production Hedged

HEDGING STRATEGY MITIGATES RISKS, ENHANCES RETURNS

Diversified Stands Out with Natural Gas Price Protection

$3.09

% of Production Hedged

Hedged Benchmark Price

85%

82%

71%

$2.45

56%

55%

2024 Avg

44%

47%

43%

Strip Price

27%

14%

4%

Diversified

Peer Average

Peer 1

Peer 2

Peer 3

Peer 4

Peer 5

Peer 6

Peer 7

Peer 8

Peer 9

70-90%

1-12 Months

50-70%

13-24 Months

Linked to

Maintain robust

Opportunistically

Hedged

margins by reducing

Hedged

add value and cover

ABS

commodity price risk

future distribution

25+ Months

Long-dated Hedge Portfolio underpins investment-grade debt and fully-amortizing notes

Diversified hedge position as of 29 December 2023;

NYMEX Strip for 2024 includes settled contracts for Jan-March 2024 and futures pricing for REM24 using NYMEX strip as of March 1, 2024; Source: Factset

Peers include AR, Ascent Resources, CHK, CNX, CRK, EQT, GPOR, RRC, and SWN; Source: Company Data and Factset

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Final Results

INNOVATIVE ASSET SALE PROVIDES LIQUIDITY AND REDUCES DEBT

Illustrative Liquidity Enhancement

Industry-First Transaction

Borrowing Base Liquidity Enhanement

$90 million

in liquidity uplift

$30

Unlocks Value of Assets

First-in industry sale of equity cash flows on amortizing debt

$60$150

$90

RBL Value at

Liquidity

ABS Value at

Sale of

40% Advance Rate

Enhancement

65% Advance Rate

Majority Equity Stake

Robust economics with a 5.7x Adj. EBITDA Multiple

Diversified retained a 20% minority interest

Transaction both reduced debt and increased liquidity

Movement of collateral from the credit facility to structured,

amortizing debt accessed additional reserve value

Residual cash flows from minority interest continue to

support Diversified's consolidated cash flow profile

Illustrative liquidity enhancement scenario assumes asset PV-10 of $230 million dollars, 40% advance rate for Reserves based lending ("RBL"), 65% advance rate for ABS instrument ('ABS") and $30 million for sale of majority equity stake in residual cash flows from ABS instrument

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Financial and Operating Highlights

SUMMARY FINANCIAL AND OPERATING RESULTS

Generating Robust Operating Margins with Production and Cash Flows

821 MMcfepd

$3.48 per Mcfe

137 Mboepd

$20.87 per Boe

2023 Average Production

Average Realized Price(a)

777 MMcfepd

$1.69 per Mcfe

129 Mboepd

$10.14 per Boe

4Q23 Average Production

Adjusted Cost per Unit(b)

86%|11%|3%

$543 Million

Gas / NGL / Oil Production Mix

Adjusted EBITDA

$28.26 /share

NAV per Share(c)

2.3X

$10.14 per Boe

Net Debt / Adj. EBITDA

52%

Cash Margin(d)

Driving Value With Sustainable Operations

222 | 384

DEC / Total Wells Retired

98% Leak-Free(e)

Underpins OGMP Gold Standard

50+ well pads

Pneumatic Devices Converted

a)

Calculated as Total Revenue, Inclusive of Hedges per unit; Includes the impact of settled derivative instruments, Midstream and Other Revenue, and certain gains from land sales; excludes $0.09/Mcfe of revenue related to the operations of Next LVL Energy

b)

For comparability purposes, amount excludes $0.07/Mcfe within Base Lease Operating Expense related to the operations of Next LVL Energy

c)

Calculated as the sum of the Company's reserves at December 31, 2023 using 10-yr NYMEX strip, Net Debt and financial derivatives mark-to-market value as December 31, 2023; per share value calculated using shares outstanding of 47,222,211

2023

d)

Calculated as Adjusted EBITDA (defined within footnote (c)), as a percentage of Total Revenue, Inclusive of hedges

9

e)

Amount includes asset inspections in the Company's Appalachia and Central Region operating areas; "Leak Free" defined as no detectable emissions when using handheld emissions technology

Final Results

MEASURING SUCCESS: KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

Maintain Leverage at or Below 2.5x

Consistent Adj. EBITDA Margin

Adjusted Operating Cost per Mcfe

Methane Emissions Intensity

(Net Debt / Adj. EBITDA)

(%)

($/Mcfe)

(MT CO2e/MMcfe)

2.5x

50%

52%

$1.77

$1.76

1.5

2.3x

49%

1.2

2.1x

$1.32

0.8

2021

2022

2023

2021

2022

2023

2021

2022

2023

2021

2022

2023

Net Cash p/b Operating Activities

($ millions)

$388$410

$320

202120222023

Meet or Exceed State Retirement Goals

(wells retired)

DEC Wells

404

Total Wells, incl 3rd party

286

214

222

136

136

2021

2022

2023

Safety Performance

Motor Vehicle Accidents

Total Recordable Incident Rate

MVA

TRIR

1.55

1.28

0.72

0.69

0.73

0.55

2021

2022

2023

Key Performance Indicators allow stakeholders to measure Diversified's successful execution of its stated strategy

MVA = Motor Vehicle Accident Rate; TRIR= Total Recordable Incident Rate

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Final Results

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