Lamar McKay

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome, and thank you for attending the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of APA Corporation. It's 10:00, and the meeting is called to order. My name is Lamar McKay, Chair of APA's Board of Directors. On your screen, you will see today's agenda and the rules of conduct for the meeting. I would first like to thank the members of the Board for their service and commitment. And on behalf of the Board, I'd like to thank the employees of the company for their dedication and many accomplishments this past year.

The nominees for election to the Board of Directors today are: Annell Bay, John Christmann, Juliet Ellis, Ken Fisher, Charles Hooper, Chansoo Joung, Peter Ragauss, Dave Stover, Anya Weaving and myself, Lamar McKay.

I'll now turn the meeting over to John Christmann, APA's Chief Executive Officer.

John Christmann
CEO & Director

Thanks, Lamar. Officers available today are Steve Riney, President; Ben Rodgers, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; and Kim Warnica, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary.

I appoint Ms. Warnica, as Parliamentarian and as Secretary of the meeting.

Ms. Warnica was notice of the meeting duly and properly mailed and is the inspector of election present?

Kimberly Warnica
Executive VP, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary

Yes. The proxy statement and notice of the annual meeting were mailed to shareholders on April 9, 2026. We have an affidavit to that effect from BetaNXT and samples of the items mailed.

Also, a certified list of the shareholders of record as of the close of business on the record