Vital Energy Inc. Postpones Filing of 2019 Year-End Results

CALGARY, Alberta, April 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vital Energy Inc. (“Vital” or the “Corporation”) (TSX-V: VUX) announces that, due to logistics and delays caused by the COVID-19 virus, it is relying on the exemption ‎provided in Alberta Blanket Order 51-517 Temporary Exemption from Certain Corporate Finance Requirements (the “Alberta Order”) of the Alberta Securities Commission (and similar exemptions ‎provided by the securities commissions in British Columbia and Ontario) to postpone the filing of certain continuous disclosure documents. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, pursuant to the Alberta Order, the Alberta Securities Commission will allow a temporary 45-day filing extension to June 15, 2020.
In accordance with the Alberta Order, the Corporation confirms the following:it will postpone the filing of its Annual Audited Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2019 (section 4.2 of National Instrument 51-102), its Annual MD&A (section 5.1(2) of National Instrument 51-102); and its Statement of Reserves Data and Other Oil and Gas Information, Report on Reserves ‎Data by Independent Qualified Reserves Evaluator, and Report of Management and ‎Directors on Oil and Gas Disclosure for the year ended December 31, 2019 (section 2.1 of National Instrument 51-101) (collectively, the “Documents”)‎;that until the Corporation has filed the Documents, its management and other insiders are subject to an insider trading black-out policy that reflects the principles in section 9 of National Policy 11-207;the required filing of the Documents is expected to be filed no later than June 15, 2020;

there have been no ‎material business developments since the filing of the Q3 2019 Financial Statements and Management Discussion & Analysis on November 29, 2019, other than as a result of COVID-19, the operations of the Corporation will be negatively impacted and there will be a significant reduction in sales volumes and revenues.

Vital is a publicly traded junior oil and gas company whose primary focus is light and medium crude oil production in Western Canada.       For further information please contact:Yingchuan Wu, President
Tel: (403) 988-8286
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