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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-145321
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEF 14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170606
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170428
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170428
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20170428

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PRIMEENERGY CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000056868
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				840637348
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEF 14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-07406
		FILM NUMBER:		17791713

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE LANDMARK SQ
		CITY:			STAMFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06901
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2033585700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE LANDMARK SQ
		CITY:			STAMFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06901

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	KRM PETROLEUM CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19900614
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SCHEDULE 14A
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section&nbsp;14(a) of the </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Filed by the
Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Filed by a Party other than the
Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Preliminary proxy statement</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Definitive proxy statement</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Definitive Additional Materials</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Soliciting Material Pursuant to &#167;240.14a-12</TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:22pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PRIMEENERGY CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name of Person(s) Filing proxy statement, if other than the Registrant) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">No fee required.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and 0-11.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">1)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">2)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">3)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing
fee is calculated and state how it was determined):</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total fee paid:</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement
number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">1)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Amount Previously Paid:</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Filing Party:</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS OF </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PrimeEnergy Corporation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TO BE HELD ON </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>June&nbsp;6, 2017 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notice
is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of PrimeEnergy Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) will be held on Tuesday, June&nbsp;6, 2017, at 9:00 a.m., CDT, at the offices of the Company at 9821&nbsp;Katy Freeway, Houston, Texas
77024, for the following purposes: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. To elect a Board of Directors of seven&nbsp;(7) persons as nominated in the
accompanying proxy statement, such Directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. To transact such other procedural business as may properly be brought before the Meeting or at any adjournment or
adjournments thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Meeting may be adjourned from time to time without other notice than by announcement at the Meeting, or at any
adjournment thereof, and any and all business for which the Meeting is hereby noticed may be transacted at any such adjournment. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Board of Directors has fixed April&nbsp;10, 2017, as the date for the taking of a record of the stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournment or adjournments thereof. The stock transfer books will not be
closed. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Enclosed is a form of proxy solicited by the Board of Directors of the Company. Stockholders who do not plan to attend the
Meeting in person are requested to date, sign and return the enclosed proxy in the enclosed envelope, to which no postage need be affixed if mailed in the United States. Your proxy may be revoked at any time before it is exercised and will not be
used if you attend the Meeting and prefer to vote in person. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/ PATRICIA C. DELANEY</TD></TR>
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</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">April&nbsp;28, 2017 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Important Notice Regarding Internet Availability of </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be held on June&nbsp;6, 2017 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">The proxy material for this Annual Meeting and the Company&#146;s 2016 Annual Report </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">to Stockholders are available at www.proxydocs.com/PNRG </P>

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</FONT></A></P></TD>
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SERVICES</A></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>9821 Katy Freeway </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Houston, Texas 77024 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PROXY STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Solicitation by the Board of Directors of Proxies from </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Stockholders for Annual Meeting of Stockholders </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>June&nbsp;
6, 2017 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc329813_1"></A>GENERAL INFORMATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board of Directors of PrimeEnergy Corporation, a Delaware corporation, (hereinafter called the &#147;Company&#148;) solicits your proxy in
the enclosed form which, if you do not plan to attend the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company on Tuesday, June&nbsp;6, 2017, you are requested to fill out, sign as indicated and return to the Company in the enclosed self-addressed
envelope, which requires no postage if mailed in the United States. Any proxy given pursuant to this solicitation may be revoked by the person giving it at any time before it is exercised by notice (i)&nbsp;in person by the stockholder&#146;s oral
revocation at the Annual Meeting or (2)&nbsp;in writing to the Company at 9821 Katy Freeway Houston, Texas 77024 (Attention: Corporate Secretary), if the proxy was executed and returned. The approximate date on which the proxy statement and form of
proxy will be sent to security holders is April&nbsp;28, 2017. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Proxies are being solicited by mail and all expenses of solicitation have
been or will be borne by the Company. In addition, arrangements may be made with brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries to send proxies and proxy materials to their principals and the Company will reimburse them for their
expenses in so doing. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Only stockholders of record at the close of business on April&nbsp;10, 2017 (the &#147;Record Date&#148;), are
entitled to vote at the 2017 Annual Meeting and any adjournment thereof. There were 2,283,089 shares of common stock (&#147;Common Stock&#148;) outstanding on the Record Date. Each holder of Common Stock is entitled to vote on the proposal presented
in this proxy statement for each share held, each share entitling the record holder thereof to one vote. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><A NAME="toc329813_2"></A>Matters To Be Voted
On At The Annual Meeting </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There is one (1)&nbsp;proposal that is scheduled to be voted on at the Annual Meeting. Stockholders are being
asked to vote on the election of seven (7)&nbsp;Directors named herein to the Board of Directors of the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><A NAME="toc329813_3"></A>Vote
Required </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All shares of the Company represented by proxies received in time and in proper form and condition and not revoked will be
voted as specified in the proxy; or in the absence of specific direction, the proxy will be voted by the person designated therein: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>FOR</B> the election as Directors of the Company of the seven (7)&nbsp;nominees named herein, to hold office until the next annual meeting
of stockholders and until their respective successors shall be duly elected. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the event any of the nominees should become unable to
serve as a Director, it is intended that, pursuant to the accompanying form of proxy, votes will be cast for a substitute nominee designated by the Board of Directors. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The election of Directors will require the affirmative votes of a plurality of the shares of the Common Stock voting in person or by proxy at
the Annual Meeting. The Company&#146;s transfer agent will tabulate all votes that are </P>
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received prior to the date of the Annual Meeting. The Company will appoint two inspectors of election, who may be officers or employees of the Company, to receive the transfer agent&#146;s
tabulation, to tabulate all other votes, and to certify the results of the elections. Abstentions and broker <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-votes</FONT> are each included in the determination of the number of shares present and voting (i.e.,
for quorum purposes), but shall not be counted for the purposes of the election of Directors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Management of the Company knows of no
matters to be submitted to the 2017 Annual Meeting with respect to which the stockholders are entitled to vote other than the election of Directors, but if procedural matters do properly come before the Meeting, the persons named in the proxy will
vote according to their best judgment. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc329813_3a"></A>SECURITIES OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc329813_4"></A>BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following table sets forth the number and percentage of shares of the Common Stock of the Company owned beneficially by any person,
including any &#147;group&#148; as that term is defined in Section 12d (3)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, known to the Company to be the beneficial owner of five percent (5%)&nbsp;or more of the Common Stock, as of April&nbsp;10, 2017.
Information as to beneficial ownership is based upon statements furnished to the Company by such persons. Except as indicated, all shares are held directly, with full voting and dispositive powers, and percentages are calculated on the basis of the
shares issued and outstanding, and with respect to those named persons holding options presently exercisable or within 60 days of April&nbsp;10, 2017, includes the number of shares to be issued upon exercise of such options. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"><B>Name and<BR>Address of<BR>Beneficial Owner</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Nature&nbsp;of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Beneficial</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Ownership</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Percent&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of&nbsp;Class&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.50em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Charles
E. Drimal, Jr.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">1,222,754</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">(1)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center">41.02</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-right:2pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.50em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">9821 Katy
Freeway</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.50em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Houston, Texas 77024</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-right:2pt"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-right:2pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.50em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Amrace,
Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">391,422</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">(2)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center">17.14</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-right:2pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.50em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1251 Avenue
of the Americas</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.50em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">27<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> Floor</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.50em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10020</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-right:2pt"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-right:2pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.50em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ebersole
Gaines Wehrle</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">241,500</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">(3)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center">10.58</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-right:2pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.50em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">11444 West
Olympic Avenue, 11th Floor</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.50em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Los Angeles, California 90065</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-right:2pt"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-right:2pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt">
<P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.50em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Eckenstein-Geigy-Stiftung Foundation</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">184,822</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center">8.09</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-right:2pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.50em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">c/o Gabriel
Eckenstein</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.50em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ob dem Hugliacker 7</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.50em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4102 Binningen, Switzerland</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.50em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Clint
Hurt</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">201,550</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">(4)&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center">8.83</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-right:2pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.50em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">107 North N
Street</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.50em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Midland, Texas 79701</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.50em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jan K.
Smeets</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">170,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">(5)&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center">7.45</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.50em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">48 Country
Road</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.50em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mamaroneck, New York 10543-1110</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.50em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">H.
Gifford Fong</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">136,941</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">(6)&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center">6.0</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.50em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3658 Mt.
Diablo Boulevard Suite 200</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.50em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Lafayette, California 94549</P></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Includes 525,254 shares as to which Mr.&nbsp;Drimal has sole voting and investment power, 697,500 shares subject to options, all presently exercisable. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Includes 391,422 shares as to which Robert de Rothschild, Michael A. Varet and Rene-Pierre Azria have shared
voting and investment power. Robert de Rothchild disclaims beneficial ownership except to the </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">3 </P>


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extent of his pecuniary interest in the shares. Neither Mr.&nbsp;Varet nor Mr.&nbsp;Azria has any pecuniary interest in the shares. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(3)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Includes 101,500 shares held of record by The Gaines Wehrle Revocable Trust Indenture dated November&nbsp;4, 2011 as to which Mr.&nbsp;Wehrle has sole voting and investment power and 140,000 shares held of record by The
Gaines Wehrle 2008 Family Trust as to which Mr.&nbsp;Wehrle has sole voting and investment power. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Includes 300 shares as to which Mr.&nbsp;Hurt has sole voting and investment power and 201,250 shares held of record by Clint Hurt&nbsp;&amp; Associates, Inc., a private company controlled by Mr.&nbsp;Hurt as to which
Mr.&nbsp;Hurt has sole voting and investment power. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Includes 162,500 shares as to which Mr.&nbsp;Smeets has sole voting and investment power, and 7,500 shares as to which Mr.&nbsp;Smeets has sole voting power pursuant to voting agreements dated June&nbsp;29, 2006, as to
2,500 shares each, between Mr.&nbsp;Smeets and his three sons who are the record owners of such shares. Mr.&nbsp;Smeets has no dispositive power with respect to such 7,500&nbsp;shares and no pecuniary interest in such shares. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Includes 54,141 shares as to which Mr.&nbsp;Fong has shared voting and investment power and 82,800 shares for which Mr.&nbsp;Fong has sole voting power pursuant to voting agreements dated June&nbsp;28, 2006, between
Mr.&nbsp;Fong and his two sons who are the record owners of such shares. Mr.&nbsp;Fong has no dispositive powers with respect to such 82,800 shares and no pecuniary interest in such shares. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following table sets forth information at April&nbsp;10, 2017, with respect to the shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock beneficially
owned by the Directors and the executive officers of the Company, individually, and as a group: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"><B>Name</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amount</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Beneficially</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Owned(1)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; padding-right:2pt"><B>Percent&nbsp;of&nbsp;Class&nbsp;(1)</B></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt">Beverly A. Cummings</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">75,000(2)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">3.19</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt">Charles E. Drimal, Jr.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">1,222,754(3)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">41.02</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt">H. Gifford Fong</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">136,941(4)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">1,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">201,550(5)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">170,000(6)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">7.45</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">241,500(7)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">10.58</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">2,048,745(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">89.73</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Unless otherwise indicated, all shares are owned directly and the holder thereof has sole voting and investment powers with respect thereto, and percentages are calculated on the basis of the shares issued and
outstanding, and with respect to those persons, or group, holding options presently exercisable or within 60&nbsp;days, includes the number of shares to be issued upon exercise of such options. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Includes 5,000 shares as to which Ms.&nbsp;Cummings has shared voting and investment power and 70,000&nbsp;shares subject to options, all presently exercisable. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Includes 525,254 shares as to which Mr.&nbsp;Drimal has sole voting and investment power and 697,500 shares subject to options, all presently exercisable. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Includes 54,141 shares as to which Mr.&nbsp;Fong has shared voting and investment power and 82,800 shares for which Mr.&nbsp;Fong has sole voting power pursuant to voting agreements dated June&nbsp;28, 2006, between
Mr.&nbsp;Fong and his two sons who are the record owners of such shares. Mr.&nbsp;Fong has no dispositive powers with respect to such 82,800 shares and no pecuniary interest in such shares. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Includes 300 shares as to which Mr.&nbsp;Hurt has sole voting and investment power and 201,250 shares held of record by Clint Hurt&nbsp;&amp; Associates, Inc., a private company controlled by Mr.&nbsp;Hurt as to which
Mr.&nbsp;Hurt has sole voting and investment power. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Includes 162,500 shares as to which Mr.&nbsp;Smeets has sole voting and investment power, and 7,500 shares as to which Mr.&nbsp;Smeets has sole voting power pursuant to voting agreements dated June&nbsp;29, 2006, as to
2,500 shares each, between Mr.&nbsp;Smeets and his three sons who are the record owners of such shares. Mr.&nbsp;Smeets has no dispositive power with respect to such 7,500 shares and no pecuniary interest in such shares. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Includes 101,500 shares held of record by The Gaines Wehrle Revocable Trust Indenture dated November&nbsp;4, 2011 as to which Mr.&nbsp;Wehrle has sole voting and investment power and 140,000 shares held of record by The
Gaines Wehrle 2008 Family Trust as to which Mr.&nbsp;Wehrle has sole voting and investment power. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;Drimal is the only Director who
has pledged Common Stock as security. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc329813_5"></A>ELECTION OF DIRECTORS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(PROPOSAL NO. 1) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><A NAME="toc329813_6">
</A>Directors and Nominees </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board of Directors has nominated for election as Directors at the 2017 Annual Meeting, the
seven&nbsp;(7) nominees whose names, together with biographical information and information concerning their qualifications, business experience and skills are set forth below. All of the nominees were elected to their present term of office by the
stockholders at the Annual Meeting last year and are presently serving as Directors of the Company. Each of the nominees has served continuously as a Director since the date indicated below and his or her present term will expire at the 2017 Annual
Meeting. All of the nominees are proposed for election for a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-year</FONT> term expiring in 2018. Five of the nominees for Directors qualify as independent directors within the meaning of applicable regulatory
standards. There is no family relationship between any nominee for Director or the executive officers of the Company. In the event any of the nominees shall become unable to serve as a Director, it is intended that the proxy will be voted for a
substitute nominee designated by the Board of Directors. Currently, the Board of Directors is not aware of any circumstance that would render any nominee unavailable to serve as a director of the Company&#146;s Board of Directors. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Nominees </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Beverly A. Cummings, age 64, is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the State University
of New York and a Master of Business Administration from Rutgers University. She was elected Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company in October, 1987, and Executive Vice President in May, 1991, and serves as the
Principal Financial Officer of the Company. Ms.&nbsp;Cummings holds similar positions with the Company&#146;s subsidiaries. The attributes that prompted Ms.&nbsp;Cummings&#146; election to the Board were her significant financial skills and
experience, as well as her understanding of oil and gas operations, and in particular those of PrimeEnergy. Those qualifications continue to contribute to her effective service as a director today. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Charles E. Drimal, Jr.</B></P></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Charles&nbsp;E. Drimal, Jr., age 69, has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since October 1987,
and holds the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors. He also holds similar positions with the Company&#146;s subsidiaries. Mr.&nbsp;Drimal is a graduate of the University of Maryland and Samford University School of Law and is a retired
member of the New York State Bar. The leadership skills, experience and thorough knowledge of the oil and gas industry that uniquely qualified Mr.&nbsp;Drimal to become the President and Chief Executive Officer in 1987 have continued to make him an
invaluable member and Chairman of the Board of Directors. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Director since May 1994</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;Fong, age 72, is president of Gifford Fong Associates, an investment technology consulting firm located in Lafayette,
California. Mr.&nbsp;Fong holds a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Business Administration and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California. Mr.&nbsp;Fong is the editor of The Journal of Investment Management and is the author and a
frequent contributor of numerous trade journal publications. Mr.&nbsp;Fong&#146;s expertise in transaction valuation, portfolio risk management and asset management is an important resource for the Board. His substantial knowledge and experience in
financial matters and business operations fully qualify him to serve as a member of the Board of Directors. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Thomas S. T. Gimbel, age 62, is the Executive Managing Director and head of Portfolio Risk at Optima Fund Management LLC, an
investment advisory and asset management firm registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, with offices in New&nbsp;York City. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of American Farmland Company, a REIT listed on the NYSE Market.
Prior to joining Optima in 2004, he was the Managing Director of Hedge Fund Investments at Credit Suisse Asset Management, New York. Mr.&nbsp;Gimbel holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Bowdoin College and a Master of Business
Administration from Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He is a Director of Farmland Partners, Inc., and&nbsp;Lighthouse Guild, and is a member of other not for profit Boards. His proven ability to develop successful investment and
management strategies for his clients, his keen business acumen, and his knowledge of the financial markets were some of the qualities that first formed the basis for his election to the Board.&nbsp;Those qualities along with his experience in
financial analysis continue to make Mr.&nbsp;Gimbel&#146;s participation on the Board efficacious. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Director since February 1988</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Clint Hurt, age 81 is president of Clint Hurt&nbsp;&amp; Associates, Inc., a private oil and gas exploration company located in
Midland, Texas. He is past president of the Independent Oil&nbsp;&amp; Gas Association of West Virginia and is a former director of Chase Bank of Texas, in Midland, Texas. Mr.&nbsp;Hurt&#146;s expertise in the oil and gas industry and his unique
insight into the trends and developments in the industry made him an excellent candidate for the Board. Those attributes have also enabled him to make an important contribution to the Company in his 29 years of service to the Board. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Jan K. Smeets</B></P></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jan K. Smeets, age 69, is the President of Smeets Management, Inc., a privately held consulting firm in Larchmont, New York.
Mr.&nbsp;Smeets holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Masters of Business Administration from Stamford Graduate School of Business. In the course of
his career, Mr.&nbsp;Smeets worked as a process engineer for Exxon in Aruba and as a management consultant with McKinsey and Company serving clients in the communications, chemicals and oil industries. He also served on the board of the Citco Group,
an international financial services provider. His background in assessing and analyzing financial statements and related reporting qualify him as an audit committee financial expert within the meaning of the rules of the Securities and Exchange
Commission and enable him to fulfill his role as Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr.&nbsp;Smeets&#146; experience in advising businesses on the development of operational budgets, capital plans, and strategic goals have also resulted in his
effectively serving the Board as a director. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ebersole Gaines Wehrle, age 59, served as a director of the Company from 1987 through 2007. He resigned following the formation
of McJunkin Redman Corporation for whom he served as director, and which corporation was the result of a merger of his family&#146;s business, the McJunkin Corporation and Redman Pipe and </P>
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Supply Co. Mr.&nbsp;Wehrle&#146;s experience in the oil and gas industry spans thirty years. He worked for and was a majority owner and director of the McJunkin Corporation, which was a wholesale
provider of piping and supplies for oil and gas operations. Mr.&nbsp;Wehrle has also owned and operated oil and gas wells in the United States through his own private ventures. He attended Princeton University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree
in Anthropology. He no longer serves as a director of any corporation and is currently self-employed and engaged in the management of his family&#146;s investments. The depth of Mr.&nbsp;Wehrle&#146;s extensive experience in the oil and gas
industry, his history with the Company and his understanding of a director&#146;s responsibilities, provide him with unique knowledge and skills that make him a valuable member of the Company&#146;s Board of Directors. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the election of all Nominees </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>(Proposal No.&nbsp;1) </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Information about the Executive Officers</B> (for information regarding Ms.&nbsp;Cummings and Mr.&nbsp;Drimal, see the descriptions on page 5). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;Drimal and Ms.&nbsp;Cummings were elected by the Board of Directors to their respective offices in May 2016, at the annual meeting of the Board. Each
will hold their respective offices until his or her successor is elected by the Board. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc329813_7"></A>TRANSACTIONS WITH
RELATED PERSONS </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In 2016, the Company purchased 10,000 shares of Common Stock from Jan K. Smeets, for the price of $48.00 per share.
Mr.&nbsp;Smeets currently serves as a Director and is a Director Nominee to the Company&#146;s Board of Directors. The transaction was approved by the members of the Board of Directors. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In 2016 the Company repurchased 10,000 shares of Common Stock from Eckenstein Geigy Stiftung for the price of $56.00 per share. The Company
has entered into an agreement to purchase an additional 84,822 shares of Common Stock from Eckenstein Geigy Stiftung for the price of $50.00 per share. Eckenstein Geigy Stiftung was the beneficial owner of more than five percent (5%) of the Common
Stock at the time it entered into the repurchase agreements with the Company. The transactions were approved by the members of the Board of Directors. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><A NAME="toc329813_9"></A>Board Independence and Composition </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The core responsibility of the Board of Directors is to provide objective, independent judgment in its management oversight function and the
Board&#146;s composition reflects that principle. The Board is composed of a majority of independent directors. A Director&#146;s independence is determined in accordance with the definition set forth in National Association of Securities Dealers
Automated Quotations (&#147;NASDAQ&#148;) listing standards and other pertinent and applicable legal and regulatory standards. The Board of Directors annually reviews the financial and other relationships between
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-management</FONT> Directors and the Company to determine whether those Directors are independent. Applying those standards in 2016, the Board has determined that each of the following Directors meet the
independent standards: Clint Hurt, H. Gifford Fong, Thomas S.T. Gimbel, Jan&nbsp;K.&nbsp;Smeets and Ebersole Gaines Wehrle. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board of Directors, in its discretion, may elect a Chairman of the Board. The Chairman leads the Board and presides at all Board meetings,
and is responsible for delivery of information for the Board&#146;s informed decision-making. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based upon the structure that best serves
the interests of the Company, the Board determines whether the role of the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer should be held by one individual or should be separated. Currently, the Board believes that the role of Chairman of the
Board and Chief Executive Officer should be held by the same person because the combined position has served the Company well in the past and Charles E. Drimal, Jr. is highly qualified to serve in that role. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Directors have also determined that it is not necessary to appoint a lead independent director at this time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><A NAME="toc329813_11"></A>The Board&#146;s Role in Risk Oversight </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The senior management team of the Company is responsible for assessing and managing the Company&#146;s various exposures to risk on a <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">day-to-day</FONT></FONT> basis, including the creation of appropriate risk management policies to identify, manage and mitigate significant risks. The Board of Directors is responsible for
overseeing management&#146;s execution of its responsibilities and for assessing the Company&#146;s approach to risk management. The Board exercises those responsibilities periodically as part of its meetings by having the Chief Executive Officer,
the Chief Financial Officer and other senior officers of the Company review with the Board areas of material operational, financial and regulatory risk, the likelihood of such risks coming to fruition and management&#146;s response thereto. This
approach provides the Board with a thorough understanding of the relative magnitude of such risks and the ability to assess and influence the management and mitigation strategies undertaken by the Company to address those risks. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><A NAME="toc329813_12"></A>Board Meetings </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board of Directors met three (3)&nbsp;times in 2016. Six of the directors attended 75% or more of the aggregate number of meetings of the
Board of Directors and the committee or committees thereof on which such director served during 2016. H. Gifford Fong attended two of the three meetings of the Board of Directors in 2016. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><A NAME="toc329813_13"></A>Board Attendance at Annual Meeting </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company does not have a policy that requires members of the Board of Directors to attend the Annual Meeting. All members of the Board of
Directors are encouraged to attend the Annual Meeting. With the exception of H. Gifford Fond, all of the members of the Board of Directors attended the Annual Meeting of the Company held in May 2016 in person or by telephone conference. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><A NAME="toc329813_14"></A>Committees of the Board </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board of Directors has an Executive Committee, an Audit Committee and a Compensation Committee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><A NAME="toc329813_15"></A>Executive Committee </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Executive Committee, composed of Messrs.&nbsp;Drimal, Jr., Hurt, Smeets and Ms.&nbsp;Cummings, is empowered to exercise all the authority
of the Board between Board meetings, in the business and affairs of the Company, except as limited by applicable law. The Executive Committee met three times during 2016 in person and informally, by telephone conference, on a nearly monthly basis
during the year. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Audit Committee, composed of Messrs. Wehrle, Gimbel and Smeets, met once in 2016. All members of the Audit Committee were independent under
NASDAQ listing standards and other pertinent legal and regulatory standards. Mr.&nbsp;Wehrle, as the beneficial owner of more than 10% of the outstanding stock of the Company, falls outside of the safe harbor provisions of SEC Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10A-3(e)(1)(ii).</FONT> The Board of Directors has determined that Mr.&nbsp;Smeets meets the qualifications of an &#147;audit committee financial expert&#148; within the meaning of the regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission and NASDAQ listing standards. The Committee selects the independent auditors to audit the financial statements of the Company and approves the scope of the services to be provided by the auditors for the upcoming year. The
Committee is also responsible for reviewing reports of the Company&#146;s results, audits, financial policies and internal control procedures. The report of the Audit Committee is included in this proxy statement on page 13. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board of Directors and the Audit Committee have adopted a written charter for the Audit Committee, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit
A to this proxy statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><A NAME="toc329813_17"></A>Compensation Committee </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Compensation Committee, composed of Messrs.&nbsp;Gimbel and Smeets, met once in 2016. All members of the Compensation Committee were
independent under NASDAQ listing standards and other pertinent legal and regulatory standards. The charter of the Compensation Committee requires that members of the Committee also qualify as &#147;outside directors&#148; within the meaning of
Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code and as <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;non-employee&#148;</FONT> directors within the meaning of Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">16b-3</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. The Committee annually reviews the Company&#146;s goals, objectives and policies relevant to the compensation of the Company&#146;s executive officers and directors. The Committee evaluates the performance of the executive officers in light
of those goals, objectives and policies and makes its recommendations to the Board of Directors for the salaries, bonuses and other compensation to be paid to the executive officers. Mr.&nbsp;Drimal and Ms.&nbsp;Cummings participate in discussions
with the Compensation Committee and make recommendations to the Committee with respect to the compensation of executive officers and directors. Neither Mr.&nbsp;Drimal nor Ms.&nbsp;Cummings participates in the deliberations or approval of the
Committee concerning their respective compensation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Committee also recommends to the Board of Directors the compensation to be paid
to members of the Company&#146;s Board of Directors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Compensation Committee has the authority to retain outside compensation
consultants to advise the Committee on market practices and the compensation policies of the Company. The Committee has not engaged any outside consultants or advisors for such services, nor have such services been engaged by the Company&#146;s
Board of Directors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee have adopted a written charter for the Compensation Committee.
A copy of the charter, as most recently amended in May 2013, is attached as Exhibit&nbsp;
B to this proxy statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><A NAME="toc329813_18"></A>The Board as Nominating Committee </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company does not have a standing nominating committee. The Board of Directors acts as the nominating committee, with Mr.&nbsp;Drimal and
Ms.&nbsp;Cummings abstaining. The majority of the Directors of the Company, Messrs. Hurt, Fong, Gimbel, Smeets and Wehrle, who function as a nominating committee, are believed to satisfy applicable regulatory requirements for director independence.
Those Directors are responsible for collecting and analyzing information with regard to directors&#146; &#147;independence&#148; as defined by NASDAQ listing standards and other pertinent legal and/or regulatory standards in effect at the time. They
are also responsible for </P>
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making recommendations concerning committee membership and ensuring that committee members satisfy the criteria for membership on a particular committee and have the skills to effectively
participate in a particular committee. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Directors who function as the nominating committee are also responsible for identifying and
evaluating prospective nominees for vacancies on the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors will consider meritorious director candidates submitted to it by members of the Board and by stockholders of the Company, without regard to race,
religion, gender, national origin or disability. The Board does not have a formal policy with regard to considering diversity in its evaluation of director nominations. Candidates for election must be willing to devote the time necessary to serve as
a director and must possess the level of education, experience, and expertise, both with respect to financial matters and the oil and gas industry in general, necessary to effectively perform the duties of a member of the board of directors of a
public company, and in particular of the Company. The Board of Directors strive to recommend candidates that further its objective of having a board that draws from a broad range of talents and expertise and reflects a diversity of background,
experience and perspectives. The procedure to be followed by a stockholder to submit a nominee to the Board of Directors is set forth in &#147;Stockholder Proposals and Nominations&#148; in this proxy statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board of Directors believes that this procedure is adequate in the process of selecting persons for election as Directors of the Company.
All of the Directors of the Company currently serving as Directors are designated as nominees for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-election</FONT> at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. There were no nominations proposed by any stockholder
or group. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc329813_19"></A>EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="toc329813_20"></A>Compensation Overview </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has been guided by its Chief Executive Officer, Charles E. Drimal, Jr., and Chief Financial Officer, Beverly A. Cummings since
1987. The Board of Directors attributes much of the success of the Company to Mr.&nbsp;Drimal&#146;s and Ms.&nbsp;Cummings&#146; leadership, skills and their dedication to the Company and its stockholders. In order to retain such highly skilled and
experienced professionals for its senior management team, the Board of Directors must offer highly competitive compensation packages. At the same time, the Board of Directors is mindful that the primary goal of the Company is to build long-term
stockholder value. Therefore, the alignment of the executive officers&#146; compensation with the Company&#146;s performance results is a critical component of the analysis made by the Compensation Committee in determining the executive
officers&#146; compensation each year. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board of Directors believes that the Compensation Committee&#146;s approach in determining the
compensation paid to the executive officers has been endorsed by the stockholders, who in 2016 supported (by a vote of 76%) the Board of Director&#146;s resolution to approve the executive compensation paid in the prior year, and chose to hold
advisory voting on executive compensation once every three years thereafter. In light of those positive endorsements, the Compensation Committee continued to adhere to the same approach to determine executive compensation for this past year. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There are three elements of the compensation paid to the executive officers, to wit: (i)&nbsp;base salary; (ii)&nbsp;bonus (cash incentive)
compensation, and (iii)&nbsp;equity awards. The base salaries that were provided to the executive officers were based upon a number of considerations including each executive officer&#146;s level of responsibility, changes in their responsibilities
from year to year, experience, skills and leadership ability. The Compensation Committee reviewed the base salary paid in the most recent years and the percentage change in salary from year to year. The Compensation Committee used their judgment and
discretion rather than relying on a specific numerical metrics formula for results. The Compensation Committee assessed the challenges faced and overcome by the executive officers in advancing the Company through a year in which its industry
experienced </P>
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nearly fifty percent price reductions, an overall devaluation, an increased number of bankruptcy filing by competitors, and greater restrictions imposed by lenders on existing and new operational
financing. Additionally, the Compensation Committee gave consideration to its decision not to award any bonus compensation to the executive officers in 2015 and 2016, as discussed below. An evaluation of the foregoing factors led the Compensation
Committee to recommend each of the executive officers be provided with the same percentage increase to each of their salaries. The base salary paid to each executive officer in 2016 is set forth in the &#147;Salary&#148; column of the Summary
Compensation Table set forth in this proxy statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The cash incentive bonus compensation awarded to each executive officer is intended
to correlate to the Company&#146;s performance. In 2016, the executive officers advised the Compensation Committee that for a second consecutive year they had determined that no employees of the Company would be awarded bonus compensation for the
year. Their decision was based upon the continual slide in commodity pricing and its net negative effect on the Company&#146;s cash flow and earnings. They encouraged the Compensation Committee to consider the same criteria and apply the same
analysis in its deliberations concerning the bonus compensation to be awarded to the executive officers, and to reach a similar conclusion with respect to the executive officers. As a result, the Compensation Committee recommended that there be no
incentive bonus compensation awarded to the executive officers again in 2016. Therefore, the cash bonus paid to each executive officer in 2016 is reflected as $0 in the &#147;Bonus&#148; column of the Summary Compensation Table set forth in this
proxy statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company awarded options to purchase shares of the Company&#146;s common stock to the executive officers in May 1989.
The objective of the award was to retain high level officers and to motivate them to continue their relationship with the Company and thereby align their interests with the long term interests of the Company&#146;s stockholders. The options that
were awarded have been fully exercisable by the executive officers since May&nbsp;1994. The Compensation Committee believes the options awarded to the executive officers continue to represent a significant stake in the Company. The Committee
recommended to the Board of Directors that no additional options or other types of equity compensation be awarded to the executive officers in 2016. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc329813_21"></A>SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following table discloses compensation for the fiscal years ended December&nbsp;31, 2016 and 2015, received by the Company&#146;s
Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer (1)&nbsp;(2). </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center">66,493&nbsp;(3)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">581,493</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-right:2pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt">
<P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Officer and President; Principal Executive Officer</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center">2015</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center">500,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center">0</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center">75,175&nbsp;(4)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">575,175</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Beverly A. Cummings Executive Vice
President,</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center">2016</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center">515,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center">0</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center">45,303&nbsp;(5)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">560,303</TD>
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<P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Treasurer and Director; Principal Financial Officer</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center">2015</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center">500,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center">0</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center">46,172&nbsp;(6)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">546,172</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Columns for &#147;Stock Awards&#148;, &#147;Option Awards&#148;, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;Non-Equity</FONT> Incentive Plan Compensation&#148; and &#147;Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings&#148; are
omitted as the Company has no such compensation awards or plans. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Mr.&nbsp;Drimal and Ms.&nbsp;Cummings hold similar positions with the Company&#146;s subsidiaries and also serve as directors of each of the subsidiaries. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Includes $6,000 Director&#146;s fees; $10,600 as the Company&#146;s contribution to its 401(k) plan; club dues $23,580; automobile allowance $7,124 long term disability insurance premium $10,855; and life insurance
premiums $8,334. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Includes $4,000 Director&#146;s fees; $10,600 as the Company&#146;s contribution to its 401(k) plan; club dues, $31,987; automobile allowance $9,322; long term disability insurance premium $10,727; and life insurance
premiums $8,539. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Includes $6,000 Director&#146;s fees; $10,600 as the Company&#146;s contribution to its 401(k) plan; club dues $12,039; automobile allowance $7,098; long term disability insurance premium $6,794; and life insurance
premiums $2,772. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Includes $4,000 Director&#146;s fees; $10,600 as the Company&#146;s contribution to its 401(k) plan; club dues $12,406; automobile allowance $9,621; long term disability insurance premium $6,666; and life insurance
premiums $2,879. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc329813_22"></A>OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">YEAR-END</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There were no stock options granted by the Company to the named executive officers
during the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2016, no options were exercised by any of such persons and there were no stock awards to such persons. The following table sets forth information with respect to all unexercised options held by the
named executive officers of the Company at December&nbsp;31, 2016. All unexercised options are fully exercisable. There are no options which are not fully exercisable, nor are there any unearned options, stock awards or equity incentive plan awards.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc329813_23"></A>Unexercised Options </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Unexercised&nbsp;Options&nbsp;at</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Fiscal <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Year-End(1)</FONT></B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Exercise&nbsp;Price</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Expiration</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><B>All Exercisable</B></TD>
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<P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Charles&nbsp;E.&nbsp;Drimal,&nbsp;Jr.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center">523,125<BR> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1pt; margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">174,375</P></TD>
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-expiring</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center">52,500<BR> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1pt; margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">17,500</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center">$1.00<BR> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1pt; margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">$1.25</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-expiring</FONT><BR> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1pt; margin-top:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-expiring</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">All options described in this table vested in May 1994. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><A NAME="toc329813_24"></A>Director Compensation
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s Directors each receive $2,000 for each Board of Directors meeting, but do not receive any fee for attending
Committee meetings. The Directors are reimbursed for travel and related expenses in connection with attendance at Board and Committee meetings. All Directors as a group of seven received an aggregate of $42,000 as Directors&#146; fees for the fiscal
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2016. The Directors do not receive any compensation in the form of Common Stock or option awards of Common Stock, nor do they participate in any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Equity</FONT> Incentive Compensation
or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Qualified</FONT> Deferred Compensation plans. None of the Directors received compensation or other payment from any person or entity other than the Company for their services as a director of the Company. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc329813_25"></A>AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Audit Committee oversees the Company&#146;s financial reporting process on behalf of the Board of Directors. Management has the primary
responsibility for the financial statements and the reporting process including the systems of internal controls. In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the Audit Committee reviewed the audited financial statements in the Annual Report with
management including a discussion of the quality and the acceptability, of the accounting principles, the reasonableness of significant judgments, and the clarity of disclosures in the financial statements. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Audit Committee reviewed with the independent auditors, who are responsible for expressing an opinion on the conformity of those audited
financial statements with generally accepted accounting principles, their judgments as to the quality, not just the acceptability, of the Company&#146;s accounting principles and such other matters as are required to be discussed with the Audit
Committee under generally accepted auditing standards. These include, but are not limited to, those matters under Auditing Standard No.&nbsp;1301, as amended and adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. In addition, the Audit
Committee has discussed with the independent auditors the auditors&#146; independence from management and the Company including the matters in the written disclosures required by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The Company&#146;s
auditors do not perform financial information system design and implementation services, internal audit or tax services for the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Audit Committee discussed with the Company&#146;s independent auditors the overall scope and plans for their audits. The Audit Committee
meets with the independent auditors, with and without management present, to discuss the results of their examinations, their evaluations of the Company&#146;s internal controls, and the overall quality of the Company&#146;s financial reporting.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In reliance on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors (and the Board
has approved) that the audited financial statements be included in the Annual Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2016, for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Audit Committee </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jan K. Smeets, Chairman </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Thomas S. T. Gimbel </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ebersole Gaines Wehrle </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This report of the Audit Committee shall not be deemed incorporated by reference by any general statement incorporating by reference this
proxy statement into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except to the extent that the Company specifically incorporates this information by reference, and shall not otherwise
be deemed filed under such Acts. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc329813_26"></A>CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT AND ETHICS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company is committed to observing sound, ethical principles in the conduct of its business and operations and by our officers and
employees in the course of their duties. The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics adopted by the Company was last amended in December, 2011. The Code, as amended, is available at the Company&#146;s website at <U>www.primeenergy.com</U>. The Code of
Conduct is applicable to the Company&#146;s operations and to all of its employees, including the Company&#146;s principal executive officer, principal financial officer and Directors. Any amendments to or waivers of the Code, to the extent
applicable to the Company&#146;s principal executive officers, will be posted on the Company&#146;s website. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc329813_27"></A>SECTION&nbsp;16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended requires the Company&#146;s executive officers and Directors,
and persons who own more than ten percent of a registered class of the Company&#146;s equity securities (collectively, &#147;Reporting Persons&#148;), to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership of such securities with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and to furnish the Company with copies of such reports. To the Company&#146;s knowledge, based solely on review of the copies of such reports furnished to the Company with respect to the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2016,
there was only one instance of an untimely filing of such a report. Clint Hurt, a director of the Company, purchased a total of 300 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock in three separate transactions over a two day period from April&nbsp;11,
2016 through April&nbsp;12, 2016. One of the transactions on April&nbsp;11, 2016 was not included in the Form 4 filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;13, 2016. A Form 4A was immediately filed on April&nbsp;14, 2016 to include all three transactions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc329813_28"></A>INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS - FEES AND SERVICES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company engaged Grassi&nbsp;&amp; Co., CPA, P.C. (&#147;Grassi&nbsp;&amp; Co.&#148;) as the principal accountants for the Company with
respect to the audit of the Company&#146;s financial statements for the years ended December&nbsp;31, 2016 and 2015. There were no disagreements with Grassi&nbsp;&amp; Co on any matters of accounting principles or practices, financial statement
disclosure or auditing scope or procedures in connection with their audits. Representatives of Grassi&nbsp;&amp; Co are not expected to be present at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, but will be available by speaker telephone during the
meeting and will have the opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so, and to answer stockholders&#146; questions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The audit
fees for professional audit services provided by Grassi&nbsp;&amp; Co, for the audit of the Company&#146;s annual financial statements for each of the years ended December&nbsp;31, 2016 and December&nbsp;31, 2015, were $264,500 and $279,000,
respectively. No fees were billed or paid by the Company for internal audit, tax or other services for the years ended December&nbsp;31, 2016 or 2015. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc329813_29"></A>STOCKHOLDERS&#146; PROPOSALS AND NOMINATIONS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-8</FONT> under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, stockholders may present
proper proposals for inclusion in the Company&#146;s proxy statement and form of proxy and for consideration at its annual meeting of stockholders by submitting their proposals to the Company in a timely manner. In order to be so included for the
2018 Annual Meeting, stockholder proposals must be received by the Company at its principal executive offices at 9821 Katy Freeway, Houston, Texas 77024, no later than December&nbsp;24, 2017, and must otherwise comply with the requirements of Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-8.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Stockholder proposals to be brought before the 2018 Annual Meeting, made outside the Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-8</FONT> processes, must be submitted to the Company pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-8,</FONT> no later than March&nbsp;7, 2018, or will be considered untimely and entitle the Company to
discretionary voting under Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-4.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If a stockholder desires to recommend an individual as a
nominee for director to the Board of Directors, the stockholder shall mail the recommendation to the Secretary of the Board of Directors. The recommendation must include the name, address (business and personal) and the occupation of the nominee.
The recommendation must also include such other information regarding the nominee as may reasonably be required by the Company. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Stockholders may communicate with the members of the Board of Directors by mailing their communications to the Company, at PrimeEnergy
Corporation, 9821 Katy Freeway, Houston, Texas 77024. All communications addressed to the attention of a particular director shall be forwarded to the director. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc329813_31"></A>ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Annual Report of the Company for its fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2016, accompanies this proxy statement. The audited financial
statements of the Company are included in such Annual Report. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">It is important that proxies be returned promptly. Stockholders are
requested to date, sign and return the enclosed proxy in the enclosed envelope, to which no postage need be affixed if mailed in the United States. If you attend the 2017 Annual Meeting, you may revoke your proxy and vote in person if you so desire,
otherwise your proxy will be voted for you. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">RESOLVED, that the charter and powers of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the &#147;Audit Committee&#148;) shall be: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Overseeing that management has maintained the reliability and integrity of the accounting policies and financial reporting and disclosure practices of the Company; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Overseeing that management has established and maintained processes to assure that an adequate system of internal control is functioning within the Company; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Overseeing that management has established and maintained processes to assure compliance by the Company with all applicable laws, regulations and Company policy; </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">RESOLVED, that the Audit Committee shall have the following specific powers and duties: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Holding such regular meetings as may be necessary and such special meetings as may be called by the Chairman of the Audit Committee or at the request of the independent accountants; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Creating an agenda for ensuing year; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Reviewing the independence and performance of the independent accountants and making recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding the appointment or termination of the independent accountants; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Conferring with the independent accountants concerning outside auditor&#146;s accountability to the Board of Directors and the audit committee, and the scope of their examinations of the books and records of the Company
and its subsidiaries; reviewing and approving the independent accountants annual engagement letter; directing the special attention of the auditors to specific matters or areas deemed by the Committee or the auditors to be of special significance;
and authorizing the auditors to perform such supplemental reviews or audits as the Committee may deem desirable; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Reviewing with management and the independent accountants significant risks and exposures, audit activities and significant audit findings; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Reviewing the range and cost of audit and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-audit</FONT> services performed by the independent accountants; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Reviewing the Company&#146;s audited annual financial statements and the independent accountants&#146; opinion rendered with respect to such financial statements, including reviewing the nature and extent of any
significant changes in accounting principles or the application therein; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Reviewing the adequacy of the Company&#146;s systems of internal control; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Obtaining from the independent accountants their recommendations regarding internal controls and other matters relating to the accounting procedures and the books and records of the Company and its subsidiaries and
reviewing the correction of controls deemed to be deficient; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Providing independent, direct communication between the Board of Directors and independent accountants; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Reviewing with appropriate Company personnel the actions taken to ensure compliance with the Company&#146;s Code of Conduct and the results of confirmations and violations of such Code; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Reviewing the programs and policies of the Company designed to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations and monitoring the results of these compliance efforts; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Reviewing the procedures established by the Company that monitor the compliance by the Company with its loan and indenture covenants and restrictions; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Reporting through its Chairman to the Board of Directors following the meetings of the Audit Committee; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Maintaining minutes or other records of meetings and activities of the Audit Committee; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Reviewing the powers of the Committee annually and reporting and making recommendations to the Board of Directors on these responsibilities; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Conducting or authorizing investigations into any matters within the Audit Committee&#146;s scope of responsibilities. The Audit Committee shall be empowered to retain independent counsel, accountants, or others to
assist it in the conduct of any investigation; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Considering such other matters in relation to the financial affairs of the Company and its accounts, and in relation to the internal and external audit of the Company as the Audit Committee may, in its discretion,
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Compensation Committee is appointed by the Board of Directors to discharge the Board&#146;s responsibilities relating to compensation of
the Company&#146;s directors and officers. The Committee has overall responsibility for approving and evaluating the director and officer compensation plans, policies and programs of the Company The Compensation Committee is also responsible for
producing an annual report on executive compensation for inclusion in the Company&#146;s proxy statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Compensation Committee
shall consist of no fewer than two members. The members of the Compensation Committee will meet the requirements that he/she is a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;non-employee</FONT> director&#148; for purposes of Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">16b-3</FONT> under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; will satisfy the requirements of and &#147;outside director&#148; for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code; will meet the independence
requirements of the applicable regulatory standards; will be appointed by the Board; and may be replaced by the Board. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Compensation
Committee shall have the sole authority to retain, at the Company&#146;s expense, and terminate any compensation consultant to be used to assist in the evaluation of director, CEO or senior executive compensation and shall have sole authority to
approve the consultant&#146;s fees and other retention terms. The Compensation Committee shall also have authority to obtain advice and assistance from internal or external legal, accounting or other advisors. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Compensation Committee shall annually review and make recommendations to the Board with respect to the compensation of all directors,
officers and other key executives, including incentive-compensation plans and equity-based plans. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Compensation Committee shall
annually review and approve, for the CEO and the senior executives of the Company, (a)&nbsp;the annual base salary level, (b)&nbsp;the annual incentive opportunity level, (c)&nbsp;the long-term incentive opportunity level, (d)&nbsp;employment
agreements, severance arrangements, and change in control agreements/provisions, in each case as, when and if appropriate, and (e)&nbsp;any special or supplemental benefits. The CEO and senior executives of the Company shall not be present during
voting or deliberations on his or her compensation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Compensation Committee may form and delegate authority to subcommittees when
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annually and recommend any proposed changes to the Board for approval and annually reviews of its own performance. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="21"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Authorized Signatures &#151; This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. &#151; Date and Sign Below</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="line-height:2px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:2pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Proxy &#151; PrimeEnergy Corporation
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:2px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:2pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The undersigned shareholder
of PrimeEnergy Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), revoking all prior proxies, does by these presents name, constitute and appoint Charles E. Drimal, Jr. and Patricia C. Delaney, and each of them, the true and lawful proxy and attorney-in-fact of
the undersigned, with full power of substitution, to vote all shares of the Common Stock, par value $.10 per share, of the Company standing in the name of the undersigned on the books of the Company at the close of business on April 10, 2017, or in
respect of which the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Company&#146;s Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at 9:00 a.m., CST, at the offices of the Company, 9821 Katy Freeway, Houston, Texas 77024, and at any and
all adjournments of said meeting, hereby granting to said proxies and attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to vote in the name of the undersigned at said meeting, and at any and all adjournments thereof, on the matters set
forth on reverse side. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>PLEASE SIGN ON REVERSE SIDE AND RETURN PROMPTLY. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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