Vitesse Energy, Inc. (NYSE: VTS) (VTS) is a public company. Vitesse Energy, Inc. (NYSE: VTS) is focused on returning capital to stockholders thorough owning financial interests predominantly as a non-operator in oil and gas wells drilled by leading U.S. operators. Founded in 2022. It has 8 employees. IPO 2023.

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Operator

Greetings. Welcome to the Vitesse Energy second quarter 2026 earnings call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. Please note this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the conference over to the Director, Investor Relations and Business Development at Vitesse, Ben Messier. Thank you. You may begin.

Ben Messier — Director of Investor Relations and Business Development

Good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining. Today, we will be discussing our second quarter 2026 results. Our 10-Q and earnings release were released yesterday after market close, and a newly redesigned investor presentation can be found on the vitesse.com website. We encourage everyone to spend time with the new presentation. It lays out Vitesse's business model, capital allocation framework, and dividend philosophy in greater detail, and we will touch on many of these themes this morning. I'm joined this morning by our CEO and President, Jamie Benard, and our CFO, Jimmy Henderson. Before we begin, please be reminded that this call may contain estimates, projections, and other forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are subject to several risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. These risks and uncertainties can cause actual results to differ materially from our current expectations. Please review our earnings release and risk factors discussed in our filings with the SEC for additional information. In addition, today's discussion may reference non-GAAP financial measures. For reconciliation of historical non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, please reference our 10-Q and earnings release. I will turn the call over to Vitesse's CEO and President, Jamie Benard.

Jamie Benard — CEO and President

Thanks, Ben. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining today's call. I want to start this morning by addressing something directly. Over the past several months, following this year's