Dallas, Texas-Based Matador Resources Company's Top-Tier Executives Average Pay Raise Was a Clean, Blistering 38.4% Per Year During the Eight Years (2011-2018) Since Its IPO

From annual compensation information contained in Company Proxy Statement filings with the US SEC, the chart below shows  Matador Resources Company's Top-Tier Executives Annual Total Compensation for each of two consecutive full years of employment for the past eight years years, resulting from its IPO in 2012.

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec
Matador Resources	2018	2017		2017	2016		2016	2015		2015	2014		2014	2013
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Foran CEO	7,359	10,080		10,080	6,003		6,003	6,239		6,239	2,669		2,669	2,201
Hairford President	3,781	3,908		3,908	2,599		2,599	1,893		1,893	1,492		1,492	1,242
Lancaster CFO	3,494	3,562		3,562	2,242		2,242	1,575		1,575	1,310		1,310	1,330
Adams EVP Land, Legal and Admin	3,212	3,205		3,205	2,225		2,225	1,517
Goodwin EVP Head of Operations	2,984	2,594		2,594	1,772
Nicklin Executive Director of Exploration													1,291	888
London EVP General Manager													1,299	762
Totals	20,830	23,349		23,349	14,841		13,069	11,224		9,707	5,471		8,061	6,423
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	-10.8%			57.3%			16.4%			77.4%			25.5%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		33.2%
	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec
Matador Resources	2013	2012		2012	2011		2011	2010
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Foran CEO	2,201	1,830		1,830	908		908	658
Hairford President	1,242	895		895	530		530	438
Lancaster CFO	1,330	1,051		1,051	655		655	404
Adams EVP Land, Legal and Admin
Goodwin EVP Head of Operations
Nicklin Executive Director of Exploration	888	908		908	446		446	383
London EVP General Manager	N/A	N/A
Robinson VP Reservoir Engineering				690	316		316	283
Totals	5,661	4,684		5,374	2,855		2,855	2,166
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	20.9%			88.2%			31.8%
3 Year Average Per Year % Change		47.0%
10 Year Average Per Year % Change		38.4%