Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-Based Oil & Gas Co Continental Resources' Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Employee Benefits Increase Was an Off-the-Charts 52.8% Per Year During the Past Five Years

From annual compensation information contained in Proxy Statement filings with the US SEC, the chart below shows Continental Resources' Top-Tier Executives Annual Total Compensation for each of the two consecutive full years of employment for the past five years.

Continental Resources' Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Employee Benefits Increase was an off-the-charts 52.8% per year during the past five years.

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec
Continental 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
Hamm Chairman and CEO	13,332	12,269		12,269	8,882		8,882	11,541		11,541	10,774		10,774	3,225
Stark	6,040	5,556		5,556	3,881		3,881	5,338		5,338	4,514		4,514	1,107
Hart CFO	4,572	4,129		4,129	2,876		2,876	3,892		3,892	3,266		3,266	1,073
Gould Former SVP	3,037	2,829		2,829	2,059		2,059	2,765		2,765	4,421
Brown							2,044	2,746		2,746	4,193
Bott Former COO													N/A	N/A
Totals	26,981	24,783		24,783	17,698		19,742	26,282		26,282	27,168		18,554	5,405
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	8.9%			40.0%			-24.9%			-3.3%			243.3%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		52.8%