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Midstates Petroleum Details Changes to Board of Directors

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Midstates Petroleum Company has named Randal Klein, Evan Lederman, and David Proman to the Board effective today upon the resignation of Frederic (Jake) F. Brace, Michael Reddin, and Bruce Vincent.

About Randal Klein

Randal Klein joined affiliates of Avenue Capital Management II, L.P. in 2004, and is currently a Portfolio Manager at Avenue where he assists with the direction of the investment activities of the Avenue U.S. strategy with a particular focus on transactions and restructurings while previously directing the investment activities of the Avenue Trade Claims funds. Previously, Mr. Klein was a Senior Vice President of the Avenue U.S. Funds. In such capacity, Mr. Klein was responsible for managing restructuring activities and identifying, analyzing and modeling investment opportunities for the Avenue U.S. strategy. Prior to joining Avenue, Mr. Klein was a Senior Vice President at Lehman Brothers, where his responsibilities included restructuring advisory work, financial sponsors coverage, mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. Prior to Lehman, Mr. Klein worked in sales, marketing and engineering as an aerospace engineer for The Boeing Company. Mr. Klein currently serves, or has served, on the boards of Gravity Oilfield Services, Selcom Group, MagnaChip Semiconductor, Chassix Automotive, NextWave Holdco and American Media. Mr. Klein is a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Board Leadership Fellow. Mr. Klein holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, conferred with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia, and an M.B.A. in Finance, conferred as a Palmer Scholar, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

About Evan Lederman

Evan Lederman joined Fir Tree in 2011 and is a Managing Director and a Partner. As Co-Head of Restructuring, Mr. Lederman focuses on managing the firm's distressed credit, restructuring and litigation-oriented investment strategies, including energy and structured credit activist initiatives. Prior to joining Fir Tree Partners, Mr. Lederman worked in the Business Finance and Restructuring groups at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. Mr. Lederman is currently a member of the board, in his capacity as a Fir Tree Partners employee, of Riviera Resources (Chairman of the Board), Roan Resources, Ultra Petroleum (Chairman of the Board), Amplify Energy (formerly Memorial Production Partners), New Emerald Energy LLC, and Deer Finance, LLC. Mr. Lederman received a J.D. degree with honors from New York University School of Law and a B.A., magna cum laude, from New York University.

About David Proman

David Proman joined Fir Tree in 2010 and is a Managing Director and a Partner. As Co-Head of Restructuring, Mr. Proman focuses on managing the firm's distressed credit, restructuring and litigation-oriented investment strategies, including energy and structured credit activist initiatives. Mr. Proman has 15 years of investment experience in structured and corporate debt investing. Prior to joining Fir Tree, Mr. Proman was an analyst at Kore Advisors, a fixed income investment manager, where he helped manage corporate and structured mortgage credit investments. Mr. Proman is currently a member of the board, in his capacity as a Fir Tree Partners employee, of Amplify Energy (formerly Memorial Production Partners) (Chairman of the Board), New Emerald Energy LLC, and Deer Finance, LLC. Mr. Proman also serves on the Technical Committee of FHipo, a residential mortgage REIT in Mexico. Mr. Proman received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia.