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VOTE BY INTERNET - www.proxyvote.com Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information. Vote by 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on May 25, 2020 for shares held directly and by 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on May 20, 2020 for shares held in a Plan. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form. PDC ENERGY, INC. C/0 BROADRIDGE CORPORATE ISSUER SOLUTIONS, INC. P O BOX 1342 BRENTWOOD, NY 11717 ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF FUTURE PROXY MATERIALS If you would like to reduce the costs incurred by our company in mailing proxy materials, you can consent to receiving all future proxy statements, proxy cards and annual reports electronically via e-mail or the Internet. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions above to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access proxy materials electronically in future years. VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903 Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions. Vote by 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on May 25, 2020 for shares held directly and by 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on May 20, 2020 for shares held in a Plan. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions. VOTE BY MAIL Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717. TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS: D13588-P37498 KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED. PDC ENERGY, INC. For Withhold For All AllAllExcept To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark "For All Except" and write the number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below. The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 1 through 6. ! ! ! 2. If Proposal No. 1 to declassify the Board is approved, to elect eight directors nominated by the Board, each for a term of one year; Nominees: For Against Abstain 01) Barton R. Brookman 02) Anthony J. Crisafio 03) Mark E. Ellis 04) Christina M. Ibrahim 05) Paul J. Korus 06) Randy S. Nickerson 07) David C. Parke 08) Lynn A. Peterson 4. To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers; ! ! ! ! ! ! 5. To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020; For Against Abstain 1. To approve a proposal to amend the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to declassify the Board of Directors (the "Board") and to provide for the immediate annual election of directors; ! ! ! 6. To approve an amendment to the Company's 2018 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the maximum number of shares of common stock of the Company that may be issued pursuant to awards under the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan; and ! ! ! 3. If Proposal No. 1 to declassify the Board is not approved, to elect the two directors nominated by the Board as Class I directors, each for a term of three years; NOTE: To transact any other business that may properly come before the meeting and at any and all adjournments or postponements thereof. Nominees: ! ! ! ! ! ! 3a. David C. Parke 3b. Lynn A. Peterson Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name by authorized officer. Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX] Date Signature (Joint Owners) Date

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting: The Notice and Proxy Statement and Form 10-K are available at www.proxyvote.com. D13589-P37498 PDC ENERGY, INC. Annual Meeting of Shareholders May 26, 2020 8:00 AM MDT This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors The shareholder(s) hereby appoint(s) R. Scott Meyers and Nicole L. Martinet, or either of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his or her substitute, and hereby authorize(s) him or her to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this ballot, all of the shares of common stock of PDC ENERGY, INC. that the shareholder(s) is/are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held at 8:00 AM, MDT on May 26, 2020, at 1775 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, and any adjournment or postponement thereof. This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein. If no such direction is made, this proxy will be voted in accordance with the Board of Directors' recommendations. Continued and to be signed on reverse side