Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;


           Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
           Officers.

On December 10, 2020, Goodrich Petroleum Corporation (the "Company") appointed Kristen M. McWatters, the Company's Controller, as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer effective December 17, 2020. Ms. McWatters replaces Robert T. Barker who served as the Company's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since January 2017 and is retiring effective December 16, 2020. The Company announced Mr. Barker's notice of retirement on September 25, 2020. His decision to retire was based on personal reasons and not the result of any disagreement relating to our operations, policies or practices.

In this role, Ms. McWatters will serve as the Company's principal financial officer in addition to her other roles. Ms. McWatters will receive an annual salary of $200,000, and she will be eligible for other usual and customary benefits. Ms. McWatters is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) who joined the Company in 2017 and has been its Controller since March 2020. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. McWatters served as Controller for Spark Energy, Inc., a publicly traded independent retail energy services company, from 2015 to 2016 and their Senior Manager, Financial Reporting from 2014 to 2015. From 2011 to 2014, Ms. McWatters served in various positions with Southwestern Energy, a publicly traded independent energy company, including Manager, Financial Reporting from 2013 to 2014. From September 2008 to 2011, Ms. McWatters worked for KPMG, LLP.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. McWatters and any other person pursuant to which she was selected as Chief Financial Officer, nor are there any family relationships between Ms. McWatters and any of the Company's directors or executive officers. There are no transactions between Ms. McWatters and the Company that would be reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


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