13D Filing: Ares Management Llc and Gastar Exploration Inc. (NYSEMKT:GST)

Exhibit 1

Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the Issuer and the Purchasers, dated as of February 16, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the current report on Form 8K of the Issuer filed on February 7, 2017).

Exhibit 2

Amendment No. 1 to Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the Issuer and the Purchasers, dated as of March 3, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the current report on Form 8K of the Issuer filed on March 7, 2017).

Exhibit 3

Registration Rights Agreement by and among the Issuer and the Purchasers, dated as of March 3, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the current report on Form 8K of the Issuer filed on February 7, 2017).

Exhibit 4

Form of Lock-Up Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the current report on Form 8K of the Issuer filed on February 7, 2017).

Exhibit 5

Indenture, dated as of March 3, 2017, among the Issuer and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee and Collateral agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the current report on Form 8K of the Issuer filed on February 7, 2017).

Exhibit 6

First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 21, 2017, among the Issuer and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee and Collateral agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the current report on Form 8-K of the Issuer filed on March 22, 2017)

Exhibit 7

Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the Issuer and the Purchasers, dated as of March 20, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the current report on Form 8-K of the Issuer filed on March 22, 2017).

Exhibit 8

Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement by and among the Issuer and the Purchasers, dated as of March 21, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the current report on Form 8K of the Issuer filed on March 22, 2017).

Exhibit 9

Certificate of Designation of the Special Voting Preferred Stock of the Issuer, dated as of March 21, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the current report on Form 8K of the Issuer filed on March 22, 2017).

Exhibit 99.1

Joint Filing Agreement, dated as of March 7, 2017, by and among the Reporting Persons.*