H. Weldon Holcombe 
Director, BS in Civil Engineering 
Experience 
Weldon has been a Director since December 2012. Mr. Holcombe has over 30 years of onshore and  offshore U.S. oil and gas 
industry experience, including technology, reservoir engineering, drilling and completions, production operations, 
construction, field development and optimization, Health, Safety and Environmental (“HSE”), and management of office, field 
and contract personnel. Most recently, Mr. Holcombe served as the Executive Vice President, Mid Continental Region, for 
Petrohawk Energy Corporation from 2006 until its acquisition by BHP Billiton in 2011, after which Mr. Holcombe served as Vice 
President of New Technology Development for BHP Billiton. In his capacity as Executive Vice President for Petrohawk Energy 
Corporation, Mr. Holcombe managed development of leading unconventional resource plays, including the Haynesville, 
Fayetteville and P ermian areas. In addition, Mr. Holcombe served as President of Big Hawk LLC, a subsidiary of Petrohawk 
Energy Corporation, a provider of basic oil and gas construction, logistics and rental services. Mr. Holcombe also served as 
corporate HSE officer for Petrohawk and joint chairperson of the steering committee that managed construction and operation 
of a gathering system in Petrohawk’s Haynesville field with one billion cubic feet of natural gas of production per day. Prior to 
Petrohawk, Mr. Holcombe served  in a variety of senior level management, operations and engineering roles for KCS Energy 
and Exxon. Mr. Holcombe holds a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from the University of Auburn. 
 
Interest in Shares:  
596,700 Ordinary Shares in Sundance Energy Australia Limited 
 
Special Responsibilities:  
-Chairman of the Reserves Committee 
-Member of the Remuneration and Nominations Committee 
 
Other Directorships:   
Nil 
 
Meetings of Directors 
The table below shows the number of meetings held during each Director’s tenure and the attendance by each Director and 
respective members of the Committees.  In addition to the formal meetings held and noted below, a number of informal 
meetings were also held. 
 
 
Board of Directors 
Meetings 
 
Audit and Risk 
Management 
Committee  
Remuneration and 
Nominations 
Committee 
 
Reserves 
Committee 
 Held Attended  Held Attended  Held Attended  Held Attended 
M Hannell 9 9  4 4  7 7  4 4 
E McCrady 9 9  - -  - -  - - 
D Hannes 9 9  4 4  7 7  - - 
N Martin 9 9  4 3  - -  4 4 
W Holcombe 9 9  - -  7 7  4 4 
 
The Audit and Risk Management , the Remuneration and Nominations, and the Reserves Committees both have charters  
approved by the Committees and, subsequently, the Board, which sets out the Committees’ objectives, composition, meeting 
frequency, access, duties and responsibilities.  Minutes are kept of all meetings and are tabled for adoption at the following 
Committee meetings. These minutes are subsequently provided to the Board for information and any discussion that may be 
necessary.  The Audit and Risk Management Committee meets with the external auditor at least twice a year. 
 
  
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