On June 4, 2024, Kirkland B. Andrews resigned as Chief Financial Officer of the Evergy, Inc, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. and Evergy Metro, Inc. (?Evergy Metro,? and collectively with Evergy and Evergy Kansas Central, the ?Evergy Companies?), effective on June 21, 2024. Mr. Andrews advised the Evergy Companies that his decision to resign was not the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company?s operations, policies, or practices.

On June 7, 2024, the Evergy Companies? Boards of Directors (the ?Board?) appointed Geoffrey T. Ley as Chief Financial Officer and designated him as the Evergy Companies? principal financial officer effective on the Effective Date.

Mr. Ley, age 50, served as Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis from June 2021 through December 2022 when he became Vice President, Corporate Planning and Treasurer. Mr. Ley previously served as vice president and chief financial officer at Hunt Refining Company from 2019-2021 where he had primary oversight of the accounting, information technology, supply chain, and treasury functions. Prior to joining Hunt Refining, Mr. Ley was vice president and treasurer for Hunt Utility Services (2014-2019), the management company for InfraREIT, Inc. where he led the treasury, corporate planning and performance management functions.

Before joining Hunt Utility Services, Mr. Ley served as the director of corporate finance at Energy Future Holdings Corporation, where he managed rating agency relationships and debt capital market activities. Mr. Ley held various corporate planning and treasury-related roles at TXU Corporation and Energy Future Holdings Corporation (2007-2014). Mr. Ley also worked for 10 years at Frito-Layin various roles within research & development focused on developing and commercializing new products.