Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst Doug Leggate issues $80 price target for Hess Corp. with risk factors

Price objective basis & risk Hess Corp. (HES) Our price objective of $80 / share is based on a 5-year outlook which assumes a 5.5x DACF multiple and a commodity deck of $67.50 WTI and $70 Brent to which we add $10/ sh for Liza in offshore Guyana. The multiple is based on a finite timeline to delivery which is supported by core NAV. The risks to our price objective are: 1) the oil and gas price environment, (2) slowdowns in development drilling that leave production below expectations, and (3) news flow around HES' exploratory and appraisal drilling activities that could impact the stock. Analyst Certification |, Doug Leggate, hereby certify that the views expressed in this research report accurately reflect my personal views about the subject securities and issuers. | also certify that no part of my compensation was, is, or will be, directly or indirectly, related to the specific recommendations or view expressed in this research report. US - Large Cap Oils Coverage Cluster BofA Merrill Lynch Investment rating Company ticker Bloomberg symbol Analyst BUY Anadarko Petroleum Corp. APC APC US Doug Leggate Chevron Corp. CVX CVX US Doug Leggate ConocoPhillips COP COP US Doug Leggate Continental Resources Inc. CLR CLR US Doug Leggate Devon Energy Corp. DVN DVN US Doug Leggate EOG Resources EOG EOG US Doug Leggate Hess Corp. HES HES US Doug Leggate Marathon Oil Corp. MRO MRO US Doug Leggate Marathon Petroleum Company MPC MPC US Doug Leggate Occidental Petroleum Corp. OXY OXY US Doug Leggate Pioneer Natural Resources PXD PXD US Doug Leggate Range Resources Corp RRC RRC US Doug Leggate Tesoro Corp. TSO TSO US Doug Leggate Valero Energy Corp. VLO VLO US Doug Leggate NEUTRAL Chesapeake Energy Corp. CHK CHK US Doug Leggate Delek US Holdings, Inc. DK DK US Doug Leggate ExxonMobil Corp. XOM XOM US Doug Leggate HollyFrontier Corp HFC HFC US Doug Leggate Noble Energy NBL NBL US Doug Leggate Phillips 66 PSX PSX US Doug Leggate UNDERPERFORM Apache Corp APA APA US Doug Leggate Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. COG COG US Doug Leggate PBF Energy PBF PBF US Doug Leggate Southwestern Energy Corp. SWN SWN US Doug Leggate 10 Hess Corp. | 11 April 2017 Bankof America <> Merrill Lynch HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014882