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description: "Ecopetrol S.A. has announced that the hydrocarbon-producing departments have nominated Mr. Ricardo Rodriguez Yee for the Board of Directors. This nomination will be presented for election as the eighth director on the slate proposed by the Colombian government. Ecopetrol is Colombia's largest company, responsible for over 60% of the country's hydrocarbon production and involved in various energy sectors across the Americas. The company also holds significant stakes in international drilling and exploration operations."
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# Ecopetrol Announces Hydrocarbon-Producing Departments' Nominee to the Board of Directors on Slate Proposed by Government of Colombia | EC Stock News

, /PRNewswire/ -- Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC) reports that the hydrocarbon–producing departments in which Ecopetrol operates have once again nominated Mr. Ricardo Rodriguez Yee as their candidate to the Board of Directors. The hydrocarbon–producing departments' nominee will be submitted for election by the shareholders as the eighth director on the slate of nominees proposed by the Government of Colombia.

_Ecopetrol is the largest company in Colombia and one of the main integrated energy companies in the American continent, with more than 19,000 employees. In Colombia, it is responsible for more than 60% of the hydrocarbon production of most transportation, logistics, and hydrocarbon refining systems, and it holds leading positions in the petrochemicals and gas distribution segments. With the acquisition of 51.4% of ISA's shares, the company participates in energy transmission, the management of real-time systems (XM), and the Barranquilla - Cartagena coastal highway concession. At the international level, Ecopetrol has a stake in strategic basins in the American continent, with Drilling and Exploration operations in the United States (Permian basin and the Gulf of Mexico), Brazil, and Mexico, and, through ISA and its subsidiaries, Ecopetrol holds leading positions in the power transmission business in Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Bolivia, road concessions in Chile, and the telecommunications sector._

_This release contains statements that may be considered forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All forward-looking statements, whether made in this release or in future filings or press releases, or orally, address matters that involve risks and uncertainties, including in respect of the Company's prospects for growth and its ongoing access to capital to fund the Company's business plan, among others. Consequently, changes in the following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those included in the forward-looking statements: market prices of oil & gas, our exploration, and production activities, market conditions, applicable regulations, the exchange rate, the Company's competitiveness and the performance of Colombia's economy and industry, to mention a few. We do not intend and do not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements._

**For more information, please contact:**

**_Investor Relations Department  
_**_Email: investors@ecopetrol.com.co_

**_Head of Corporate Communications (Colombia)  
_**_Marcela Ulloa  
__Email: marcela.ulloa@ecopetrol.com.co_

SOURCE Ecopetrol S.A.

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