Next Bridge Hydrocarbons Releases Share Registration Data

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Jul 28, 2026, 12:19 ET

MIDLAND, Texas, July 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Next Bridge Hydrocarbons, Inc. ("Next Bridge," "our," "we," or the "Company"), an oil and natural gas exploration and production company with interests in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma today announced the following:

The Company wishes to reassure shareholders that our transfer agent, Equiniti Trust Co. (EQ) has confirmed for us that all shares from our recently announced special dividend of common stock were successfully distributed within their system on July 22, 2026.

Next Bridge has received numerous requests from shareholders to release data regarding the share totals held by brokerage firms at EQ. In the spirit of transparency and full disclosure, the Company provides the following data for shareholder use and reference.

The table below displays "bulk certificate" share numbers registered at EQ by each alphabetically listed brokerage firm on July 8, 2026, the Date of Record for our recently completed dividend distribution. We also wish to acknowledge that based on publicly available information and data from multiple sources, the Company is aware this data does not accurately reflect the actual total shares credited to shareholders within several of these firms.

FIRM	SHARES
AL-WATANIEH FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES	3,477
APEX CLEARING CORPORATION	2,643,570
AXOS CLEARING	15,848
B RILEY SECURITIES	1,200
BANQUE INTERNATIONALE A LUXEMBOURG	1
BARNARD NOMINEES LIMITED	735
BBS SECURITIES INC /CDS	486
BMO NESBITT BURNS INC	100
BMO NESBITT BURNS INC	76,005
BMO NESBITT BURNS INC /CDS**	177,519
BNP PARIBAS NEW YORK BRANCH	90
BNP PARIBAS NEW YORK BRANCH	183,582
BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP	4,910
BNY MELLON/WEALTH MANAGEMENT	103,495
BOFA SECURITIES INC	6,531
CACEIS BANK ITALY BRANCH /	1,150
CACEIS BANK SWITZERLAND BRANCH /	2,000
CACEIS BANK/CA SA/CAT CL 3RD PARTY A/C	389,615
CACEIS BK/QUINTET EUROPE/	415
CANACCORD GENUITY CORP /CDS	18,310
CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND BROKERAGE	6,300
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO INC	13
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO INC	10,417,569
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO INC	17,049,299
CHENKO FINANCE CORP	30,000
CIBC WORLD MARKETS INC /CDS	38,999
CITADEL SECURITIES LLC	2,994
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC	20,953
CREDENTIAL QTRADE SECURITIES INC	75,981
CREDENTIAL SECURITIES INC /CDS	25,071
CREDIT SUISSE (SCHWEIZ) AG	7,450
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC	3,500
CURVATURE SECURITIES LLC	1,290
D A DAVIDSON & CO	26,000
DBS BANK (HONG KONG) LIMITED	2,000
DESJARDINS SECURITIES INC	80
DESJARDINS SECURITIES INC /CDS	87,253
DIRECTA S I M P A CONTO TERZI	8,119
ELEMENT CAPITAL MASTER FUND	174,509
FIDELITY CLEARING CANADA ULC/CDS	125
FIFTH THIRD BANK	2,500
FOLIO INVESTMENTS INC	54
FUTU SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL	15,000
GERLACH & CO	2,921,352
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO	15,742
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO LLC	339,654
GUOTAI JUNAN SECURITIES	200
HARE & CO LLC	615,146
HARGREAVES LANSDOWN (NOMINEES) LTD	474,996
HAYWOOD SECURITIES INC /CDS	5,490
HILLTOP SECURITIES INC	24,711
HSBC BANK USA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION	70,981
HUATAI FINANCIAL HOLDINGS	1,190
INEGROUS CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC	5,000
INTERACTIVE BROKERS LLC	1,078,536
INTERACTIVE INVESTOR SERVICES	19,347
INTL FCSTONE FINANCIAL INC	4,500
J P MORGAN SECURITIES LLC	13,533
J. TURNER ENTERPRISES INC	200
JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	4,685
JEFFERIES LLC	11,318
JP MORGAN SECURITIES LLC	12,910
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK	52,354
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK/EUROCLEAR BANK	100
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK/IA	488,932
JPMORGAN SECURITIES LLC	1,347,150
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION	1,323
LAWSHARE NOMINEES LIMITED	50,674
LPL FINANCIAL	141,326
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	8,560
LSI CORPORATION TEMPORARY SERVICES	1,000
LUVERSA	30,000
MANULIFE SECURITIES INC/CDS	950
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER	1,651,224
MIZUHO TRUST & BANKING CO (USA)	200
MORGAN STANLEY & CO LLC	995,346
MORGAN STANLEY & CO LLC II	6,500
MORGAN STANLEY & CO LLC/ SL CONDUIT	70
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LLC	30
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LLC	2,693,372
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LLC	5,462,258
MURIEL SIEBERT & CO INC	2,600
NATIONAL BANK FINANCIAL INC	488
NATIONAL BANK FINANCIAL INC	3,000
NATIONAL BANK FINANCIAL INC	10,601
NATIONAL BANK FINANCIAL INC /CDS	412
NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA FINANCIAL INC	103,600
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC	55
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC	241
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC	350
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC	3,220
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC	156,796
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC	760,967
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC	15,174,412
NAVY BANCORP INC.	6,250
NBF INC	56,828
OPPENHEIMER & CO INC	7,058
PERETO SECURITIES AS	28,150
PERSHING INTERNATIONAL NOMINEES	4,233
PERSHING LLC	26,245
PERSHING LLC	207,769
PERSHING LLC	679,462
PERSHING NOMINEES LIMITED	29,986
PERSHING NOMINEES LIMITED A/C XBCLT	106,710
PERSHING NOMINEES LIMITED A/C XECLT	9,660
PERSHING NOMINEES LIMITED A/C XFCLT	12,475
PHILLIP CAPITAL INC	83,727
QUESTRADE INC	8,000
QUESTRADE INC /CDS**	711,692
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES INC	118,072
RAYMOND JAMES LTD /CDS**	2,245
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC	17,848
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC	1,930,000
RBC DOMINION SECURITIES INC	18,092
RBC DOMINION SECURITIES INC	122,339
RBC DOMINION SECURITIES INC	13,227
RF SECURITIES CLEARING LP	518
ROBERT W BAIRD & CO INCORPORATED	7,317
ROBINHOOD SECURITIES LLC	11,047,755
SAGICOR INESTMENTS JAMAICA LTD	100
SALE MEDIA STOCKHOLM AB	14,442
SCENIC-RIDGE INVESTMENTS INC	3,000
SCOTIA CAPITAL INC	1,000
SCOTIA CAPITAL INC	359,807
SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA BANKEN	8,000
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO	550
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST COMPANY	999
STATE STREET BANK & TRUST COMPANY	12,471
STIFEL NICOLAUS & CO INC	7,100
TD AMERITRADE CLEARING INC	2,211
TD AMERITRADE CLEARING INC	2,644,220
TD PRIME SERVICES LLC/STOCK LOAN	10,000
THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY	16,758
TIGER BROKERS (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD	10,750
TRADE UP SECURITIES INC	2,622
TRADESTATION SECURITIES	406
TRADEUP SECURITIES INC	24,026
TRADING 212 UK LIMITED	8,214
TRADING 212 UK LIMITED	393,304
TRANSACT NOMINEES LIMITED	489
TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK FBO	172
U S BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION	16,578
UAB SILNERA	30
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC	4,115
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC	100,235
UBS SECURITIES LLC	63
UBS SECURITIES LLC	74,749
VANGUARD MARKETING CORP	563,832
VANGUARD MARKETING CORP.	635,844
VANGUARD MARKETING CORPORATION	230,194
VELOX CLEARING LLC	1,898
VIRTU AMERICAS LLC	720
VISION FINANCIAL MARKETS LLC	1,689
VISION FINANCIAL MARKETS LLC	7,038
WEALTH NOMINEES LIMITED	25,822
WEALTHSIMPLE INVESTMENTS INC	197,675
WEDBUSH SECURITIES INC	3,450
WEDBUSH SECURITIES INC	15,308
WELLS FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC	33,325
WELLS FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC	791,682
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES LLC	10,004

If your shares are held at one of the listed firms and are not credited to your account(s), please contact that firm directly with your inquiries. It is the responsibility of your brokerage firm or financial institution to credit your dividend shares into your individual account(s) appropriately.

About Next Bridge Hydrocarbons, Inc.

The Company is an independent public reporting energy company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, exploitation and/or development of oil and natural gas properties in the United States. We have minor well interests in the eastern edge of the Midland Basin in Texas, two minor well interests in Oklahoma and exploration prospect leaseholds in the onshore southern Louisiana Gulf Coast area. Please visit the Company's website www.nextbridgehydrocarbons.com for more information.

Next Bridge is a private company insofar as its common stock is not traded on a public stock exchange of any kind. The Company is expected to update shareholders about certain operational and financial matters related to Company business. To receive emails regarding this and other Company news as it develops, please visit www.nextbridgehydrocarbons.com/investors and complete the "Investor Email Form". You may also follow our social media channels at @nbhydrocarbons on X (formerly Twitter) and "Next Bridge Hydrocarbons" on LinkedIn.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those described herein. Although the Company believes the expectations in such statements to be reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Information concerning the assumptions, uncertainties and risks that may affect the actual results can be found in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available to view at www.sec.gov or on the Company's website.

Investor Relations Contact:
Dennard Lascar Investor Relations
[email protected]

SOURCE Next Bridge Hydrocarbons, Inc.