Document:

Amended and Restated Conditional Share Transfer Agreement

 Exhibit 10.1 
 Execution Version 
 AMENDED AND RESTATED CONDITIONAL SHARE TRANSFER AGREEMENT 
 THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED CONDITIONAL SHARE TRANSFER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 24, 2008, is entered
into among: 
 JSC BTA Securities, a joint stock company registered under the laws of Kazakhstan and holding broker-dealer license
No. 0401201983, as securities agent (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Securities Agent”) under the Amended and Restated Securities Agency Agreement of even date herewith (the
“Securities Agency Agreement”), acting on behalf of (i) The Bank of New York Mellon, as Collateral Agent under the Original Indenture and the New Indenture (each as defined herein), (ii) The Bank of
New York Mellon, as trustee under the Original Indenture (in such capacity, the “Original Trustee”) for the benefit of the Original Trustee and the holders of the Original Notes (as defined herein), and (iii) The
Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee under the New Indenture (in such capacity, the “New Trustee” and, together with the Original Trustee, the “Trustee”) for the benefit of the New Trustee and the
holders of the New Notes (as defined herein), but, in each such case, solely in respect of the Kazakhstan Documents (as defined in the Securities Agency Agreement) and the Shares (as defined herein) covered thereby, and 
 Transmeridian Exploration Inc., a British Virgin Islands company (“TME”), and Bramex Management, Inc., a British Virgin Islands
company (“Bramex” and, together with TME, the “Shareholders”). 
 RECITALS: 
 A. JSC Caspi Neft TME (“Caspi Neft”) is a Kazakhstan joint stock company registered under the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, with an
authorized Charter Capital of 50,000,000 tenge consisting of 50,000 common shares with a nominal value of 1,000 tenge per share, all of which shares are issued and outstanding (National Identification Number KZ1C41630019), of which 25,000 are
legally and beneficially owned by TME and 25,000 are legally and beneficially owned by Bramex. 
 B. The Securities Agent and the Shareholders are
party to that certain Conditional Share Transfer Agreement, dated as of January 3, 2006, as amended on May 24, 2006 (the “Original CSTA”), securing the obligations of the Shareholders under the Original Indenture
and the Original Notes and the guarantee of Bramex and all other obligations of the Shareholders under the Transaction Documents (as defined herein). 
 C. Money Experts JSC, a joint stock company registered under the laws of Kazakhstan and holding broker-dealer license No. 0401200555, shall act as nominee for the Shareholders and the Securities Agent (in such capacity, together
with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the 

  

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“Nominee”) pursuant to those certain Brokerage Services Agreements (with nominal holding) entered into between each Shareholder and
the Nominee and the Securities Agent and the Nominee, each such agreement dated as of April 2, 2007 (collectively, the “Brokerage Services Agreements”). The Nominee shall be instructed by the Parties (as defined herein)
to act pursuant to this Agreement, and the Nominee shall acknowledge in writing receipt hereof. 
 D. All of the shares of Caspi Neft owned by the
Shareholders are recorded in the share register maintained by JSC “Securities Registrar System,” License No. 20050017 of the National Companies and Securities Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan (located at Republic
of Kazakhstan, Almaty, 75 Muratbayeva St.) in the name of the Nominee, and all such shares are fully paid and, subject to the encumbrance and pledge appearing in the records of the Nominee, are free of all other Encumbrances (as defined herein),
except only as may be created by the Transaction Documents. 
 E. TME issued its Senior Secured Notes due 2010 (the “Original
Notes”) in an aggregate principal amount of $290 million pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated as of December 12, 2005, as supplemented by the First, Second and Third Supplemental Indentures thereto, dated as of
December 22, 2005, May 24, 2006 and the date hereof, respectively, by and among TME, the Original Trustee, Transmeridian Exploration Incorporated (the “Parent”), as guarantor, and the other guarantors party
thereto (the “Subsidiary Guarantors” and, together with the Parent, the “Guarantors”) (as further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Original
Indenture”), and the Original Notes, and all of TME’s obligations with respect thereto and otherwise under the Original Indenture, are guaranteed by the Guarantors. 
 F. Pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated as of the date hereof, by and among TME, the Guarantors, and the New Trustee (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
the “New Indenture” and, together with the Original Indenture, the “Indentures”), TME will issue its new Senior Secured Notes due 2010 (the “New Notes” and, together with the Original Notes,
the “Notes”) in an aggregate principal amount of up to $177,726,000 (or such other aggregate principal amount set forth in an Authentication Order delivered on the Issue Date (as defined in the New Indenture)) in exchange for
all or a portion of the Original Notes. 
 G. The Shareholders and the Securities Agent have each agreed to enter into this Agreement to (a) afford
the Trustee the practical benefit of remedies, upon the occurrence of an event which under the Original Indenture would constitute an “Event of Default” (as defined in the Original Indenture), or the occurrence of an event that under the
New Indenture would constitute an “Event of Default” (as defined in the New Indenture), in each case such event of default hereunder, an “Event of Default,” that taken as a whole are not less than substantially
equivalent to the remedies that would be available to the holder of a perfected share pledge under Kazakhstan law and (b) make the other modifications to the Original CSTA as set forth herein. 
  

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 SECTION 1 
 INTERPRETATION 
 1.1 Definitions. 
 In this Agreement, unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth
below: 
 “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or statutory holiday, on which the principal
commercial banks located in Almaty, in the Republic of Kazakhstan and New York, New York, are open for business during normal banking hours; 
 “Encumbrances” means any encumbrance, lien, charge, hypothecation, pledge, mortgage, title retention agreement, security interest of any nature, adverse claim, exception, reservation, easement,
right of occupation, transfer “blockage” notice or any other matter capable of registration against title, option, right of pre-emption, privilege or any contract to create any of the foregoing; 
 “Losses” has the meaning given in Section 5.1 hereof; 
 “Parties” means the Securities Agent and the Shareholders, and “Party” means any of them; 
 “Person” includes any natural person, corporation, company, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association,
incorporated organization, partnership, governmental authority or other entity; 
 “Sales Proceeds” means the
aggregate proceeds of any sale by or at the direction of the Securities Agent of Transferred Shares, net of any stamp or transfer taxes or statutory withholdings, customary brokerage commissions or similar fees and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
of the Securities Agent incurred in connection with such sale; 
 “Securities” means: 
  

	 	(i)	equity securities of Caspi Neft, including common shares, together with all dividends accrued thereon; 

  

	 	(ii)	rights, warrants, options and other instruments issued by Caspi Neft, which entitle the holder, either under all circumstances or under some circumstances, to acquire from Caspi
Neft equity securities of Caspi Neft; and 

  

	 	(iii)	instruments that are convertible or exchangeable, either under all circumstances or under some circumstances, into any of the foregoing; 

 “Share Transfer” has the meaning given in Section 2.1 hereof; 
  

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 “Shares” means the common shares of Caspi Neft owned by the Shareholders as
described in Recital A at the date hereof, and includes any additional Securities hereafter acquired by the Shareholders; 
 “Solicitation Statement” means the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated July 23, 2008, as supplemented; 
 “Subsidiary” means, in relation to any Person or corporation, any body corporate of which more than 50% of the outstanding shares carrying voting rights at all times are owned directly or
indirectly by or for the Person or corporation and/or by or for any body corporate in like relation to the Person or corporation, provided that the ownership of such shares confers at all times the right to elect at least a majority of the board of
directors of such body corporate, and includes any body corporate in like relation to a Subsidiary; 
 “Termination
Date” means the first to occur of (i) the date upon which all Transferred Shares have been disposed of or the ownership thereof re-transferred to the Shareholders pursuant to Section 2.2(b) hereof and (ii) the date that
all Secured Obligations (as defined in the Securities Agency Agreement) (other than indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) have been paid or otherwise satisfied in full; 
 “Transaction Documents” means the Notes, the Indentures, the Security Documents (as defined in the New Indenture, of which this
Agreement is one) and each and every other agreement, contract or undertaking executed by the Parent, either Shareholder or any other subsidiary of the Parent in connection therewith; 
 “Transfer Instruction” has the meaning given in Section 2.1 hereof; and 
 “Transferred Shares” means the Shares, after the occurrence of a Share Transfer. 
 1.2 Extended Meanings. 
 In this Agreement, unless
something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith: words importing the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa; words importing a gender shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter genders; and words importing
Persons shall include individuals, partnerships, corporations, associations, trusts, government agencies and any other form of organization or entity whatsoever. 
 1.3 Headings. 
 The division of this Agreement into Sections and subsections and the insertion of headings are for
convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or the interpretation of this Agreement. The terms “this Agreement,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and similar expressions refer to this Agreement in its
entirety and not to any particular Section, subsection, or other portion hereof and include any agreement supplemental hereto. Unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent herewith, references herein to Sections, subsections and
Schedules are to Sections and subsections and Schedules of this Agreement. 
  

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 1.4 Business Days. 
 If any payment is required to be made or other action is required to be taken pursuant to this Agreement on a day which is not a Business Day, then such payment or action shall be made or taken on the next Business
Day. 
 SECTION 2 
 TRANSFER AND DISPOSITION 
 2.1 Transfer of Shares. 
 Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, if (but only if) the Securities Agent shall be directed to do so in writing by the Collateral Agent pursuant
to the Securities Agency Agreement, the Securities Agent shall deliver a written notice to the Nominee (a “Transfer Instruction”) instructing the Nominee to transfer on the Nominee’s books and records ownership of the
Shares to, or as otherwise directed by (in accordance with the Collateral Agent’s instructions), the Securities Agent (a “Share Transfer”). Each Shareholder hereby authorizes, directs, requests and instructs the Nominee
to accept and comply with any such Transfer Instruction without any duty of further inquiry of the Shareholders. The Securities Agent hereby agrees that it will not effect any transfer of the Shares prior to the Termination Date other than pursuant
to a Transfer Instruction. 
 2.2 Disposition of Transferred Shares. 
  

	 	(a)	Following completion of a Share Transfer, the Securities Agent shall, at the direction of the Collateral Agent given pursuant to the Securities Agency Agreement, sell the
Transferred Shares for cash or other consideration in one or more transactions pursuant to the written instructions of the Collateral Agent and in a manner consistent with applicable law. Without the express written consent of the Collateral Agent,
the Securities Agent shall not sell or otherwise transfer, or place or permit any Encumbrance on, the Transferred Shares. 

  

	 	(b)	All Sales Proceeds shall be remitted by the Securities Agent forthwith to the Collateral Agent until the Collateral Agent shall have received at its offices in New York,
New York an aggregate amount equal to all amounts certified by the Collateral Agent as owed with respect to the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Securities Agency Agreement). Upon receipt by the Securities Agent of a written certification
from the Collateral Agent that the Collateral Agent has received the Sales Proceeds from the sales of Transferred Shares in accordance with this Agreement in an aggregate amount sufficient to have satisfied in full all of the Secured Obligations,
the Securities Agent shall (i) remit any remaining Sales Proceeds to the Shareholders, as they shall jointly direct, and (ii) if applicable, instruct the Nominee to transfer ownership of any remaining Shares to the Shareholders, as they
shall jointly direct. 

  

	 	(c)	If so directed in writing by the Collateral Agent, the Securities Agent shall acquire Transferred Shares for the account of the Collateral Agent, or its assigns, pursuant to the
exercise of the set-off rights provided for in Section 7.1(i). The Securities Agent shall not otherwise exercise such rights under this Agreement or otherwise arising in favor of the Securities Agent. 

  

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 SECTION 3 
 TERM; REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES 
 3.1 Term. The term of this Agreement shall commence on the date
hereof and shall terminate upon the Termination Date. 
 3.2 Reimbursement of Expenses. The Shareholders agree to reimburse the reasonable and
necessary fees, expenses and other amounts incurred by the Securities Agent under this Agreement (including the reasonable fees and expenses of the Securities Agent’s counsel), in addition to any other fees, expenses and other amounts payable
that may arise under the Securities Agency Agreement. 
 SECTION 4 
 SECURITIES AGENT 
 4.1 Duties of the Securities Agent. 
  

	 	(a)	The Securities Agent does not owe fiduciary duties to the Shareholders or any other Person in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder. At the expense of the
Shareholders, the Securities Agent may retain counsel and other experts, and may rely conclusively on the advice of such counsel and other experts. 

  

	 	(b)	Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, the Securities Agent shall have no duty as to any Transferred Shares in its possession or control or in the possession
or control of the Nominee or any other nominee, agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto. The Securities Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable
care in the custody of the Transferred Shares in its possession or control if the Transferred Shares are accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its other property, and the Securities Agent shall not be liable or responsible
for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Transferred Shares. 

  

	 	(c)	If so instructed by the Collateral Agent under the Securities Agency Agreement, the Securities Agent will have the right to appoint a Person who will be in charge of exercising the
rights derived from or related to the Transferred Shares under this Agreement or that may be applicable to their disposition, in which case the Securities Agent may grant the necessary powers of attorney. In the event the Securities Agent desires to
make such an appointment, the Securities Agent shall give prior written notice of such appointment to the Collateral Agent, the New Trustee, the Original Trustee and the Shareholders. The Collateral Agent shall have no liability for the negligence
or willful misconduct of either the Securities Agent or such other Person appointed hereunder. 

  

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 4.2 Responsibilities of Securities Agent. The obligations of the Securities Agent under this Agreement shall be to:

  

	 	(a)	duly execute and deliver and act as securities agent, custodian or beneficiary under this Agreement on behalf of the Collateral Agent acting on behalf of the Original Trustee under
the Original Indenture for the benefit of the Original Trustee and the holders of the Original Notes and the New Trustee under the New Indenture for the benefit of the New Trustee and the holders of the New Notes, but, in each such case, solely in
respect of the Kazakhstan Documents and the Shares covered thereby as requested by the Collateral Agent in writing pursuant to the Securities Agency Agreement; 

  

	 	(b)	take such action as requested by written instructions of the Collateral Agent under the Securities Agency Agreement in a manner consistent with applicable law (in this regard, the
Securities Agent shall be entitled to rely and act upon, and shall be fully protected in relying and acting upon, any note, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, request, demand, direction, instruction, waiver, receipt, agreement,
affidavit, letter, statement, order or written document or written communication from the Collateral Agent reasonably believed by the Securities Agent to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons
and upon advice and statements of legal counsel and other experts retained or employed by the Securities Agent in its reasonable discretion); 

  

	 	(c)	remit, according to the written instructions of the Collateral Agent, any Sales Proceeds recovered from disposition of the Transferred Shares pursuant to Section 2.2(a) in a
manner consistent with applicable law; and 

  

	 	(d)	take such other actions reasonably requested pursuant to the Securities Agency Agreement by the Collateral Agent in accordance with this Agreement. 

 The Securities Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever either prior to or after receiving any such written notice or certificate to inquire whether an Event of Default
has in fact occurred and shall be entitled to rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in so relying, on any notice or certificate so furnished to it by the Collateral Agent. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement,
(i) the Securities Agent shall not take any action with respect to the Shares, except pursuant to the written instructions of the Collateral Agent, and (ii) the Nominee shall not take any action with respect to the Shares, except pursuant
to a Transfer Instruction from the Securities Agent. 
 4.3 Securities Agent’s Individual Capacity. 
 The Securities Agent may engage in any kind of financial business with Caspi Neft or the Shareholders or any of their affiliates or respective
subsidiaries as if it were not performing the duties specified herein, and may accept fees and other consideration from the Shareholders for services in connection with this Agreement and otherwise without having to account for the same to the
Trustee or to the holders of Notes from time to time. 
  

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 4.4 Limitation of Responsibility. 
  

	 	(a)	The Securities Agent will not be liable for any facts, acts or omissions of the parties on the Transaction Documents or third parties that may prevent the Securities Agent from
complying with its obligations and duties under this Agreement. 

  

	 	(b)	The Securities Agent shall not have any implied liability or obligation under this Agreement or the Transaction Documents with respect to obligations that are not expressly provided
herein or therein. 

  

	 	(c)	The Parties agree that the Securities Agent shall not be liable for any act or omission, including, without limitation, the failure to deliver any notice in accordance with this
Agreement, to be performed by any other party hereto or any third party (including either Trustee) that may result in a failure to comply with the Securities Agent’s obligations. 

  

	 	(d)	The Securities Agent shall not be liable for any act performed in good faith and in accordance with the written instructions delivered by the Collateral Agent to the Securities
Agent pursuant to the Securities Agency Agreement. 

  

	 	(e)	Notwithstanding any other limitation to the Securities Agent’s liability under this Agreement, the Parties agree that the Securities Agent shall not be liable for, and shall
not have any obligation to verify or investigate: 

  

	 	(i)	any representation or warranty made by the Parties in this Agreement or any other document related to this Agreement, including but not limited to the Transaction Documents;

  

	 	(ii)	the contents of any certificate, report or any other document delivered by any Party or any other third party, including the Collateral Agent; and 

  

	 	(iii)	the fulfillment by each of the Shareholders of its obligations under this Agreement or any agreement related to this Agreement, including but not limited to the Transaction
Documents. 

  

	 	(f)	Without limiting the above and notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any other Transaction Document, the Securities Agent and its officers, representatives, employees and
agents: 

  

	 	(i)	shall not have any liability or obligation hereunder other than those expressly provided in this Agreement, and the Securities Agent shall not have any implied liability or
obligation hereunder; 

  

	 	(ii)	 at any time, upon determination by the Securities Agent after consultation with legal counsel that it is prohibited by applicable law to perform or refrain from
performing an act or requirement set forth herein, the Securities Agent may postpone or refrain from performing such act until 

  

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the Securities Agent has received legal advice from counsel or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Securities Agent that such act (or omission to
act) is not prohibited by applicable law; 

  

	 	(iii)	may, at its own election, seek advice from any legal or any other kind of advisor (provided that the Securities Agent shall not retain financial advisors unless directed to do so by
the Collateral Agent in writing); 

  

	 	(iv)	shall not have any liability whatsoever to determine or investigate the fulfillment or compliance by any of the Parties of the terms, conditions and obligations under this Agreement
or any other agreement they are part of; 

  

	 	(v)	shall not incur in any liability whatsoever for any delay, cancellation or modification of any notice, consent, certificate, representation, communication, copy or other
communication not delivered to the Securities Agent; and 

  

	 	(vi)	shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any fact or circumstance, unless the Securities Agent has received a written notice in the domicile and to the attention of the individual
appointed (or that will be appointed) for such purposes in accordance with this Agreement. 

 SECTION 5 
 INDEMNIFICATION; DISCLAIMERS, ETC. 
 5.1
Shareholders’ Indemnification Obligations. The Shareholders shall be liable for and shall reimburse and indemnify the Securities Agent and hold the Securities Agent harmless from and against any and all claims, losses, liabilities, costs,
damages or expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) (collectively, “Losses”) arising from or in connection with or related to this Agreement or being Securities Agent hereunder (including, but not
limited to, Losses incurred by the Securities Agent in connection with its successful defense, in whole or in part, of any claim of willful misconduct or negligence on its part); provided, however, that the Securities Agent shall not be
indemnified for Losses caused by its own willful misconduct or negligence. 
  

	 	(a)	No provision of this Agreement, the Securities Agency Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall require the Securities Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise
incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or under the other Transaction Documents or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such
funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. 

  

	 	(b)	 The Securities Agent shall have no liability (whether sounding in tort, contract or otherwise) for Losses in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related
to, performance by the Securities Agent under this Agreement, or any act, omission or event occurring in connection therewith, unless it is determined by a final and 

  

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nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that is binding on the Securities Agent that such Losses were the result of acts or omissions on
the part of the Securities Agent constituting willful misconduct or negligence. 

  

	 	(c)	The Securities Agent shall be reimbursed and indemnified by the Shareholders (whether by way of payment in advance or otherwise) against all Losses and other costs, claims, expenses
(including legal fees) and liabilities, including any transfer, stamp, documentary or similar taxes in connection with any Share Transfer, that the Securities Agent will or may expend or incur in carrying out any instructions from the Collateral
Agent to act hereunder given in accordance with the Securities Agency Agreement, or in taking any legal action or commencing any legal proceedings or other steps to enforce or realize upon any rights or remedies of either Trustee under the
Securities Agency Agreement. 

 SECTION 6 
 ILLEGALITY; NO INCONSISTENCY 
 6.1 Nothing in this Agreement or the Transaction Documents shall require
the Securities Agent to take any action that is in violation of or prohibited by (i) applicable laws or (ii) the Securities Agency Agreement. 
 SECTION 7 
 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
 7.1 
  

	 	(a)	Notices. All notices, approvals, comments or other communications required or desired to be given hereunder shall be in writing and delivered in person or mailed by certified
mail or courier, postage prepaid, addressed as follows, or by facsimile transmission, and shall be deemed to have been given when received: 

 If to the Securities Agent: 
 JSC BTA Securities 
 281 Khusainov Street 
 Almaty 050060

 Kazakhstan 
 Attention:
Zhassulan Bekzhigitov 
 Fax: +7-727-299-1025 
 If to the Shareholders: 
 c/o Transmeridian Exploration Incorporated 
 5847 San Felipe, Suite 4300 
 Houston, Texas
77057 
 USA 
 Attention: Earl W.
McNiel 
 Fax: +1-713-781-6593 
  

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	 	(b)	Severability. The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and if any clause or provision shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in whole or in part in any
jurisdiction, then such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall affect in that jurisdiction only such clause or provision, or part thereof, and shall not in any manner affect such clause or provision in any other jurisdiction or any other
clause or provision of this Agreement in any jurisdiction. 

  

	 	(c)	Amendments. This Agreement may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by all of the Parties and consented to by each Trustee in
writing. 

  

	 	(d)	Operative Time. Following receipt of the Requisite Consents (as defined in the Solicitation Statement), the parties hereto will execute this Agreement. This Agreement will
become effective upon execution, but the proposed amendments to the Original CSTA effected hereby will not become operative until the Original Notes are accepted for payment and exchange in the exchange offer (as described in the Solicitation
Statement), which is expected to occur immediately prior to the closing of the Swap (as defined in the Solicitation Statement). 

  

	 	(e)	Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Parties agree that any suit for the
enforcement of this Agreement may be brought in the courts of the Republic of Kazakhstan and consent to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of such courts. 

  

	 	(f)	Dispute Resolution. 

  

	 	(i)	The Parties shall make attempts to settle disputes hereunder amicably through good faith negotiations within thirty (30) days from the moment of submission of a written notice
about such dispute by one Party to the other Party. If such negotiations are not successful, a dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach, termination or invalidity hereof, shall be settled by
arbitration. 

  

	 	(ii)	 Each of the Parties hereby irrevocably agrees that, if any dispute, claim or disagreement arises from or in connection with this Agreement (or any supplement,
modification or addition thereto, including as to the terms or conditions of the execution, breach, termination or invalidity hereof or thereof) (together, “Disputes”) and the negotiations referred to in Clause 7.1(f)(i) are
not successful, such Dispute shall be submitted to arbitration. Disputes submitted to arbitration shall be conducted in English and be resolved by arbitration in London by the Arbitration Court of the International Chamber of Commerce (the
Arbitration Court) in accordance with the rules of the Arbitration Court, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Clause. The tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators, one appointed by each of the Parties with the third
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agreed between the first two arbitrators but, in the absence of agreement between them, shall be appointed by the Arbitration Court. All decisions of the
Arbitration Court shall be binding on the Parties, and the Dispute shall be considered finally settled under the rule of the Arbitration Court by said arbitrators. 

  

	 	(g)	Further Assurances. Each of the Parties shall from time to time execute and deliver all such further documents and instruments and do all acts and things, either before or
after any Share Transfer, as may be reasonably required to effectively carry out or better evidence or perfect the full intent and meaning of this Agreement. 

  

	 	(h)	Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned by any Party without the prior written consent of the other Parties, the Original Trustee, the New Trustee and the Collateral
Agent. If such consent is granted, such consent will not in any way release or relieve the assigning Party of any of its obligations hereunder. This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and, except as otherwise provided herein, be binding upon
the respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns of the Parties. 

  

	 	(i)	No Restrictions on Set-Off. Nothing in this Agreement shall restrict the right of the Securities Agent to exercise on behalf of the Collateral Agent or either Trustee any
right of set-off against any Shareholder that may exist in favor of the Collateral Agent or such Trustee or the Securities Agent, under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, by operation of law or otherwise; provided, however,
that the right of set-off is exercised in respect of a Secured Obligation arising under a Transaction Document and is exercised for the benefit of, and only at the express written direction of, the Collateral Agent, either Trustee or their
respective assigns. 

  

	 	(j)	Counterparts and Facsimiles. The Parties agree that this Agreement may be signed in counterparts at different times and in different places without the Parties being in each
other’s presence, each of which counterpart so executed shall be deemed to be an original and such counterparts together shall be but one and the same instrument. A copy of this Agreement executed by any Party and transmitted by facsimile or in
“pdf” format by electronic mail shall be binding upon the Parties in the same manner as an original executed and delivered in person. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the
day and year first above written. 
  

					
	 JSC BTA SECURITIES,
 as the Securities
Agent

		
	By:	 	/s/ Zhassulan Bekzhigitov
		 	Name:	 	Zhassulan Bekzhigitov
		 	Title:	 	Chairman, Management Board
	
	 TRANSMERIDIAN EXPLORATION INC.,
 as a
Shareholder

		
	By:	 	/s/ Earl W. McNiel
		 	Name:	 	Earl W. McNiel
		 	Title:	 	Vice President
	
	 BRAMEX MANAGEMENT, INC.,
 as a
Shareholder

		
	By:	 	/s/ Earl W. McNiel
		 	Name:	 	Earl W. McNiel
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

 Signature Page to Amended and Restated Conditional Share Transfer AgreementAmended and Restated Share Encumbrance and Pledge Agreement

 Exhibit 10.2 
 Execution Version 
 Amended and Restated Share Encumbrance and Pledge Agreement 
 Dated October 24, 2008 
 JSC BTA Securities 

(“Securities Agent”) 
 Transmeridian Exploration Inc. and
Bramex Management, Inc. 
 (“Shareholders”) 
 DentonWildeSapte . . . 
  

			
	96 Baitursynov St.	  	T +7 727 258 1950
	Almaty 050022	  	F +7 727 258 1950
	Republic of Kazakhstan	  	almaty@dentonwildesapte.com
		  	www.dentonwildesapte.com

 Amended and Restated Share Encumbrance and Pledge Agreement 
 Dated October 24, 2008 
 Among 
  

	(1)	JSC BTA Securities (“Securities Agent”), a joint stock company incorporated and existing under the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan; 

  

	(2)	Transmeridian Exploration Inc. (“TME”), a company registered under laws of the British Virgin Islands; and 

  

	(3)	Bramex Management, Inc. (“Bramex”), a company registered under laws of the British Virgin Islands (Bramex, jointly with TME, shall be referred to as the
“Shareholders”). 

 Recitals 
  

	A	WHEREAS, the Shareholders own the Shares in Caspi Neft (each as defined below); 

  

	B	WHEREAS, the Securities Agent and the Shareholders entered into the Share Encumbrance and Pledge Agreement, dated as of January 3, 2006, as amended on May 24, 2006 (the
“Original SEPA”), to secure the Shareholders’ obligations under the Conditional Share Transfer Agreement, dated as of January 3, 2006, as amended on May 24, 2006; 

  

	C	WHEREAS, simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Securities Agent and the Shareholders are entering into the Amended and Restated Conditional Share
Transfer Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “New CSTA”), to secure the obligations of the Shareholders under the Indentures and the
Notes and all other obligations of the Shareholders under the Transaction Documents; and 

  

	D	WHEREAS, with a view to securing the performance of obligations of the Shareholders towards the Securities Agent under the New CSTA, the Shareholders have agreed to encumber and
pledge the Shares to the Securities Agent. 

 It is hereby agreed by the Parties as follows: 
  

	1	Definitions 

 In this Agreement, unless there is a
specific provision to the contrary or where the context otherwise requires, words defined in the New CSTA shall have the respective meanings herein. In this Agreement the following terms shall have the meanings (such meanings to be equally
applicable to both the singular and the plural forms thereof) given to them herein. 
 Shares means, as at the date of this Agreement,
fifty thousand (50,000) ordinary registered shares in Caspi Neft (National Identification Number KZ1C41630019) with a nominal value of one thousand (1,000) tenge each, representing one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and paid-up
shares in Caspi Neft, and any other additional Securities acquired by the Shareholders after the date of this Agreement. 
 Secured
Obligations means the (i) obligations of the Shareholders to perform the Share Transfer in favour of the Securities Agent or as otherwise directed by the Securities Agent in accordance with the New CSTA, evaluated as US$290,000,000, to be
performed by 31 December 2010, and (ii) any other obligations of the Shareholders towards the Securities Agent to properly perform the New CSTA. 
 Parties means the Securities Agent and the Shareholders, and a Party means any of them. 
  

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 Share Encumbrance Transaction means the encumbrance and pledge arising hereunder. 
 Caspi Neft means Caspi Neft TME Joint Stock Company incorporated and existing under the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, registration number
10139-1904-AO (IU). 
  

	2	Encumbrance and Pledge of the Shares 

  

	2.1	As security for the Secured Obligations, the Shareholders hereby unconditionally and irrevocably encumber and pledge the Shares to the Securities Agent. 

  

	2.2	The encumbrance and pledge created hereby provide the claims of the Securities Agent with a priority over claims of any other person in respect of the Shares, except for any claims
having priority over the claims of the Securities Agent by operation of the effective legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 

  

	2.3	The encumbrance and pledge of the Shares shall arise from the time of registration of the Share Encumbrance Transaction in accordance with the effective legislation of the Republic
of Kazakhstan. The Shareholders undertake to properly and promptly register the Share Encumbrance Transaction at their own expense in accordance with the effective legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 

  

	2.4	Any release of the encumbrance and pledge of the Shares shall only be upon mutual written consent of the Parties. 

  

	2.5	The Parties agree that the Shares encumbered and pledged by the Shareholders to the Securities Agent hereunder shall be evaluated as US$290,000,000. 

  

	3	Ability to Use the Shares; Further Pledge and Encumbrance of the Shares 

  

	3.1	The Shares shall remain possessed and enjoyed by the Shareholders with the right to exercise the rights of the Shareholders as the shareholders of Caspi Neft, including the right to
attend, take part in and vote at any shareholders’ meetings of Caspi Neft, to receive dividends, and to otherwise exercise and enforce their shareholders’ rights subject only to the terms of this Agreement. 

  

	3.2	All risks of loss of the Shares or any related rights shall be borne by the Shareholders. 

  

	3.3	The Shareholders shall have no right to assign or otherwise dispose of or encumber the Shares or any part thereof, with the exception of the disposal of the Shares in favour of the
Securities Agent under the New CSTA. 

  

	4	Failure to Perform or Improper Performance of the Secured Obligations 

 In the event of the failure to perform or improper performance of the Secured Obligations, the Securities Agent shall have the right, within the framework of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, to exercise
all rights and remedies with regard to the Shares as a secured party in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, including, but not limited to, the extrajudicial enforced sale proceedings. For this purpose, the Securities Agent
shall enjoy all rights of a secured party provided for by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 
  

	5	Assignment 

 None of the Parties may assign their
respective rights and obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other Parties. 
  

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	6	Partial Invalidity 

 If any provision contained
herein shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired. 
  

	7	Amendments 

  

	7.1	No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by the Shareholders from the terms of this Agreement shall be effective unless the same shall
be in writing and signed by the Parties’ duly authorised representatives and registered if required, and then such amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it is given
and after registration (if applicable). 

  

	7.2	Following receipt of the Requisite Consents (as defined in the Solicitation Statement), the Parties hereto will execute this Agreement. This Agreement will become effective upon
execution, but the proposed amendments to the Original SEPA effected hereby will not become operative until the Original Notes are accepted for payment and exchange in the exchange offer (as described in the Solicitation Statement), which is
expected to occur immediately prior to the closing of the Swap (as defined in the Solicitation Statement). 

  

	8	Registration with the Nominee 

 As soon as this
Agreement becomes effective pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof, the Parties undertake to register with the Nominee changes to the terms of the encumbrance and pledge provided for by this Agreement. 
  

	9	Termination of Encumbrance and Pledge 

 The
encumbrance and pledge granted under this Agreement shall terminate: 
  

	 	(a)	after full performance of the Secured Obligations; 

  

	 	(b)	upon written agreement of the Parties; or 

  

	 	(c)	in the event of sale of the Shares under Article 4 of this Agreement. 

  

	10	Applicable Law 

 This Agreement shall be governed by
the law of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Any disputes arising from or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled in accordance with the procedure provided for by Section 7.1(f) of the New CSTA. 
  

	11	Counterparts and Facsimiles; Languages 

  

	11.1	The Parties agree that this Agreement may be signed in counterparts at different times and in different places without the Parties being in each other’s presence, each of which
so executed shall be deemed to be an original and such counterparts together shall be but one and the same instrument. A copy of this Agreement executed by any Party and transmitted by facsimile or in “pdf” format by electronic mail shall
be binding upon the Parties in the same manner as an original executed and delivered in person. 

  

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	11.2	This Agreement was executed in the English and Russian languages and was prepared in the Kazakh language and, if there is any discrepancy or inconsistency between the English,
Kazakh or Russian versions, the English version shall prevail. 

 [signature page follows] 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and
year first written above. 
  

					
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	JSC BTA Securities	  	)    	  	/s/ Zhassulan Bekzhigitov
			
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	Transmeridian Exploration Inc.	  	)    	  	/s/ Earl W. McNiel
			
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	Bramex Management, Inc.	  	)    	  	/s/ Earl W. McNiel

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