Document:

kos_Ex10_04

		
			Exhibit 10.04
		

		
			 
		

		
			DEED OF ASSIGNMENT
		

		
			 
		

		
			(PRODUCTION SHARING CONTRACT – BLOCK 5 EEZ)
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			The present deed of assignment is concluded between:
		

		
			THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE, represented by the Agência Nacional do Petróleo de São Tomé e Príncipe, hereinafter referred to as (“ANP-STP”);   
		

		
			and 
		

		
			EQUATOR EXPLORATION STP BLOCK 5 LIMITED, a company existing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, registration number 1000133, with registered offices at Craigmuir Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands with a branch registered in Sao Tome and Principe with the Guiché Único under no. 343/012 at Avenida da Independência No. 392, Sao Tome, hereinafter referred to as (“EQUATOR”); 
		

		
			and
		

		
			KOSMOS ENERGY SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE, a company existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, whose registered office is located at 4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Hutchins Drive, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands, hereinafter referred to as ("KOSMOS"). 
		

		
			 
		

		
			ANP-STP, EQUATOR and KOSMOS may collectively be referred to as the “Parties” 
		

		
			 
		

		
			WHEREAS
		

		
			A.THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE represented by the Agência Nacional do Petróleo de São Tomé e Príncipe, (“ANP-STP”) and EQUATOR are parties to the Production Sharing Contract signed with the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe on 18 April, 2012 (the “Contract”), in pursuance of which they have obtained the exclusive right to undertake petroleum operations in Block 5 within the territory of Sao Tome and Principe;
		

		
			B.EQUATOR has an eighty five percent (85%) participating interest in the Contract, which for the purpose of the Assignment Equator has divided it in two parts, one of 

		 

		

			 

		

		

			 

		

		

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sixty five percent (65%) and another of twenty percent (20%). Equator agreed to assign and transfer to KOSMOS, which agreed to receive, the above referred sixty five percent (65%) participating interest (the “Assignment”);
		

		
			C.Article 19 of the Contract permits the parties to the Contract comprising the Contractor to assign and transfer in whole or in part their participating interest in the Contract with the respective rights, interests and obligations;
		

		
			D.Under article 19 of the Contract, ANP-STP, by its letter dated 11 February 2016, with the Ref: 029/ANP/GM/2016, authorized the Assignment and made known that it does not intend to exercise any preferential rights in relation to the Assignment;
		

		
			E.The Parties agree to the Assignment.
		

		
			 
		

		
			In witness whereof, the Parties have agreed the following between themselves in consideration of the obligations set out in the present deed of assignment:
		

		
			 
		

		
			Article 1
		

		
			The Assignment shall be effective on the date this Deed of Assignment is signed by all Parties (the “Effective Date”).
		

		
			 
		

		
			Article 2
		

		
			By virtue of this Deed of Assignment, EQUATOR assigns and transfers to KOSMOS, and KOSMOS receives, the sixty five percent (65%) participating interest referred to in Recital B, with all rights, interests and obligations (the “Assigned Interest”), so that the percentage interest held by the parties in the Contract as of the Effective Date shall be as follows:
		

		
			ANP-STPfifteen percent (15%);
		

		
			EQUATOR twenty percent (20%);
		

		
			KOSMOS sixty five percent (65%).
		

		
			 
		

		
			ANP-STP and EQUATOR agree that KOSMOS shall be named as Operator under the Contract.
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Article 3
		

		
			KOSMOS acknowledges and accepts that it shall assume and fulfil all the obligations, responsibilities and duties from the Effective Date, under the Contract that may arise after this date related to the Assigned Interest.
		

		
			 
		

		
			KOSMOS undertakes to indemnify and hold each of ANP-STP and EQUATOR harmless from and against all such obligations, liabilities, duties, costs and expenses arising out of operations relating to the Contract which accrue after the Effective Date to the extent they are related to the Assigned Interest.
		

		
			 
		

		
			Article 4
		

		
			EQUATOR declares and warrants that it has not transferred, assigned or pledged the Assigned Interest and EQUATOR undertakes to indemnify and shall hold ANP-STP and KOSMOS harmless from all direct claims, losses or damages that ANP-STP and KOSMOS may suffer or incur owing to a violation of the above declaration and warranty.
		

		
			 
		

		
			EQUATOR herein undertakes to indemnify and hold KOSMOS harmless from all direct responsibilities and obligations relating to the Assigned Interest which accrue before the Effective Date.
		

		
			 
		

		
			Article 5
		

		
			The Parties shall sign all other documents and shall carry out all other requirements that may be necessary or desirable in order to confirm and record the assignment of the Assigned Interest to make the Assignment effective in accordance with the laws of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe.
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

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Article 6
		

		
			All the terms used in the present Deed of Assignment, which are not expressly defined herein, will have the same definition as that indicated in the Contract.
		

		
			In witness whereof, the Parties have duly signed this deed of assignment in three (3) originals in the Portuguese language and in three (3) originals in the English language. The Portuguese version will prevail in case of discrepancy. 
		

		
			 
		

		
			EQUATOR EXPLORATION STP BLOCK 5 LIMITED
		

		
			 
		

		
			Signature:_/s/ Olapade Durotoye
		

		
			 
		

		
			Name: _O. DUROTOYE
		

		
			 
		

		
			Position: _DIRECTOR
		

		
			 
		

		
			Date: _19 FEB 2016
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			KOSMOS ENERGY SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
		

		
			 
		

		
			Signature:_/s/ Scott Davis
		

		
			 
		

		
			Name: _SCOTT DAVIS
		

		
			 
		

		
			Position: _DIR. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (PROXY)
		

		
			 
		

		
			Date: _19 FEB 2016
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			

		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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By its agreement to this Deed of Assignment, the Agência Nacional do Petróleo de São Tomé e Príncipe, representing THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE and as a party in the Contract,  confirms the authorization to the above referred Assignment of the Assigned Interest and that it will not exercise any preferential rights in relation to the Assignment. It further expresses its agreement to the Assignment.
		

		
			 
		

		
			Signature:_/s/ Orlando Sousa Pontes_______
		

		
			 
		

		
			Name: _ORLANDO PONTES_________
		

		
			 
		

		
			Position: _EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR  ____
		

		
			 
		

		
			Date: _19 FEBRUARY 2016_________
		

		 

		

			5kos_Ex10_05

		
			Exhibit 10.05
		

		
			 
		

		
			THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE
		

		
			PRODUCTION SHARING CONTRACT
		

		
			BY AND AMONG
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
		

		
			REPRESENTED BY THE
		

		
			AGENCIA NACIONAL DO PETROLEO DE SAO TOME E
		

		
			PRINCIPE
		

		
			AND
		

		
			EQUATOR EXPLORATION STP BLOCK 5 LIMITED
		

		
			AND
		

		
			KOSMOS ENERGY SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			FOR
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			BLOCK 5
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			Amendment Executed on the 19th day of February 2016
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE PRODUCTION SHARING CONTRACT
		

		
			is entered into the 19th day of February 2016 among:
		

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE (the "State") represented by the Agencia Nacional do Petroleo de Sao Tome e Principe, ("ANP-STP");

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			EQUATOR EXPLORATION STP BLOCK 5 LIMITED, a company existing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, registration number 1000133, with registered offices at Craigmuir Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, British  Virgin Islands with a branch registered in Sao Tome and Principe with the Guiche Unico under no. 343/012 at Avenida da Independencia N°. 392, Sao Tome, (hereinafter referred to as "Equator");

		
			 
		

		
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			KOSMOS ENERGY SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE, a company existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, whose registered office is located at 4th Floor, Century Yard , Cricket Square, Hutchins Drive, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KYl-1209, Cayman Islands, hereinafter referred to as ("Kosmos").

		
			 
		

		
			WHEREAS:
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			ANP-STP and Equator are parties to the Production  Sharing Contract signed with the State on April, 18 2012 (the "Contract"), in pursuance of which Equator has obtained the exclusive right to undertake petroleum operations in Block 5 with in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Sao Tome and Principe;

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			Pursuant to article 19 of the Contract, ANP-STP, Equator and Kosmos executed on 19th February 2016, the Deed of Assignment by way of which (i) Equator assigned to Kosmos a sixty-five percent (65%) participating interest in the Contract; (ii) ANP-STP duly authorized the above-mentioned assignment; (iii) ANP-STP waived any preferential rights  it has under the Contract  or under applicable Laws to pre-empt the

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

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transaction contemplated by the Deed of Assignment. Consequently the participating interests held by the Parties in the Contract shall be the following as of that date:
		

		
			ANP-STP -fifteen percent (15%);  
		

		
			KOSMOS - sixty-five per cent (65%);  EQUATOR - twenty per cent (20%).
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			Equator has requested a one (1) year extension to Phase I of the  Exploration Period and ANP-STP, pursuant to its letter under Ref. N° 029/ANP/GM/2016, dated February 1 1 2016, grants such extension.

		
			 
		

		
			D.        ANP-STP, Equator and Kosmos (hereinafter collectively identified as the "Parties") hereby execute this Third Amendment to the Contract (the "Amendment").
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:
		

		
			 
		

		
			1.  By virtue and as consequence of the assignment of the participation interest referred in recital B above, the Parties agree to amend the Contract, effective on the date of execution of the Deed of Assignment identified in recital B and, as of such date, all references in the Contract to the Contractor (as defined in the Contract) shall be understood as being made also to Kosmos to the extent of its participation in the Contract.
		

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			To the extent and where applicable, as of the same date, al l  references in the Contract to Party or Parties shall include Kosmos.

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			As of the date of execution of the Deed of Assignment identified in recital B, the form of Parental Guarantee provided in Schedule 6 of the Contract  is hereby  replaced with the form of Parental Guarantee provided i  n the Schedule to this Amendment.

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			ANP-STP agrees that Equator may replace its Parental Guarantee dated 16th May 2012 ("Old Equator Guarantee") with a new Parental Guarantee in the form provided in the Schedule to this Amendment ("New Equator Guarantee") by submitting the New Equator Guarantee to ANP-STP. Such New Equator Guarantee shall replace the Old

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

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Equator Guarantee without further act or deed. Kosmos shall submit its Parental Guarantee in the form provided in the Schedule to this Amendment.
		

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			As a consequence of this Amendment, as of the date of execution of the Deed of Assignment identified in recital B, the Parties agree that, pursuant to clauses 27.4 and 32.1 of the Contract, the following clauses of the Contract are changed as follows:

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			5.1Clause 2.5
		

		
			 
		

		
			"2.5. Social Projects
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			The Contractor commits to undertake social projects during each phase of the Exploration Period valued at a minimum of the amounts below:
		

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			Phase I: Four Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (U.S $400,000) per year for a total of One Million Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (U.S $1,600,000), plus  Four  Hundred  Thousand  United States Dollars   (U.S $400,000) as a  result  of the one  (1) year extension;

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			Phase  II:  Three  Hundred  and  Fifty  Thousand  United  States  Dollars   (U.S $350,000) per year for a total of Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars  (U.S $700,000),·

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			Phase  Ill: Three Hundred  and Fifty  Thousand  United States Dollars (U.S $350,000) per year for a total of Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars  (U.S $700,000),·

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			If Petroleum is produced from the Contract Area, the Contractor shall undertake additional social project s according to the following schedule:
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						Cumulative Production (millions of Barrels  or Barrels equivalent)

					
					
						Value (US$ million) of Project

				
	
					
						40

					
					
						2

				
	
					
						70

					
					
						3

				
	
					
						100

					
					
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5.2.ANP-STP hereby approves a one (1) year  extension to Phase I of the Exploration Period set forth in Clause 4.2 of Contract, as a result of  which the duration of the Exploration Period will be eight  (8)  years  plus  one  (1)  year extension granted  by  ANP-STP.  Pursuant to the foregoing, Clauses 4.1 and 4.2 of the Contract are hereby amended as follows:
		

		
			 
		

		
			"4.1. Subject to Clause 20, the term of this Contract shall be/or a period of twenty­ eight (28) years from the Effective Date, comprising an  eight  (8)  year Exploration and Appraisal period, as extended pursuant to Clauses  5.1 (b) and/or (c) (the "Exploration Period'') and a twenty (20) year  Production period (the  "Production Period'').
		

		
			 
		

		
			As a result of the extension granted by ANP-STP, one (1) year shall be added to the eight (8) years referred to above, during the Exploration Period. Regardless of  the  extension granted  in the  Phase  I,  Contractor  shall  be  entitled  to twenty (20) years of Production Period.
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			4.2. The Exploration Period shall be divided as follows:
		

		
			 
		

		
			Phase I:Four (4) years from the Effective Date plus one (1) year extension

		

		
			Phase II: from the end of Phase I until two (2) years after the end of Phase I; and
		

		
			Phase III:from  the end of Phase  II  until two (2)years  after the end of  Phase II,  as extended pursuant  to Clauses 5.1(b) and/or (c). "
		

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Clauses 14.7 and 14.9 of the Contract shall also apply to the one (1) year extension granted pursuant to Clause 5.2 of this Amendment.

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			Clause 28.1

		
			"28.1. KOSMOS ENERGY SAO TOME E PRINCIPE is hereby designated as the Operator under this Contract to execute, for and on behalf of the Contractor, all
		

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

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Petroleum Operations in the Contract Area pursuant to and in accordance with this Contract and the Petroleum Law. "
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			Clause 30

		
			"30.1 Any notice or other communication required to be  given  by a  Party to another shall be in writing (in portuguese  and in english) and shall  be considered as duly delivered if given by hand delivery  in person,  by courier,  by facsimile,  or by electronic means of transmitting written communication, which provides written communication  of receipt at the following   addresses:
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			Agencia Nacional do Petroleo (ANP-STP) Avenida das Nacoes Unidas, 225 C.P.1048
		

		
			Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe Attention: Executive Director
		

		
			Fax:  +239-2226937  Tel: +239-2243350
		

		
			Email: anp_geral@cstome.net
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			EQUATOR EXPLORATION  STP BLOCK 5  LIMITED
		

		
			 
		

		
			Address:Praia Lagarto, Agua  Grande, Sao Tome, Sao Tome and  Principe
		

		
			Tel:+239-222 4387
		

		
			Name:Managing  Director/ CEO
		

		
			 
		

		
			Address:8th   Floor,   2   Ajose   Adeogun   Street,   Victoria  Island,  Lagos, Nigeria
		

		
			 
		

		
			E-mail:eezstp@oandoenergyresources.com
		

		
			Cc:dadebiyi@oandoenergyresources.com
		

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

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Tel:+234  1 270 2400
		

		
			 
		

		
			Name:Philip Dimmack
		

		
			 
		

		
			Address:1st Floor, 50 Curzon Street, London,  WJJ  7UW, United Kingdom
		

		
			E-mail:pdimmock@oandoenergyresources.com
		

		
			Tel:+44 207 297 4280
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			KOSMOS  ENERGY  SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
		

		
			 
		

		
			4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, 
		

		
			Hutchins Drive, Elgin Avenue,
		

		
			George Town, Grand Cayman KY 1-1209, Cayman Islands 
		

		
			Attention:  License Manager
		

		
			Fax:  +l  214 445 9705
		

		
			 
		

		
			Tel: +1 214 445 9600
		

		
			 
		

		
			Email: SaoTomelicenseManager@KosmosEnergy.com 
		

		
			Cc: KosmosGeneralCounsel@KosmosEnergy.com "
		

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			All the remaining provisions of the Contract, which are not expressly modified by this Amendment, shall remain in full force and effect in their precise original terms.

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			Capitalized terms in this Amendment not specifically defined herein shall have the same meaning as defined in the Contract.

		
			 
		

		
			Signed and executed on 19th February 2016, in three originals, being each one of them held by each one of the Parties hereto.
		

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties have caused this Amendment to be executed the date above written.
		

		
			 
		

		
			SIGNED AND DELIVERED for and on behalf of THE STATE represented by the Agencia Nacional do Petro1eo of Sao Tome and Principe
		

		
			 
		

		
			Signature:    /s/ Orlando Sousa Pontes                                 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			Name:   ORLANDO SOUSA PONTES                                  
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			Designation:     EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR                              
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			In the presence of:
		

		
			 
		

		
			Signature:  /s/ Álvaro Silva                                                      
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			Name:    ÁLVARO SILVA                                                       
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			Designation:     LEGAL AND ECONOMIC DIRECTOR           
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			SIGNED AND DELIVERED for and on behalf of EQUATOR EXPLORATION STP 
		

		
			BLOCK 5 LIMITED
		

		
			 
		

		
			Signature:    /s/ Olapade Durotoye                                             
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			Name:   O. DUROTOYE                                                                                                                 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			Designation:     Director                                                                   
		

		
			                
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			Witnessed by:
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			Signature:    /s/ Efuntomi Akpeneye                                                                                                      
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			Name:    EFUNTOMI AKPENEYE                                                                                                    
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			Designation:   LEGAL ADVISOR                                                    
		

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

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			SIGNED AND DELIVERED for and on behalf of KOSMOS ENERGY SAO TOME
		

		
			AND PRINCIPE
		

		
			 
		

		
			Signature:    /s/ Scott Davis                                                               
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			Name:   SCOTT DAVIS                                                                                                                          
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			Designation: DIRECTOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (PROXY)           
		

		
			                
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			Witnessed by:
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			Signature:    /s/ Carlos Silva                                                                                                                 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			Name:    CARLOS COSTA E SILVA                                                                                                
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			Designation:   LAWYER                                                                 
		

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

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			SCHEDULE
		

		
			SCHEDULE 6
		

		
			FORM OF PARENTAL GUARANTEE
		

		
			 
		

		
			THIS GUARANTEE is made on this [INSERT DAY] of [INSERT MONTH AND YEAR]
		

		
			 
		

		
			BETWEEN:
		

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			[THE GUARANTOR], a company organized and existing under the laws of [insert JURISDICTION], and having its registered office at [INSERT ADDRESS] (the Guarantor); and

			
	
			
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			THE   DEMOCRATIC   REPUBLIC   OF   SAO   TOME   AND   PRINCIPE (the "State"), represented for the purposes of this Guarantee by the National Petroleum Agency.

		
			 
		

		
			WHEREAS, the Guarantor  is  the  parent  entity  of  [INSERT  NAME  OF COMPANY] organized and existing under the laws of [INSERT JURISDICTION] , and   having  its registered  office at [INSERT ADDRESS] (the "Company");
		

		
			 
		

		
			WHEREAS, the Company has entered into a production sharing contract (the Contract) with, among others, the State in respect of the Contract Area;
		

		
			 
		

		
			WHEREAS, the State  desires  that  the  execution  and  performance  of  the  Contract by the Company be guaranteed by the Guarantor and the Guarantor desires to furnish this Guarantee as an inducement to the State to enter into the Contract and i n consideration  of the rights and benefits inuring to the Company thereunder; and
		

		
			 
		

		
			WHEREAS, the Guarantor accepts that it fully understands and assumes the contractual obligations under the Contract of the Company.
		

		
			 
		

		
			NOW THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed as follows:
		

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			Definitions and Interpretation

		
			 
		

		
			All capitalized words and expressions i  n this Guarantee have the same meaning as in the Contract, unless otherwise specified to herein.
		

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			Scope of this Guarantee

		
			 
		

		
			The Guarantor hereby guarantees to the State the timely payment and performance of any and all indebtedness and obligations whatsoever of the Company to the State arising under or in relation to the Contract, including the  payment  of  any  amounts  required  to  

		 

		

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be  paid  by  the  Company   to the State  when   the   same   become   due  and   payable;   provided,   however   that the liability  of the  Guarantor  to the  State hereunder  shall not exceed  the  lesser of:
		

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			the liabilities of the Company to the State;

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			Guarantor's proportionate share based on the Company's participating interest in the Contract  of Ten  Million  US  Dollars  (US$10,000,000) during the Exploration Period, as may be extended in  accordance  with  the Contract, but subject to 2(c) below; and

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			Guarantor's proportionate share based on the Company's participating interest in the Contract of Two-Hundred Fifty Million US Dollars (US$250,000,000) during the Production Period.

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			Waiver of Notice, Agreement to All Modifications

		
			 
		

		
			The Guarantor hereby waives notice of the acceptance of this Guarantee and of the state of indebtedness of the Company at any time, and expressly agrees to any extensions, renewals, modifications or acceleration of sums due to the State under the Contract or any of the terms of the Contract, all without relieving the Guarantor of any liability under this Guarantee.
		

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			Absolute and Unconditional Guarantee

		
			 
		

		
			The obligations of the Guarantor shall be an absolute, unconditional and (except as provided in Article 2 above) unlimited guarantee of payment and performance to be performed strictly in accordance with the terms hereof, and without respect to such defenses as might be available to the Company.
		

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			No Discharge of Guarantor

		
			 
		

		
			The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall not in any way be released or otherwise affected by: a release or surrender by the Company of any collateral or other security it may hold or hereafter acquire for payment of any obligation hereby guaranteed; by any change, exchange or alteration of such col lateral or other security; by the taking of or the failure to take any act ion with respect thereto either against the Company or against the Guarantor; or by any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor.
		

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			No Prior Action Required

		
			 
		

		
			The State shall not be required to make demand for payment or performance first against the Company or any other Person or to proceed against any col lateral or other security which might be held by the State or otherwise to take any action before resorting to the Guarantor hereunder.
		

		
			 
		

		 

		

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			Cumulative Rights

		
			 
		

		
			All rights, powers and remedies of the State hereunder  shall  be cumulative and not alternative, and shall be in addition to all rights, powers and remedies  given to the State by  law or otherwise.
		

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			Continuing Guarantee

		
			 
		

		
			This Guarantee is intended to be and shall be considered as a continuing guarantee of payment and performance and shall remain in full force and effect for so long as the Contract and any amendments thereto shall remain outstanding or there shall exist any liability of the Company to the State thereunder.
		

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			Notice of Demand

		
			 
		

		
			Upon default in the performance of any of the obligations of the Company guaranteed hereunder, the State or its duly authorized attorney may give written notice to the Guarantor at its principle  office  in  [INSERT JURISDICTION] of the amount due, and the  Guarantor,  within  a  period  of ten  (IO)  business days, will make, or cause to be made, payment of such amount as notified, in United States dollars, at such bank or other place  i n  [insert jurisdiction] as the State shall designate and without set-off or reduction whatsoever of such payment in respect of any claim the Guarantor or the Company may then have or thereafter might have.
		

		
			 
		

		
			10.Assignment
		

		
			 
		

		
			The Guarantor shall not in any way effect, or cause or permit to be effected, the assignment or transfer of any of its obligations hereunder without the express written consent of the State.
		

		
			 
		

		
			11.Subrogation
		

		
			 
		

		
			Until all indebtedness hereby guaranteed has been paid in full, the Guarantor shall have no right of subrogation to any security, collateral or other rights which may be held by the State.
		

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			Payment of Expenses

		
			 
		

		
			The Guarantor shall pay to the State all reasonable costs and expenses, including attorney's fees, incurred by it in collecting or compromising any indebtedness of the Company hereby guaranteed or in enforcing the Contract or this Guarantee.
		

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			Governing Law and Arbitration

		
			 
		

		
			This Guarantee shall be governed by and interpreted i n accordance with the laws of the State.
		

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

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All disputes or claims arising out of or relating to this Guarantee shall be finally settled by arbitration, in accordance with the procedure set forth in the Contract; however, if in addition to the arbitration hereunder an arbitration has also been commenced under the Contract with  respect  to  obligations  hereby guaranteed, the arbitration commenced hereunder shall be consolidated with the arbitration commenced under the Contract and  the arbitral  body  appointed  hereunder shall be the same arbitral body appointed pursuant  to  the  Contract.  The arbitration shall be conducted in the Portuguese and English languages and the decision shall be final and binding on the parties.
		

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			In the event that for any reason any provision hereof may prove illegal, unenforceable or invalid, the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be affected.
		

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			The Guarantor agrees to treat this Guarantee and the Contract as confidential and shall not disclose, willingly or unwillingly, to any third party, except to the extent required by law, the terms and conditions hereof or thereof without the prior written consent of the State.
		

		
			 
		

		
			IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor and the Company execute this Guarantee this [INSERT DAY] day of [INSERT MONTH AND YEAR].
		

		
			 
		

		
			[GUARANTOR)
		

		
			 
		

		
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			Title:  
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE BY THE [INSERT ENTITY]
		

		
			 
		

		
			By:  
		

		
			 
		

		
			Title:  
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		 

		

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