SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2017-02-27

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 <font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">(PRODUCTION SHARING CONTRACT &#x2013; BLOCK 11 EEZ)</font>
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 <font style="display:inline;">The present Deed of Assignment is concluded between:</font>
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 <font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE</font><font style="display:inline;">, represented by the Ag&#xEA;ncia Nacional do Petr&#xF3;leo de S&#xE3;o Tom&#xE9; e Pr&#xED;ncipe, hereinafter referred to as </font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">&#x201C;ANP-STP&#x201D;;</font><font style="display:inline;"> &nbsp; </font>
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 <font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">KOSMOS ENERGY SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE</font><font style="display:inline;">, a company existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, whose registered office is located at 4</font><font style="display:inline;font-size:6pt;top:-4.8pt;position:relative;line-height:100%">th</font><font style="display:inline;"> Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Hutchins Drive, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands, Islands with a branch registered in Sao Tome and Principe, with the </font><font style="display:inline;font-style:italic;">Guich&#xE9; &#xDA;nico para Empresas</font><font style="display:inline;"> under n&#xBA; 5492/2016 at Rua Soldado Paulo Ferreira, Edificio Francisco Cabral, 1&#xBA; Andar CP. 410 S&#xE3;o Tom&#xE9; - </font><font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">S&#xE3;o Tom&#xE9; e Pr&#xED;ncipe</font><font style="display:inline;">, hereinafter referred to as &#x201C;</font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">KOSMOS&#x201D;</font><font style="display:inline;">;</font>
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 <font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;color:#000000;">Galp Energia S&#xE3;o Tom&#xE9; e Pr&#xED;ncipe Unipessoal, Limitada,</font><font style="display:inline;color:#000000;"> a company existing under the laws of Rep&#xFA;blica Democr&#xE1;tica de S. Tom&#xE9; e Pr&#xED;ncipe, registered in the </font><font style="display:inline;font-style:italic;color:#000000;">Guich&#xE9; &#xDA;nico para Empresas</font><font style="display:inline;color:#000000;"> with the number A100001/2015, with the tax number 517274968, with registered office in Avenida da Independ&#xEA;ncia 392 II/III, S&#xE3;o Tom&#xE9; &#x2013; S&#xE3;o Tom&#xE9; e Pr&#xED;ncipe</font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:line-through;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">he