0001140361-14-029056.txt : 20140722 0001140361-14-029056.hdr.sgml : 20140722 20140722174905 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-14-029056 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140718 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140722 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140722 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Cobalt International Energy, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001471261 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 270821169 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: COBALT CENTER STREET 2: 920 MEMORIAL CITY WAY, SUITE 100 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77024 BUSINESS PHONE: (713) 579-9100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: COBALT CENTER STREET 2: 920 MEMORIAL CITY WAY, SUITE 100 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77024 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PAULSON & CO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001035674 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34579 FILM NUMBER: 14987331 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1251 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10020 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-956-2221 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1251 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10020 4 1 doc1.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2014-07-18 0 0001471261 Cobalt International Energy, Inc. CIE 0001035674 PAULSON & CO INC 1251 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS NEW YORK NY 10020 0 0 1 0 Common stock, $0.01 par value 41864000 I By Managed Funds and Accounts Notional Principal Amount Derivative Agreement 16.4541 2014-07-18 4 J 1 1 A 2015-08-03 Common stock, $0.01 par value 51200 1 I By Managed Funds and Accounts Paulson & Co. Inc. ("Paulson") is an investment advisor registered under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940. Paulson is the investment manager of Paulson Partners Enhanced LP, Paulson Enhanced Ltd, Paulson International Ltd, Paulson Partners LP and Paulson Partners Premium LP (collectively, the "Funds") and certain separately managed accounts (the "Separately Managed Accounts"). John Paulson is the controlling person of Paulson. All securities reported on this Form 4 are owned by the Funds or held in the Separately Managed Accounts. Each of Paulson and John Paulson may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own the securities directly owned by the Funds or held in the Separately Managed Accounts. Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), the filing of this Form 4 shall not be deemed an admission by any person reporting on this Form 4 that such person, for purposes of Section 16 of the Act or otherwise, is the beneficial owner of any equity securities covered by this Form. Notional principal amount derivative agreement (the "Derivative Agreement") in the form of a cash settled swap entered into by a Separately Managed Account representing a share equivalent of an aggregate of 51,200 shares of Common Stock. The Derivative Agreement provides the Separately Managed Account with economic results that are comparable to the economic results of ownership of Common Stock payable on each settlement date applicable to the expiration or earlier termination of such Derivative Agreement, but does not provide it with the power to vote or direct the voting or dispose of or direct the disposition of the Common Stock that are the subject of the Derivative Agreement (such shares, the "Subject Shares"). Each of Paulson, the Funds, the Separately Managed Accounts and John Paulson disclaims beneficial ownership in the Subject Shares. The counterparty to the Derivative Agreement is an unaffiliated third party financial institution. /s/ Stuart L. Merzer, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer 2014-07-22