0001193125-17-260994.txt : 20170817 0001193125-17-260994.hdr.sgml : 20170817 20170817160903 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-17-260994 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170817 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20170817 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170817 FILER: 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 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34579 FILM NUMBER: 171038755 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 8-K 1 d444527d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 17, 2017

 

 

Cobalt International Energy, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   001-34579   27-0821169
(State or other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)		   (Commission
File Number)		   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

Cobalt Center
920 Memorial City Way, Suite 100
Houston, Texas

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

  

77024

(Zip Code)

Registrants’ telephone number, including area code: (713) 579-9100

N/A

(Former names or former addresses if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On August 17, 2017, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison notified Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) of her resignation from the Board of Directors (“Board”) of the Company, effective immediately. Senator Hutchison had been a member of the Board since 2013. Her decision to resign is a result of her recent appointment as the United States Ambassador to NATO and was not the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: August 17, 2017

 

Cobalt International Energy, Inc.
By:  

/s/ Jeffrey A. Starzec

Name:   Jeffrey A. Starzec
Title:   Executive Vice President and General Counsel