10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)
☒	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2023

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from               to              

Commission file number:  001-35167

Kosmos Energy Ltd.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		98-0686001
(State or other jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)		Identification No.)
8176 Park Lane
Dallas,	Texas	75231
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered:
Common Stock $0.01 par value	KOS	New York Stock Exchange
		London Stock Exchange

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +1 214 445 9600

Not applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes ☒  No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes ☒  No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☒	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☐
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
		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. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes ☐  No ☒

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Class	Outstanding at November 2, 2023
Common Shares, $0.01 par value	460,129,711

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Unless otherwise stated in this report, references to “Kosmos,” “we,” “us” or “the company” refer to Kosmos Energy Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. We have provided definitions for some of the industry terms used in this report in the “Glossary and Selected Abbreviations” beginning on page 3.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Glossary and Select Abbreviations	3
Item 1. Financial Statements	7
Consolidated Balance Sheets	7
Consolidated Statements of Operations	8
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity	9
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	10
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	11
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	29
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	43
Item 4. Controls and Procedures	44
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings	45
Item 1A. Risk Factors	45
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	45
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities	45
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures	45
Item 5. Other Information	45
Signatures	46
Item 6. Exhibits	46
Index to Exhibits	47

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GLOSSARY AND SELECTED ABBREVIATIONS

The following are abbreviations and definitions of certain terms that may be used in this report. Unless listed below, all defined terms under Rule 4-10(a) of Regulation S-X shall have their statutorily prescribed meanings.

“2D seismic data”	Two‑dimensional seismic data, serving as interpretive data that allows a view of a vertical cross‑section beneath a prospective area.
“3D seismic data”	Three‑dimensional seismic data, serving as geophysical data that depicts the subsurface strata in three dimensions. 3D seismic data typically provides a more detailed and accurate interpretation of the subsurface strata than 2D seismic data.
“ANP-STP”	Agencia Nacional Do Petroleo De Sao Tome E Principe.
“API”	A specific gravity scale, expressed in degrees, that denotes the relative density of various petroleum liquids. The scale increases inversely with density. Thus lighter petroleum liquids will have a higher API than heavier ones.
“Asset Coverage Ratio”	The “Asset Coverage Ratio” as defined in the GoM Term Loan means, as of each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each Fiscal Year, commencing December 31, 2020, the ratio of (a) Total PDP PV-10 (as defined in the GoM Term Loan) as of such date to (b) outstanding principal amount of Loans (as defined in the GoM Term Loan) as of such date.
“ASC”	Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification.
“ASU”	Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Update.
“Barrel” or “Bbl”	A standard measure of volume for petroleum corresponding to approximately 42 gallons at 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
“BBbl”	Billion barrels of oil.
“BBoe”	Billion barrels of oil equivalent.
“Bcf”	Billion cubic feet.
“Boe”	Barrels of oil equivalent. Volumes of natural gas converted to barrels of oil using a conversion factor of 6,000 cubic feet of natural gas to one barrel of oil.
“BOEM”	Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
“Boepd”	Barrels of oil equivalent per day.
“Bopd”	Barrels of oil per day.
“BP”	BP p.l.c. and related subsidiaries.
“Bwpd”	Barrels of water per day.
“Corporate Revolver”	Prior to March 31, 2022, this term refers to the Revolving Credit Facility Agreement dated November 23, 2012 (as amended or as amended and restated from time to time), and on or after March 31, 2022, this term refers to the new Revolving Credit Facility Agreement dated March 31, 2022 (as amended or as amended and restated from time to time).
“COVID-19”	Coronavirus disease 2019.
“Debt cover ratio”	The “debt cover ratio” is broadly defined, for each applicable calculation date, as the ratio of (x) total long‑term debt less cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, to (y) the aggregate EBITDAX (see below) of the Company for the previous twelve months.
“Developed acreage”	The number of acres that are allocated or assignable to productive wells or wells capable of production.
“Development”	The phase in which an oil or natural gas field is brought into production by drilling development wells and installing appropriate production systems.
“DST”	Drill stem test.
“Dry hole” or “Unsuccessful well”	A well that has not encountered a hydrocarbon bearing reservoir expected to produce in commercial quantities.
“DT”	Deepwater Tano.

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“EBITDAX”	Net income (loss) plus (i) exploration expense, (ii) depletion, depreciation and amortization expense, (iii) equity‑based compensation expense, (iv) unrealized (gain) loss on commodity derivatives (realized losses are deducted and realized gains are added back), (v) (gain) loss on sale of oil and gas properties, (vi) interest (income) expense, (vii) income taxes, (viii) loss on extinguishment of debt, (ix) doubtful accounts expense and (x) similar other material items which management believes affect the comparability of operating results.
“ESG”	Environmental, social, and governance.
“ESP”	Electric submersible pump.
“E&P”	Exploration and production.
“Facility”	Facility agreement dated March 28, 2011 (as amended or as amended and restated from time to time).
“FASB”	Financial Accounting Standards Board.
“Farm‑in”	An agreement whereby a party acquires a portion of the participating interest in a block from the owner of such interest, usually in return for cash and/or for taking on a portion of future costs or other performance by the assignee as a condition of the assignment.
“Farm‑out”	An agreement whereby the owner of the participating interest agrees to assign a portion of its participating interest in a block to another party for cash and/or for the assignee taking on a portion of future costs and/or other work as a condition of the assignment.
“FEED”	Front End Engineering Design.
“Field life cover ratio”	The “field life cover ratio” is broadly defined, for each applicable forecast period, as the ratio of (x) the forecasted net present value of net cash flow through depletion plus the net present value of the forecast of certain capital expenditures incurred in relation to the Ghana and Equatorial Guinea assets, to (y) the aggregate loan amounts outstanding under the Facility.
“FLNG”	Floating liquefied natural gas.
“FPS”	Floating production system.
“FPSO”	Floating production, storage and offloading vessel.
“GAAP”	Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America.
“GEPetrol”	Guinea Equatorial De Petroleos.
“GHG”	Greenhouse gas.
“GJFFDP”	Greater Jubilee Full Field Development Plan.
“GNPC”	Ghana National Petroleum Corporation.
“GoM Term Loan”	Senior Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement dated September 30, 2020.
“Greater Tortue Ahmeyim”	Ahmeyim and Guembeul discoveries.
“GTA UUOA”	Unitization and Unit Operating Agreement covering the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim Unit.
“HLS”	Heavy Louisiana Sweet.
“Jubilee UUOA”	Unitization and Unit Operating Agreement covering the Jubilee Unit.
“Interest cover ratio”	The “interest cover ratio” is broadly defined, for each applicable calculation date, as the ratio of (x) the aggregate EBITDAX (see above) of the Company for the previous twelve months, to (y) interest expense less interest income for the Company for the previous twelve months.
“LNG”	Liquefied natural gas.
“Loan life cover ratio”	The “loan life cover ratio” is broadly defined, for each applicable forecast period, as the ratio of (x) net present value of forecasted net cash flow through the final maturity date of the Facility plus the net present value of forecasted capital expenditures incurred in relation to the Ghana and Equatorial Guinea assets, however, forecasted capital expenditures in relation to the additional interests in Ghana acquired in the October 2021 acquisition of Anadarko WCTP are not included, to (y) the aggregate loan amounts outstanding under the Facility.
“LIBOR”	London Interbank Offered Rate
“LSE”	London Stock Exchange.
“LTIP”	Long Term Incentive Plan.

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“MBbl”	Thousand barrels of oil.
“MBoe”	Thousand barrels of oil equivalent.
“Mcf”	Thousand cubic feet of natural gas.
“Mcfpd”	Thousand cubic feet per day of natural gas.
“MMBbl”	Million barrels of oil.
“MMBoe”	Million barrels of oil equivalent.
“MMBtu”	Million British thermal units.
“MMcf”	Million cubic feet of natural gas.
“MMcfd”	Million cubic feet per day of natural gas.
“MMTPA”	Million metric tonnes per annum.
“Natural gas liquid” or “NGL”	Components of natural gas that are separated from the gas state in the form of liquids. These include propane, butane, and ethane, among others.
“Net debt”	Total long-term debt less cash and cash equivalents and total restricted cash.
“NYSE”	New York Stock Exchange.
“Petroleum contract”	A contract in which the owner of hydrocarbons gives an E&P company temporary and limited rights, including an exclusive option to explore for, develop, and produce hydrocarbons from the lease area.
“Petroleum system”	A petroleum system consists of organic material that has been buried at a sufficient depth to allow adequate temperature and pressure to expel hydrocarbons and cause the movement of oil and natural gas from the area in which it was formed to a reservoir rock where it can accumulate.
“Plan of development” or “PoD”	A written document outlining the steps to be undertaken to develop a field.
“Productive well”	An exploratory or development well found to be capable of producing either oil or natural gas in sufficient quantities to justify completion as an oil or natural gas well.
“Prospect(s)”	A potential trap that may contain hydrocarbons and is supported by the necessary amount and quality of geologic and geophysical data to indicate a probability of oil and/or natural gas accumulation ready to be drilled. The five required elements (generation, migration, reservoir, seal and trap) must be present for a prospect to work and if any of these fail neither oil nor natural gas may be present, at least not in commercial volumes.
“Proved reserves”	Estimated quantities of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids that geological and engineering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty to be economically recoverable in future years from known reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions, as well as additional reserves expected to be obtained through confirmed improved recovery techniques, as defined in SEC Regulation S‑X 4‑10(a)(2).
“Proved developed reserves”	Those proved reserves that can be expected to be recovered through existing wells and facilities and by existing operating methods.
“Proved undeveloped reserves”	Those proved reserves that are expected to be recovered from future wells and facilities, including future improved recovery projects which are anticipated with a high degree of certainty in reservoirs which have previously shown favorable response to improved recovery projects.
“RSC”	Ryder Scott Company, L.P.
“SOFR”	Secured Overnight Financing Rate
“SEC”	Securities and Exchange Commission.
“7.125% Senior Notes”	7.125% Senior Notes due 2026.
“7.750% Senior Notes”	7.750% Senior Notes due 2027.
“7.500% Senior Notes”	7.500% Senior Notes due 2028.
“Shelf margin”	The path created by the change in direction of the shoreline in reaction to the filling of a sedimentary basin.
“Shell”	Royal Dutch Shell and related subsidiaries.
“SMH”	Societe Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures
“Stratigraphy”	The study of the composition, relative ages and distribution of layers of sedimentary rock.

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“Stratigraphic trap”	A stratigraphic trap is formed from a change in the character of the rock rather than faulting or folding of the rock and oil is held in place by changes in the porosity and permeability of overlying rocks.
“Structural trap”	A topographic feature in the earth’s subsurface that forms a high point in the rock strata. This facilitates the accumulation of oil and gas in the strata.
“Structural‑stratigraphic trap”	A structural‑stratigraphic trap is a combination trap with structural and stratigraphic features.
“Submarine fan”	A fan‑shaped deposit of sediments occurring in a deep water setting where sediments have been transported via mass flow, gravity induced, processes from the shallow to deep water. These systems commonly develop at the bottom of sedimentary basins or at the end of large rivers.
“TAG GSA”	TEN Associated Gas - Gas Sales Agreement.
“TEN”	Tweneboa, Enyenra and Ntomme.
“Three‑way fault trap”	A structural trap where at least one of the components of closure is formed by offset of rock layers across a fault.
“Tortue Phase 1 SPA”	Greater Tortue Ahmeyim Agreement for a Long Term Sale and Purchase of LNG.
“Trap”	A configuration of rocks suitable for containing hydrocarbons and sealed by a relatively impermeable formation through which hydrocarbons will not migrate.
“Trident”	Trident Energy.
“Undeveloped acreage”	Lease acreage on which wells have not been drilled or completed to a point that would permit the production of commercial quantities of natural gas and oil regardless of whether such acreage contains discovered resources.
“WCTP”	West Cape Three Points.

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share data)

	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(Unaudited)
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	138,742	$	183,405
Receivables
Joint interest billings, net	29,851		28,851
Oil sales	71,700		67,483
Other	17,016		23,401
Inventories	155,011		133,515
Prepaid expenses and other	49,476		24,722
Derivatives	—		7,344
Total current assets	461,796		468,721
Property and equipment:
Oil and gas properties, net	4,174,239		3,837,437
Other property, net	5,730		5,210
Property and equipment, net	4,179,969		3,842,647
Other assets:
Restricted cash	3,416		3,416
Long-term receivables	297,327		235,696
Deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of $15,003 and $13,263 at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively	2,900		4,640
Deferred tax assets	2,664		—
Derivatives	698		1,725
Other	20,631		23,143
Total assets	$	4,969,401	$	4,579,988
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	199,031	$	212,275
Accrued liabilities	338,790		325,206
Current maturities of long-term debt	—		30,000
Derivatives	26,597		6,773
Total current liabilities	564,418		574,254
Long-term liabilities:
Long-term debt, net	2,389,197		2,195,911
Derivatives	2,402		778
Asset retirement obligations	330,102		300,800
Deferred tax liabilities	433,628		468,445
Other long-term liabilities	249,985		251,952
Total long-term liabilities	3,405,314		3,217,886
Stockholders’ equity:
Preference shares, $0.01 par value; 200,000,000 authorized shares; zero issued at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022	—		—
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 2,000,000,000 authorized shares; 504,372,666 and 500,161,421 issued at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively	5,044		5,002
Additional paid-in capital	2,525,634		2,505,694
Accumulated deficit	(1,294,002)		(1,485,841)
Treasury stock, at cost, 44,263,269 shares at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively	(237,007)		(237,007)
Total stockholders’ equity	999,669		787,848
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	4,969,401	$	4,579,988

See accompanying notes.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share data)

 (Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Revenues and other income:
Oil and gas revenue	$	526,348	$	456,056	$	1,193,843	$	1,735,439
Gain on sale of assets	—		—		—		471
Other income, net	198		48		(115)		143
Total revenues and other income	526,546		456,104		1,193,728		1,736,053
Costs and expenses:
Oil and gas production	138,782		62,372		286,297		277,264
Facilities insurance modifications, net	—		494		—		7,246
Exploration expenses	10,290		17,215		33,305		118,656
General and administrative	25,120		24,007		77,731		74,424
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	132,347		106,313		331,634		386,961
Interest and other financing costs, net	25,440		29,796		74,379		92,317
Derivatives, net	45,971		(113,842)		42,162		243,534
Other expenses, net	11,055		(218)		17,864		(1,320)
Total costs and expenses	389,005		126,137		863,372		1,199,082
Income before income taxes	137,541		329,967		330,356		536,971
Income tax expense	52,356		107,713		138,517		196,144
Net income	$	85,185	$	222,254	$	191,839	$	340,827
Net income per share:
Basic	$	0.19	$	0.49	$	0.42	$	0.75
Diluted	$	0.18	$	0.47	$	0.40	$	0.72
Weighted average number of shares used to compute net income per share:
Basic	460,108		455,840		459,477		455,158
Diluted	481,099		476,431		479,738		474,820

See accompanying notes.

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 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 (In thousands)

(Unaudited)

				Additional
	Common Shares			Paid-in		Accumulated		Treasury
	Shares	Amount		Capital		Deficit		Stock		Total
2023:
Balance as of December 31, 2022	500,161	$	5,002	$	2,505,694	$	(1,485,841)	$	(237,007)	$	787,848
Equity-based compensation	—	—		10,093		—		—		10,093
Restricted stock units	3,691	37		(37)		—		—		—
Tax withholdings on restricted stock units	—	—		(11,810)		—		—		(11,810)
Net income	—	—		—		83,309		—		83,309
Balance as of March 31, 2023	503,852	5,039		2,503,940		(1,402,532)		(237,007)		869,440
Dividends	—	—		(1)		—		—		(1)
Equity-based compensation	—	—		11,121		—		—		11,121
Restricted stock units	493	4		(4)		—		—		—
Tax withholdings on restricted stock units	—	—		(1)		—		—		(1)
Net income	—	—		—		23,345		—		23,345
Balance as of June 30, 2023	504,345	5,043		2,515,055		(1,379,187)		(237,007)		903,904
Dividends	—	—		—		—		—		—
Equity-based compensation	—	—		10,580		—		—		10,580
Restricted stock units	28	1		(1)		—		—		—
Net income	—	—		—		85,185		—		85,185
Balance as of September 30, 2023	504,373	$	5,044	$	2,525,634	$	(1,294,002)	$	(237,007)	$	999,669
2022:
Balance as of December 31, 2021	496,152	$	4,962	$	2,473,674	$	(1,712,392)	$	(237,007)	$	529,237
Dividends	—	—		12		—		—		12
Equity-based compensation	—	—		8,425		—		—		8,425
Restricted stock units	3,377	33		(33)		—		—		—
Tax withholdings on restricted stock units	—	—		(2,753)		—		—		(2,753)
Net income	—	—		—		1,400		—		1,400
Balance as of March 31, 2022	499,529	$	4,995	$	2,479,325	$	(1,710,992)	$	(237,007)	$	536,321
Dividends	—	—		(14)		—		—		(14)
Equity-based compensation	—	—		8,886		—		—		8,886
Restricted stock awards and units	487	5		(5)		—		—		—
Net income	—	—		—		117,173		—		117,173
Balance as of June 30, 2022	500,016	$	5,000	$	2,488,192	$	(1,593,819)	$	(237,007)	$	662,366
Equity-based compensation	—	—		8,871		—		—		8,871
Restricted stock units	89	1		(1)		—		—		—
Net income	—	—		—		222,254		—		222,254
Balance as of September 30, 2022	500,105	$	5,001	$	2,497,062	$	(1,371,565)	$	(237,007)	$	893,491

See accompanying notes.

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 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 (In thousands)

 (Unaudited)

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022
Operating activities
Net income	$	191,839	$	340,827
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depletion, depreciation and amortization (including deferred financing costs)	339,177		394,799
Deferred income taxes	(37,481)		(37,445)
Unsuccessful well costs and leasehold impairments	2,244		83,086
Change in fair value of derivatives	52,467		257,112
Cash settlements on derivatives, net (including $(12.3) million and $(289.9) million on commodity hedges during 2023 and 2022)	(21,478)		(304,328)
Equity-based compensation	31,778		25,896
Gain on sale of assets	—		(471)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	1,503		192
Other	2,547		(5,940)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
(Increase) decrease in receivables	(5,766)		54,035
(Increase) in inventories	(26,847)		(4,377)
(Increase) in prepaid expenses and other	(22,920)		(5,704)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable	(13,244)		64,216
Increase (decrease) in accrued liabilities	(22,425)		1,338
Net cash provided by operating activities	471,394		863,236
Investing activities
Oil and gas assets	(611,914)		(543,349)
Acquisition of oil and gas properties	—		(21,205)
Proceeds on sale of assets	—		118,703
Notes receivable from partners	(46,632)		(28,188)
Net cash used in investing activities	(658,546)		(474,039)
Financing activities
Borrowings under long-term debt	300,000		—
Payments on long-term debt	(145,000)		(322,500)
Tax withholdings on restricted stock units	(11,811)		(2,753)
Dividends	(166)		(655)
Other	(534)		(6,288)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	142,489		(332,196)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(44,663)		57,001
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period	186,821		174,896
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	$	142,158	$	231,897
Supplemental cash flow information
Cash paid for:
Interest, net of capitalized interest	$	50,814	$	79,787
Income taxes, net of refund received	$	212,352	$	195,782

See accompanying notes.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

1. Organization

Kosmos Energy Ltd. is incorporated in the State of Delaware as a holding company for Kosmos Energy Delaware Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. As a holding company, Kosmos Energy Ltd.’s management operations are conducted through a wholly-owned subsidiary, Kosmos Energy, LLC. The terms “Kosmos,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our,” “ours,” and similar terms refer to Kosmos Energy Ltd. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.

Kosmos is a full-cycle, deepwater, independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused along the offshore Atlantic Margins. Our key assets include production offshore Ghana, Equatorial Guinea and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, as well as world-class gas projects offshore Mauritania and Senegal. We also pursue a proven basin exploration program in Equatorial Guinea and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Kosmos is listed on the NYSE and LSE and is traded under the ticker symbol KOS.

Kosmos is engaged in a single line of business, which is the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas. Substantially all of our long-lived assets and all of our product sales are related to operations in four geographic areas: Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania/Senegal and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

2. Accounting Policies

General

The interim consolidated financial statements included in this report are unaudited and, in the opinion of management, include all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods. The results of the interim periods shown in this report are not necessarily indicative of the final results to be expected for the full year. The interim consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with the requirements of the SEC for interim reporting. As permitted under those rules, certain notes or other financial information that are normally required by GAAP have been condensed or omitted from these interim consolidated financial statements. These interim consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022, included in our annual report on Form 10-K.

Reclassifications

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current presentation. Such reclassifications had no significant impact on our reported net income, current assets, total assets, current liabilities, total liabilities, stockholders’ equity or cash flows.

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash 

	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(In thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents	$	138,742	$	183,405
Restricted cash - long-term	3,416		3,416
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows	$	142,158	$	186,821

Cash and cash equivalents include demand deposits and funds invested in highly liquid instruments with original maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase.

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Joint Interest Billings

The Company’s joint interest billings consist of receivables from partners with interests in common oil and gas properties operated by the Company for shared costs. Joint interest billings are classified on the face of the consolidated balance sheets as current and long-term receivables based on when collection is expected to occur.

Inventories

Inventories consisted of $141.5 million and $125.3 million of materials and supplies and $13.5 million and $8.2 million of hydrocarbons as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. The Company’s materials and supplies inventory primarily consists of casing and wellheads and is stated at the lower of cost, using the weighted average cost method, or net realizable value.

Hydrocarbon inventory is carried at the lower of cost, using the weighted average cost method, or net realizable value. Hydrocarbon inventory costs include expenditures and other charges incurred in bringing the inventory to its existing condition. Selling expenses and general and administrative expenses are reported as period costs and excluded from inventory costs.

Revenue Recognition

Our oil and gas revenues are recognized when hydrocarbons have been sold to a purchaser at a fixed or determinable price, title has transferred and collection is probable. Certain revenues are based on contracts with provisional pricing and quantity optionality which contain a derivative that is required to be separated from the host contract for accounting purposes. The host contract is the receivable from oil sales at the spot price on the date of sale. The derivative, which is not designated as a hedge, is marked to market through oil and gas revenue each period until the final settlement occurs, which generally is limited to the month of or month after the sale.

    Oil and gas revenue is composed of the following:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
	(In thousands)
Revenues from contract with customers - Equatorial Guinea	$	74,998	$	41,178	$	182,738	$	263,532
Revenues from contract with customers - Ghana	355,098		301,855		735,675		1,044,039
Revenues from contract with customers - U.S. Gulf of Mexico	102,968		116,603		285,735		441,446
Provisional oil sales contracts	(6,716)		(3,580)		(10,305)		(13,578)
Oil and gas revenue	$	526,348	$	456,056	$	1,193,843	$	1,735,439

Concentration of Credit Risk

Our revenue can be materially affected by current economic conditions and the price of oil and natural gas. However, based on the current demand for crude oil and natural gas and the fact that alternative purchasers are readily available, we believe that the loss of our purchasers and/or marketing agents would not have a long‑term material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.

3. Acquisitions and Divestitures

In February 2023, Kosmos and Panoro Energy ASA (“Panoro”) entered into a petroleum contract covering Block EG-01 offshore Equatorial Guinea with the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. Kosmos holds a 24% participating interest in the block and the operator, Panoro, holds a 56% participating interest. The Equatorial Guinean national oil company, Guinea Equatorial De Petroles (“GEPetrol”), currently has a 20% carried participating interest during the exploration period. Should a commercial discovery be made, GEPetrol’s 20% carried interest will convert to a 20% participating interest. Block EG-01 currently comprises approximately 59,400 acres (240 square kilometers), with a first exploration period of three years from the effective date (March 1, 2023).

In March 2023, we closed a farm-out agreement with Panoro, whereby Panoro acquired a 6.0% participating interest in Block S offshore Equatorial Guinea. As a result of the farm-out agreement, Kosmos’ participating interest in Block S was reduced to 34.0%.

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4. Long-term Receivables

In February 2019, Kosmos and BP signed Carry Advance Agreements with the national oil companies of Mauritania and Senegal obligating us to finance a portion of the respective national oil company’s share of certain development costs incurred through first gas production for Greater Tortue Ahmeyim Phase 1. The amount financed by Kosmos is to be repaid with interest through the national oil companies’ share of future revenues. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the balance due from the national oil companies was $243.6 million and $196.9 million, respectively, which is classified as Long-term receivables on our consolidated balance sheets. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, accrued interest on the balance due from the national oil companies was $32.7 million and $21.5 million, respectively. Interest income on the long-term notes receivable was $4.0 million and $2.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and $11.3 million and $6.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

5. Property and Equipment

Property and equipment is stated at cost and consisted of the following:

	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(In thousands)
Oil and gas properties:
Proved properties	$	7,535,104	$	6,953,435
Unproved properties	403,481		341,334
Total oil and gas properties	7,938,585		7,294,769
Accumulated depletion	(3,764,346)		(3,457,332)
Oil and gas properties, net	4,174,239		3,837,437
Other property	64,268		60,730
Accumulated depreciation	(58,538)		(55,520)
Other property, net	5,730		5,210
Property and equipment, net	$	4,179,969	$	3,842,647

We recorded depletion expense of $123.5 million and $100.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and $307.0 million and $366.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

6. Suspended Well Costs

The following table reflects the Company’s capitalized exploratory well costs on drilled wells as of and during the nine months ended September 30, 2023.

	September 30, 2023
	(In thousands)
Beginning balance	$	145,957
Additions to capitalized exploratory well costs pending the determination of proved reserves	8,487
Reclassification due to determination of proved reserves	—
Capitalized exploratory well costs charged to expense	—
Ending balance	$	154,444

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The following table provides an aging of capitalized exploratory well costs based on the date drilling was completed and the number of projects for which exploratory well costs have been capitalized for more than one year since the completion of drilling:

	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(In thousands, except project counts)
Exploratory well costs capitalized for a period of one year or less	$	—	$	—
Exploratory well costs capitalized for a period of one to three years	34,028		32,770
Exploratory well costs capitalized for a period of four to seven years	120,416		113,187
Ending balance	$	154,444	$	145,957
Number of projects that have exploratory well costs that have been capitalized for a period greater than one year	2		2

As of September 30, 2023, the projects with exploratory well costs capitalized for more than one year since the completion of drilling are related to the Yakaar and Teranga discoveries in the Cayar Offshore Profond block offshore Senegal and the Asam discovery in Block S offshore Equatorial Guinea.

Yakaar and Teranga Discoveries — In May 2016, we drilled the Teranga-1 exploration well in the Cayar Offshore Profond block offshore Senegal, which encountered hydrocarbon pay. In June 2017, we drilled the Yakaar-1 exploration well in the Cayar Offshore Profond block offshore Senegal, which encountered hydrocarbon pay. In November 2017, an integrated Yakaar-Teranga appraisal plan was submitted to the government of Senegal. In September 2019, we drilled the Yakaar-2 appraisal well which encountered hydrocarbon pay. The Yakaar-2 well was drilled approximately nine kilometers from the Yakaar-1 exploration well. In July 2021, the current phase of the Cayar Block exploration license was extended up to an additional three years to July 2024. The Yakaar and Teranga discoveries are being analyzed as a joint development. During 2023 we have continued progressing appraisal studies and maturing concept design. Following additional evaluation, a final investment decision for the development of the project is expected to be made.

Asam Discovery — In October 2019, we drilled the S-5 exploration well offshore Equatorial Guinea, which encountered hydrocarbon pay. The discovery was subsequently named Asam. In July 2020, an appraisal work program was approved by the government of Equatorial Guinea. The well is located within tieback range of the Ceiba FPSO and the appraisal work program is currently ongoing to integrate all available data into models to establish the scale of the discovered resource and evaluate the optimum development solution. During the fourth quarter of 2022, we received approval from the Government of Equatorial Guinea to enter the second sub-period phase of the Block S exploration license with a scheduled expiration in December 2024. Additionally, in December 2022 the Asam Field appraisal report was submitted to the Government of Equatorial Guinea. During 2023, studies and concept design continued to progress. Following additional evaluation, a decision regarding commerciality is expected to be made.

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7. Debt 

	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(In thousands)
Outstanding debt principal balances:
Facility	$	925,000	$	625,000
7.125% Senior Notes	650,000		650,000
7.750% Senior Notes	400,000		400,000
7.500% Senior Notes	450,000		450,000
GoM Term Loan	—		145,000
Total long-term debt	2,425,000		2,270,000
Unamortized deferred financing costs and discounts	(35,803)		(44,089)
Total debt, net	2,389,197		2,225,911
Less: Current maturities of long-term debt	—		(30,000)
Long-term debt, net	$	2,389,197	$	2,195,911

Facility

The Facility supports our oil and gas exploration, appraisal and development programs and corporate activities. As of September 30, 2023, borrowings under the Facility totaled $925.0 million and the undrawn availability under the Facility was $220.1 million. Final maturity of the Facility is in March 2027. In October 2023, during the Fall 2023 redetermination, the Company’s lending syndicate approved a borrowing base capacity of $1.25 billion increasing the undrawn availability by approximately $104.9 million. The borrowing base amount is based on the sum of the net present values of net cash flows and relevant capital expenditures reduced by certain percentages as well as value attributable to certain assets’ reserves and/or resources in the Company’s production assets in Ghana and Equatorial Guinea.

On November 23, 2022, the Company amended the Facility to update the interest rate benchmark from LIBOR to term SOFR, effective as of April 19, 2023. As amended, interest on the Facility is the aggregate of the applicable margin (3.75% to 5.00%, depending on the length of time that has passed from the date the Facility was entered into), plus the term SOFR reference rate administered by CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited for the relevant period published and a credit adjustment spread. Interest is payable on the last day of each interest period (and, if the interest period is longer than six months, on the dates falling at six-month intervals after the first day of the interest period). We pay commitment fees on the undrawn and unavailable portion of the total commitments, if any. Commitment fees are equal to 30% per annum of the then-applicable respective margin when a commitment is available for utilization and, equal to 20% per annum of the then-applicable respective margin when a commitment is not available for utilization. We recognize interest expense in accordance with ASC 835 — Interest, which requires interest expense to be recognized using the effective interest method. We determined the effective interest rate based on the estimated level of borrowings under the Facility.

On September 29, 2023, the Company amended the Facility to accede Kosmos Energy Ghana Investments and Kosmos Energy Ghana Holdings Limited, to the Facility as obligors. As a result, the additional interests in Jubilee and TEN that were acquired in the October 2021 acquisition of Anadarko WCTP are now included when calculating the borrowing base amount for the Facility, effective as of October 1, 2023.

On October 19, 2023, the Company amended the Facility to modify the amortization schedule in order to reduce the number of repayment installments from seven to six equal installments, with the first repayment installment scheduled on October 1, 2024, rather than March 31, 2024. There was no change to the final maturity date or final repayment date.

We were in compliance with the financial covenants contained in the Facility as of September 30, 2023 (the most recent assessment date). The Facility, as amended, contains customary cross default provisions.

 Corporate Revolver

The Corporate Revolver is available for general corporate purposes and for oil and gas exploration, appraisal and development programs. As of September 30, 2023, there were no outstanding borrowings under the Corporate Revolver and the undrawn availability was $250.0 million with an expiration date of December 31, 2024.

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The Company capitalized $6.1 million of deferred financing costs associated with entering into the new revolving credit facility in March 2022, which is being amortized over the term of the new revolving credit facility. On November 23, 2022, the Company amended the Corporate Revolver to update the interest rate benchmark from compounded SOFR to term SOFR, effective as of April 19, 2023. As amended, interest on the Corporate Revolver is the aggregate of a 7.0% margin, the term SOFR reference rate administered by CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited for the relevant period published and a credit adjustment spread. Interest is payable on the last day of each interest period (and, if the interest period is longer than six months, on the dates falling at six-month intervals after the first day of the interest period). We pay commitment fees on the undrawn portion of the total commitments. Commitment fees for the lenders are equal to 30% per annum of the respective margin when a commitment is available for utilization.

We were in compliance with the financial covenants contained in the Corporate Revolver as of September 30, 2023 (the most recent assessment date). The Corporate Revolver contains customary cross default provisions. 

7.125% Senior Notes due 2026

In April 2019, the Company issued $650.0 million of 7.125% Senior Notes and received net proceeds of approximately $640.0 million after deducting commissions and other expenses.

The 7.125% Senior Notes mature on April 4, 2026. Interest is payable in arrears each April 4 and October 4, commencing on October 4, 2019. The 7.125% Senior Notes are senior, unsecured obligations of Kosmos Energy Ltd. and rank equal in right of payment with all of its existing and future senior indebtedness (including all borrowings under the Corporate Revolver, 7.750% Senior Notes and the 7.500% Senior Notes) and rank effectively junior in right of payment to all of its existing and future secured indebtedness (including all borrowings under the Facility). The 7.125% Senior Notes are guaranteed on a senior, unsecured basis by certain subsidiaries owning the Company's U.S. Gulf of Mexico assets and the interests acquired in the Anadarko WCTP acquisition, and on a subordinated, unsecured basis by certain subsidiaries that borrow under, or guarantee, the Facility and that guarantee the Corporate Revolver, the 7.750% Senior Notes and the 7.500% Senior Notes. The 7.125% Senior Notes contain customary cross default provisions.

7.750% Senior Notes due 2027

In October 2021, the Company issued $400.0 million of 7.750% Senior Notes and received net proceeds of approximately $395.0 million after deducting fees.

The 7.750% Senior Notes mature on May 1, 2027. Interest is payable in arrears each May 1 and November 1, commencing on May 1, 2022. The 7.750% Senior Notes are senior, unsecured obligations of Kosmos Energy Ltd. and rank equal in right of payment with all of its existing and future senior indebtedness (including all borrowings under the Corporate Revolver, the 7.125% Senior Notes and the 7.500% Senior Notes) and rank effectively junior in right of payment to all of its existing and future secured indebtedness (including all borrowings under the Facility). The 7.750% Senior Notes are guaranteed on a senior, unsecured basis by certain subsidiaries owning the Company's U.S. Gulf of Mexico assets and the interests acquired in the Anadarko WCTP acquisition, and on a subordinated, unsecured basis by certain subsidiaries that borrow under, or guarantee, the Facility and that guarantee the Corporate Revolver, the 7.125% Senior Notes and the 7.500% Senior Notes. The 7.750% Senior Notes contain customary cross default provisions.

7.500% Senior Notes due 2028

In March 2021, the Company issued $450.0 million of 7.500% Senior Notes and received net proceeds of approximately $444.4 million after deducting fees.

The 7.500% Senior Notes mature on March 1, 2028. Interest is payable in arrears each March 1 and September 1, commencing on September 1, 2021. The 7.500% Senior Notes are senior, unsecured obligations of Kosmos Energy Ltd. and rank equal in right of payment with all of its existing and future senior indebtedness (including all borrowings under the Corporate Revolver, the 7.125% Senior Notes and the 7.750% Senior Notes) and rank effectively junior in right of payment to all of its existing and future secured indebtedness (including all borrowings under the Facility). The 7.500% Senior Notes are guaranteed on a senior, unsecured basis by certain subsidiaries owning the Company's U.S. Gulf of Mexico assets and the interests in the Anadarko WCTP acquisition, and on a subordinated, unsecured basis by certain subsidiaries that borrow under, or guarantee, the Facility and that guarantee the Corporate Revolver, and the 7.125% Senior Notes and the 7.750% Senior Notes. The 7.500% Senior Notes contain customary cross default provisions.

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GoM Term Loan    

In September 2020, the Company entered into a five-year $200.0 million senior secured term-loan credit agreement secured against the Company's U.S. Gulf of Mexico assets with net proceeds received of $197.7 million after deducting fees and other expenses. On September 15, 2023, the Company repaid the remaining outstanding principal amount of $137.5 million plus accrued interest using cash on hand, constituting payment in full. The GoM Term Loan was subsequently terminated pursuant to, and subject to the terms of, the GoM Term Loan.

Principal Debt Repayments

At September 30, 2023, the estimated repayments of debt during the five fiscal year periods and thereafter are as follows: 

	Payments Due by Year
	Total		2023(2)		2024		2025		2026		2027		Thereafter
	(In thousands)
Principal debt repayments(1)	$	2,425,000	$	—	$	243,047	$	227,450	$	929,282	$	575,221	$	450,000

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(1)Includes the scheduled maturities for outstanding principal debt balances. The scheduled maturities of debt related to the Facility as of September 30, 2023 are based on our level of borrowings and our estimated future available borrowing base commitment levels in future periods. Any increases or decreases in the level of borrowings or increases or decreases in the available borrowing base would impact the scheduled maturities of debt during the next five years and thereafter. In October 2023, the Company’s lending syndicate approved a borrowing base capacity of $1.25 billion and the Company amended the Facility to modify the amortization schedule with the first repayment installment scheduled on October 1, 2024, rather than March 31, 2024.

(2)Represents payments for the period October 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023.

Interest and other financing costs, net

Interest and other financing costs, net incurred during the periods is comprised of the following:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
	(In thousands)
Interest expense	$	54,643	$	45,448	$	155,123	$	131,626
Amortization—deferred financing costs	2,462		2,577		7,543		7,838
Loss on extinguishment of debt	1,503		—		1,503		192
Capitalized interest	(36,029)		(22,163)		(99,920)		(57,489)
Deferred interest	(488)		4		(135)		(1,436)
Interest income	(4,793)		(2,956)		(13,379)		(7,840)
Other, net	8,142		6,886		23,644		19,426
Interest and other financing costs, net	$	25,440	$	29,796	$	74,379	$	92,317

Capitalized interest for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 primarily relates to spend on the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim Phase 1 project. Once development is complete on the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim Phase 1 project, we will no longer capitalize interest on the project.

8. Derivative Financial Instruments

We use financial derivative contracts to manage exposures to commodity price and interest rate fluctuations. We do not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for trading purposes.

We manage market and counterparty credit risk in accordance with our policies and guidelines. In accordance with these policies and guidelines, our management determines the appropriate timing and extent of derivative transactions. We have included an estimate of non-performance risk in the fair value measurement of our derivative contracts as required by ASC 820 — Fair Value Measurement.

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Oil Derivative Contracts

The following table sets forth the volumes in barrels underlying the Company’s outstanding oil derivative contracts and the weighted average prices per Bbl for those contracts as of September 30, 2023. Volumes and weighted average prices are net of any offsetting derivative contracts entered into.

				Weighted Average Price per Bbl
				Net Deferred
				Premium
				Payable/		Sold
Term	Type of Contract	Index	MBbl	(Receivable)		Put		Floor		Ceiling
2023:
Oct - Dec	Three-way collars	Dated Brent	1,500	$	1.34	$	49.17	$	71.67	$	107.58
Oct - Dec	Two-way collars	Dated Brent	1,250	1.69		—		72.00		112.00
2024:
Jan - Dec	Three-way collars	Dated Brent	4,000	1.31		45.00		70.00		96.25
Jan - Jun	Two-way collars	Dated Brent	2,000	1.24		—		65.00		85.00
Jan - Dec	Two-way collars	Dated Brent	2,000	0.46		—		70.00		100.00

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The following tables disclose the Company’s derivative instruments as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, and gain/(loss) from derivatives during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively:

		Estimated Fair Value
		Asset (Liability)
Type of Contract	Balance Sheet Location	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
		(In thousands)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Derivative assets:
Commodity	Derivatives assets—current	$	—	$	7,344
Provisional oil sales	Receivables: Oil sales	—		1,170
Commodity	Derivatives assets—long-term	698		1,725
Derivative liabilities:
Commodity	Derivatives liabilities—current	(26,597)		(6,773)
Commodity	Derivatives liabilities—long-term	(2,402)		(778)
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments		$	(28,301)	$	2,688

		Amount of Gain/(Loss)				Amount of Gain/(Loss)
		Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
		September 30,				September 30,
Type of Contract	Location of Gain/(Loss)	2023		2022		2023		2022
		(In thousands)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Provisional oil sales	Oil and gas revenue	$	(6,716)	$	(3,580)	$	(10,305)	$	(13,578)
Commodity	Derivatives, net	(45,971)		113,842		(42,162)		(243,534)
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments		$	(52,687)	$	110,262	$	(52,467)	$	(257,112)

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Offsetting of Derivative Assets and Derivative Liabilities

Our derivative instruments which are subject to master netting arrangements with our counterparties only have the right of offset when there is an event of default. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there was not an event of default and, therefore, the associated gross asset or gross liability amounts related to these arrangements are presented on the consolidated balance sheets.

9. Fair Value Measurements

In accordance with ASC 820 — Fair Value Measurement, fair value measurements are based upon inputs that market participants use in pricing an asset or liability, which are classified into two categories: observable inputs and unobservable inputs. Observable inputs represent market data obtained from independent sources, whereas unobservable inputs reflect a company’s own market assumptions, which are used if observable inputs are not reasonably available without undue cost and effort. We prioritize the inputs used in measuring fair value into the following fair value hierarchy:

•Level 1 — quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

•Level 2 — quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability and inputs derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

•Level 3 — unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. The fair value input hierarchy level to which an asset or liability measurement in its entirety falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the measurement in its entirety.

The following tables present the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, for each fair value hierarchy level: 

	Fair Value Measurements Using:
	Quoted Prices in
	Active Markets for		Significant Other		Significant
	Identical Assets		Observable Inputs		Unobservable Inputs
	(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)		Total
	(In thousands)
September 30, 2023
Assets:
Commodity derivatives	$	—	$	698	$	—	$	698
Provisional oil sales	—		—		—		—
Liabilities:
Commodity derivatives	—		(28,999)		—		(28,999)
Total	$	—	$	(28,301)	$	—	$	(28,301)
December 31, 2022
Assets:
Commodity derivatives	$	—	$	9,069	$	—	$	9,069
Provisional oil sales	—		1,170		—		1,170
Liabilities:
Commodity derivatives	—		(7,551)		—		(7,551)
Total	$	—	$	2,688	$	—	$	2,688

The book values of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash approximate fair value based on Level 1 inputs. Joint interest billings, oil sales and other receivables, and accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments. Our long-term receivables, after any allowances for credit losses, and other long-term assets approximate fair value. The estimates of fair value of these items are based on Level 2 inputs.

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Commodity Derivatives

Our commodity derivatives represent crude oil collars, put options and call options for notional barrels of oil at fixed Dated Brent or NYMEX WTI oil prices. The values attributable to our oil derivatives are based on (i) the contracted notional volumes, (ii) independent active futures price quotes for the respective index, (iii) a credit-adjusted yield curve applicable to each counterparty by reference to the credit default swap (“CDS”) market and (iv) an independently sourced estimate of volatility for the respective index. The volatility estimate was provided by certain independent brokers who are active in buying and selling oil options and was corroborated by market-quoted volatility factors. The deferred premium is included in the fair market value of the commodity derivatives. See Note 8 — Derivative Financial Instruments for additional information regarding the Company’s derivative instruments.

Provisional Oil Sales

The value attributable to provisional oil sales derivatives is based on (i) the sales volumes and (ii) the difference in the independent active futures price quotes for the respective index over the term of the pricing period designated in the sales contract and the spot price on the lifting date.

Debt

The following table presents the carrying values and fair values at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022:

	September 30, 2023				December 31, 2022
	Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
7.125% Senior Notes	$	646,600	$	613,444	$	645,699	$	558,201
7.750% Senior Notes	396,505		370,044		395,893		335,592
7.500% Senior Notes	446,104		403,574		445,564		361,958
GoM Term Loan	—		—		145,000		145,000
Facility	925,000		925,000		625,000		625,000
Total	$	2,414,209	$	2,312,062	$	2,257,156	$	2,025,751

The carrying values of our 7.125% Senior Notes, 7.750% Senior Notes and 7.500% Senior Notes represent the principal amounts outstanding less unamortized discounts. The fair values of our 7.125% Senior Notes, 7.750% Senior Notes and 7.500% Senior Notes are based on quoted market prices, which results in a Level 1 fair value measurement. The carrying values of the GoM Term Loan and Facility approximate fair value since they are subject to short-term floating interest rates that approximate the rates available to us for those periods.

Nonrecurring Fair Value Measurements - Long-lived assets

Certain long-lived assets are reported at fair value on a non-recurring basis on the Company's consolidated balance sheet. These long-lived assets are not measured at fair value on an ongoing basis but are subject to fair value adjustments in certain circumstances. Our long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment when changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.

The Company calculates the estimated fair values of its long-lived assets using the income approach described in the ASC 820 — Fair Value Measurements. Significant inputs associated with the calculation of estimated discounted future net cash flows include anticipated future production, pricing estimates, capital and operating costs, market-based weighted average cost of capital, and risk adjustment factors applied to reserves. These are classified as Level 3 fair value assumptions. The Company utilizes an average of third-party industry forecasts of Dated Brent, adjusted for location and quality differentials, to determine our pricing assumptions. In order to evaluate the sensitivity of the assumptions, we analyze sensitivities to prices, production, and risk adjustment factors.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company did not recognize impairment of proved oil and gas properties as no impairment indicators were identified. If we experience material declines in oil pricing

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expectations in the future, significant increases in our estimated future expenditures or a significant decrease in our estimated production profile, our long-lived assets could be at risk of impairment.

10. Equity-based Compensation

Restricted Stock Units

We record equity-based compensation expense equal to the fair value of share-based payments over the vesting periods of the LTIP awards. We recorded compensation expense from awards granted under our LTIP of $10.6 million and $8.8 million during the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and $31.8 million and $25.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The total tax benefit for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 was $1.9 million and $1.5 million, respectively, and $5.6 million and $4.4 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Additionally, we recorded a net tax shortfall (windfall) related to equity-based compensation of nil for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 and $(3.2) million and $0.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The fair value of awards vested during the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 was $0.2 million and $0.5 million, respectively, and $44.9 million and $21.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The Company granted restricted stock units with service vesting criteria and a combination of market and service vesting criteria under the LTIP. Substantially all of these grants vest over three years. Upon vesting, restricted stock units become issued and outstanding stock.

In June 2023, the Company’s stockholders approved the Amended and Restated Kosmos Energy Ltd. Long Term Incentive Plan, which authorized an additional 17.0 million shares of common stock available for issuance under the LTIP.

The following table reflects the outstanding restricted stock units as of September 30, 2023:

		Weighted-		Market / Service	Weighted-
	Service Vesting	Average		Vesting	Average
	Restricted Stock	Grant-Date		Restricted Stock	Grant-Date
	Units	Fair Value		Units	Fair Value
	(In thousands)			(In thousands)
Outstanding at December 31, 2022	4,916	$	4.18	12,041	$	5.61
Granted(1)	2,699	7.59		3,419	12.25
Forfeited(1)	(214)	5.46		(192)	7.98
Vested	(2,755)	3.86		(2,949)	8.22
Outstanding at September 30, 2023	4,646	5.72		12,319	6.56

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(1)The restricted stock units with a combination of market and service vesting criteria may vest between 0% and 200% of the originally granted units depending upon market performance conditions. Awards vesting over or under target shares of 100% results in additional shares granted or forfeited, respectively, in the period the market vesting criteria is determined.

As of September 30, 2023, total equity-based compensation to be recognized on unvested restricted stock units is $37.5 million over a weighted average period of 1.77 years. At September 30, 2023, the Company had approximately 18.7 million shares that remain available for issuance under the LTIP.

For restricted stock units with a combination of market and service vesting criteria, the number of common shares to be issued is determined by comparing the Company’s total shareholder return with the total shareholder return of a predetermined group of peer companies over the performance period and can vest in up to 200% of the awards granted. The grant date fair value ranged from $1.06 to $12.33 per award. The Monte Carlo simulation model utilized multiple input variables that determined the probability of satisfying the market condition stipulated in the award grant and calculated the fair value of the award. The expected volatility utilized in the model was estimated using our historical volatility and the historical volatilities of our peer companies and ranged from 50.0% to 105.0%. The risk-free interest rate was based on the U.S. treasury rate for a term commensurate with the expected life of the grant and ranged from 0.2% to 3.7%.

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11. Income Taxes

We evaluate our estimated annual effective income tax rate each quarter, based on current and forecasted business results and enacted tax laws, and apply this tax rate to our ordinary income or loss to calculate our estimated tax expense or benefit. The Company excludes zero statutory tax rate and tax-exempt jurisdictions from our evaluation of the estimated annual effective income tax rate. The tax effect of discrete items are recognized in the period in which they occur at the applicable statutory tax rate.

Income before income taxes is composed of the following:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
	(In thousands)
United States	$	(13,425)	$	16,168	$	(62,548)	$	77,832
Foreign	150,966		313,799		392,904		459,139
Income before income taxes	$	137,541	$	329,967	$	330,356	$	536,971

For the three months ended, September 30, 2023 and 2022, our effective tax rate was 38% and 33%, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, our effective tax rate was 42% and 37%, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, our overall effective tax rates were impacted by:

•The difference in our 21% U.S. income tax reporting rate and the statutory income tax rates applicable to our foreign operations, primarily in Ghana and Equatorial Guinea,

•Jurisdictions that have a 0% statutory tax rate or that are tax exempt,

•Jurisdictions where we have incurred losses and have recorded valuation allowances against the corresponding deferred tax assets, and

•Other non-deductible expenses, primarily in the U.S.

12. Net Income Per Share

The following table is a reconciliation between net income and the amounts used to compute basic and diluted net income per share and the weighted average shares outstanding used to compute basic and diluted net income per share:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
	(In thousands, except per share data)
Numerator:
Net income allocable to common stockholders	$	85,185	$	222,254	$	191,839	$	340,827
Denominator:
Weighted average number of shares outstanding:
Basic	460,108		455,840		459,477		455,158
Restricted stock units(1)	20,991		20,591		20,261		19,662
Diluted	481,099		476,431		479,738		474,820
Net income per share:
Basic	$	0.19	$	0.49	$	0.42	$	0.75
Diluted	$	0.18	$	0.47	$	0.40	$	0.72

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(1)We excluded restricted stock units of 0.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 0.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 from the computations of diluted net income per share because the effect would have been anti-dilutive.

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13. Commitments and Contingencies

From time to time, we are involved in litigation, regulatory examinations and administrative proceedings primarily arising in the ordinary course of our business in jurisdictions in which we do business. Although the outcome of these matters cannot be predicted with certainty, management believes none of these matters, either individually or in the aggregate, would have a material effect upon the Company’s financial position; however, an unfavorable outcome could have a material adverse effect on our results from operations for a specific interim period or year.

We have a commitment to drill three development wells and one exploration well in Equatorial Guinea. We have a $200.2 million FPSO Contract Liability in Other long-term liabilities related to the deferred sale of the Greater Tortue FPSO.

Performance Obligations

As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had performance and supplemental bonds totaling $192.0 million and $205.2 million, respectively, related to bonding requirements stipulated by the BOEM and other third parties for anticipated plugging and abandonment costs of certain wells and the removal of certain facilities in our U.S. Gulf of Mexico fields.

14. Additional Financial Information

Accrued Liabilities

Accrued liabilities consisted of the following: 

	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(In thousands)
Accrued liabilities:
Exploration, development and production	$	131,208	$	80,598
Revenue payable	25,077		26,087
Current asset retirement obligations	10,884		1,732
General and administrative expenses	26,719		32,069
Interest	47,383		44,740
Income taxes	91,023		127,183
Taxes other than income	1,225		1,524
Derivatives	1,372		6,440
Other	3,899		4,833
	$	338,790	$	325,206

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Asset Retirement Obligations

The following table summarizes the changes in the Company's asset retirement obligations as of and during the nine months ended September 30, 2023:

	September 30, 2023
	(In thousands)
Asset retirement obligations:
Beginning asset retirement obligations	$	302,534
Liabilities incurred during period	10,015
Liabilities settled during period	(3,504)
Revisions in estimated retirement obligations	10,340
Accretion expense	21,601
Ending asset retirement obligations	$	340,986

Other Expenses, Net

Other expenses, net incurred during the period is comprised of the following: 

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
	(In thousands)
(Gain) loss on disposal of inventory	$	2,412	$	(821)	$	5,351	$	(536)
Loss on asset retirement obligations liability settlements	4,733		—		4,848		620
Other, net	3,910		603		7,665		(1,404)
Other expenses, net	$	11,055	$	(218)	$	17,864	$	(1,320)

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15. Business Segment Information

Kosmos is engaged in a single line of business, which is the exploration, development and production of oil and gas. At September 30, 2023, the Company had operations in four geographic reporting segments: Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania/Senegal and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. To assess performance of the reporting segments, the Chief Operating Decision Maker reviews capital expenditures. Capital expenditures, as defined by the Company, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies and should be considered in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto. Financial information for each area is presented below:

	Ghana		Equatorial Guinea		Mauritania/Senegal		U.S. Gulf of Mexico		Corporate & Other		Eliminations		Total
	(In thousands)
Three months ended September 30, 2023
Revenues and other income:
Oil and gas revenue	$	348,366	$	75,014	$	—	$	102,968	$	—	$	—	$	526,348
Other income, net	—		—		—		746		80,826		(81,374)		198
Total revenues and other income	348,366		75,014		—		103,714		80,826		(81,374)		526,546
Costs and expenses:
Oil and gas production	90,737		24,700		—		23,345		—		—		138,782
Exploration expenses	(58)		2,931		3,698		1,913		1,806		—		10,290
General and administrative	2,475		1,209		2,543		3,291		51,018		(35,416)		25,120
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	77,688		14,654		297		38,948		760		—		132,347
Interest and other financing costs, net(1)	14,368		(752)		(31,438)		3,540		39,722		—		25,440
Derivatives, net	—		—		—		—		45,971		—		45,971
Other expenses, net	42,466		3,449		3,337		5,414		2,347		(45,958)		11,055
Total costs and expenses	227,676		46,191		(21,563)		76,451		141,624		(81,374)		389,005
Income (loss) before income taxes	120,690		28,823		21,563		27,263		(60,798)		—		137,541
Income tax expense	42,614		12,477		—		54		(2,789)		—		52,356
Net income (loss)	$	78,076	$	16,346	$	21,563	$	27,209	$	(58,009)	$	—	$	85,185
Consolidated capital expenditures, net	$	53,039	$	15,821	$	42,079	$	76,895	$	4,716	$	—	$	192,550

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	Ghana		Equatorial Guinea		Mauritania/Senegal		U.S. Gulf of Mexico		Corporate & Other		Eliminations		Total
	(In thousands)
Nine months ended September 30, 2023
Revenues and other income:
Oil and gas revenue	$	728,465	$	179,643	$	—	$	285,735	$	—	$	—	$	1,193,843
Other income, net	(425)		10		—		2,832		151,740		(154,272)		(115)
Total revenues and other income	728,040		179,653		—		288,567		151,740		(154,272)		1,193,728
Costs and expenses:
Oil and gas production	141,973		68,623		—		75,701		—		—		286,297
Exploration expenses	579		7,013		11,917		9,089		4,707		—		33,305
General and administrative	9,921		3,871		7,346		13,099		155,617		(112,123)		77,731
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	177,796		36,737		699		114,912		1,490		—		331,634
Interest and other financing costs, net(1)	42,535		(2,138)		(87,087)		9,632		111,437		—		74,379
Derivatives, net	—		—		—		—		42,162		—		42,162
Other expenses, net	38,811		3,402		6,058		8,215		3,527		(42,149)		17,864
Total costs and expenses	411,615		117,508		(61,067)		230,648		318,940		(154,272)		863,372
Income (loss) before income taxes	316,425		62,145		61,067		57,919		(167,200)		—		330,356
Income tax expense	112,478		25,837		—		1,119		(917)		—		138,517
Net income (loss)	$	203,947	$	36,308	$	61,067	$	56,800	$	(166,283)	$	—	$	191,839
Consolidated capital expenditures, net	$	202,517	$	40,777	$	191,830	$	125,215	$	8,288	$	—	$	568,627
As of September 30, 2023
Property and equipment, net	$	1,243,655	$	402,999	$	1,672,423	$	842,715	$	18,177	$	—	$	4,179,969
Total assets	$	3,320,522	$	1,738,886	$	2,507,496	$	3,934,860	$	21,048,238	$	(27,580,601)	$	4,969,401

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(1)Interest expense is recorded based on actual third-party and intercompany debt agreements. Capitalized interest is recorded on the business unit where the assets reside.

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	Ghana(2)		Equatorial Guinea		Mauritania/Senegal		U.S. Gulf of Mexico(3)		Corporate & Other		Eliminations		Total
	(In thousands)
Three months ended September 30, 2022
Revenues and other income:
Oil and gas revenue	$	296,980	$	42,473	$	—	$	116,603	$	—	$	—	$	456,056
Other income, net	1		—		—		698		(82,537)		81,886		48
Total revenues and other income	296,981		42,473		—		117,301		(82,537)		81,886		456,104
Costs and expenses:
Oil and gas production	23,911		11,921		—		26,540		—		—		62,372
Facilities insurance modifications, net	494		—		—		—		—		—		494
Exploration expenses	9,459		1,071		2,182		2,674		1,829		—		17,215
General and administrative	3,967		1,991		2,624		2,804		44,577		(31,956)		24,007
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	65,288		7,741		143		32,701		440		—		106,313
Interest and other financing costs, net(1)	16,922		(595)		(18,402)		2,785		29,086		—		29,796
Derivatives, net	—		—		—		—		(113,842)		—		(113,842)
Other expenses, net	(101,457)		(6,464)		145		(6,317)		33		113,842		(218)
Total costs and expenses	18,584		15,665		(13,308)		61,187		(37,877)		81,886		126,137
Income (loss) before income taxes	278,397		26,808		13,308		56,114		(44,660)		—		329,967
Income tax expense	98,413		7,371		—		(275)		2,204		—		107,713
Net income (loss)	$	179,984	$	19,437	$	13,308	$	56,389	$	(46,864)	$	—	$	222,254
Consolidated capital expenditures, net	$	40,871	$	2,435	$	114,339	$	43,612	$	1,834	$	—	$	203,091

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	Ghana(2)		Equatorial Guinea		Mauritania/Senegal		U.S. Gulf of Mexico(3)		Corporate & Other		Eliminations		Total
	(In thousands)
Nine months ended September 30, 2022
Revenues and other income:
Oil and gas revenue	$	1,032,551	$	261,442	$	—	$	441,446	$	—	$	—	$	1,735,439
Gain on sale of assets	—		—		—		471		—		—		471
Other income, net	1		—		—		1,726		340,768		(342,352)		143
Total revenues and other income	1,032,552		261,442		—		443,643		340,768		(342,352)		1,736,053
Costs and expenses:
Oil and gas production	137,030		60,384		—		79,850		—		—		277,264
Facilities insurance modifications, net	7,246		—		—		—		—		—		7,246
Exploration expenses	11,433		4,047		80,271		19,770		3,135		—		118,656
General and administrative	11,379		5,008		6,890		11,181		138,783		(98,817)		74,424
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	229,074		40,729		257		115,648		1,253		—		386,961
Interest and other financing costs, net(1)	46,208		(1,682)		(46,903)		8,244		86,450		—		92,317
Derivatives, net	—		—		—		—		243,534		—		243,534
Other expenses, net	215,340		17,553		(1,200)		11,355		(834)		(243,534)		(1,320)
Total costs and expenses	657,710		126,039		39,315		246,048		472,321		(342,351)		1,199,082
Income (loss) before income taxes	374,842		135,403		(39,315)		197,595		(131,553)		(1)		536,971
Income tax expense	133,193		55,420		—		2,828		4,703		—		196,144
Net income (loss)	$	241,649	$	79,983	$	(39,315)	$	194,767	$	(136,256)	$	(1)	$	340,827
Consolidated capital expenditures, net	$	32,814	$	26,732	$	261,755	$	107,856	$	4,545	$	—	$	433,702
As of September 30, 2022
Property and equipment, net	$	1,627,871	$	385,442	$	1,225,991	$	881,990	$	17,373	$	—	$	4,138,667
Total assets	$	3,211,263	$	1,130,390	$	1,727,997	$	3,649,195	$	18,987,516	$	(23,784,949)	$	4,921,412

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(1)Interest expense is recorded based on actual third-party and intercompany debt agreements. Capitalized interest is recorded on the business unit where the assets reside.

(2)Includes activity related to the interest pre-empted by Tullow prior to the March 17, 2022 closing date of the Tullow pre-emption transaction. Additionally, cash consideration of $118.2 million is included as reduction in Consolidated capital expenditures for the nine months ended September 30, 2022.

(3)Includes activity related to our acquisition of an additional interest in the Kodiak Oil Field commencing June 9, 2022, the acquisition date. Additionally, cash consideration paid of $29.0 million is included in consolidated capital expenditures for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022.

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	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022
	(In thousands)
Consolidated capital expenditures:
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Investing activities:
Oil and gas assets	$	611,914	$	543,349
Acquisition of oil and gas properties	—		21,205
Proceeds on sale of assets	—		(118,703)
Adjustments:
Changes in capital accruals	25,441		1,511
Exploration expense, excluding unsuccessful well costs and leasehold impairments(1)	31,061		35,570
Capitalized interest	(99,920)		(57,489)
Other	131		8,259
Total consolidated capital expenditures, net	$	568,627	$	433,702

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(1)Unsuccessful well costs and leasehold impairments are included in oil and gas assets when incurred.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained herein and our annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022, included in our annual report on Form 10-K along with the section Management’s Discussion and Analysis of financial condition and Results of Operations contained in such annual report. Any terms used but not defined in the following discussion have the same meaning given to them in the annual report. Our discussion and analysis includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties and should be read in conjunction with “Risk Factors” under Item 1A of this report and in the annual report, along with “Forward-Looking Information” at the end of this section for information about the risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to be materially different than our forward-looking statements.

Overview

We are a full-cycle, deepwater, independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused along the offshore Atlantic Margins. Our key assets include production offshore Ghana, Equatorial Guinea and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, as well as world-class gas projects offshore Mauritania and Senegal. We also pursue a proven basin exploration program in Equatorial Guinea and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Globally, the impacts of Russia’s war in Ukraine, a potential recession, COVID-19 and other varying macroeconomic conditions have impacted supply and demand for oil and gas, which also resulted in significant variability in oil and gas prices, and could materially impact the Company’s business in future periods. The Company’s revenues, earnings, cash flows, capital investments, debt capacity and, ultimately, future rate of growth are highly dependent on these commodity prices.

Recent Developments

Corporate

On September 15, 2023, the Company repaid the remaining outstanding principal amount of the GoM Term Loan in the amount of $137.5 million plus accrued interest using cash on hand, constituting payment in full. The GoM Term Loan was subsequently terminated pursuant to, and subject to the terms of, the GoM Term Loan.

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On September 29, 2023, the Company amended the Facility to accede Kosmos Energy Ghana Investments and Kosmos Energy Ghana Holdings Limited, to the Facility as obligors. As a result, the additional interests in Jubilee and TEN that were acquired in the October 2021 acquisition of Anadarko WCTP are now included when calculating the borrowing base amount for the Facility.

On October 19, 2023, the Company amended the Facility to modify the amortization schedule in order to reduce the number of repayment installments from seven to six equal installments, with the first repayment installment scheduled on October 1, 2024, rather than March 31, 2024. There was no change to the final maturity date or final repayment date.

Ghana

During the third quarter of 2023, Ghana production averaged approximately 128,000 Boepd gross (43,600 Boepd net).

The Jubilee development drilling campaign continued to progress during the third quarter of 2023 bringing one producer well in the Jubilee Main Field online during the quarter and successfully starting up the Jubilee South East project with two producers online in July 2023. The Jubilee partnership brought an additional two water injection wells in the field online early in the fourth quarter of 2023 and accelerated the drilling of one additional producer well in the Jubilee Main Field and one additional water injection well related to Jubilee South East into the fourth quarter of 2023.

In connection with the approval of the Jubilee Phase 1 PoD in 2009, the Jubilee Field partners agreed to provide the first 200 Bcf of natural gas produced from the Jubilee Field Phase 1 development to the Government of Ghana at no cost. As of January 1, 2023, the Jubilee partners had fulfilled this commitment, providing 200 Bcf of natural gas to the Government of Ghana. From 2018 through 2022, approximately 19 Bcf of the first 200 Bcf of natural gas was substituted from the TEN Fields in order to maintain consistent gas volumes to shore for Ghana domestic power purposes. Commencing on January 1, 2023, the volume of approximately 19 Bcf of Jubilee gas (in restoration of the amount originally substituted from TEN) has been sold to Ghana under the terms of the TAG GSA at $0.50 per MMBtu. The Jubilee partners have reached an interim agreement to sell Jubilee Field gas at a price of $2.90 per MMBtu to the Government of Ghana beyond the 19 Bcf from the Jubilee Field through November 2023, while the partners continue on-going discussions with the Government of Ghana regarding a long-term future gas sales agreement covering both the Jubilee and TEN Fields. During the second quarter of 2023, the operator submitted a draft amended plan of development for TEN, as well as a term sheet for a gas sales agreement covering future gas sales from both the Jubilee and TEN Fields, to the Government of Ghana. If the amended plan of development for TEN is not approved or delayed, it could lead to a curtailment or delay of investment and development activity in TEN.

U.S. Gulf of Mexico

Production from the U.S. Gulf of Mexico averaged approximately 15,700 Boepd net (~82% oil) for the third quarter of 2023.

The Kodiak #3 infill well located in Mississippi Canyon was brought online in April 2021. The well experienced production issues and was shut-in. In March 2022, the Company commenced operations to plug back and side-track the original Kodiak #3 infill well. The Kodiak-3ST well was brought online in early September 2022. Well results and initial production were in line with expectations, however well productivity declined through the end of the third quarter of 2022. Workover plans have been developed for remediation and are now expected to commence around the middle of 2024 given the better than forecast performance of the well this year.

The Winterfell development project continued to make progress during the third quarter of 2023. Drilling and completion of the three wells for the first phase of development under the Field Development Plan commenced in the third quarter of 2023 and first production for the project is targeted to be around the end of the first quarter of 2024. The first well has

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been drilled and completed. The host facility production handling agreement and midstream export agreements are expected to be completed by the end of 2023.

The Odd Job Field subsea pump installation project was approximately 67% complete as of the end of the third quarter of 2023 with an expected online date in the middle of 2024. The project is expected to extend the life and increase reserves of the Odd Job Field.

In July 2023, Kosmos spud the Tiberius infrastructure-led exploration prospect, which is located in block 964 of Keathley Canyon (33% working interest) in the Outer Wilcox play. In October 2023, we announced the well encountered approximately 75 meters (250 feet) of net oil pay in the primary Wilcox target. We are now conducting rock and fluid analysis to confirm the production potential of the reservoir and working with partners on subsea development options for the discovery.

Equatorial Guinea

Production in Equatorial Guinea averaged approximately 25,400 Bopd gross (8,900 Bopd net) in the third quarter of 2023.

The Ceiba Field and Okume Complex rig campaign is expected to commence shortly in the fourth quarter of 2023. The campaign is planned to include two production well workovers followed by drilling three in-fill production wells and one ILX well (Akeng Deep) in Block S.

Mauritania and Senegal

Greater Tortue Ahmeyim Unit

On Greater Tortue Ahmeyim, the following milestones have been achieved:

•Drilling: Earlier in the year, the operator successfully drilled and completed all four wells with expected production capacity significantly higher than what is required for first gas.

•Hub Terminal: Construction work is complete, and handover to operations was completed in August 2023.

•Subsea: Significant progress has been made on the revised plan to complete installation of the infield flowlines and subsea structures due to the previously announced delay in the subsea workstream. Work on the revised plan is expected to commence later this quarter with new contractors.

•FLNG: Construction and mechanical completion activities are finishing and pre-commissioning work is underway. The vessel is expected to sailaway later this quarter arriving on location early next year when hookup work is expected to commence.

•FPSO: Currently en route to Mauritania/Senegal and is now expected to arrive on location in the first quarter of 2024.

The critical path to first gas on Phase 1 of the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project is now through the arrival, hookup and commissioning of the FPSO. The delivery of first gas in the first quarter of 2024 depends on the execution of this workstream, which has the potential to slip into the second quarter of 2024.

Yakaar and Teranga Discoveries

The Yakaar and Teranga discoveries continue to be analyzed as a joint development. During 2023 we have continued progressing appraisal studies, maturing concept design, and proposed to partners that the Yakaar and Teranga discoveries in the Cayar Offshore Profond Block be pursued as a commercial joint development. PETROSEN agreed to the proposal, however, BP was not able to reach alignment on important terms of the proposed joint development. On November 2, 2023, BP elected not to proceed with further development activities with the Yakaar and Teranga discoveries. In accordance with the provisions of the Contract for Exploration and Production Sharing of Hydrocarbons for the Cayar Offshore Profond Block (the “Contract”) and the related Joint Operating Agreement (the “JOA”), BP has now elected to permanently waive its rights to participate in the development of the Yakaar and Teranga discoveries under the Contract and the JOA. As provided in the JOA, Kosmos has assumed BP’s participating interest under the Contract and the JOA and has become operator of the Cayar Offshore Profond Block, subject to customary government approvals. The participating interests in the Cayar Offshore Profond Block is now:

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Kosmos 90% and PETROSEN 10%, subject to customary government approvals, with PETROSEN having the right to increase its participating interest after final investment decision and issuance of an exploitation authorization to up to 35%.

Results of Operations

All of our results, as presented in the table below, represent operations from Ghana, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Equatorial Guinea. Certain operating results and statistics for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 are included in the following tables:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
	(In thousands, except per volume data)
Sales volumes:
Oil (MBbl)	5,956		4,458		14,448		16,028
Gas (MMcf)	4,046		859		9,582		3,115
NGL (MBbl)	97		84		299		330
Total (MBoe)	6,727		4,685		16,344		16,877
Total (Boepd)	73,123		50,926		59,868		61,821
Revenues:
Oil sales	$	511,735	$	444,491	$	1,166,983	$	1,699,167
Gas sales	13,080		8,595		20,514		23,802
NGL sales	1,533		2,970		6,346		12,470
Total oil and gas revenue	$	526,348	$	456,056	$	1,193,843	$	1,735,439
Average oil sales price per Bbl	$	85.92	$	99.71	$	80.77	$	106.01
Average gas sales price per Mcf	3.23		10.01		2.14		7.64
Average NGL sales price per Bbl	15.80		35.36		21.22		37.79
Average total sales price per Boe	78.24		97.34		73.04		102.83
Costs:
Oil and gas production, excluding workovers	$	136,556	$	58,811	$	278,373	$	268,154
Oil and gas production, workovers	2,226		3,561		7,924		9,110
Total oil and gas production costs	$	138,782	$	62,372	$	286,297	$	277,264
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	$	132,347	$	106,313	$	331,634	$	386,961
Average cost per Boe:
Oil and gas production, excluding workovers	$	20.30	$	12.55	$	17.03	$	15.89
Oil and gas production, workovers	0.33		0.76		0.48		0.54
Total oil and gas production costs	20.63		13.31		17.51		16.43
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	19.67		22.69		20.29		22.93
Total	$	40.30	$	36.00	$	37.80	$	39.36

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The following table shows the number of wells in the process of being drilled or in active completion stages, and the number of wells suspended or waiting on completion as of September 30, 2023:

	Actively Drilling or				Wells Suspended or
	Completing				Waiting on Completion
	Exploration		Development		Exploration		Development
	Gross	Net	Gross	Net	Gross	Net	Gross	Net
Ghana
Jubilee Unit	—	—	1	0.39	—	—	3	1.16
TEN	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	1.02
Equatorial Guinea
Block S	—	—	—	—	1	0.34	—	—
Okume	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0.40
U.S. Gulf of Mexico
Marmalard			1	0.11
Winterfell	—	—	1	0.25	—	—	1	0.25
Tiberius	1	0.33	—	—	—	—	—	—
Mauritania / Senegal
Mauritania BirAllah Block	—	—	—	—	2	0.56	—	—
Greater Tortue Ahmeyim Unit	—	—	—	—	1	0.27	—	—
Senegal Cayar Profond	—	—	—	—	3	0.90	—	—
Total	1	0.33	3	0.75	7	2.07	10	2.83

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The discussion of the results of operations and the period-to-period comparisons presented below analyze our historical results. The following discussion may not be indicative of future results.

Three months ended September 30, 2023 compared to three months ended September 30, 2022

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,				Increase
	2023		2022		(Decrease)
	(In thousands)
Revenues and other income:
Oil and gas revenue	$	526,348	$	456,056	$	70,292
Other income, net	198		48		150
Total revenues and other income	526,546		456,104		70,442
Costs and expenses:
Oil and gas production	138,782		62,372		76,410
Facilities insurance modifications, net	—		494		(494)
Exploration expenses	10,290		17,215		(6,925)
General and administrative	25,120		24,007		1,113
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	132,347		106,313		26,034
Interest and other financing costs, net	25,440		29,796		(4,356)
Derivatives, net	45,971		(113,842)		159,813
Other expenses, net	11,055		(218)		11,273
Total costs and expenses	389,005		126,137		262,868
Income before income taxes	137,541		329,967		(192,426)
Income tax expense	52,356		107,713		(55,357)
Net income	$	85,185	$	222,254	$	(137,069)

Oil and gas revenue.  Oil and gas revenue increased by $70.3 million during the three months ended September 30, 2023, as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2022 primarily as a result of the increased sales volumes due to the timing of our international oil liftings offset by lower average oil prices. We sold 6,727 MBoe at an average realized price per barrel equivalent of $78.24 during the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 4,685 MBoe at an average realized price per barrel equivalent of $97.34 during the three months ended September 30, 2022.

Oil and gas production.  Oil and gas production costs increased by $76.4 million during the three months ended September 30, 2023, as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2022 primarily as a result of increased sales volumes due to the timing of our international oil liftings and higher production costs per barrel driven by field production mix in our Ghana business unit.

Exploration expenses.  Exploration expenses decreased by $6.9 million during the three months ended September 30, 2023, as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2022 primarily a result of approximately $9.3 million of exploration expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2022 related to the two abandoned Ntomme step out wells.

Depletion, depreciation and amortization.  Depletion, depreciation and amortization increased $26.0 million during the three months ended September 30, 2023, as compared with the three months ended September 30, 2022 primarily as a result of increased sales volumes during the quarter.

Derivatives, net.  During the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, we recorded a loss of $46.0 million and a gain of $113.8 million, respectively, on our outstanding hedge positions. The amounts recorded were a result of changes in the forward oil price curve during the respective periods.

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Income tax expense (benefit). For the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, changes to our effective tax rates are driven by which tax jurisdictions our income before income taxes is generated. The jurisdictions in which we operate have statutory tax rates ranging from 0% to 35%.

Nine months ended September 30, 2023 compared to nine months ended September 30, 2022

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				Increase
	2023		2022		(Decrease)
	(In thousands)
Revenues and other income:
Oil and gas revenue	$	1,193,843	$	1,735,439	$	(541,596)
Gain on sale of assets	—		471		(471)
Other income, net	(115)		143		(258)
Total revenues and other income	1,193,728		1,736,053		(542,325)
Costs and expenses:
Oil and gas production	286,297		277,264		9,033
Facilities insurance modifications, net	—		7,246		(7,246)
Exploration expenses	33,305		118,656		(85,351)
General and administrative	77,731		74,424		3,307
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	331,634		386,961		(55,327)
Interest and other financing costs, net	74,379		92,317		(17,938)
Derivatives, net	42,162		243,534		(201,372)
Other expenses, net	17,864		(1,320)		19,184
Total costs and expenses	863,372		1,199,082		(335,710)
Income before income taxes	330,356		536,971		(206,615)
Income tax expense	138,517		196,144		(57,627)
Net income	$	191,839	$	340,827	$	(148,988)

Oil and gas revenue.  Oil and gas revenue decreased by $541.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2022 primarily as a result of lower average oil prices for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. We sold 16,344 MBoe at an average realized price per barrel equivalent of $73.04 during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 16,877 MBoe at an average realized price per barrel equivalent of $102.83 during the nine months ended September 30, 2022.

Oil and gas production.  Oil and gas production costs increased by $9.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2022 primarily as a result of higher production costs per barrel in our Ghana business unit.

Exploration expenses.  Exploration expenses decreased by $85.4 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2022. During the during the nine months ended September 30, 2022, $64.2 million of previously capitalized costs related to the BirAllah and Orca discoveries incurred under the Block C8 license offshore Mauritania were written off to exploration expense with the expiration of the exploration period of Block C8 and approximately $10.9 million was incurred related to the two abandoned Ntomme step out wells.

Depletion, depreciation and amortization.  Depletion, depreciation and amortization decreased $55.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, as compared with the nine months ended September 30, 2022 primarily as a result lower depletion cost per Boe in our Ghana business unit due to lower cost basis in our TEN Fields, resulting from an impairment charge recognized on the TEN Fields for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Interest and other financing costs, net.  Interest and other financing costs, net decreased $17.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2022, primarily as a result of

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increased capitalized interest related to the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project partially offset by increased interest expenses related to higher interest rates.

Derivatives, net.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, we recorded a loss of $42.2 million and a loss of $243.5 million, respectively, on our outstanding hedge positions. The changes recorded were a result of changes in the forward curve of oil prices during the respective periods.

Income tax expense (benefit). For the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, changes to our effective tax rates are driven by which tax jurisdictions our income before income taxes is generated. The jurisdictions in which we operate have statutory tax rates ranging from 0% to 35%.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We are actively engaged in an ongoing process of anticipating and meeting our funding requirements related to our strategy as a full-cycle exploration and production company. We have historically met our funding requirements through cash flows generated from our operating activities and obtained additional funding from issuances of equity and debt, as well as partner carries.

Oil prices are historically volatile and a significant decrease in oil prices could negatively impact our ability to generate sufficient operating cash flows to meet our funding requirements. This volatility could also result in wide fluctuations in future oil prices, which could impact our ability to comply with our financial covenants. To partially mitigate this price volatility, we maintain an active hedging program and review our capital spending program on a regular basis. Our investment decisions are based on longer-term commodity prices based on the nature of our projects and development plans. Current commodity prices, combined with our hedging program and our current liquidity position support our remaining capital program for 2023.

As such, our 2023 capital budget is based on our exploitation and production plans for Ghana, Equatorial Guinea and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, our infrastructure-led exploration and appraisal program in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Equatorial Guinea, and our appraisal and development activities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Mauritania and Senegal.

Our future financial condition and liquidity can be impacted by, among other factors, the success of our exploitation, exploration and appraisal drilling programs, the number of commercially viable oil and natural gas discoveries made and the quantities of oil and natural gas discovered, the speed with which we can bring such discoveries to production, the reliability of our oil and gas production facilities, our ability to continuously export oil and gas, our ability to secure and maintain partners and their alignment with respect to capital plans, the actual cost of exploitation, exploration, appraisal and development of our oil and natural gas assets, and coverage of any claims under our insurance policies.

As of September 30, 2023, borrowings under the Facility totaled $925.0 million and the undrawn availability under the Facility was $220.1 million. In October 2023, during the Fall 2023 redetermination, the Company’s lending syndicate approved a borrowing base capacity of $1.25 billion increasing undrawn availability by approximately $104.9 million. As of September 30, 2023, there were no outstanding borrowings under the Corporate Revolver and the undrawn availability was $250.0 million.

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Sources and Uses of Cash

The following table presents the sources and uses of our cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022:

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,
	2023		2022
	(In thousands)
Sources of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash:
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	471,394	$	863,236
Borrowings under long-term debt	300,000		—
Proceeds on sale of assets	—		118,703
	771,394		981,939
Uses of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash:
Oil and gas assets	611,914		543,349
Acquisition of oil and gas properties	—		21,205
Notes receivable from partners	46,632		28,188
Payments on long-term debt	145,000		322,500
Tax withholdings on restricted stock units	11,811		2,753
Dividends	166		655
Deferred financing costs	534		6,288
	816,057		924,938
Increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	(44,663)	$	57,001

Net cash provided by operating activities.  Net cash provided by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was $471.4 million compared with net cash provided by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 of $863.2 million. The decrease in cash provided by operating activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2023 when compared to the same period in 2022 is primarily a result of lower average oil prices for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.

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The following table presents our liquidity and financial position as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022:

	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(In thousands)
Borrowings under the Facility	$	925,000	$	625,000
7.125% Senior Notes	650,000		650,000
7.750% Senior Notes	400,000		400,000
7.500% Senior Notes	450,000		450,000
GoM Term Loan	—		145,000
Total long-term debt	2,425,000		2,270,000
Cash and cash equivalents	138,742		183,405
Total restricted cash	3,416		3,416
Net debt	$	2,282,842	$	2,083,179
Availability under the Facility	$	220,083	$	618,034
Availability under the Corporate Revolver	$	250,000	$	250,000
Available borrowings plus cash and cash equivalents	$	608,825	$	1,051,439

Capital Expenditures and Investments

We expect to incur capital costs as we:

•    drill additional infill wells and execute exploitation and production activities in Ghana, Equatorial Guinea and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico;

•    execute appraisal and development activities in Ghana, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Mauritania and Senegal; and

•    execute infrastructure-led exploration and appraisal efforts in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Equatorial Guinea.

We have relied on a number of assumptions in budgeting for our future activities. These include the number of wells we plan to drill, our participating, paying and carried interests in our prospects including disproportionate payment amounts, the costs involved in developing or participating in the development of a prospect, the timing of third‑party projects, the availability of suitable equipment and qualified personnel and our cash flows from operations. We also evaluate potential corporate and asset acquisition opportunities to support and expand our asset portfolio which may impact our budget assumptions. These assumptions are inherently subject to significant business, political, economic, regulatory, health, environmental and competitive uncertainties, contingencies and risks, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. We may need to raise additional funds more quickly if market conditions deteriorate, or one or more of our assumptions proves to be incorrect, or if we choose to expand our acquisition, exploration, appraisal, development efforts or any other activity more rapidly than we presently anticipate. We may decide to raise additional funds before we need them if the conditions for raising capital are favorable. We may seek to sell assets, equity or debt securities or obtain additional bank credit facilities. The sale of equity securities could result in dilution to our shareholders. The incurrence of additional indebtedness could result in increased fixed obligations and additional covenants that could restrict our operations.

2023 Capital Program

We estimate we will spend approximately $800 million of capital for the year ending December 31, 2023, excluding any acquisitions or divestiture of oil and gas properties during the year. This capital expenditure budget consists of:

•Approximately $325 million related to maintenance activities across our Ghana, Equatorial Guinea and U.S. Gulf of Mexico assets, including infill development drilling and integrity spend;

•Approximately $400 million related to the development of Jubilee South East in Ghana, Phase 1 of Greater Tortue Ahmeyim in Mauritania and Senegal, and Winterfell in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico;

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•Approximately $75 million related to progressing our infrastructure-led exploration and appraisal programs in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Equatorial Guinea, as well as the appraisal plans of our greater gas resources in Mauritania and Senegal, including Phase 2 of Greater Tortue Ahmeyim, BirAllah and Yakaar-Teranga.

The ultimate amount of capital we will spend may fluctuate materially based on market conditions and the success of our exploitation and drilling results among other factors. Our future financial condition and liquidity will be impacted by, among other factors, our level of production of oil and the prices we receive from the sale of oil, our ability to effectively hedge future production volumes, the success of our multi-faceted infrastructure-led exploration and appraisal drilling programs, the number of commercially viable oil and natural gas discoveries made and the quantities of oil and natural gas discovered, the speed with which we can bring such discoveries to production, our partners’ alignment with respect to capital plans, and the actual cost of exploitation, exploration, appraisal and development of our oil and natural gas assets, and coverage of any claims under our insurance policies.

Significant Sources of Capital

Facility

The Facility supports our oil and gas exploration, appraisal and development programs and corporate activities. The amount of funds available to be borrowed under the Facility, also known as the borrowing base amount, is determined every March and September. As of September 30, 2023, borrowings under the Facility totaled $925.0 million and the undrawn availability under the Facility was $220.1 million. In October 2023, during the Fall 2023 redetermination, the Company’s lending syndicate approved a borrowing base capacity of $1.25 billion increasing the undrawn availability by approximately $104.9 million. The borrowing base amount is based on the sum of the net present values of net cash flows and relevant capital expenditures reduced by certain percentages as well as value attributable to certain assets’ reserves and/or resources in the Company’s production assets in Ghana and Equatorial Guinea

On November 23, 2022, the Company amended the Facility to update the interest rate benchmark from LIBOR to term SOFR, effective as of April 19, 2023. On September 29, 2023, the Company amended the Facility to accede Kosmos Energy Ghana Investments and Kosmos Energy Ghana Holdings Limited, to the Facility as obligors. As a result, the additional interests in Jubilee and TEN that were acquired in the October 2021 acquisition of Anadarko WCTP are now included when calculating the borrowing base amount for the Facility, effective as of October 1, 2023. On October 19, 2023, the Company amended the Facility to modify the amortization schedule in order to reduce the number of repayment installments from seven to six equal installments, with the first repayment installment scheduled on October 1, 2024, rather than March 31, 2024. There was no change to the final maturity date or final repayment date.

The Facility provides a revolving credit and letter of credit facility. The availability period for the revolving credit facility expires one month prior to the final maturity date. The letter of credit facility expires on the final maturity date. The available facility amount is subject to borrowing base constraints and, beginning on October 1, 2024, outstanding borrowings will be constrained by an amortization schedule. The Facility has a final maturity date of March 31, 2027. As of September 30, 2023, we had no letters of credit issued under the Facility. We have the right to cancel all the undrawn commitments under the amended and restated Facility.

If an event of default exists under the Facility, the lenders can accelerate the maturity and exercise other rights and remedies, including the enforcement of security granted pursuant to the Facility over certain assets. We were in compliance with the financial covenants contained in the Facility as of September 30, 2023 (the most recent assessment date). The Facility contains customary cross default provisions. 

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Corporate Revolver

The Corporate Revolver is available for general corporate purposes and for oil and gas exploration, appraisal and development programs. On November 23, 2022, the Company amended the Corporate Revolver to update the interest rate benchmark from compounded SOFR to term SOFR. As of September 30, 2023, there were no outstanding borrowings under the Corporate Revolver and the undrawn availability was $250.0 million with an expiration date of December 31, 2024.

The available amount is not subject to borrowing base constraints. We have the right to cancel all the undrawn commitments under the Corporate Revolver. We are required to repay certain amounts due under the Corporate Revolver with sales of certain subsidiaries or sales of certain assets. If an event of default exists under the Corporate Revolver, the lenders can accelerate the maturity and exercise other rights and remedies, including the enforcement of security granted pursuant to the Corporate Revolver over certain assets held by us.

 We were in compliance with the financial covenants contained in the Corporate Revolver as of September 30, 2023 (the most recent assessment date). The Corporate Revolver contains customary cross default provisions. 

The U.S. and many foreign economies continue to experience uncertainty driven by varying macroeconomic conditions. Although some of these economies have shown signs of improvement, macroeconomic recovery remains uneven. Uncertainty in the macroeconomic environment and associated global economic conditions have resulted in extreme volatility in credit, equity, and foreign currency markets, including the European sovereign debt markets and volatility in various other markets. If any of the financial institutions within our Facility or Corporate Revolver are unable to perform on their commitments, our liquidity could be impacted. We actively monitor all of the financial institutions participating in our Facility and Corporate Revolver. None of the financial institutions have indicated to us that they may be unable to perform on their commitments. In addition, we periodically review our banking and financing relationships, considering the stability of the institutions and other aspects of the relationships. Based on our monitoring activities, we currently believe our banks will be able to perform on their commitments.

Senior Notes

We have three series of senior notes outstanding, which we collectively referred to as the “Senior Notes.” Our 7.125% Senior Notes mature on April 4, 2026, and interest is payable on the 7.125% Senior Notes each April 4 and October 4. Our 7.500% Senior Notes mature on March 1, 2028, and interest is payable on the 7.500% Senior Notes each March 1 and September 1. Our 7.750% Senior Notes mature on May 1, 2027, and interest is payable on the 7.750% Senior Notes each May 1 and November 1.

The Senior Notes are senior, unsecured obligations of Kosmos Energy Ltd. and rank equally in right of payment with all of its existing and future senior indebtedness (including all borrowings under the Corporate Revolver) and rank effectively junior in right of payment to all of its existing and future secured indebtedness (including all borrowings under the Facility). The Senior Notes are jointly and severally guaranteed on a senior, unsecured basis by certain subsidiaries owning the Company's U.S. Gulf of Mexico assets and the interests acquired in the Anadarko WCTP Acquisition, and on a subordinated, unsecured basis by entities that borrow under, or guarantee, our Facility.

GoM Term Loan

In September 2020, the Company entered into a five-year $200.0 million senior secured term-loan credit agreement secured against the Company's U.S. Gulf of Mexico assets with net proceeds received of $197.7 million after deducting fees and other expenses. On September 15, 2023, the Company repaid the remaining outstanding principal amount of $137.5 million plus accrued interest using cash on hand, constituting payment in full. The GoM Term Loan was subsequently terminated pursuant to, and subject to the terms of, the GoM Term Loan.

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Contractual Obligations

The following table summarizes by period the payments due for our estimated contractual obligations as of September 30, 2023 and the weighted average interest rates expected to be paid on the Facility and Corporate Revolver given current contractual terms and market conditions, and the instrument’s estimated fair value. Weighted-average interest rates are based on implied forward rates in the yield curve at the reporting date. This table does not include amortization of deferred financing costs. 

																					Asset
																					(Liability)
																					Fair Value at
	Years Ending December 31,																				September 30,
	2023(2)			2024			2025			2026			2027			Thereafter			Total		2023
	(In thousands, except percentages)
Fixed rate debt:
7.125% Senior Notes	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	650,000		$	—		$	—		$	650,000	$	613,444
7.750% Senior Notes	—			—			—			—			400,000			—			$	400,000	$	370,044
7.500% Senior Notes	—			—			—			—			—			450,000			450,000		403,574
Variable rate debt:
Weighted average interest rate	9.22		%	9.38		%	8.59		%	8.69		%	8.95		%	—		%
Facility(1)	$	—		$	243,047		$	227,450		$	279,282		$	175,221		$	—		$	925,000	$	925,000
Total principal debt repayments(3)	$	—		$	243,047		$	227,450		$	929,282		$	575,221		$	450,000		$	2,425,000
Interest & commitment fee payments on long-term debt	62,609			195,878			160,847			116,530			53,177			16,875			605,916
Operating leases(4)	1,015			4,107			4,178			4,249			4,194			6,652			24,395
Purchase obligations(5)	48,764			34,976			—			—			—			—			83,740

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(1)The amounts included in the table represent principal maturities only. The scheduled maturities of debt related to the Facility are based on the level of borrowings and the available borrowing base as of September 30, 2023. Any increases or decreases in the level of borrowings or increases or decreases in the available borrowing base would impact the scheduled maturities of debt during the next five years and thereafter. In October 2023 the Company’s lending syndicate approved a borrowing base capacity of $1.25 billion increasing the undrawn availability by approximately $104.9 million and the Company amended the Facility to modify the amortization schedule with the first repayment installment scheduled on October 1, 2024, rather than March 31, 2024.

(2)Represents the period October 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023.

(3)The amounts included in the table represent principal maturities only.

(4)Primarily relates to corporate and foreign office leases.

(5)Represents gross contractual obligations to execute planned future capital projects. Other joint owners in the properties operated by Kosmos will be billed for their working interest share of such costs. Does not include our share of operator’s purchase commitments for jointly owned fields and facilities where we are not the operator and excludes commitments for exploration activities, including well commitments and seismic obligations, in our petroleum contracts. The Company’s liabilities for asset retirement obligations associated with the dismantlement, abandonment and restoration costs of oil and gas properties are not included. See Note 14 - Additional Financial Information for additional information regarding these liabilities.

We have a commitment to drill 3 development wells and one exploration well in Equatorial Guinea. We have a $200.2 million FPSO Contract Liability in Other long-term liabilities related to the deferred sale of the Greater Tortue FPSO.

In February 2019, Kosmos and BP signed Carry Advance Agreements with the national oil companies of Mauritania and Senegal, which obligate us separately to finance the respective national oil companies’ share of certain development costs. Kosmos’ total share for the two agreements combined is currently estimated at approximately $300.0 million, of which $243.6 million has been incurred through September 30, 2023, excluding accrued interest. These amounts will be repaid through the national oil companies’ share of future revenues.

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Critical Accounting Policies

We consider accounting policies related to our revenue recognition, exploration and development costs, receivables, income taxes, derivative instruments and hedging activities, estimates of proved oil and natural gas reserves, asset retirement obligations, leases and impairment of long-lived assets as critical accounting policies. The policies include significant estimates made by management using information available at the time the estimates are made. However, these estimates could change materially if different information or assumptions were used. Other than items discussed in Note 2 — Accounting Policies, there have been no changes to our critical accounting policies which are summarized in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section in our annual report on Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements

This quarterly report on Form 10-Q contains estimates and forward-looking statements, principally in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” Our estimates and forward-looking statements are mainly based on our current expectations and estimates of future events and trends, which affect or may affect our businesses and operations. Although we believe that these estimates and forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, they are subject to several risks and uncertainties and are made in light of information currently available to us. Many important factors, in addition to the factors described in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q and our annual report on Form 10-K, may adversely affect our results as indicated in forward-looking statements. You should read this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, the annual report on Form 10-K and the documents that we have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. Our estimates and forward-looking statements may be influenced by the following factors, among others:

•the impact of a potential regional or global recession, inflationary pressures and other varying macroeconomic conditions on us and the overall business environment;

•the impacts of Russia’s war in Ukraine and potential instability in the Middle East following Hamas’ attack on Israel and the effects these events have on the oil and gas industry as a whole, including increased volatility with respect to oil, natural gas and NGL prices and operating and capital expenditures;

•our ability to find, acquire or gain access to other discoveries and prospects and to successfully develop and produce from our current discoveries and prospects;

•uncertainties inherent in making estimates of our oil and natural gas data;

•the successful implementation of our and our block partners’ prospect discovery and development and drilling plans;

•projected and targeted capital expenditures and other costs, commitments and revenues;

•termination of or intervention in concessions, rights or authorizations granted to us by the governments of the countries in which we operate (or their respective national oil companies) or any other federal, state or local governments or authorities;

•our dependence on our key management personnel and our ability to attract and retain qualified technical personnel;

•the ability to obtain financing and to comply with the terms under which such financing may be available;

•the volatility of oil, natural gas and NGL prices, as well as our ability to implement hedges addressing such volatility on commercially reasonable terms;

•the availability, cost, function and reliability of developing appropriate infrastructure around and transportation to our discoveries and prospects;

•the availability and cost of drilling rigs, production equipment, supplies, personnel and oilfield services;

•other competitive pressures;

•potential liabilities inherent in oil and natural gas operations, including drilling and production risks and other operational and environmental risks and hazards;

•current and future government regulation of the oil and gas industry, applicable monetary/foreign exchange sectors or regulation of the investment in or ability to do business with certain countries or regimes;

•cost of compliance with laws and regulations;

•changes in, or new, environmental, health and safety or climate change or GHG laws, regulations and executive orders, or the implementation, or interpretation, of those laws, regulations and executive orders;

•adverse effects of sovereign boundary disputes in the jurisdictions in which we operate;

•environmental liabilities;

•geological, geophysical and other technical and operations problems, including drilling and oil and gas production and processing;

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•military operations, civil unrest, outbreaks of disease, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, terrorist acts, wars or embargoes;

•the cost and availability of adequate insurance coverage and whether such coverage is enough to sufficiently mitigate potential losses and whether our insurers comply with their obligations under our coverage agreements;

•our vulnerability to severe weather events, including, but not limited to, tropical storms and hurricanes, and the physical effects of climate change;

•our ability to meet our obligations under the agreements governing our indebtedness;

•the availability and cost of financing and refinancing our indebtedness;

•the amount of collateral required to be posted from time to time in our hedging transactions, letters of credit, performance bonds and other secured debt;

•our ability to obtain surety or performance bonds on commercially reasonable terms;

•the result of any legal proceedings, arbitrations, or investigations we may be subject to or involved in;

•our success in risk management activities, including the use of derivative financial instruments to hedge commodity and interest rate risks; and

•other risk factors discussed in the “Item 1A. Risk Factors” section of our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and our annual report on Form 10-K.

The words “believe,” “may,” “will,” “aim,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “plan” and similar words are intended to identify estimates and forward-looking statements. Estimates and forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they were made, and, except to the extent required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or to review any estimate and/or forward-looking statement because of new information, future events or other factors. Estimates and forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. As a result of the risks and uncertainties described above, the estimates and forward-looking statements discussed in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q might not occur, and our future results and our performance may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements due to, including, but not limited to, the factors mentioned above. Because of these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

Item 3. Qualitative and Quantitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The primary objective of the following information is to provide forward-looking quantitative and qualitative information about our potential exposure to market risks. The term “market risks” as it relates to our currently anticipated transactions refers to the risk of loss arising from changes in commodity prices and interest rates. These disclosures are not meant to be precise indicators of expected future losses, but rather indicators of reasonably possible losses. This forward-looking information provides indicators of how we view and manage ongoing market risk exposures. We enter into market-risk sensitive instruments for purposes other than to speculate.

We manage market and counterparty credit risk in accordance with our policies. In accordance with these policies and guidelines, our management determines the appropriate timing and extent of derivative transactions. See “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 2 — Accounting Policies, Note 9 — Derivative Financial Instruments and Note 10— Fair Value Measurements” section of our annual report on Form 10-K for a description of the accounting procedures we follow relative to our derivative financial instruments.

The following table reconciles the changes that occurred in fair values of our open derivative contracts during the nine months ended September 30, 2023: 

	Derivative Contracts Assets (Liabilities)
	Commodities
	(In thousands)
Fair value of contracts outstanding as of December 31, 2022	$	2,688
Changes in contract fair value	(52,467)
Contract maturities	21,478
Fair value of contracts outstanding as of September 30, 2023	$	(28,301)

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Commodity Price Risk

The Company’s revenues, earnings, cash flows, capital investments and, ultimately, future rate of growth are highly dependent on the prices we receive for our crude oil, which have historically been very volatile. Substantially all of our oil sales are indexed against Dated Brent, and Heavy Louisiana Sweet. Oil prices in the first nine months of 2023 ranged between $71.71 and $97.92 per Bbl for Dated Brent, with Heavy Louisiana Sweet experiencing similar volatility during the first nine months of 2023.

Commodity Derivative Instruments

We enter into various oil derivative contracts to mitigate our exposure to commodity price risk associated with anticipated future oil production. These contracts currently consist of collars, put options and call options. In regards to our obligations under our various commodity derivative instruments, if our production does not exceed our existing hedged positions, our exposure to our commodity derivative instruments would increase. In addition, a reduction in our ability to access credit could reduce our ability to implement derivative contracts on commercially reasonable terms.

Commodity Price Sensitivity

The following table provides information about our oil derivative financial instruments that were sensitive to changes in oil prices as of September 30, 2023. Volumes and weighted average prices are net of any offsetting derivatives entered into. 

				Weighted Average Price per Bbl								Asset
				Net Deferred								(Liability)
				Premium								Fair Value at
				Payable/		Sold						September 30,
Term	Type of Contract	Index	MBbl	(Receivable)		Put		Floor		Ceiling		2023(1)
												(In thousands)
2023:
Oct - Dec	Three-way collars	Dated Brent	1,500	$	1.34	$	49.17	$	71.67	$	107.58	$	(2,884)
Oct - Dec	Two-way collars	Dated Brent	1,250	1.69		—		72.00		112.00		(2,391)
2024:
Jan - Dec	Three-way collars	Dated Brent	4,000	1.31		45.00		70.00		96.25		(8,720)
Jan - Jun	Two-way collars	Dated Brent	2,000	1.24		—		65.00		85.00		(14,395)
Jan - Dec	Two-way collars	Dated Brent	2,000	0.46		—		70.00		100.00		89

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(1)Fair values are based on the average forward oil prices on September 30, 2023.

At September 30, 2023, our open commodity derivative instruments were in a net liability position of $28.3 million. As of September 30, 2023, a hypothetical 10% price increase in the commodity futures price curves would decrease future pre-tax earnings by approximately $44.9 million. Similarly, a hypothetical 10% price decrease would increase future pre-tax earnings by approximately $35.1 million.

Interest Rate Sensitivity

Changes in market interest rates affect the amount of interest we pay on certain of our borrowings. Outstanding borrowings under the Facility, which as of September 30, 2023 total $925.0 million and have a weighted average interest rate of 9.2%, are subject to variable interest rates which expose us to the risk of earnings or cash flow loss due to potential increases in market interest rates. If the floating market rate increased 10% at this level of floating rate debt, we would pay an estimated additional $4.9 million interest expense per year. The commitment fees on the undrawn availability under the Facility and the Corporate Revolver are not subject to changes in interest rates. All of our other long-term indebtedness is fixed rate and does not expose us to the risk of cash flow loss due to changes in market interest rates. Additionally, a change in the market interest rates could impact interest costs associated with future debt issuances or any future borrowings.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

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As of the end of the period covered by this report, an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. This evaluation considered the various processes carried out under the direction of our disclosure committee in an effort to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the SEC reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accurate, complete and timely. However, a control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. The design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefit of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Consequently, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within our company have been detected. Based upon this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2023, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, including that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Evaluation of Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during our most recent fiscal quarter that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings 

There have been no material changes from the information concerning legal proceedings discussed in the “Item 3. Legal Proceedings” section of our annual report on Form 10-K.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes from the risks discussed in the “Item 1A. Risk Factors” sections of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

Item 3.    Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4.    Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5.    Other Information.

There have been no material changes required to be reported under this Item that have not previously been disclosed in the annual report on Form 10-K.

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SIGNATURES

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

		Kosmos Energy Ltd.
		(Registrant)
Date	November 6, 2023	/s/ NEAL D. SHAH
		Neal D. Shah
		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial Officer)

Item 6. Exhibits

The information required by this Item 6 is set forth in the Index to Exhibits accompanying this quarterly report on Form 10‑Q.

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INDEX OF EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number	Description of Document
10.1	Amended and Restated Facility Agreement, amended as of October 19, 2023, among Kosmos Energy Finance International, Kosmos Energy Operating, Kosmos Energy International, Kosmos Energy Development, Kosmos Energy Ghana HC, Kosmos Energy Equatorial Guinea, Kosmos Energy Ghana Investments, Kosmos Energy Ghana Holdings Limited, Kosmos Equatorial Guinea, Inc., Kosmos International Petroleum, Inc., ABSA Bank Limited, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, ING Belgium SA/NV, Natixis, N.B.S.A Limited, Societe Generale, London Branch, The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, Isle of Man Branch, Standard Chartered Bank, and SMBC Bank International PLC.
31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

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EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

CONFORMED COPY

KOSMOS ENERGY FINANCE INTERNATIONAL
as Borrower

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KOSMOS ENERGY FINANCE INTERNATIONAL, KOSMOS ENERGY OPERATING, KOSMOS ENERGY INTERNATIONAL, KOSMOS ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, KOSMOS ENERGY GHANA HC, KOSMOS ENERGY EQUATORIAL GUINEA, KOSMOS ENERGY GHANA INVESTMENTS, KOSMOS ENERGY GHANA HOLDINGS LIMITED, KOSMOS EQUATORIAL GUINEA, INC. AND KOSMOS INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM, INC.
as Guarantors

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ABSA BANK LIMITED (ACTING THROUGH ITS CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANKING DIVISION), CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, ING BELGIUM SA/NV, NATIXIS, N.B.S.A. LIMITED, SOCIETE GENERALE, LONDON BRANCH, THE STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED, ISLE OF MAN BRANCH, STANDARD CHARTERED BANK AND SMBC BANK INTERNATIONAL PLCas Mandated Lead Arrangers

- and -

THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS LISTED IN SCHEDULE 2
as Original Lenders

AMENDED AND RESTATED

FACILITY AGREEMENT

Slaughter and May
One Bunhill Row
London
EC1Y 8YY
(SRG/SNLH/AEZB/NYA)

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577686520

577686520

Contents

Page

Part 1 Interpretation	7
1.Definitions and Interpretation	7
Part 2 Conditions Precedent	60
2.Conditions Precedent	60
Part 3 Operation of the Facility	62
3.The Facility	62
4.Finance Parties' Rights and Obligations	66
5.Purpose	67
6.Utilisation - Loans	67
7.Letters of Credit – Utilisation	69
8.Letters of Credit – General Provisions	74
Part 4 Payments, Cancellation, Interest and Fees	81
9.Repayment	81
10.Prepayment and Cancellation	82
11.Interest	88
12.Interest Periods	91
13.Changes to the Calculation of Interest	92
14.Fees	95
Part 5 Taxes, Increased Costs and Indemnities	97
15.Tax Gross Up and Indemnities	97
16.Increased Costs	100

17.Other Indemnities	101
18.Mitigation by the Lenders	103
Part 6 Forecasts and Calculations and Borrowing Base Amount	104
19.Forecasts and Calculations	104
Part 7 Banks Accounts, Cash Management and Reserve Equity	109
20.Bank Accounts and Cash Management	109
21.Operation of the Offshore Proceeds Accounts	113
22.Debt Service Reserve Account	115
23.Authorised Investments	115
Part 8 Financial and Project Information	118
24.Information Undertakings	118
Part 9 Guarantee	128
25.Guarantee and Indemnity	128
Part 10 Representations, Covenants, Events of Default	132
26.Representations	132
27.Financial Covenants	136
28.General Undertakings	137
29.Events of Default	151
Part 11 Changes to Lenders and Obligors and Roles	157
30.Changes to the Lenders	157
31.Changes to the Obligors	163
32.Role of the Agents and the Arrangers	165
33.Consultants	173
Part 12 Administration, Costs and Expenses	175

34.Payment Mechanics	175
35.Set-Off	177
36.Costs and Expenses	178
37.Notices	179
38.Calculations and Certificates	184
39.Disclosure to numbering service providers	184
40.Partial Invalidity	185
41.Remedies and Waivers	186
42.Amendments and Waivers	186
43.Counterparts	189
Part 13 Governing Law and Enforcement	190
44.Governing Law	190
45.Jurisdiction	190
46.Service of Process	192
47.Contractual recognition of bail-in	193
48.Acknowledgement regarding any Supported QFCS	194

Schedule 1 The Obligors	196
Schedule 2 The Original Lenders	197
Schedule 3 Conditions Precedent	198
Part I Conditions Precedent To first Utilisation	198
Part II Conditions Precedent Required to be Delivered by an Additional Obligor	201
Schedule 4 Utilisation Requests	203
Part I Loans	203
Part II Letters of Credit	205
Schedule 5 Amortisation Schedule	206
Schedule 6	207
Schedule 7 Form of Transfer Certificate	208
Schedule 8 Form of Lender Accession Notice	211
Schedule 9 Form of Accession Letter	213
Schedule 10 Form of Resignation Letter	214
Schedule 11 Form of Compliance Certificate	215
Schedule 12 Form of Letter of Credit	217
Schedule 13 Form of Confidentiality Undertaking	221
Schedule 14 Form of Deed of Subordination	226
Schedule 15	242
Part I Form of Sources and Uses Statement	242
Part II Form of Liquidity Statement	244

THIS AGREEMENT is dated 28 March 2011, as amended and/or amended and restated on 14 February 2012, 27 April 2012, 25 June 2012, 3 April 2013, 23 November 2012, 14 January, 2014, 14 March 2014, 30 September 2014, 1 October 2015, 22 February 2018, 19 October 2018, 30 November 2018, 20 December 2018, 31 January 2019, 7 April 2020, 31 July 2020, 12 August 2020, 12 May 2021, 18 November 2021, 23 November 2022, 19 April 2023, 29 September 2023 and 19 October 2023 made between:

(1)    KOSMOS ENERGY FINANCE INTERNATIONAL a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registered number 253656 and having its registered office at P.O. Box 32322, 4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands; (the "Original Borrower" or "KEFI");

(2)    KOSMOS ENERGY EQUATORIAL GUINEA a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registered number 269135 and having its registered office at P.O. Box 32322, 4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands ("KEEG");

(3)    KOSMOS ENERGY OPERATING a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registered number 231417 and having its registered office at P.O. Box 32322, 4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands ("KEO");

(4)    KOSMOS ENERGY INTERNATIONAL a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registered number 218274 and having its registered office at P.O. Box 32322, 4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands ("KEI");

(5)    KOSMOS ENERGY DEVELOPMENT a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registered number 225879 and having its registered office at P.O. Box 32322, 4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands ("KED");

(6)    KOSMOS ENERGY GHANA INVESTMENTS a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registered number 161534 and having its registered office at P.O. Box 32322, 4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands ("KEG Investments");

(7)KOSMOS ENERGY GHANA HOLDINGS LIMITED a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with registered number 13439742 and having its registered address at 10 Stratton Street, London, England, W1J 8LG ("KEGHL");

(8)    KOSMOS EQUATORIAL GUINEA, INC. a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registered number 344326 and having its registered office at P.O.

Box 32322, 4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands ("KEGI”);

(9)    KOSMOS ENERGY GHANA HC a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registered number 135710 and having its registered office at P.O. Box 32322, 4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands("KEG");

(10)    KOSMOS INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM INC. a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registered number 344316 and having its registered office at P.O. Box 32322, 4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands (“KIPI”);

(11)     ABSA BANK LIMITED (ACTING THROUGH ITS CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANKING DIVISION), CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, ING BELGIUM SA/NV, NATIXIS, N.B.S.A. LIMITED, SOCIETE GENERALE, LONDON BRANCH, THE STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED, ISLE OF MAN BRANCH, STANDARD CHARTERED BANK AND SMBC BANK INTERNATIONAL PLC as mandated lead arrangers of the Facility (each a "Mandated Lead Arranger" and together, the "Mandated Lead Arrangers");

(12)ABSA BANK LIMITED (ACTING THROUGH ITS CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANKING DIVISION), BNP PARIBAS, CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, HSBC BANK PLC, SOCIETE GENERALE LONDON BRANCH AND STANDARD CHARTERED BANK asunderwriters of the Facility (each an "Underwriter" and together, the"Underwriters");

(13)    THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 2 as lenders (the "Original Lenders");

(14)    SOCIETE GENERALE, LONDON BRANCH, THE STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED and CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK each as a co-technical bank (together referred to as the “Technical Bank”);

(15)    SOCIETE GENERALE, LONDON BRANCH (as the "Modelling Bank");

(16)STANDARD CHARTERED BANK GHANA LIMITED as onshore account bank in Ghana on the terms and conditions set out in the KEG Onshore Project Accounts Agreement;

(17)    BANK OF AMERICA N.A. as offshore account bank in New York on the terms and conditions set out in the KEG Offshore Project Accounts Agreement, the Borrower

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Offshore Project Accounts Agreement, the KEGHL Offshore Project Accounts Agreement and the KEG Investments Offshore Project Accounts Agreement;

(18)    BANK OF AMERICA N.A. as offshore account bank in London on the terms and conditions set out in the KEEG Offshore Project Accounts Agreement;

(19)     STANDARD CHARTERED BANK as agent of the Finance Parties under this Agreement (the "Facility Agent");

(20)    CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK in its capacity as Security Agent for the Secured Parties on the terms and conditions set out in the Intercreditor Agreement (the "Security Agent" which expression includes its successors in title and assigns or any person appointed as an additional trustee for the purpose of and in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement); and

(21)     CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK as the intercreditor agent (the "Intercreditor Agent").

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INTRODUCTION

(1)    The Original Lenders agreed to provide a secured, revolving and amortising loan and letter of credit facility for loans of up to approximately USD 1.210 billion as of 12 May 2021.

(2)    The Original Borrower exercised its right under clause 3.3 (Additional Commitment) to increase Total Commitments by USD 25 million on 9 June 2021. Such Commitments were provided by Deutsche Bank AG, Amsterdam Branch who acceded to this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement as a Lender.

(3)    Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (in its capacity as a Lender) increased its Commitment to USD 162,343,000 on 12 April 2022, bringing Total Commitments to USD 1.25 billion as of 12 April 2022.

(4)    The parties have agreed to enter into this Agreement for the purpose of setting out the provisions on which such facility will be provided.

(5)    The parties have agreed that on and from 19 April 2023, this Agreement shall be amended to refer to Term SOFR.

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PART 1
INTERPRETATION

1.Definitions and Interpretation

1.1Definitions

Each of the defined terms and interpretative provisions set out below and in the above list of parties to this Agreement shall apply to this Agreement and each Finance Document, unless an express contrary intention appears in that Finance Document.

"1992 ISDA Master Agreement" means the Master Agreement (Multicurrency Cross Border) as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.

"2002 ISDA Master Agreement" means the 2002 Master Agreement as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.

"2019 HY Notes"means the 7.125% senior notes issued by KEL on 4 April 2019.

"2019 HY Notes Maturity Date" means 4 April 2026.

“2022 Amendment Letter" means the amendment letter dated 23 November 2022 between, amongst others, the Original Borrower and Standard Chartered Bank (as Facility Agent) in relation to, inter alia, the amendments required to comply with the implementation of foreign exchange regulations in Equatorial Guinea.

"2023 Amendment Letter" means the amendment letter dated 29 September 2023 between, amongst others, the Original Borrower and Standard Chartered Bank (as Facility Agent) in relation to, inter alia, the amendments required in respect of the accession of KEG Investments and KEGHL to this Agreement.

"Accession Letter" means a document substantially in the form set out in Schedule 9
Form of Accession Letter (Form of Accession Letter).

"Account Bank" means, as the context so requires, either the Onshore Account Bank, the Offshore Account Bank, or both of them.

"Accounting Reference Date" means 31 December of each year.

"Additional Borrower" means a company which accedes to the terms of this Agreement as an additional borrower in accordance with clause 31 (Changes to the Obligors).

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"Additional Debt" means, in relation to any debt, any money, debt or liability due, owing or incurred under or in connection with:

(A)    any refinancing, deferral, novation or extension of that debt;

(B)    any further advance which may be made under any document, agreement or instrument supplemental to any relevant finance document together with any related interest, fees and costs;

(C)    any claim for damages or restitution in the event of rescission of that debt or otherwise in connection with any relevant finance document;

(D)    any claim against any Obligor flowing from any recovery by that Obligor or any liquidator, receiver, administrator, administrative receiver, compulsory manager or other similar officer of a payment or discharge in respect of that debt on the grounds of preference or otherwise; and

(E)    any amount (such as post-insolvency interest) which would be included in any of the above but for any discharge, non-provability, unenforceability or non-allowability of the same in any insolvency or other proceedings.

"Additional Guarantor" means a company which accedes to the terms of this Agreement as an additional guarantor in accordance with clause 31 (Changes to the Obligors).

"Additional Obligor" means an Additional Borrower or an Additional Guarantor.

"Additional Oil Entitlement" shall have the meaning given to that term in the relevant Petroleum Agreement.

"Affected Administrative Party" has the meaning given to that term in clause 32.13 (Replacement of Administrative Parties).

"Affiliate" means, in relation to any person, a subsidiary of that person or a holding company of that person or any other subsidiary of that holding company and in relation to Natixis, also includes any members of the Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne networks within the meaning of articles L.512-11, L.512-86 and L.512-106 of the French Monetary and Financial Code (Code Monétaire et Financier) and their respective branches and representation offices.

"Agent" means each of the Facility Agent, the Security Agent, the Intercreditor Agent, the Technical Bank and the Modelling Bank and "Agents" shall be construed accordingly.

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"Agreed Form"means in a form agreed between the Original Borrower and the Facility Agent.

"Agreed Insurances" means the insurances to be implemented and maintained by the Obligors in accordance with the Schedule of Insurances but excluding any insurances to the extent that the cover to be maintained is not available on reasonable commercial terms or no longer reflects insurance which would be implemented and maintained in accordance with good oil industry practice or ceases to be generally available in the market and provided that a maximum aggregate of up to 30 per cent. of reinsurance may be effected through a self-insurance programmes of the Obligors (such self-insurance being captive insurance and excluding non-insurance).

"Agreement" means this facility agreement as amended, supplemented or otherwise varied from time to time.

"AmendmentAgreements" means each consent letter, amendment agreement or deed of amendment and restatement entered into between, amongst others, the Original Borrower and the Facility Agent from time to time in relation to the amendment or amendment and restatement of this Agreement.

"Amendment Notice Period" has the meaning given to that term in clause 32.18 (Accession to the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement).

"Amortisation Schedule" means the amortisation schedule set out in Schedule 5 (Amortisation Schedule), as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time.

"Approved Accounting Principles" means US generally accepted accounting principles to the extent applicable to the relevant financial statements.

"Approved Development" means any Petroleum Asset in which an Obligor has an interest and which the Majority Lenders have agreed (acting reasonably) shall be a Borrowing Base Asset.

"Assignments" means the KEG Offshore Security Assignment, the KEG Onshore Security Assignment, the KEG Assignment of Reinsurance Rights, the KEG Offshore Accounts Security Agreement and the KEG Investments Offshore Accounts Security Agreement, together with any other Security Document entered into after the Signing Date which may give rise to a liability to pay stamp duty, documentary taxes or any other similar tax, charge or impost.

"Auditor" means:

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(A)with respect to any Obligor that is not incorporated in the European Union or the United Kingdom, any one of Deloitte LLP, Ernst & Young, PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP or such other internationally recognised auditor as the Majority Lenders may approve from time to time (acting reasonably); and

(B)with respect to any Obligor incorporated in the European Union or the United Kingdom, any firm appointed by that Obligor to act as its statutory auditor.

"Authorisation" means an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing, notarisation or registration.

"Authorised Investment" means, at any time (subject to such being available), any of the following:

(A)    a US Dollar denominated institutional money market fund with at least USD 1 billion of funds and an average rate of maturity not exceeding one year;

(B)    a US Dollar denominated freely negotiable and marketable bond, treasury bill or debt security of a remaining maturity not exceeding one year issued by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or by any other sovereign government with a long-term credit rating of at least A3 by Moody's or A- by Standard & Poor's at such time;

(C)    a US Dollar denominated time deposit (of an original maturity not exceeding six months) made in London or New York or any other place agreed between a Borrower and the Facility Agent with a bank authorised to carry on business there whose long-term debt securities are, at such time, rated at least A3 by Moody's or A- by Standard & Poor's;

(D)    a US Dollar denominated instrument with a maturity of less than one year which has a short-term rating at such time of at least P1 by Moody's or A1 by Standard & Poor's or instruments with a maturity of less than one year issued by, or guaranteed by, entities whose short-term securities are rated at such time at least P1 by Moody's or A1 by Standard & Poor's; or

(E)    any other investment agreed between the Facility Agent and the relevant Borrower.

"Authorised Signatory" means, in relation to a company or other legal person:

(A)one or more directors who are duly authorised whether singly or jointly, to act to bind that company or other legal person; or

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(B)a person or persons duly authorised by that company or other legal person to act to bind that company or other legal person.

"Authority" means any governmental, provincial or local government, department, authority, court, tribunal or other judicial or regulatory body, instrumentality or agency in any of the countries where the relevant Borrower or KEEG (as applicable) operates its business.

"Availability Period" means the availability period in respect of the Facility as determined in accordance with clause 6.1 (Availability Period).

"Available Commitment" means, at any time, a Lender's Commitment minus:

(A)the amount of its participation in any outstanding Loans; and

(B)in relation to any proposed Utilisation, the amount of its participation in any Loans that are due to be made on or before the proposed Utilisation Date,

other than that Lender's participation in any Loans that are due to be repaid or prepaid on or before expiry of the Availability Period or all or a part of any Letters of Credit that have been cash collateralised by a Borrower depositing funds into the LC Cash Collateral Account.

"Bail-In Action" means the exercise of any Write-down and Conversion Powers.

"Bail-In Legislation" means:

(A)in relation to an EEA Member Country which has implemented, or which at any time implements, Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms, the relevant implementing law or regulation as described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time;

(B)in relation to any state other than such an EEA Member Country and the United Kingdom, any analogous law or regulation from time to time which requires contractual recognition of any Write-down and Conversion Powers contained in that law or regulation; and

(C)in relation to the United Kingdom, the UK Bail-in Legislation.

"Base Currency" has the meaning given to it in clause 34.7 (Currency of account).

"Basel II" has the meaning given to it in clause 16.3 (Exceptions).

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"Basel III" means:

(A)    the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in "Basel III: a global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems", "Basel III: international framework for liquidity risk measurement, standards and monitoring" and "Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010, each as amended, supplemented or restated;

(B)    the rules for global systemically important banks contained in "Global systemically important banks: assessment methodology and the additional loss absorbency requirement – Rules text" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in November 2011, as amended, supplemented or restated; and

(C)    any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision relating to "Basel III".

"BBA Cure Period" has the meaning given to it in paragraph (A)(i) of clause 10.3 (Aggregate outstandings exceed the Borrowing Base Amount).

“BEAC” means the Bank of Central African States.

"Bloc C8" means Bloc C8 offshore Mauritania being the area described in appendix 1 of the Mauritania Exploration and Production Contract, but excluding any portions of such area in respect of which the Contractor's rights thereunder are from time to time relinquished or surrendered pursuant to the Mauritania Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production Sharing Contract.

"Borrower" means KEFI or any Additional Borrower unless it has ceased to be a Borrower in accordance with clause 31 (Changes to the Obligors).

"BorrowerInsurance Proceeds Account" means an account designated "Borrower – Insurance Proceeds Account" established by the Original Borrower with the Offshore Account Bank in New York pursuant to clause 20 (Bank Accounts and Cash Management) which is secured in favour of the Secured Parties.

"Borrower Offshore Accounts Security Agreement” means the New York law governed security agreement dated 18 November 2021 between the Original Borrower and the Security Agent.

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“Borrower Offshore Proceeds Account" means an account designated "Borrower – Offshore" established by the Original Borrower with the Offshore Account Bank in New York pursuant to clause 20 (Bank Accounts and Cash Management) which is secured in favour of the Secured Parties.

"Borrower Offshore Project Accounts Agreement" means the New York law governed offshore project accounts agreement, dated 18 November 2021, between the Original Borrower, the Offshore Account Bank and the Security Agent.

"Borrower Offshore Security Assignment" means the English law governed security assignment and debenture, dated on or about the date of this Agreement, between the Original Borrower and the Security Agent.

"Borrowing Base Amount" means the amount determined on a Forecast Date in accordance with clause 19.6 (Calculation of Borrowing Base Amount).

"Borrowing Base Assets" includes all interests, rights, activities, assets, entitlements and developments of the Obligors in:

(A)the Ghana Block Assets, including the Entitlement to all Unit Substances;

(B)the EG Block Assets;

(C)the assets in any Permitted Acquisition or Approved Development (which can be either Developed Assets or Developing Assets), which (but without prejudice to any other provision of this Agreement) the Original Borrower elects to include as a “Borrowing Base Asset”,

but, in each case, excluding any of the foregoing which has ceased to be designated a Borrowing Base Asset in accordance with clause 19 (Forecasts and Calculations).

"Break Costs" means the amount (if any) by which:

(A)the interest which a Lender should have received for the period from the date of receipt of all or any part of its participation in a Loan or Unpaid Sum to the last day of the current Interest Period in respect of that Loan or Unpaid Sum, had the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received been paid on the last day of that Interest Period;

exceeds:

(B)the amount which that Lender would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal to the total sum received by it on deposit with a leading bank for a period

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starting on the date of receipt or recovery and ending on the last day of the current Interest Period.

The calculation of interest for the purposes of paragraph (A) shall exclude an amount equal to the Margin for the period referred to in that paragraph where a Borrower prepays a Loan under clause 10.1 (General) or if clause 10.10 (Right of repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender) applies.

"Brent Forward Curve" means a Dated Brent Crude Oil forward curve for the relevant period as quoted by Platts, or such other internationally recognised quotation service as agreed between the Original Borrower and the Technical Bank (acting reasonably).

"Business Day"means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) when banks are open for business in London, Paris and New York and (in relation to the fixing of an interest rate) which is a US Government Securities Business Day.

”Cameroon Accounts” means the KEEG Cameroon Accounts and the KEGI Cameroon Accounts.

"Cash Waterfall" means the order of priority for application of amounts withdrawn from the Offshore Proceeds Accounts and the Onshore Working Capital Accounts as set out in clause 21.2 (Withdrawals – No Default Outstanding).

“CEMAC” means the Economic and Monetary Community of Central African States.

“CEMAC Regulations” means the following:

(A)CEMAC Regulation No. 02/18/CEMAC/UMAC/CM;

(B)CEMAC Regulation No.01/CEMAC/UMAC/CM;

(C)CEMAC Regulation No.02/CEMAC/UMAC/CM;

(D)any implementing instructions or directives of BEAC applicable to the Extraction and Mining Sector including:

(i)BEAC Instruction No.001/GR/2022;

(ii)BEAC Instruction No.002/GR/2022;

(iii)BEAC Instruction No.003/GR/2022; and

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(iv)Cooperation Protocol for Implementation of the Exchange Regulations in the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa by the Extraction and Mining Sector.

“CFA" or "XAF" or "Central African Franc" means the lawful currency of Equatorial Guinea.

"Change of Control" has the meaning given to that term in clause 10.6 (Change of Control).

"Charge over Shares in KEEG" means the English law governed charge over shares in KEEG dated 22 February 2018 between KEO and the Security Agent in connection with the inclusion of the EG Block Assets as a Borrowing Base Asset.

"Charge over Shares in KED" means the English law governed charge over shares in KED dated on or about the date of this Agreement between KEI and the Security Agent.

"Charge over Shares in KEG" means the English law governed charge over shares in KEG dated on or about the date of this Agreement between KED and the Security Agent.

"Charge over Shares in KEGHL" means the English law governed charge over shares in KEGHL dated on or about the date of the 2023 Amendment Letter between KEO and the Security Agent.

"Charge over Shares in KEH" means the English law governed charge over shares in KEH between KEL and the "Security and Intercreditor Agent", as defined in the Revolving Credit Facility Agreement.

"Charge over Shares in KEI" means the English law governed charge over shares in KEI dated on or about the date of this Agreement between KEO and the Security Agent.

"Charge over Shares in KEO" means the English law governed limited recourse charge over shares in KEO dated on or about the date of this Agreement between KEH as chargor, KEO and the Security Agent (as amended or as amended and restated from time to time).

"Charge over Shares in KIPI" means the English law governed charge over shares in KIPI entered into on 27 February 2019 between KEEG and the Security Agent.

"Charge over Shares in the Original Borrower" means the English law governed charge over shares in the Original Borrower dated on or about the date of this Agreement between KEI as chargor and the Security Agent.

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"Charges over Shares" means the Charge over Shares in KIPI, the Charge over Shares in KED, the Charge over Shares in KEEG, the Charge over Shares in KEG, the Charge over Shares in KEI, the Charge over Shares in KEO, the Charge over Shares in the Original Borrower, the Charge over Shares in KEGHL and each Supplemental Charge over Shares.

"Code" means the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

"Commitment" means:

(A)    in relation to an Original Lender, the amount set opposite its name under the heading "Commitment" in Schedule 2 and the amount of any other Commitment transferred to it; and

(B)    in relation to any other Lender, the amount of any Commitment transferred to it,

to the extent not cancelled, reduced or transferred by it (including pursuant to clause 6.1 (Availability Period) and clause 28.35 (HY Notes Maturity Date)).

"Completion" means, in respect of a Developing Asset, the date on which the applicable Completion Test has been satisfied (as determined by the Technical Bank acting reasonably).

"Completion Test" means in respect of a Developing Asset, the tests as agreed between the Original Borrower and the Technical Bank (acting reasonably) and approved by the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably) which must be completed to show that such asset should reasonably be considered to be a commercially producing asset (being substantially equivalent to the date of commencement of commercial production under applicable Project Agreements) in order for that Developing Asset to be included in the Borrowing Base Assets as a Developed Asset.

"Compliance Certificate" means a certificate, substantially in the form set out in Schedule 11 (Form of Compliance Certificate)

"Conditions Precedent" means the conditions precedent to initial utilisation of the Facility as set out in Part I of Schedule 3 (Conditions Precedent).

"Confidentiality Undertaking" means a confidentiality undertaking substantially in the form of Schedule 13 (Form of Confidentiality Undertaking) or in any other form agreed between the Original Borrower and the Mandated Lead Arrangers.

"Consolidated Cash and Cash Equivalents" means, in relation to the KEL Group, at any time:

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(A)    cash in hand or on deposit including, for the avoidance of doubt, restricted cash;

(B)    any investment in a liquidity fund, provided that such investment is capable of being withdrawn in cash on not more than 5 Business Days' notice;

(C)    certificates of deposit, maturing within one year after the relevant date of calculation;

(D)    any investment in marketable obligations in Sterling, US Dollar or euro having not more than three months to final maturity issued or guaranteed with a rating of A- or above by Standard and Poor's (or its equivalent by Moody's);

(E)    any other instrument, security or investment approved in writing by the Majority Lenders.

"Consolidated Total Borrowings" means, in relation to the KEL Group, at any time the aggregate of the following:

(A)the outstanding principal amount of any Financial Indebtedness incurred;

(B)any fixed or minimum premium payable on the repayment or redemption of any instrument referred to in paragraph (A) above; and

(C)the outstanding principal amount of any indebtedness arising in connection with any other transaction (including any forward sale or purchase agreement) which has the commercial effect of a borrowing;

including any interest treated as capitalised under applicable Approved Accounting Principles but without double-counting and excluding the Consolidated Total Borrowings Exclusions and, for the avoidance of doubt, also excluding any such amount or indebtedness owed by one member of the KEL Group to another member of the KEL Group.

“Consolidated Total Borrowings Exclusions" means any Financial Indebtedness, premium or other amount owed by KES, KEM, KEISL or Kosmos Energy Tortue Finance (at any time when such entity is not an Obligor) or any of their direct or indirect subsidiaries which are not Obligors, any non-Obligor entities interposed between KEO and KES, KEM or Kosmos Energy Tortue Finance or any other non-Obligor entity (each a “Relevant Entity” and together, the “Relevant Entities”):

(A)under any FPSO sale and leaseback transaction which is:

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(i)incurred on a non-recourse basis or incurred with recourse to any one or more members of the KEL Group which are not Obligors on an unsecured basis; and

(ii)entered into by that Relevant Entity in connection with its interest in the Greater Tortue Block Assets,

provided, however, that such transaction does not involve the taking of any security over any shares in any Obligor or any assets of any Obligor (other than shares in a Relevant Entity); or

(B)pursuant to any assignment of, or under any back to back financing of, carry advance agreements executed by Kosmos Energy Tortue Finance in favour of La Societe des Petroles du Senegal and/or Societe Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures in respect of their interests in the Greater Tortue Contract Area (the “Carry Advance Agreements”), provided such assignment or financing is:

(i)incurred on a non-recourse basis;

(ii)incurred with recourse only to a Relevant Entity or Relevant Entities, including with recourse to the shares in the Relevant Entity or Relevant Entities, on either a secured or an unsecured basis;

(iii)incurred with recourse to any one or more members of the KEL Group which are not Obligors on an unsecured basis; or

(iv)any combination of the foregoing,

provided, however, that:

(a)such assignment or back to back financing of the Carry Advance Agreements does not involve the taking of any security over any shares in any Obligor or any assets of any Obligor (other than shares in a Relevant Entity);

(b)the amounts advanced under or in connection with any such assignment or financing shall only be used to reimburse or finance the applicable KEL Group entity’s obligations under the Carry Advance Agreements; and

(c)the aggregate amount in respect of any assignment or financing of the Carry Advance Agreements which is included in the calculation of Consolidated Total Borrowings Exclusions shall be capped at $200

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million, and any amounts in respect of any such assignment or financing of the Carry Advance Agreements in excess of such cap shall be included in the calculation of Consolidated Total Borrowings.

"Consolidated Total Net Borrowings" means, for any Measurement Period, Consolidated Total Borrowings less Consolidated Cash and Cash Equivalents each as at the last day of that Measurement Period.

"Consultants" means the Technical Consultant, Environmental Consultant and the Reserves Consultant.

"Consultation Period" has the meaning given to it in clause 24.13(B) (Forecast Notification Events).

"Contractor" means the contractor under the EG PSC, the Mauritania Exploration and Production Contract, the Senegal Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production Sharing Contract, the WCTP PA and the DWT PA respectively from time to time.

"CRD IV" means EU CRD IV and UK CRD IV.

"Credit Adjustment Spread" means for any Interest Period, the percentage rate per annum set out in the table below in the column headed “Credit Adjustment Spread (% per annum)” for the length of such Interest Period:

Interest Period	Credit Adjustment Spread (% per annum)
Shorter than or equal to one Month	0.11448
Longer than one Month and shorter than or equal to three Months	0.26161
Longer than three Months and shorter than or equal to six Months	0.42826

"CRS" means:

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(A)the Common Reporting Standard issued by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development;

(B)any treaty, law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any other jurisdiction (including the Cayman Islands), or relating to an intergovernmental agreement which facilitates the implementation of paragraph (A) above; or

(C)any agreement pursuant to the implementation of paragraphs (A) or (B) above with any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction.

"Crude Oil" shall have the meaning given to that term in the UUOA.

"DCR" means the debt cover ratio calculated pursuant to clause 27(B)(i) (Financial Covenants).

"Debt Service Reserve Account" or "DSRA" means an account designated "Kosmos - DSRA" established by the Original Borrower in respect of the Facility with the Offshore Account Bank in New York pursuant to clause 20 (Bank Accounts and Cash Management) which is secured in favour of the Secured Parties.

"Deed of Acknowledgment and Release" means the deed of acknowledgment and release dated on or about the date of this Agreement between KEH, KEI, KED, KEG, KEFI and KEO.

"Deed of Subordination" means each deed of subordination in respect of Financial Indebtedness of either (i) the Obligors owed to any member of the KEL Group, or (ii) Obligors owed to KEH, in each case substantially in the form of Schedule 14 (Form of Deed of Subordination).

"Default"means an Event of Default or event which, with the giving of notice, lapse of time, or fulfilment of any condition, would constitute an Event of Default.

"Definitions Agreement" means the definitions agreement dated 13 July 2009 (as amended on 29 October, 2009, 24 December, 2009 and 23 August, 2010) between, inter alios, Kosmos Energy Finance (as original borrower), certain other Obligors and the Finance Parties named therein setting out the definitions and the rules of construction and interpretation used in the Finance Documents relating to the financing for the Jubilee Field Phase 1.

"Delegate" means any delegate, agent, attorney or co-trustee appointed by the Security Agent.

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"Derivative Agreement" means an ISDA Master Agreement or similar agreement pursuant to which Derivative Transactions are entered into by any Borrower or KEEG with a counterparty.

"Derivative Transaction" means any transaction entered into under a Derivative Agreement, including (but not limited to) any transaction which is a forward rate agreement, option, future, swap, cap, floor and any combination of the foregoing.

"Developed Assets" means each of: (i) the Ghana Block Assets, (ii) the EG Block Assets, (iii) any Developing Assets which have achieved Completion and, (iv) as applicable, Approved Developments and Permitted Acquisitions which have been approved as Developed Assets in accordance with clause 19.8 (Approved Developments and Permitted Acquisitions).

"Developing Assets" means as applicable, Approved Developments and Permitted Acquisitions which are to be counted as Developing Assets.

"Discharge Date" means the first date on which all liabilities (whether actual or contingent) owed to the Finance Parties (other than the Hedging Counterparties) have finally been discharged and such Finance Parties are under no further obligation to provide financial accommodation under the Finance Documents.

"Discharged Rights and Obligations" has the meaning given to it in clause 30.5 (Procedure for transfer).

"Dispute" has the meaning given to it in clause 45.1 (Arbitration).

"Disruption Event" means either or both of:

(A)    a material disruption to those payment or communications systems or to those financial markets which are, in each case, required to operate in order for payments to be made in connection with the Facility (or otherwise in order for the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents to be carried out) which disruption is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, any of the Parties; or

(B)    the occurrence of any other event which results in a disruption (including, without limitation, disruption of a technical or systems-related nature) to the treasury or payments operations of a Party preventing or severely inhibiting that or any other Party:

(i)    from performing its payment obligations under the Finance Documents; or

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(ii)    from communicating with other Parties in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents,

and which (in either such case) is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, the Party whose operations are disrupted.

"Distributions Reserve Account" means each account designated "Kosmos - DRA" which is established and maintained by an Obligor pursuant to clause 20.6 (Distributions Reserve Account), with any bank and in any jurisdiction (and to the extent such account is held by an Account Bank, it is not held in its capacity as Account Bank).

"Dividend Release Test" means the conditions to be satisfied under clause 28.23 (Distributions) for the payment of a Shareholder Distribution.

"DWT Block" means the Deep Water Tano area offshore Ghana, being the area described in annex 1 of the DWT PA, but excluding any portions of such area in respect of which the Contractor's rights thereunder are from time to time relinquished or surrendered pursuant to the DWT PA.

"DWT JOA" means the joint operating agreement dated 15 August 2006 between Tullow Ghana Limited, Sabre Oil and Gas Limited and KEG in respect of the DWT Block (and all amendments and supplements thereto (including pursuant to the DWT JOA Amendment Agreement, the DWT JOA Additional Amendment Agreement, the DWT JOA Second Amendment Agreement and the DWT JOA Third Amendment Agreement)).

"DWT JOA Additional Amendment Agreement" means the amendment agreement to the DWT JOA dated 12 November 2007 (effective as of 17 September 2007) between Tullow Ghana Limited, Sabre Oil and Gas Limited, KEG and Anadarko WCTP Company.

"DWT JOA Amendment Agreement" means the amendment agreement to the DWT JOA dated 18 July 2007 between Tullow Ghana Limited, Sabre Oil and Gas Limited, KEG and Anadarko WCTP Company.

"DWT JOA Second Amendment Agreement" means the amendment agreement to the DWT JOA dated 13 July 2009 between Tullow Ghana Limited, Sabre Oil and Gas Limited, KEG and Anadarko WCTP Company.

"DWT JOA Third Amendment Agreement" means the amendment agreement to the DWT JOA dated 26 October 2010 between Tullow Ghana Limited, Sabre Oil and Gas Limited, KEG and Anadarko WCTP Company.

"DWT PA" means the petroleum agreement dated 10 March 2006 between the government of Ghana, represented by its Minister for Energy, the GNPC, Tullow Ghana

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Limited, Sabre Oil and Gas Limited and KEG in respect of the DWT Block (and all amendments and supplements thereto).

"EBITDAX" means, in relation to the Group for any Measurement Period, its consolidated income on ordinary activities before Tax for that period, but adjusted by:

(A)    adding back Net Interest Payable;

(B)    adding back depletion and depreciation charged to the consolidated profit and loss account of the Group in accordance with the Approved Accounting Principles;

(C)    adding back amounts amortised to the consolidated profit and loss account of the Group;

(D)    adding back any amount attributable to exploration expense (except to the extent that any such exploration expenses have been capitalised);

(E)    adding back any amount attributable to unrealised losses and deducting any amount attributable to unrealised gains on the value of any Derivative Transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, any realised losses will be deducted while any realised gains will be added back;

(F)    adding back any amount attributable to a loss and deducting any amount attributable to a gain against book value on the disposal of any non-current asset and any amount attributable to an impairment charge relating to a non current asset;

(G)    adding back the amount attributable to any compensation which is paid by way of equity instruments in KEL;

(H)    adding back or deducting (as applicable) the amount attributable to any other material item of an unusual or non-recurring nature which represent gains or losses, including (but not limited to) those arising on:

(i)    the refinancing of or the extinguishment of any financing, in relation to any cost associated with the original financing which is subsequently written off as a consequence of that refinancing or extinguishment; and

(ii)    the restructuring of the activities of an entity and the reversal of any provisions for the cost of restructuring,

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for that Measurement Period. In addition, for the purposes of the calculation of the financial covenants contained in clause 27(B) (Financial Covenants), EBITDAX in relation to the KEL Group for any Measurement Period shall be adjusted by:

(a)    including the EBITDAX of a subsidiary of KEL or attributable to a business or asset acquired during that Measurement Period for the part of the Measurement Period when it was not a member of the KEL Group and/or the business or asset was not owned by a member of the KEL Group; and

(b)    excluding the EBITDAX attributable to any subsidiary of KEL or to any business or asset sold during that Measurement Period.

"Economic Assumptions" means the economic assumptions agreed or determined in accordance with clause 19.1 (Forecast Procedures).

"EEA Member Country" means any member state of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

"EG Block"means Block G offshore Equatorial Guinea, being the area described in annex A and annex B of the EG PSC, but excluding any portions of such area in respect of which the Contractor’s rights thereunder are from time to time relinquished or surrendered pursuant to the EG PSC.

"EG Block Assets" means all activities, assets and developments in the EG Contract Area (including exploration).

"EG Contract Area" means the portion of the original Block G contract area offshore Equatorial Guinea that contains the Ceiba and Okume complex fields.

"EG First Restated JOA" means the first restated joint operating agreement dated 1 January 2000 between Triton Equatorial Guinea, Inc. and Energy Africa Equatorial Guinea Limited in respect of the EG Block.

"EG JOA" means the joint operating agreement for field development and production dated 1 June 1999 between Triton Equatorial Guinea Inc. (a Cayman Islands company) and Energy Africa Equatorial Guinea Limited (an Isle of Man company) in respect of the EG Block (and all amendments and supplements thereto including pursuant to the EG First Restated JOA).

"EG PSC" means the production sharing contract dated 26 March 1997 between the Republic of Equatorial Guinea represented by the Ministry of Mines and Energy and

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Triton Equatorial Guinea Inc. (a Cayman Islands company) in respect of the EG Block (and all amendments and supplements thereto (including pursuant to the EG PSC First Amendment Agreement, the EG PSC Second Amendment Agreement and the EG PSC Third Amendment Agreement)).

"EG PSC First Amendment Agreement" means the first amendment agreement to the EG PSC dated 1 January 2000 between Triton Equatorial Guinea Inc. (a Cayman Islands company), Energy Africa Equatorial Guinea Limited (an Isle of Man company) and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea represented by the Ministry of Mines and Energy.

"EG PSC Second Amendment Agreement" means the second amendment agreement to the EG PSC dated 15 December 2005 between Amerada Hess Equatorial Guinea Inc. (a Cayman Islands company), Energy Africa Equatorial Guinea Limited (an Isle of Man company) and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea represented by the Ministry of Mines, Industry and Energy.

"EG PSC Third Amendment Agreement" means the third amendment agreement to the EG PSC dated 22 October 2017 between Hess Equatorial Guinea Inc. (a Cayman Islands company), Tullow Equatorial Guinea Limited (an Isle of Man company) and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea represented by the Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons.

"Enforcement Action" shall have the meaning given to that term in the Intercreditor Agreement.

"Entitlement"means the Obligors' entitlement to and lifting by tankers of its share of crude oil delivered from a Field.

"Environmental Consultant" means Shaw Consultants International, Inc., (or any other reputable environmental consultant agreed to by the Technical and Modelling Bank (acting reasonably)) appointed in accordance with a scope of work and budget for fees and expenses agreed with the Original Borrower, BNP Paribas (as facility agent at the date of appointment) and the Technical and Modelling Bank.

"EO" means the EO Group Limited, a Cayman Islands company with registered company number 219175 whose registered office is at PMB CT 123, Cantonments, 112A Adole Crescent Way, Airport, Accra, Ghana (formerly known as the KG Group Limited).

"EO Participation Agreement" means the participation agreement dated 1 June 2004 between KEG and EO (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any amendment, restatement or supplemental agreements or arrangements in relation thereto).

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"Equator Principles" means those principles so titled and developed and adopted by the International Finance Corporation and various other financial institutions, as amended from time to time, details of which can be found at www.equator-principles.com.

"Equatorial Guinea" means the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.

"EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule"means the document described as such and published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person) from time to time.

“EU CRD IV" means:

(A)    Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012; and

(B)    Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repeating Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC.

"euro" or "€" is to the lawful currency for the time being of the Participating Member States.

"Event of Default" means any event or circumstance specified as such in clause 29 (Events of Default).

"Existing Finance Documents" means the Finance Documents as defined in the Definitions Agreement.

"Existing Lender" has the meaning given to it in clause 30.1 (Assignments and transfers and changes in Facility Office by the Lenders).

"Facility" means the facility made available under this Agreement as described in clause 3 (The Facility).

"Facility Office" means the office or offices notified by a Lender to the Facility Agent in writing on or before the date it becomes a Lender (or, following that date, by not less than five Business Days' written notice where notice is required under clause 32.15 (Facility Agent relationship with the Lenders)) as the office or offices through which it will perform its obligations under this Agreement.

“Fallback Interest Period” means one (1) month.

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"FATCA" means:

(A)sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code or any associated regulations;

(B)any treaty, law or regulation of any other jurisdiction (including the Cayman Islands), or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the US and any other jurisdiction, which (in either case) facilitates the implementation of any law or regulation referred to in paragraph (A) above; or

(C)any agreement pursuant to the implementation of any treaty, law or regulation referred to in paragraphs (A) or (B) above with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction.

"FATCA Application Date" means:

(A)in relation to a "withholdable payment" described in section 1473(1)(A)(i) of the Code (which relates to payments of interest and certain other payments from sources within the US), 1 July 2014;

(B)in relation to a "passthru payment" described in section 1471(d)(7) of the Code not falling within paragraph (A) above, the first date from which such payment may become subject to a deduction or withholding required by FATCA.

"FATCA Deduction" means a deduction or withholding from a payment under a Finance Document required by FATCA.

"FATCA Exempt Party" means a Party that is entitled to receive payments free from any FATCA Deduction.

"Fee Letter" means any letter or letters dated on or about the date of this Agreement or on or about 5 February 2018, 12 August 2020 or 7 May 2021 between any Finance Party and the Original Borrower setting out any of the fees referred to in clause 14 (Fees) and any other fees payable by the Original Borrower to a Finance Party pursuant to a Finance Document or payable under this Facility.

"Field" means the Ghana Block Assets, the EG Block Assets and any other onshore or offshore block or oil and gas field or reserves in which an Obligor has from time to time, directly or indirectly, acquired an interest pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition.

"Field Depletion Date"means the projected date on which it is determined (in accordance with the Forecast Assumptions) that Net Cash Flow is negative on each remaining Forecast Date following that projected date.

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"Field Life Cover Ratio" or "FLCR" means the ratio of A to B with:

(A)“A” being the net present value of Net Cash Flow (calculated on the basis of the Forecast Assumptions) from the relevant Forecast Date until the Field Depletion Date plus the net present value of Relevant Capital Expenditure; and

(B)“B” being the aggregate of all Loans outstanding under the Facility on that Forecast Date.

"Final Information Memorandum"means the information memorandum agreed between the Original Borrower and the Mandated Lead Arrangers and used by the Mandated Lead Arrangers during primary syndication of the Facility.

"Final Maturity Date" means, subject to clause 28.35 (HY Notes Maturity Date), the earlier of: (i) 31 March, 2027 and (ii) the Reserve Tail Date.

"Final Repayment Date" means the final repayment date for the Facility determined in accordance with clause 9 (Repayment) and/or the Amortisation Schedule, and references to the Final Repayment Date shall be construed as a reference to any Revised Final Repayment Date which may be determined in accordance with clause 9.2 (Amendment to Amortisation Schedule).

"Final Reports" means the reports prepared by the Reserves Consultant, the Technical Consultant and the Environmental Consultant in relation to the Borrowing Base Assets.

"Finance Document"means this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement, each Hedging Agreement, each Intercompany Loan Agreement, each Security Document, each Deed of Acknowledgment and Release, each Deed of Subordination, each Amendment Agreement, each Novation Agreement and each Fee Letter and any other document designated as such by the Original Borrower and the Facility Agent.

"Finance Party" means each of the Mandated Lead Arrangers, the Lenders, the Hedging Counterparties, the LC Issuing Banks, the LC Lenders, the Account Banks, the Facility Agent, the Security Agent, the Intercreditor Agent, the Modelling Bank and the Technical Bank and "Finance Parties" shall be construed accordingly.

"Financial Close"means the date on which the Facility Agent notifies the Original Borrower and the Lenders that it has received all of the Conditions Precedent in form and substance satisfactory to it (acting reasonably) and/or waived receipt of those Conditions Precedent in accordance with clause 2.1 (Conditions Precedent to first Utilisation).

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"Financial Covenants" means the financial covenants listed under clause 27 (Financial Covenants).

"Financial Covenant Test Date" has the meaning given to it in clause 27(A) (Financial Covenants).

"Financial Indebtedness" means any indebtedness for or in respect of:

(A)moneys borrowed;

(B)any amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit facility or dematerialised equivalent;

(C)any amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of bonds, notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar instrument;

(D)the amount of any liability in respect of any lease or hire purchase contract which would be treated in the accounts of the relevant entity as a finance or capital lease;

(E)receivables sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they are sold on a non-recourse basis);

(F)any derivative transaction entered into in connection with protection against or benefit from fluctuation in any rate or price (and, when calculating the value of any derivative transaction, only the market to market value shall be taken into account);

(G)any amount raised under any other transaction (including any forward sale or purchase agreement) of a type not referred to in any other paragraph of this definition but which is classified as a borrowing in the accounts of the relevant entity;

(H)any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee, indemnity, bond, standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or financial institution in respect of an underlying liability of an entity which is not a member of the Group and which underlying liability would fall within one of the other paragraphs of this definition if it were a liability of a member of the Group; and

(I)the amount of any liability in respect of any guarantee or indemnity for any of the items referred to in paragraphs (A) to (H) above (but only to the extent that

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the Financial Indebtedness supported thereby is or is at any time in the future capable of being outstanding).

"Financing Costs"means all amounts of interest, fees, commitment fees, or other costs and scheduled principal instalments payable by the Obligors under the Finance Documents.

"First Currency" has the meaning given to it in clause 17.1 (Currency indemnity).

"Forecast" means each Forecast prepared in accordance with clause 19 (Forecasts and Calculations).

"Forecast Assumptions"means the assumptions used in the production of a Forecast.

"Forecast Date"means:

(A)    the date on which an asset becomes a Borrowing Base Asset;

(B)    31 March in each year commencing on and from 31 March 2019;

(C)    any other date designated by the Original Borrower which falls no more than 90 days after the date on which the Reserves Consultant has, at the request of the Original Borrower, produced a new or updated reserves report, provided that such reserves report is produced on or after 31 March 2018;

(D)    the date of disposal of a Borrowing Base Asset (other than a Permitted Disposal which falls under any of paragraphs (D) to (G) of the definition of "Permitted Disposal" set out below);

(E)    30 September in each year commencing on and from 30 September 2020;

(F)    on request by the Original Borrower on any date immediately prior to the expiry of any BBA Cure Period if the Original Borrower is of the reasonable opinion that if a new Forecast were to be prepared, it would, or is likely to demonstrate that the aggregate of the outstandings under the Facility on that date does not exceed the Borrowing Base Amount as determined in that Forecast; and

(G)    any date designated by the Facility Agent pursuant to clause 24.13(B) (Forecast Notification Events).

"Forecast Notification Event" means any of the following events:

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(A)total annual production across all of the Borrowing Base Assets for any applicable year is reasonably expected by the Original Borrower to be at least 15% below the annual production forecast for that year; and

(B)an uninterrupted period of at least 60 days occurs during which (A) historical dated Brent oil prices have been on average 15% below the relevant price deck used in the applicable Forecast, and/or (B) realised dated Brent oil prices (inclusive of the Borrowers' and KEEG's hedging arrangements) have been on average below the relevant price deck used in the applicable Forecast.

"Forecast Period" means, in the case of the first Forecast Period, the period commencing on the date of Financial Close and ending at close of business on the first Forecast Date and, in the case of any subsequent Forecast Period, the period commencing on the expiry of the immediately preceding Forecast Period and ending at close of business on the next Forecast Date.

"Forecasting Procedures" means the procedures set out under clause 19 (Forecasts and Calculations) for preparing a Forecast.

"FPSO" means a floating production, storage and offloading vessel.

"FPSO Construction Financing" means any financing arrangements in relation to the construction of the FPSO to which an Obligor or member of the Group is a party.

"Ghanaian Cedi" means the lawful currency of Ghana.

"Ghana" means the Republic of Ghana, West Africa.

"Ghana Block Assets" means all activities, assets and developments in the Ghana Contract Area (including exploration).

"GhanaBlocks" means the WCTP Block and the DWT Block.

"GhanaContract Area" shall have the meaning given to the term “Contract Area” in the WCTP PA or the DWT PA, as appropriate, or in any new petroleum agreements in Ghana applying to any part of such areas.

"Ghana Working Capital Cedi Account" means a Ghanaian Cedi account designated "Kosmos – Onshore Working Capital Account" established by KEG with the Onshore Account Bank in Ghana pursuant to clause 20 (Bank Accounts and Cash Management) which is secured in favour of the Secured Parties.

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"Ghana Working Capital USD Account" means a USD account designated "Kosmos – Onshore Working Capital Account" established by KEG with the Onshore Account Bank in Ghana pursuant to clause 20 (Bank Accounts and Cash Management) which is secured in favour of the Secured Parties.

"GNPC" means the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, a public corporation established by Provisional National Defence Council Law 64 of 1983.

"Government" means the government of Equatorial Guinea, the government of Ghana, or the government of any other country in which a Borrowing Base Asset is situated, as appropriate.

"Greater Tortue Block Assets" means all activities, assets and developments in the Greater Tortue Contract Area (including exploration).

"Greater Tortue Contract Area" means the “Exploration Perimeter” for Bloc C8 as defined in the Mauritania Exploration and Production Contract and the “Contract Area” as defined in the Senegal Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production Sharing Contract for the Saint Louis Profond Block.

"Gross Revenues"means, for the relevant period of determination and without double counting, the USD equivalent of each of the following amounts to the extent received (or projected to be received or which are credits to an interest or account of an Obligor) by or on behalf of an Obligor (including the USD equivalent of any payment in kind) during that period from or in respect of the Borrowing Base Assets (other than any amount received or held on behalf of an Interested Third Party which is not related to a Borrowing Base Asset whether in cash or in kind):

(A)    amounts received or to be received from the sale of crude oil, condensate, natural gas liquids and all output and product from the Borrowing Base Assets or otherwise received or to be received pursuant to any Project Agreement;

(B)    amounts representing interest on the Project Accounts and interest or distributions or income of any kind in respect of Authorised Investments;

(C)    all refunds of tax of any kind;

(D)    all Insurance Proceeds;

(E)    all damages or other payments for termination or non-performance or failure to perform or variation under any contract;

(F)    all net amounts received under any Derivative Agreement;

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(G)    all amounts received in respect of any Permitted Disposal; and

(H)    all other amounts which fall to be credited to the profit and loss account of an Obligor for the financial year in which the relevant period falls.

"Group" means KEO and each of its subsidiaries.

"Guarantor" means each Original Guarantor, KEFI, KEEG or any Additional Guarantor.

"Hedging Agreement" means an ISDA Master Agreement or similar agreement pursuant to which Hedging Transactions are entered into by a Borrower or KEEG with a Hedging Counterparty and where the liability of the Obligors thereunder are secured by the Security Documents.

"Hedging Counterparty" means:

(A)    any person which is named on the signing pages of the Intercreditor Agreement as a Hedging Counterparty and;

(B)    any person which becomes a Party as a Hedging Counterparty pursuant to clause 13.5 (Agent Accession Undertaking) of the Intercreditor Agreement.

"Hedging Transaction" means any transaction entered into under a Hedging Agreement, including (but not limited to) any transaction which is a forward rate agreement, option, future, swap, cap, floor and any combination of the foregoing.

"Historic Term SOFR" means, in relation to any Loan, the most recent applicable Term SOFR for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan and which is as of a day which is no more than three (3) US Government Securities Business Days before the Quotation Day.

"HY Noteholder Trustee Amendments" has the meaning given to that term in clause 32.18(A) (Accession to the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement).

"HY Noteholders" means the holders of the HY Notes from time to time.

"HY Notes" means any debenture, bond (including convertible bonds but excluding performance bonds, bid bonds, retention bonds, advance payment bonds, letters of credit or trade credit related bonds), note, loan stock or other similar security issued by KEL from time to time pursuant to the terms of a HY Note Indenture.

"HY Note Indenture" means any indenture pursuant to which all or any of the HY Notes are constituted or any other agreement under which any of the HY Notes are constituted and any other agreement under which any guarantee for HY Notes is given.

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"ICR" means the interest cover ratio calculated pursuant to clause 27(B)(ii) (Financial Covenants).

"IFC" means International Finance Corporation.

“IFC Commitment” has the meaning given to it in paragraph (A) of clause 3.4 (IFC as Additional Lender).

“IFC Facility” has the meaning given to it in paragraph (A) of clause 3.4 (IFC as Additional Lender).

“IFC Rebalancing” has the meaning given to it in paragraph (C) of clause 3.4 (IFC as Additional Lender).

"Illegality Lender" has the meaning given to that term in clause 10.2 (Illegality).

"Increased Costs" has the meaning given to that term in clause 16.1 (Increased costs).

"Insolvency Event" means, in relation to any Obligor, any circumstances described in clause 29.6 (Insolvency).

"Insolvency Proceedings" means, in relation to any Obligor, any circumstances described in clause 29.7 (Insolvency proceedings).

"Insurance" or "Insurances" means any or all of the contracts of insurance which the Obligors required from time to time to purchase or procure and maintain pursuant to the Schedule of Insurances.

"Insurance Proceeds"means all moneys which may at any time be or become payable to or received by an Obligor (other than proceeds in respect of third party liability insurances) under or pursuant to the Agreed Insurances and any reinsurance contract in which the relevant Obligor has an interest.

"Insurance Proceeds Accounts" means any of the KED Insurance Proceeds Account, the KEG Insurance Proceeds Account, the KEI Insurance Proceeds Account, the KEO Insurance Proceeds Account, the Borrower Insurance Proceeds Account and any account deemed to be an "Insurance Proceeds Account" in accordance with clause 20 (Bank Accounts and Cash Management) and which is secured in favour of the Secured Parties, each an "Insurance Proceeds Account".

"Intercompany Loan Agreement"means each loan agreement in Agreed Form pursuant to which a Borrower makes advances to an Obligor from the proceeds of a Utilisation under the Facility.

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"Intercreditor Agreement" means the English law governed intercreditor agreement, entered into on or about the date of this Agreement, between, amongst others, BNP Paribas as facility agent on that date, the Lenders, the Hedging Counterparties, the Original Borrower and the Security Agent, as amended from time to time.

"Interest Period" means, in relation to a Loan, each period determined in accordance with clause 12 (Interest Periods) and, in relation to an Unpaid Sum, each period determined in accordance with clause 11.4 (Default interest).

"Interested Third Party" has the meaning given to the term in clause 20.2(A)(iii) (Other bank accounts).

"Interpolated Historic Term SOFR" means, in relation to any Loan, the rate (rounded to the same number of decimal places as Term SOFR) which results from interpolating on a linear basis between:

(A)    either:

(i)    the most recent applicable Term SOFR (as of a day which is not more than two (2) US Government Securities Business Days before the Quotation Day) for the longest period (for which Term SOFR is available) which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan; or

(ii)    if no such Term SOFR is available for a period which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan, the most recent SOFR for a day which is no more than two (2) US Government Securities Business Days before the Quotation Day; and

(B)    the most recent applicable Term SOFR (as of a day which is not more than two (2) US Government Securities Business Days before the Quotation Day) for the shortest period (for which Term SOFR is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of that Loan.

"Interpolated Term SOFR" means, in relation to any Loan, the rate (rounded to the same number of decimal places as Term SOFR) which results from interpolating on a linear basis between:

(A)    either:

(i)    the applicable Term SOFR (as of the Specified Time) for the longest period (for which Term SOFR is available) which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan; or

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(ii)    if no such Term SOFR is available for a period which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan, SOFR for the day which is two (2) US Government Securities Business Days before the Quotation Day; and

(B)    the applicable Term SOFR (as of the Specified Time) for the shortest period (for which Term SOFR is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of that Loan.

"IPO" means in relation to a company, a transaction in which shares in that company are sold or issued to investors and in connection with such sale or issue are admitted to trading on a regulated market or other stock exchange.

"IPO Reorganisation" means any Reorganisation implemented by KEH, or any of its subsidiaries from time to time (or any group of them), which is undertaken for the purpose of facilitating an IPO.

"ISDA Master Agreement" means the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement or the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement, as the case may be.

"Joint Operating Agreements" means:

(A)    the DWT JOA;

(B)    the WCTP JOA; and

(C)    the EG JOA.

"Jubilee Field" means the hydrocarbon accumulation so named that is located approximately 63km offshore Ghana and which extends across the Ghana Blocks.

"Jubilee Field Phase 1" means the Phase 1 development of the Jubilee Field, as described in the Phase 1 Plan of Development for the Jubilee Field, including the Project Infrastructure and all appraisal, exploration, construction, operations, maintenance and exploitation works and activities, and the treatment, processing, storage, delivery, lifting and sale of Unit Substances therefrom.

"Junior Hedging Agreement" has the meaning given to the term “Hedging Agreement” in the intercreditor and security sharing agreement dated 1 August 2014 between KEL as the RCF Borrower and the HY Note Issuer, BNP Paribas as the Security and Intercreditor Agent (as subsequently succeeded by Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank), Standard Chartered Bank as the RCF Agent (as subsequently succeeded by ING Bank N.V.) and Wilmington Trust, National Association as the HY Noteholder Trustee as amended and/or restated from time to time.

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"KEDInsurance Proceeds Account" means an account designated "KED – Insurance Proceeds Account" established by KED with the Offshore Account Bank in London pursuant to clause 20 (Bank Accounts and Cash Management) which is secured in favour of the Secured Parties.

"KED Offshore Proceeds Account" means an account designated "Kosmos Energy Development – Offshore" established by KED with the Offshore Account Bank in London pursuant to clause 20 (Bank Accounts and Cash Management) which is secured in favour of the Secured Parties.

"KED Offshore Security Assignment" means the English law governed security assignment and debenture, dated on or about the date of this Agreement, between KED and the Security Agent.

“KEEG Cameroon Accounts" means:

(A)a USD account established by KEEG with Citibank Cameroon SA in the Republic of Cameroon with account number 070056001; and

(B)a XAF account established by KEEG with Citibank Cameroon SA in the Republic of Cameroon with account number 070052001.

“KEEG EG Account” means a XAF account established by KEEG with Société Générale S.A. in Equatorial Guinea with account number 37152843701-26.

"KEEG Offshore Proceeds Account" means an account or accounts where the designated name includes the words "Kosmos Energy Equatorial Guinea – Offshore" established by KEEG with the Account Bank in London pursuant to clause 20 (Bank Accounts and Cash Management) which is secured in favour of the Secured Parties.

"KEEGOffshore Project Accounts Agreement" means the English law governed offshore project accounts agreement, dated 22 February 2018, between KEEG, the Offshore Account Bank, the Facility Agent and the Security Agent.

"KEEG Offshore Security Assignment" means the English law governed security assignment and debenture, dated 22 February 2018, between KEEG and the Security Agent.

"KEFI Intercreditor Agreement" means the English law governed intercreditor agreement dated 23 November 2012 between the Security Agent, KEFI, KEL, Standard Chartered Bank as RCF Agent and BNP Paribas as security and intercreditor agent and as proceeds agent, for and on behalf of the Finance Parties and the "Security and

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Intercreditor Agent" for and on behalf of the "Finance Parties", both terms as defined in the KEL Guarantee.

"KEGAssignment of Reinsurance Rights" means the English law governed deed of insurance and reinsurance assignment to be entered into in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, between theinsurers, the Security Agent and KEG.

"KEGInsurance Proceeds Account" means an account designated "KEG – Insurance Proceeds Account" established by KEG with the Offshore Account Bank in New York pursuant to clause 20 (Bank Accounts and Cash Management) which is secured in favour of the Secured Parties.

"KEG Investments Offshore Accounts Security Agreement" means the New York law governed security agreement to be entered into in accordance with the terms of this Agreement between KEG Investments and the Security Agent.”

"KEG Investments Offshore Proceeds Account" means an account or accounts where the designated name includes the words "Kosmos Energy Ghana Investments – Offshore" established by KEG Investments with the Offshore Account Bank in New York pursuant to clause 20 (Bank Accounts and Cash Management) of this Agreement which is secured in favour of the Secured Parties.

"KEG Investments Offshore Project Accounts Agreement" means the New York law governed offshore project accounts agreement dated on or about the date of the 2023 Amendment Letter between KEG Investments, the Offshore Account Bank and the Security Agent.

"KEG Offshore Accounts Security Agreement” means the New York law governed security agreement to be entered into in accordance with the terms of this Agreement between KEG and the Security Agent.

“KEG Offshore Proceeds Account" means an account or accounts where the designated name includes the words "Kosmos Energy Ghana HC – Offshore" established by KEG with the Offshore Account Bank in New York pursuant to clause 20 (Bank Accounts and Cash Management) which is secured in favour of the Secured Parties.

"KEGOffshore Project Accounts Agreement" means the New York law governed offshore project accounts agreement, dated 18 November 2021, between KEG, the Offshore Account Bank and the Security Agent.

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"KEG Offshore Security Assignment" means the English law governed security assignment and debenture to be entered into in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, between KEG and the Security Agent.

"KEG Onshore Project Accounts Agreement" means the Ghanaian law governed onshore project accounts agreement dated on or about the date of this Agreement, between KEG, the Onshore Account Bank and BNP Paribas as facility agent on that date and BNP Paribas as Security Agent.

"KEG Onshore Security Assignment" means the Ghanaian law governed debenture to be entered into in accordance with the terms of this Agreement between KEG and the Security Agent.

"KEGHL Offshore Accounts Security Agreement"means the New York law governed security agreement dated on or about the date of the 2023 Amendment Letter between KEGHL and the Security Agent.

"KEGHL Offshore Proceeds Account" means an account or accounts where the designated name includes the words "Kosmos Energy Ghana Holdings Limited – Offshore" established by KEGHL with the Offshore Account Bank in New York pursuant to clause 20 (Bank Accounts and Cash Management) of this Agreement which is secured in favour of the Secured Parties.

"KEGHL Offshore Project Accounts Agreement" means the New York law governed offshore project accounts agreement dated on or about the date of the 2023 Amendment Letter between KEGHL, the Offshore Account Bank and the Security Agent.

"KEGHL Offshore Security Assignment" means the English law governed security assignment and debenture dated on or about the date of the 2023 Amendment Letter between KEGHL and the Security Agent.

“KEGI Cameroon Accounts" means:

(A)a USD account established by KEGI with Citibank Cameroon SA in the Republic of Cameroon with account number 070055001; and

(B)a XAF account established by KEGI with Citibank Cameroon SA in the Republic of Cameroon with account number 070051001.

"KEGI Offshore Proceeds Account" means an account or accounts where the designated name includes the words "Kosmos Equatorial Guinea, Inc. – Offshore" established by KEGI with the Offshore Account Bank in New York pursuant to clause 20

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(Bank Accounts and Cash Management) of this Agreement which is secured in favour of the Secured Parties.

"KEGI Offshore Project Accounts Agreement" means the New York law governed offshore project accounts agreement dated on or about the date of the 2022 Amendment Letter between KEGI, the Offshore Account Bank in New York, the Facility Agent and the Security Agent.

"KEGI Offshore Security Assignment" means the New York law governed security agreement dated on or about the date of the 2022 Amendment Letter between KEGI and the Security Agent.

"KEH" means Kosmos Energy Holdings, a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registered number 133483 and having its registered office at PO Box 32332, 4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands.

"KEI and KEO Offshore Security Assignment" means the English law governed security assignment dated on or about the date of this Agreement between KEI, KEO and the Security Agent.

"KEIInsurance Proceeds Account" means an account designated "KEI – Insurance Proceeds Account" established by KEI with the Offshore Account Bank in London pursuant to clause 20 (Bank Accounts and Cash Management) which is secured in favour of the Secured Parties.

"KEI Offshore Proceeds Account" means an account designated "Kosmos Energy International – Offshore" established by KEI with the Offshore Account Bank in London pursuant to clause 20 (Bank Accounts and Cash Management) which is secured in favour of the Secured Parties.

"KEI Offshore Security Assignment" means the English law governed security assignment and debenture, dated on or about the date of this Agreement, between KEI and the Security Agent.

"KEISL" means Kosmos Energy Investments Senegal Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with company number 10520822 and having its registered office at 6th Floor 65 Gresham Street, London, United Kingdom, EC2V 7NQ.

"KEL" means Kosmos Energy Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws of Delaware with registration number 7211582 and having its registered office at The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.

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"KELGroup" means KEL and each of its direct and indirect subsidiaries.

"KEL Guarantee" means the deed of guarantee entered by BNP Paribas as security and intercreditor agent, Kosmos Energy Limited, Kosmos Energy Operating, Kosmos Energy International, Kosmos Energy Development, Kosmos Energy Ghana HC and Kosmos Energy Finance International, dated on or around the date of this Agreement.

"KEM means Kosmos Energy Mauritania, a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registered number 266444 and having its registered office at P.O. Box 32322, 4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands.

"KEOInsurance Proceeds Account" means an account designated "KEO – Insurance Proceeds Account" established by KEO with the Offshore Account Bank in London pursuant to clause 20 (Bank Accounts and Cash Management) which is secured in favour of the Secured Parties.

"KEO Offshore Proceeds Account" means an account designated "Kosmos Energy Operating – Offshore" established by KEO with the Offshore Account Bank in London pursuant to clause 20 (Bank Accounts and Cash Management) which is secured in favour of the Secured Parties.

"KEO Offshore Security Assignment" means the English law governed security assignment and debenture, dated on or about the date of this Agreement, between KEO and the Security Agent.

"KES" means Kosmos Energy Senegal, a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registered number 290078 and having its registered office at P.O. Box 32322, 4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands.

"LC Cash Collateral Account" means an account designated "Kosmos - LC Cash Collateral Account" which is established and maintained by the Original Borrower pursuant to clause 20 (Bank Accounts and Cash Management), with the relevant LC Issuing Bank or Lender (as applicable, in accordance with the terms of clause 7.1(B)(viii)(a)), which is secured in favour of the relevant LC Issuing Bank or Lender, as applicable.

"LC Issuing Bank" means each Lender appointed to such role from time to time and who issues, pursuant to clause 7.6 (Issue of Letters of Credit), a Letter of Credit.

"LC Lender" means each Lender participating in a Letter of Credit, unless otherwise agreed.

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"Lender" means:

(A)     any Original Lender; and

(B)     any bank or financial institution which has become a Party as a lender in accordance with clause 30 (Changes to the Lenders),

which in each case has not ceased to be a Party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

"Lender Accession Notice" means a lender accession notice substantially in the form set out in Schedule 8 (Form of Lender Accession Notice).

"Letter of Credit" means a letter of credit:

(A)substantially in the form set out in Schedule 12 (Form of Letter of Credit) subject to such amendments as any beneficiary may reasonably require;

(B)in such form as already issued by the Original Borrower on the date of this Agreement (together with such amendments as may reasonably be required by the beneficiary thereunder); or

(C)in any other form requested by the Original Borrower and agreed by the Facility Agent (pursuant to instructions from the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably)) and each LC Lender.

"Liquidity Report Date” means 31 December 2020, 31 March 2021, 30 June 2021 and 30 September 2021.

"Liquidity Statement" has the meaning given to it in clause 24.8 (Sources and Uses).

"Loan" means each loan or Letter of Credit made or to be made under this Agreement or the principal amount outstanding for the time being of that loan or Letter of Credit.

"Loan Life Cover Ratio" or "LLCR" means the ratio of A to B with:

(A)“A” being the net present value of Net Cash Flow (calculated on the basis of the Forecast Assumptions) from the relevant Forecast Date until the Final Maturity Date plus the net present value of Relevant Capital Expenditure; and

(B)“B” being the aggregate of all Loans outstanding under the Facility on the relevant Forecast Date.

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"Majority Lenders" means, as applicable, those Lenders whose participation in advances under the Facility are equal to 66⅔ per cent. of the aggregate advances then outstanding, or if there are no advances outstanding, whose Commitments then aggregate at least 66⅔ per cent. of the Total Commitments under the Facility.

"Margin" means the percentage rate per annum determined in accordance with clause 11.2 (Margin).

“Market Disruption Event” has the meaning given to that term in clause 13.2 (Market disruption).

“Market Disruption Rate” means the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of the Reference Rate and the applicable Credit Adjustment Spread.

"Material Adverse Effect" means, in relation to any event (or series of events) or circumstance which occurs or arises (other than fluctuations in crude oil prices), that event (or events) or circumstance (or any effect or consequence thereof), in the opinion of the Majority Lenders, would reasonably be expected materially and adversely to affect the financial condition, operations, or business of any Obligor or the Borrowing Base Assets, or the ability of any Obligor to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents in full and on the basis contemplated therein in a way which is materially prejudicial to the interests of the Lenders or results in the Obligors being unable to pay any amounts when due and payable under the Finance Documents.

"Material Contracts" means the following contracts and agreements in Agreed Form on 22 February 2018 (including all amendments and supplements thereto):

(A)Jubilee Field Unit Second Crude Oil Lifting Agreement between Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Tullow Ghana Limited, Kosmos Energy Ghana HC, Anadarko WCTP Company and Sabre Oil & Gas Holdings Limited dated 1 March 2013;

(B)Agreement in respect of the Engineering, Procurement, Installation, Commissioning and Charter (EPIC+Charter) of an Integrated FPSO Facility for the TEN Development Project (Contract No. ORD-TGHA1058081) between Tullow Ghana Limited and T.E.N. Ghana MV25 B.V. dated 14 August 2013;

(C)Agreement for Provision of FPSO Operations and Maintenance Services for the TEN Development Project between Tullow Ghana Limited and T.E.N. Ghana MV25 B.V. dated 14 August 2013;

(D)Agreement for the Operation and Maintenance of a Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Facility for the Jubilee Field Unit between

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Tullow Ghana Limited and Modec Management Services Private Limited dated 29 December 2011;

(E)TEN Field Crude Oil Lifting Agreement between Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Tullow Ghana Limited, Kosmos Energy Ghana HC, Anadarko WCTP Company and Petrosa Ghana Limited dated 30 August 2016;

(F)Jubilee Field Master Crude Sales Agreement between Glencore Energy UK Limited and Kosmos Energy Ghana HC dated 16 December 2015;

(G)TEN Field Master Crude Sales Agreement between Glencore Energy UK Limited and Kosmos Energy Ghana HC dated 13 September 2016;

(H)Okume Complex and FPSO Sendje Ceiba Management, Operations and Maintenance Agreement between Hess Equatorial Guinea, Inc. and Wood Group Equatorial Guinea Limited dated 1 July 2006;

(I)Ceiba Field, Block G Crude Oil Lifting Agreement between the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Triton Equatorial Guinea, Inc. and Energy Africa Equatorial Guinea Limited dated 1 October 2001; and

(J)Agreement for the Marketing and Offtake of Ceiba Blend Crude Oil between Hess Equatorial Guinea, Inc. and BP Oil International Limited dated 28 November 2017.

"Mauritania" means the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

"Mauritania Exploration and Production Contract" means the exploration and production contract dated 5 April 2012 between Mauritania represented by the Minister in Charge of Crude Hydrocarbons and KEM in respect of Bloc C8 (and all amendments and supplements thereto).

"Measurement Period" means, in respect of the calculation of the DCR or the ICR, the period of 12 months ending on the Financial Covenant Test Date in question.

"Model" means the computer model in the Agreed Form at the Signing Date, as such model may be updated from time to time pursuant to clause 19 (Forecasts and Calculations).

"Model Auditor" means, as at the date of this Agreement, Operis Group plc appointed in accordance with a scope of work and budget for fees and expenses agreed with the Original Borrower, BNP Paribas (as facility agent at the date of appointment) and the Technical and Modelling Bank.

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"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc., a Delaware corporation and any successor thereto and if such corporation shall for any reason no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, Moody's shall be deemed to refer to any other internationally recognised rating agency agreed by the Facility Agent and the Original Borrower (both acting reasonably).

"Net Cash Flow"means, for any relevant period (but without any double counting):

(A)    Net Revenues; minus

(B)    Project Costs,

projected to be paid or received during that period converted if necessary into USD at the rate of exchange used in the Forecast Assumptions on the date of projected receipt or payment.

"Net Interest Payable" means, in relation to the KEL Group for any Measurement Period, Total Interest Payable less Total Interest Receivable for the KEL Group during that Measurement Period.

"Net Revenues" means Gross Revenues minus Royalty Payments and Additional Oil Entitlement payments.

"New Lender" has the meaning given to it in clause 30.1 (Assignments and transfers and changes in Facility Office by the Lenders).

"New Project Agreement" means any project agreement relating to any Approved Development or Permitted Acquisition over which the Lenders have, or are to receive, a Security Interest.

"Non-Funding Lender" means:

(A)    any Lender who fails to participate in any Utilisation in the amount and at the time required;

(B)    any Lender who has indicated publicly or to the Facility Agent or an Obligor that it does not intend to participate in all or part of any Utilisation;

(C)    any Lender which has repudiated its obligations under the Facility; or

(D)    any Lender in respect of which or in respect of whose holding company any of the events specified in clause 29.6 (Insolvency) or clause 29.7 (Insolvency proceedings) (disregarding paragraph (B) of clause 29.7) (Insolvency proceedings) applies or has occurred.

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“Novation Agreement” means the Ghanaian law governed novation agreement, dated 22 February 2018, between KEG, Standard Chartered Bank (as the Onshore Account Bank), BNP Paribas (as the Security Agent and outgoing facility agent) and the Facility Agent in relation to the KEG Onshore Project Accounts Agreement.

"Obligors" means the Borrowers and the Guarantors which, as at the date of the 2023 Amendment Letter, are set out in Schedule 1 (The Obligors).

"OffshoreAccount Bank" means, as the context so requires, Bank of America N.A. or any other bank appointed as an “Offshore Account Bank” in accordance with clause 20.3 (Appointment of Account Bank).

"Offshore Proceeds Accounts" means any of the KED Offshore Proceeds Account, the KEEG Offshore Proceeds Account, the KEG Offshore Proceeds Account, the KEGI Offshore Proceeds Account, the KEI Offshore Proceeds Account, the KEO Offshore Proceeds Account, the Borrower Offshore Proceeds Account, the KEGHL Offshore Proceeds Account, the KEG Investments Offshore Proceeds Account and any account deemed to be an "Offshore Proceeds Account" in accordance with clause 20.1 (Project Accounts), and which is secured in favour of the Secured Parties, each an "Offshore Proceeds Account".

"OnshoreAccount Bank" means, as the context so requires, either Standard Chartered Bank, or any other bank appointed as an “Onshore Account Bank” in accordance with clause 20.3 (Appointment of Account Bank).

"Onshore Working Capital Accounts" means the Ghana Working Capital Cedi Account, the Ghana Working Capital USD Account and any other onshore working capital account maintained by an Obligor in a jurisdiction where a Borrowing Base Asset is situated which is designated as such by the Original Borrower and the Facility Agent.

"Operator" means, in relation to each Borrowing Base Asset or each Developing Asset, the relevant operator of that Borrowing Base Asset or Developing Asset.

"Operator Report" means the report prepared by the Operator in relation to each Borrowing Base Asset and each Developing Asset.

"ORGL LC" means the Letter of Credit dated 24 December 2010 issued by BNP Paribas to Ocean Rig Ghana Limited as beneficiary originally at the request of Kosmos Energy Finance in respect of the obligations of Tullow Ghana Limited to the beneficiary thereof, under which the amount of USD 23,000,000 is outstanding on 28 March 2011.

"Original Guarantor" means KEO, KEI, KED and KEG.

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"Participating Interest" has the meaning given to it in the relevant Petroleum Agreement and details of each such participating interest as at 5 February 2018 are as set out in clause 26.14 (Assets).

"Participating Member State" means any member state of the European Union that has adopted the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to Economic and Monetary Union.

"Party" means a party to a Finance Document.

"Permitted Acquisition" means any acquisitions or investments:

(A)    which are made in the ordinary course of the day to day business of the acquiring company;

(B)    which are funded by equity or debt subordinated on terms acceptable to the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably);

(C)    which are in respect of the implementation and development of the Borrowing Base Assets;

(D)    which are included within a Forecast;

(E)    in respect of which the aggregate consideration paid (which shall exclude the amount of any debt assumed) does not in any calendar year exceed USD 50 million (or its equivalent in other currencies), or such higher figure as the Majority Lenders may agree (acting reasonably);

(F)    by an Obligor where the asset acquired or invested in is to be included as a Borrowing Base Assets as approved by the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably); or

(G)    which are approved by the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably),

provided in each case that such acquisition or investment may not take place in Iran, Libya, Myanmar, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Cuba, Crimea, or any country which is subject to a Sanctions Regime or any country designated by the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably).

"Permitted Disposals" means any:

(A)disposal permitted or not otherwise prohibited by clause 28.8 (Disposals);

(B)disposals expressly permitted under any Project Agreement;

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(C)disposals of cash for purposes not prohibited by the Finance Documents;

(D)disposals expressly required in order to comply with its obligations under the Project Agreements;

(E)disposals of obsolete assets;

(F)disposals on arm’s length terms for market value of its Entitlements from a Field or petroleum products to which an Obligor is entitled by virtue of its ownership or investment in a Petroleum Asset; or

(G)disposals not falling within paragraphs (A) to (F) above which are consented to by the Majority Lenders.

"Permitted Financial Indebtedness" means:

(A)any Financial Indebtedness arising under or contemplated by the Finance Documents;

(B)any Financial Indebtedness the proceeds of which are applied, promptly on receipt by an Obligor, in making or procuring the making of a prepayment of all amounts outstanding under the Finance Documents in full;

(C)any Financial Indebtedness subordinated to the Lenders on terms approved by the Majority Lenders (each acting reasonably) provided that there shall be no subordination in respect of amounts held in any Distributions Reserve Account;

(D)any guarantee granted by an Obligor in favour of the Revolving Credit Facility Lenders and/or the HY Noteholders, which in either case is subordinated in accordance with the terms of the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement, or otherwise on terms acceptable to the Majority Lenders;

(E)any Financial Indebtedness owed to an Obligor, provided that such Obligor (as subordinated lender) has entered into a Deed of Subordination;

(F)any Financial Indebtedness arising under finance or capital leases of vehicles, plant, equipment or computers, provided that the aggregate capital value of all such items so leased under outstanding leases by members of the Group does not exceed USD 100 million (or its equivalent in other currencies) at any time;

(G)any Financial Indebtedness arising under any Derivative Agreement that an Obligor may enter further to the provisions of clause 28.17(A) (Hedging); or

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(H)any Financial Indebtedness otherwise approved by the Majority Lenders (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

"Permitted Party" has the meaning given to it in clause 30.7 (Disclosure of information).

"Permitted Security" means:

(A)    any netting or set-off arrangement entered into in the ordinary course of financing arrangements for the purpose of netting or setting off debit and credit balances;

(B)    any lien securing obligations no more than 90 days overdue arising by operation of law;

(C)    any Security Interest arising under or contemplated by the Finance Documents or pursuant to the express terms of any Project Agreement;

(D)    any title retention provisions in a supplier's standard conditions of supply of goods;

(E)    any Security Interest created over or in respect of any Distributions Reserve Accounts; and

(F)    any Security Interest not falling within (A) to (E) above which is consented to by the Majority Lenders.

"Permitted Transferee" shall have the meaning given to that term in clause 10.6 (Change of Control).

"Petroleum Agreements"means:

(A)the DWT PA;

(B)the WCTP PA; and

(C)the EG PSC.

"Petroleum Asset" means any assets related to the exploration for or exploitation, production, treatment, processing, transportation, storage, marketing and sale of petroleum products including, but without limitation, any contractual rights under any agreement entered into in relation to or incidental or ancillary thereto, any equity or participating interest in any entity which has such an interest or which conducts such activities and any right which would allow a person to obtain title to or an interest in any petroleum products.

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"Phase 1 Plan of Development for the Jubilee Field"means the relevant plan for the development of the Jubilee Field Phase 1 approved by the government of Ghana.

"Process Agent" has the meaning given to it in clause 46 (Service of Process).

"Project Accounts" means any or all of each Debt Service Reserve Account, the LC Cash Collateral Account, the Offshore Proceeds Accounts, the Onshore Working Capital Accounts and the Insurance Proceeds Accounts, in each case, as established pursuant to clause 20 (Bank Accounts and Cash Management) and any account established further to clause 10.3 (Aggregate outstandings exceed the Borrowing Base Amount), with such accounts being secured in favour of the Secured Parties.

"Project Accounts Agreements" means the KEEG Offshore Project Accounts Agreement, the KEG Offshore Project Accounts Agreement, the KEG Onshore Project Accounts Agreement, the KEGI Offshore Project Accounts Agreement, the Borrower Offshore Project Accounts Agreement, the KEG Investments Offshore Project Accounts Agreement, the KEGHL Offshore Project Accounts Agreement and any such other agreement being designated as a Project Account Agreement by the Original Borrower, the Facility Agent and the Security Agent.

"Project Agreements"means (when entered into by the relevant Obligor and only while an Obligor is a party to such document):

(A)each Petroleum Agreement (including any Required Approval or any Authorisation required for the production, transportation or sale of petroleum from a Borrowing Base Asset);

(B)the Joint Operating Agreements;

(C)the UUOA; and

(D)each New Project Agreement and any other agreement which the Facility Agent and the Original Borrower agree shall be a Project Agreement,

as such documents may be updated, amended or replaced from time to time.

"Project Costs"means all costs and expenses (including without limitation exploration costs and any costs incurred under any Derivative Agreement, but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Scheduled KEL Debt Payments and excluding any other payments relating to the Revolving Credit Facility or the HY Notes) incurred for and on behalf of an Obligor or in respect of which an Obligor is liable in relation to:

(A)    the Ghana Contract Area and the EG Contract Area; and

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(B)    any other project, venture, Field or Petroleum Asset which can at that time be funded by the proceeds of a Utilisation made pursuant to clause 21.2(B) (Withdrawals – No Default Outstanding).

"Project Infrastructure"means:

(A)    the FPSO for the Jubilee Field Phase 1;

(B)    a taut-leg mooring system for the FPSO for the Jubilee Field Phase 1;

(C)    seven production wells;

(D)    five production drill centers;

(E)    five production manifolds;

(F)    four water injection wells;

(G)    two water-injection drill centers;

(H)    two water injection manifolds;

(I)    three gas-injection wells;

(J)    one gas-injection drill center;

(K)    one gas-injection manifold;

(L)    two riser bases;

(M)    six subsea distribution units; and

(N)    associated flowlines, risers, umbilicals and jumpers.

"Published Rate" means:

(A)    SOFR; or

(B)    the Term SOFR for any Quoted Tenor.

"Published Rate Replacement Event" means, in relation to a Published Rate:

(A)the methodology, formula or other means of determining that Published Rate has, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Original Borrower, materially changed;

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(B)

(i)

(a)    the administrator of that Published Rate or its supervisor publicly announces that such administrator is insolvent; or

(b)    information is published in any order, decree, notice, petition or filing, however described, of or filed with a court, tribunal, exchange, regulatory authority or similar administrative, regulatory or judicial body which reasonably confirms that the administrator of that Published Rate is insolvent,

provided that, in each case, at that time, there is no successor administrator to continue to provide that Published Rate;

(ii)    the administrator of that Published Rate publicly announces that it has ceased or will cease to provide that Published Rate permanently or indefinitely and, at that time, there is no successor administrator to continue to provide that Published Rate;

(iii)    the supervisor of the administrator of that Published Rate publicly announces that such Published Rate has been or will be permanently or indefinitely discontinued; or

(iv)    the administrator of that Published Rate or its supervisor announces that that Published Rate may no longer be used; or

(C)the administrator of that Published Rate (or the administrator of an interest rate which is a constituent element of that Published Rate) determines that that Published Rate should be calculated in accordance with its reduced submissions or other contingency or fallback policies or arrangements and either:

(i)    the circumstance(s) or event(s) leading to such determination are not (in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Original Borrower) temporary; or

(ii)    that Published Rate is calculated in accordance with any such policy or arrangement for a period no less than thirty (30) days; or

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(D)in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Original Borrower, that Published Rate is otherwise no longer appropriate for the purposes of calculating interest under this Agreement.

"Qualifying Bank" means an internationally recognised bank:

(A)which is not on a Sanctions List or subject to a sanctions regime issued, imposed or administered by the United States or any member country of the European Union, or the European Union itself, the United Kingdom or the United Nations (or any agency of any of them) (a "Sanctions Regime"); or

(B)which does not have its principal place of business in a country which is subject to a Sanctions Regime; or

(C)which is not a bank whose principal place of business is in a country notified by the Original Borrower to BNP Paribas (as facility agent at the date of this Agreement) prior to signing of this Agreement; or

(D)whose long-term unguaranteed, unsecured securities or debt is rated at least Baa3 (Moody's) or a comparable rating from an internationally recognised credit rating agency (except that this shall not be a requirement if an Event of Default is continuing).

"Quotation Day" means, in relation to any period for which an interest rate is to be determined two US Government Securities Business Days before the first day of that period (unless market practice differs in the relevant syndicated loan market, in which case the Quotation Day will be determined by the Agent in accordance with that market practice (and if quotations would normally be given on more than one day, the Quotation Day will be the last of those days).

"Quoted Tenor" means, in relation to Term SOFR, any period for which that rate is customarily displayed on the relevant page or screen of an information service.

"Receiver"means a receiver or receiver and manager or administrative receiver of the whole or any part of the assets of the Obligors which from time to time are, or are expressed to be, the subject of the Security Interests created or evidenced or expressed to be created or evidenced under the Security Documents.

"Reference Rate" means in relation to any Loan:

(A)    the applicable Term SOFR as of the Specified Time and for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan; or

(B)    as otherwise determined pursuant to clause 13.1 (Unavailability of Term SOFR),

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and if, in either case, the aggregate of that rate and the applicable Credit Adjustment Spread is less than zero, the Reference Rate shall be deemed to be such a rate that the aggregate of the Reference Rate and the applicable Credit Adjustment Spread is zero.

"Relevant Capital Expenditure"means capital expenditure incurred or to be incurred in relation to the Borrowing Base Assets in the next twelve months or, in respect of exploration and appraisal costs, in the next six months, as determined pursuant to a Forecast and which is or will be funded by the Facility or by contributions to the capital of an Obligor (including loans subordinated on terms acceptable to the Facility Agent (acting reasonably)).

"Relevant Lender" has the meaning ascribed to such term in clause 8.10 (Cash collateralisation).

"Relevant Nominating Body" means any applicable central bank, regulator or other supervisory authority or a group of them, or any working group or committee sponsored or chaired by, or constituted at the request of, any of them or the Financial Stability Board.

"Reorganisation" means (without limitation) any transaction, deemed transaction, step, procedure or agreement, including (but without limitation) the transfer, distribution, contribution or settlement of assets and/or liabilities.

"Repayment Date" means the date specified as such in the Amortisation Schedule, as may be adjusted in accordance with clause 34.6 (Business Days).

"Repayment Instalment"means each repayment instalment required pursuant to the Amortisation Schedule (as adjusted from time to time).

"Repeating Representations" means the representations set out under:

(A)    clauses 26.1 (Status), 26.2 (Legal validity), 26.3 (Non-conflict), 26.4 (Powers and authority), each as at the time the power or authority was exercised only; and

(B)    clauses 26.5 (Authorisations), 26.9 (Financial Statements and other factual information), 26.10 (Proceedings pending or threatened), 26.11 (Breach of laws), 26.12 (Ranking of security), 26.13 (Pari passu ranking), 26.14 (Assets), 26.15 (Project Agreements), 26.16 (No Immunity), 26.17 (Ownership of Obligors), 26.18 (Sanctions) and 26.19 (Anti-corruption law).

"Replacement Lender" has the meaning given to that term in clause 10.10 (Right of repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender).

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"Replacement Reference Rate" means a reference rate which is:

(A)    formally designated, nominated or recommended as the replacement for a Published Rate by:

(i)    the administrator of that Published Rate (provided that the market or economic reality that such reference rate measures is the same as that measured by that Published Rate ); or

(ii)    any Relevant Nominating Body,

    and if replacements have, at the relevant time, been formally designated, nominated or recommended under both paragraphs, the "Replacement Reference Rate" will be the replacement under paragraph (ii) above;

(B)    in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Original Borrower, generally accepted in the international or any relevant domestic syndicated loan markets as the appropriate successor to a Published Rate; or

(C)    in the opinion of the Majority Lenders and the Original Borrower, an appropriate successor to a Published Rate.

“Reporting Time” means:

(A)in relation to the deadline for Lenders to report their cost of funds in accordance with clause 13.2(A)(ii) (Market disruption), close of business in London on the date falling three (3) Business Days after the Quotation Day for the relevant Loan (or, if earlier, on the date falling two (2) Business Days before the date on which interest is due to be paid in respect of the Interest Period for that Loan); or

(B)in relation to the deadline for Lenders to report their cost of funds for market disruption in accordance with clause 13.2(B) (Market disruption), close of business in London on the Quotation Day for the relevant Loan.

"Required Approvals"means all material approvals, licenses, consents and authorisations necessary in connection with the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of any Finance Document or the development, construction and ownership of the relevant Obligor's interest in a Borrowing Base Asset.

"Required Balance" means:

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(A)at any time when the DCR is greater than 2.50:1.00, the greater of the balances which is required to meet the payment either of: (a) interest and fees only due and payable in the next six months on the Facility; and (b) Scheduled KEL Debt Payments due and payable in the next six months; and

(B)at any time when the DCR is less than or equal to 2.50:1.00, zero.

"Reserve Tail Date" means, at any time, the semi-annual Repayment Date immediately preceding the date on which a Forecast projects that the aggregate economically recoverable reserves remaining to be produced from the Borrowing Base Assets (as reflected in the current Forecast) is projected to be equal to or less than 25 per cent. of the aggregate of the economically recoverable reserves from the Borrowing Base Assets reflected in the Forecast agreed as a condition to first Utilisation. The Reserve Tail Date will be re-determined by each Forecast by reference to the aggregate of reserves for the Borrowing Base Assets adjusted for any reserves upgrades or downgrades, for additional reserves acquired pursuant to any Approved Development or Permitted Acquisition and for any disposal of reserves.

"Reserves Consultant" means RSC Group, Inc., (or any other reputable consultant agreed to by the Technical and Modelling Bank (acting reasonably)) appointed in accordance with a scope of work and budget for fees and expenses agreed with the Original Borrower, BNP Paribas (as facility agent at the date of appointment) and the Technical and Modelling Bank.

"Reserves Consultant Appointment Letter" means the consulting agreement dated 28 July 2014 between Kosmos Energy, LLC and the Reserves Consultant setting out the terms of appointment of the Reserves Consultant.

“Reserves Consultant Reliance Letter” means the reliance letter dated 9 February 2015 between BNP Paribas (as facility agent at the date of the letter), the Technical and Modelling Bank, Kosmos Energy, LLC, the Original Borrower and the Reserves Consultant.

"Resignation Letter" means a letter substantially in the form set out in Schedule 10 (Form of Resignation Letter).

"Resolution Authority" means any body which has authority to exercise any Write-down and Conversion Powers.

"Restricted Party" means a person that is:

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(A)    listed on, or (directly or indirectly) owned or controlled (as such terms are defined by the relevant Sanctions Authority) by one or more persons listed on, or acting on behalf of a person listed on, any Sanctions List;

(B)    located in, incorporated under the laws of, or owned or (directly or indirectly) controlled by, or acting on behalf of, a person located in or organized under the laws of a country or territory that is the target of country-wide or territory-wide Sanctions; or

(C)    otherwise a target of Sanctions ("target of Sanctions" signifying a person with whom a US person or other national of a Sanctions Authority would be prohibited or restricted by law from engaging in trade, business or other activities).

"Retiring Guarantor" has the meaning given to it in clause 25.8 (Release of Guarantors' right of contribution).

"Revised Final Repayment Date" has the meaning given to that term in clause 9.2 (Amendment to Amortisation Schedule).

"Revolving Credit Facility" means the revolving credit facility of up to US$300 million provided to KEL pursuant to the terms of the Revolving Credit Facility Agreement.

"Revolving Credit Facility Agreement" means the agreement under which the Revolving Credit Facility is made available.

"Revolving Credit Facility Lender" means a "Lender", as defined under the Revolving Credit Facility Agreement.

"Rollover Loan" means one or more Loans:

(A)    made or to be made on the same day that a maturing Loan is due to be repaid;

(B)    the aggregate amount of which is equal to or less than the amount of the maturing Loan;

(C)    made or to be made to the same Borrower for the purpose of refinancing a maturing Loan.

"Royalty Payments" means royalties payable to the relevant Government by a contractor out of, or calculated by reference to, petroleum to which such contractor is entitled under the terms and conditions of the relevant Petroleum Agreement.

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"Saint Louis Profond Block" means Saint Louis profond block offshore Senegal being the area described in appendix 1 of the Senegal Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production Sharing Contract, but excluding any portions of such area in respect of which the Contractor's rights thereunder are from time to time relinquished or surrendered pursuant to the Senegal Exploration and Production Sharing Contract.

"Sanctions" means the sanctions laws, regulations, embargoes or restrictive measures administered, enacted or enforced by:

(A)    the United States government;

(B)    the United Nations;

(C)    the European Union (or any of its members states);

(D)    the United Kingdom; or

(E)    the respective governmental institutions and agencies of any of the foregoing, including, without limitation OFAC, the United States Department of State and His Majesty’s Treasury,

(together, the "Sanctions Authorities").

"Sanctions List" means the "Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons" list maintained by OFAC, the Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets and the Investments Ban List maintained by His Majesty’s Treasury, or any similar lists maintained by, or public announcement of Sanctions designation made by, any of the Sanctions Authorities.

"Sanctions Regime" has the meaning given to it in paragraph (A) of the definition of "Qualifying Bank".

"Schedule of Insurances" means the schedule of insurances in the Agreed Form from time to time setting out the Agreed Insurances.

"Scheduled KEL Debt Payment Distribution" means a shareholder distribution as calculated and defined in clause 28.24 (Scheduled KEL Debt Payment Distributions).

"Scheduled KEL Debt Payments" means:

(A)the scheduled interest, fees, costs and expenses (including tax gross up) related to the Revolving Credit Facility and the HY Notes but not including any principal related to the Revolving Credit Facility or the HY Notes; and/or

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(B)a scheduled payment due but unpaid under a Junior Hedging Agreement.

"Second Currency" has the meaning given to it in clause 17.1 (Currency indemnity).

"Secured Liabilities" means at any time and without double counting, all present and future obligations and liabilities (actual or contingent) of each Obligor (whether or not for the payment of money and including any obligation to pay damages for breach of contract) which are, or are expressed to be, or may become due, owing or payable to any or all of the Secured Parties under or in connection with any of the Finance Documents (including all obligations and liabilities due, owing or payable under or pursuant to clause 3.3 (Additional Commitment) and clause 3.4 (IFC as Additional Lender), together with all costs, charges and expenses incurred by the Security Agent or any Secured Party which any Obligor is obliged to pay under any Finance Document.

"Secured Party" means a Finance Party, a Receiver or any Delegate.

"Security Documents"means each of the following documents:

(A)the KEG Offshore Security Assignment;

(B)the KEG Onshore Security Assignment;

(C)the KEGHL Offshore Security Assignment;

(D)the KEEG Offshore Security Assignment;

(E)the KED Offshore Security Assignment;

(F)the KEGI Offshore Security Assignment;

(G)the KEI Offshore Security Assignment;

(H)the KEO Offshore Security Assignment;

(I)the Borrower Offshore Security Assignment;

(J)the KEI and KEO Offshore Security Assignment;

(K)the Charge over Shares in KIPI;

(L)the Charge over Shares in KED;

(M)the Charge over Shares in KEG;

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(N)the Charge over Shares in KEO;

(O)the Charge over Shares in KEI;

(P)the Charge over Shares in KEEG;

(Q)the Charge over Shares in KEGHL;

(R)the Charge over Shares in the Original Borrower;

(S)the KEG Assignment of Reinsurance Rights;

(T)the KEG Offshore Project Accounts Agreement;

(U)the KEG Onshore Project Accounts Agreement;

(V)the KEG Investments Offshore Project Accounts Agreement;

(W)the KEGHL Offshore Project Accounts Agreement;

(X)the KEEG Offshore Project Accounts Agreement;

(Y)the KEGI Offshore Project Accounts Agreement;

(Z)the Borrower Offshore Project Accounts Agreement;

(AA)each Supplemental Security Document;

(AB)the Borrower Offshore Accounts Security Agreement;

(AC)the KEG Offshore Accounts Security Agreement;

(AD)the KEGHL Offshore Accounts Security Agreement;

(AE)the KEG Investments Offshore Accounts Security Agreement; and

(AF)subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, each other document evidencing or creating any Security Interest held or obtained from an Obligor for or in respect of any Secured Liabilities.”

"Security Interest"means a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other security interest or any other agreement or arrangement having a similar effect.

"Senegal" means the Republic of Senegal.

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"Senegal Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production Sharing Contract" means the hydrocarbon exploration and production sharing contract dated 7 January 2012 between Senegal represented by its Minister of State, Minister of International Cooperation, Air Transport, Infrastructure and Energy, PETRO-TIM Limited (predecessor in title to KEISL) and La Société des Pétroles du Senegal in respect of the Saint Louis Profond Block (and all amendments and supplements thereto).

"Service Document" has the meaning given to it in clause 46 (Service of Process).

"Shareholder" means any funds affiliated with Warburg Pincus and Blackstone Capital Partners or the Blackstone Group.

"Shareholder Affiliate" means any Affiliate of a Shareholder, any trust of which a Shareholder or any of its Affiliates is a trustee, any partnership of which a Shareholder or any of its Affiliates is a partner and any trust, fund or other entity which is managed by, or is under the control of, a Shareholder or any of its Affiliates, provided that any such trust, fund or other entity which has been established for at least 6 months solely for the purpose of making, purchasing or investing in loans or debt securities and which is managed or controlled independently from all other trusts, funds or other entities managed or controlled by a Shareholder or any of its Affiliates which have been established for the primary or main purpose of investing in the share capital of companies shall constitute a Shareholder Affiliate.

"Shareholder Distribution" means a shareholder distribution as calculated and defined in clause 28.23 (Distributions).

"Signing Date" means 28 March 2011.

"SOFR" means the secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) published (before any correction, recalculation or republication by the administrator) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or any other person which takes over the publication of that rate).

"Sources and Uses Statement" has the meaning given to it in clause 24.8 (Sources and Uses).

"Sources and Uses Statement Date" has the meaning given to it in clause 24.8 (Sources and Uses).

"Specified Time" means 11:00 a.m. London time on the relevant Quotation Day.

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"Standard and Poor's" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Service, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto and if such corporation shall for any reason no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, Standard & Poor's shall be deemed to refer to any other internationally recognised rating agency agreed by the Facility Agent and the Original Borrower (both acting reasonably).

"Sterling” or “£” or is to the lawful currency for the time being of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

"Sum" has the meaning given to it in clause 17.1 (Currency indemnity).

"Supermajority Lenders" means, as applicable, those Lenders whose participation in advances under the Facility are at least equal to 80 per cent. of the aggregate advances then outstanding, or if there are no advances outstanding, whose Commitments then aggregate at least 80 per cent. of the Total Commitments under the Facility.

"Supplemental Charge over Shares" means each of the following documents:

(A)the English law governed supplemental charge over shares in KED dated 22 February 2018 between KEI and the Security Agent;

(B)the English law governed supplemental charge over shares in KEG dated 22 February 2018 between KED and the Security Agent;

(C)the English law governed supplemental charge over shares in KEI dated 22 February 2018 between KEO and the Security Agent;

(D)the English law governed supplemental limited recourse charge over shares in KEO dated 22 February 2018 between KEH as chargor, KEO and the Security Agent; and

(E)the English law governed supplemental charge over shares in the Original Borrower dated 22 February 2018 between KEI and the Security Agent.

"Supplemental Security Documents" means each of the following documents:

(A)the English law governed supplemental security assignment and debenture, dated 22 February 2018, between KED and the Security Agent;

(B)the English law governed supplemental security assignment and debenture, dated 22 February 2018, between KEI and the Security Agent;

(C)the English law governed supplemental security assignment and debenture, dated 22 February 2018, between KEO and the Security Agent;

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(D)the English law governed supplemental security assignment and debenture, dated 22 February 2018, between the Original Borrower and the Security Agent;

(E)the English law governed supplemental security assignment dated 22 February 2018, between KEI, KEO and the Security Agent; and

(F)each Supplemental Charge over Shares.

"Tax" means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature (including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay in paying any of the same).

"Technical and Modelling Bank" means the Technical Bank and the Modelling Bank, provided that if the Technical Bank and the Modelling Bank cannot reach agreement on a certain issue, then the opinion of the Technical Consultant will be requested (to the extent a Technical Consultant is not already appointed and the parties do not agree on a replacement within 5 Business Days of notification of the failure to reach agreement, the Technical Bank and the Modelling Bank shall request the President of the Energy Institute of London to appoint an independent consultant within 5 Business Days). If no agreement can be reached after consulting the relevant Consultant, the final decision shall be determined by the Majority Lenders.

"Technical Assumptions" means the technical assumptions agreed or determined in accordance with clause 19.1 (Forecast Procedures).

"Technical Consultant" means Shaw Consultants International, Inc. (or any other reputable technical consultant agreed to by the Technical and Modelling Bank (acting reasonably)), appointed in accordance with a scope of work and budget for fees and expenses agreed with the Original Borrower, BNP Paribas (as facility agent at the date of appointment) and the Technical and Modelling Bank.

"Term SOFR" means the term SOFR reference rate administered by CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for the relevant period published (before any correction, recalculation or republication by the administrator) by CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other person which takes over the publication of that rate).

"Third Parties Act" has the meaning given to it in clause 1.4 (Third Party Rights).

"Total Available Facility Amount" means at any time the amount calculated as such pursuant to clause 3.2 (Total Available Facility Amount).

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"Total Commitments" means the aggregate of the Commitments of the Lenders.

"Total Facility Amount" means at any time, the total facility made available under the Facility but as reduced by the amount of any cancellation of the Facility.

"Total Interest Payable" means, in relation to the KEL Group for any Measurement Period, all interest and other financing charges paid or payable and incurred by the KEL Group during that Measurement Period.

"Total Interest Receivable" means, in relation to the KEL Group for any Measurement Period, all interest and other financing charges received or receivable by the KEL Group during that Measurement Period.

"Transaction Document" means each Finance Document and each Project Agreement.

"Transfer Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 7 (Form of Transfer Certificate) or any other form agreed between the Facility Agent and the Original Borrower.

"Transfer Date" means, in relation to a transfer, the later of:

(A)    the proposed Transfer Date specified in the Transfer Certificate; and

(B)    the date on which the Facility Agent executes the Transfer Certificate.

"UK Bail-in Legislation" means Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 and any other law or regulation applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (otherwise than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).

“UK CRD IV" means:

(A)    Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (“CRR”) as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the "Withdrawal Act"); and

(B)    the law of the United Kingdom or any part of it, which immediately before IP completion day (as defined in the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020) implemented Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and

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the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC and its implementing measures (“CRD”);

(C)    direct EU legislation (as defined in the Withdrawal Act), which immediately before IP completion day (as defined in the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020) implemented EU CRD IV as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the Withdrawal Act; and

(D)    any law or regulation of the United Kingdom which introduces into domestic law of the United Kingdom a provision which is equivalent to a provision set out in CRR or CRD and/or implements Basel III standards.

"Unit Substances"shall have the meaning given to that term in the UUOA.

"Unpaid Sum" means any sum due and payable but unpaid by an Obligor under the Finance Documents.

"US" or "United States" means the United States of America.

"USD" or "US Dollar" means the lawful currency of the United States of America.

"US Government Securities Business Day" means any day other than:

(A)     a Saturday or a Sunday; and

(B)     a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (or any successor organisation) recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in US Government securities.

"US Tax Obligor" means:

(A)a Borrower which is resident for tax purposes in the United States of America; or

(B)an Obligor some or all of whose payments under the Finance Documents are from sources within the United States for US federal income tax purposes.

"Utilisation" means a utilisation of the Facility by way of a Loan.

"Utilisation Date" means the date of a Utilisation, being the date on which the relevant Loan is to be made.

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"Utilisation Request" means a notice substantially in the form set out in Schedule 4 (Utilisation Requests) or in the Agreed Form.

"UUOA"means the unitization and unit operating agreement entered into between GNPC, Tullow Ghana Limited, KEG, Anadarko WCTP Company, Sabre Oil and Gas Holdings Limited and EO dated 13 July 2009.

"VAT" means:

(A)any value added tax imposed by the Value Added Tax Act 1994;

(B)any tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112);and

(C)any other tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in the United Kingdom or in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such tax referred to in paragraph (A) above, or imposed elsewhere.

"WCTP Block" means West Cape Three Points area offshore Ghana, being the area described in annex 1 of the WCTP PA, but excluding any portions of such area in respect of which the Contractor's rights thereunder are from time to time relinquished or surrendered pursuant to the WCTP PA.

"WCTP JOA" means the joint operating agreement dated 27 July 2004 between KEG and EO in respect of the West Cape Three Points Block offshore Ghana (and all amendments and supplements thereto (including pursuant to the WCTP JOA First Amendment Agreement and the WCTP JOA Second Amendment Agreement)).

“WCTP JOA First Amendment Agreement” means the amendment agreement to the WCTP JOA dated 13 July 2009 between KEG, EO, Anadarko WCTP Company, Tullow Ghana Limited and Sabre Oil and Gas Limited.

“WCTP JOA Second Amendment Agreement” means the amendment agreement to the WCTP JOA dated 26 October 2010 between KEG, EO, Anadarko WCTP Company, Tullow Ghana Limited and Sabre Oil and Gas Limited.

"WCTP PA" means the petroleum agreement dated 22 July 2004 between the government of Ghana, represented by its Minister for Energy, the GNPC, KEG and EO in respect of the West Cape Three Points Block offshore Ghana (and all amendments and supplements thereto).

"Write-down and Conversion Powers" means:

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(A)in relation to any Bail-In Legislation described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time, the powers described as such in relation to that Bail-In Legislation in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule;

(B)in relation to any other applicable Bail-In Legislation other than the UK Bail-in Legislation:

(i)    any powers under that Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or other financial institution or affiliate of a bank, investment firm or other financial institution, to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers; and

(ii)    any similar or analogous powers under that Bail-In Legislation; and

(C)in relation to the UK Bail-In Legislation, any powers under that UK Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or other financial institution or affiliate of a bank, investment firm or other financial institution, to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that UK Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers;

1.2Construction of particular terms

(A)Unless a contrary indication appears, any reference in this Agreement to:

(i)"this Agreement" shall be construed as a reference to the agreement or document in which such reference appears together with all recitals and Schedules thereto;

(ii)a reference to "assets" includes properties, revenues and rights of every description;

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(iii)an "authorisation" or "consent" shall be construed as including any authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, permission, recording, notarisation, filing or registration;

(iv)an "authorised officer" shall be construed, in relation to any Party, as a reference to a Director or other person duly authorised by such Party as notified by such Party to the Facility Agent as being authorised to sign any agreement, certificate or other document or to take any decision or action, as applicable. The provision of any certificate or the making of any certification by any authorised officer of an Obligor shall not create for that authorised officer any personal liability to the Finance Parties;

(v)a "calendar year" is a reference to a period starting on (and including) 1 January and ending on (and including) the immediately following 31 December;

(vi)a "certified copy" shall be construed as a reference to a copy of that document, certified by an authorised officer of the relevant Party delivering it to be a complete, accurate and up-to-date copy of the original document;

(vii)a "clause" shall, subject to any contrary indication, be construed as a reference to a clause of the agreement or document in which such reference appears;

(viii)"continuing" shall, in relation to any Default or Event of Default, be construed as meaning that such Default or Event of Default has not been remedied or waived;

(ix)a Lender's “cost of funds” in relation to its participation in a Loan is a reference to the average cost (determined either on an actual or a notional basis) which that Lender would incur if it were to fund, from whatever source(s) it may reasonably select, an amount equal to the amount of that participation in that Loan for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan;

(x)the Facility Agent's “cost of funds” is a reference to the average cost (determined either on an actual or a notional basis) which the Facility Agent would incur if it were to fund, from whatever source(s) it may reasonably select, an amount equal to the amount referred to in paragraph (B) of clause 34.3 (Clawback);

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(xi)the "equivalent" on any given date in any currency (the "first currency") of an amount denominated in another currency (the "second currency") is a reference to the amount of the first currency which could be purchased with the amount of the second currency at the spot rate of exchange quoted by the Facility Agent in the normal course of business at or about 11.00 a.m. on such date for the purchase of the first currency with the second currency in the London foreign exchange markets for delivery on the second Business Day thereafter;

(xii)the "group" of any person, shall be construed as a reference to that person, its subsidiaries and any holding company of that person and all other subsidiaries of any such holding company, from time to time;

(xiii)a "holding company" of a company or corporation shall be construed as a reference to any company or corporation of which the first-mentioned company or corporation is a subsidiary;

(xiv)"include" or "including" shall be deemed to be followed by "without limitation" or "but not limited to" whether or not they are followed by such phrase or words of like import;

(xv)a "month" or "Month" is a reference to a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the next succeeding calendar month save that, where any such period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, it shall end on the next succeeding Business Day, unless that day falls in the calendar month succeeding that in which it would otherwise have ended, in which case it shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day provided that, if a period starts on the last Business Day in a calendar month or if there is no numerically corresponding day in the month in which that period ends, that period shall end on the last Business Day in that later month (and references to "months" and "Months" shall be construed accordingly);

(xvi)a "person" shall be construed as a reference to any person, trust, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any association or partnership (whether or not having separate legal personality) of two or more of the foregoing;

(xvii)a reference to a "regulation" includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law but, if not having the force of law, being a regulation, rule, official

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directive, request or guideline with which a prudent person carrying on the same or a similar business to an Obligor would comply) of any governmental, intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or of any regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation;

(xviii)a "right" shall be construed as including any right, title, interest, claim, remedy, discretion, power or privilege, in each case whether actual, contingent, present or future;

(xix)a "Schedule" shall, subject to any contrary indication, be construed as a reference to a schedule of the agreement or document in which such reference appears;

(xx)a "subsidiary" of a company or corporation means a subsidiary undertaking within the meaning of section 1162 of the Companies Act 2006 which shall be construed as a reference to any company or corporation:

(xxi)which is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the first-mentioned company or corporation;

(xxii)more than half the issued share capital of which is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the first-mentioned company or corporation; or

(xxiii)which is a subsidiary of another subsidiary of the first-mentioned company or corporation,

(xxiv)and, for these purposes, a company or corporation shall be treated as being controlled by another if that other company or corporation is able to direct its affairs and/or to control the composition of its board of directors or equivalent body;

(xxv)the "winding-up", "dissolution" or "administration" of a company or corporation shall be construed so as to include any equivalent or analogous proceedings under the law of the jurisdiction in which such company or corporation is incorporated or any jurisdiction in which such company or corporation carries on business including the seeking of liquidation, bankruptcy, winding-up, reorganisation, dissolution, administration, receivership, judicial custodianship, administrative receivership, arrangement, adjustment, protection or relief of debtors;

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(xxvi)a "year" is a reference to a period starting on one day in a month in a calendar year and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the same month in the next succeeding calendar year, save that, where any such period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, it shall end on the next succeeding Business Day, unless that day falls in the month succeeding that in which it would otherwise have ended, in which case it shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day Provided that, if a period starts on the last Business Day in a month, that period shall end on the last Business Day in that later month (and references to "years" shall be construed accordingly); and

(xxvii)a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended and re-enacted.

(B)Any provision of clause 10.2 (Illegality) and clause 28.34 (Application of the Loans/Use of the Letters of Credit) shall not apply to or in favour of any Finance Party (other than any Finance Party which has notified the Facility Agent that the following carve-out shall not apply to it or any of its directors, officers or employees) or any director, officer or employee thereof, to the extent that such provisions would expose the Finance Party or any director, officer or employee thereof to liability under any applicable anti-boycott or blocking law, regulation or statute.

1.3Interpretation

(A)Words importing the singular shall include the plural and vice versa.

(B)Words indicating any gender shall include each other gender.

(C)Unless a contrary indication appears, a reference used in any other Finance Document or in any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document to:

(i)any party or person shall be construed so as to include its and any subsequent successors, permitted transferees and permitted assigns in accordance with their respective interests;

(ii)a “Finance Document” or a “Transaction Document” or any other agreement or instrument is (other than a reference to a “Finance Document”, “Transaction Document”, or any other agreement or instrument in “original form”) a reference to that Finance Document or

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Transaction Document, or other agreement or instrument, as amended, novated, supplemented, extended or restated; and

(iii)a time of day shall, save as otherwise provided in any agreement or document, be construed as a reference to London time.

(D)Section, Part, Clause and Schedule headings contained in, and any index or table of contents to, any agreement or document are for ease of reference only.

(E)In the event that the three parties forming the Technical Bank cannot reach agreement on a certain issue, then, after consulting with the Original Borrower, those parties shall inform the Facility Agent and the Facility Agent shall request instructions from the Lenders with the final decision on the issue being determined by the Majority Lenders.

1.4Third Party Rights

(A)Any Hedging Counterparty may enforce the terms of clause 21.2 (Withdrawals – No Default Outstanding), clause 25 (Guarantee and Indemnity) and clause 42.2(E) (Exceptions) by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the "Third Parties Act"). This clause 1.4(A) confers a benefit on each such Hedging Counterparty, and, subject to the remaining provisions of this clause 1.4, is intended to be enforceable by each Hedging Counterparty by virtue of the Third Parties Act.

(B)Any Account Bank may enforce the terms of this Agreement by virtue of the Third Parties Act. This clause 1.4(B) confers a benefit on each such Account Bank, and, subject to the remaining provisions of this clause 1.4, is intended to be enforceable by each Account Bank by virtue of the Third Parties Act.

(C)Subject to paragraph (A) and (B) above, a person who is not a party to this Agreement has no right under the Third Parties Act to enforce or enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement.

(D)Notwithstanding any term of any Finance Document, this Agreement may be rescinded or varied without the consent of any person who is not a Party hereto.

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PART 2
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

2.Conditions Precedent

2.1Conditions Precedent to first Utilisation

The Original Borrower may not deliver a Utilisation Request unless the Facility Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part I of Schedule 3 (Conditions Precedent) in form and substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent (acting reasonably), or their delivery has otherwise been waived in accordance with clause 2.3 (Waivers of Conditions Precedent). The Facility Agent (acting reasonably) shall notify the Original Borrower and the Lenders promptly upon being so satisfied.

2.2Conditions Precedent to each Utilisation

The Lenders will only be obliged to comply with clause 6.5 (Lenders' participation) if, on the proposed Utilisation Date:

(A)no Default or Event of Default is continuing or will result from the proposed Loan; and

(B)an Authorised Signatory of the relevant Borrower certifies that

(i)the funds from that Utilisation are expected to be applied in payment of amounts subject to and in accordance with the Cash Waterfall within 90 days of the relevant drawdown date (other than making a distribution in accordance with paragraph (vii) of the Cash Waterfall) or are otherwise required to maintain a reasonable and prudent level of working capital in the Project Accounts;

(ii)the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Facility does not exceed the Borrowing Base Amount, and the making of the Utilisation would not result in the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Facility exceeding the Borrowing Base Amount; and

(iii)the Repeating Representations to be made by each Obligor are, in the light of the facts and circumstances then existing, true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of a Repeating Representation that contains a materiality concept, true and correct in all respects);

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2.3Waivers of Conditions Precedent

(A)The Facility Agent, acting in accordance with the instructions of the Lenders, may waive the requirement under clause 2.1 (Conditions Precedent to first Utilisation) to deliver any one or more of the documents and other evidence listed in Schedule 3 (Conditions Precedent).

(B)Satisfaction of any of the conditions set out in clause 2.2 (Conditions Precedent to each Utilisation) may be waived by the Facility Agent acting in accordance with the instructions of the Majority Lenders.

(C)Any waiver effected by the Facility Agent in accordance with this clause shall be binding on all Parties.

(D)For the avoidance of doubt, no Utilisation may be made under the Facility, until the Facility Agent has confirmed all relevant Conditions Precedent have been satisfied (acting reasonably) or waived in accordance with this clause 2 (Conditions Precedent).

(E)Prior to the first Utilisation of the Facility (and not thereafter), any Default or Event of Default which arises by virtue of the fact that the Security Interests granted pursuant to the Security Documents are second-ranking (due to the subsistence during such period of Security Interests (as defined in the Existing Finance Documents) which were granted pursuant to the Existing Finance Documents), shall be deemed not to have arisen.

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PART 3
OPERATION OF THE FACILITY

3.The Facility

3.1Facility Commitment amounts

(A)Subject to the terms of the Finance Documents the Lenders have agreed to make available to the Borrowers a secured US Dollar revolving loan facility and a letter of credit facility on the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement (the " Facility") in an aggregate amount equal to the Total Commitments.

(B)The Facility may be utilised by way of:

(i)Loans (which, during the Availability Period only, shall include Rollover Loans); and

(ii)Letters of Credit up to an aggregate amount not exceeding USD 200 million.

3.2Total Available Facility Amount

(A)The Total Available Facility Amount shall be computed in accordance with this clause 3.2.

(B)If at any time the aggregate amount of all Loans exceeds the Borrowing Base Amount, the Total Available Facility Amount shall be zero.

(C)Notwithstanding any increase to the Total Available Facility Amount by the addition of: (a) Additional Commitments pursuant to clause 3.3 (Additional Commitment) below; or (b) the IFC Commitment pursuant to clause 3.4 (IFC as Additional Lender) below and subject to paragraph (B) above, the Total Available Facility Amount shall be an amount equal to the lesser of:

(i)the Total Facility Amount less (1) the amount of all Loans which have not been either prepaid or repaid and (2) the aggregate amount of any Letters of Credit issued, or to be issued, under the Facility; and

(ii)the Borrowing Base Amount less (1) the amount of all Loans and (2) the aggregate amount of any Letters of Credit issued, or to be issued, under the Facility (only to the extent not cash collateralised by amounts standing to the credit of the LC Cash Collateral Account),

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where the Borrowing Base Amount is determined by reference to the most recent Forecast prepared in accordance with the Forecasting Procedures.

(D)For the avoidance of doubt, if at any time a Letter of Credit is cash collateralised in whole in or part in accordance with clause 7.1(B), the Total Available Facility Amount shall, subject always to paragraphs (B) and (C) above, automatically increase by the amount of such deposit. Conversely, in the event that the whole or any part of the cash collateral is withdrawn in accordance with clause 7.1(B) of this Agreement, then the Total Available Facility Amount will reduce by the amount of such withdrawal.

3.3Additional Commitment

(A)The Original Borrower may notify the Facility Agent (such notice being an "Additional Commitment Notice") that it has agreed with any Lender or any other bank or financial institution (in each case, an "Additional Lender") to increase the Total Facility Amount by the provision of additional commitments under the Facility (each such increase in commitments being an "Additional Commitment"), provided that:

(i)the Additional Commitment Notice is delivered at any time after 22 February 2018, and prior to the expiry of the Availability Period;

(ii)the increase is to take effect before the expiry of the Availability Period and the maximum aggregate amount of Additional Commitment (including all previous increases) does not exceed USD 500 million less any amount of IFC Commitment which has then been provided;

(iii)no Event of Default is continuing or would arise as a result of the provision of the Additional Commitment; and

(iv)the terms of the Additional Commitment shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, be treated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement in the same manner as the existing Commitments.

(B)Each Additional Commitment Notice shall:

(i)confirm that the requirements of paragraph (A) above are fulfilled;

(ii)    specify the date upon which the Additional Commitment is anticipated to be made available to the Borrowers (the "Additional Commitment Date"); and

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(iii)    where the Additional Lender is IFC, include any further details that may be required by the Facility Agent (acting reasonably) pursuant to clause 3.4 (IFC as Additional Lender).

(C)In the event that the Additional Lender is not a Party to this Agreement, the Original Borrower shall procure that each Additional Lender:

(i)    delivers a Lender Accession Notice duly completed and signed on behalf of the Additional Lender and specifying its Additional Commitment to the Facility Agent; and

(ii)    accedes to the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement,

in each case, on or prior to the Additional Commitment Date.

(D)Subject to the conditions in paragraph (B) and (C) above being met, from the relevant Additional Commitment Date:

(i)the Additional Lender shall make available the relevant Additional Commitment for Utilisation under the Facility in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (as amended);

(ii)the Additional Commitment shall rank pari passu with respect to existing Commitments; and

(iii)any necessary rebalancing of the Commitments and outstandings under the Facility and the Additional Commitment provided by the Additional Lender to ensure that they are pro rata (the "New Commitment Rebalancing") will be made by a Borrower making utilisations from the Additional Commitment within five business days of the relevant Additional Commitment Date:

(a)in priority to utilisations from Commitments under the Facility; or

(b)to effect a prepayment under the Facility to the existing Lenders (which amount may be redrawn by the Borrowers),

at that Borrower’s election, in each case to procure, as far as practicable, any New Commitment Rebalancing, following which all utilisations shall be made pro rata.

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(E)Each Additional Lender may only become a party to this Agreement (and be entitled to share in the Security created under the Security Documents in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents) if such Additional Lender simultaneously accedes to the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.

(F)Each Party (other than the relevant Additional Lender) irrevocably authorises and instructs the Facility Agent to execute on its behalf any Lender Accession Notice which has been duly completed and signed on behalf of that proposed Additional Lender and each Party agrees to be bound by such accession. The Facility Agent must promptly sign any such Lender Accession Notice (and in any event within three Business Days of receipt).

(G)The Facility Agent shall only be obliged to execute a Lender Accession Notice delivered to it by an Additional Lender once the Facility Agent (acting reasonably) has, to the extent that the necessary information is not already available to it, received all required information to comply with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the accession of such Additional Lender.

(H)On the date that the Facility Agent executes a Lender Accession Notice:

(i)the Additional Lender party to that Lender Accession Notice, each other Finance Party and the Obligors shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had that Additional Lender been an Original Lender with the rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of that accession and with the Commitment specified by it as its Additional Commitment; and

(ii)that Additional Lender shall become a Party to this Agreement as a "Lender".

3.4IFC as Additional Lender

(A)In the event that the Additional Commitment is to be provided by IFC, subject to compliance with the provisions of clause 3.3 (Additional Commitment) and clause 3.5(B), IFC shall provide its Additional Commitment (the "IFC Commitment") through a separate tranche, facility or facilities ranking pari passu with the Facility (the "IFC Facility") details of which, together with any amendments to the Finance Documents as the Original Borrower and IFC (each acting reasonably) consider necessary, shall be provided with the Additional Commitment Notice.

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(B)Any IFC Commitment shall be provided on substantially the same terms and conditions as the Facility, save that the IFC Facility shall include such additional or alternative terms and conditions as required by IFC’s policies and practices (the rights in relation to which shall not be available to the Finance Parties).

(C)In order to rebalance the Commitments and outstandings under the Facility and the IFC Facility to ensure that they are pro rata (the "IFC Rebalancing"), a Borrower will make utilisations under the IFC Facility:

(i)in priority to the Facility; or

(ii)to effect a prepayment under the Facility (which amount may be redrawn by a Borrower),

at that Borrower’s election, in each case to procure, as far as practicable, the IFC Rebalancing, following which all drawings under the IFC Facility and the Facility shall be pro rata.

3.5Amendments to Finance Documents

(A)The Parties shall, acting reasonably, make such amendments to the Finance Documents as may be necessary to increase the Total Facility Amount pursuant to clause 3.3 (Additional Commitment) above (including amendments to the Amortisation Schedule and such amendments as required to implement any alternative terms and conditions as required by IFC’s policies and practices) and to enable each Additional Lender to accede to the Finance Documents and provide its Additional Commitment hereunder. The Facility Agent may effect, on behalf of the Finance Parties, any such amendment. Any Lender Accession Notice or accession in respect of the Intercreditor Agreement entered into, or any amendment to the Finance Documents effected pursuant to clause 3.3 (Additional Commitment) above, by the Facility Agent, the Additional Lender or the Original Borrower, shall be binding on all Parties.

(B)Notwithstanding paragraph (A) above, any amendments to the Finance Documents or additional or alternative terms and conditions, in each case as may be reasonably required as a consequence of any IFC Commitment being provided to the Borrowers shall not require the consent of the Finance Parties, provided that such amendments are not prejudicial to the rights and obligations of the Finance Parties under this Agreement.

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4.Finance Parties' Rights and Obligations

(A)The obligations of each Finance Party under the Finance Documents are several. Failure by a Finance Party to perform its obligations under any Finance Documents to which it is a Party does not affect the obligations of any other Party under the Finance Documents. No Finance Party is responsible for the obligations of any other Finance Party under the Finance Documents.

(B)The rights of each Finance Party under or in connection with the Finance Documents to which it is a Party are separate and independent rights and any debt arising under the Finance Documents to a Finance Party from an Obligor shall be a separate and independent debt in respect of which a Finance Party shall be entitled to enforce its rights in accordance with paragraph (C) below. The rights of each Finance Party include any debt owing to that Finance Party under the Finance Documents and, for the avoidance of doubt, any part of a Loan or any other amount owed by an Obligor which relates to a Finance Party's participation in a Facility or its role under a Finance Document (including any such amount payable to the Facility Agent on its behalf) is a debt owing to that Finance Party by that Obligor.

(C)A Finance Party may, except as otherwise stated in the Finance Documents, separately enforce its rights under the Finance Documents.

5.Purpose

5.1Purpose

The proceeds of any Loan or Letter of Credit may only be used by a Borrower for the following purposes:

(A)in the case of a first Utilisation of the Facility, to repay all amounts outstanding under the Existing Finance Documents in full;

(B)to pay Project Costs (including Relevant Capital Expenditure);

(C)to pay Financing Costs (other than principal and interest);

(D)to make advances to an Obligor under an Intercompany Loan Agreement to enable such Obligor to pay Project Costs;

(E)to fund the DSRA and the LC Cash Collateral Account;

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(F)to meet all costs and expenses incurred in respect of making any Permitted Acquisition;

(G)to issue Letters of Credit under the Facility; and

(H)subject to clause 20.6 (Distributions Reserve Account) to fund the Distributions Reserve Account.

5.2Monitoring

No Finance Party is bound to monitor or verify the application of any Loan made pursuant to the Finance Documents.

6.Utilisation - Loans

6.1Availability Period

Subject to the satisfaction of the relevant Conditions Precedent the Facility shall be available for drawing during the period from and including the Signing Date to and including the earlier of:

(A)the date falling one month prior to the Final Maturity Date; and

(B)any date imposed in accordance with clause 28.35 (HY Notes Maturity Date).

6.2Delivery of a Utilisation Request

A Borrower may borrow a loan under the Facility by delivery to the Facility Agent of a duly completed Utilisation Request not later than 10:00 am on the third Business Day prior to the proposed Utilisation Date and the Facility Agent shall deliver such Utilisation Request to the Lenders on the Business Day of receipt of the same by it. For this purpose, if the Facility Agent receives the Utilisation Request on a day which is not a Business Day or after 10:00 am on a Business Day, it will be treated as having received the Utilisation Request on the following Business Day.

6.3Completion of a Utilisation Request

(A)Each Utilisation Request is irrevocable and will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless:

(i)the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the Availability Period;

(ii)the amount of the Utilisation complies with clause 6.4 (Amount); and

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(iii)the proposed Interest Period complies with clause 12 (Interest Periods).

(B)Only one Loan may be requested in each Utilisation Request and a maximum of 3 Utilisation Requests may be requested in any one month.

(C)A Borrower may not deliver a Utilisation Request if as a result of the proposed Utilisation 10 or more Loans would be outstanding.

6.4Amount

A Borrower must notify the Facility Agent and the Technical and Modelling Bank (giving notice of not less than three Business Days' prior to the Utilisation Date) of the amount of any proposed Loan under the Facility that must be:

(A)a minimum of USD 10 million (or, in any event, such lesser amount as the Facility Agent may agree); and

(B)an integral multiples of USD 10 million (or, in any event, such lesser amount as the Facility Agent may agree),

or, if less, the balance of the Facility.

6.5Lenders' participation

(A)If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, each Lender under the Facility shall make its participation in the relevant Loan available by the Utilisation Date through its Facility Office in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(B)The amount of a Lender's participation in that Loan will be equal to the proportion borne by its Available Commitment to the Available Commitments under the Facility immediately prior to the making of the relevant Loan.

(C)The Facility Agent shall notify each Lender of the amount of each Loan under the Facility and the amount of its participation in each such Loan not less than 3 Business Days before the Utilisation Date.

(D)A Business Day for the purposes of clause 6 (Utilisation) shall mean a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) when banks are open for business in London, New York and Paris.

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7.Letters of Credit – Utilisation

7.1General

(A)In this clause 7 and clause 8 (Letters of Credit – General Provisions):

(i)"Expiry Date" means, for a Letter of Credit, the last day of its Term;

(ii)"LC Proportion" means, in relation to a Lender in respect of any Letter of Credit, the proportion (expressed as a percentage) borne by the Available Commitment of such Lender under the Facility to the aggregate Available Commitments of all the Lenders under the Facility immediately prior to the issue of that Letter of Credit, adjusted to reflect any assignment or transfer under this Agreement to or by that Lender;

(iii)"Renewal or Extension Request" means a written notice delivered to the Facility Agent in accordance with clause 7.7 (Renewal or extension of a Letterof Credit);

(iv)"Start Date" means, for a Letter of Credit, the first day of its Term; and

(v)"Term" means each period determined under this Agreement for which an LC Issuing Bank is under a liability under a Letter of Credit.

(B)Any reference in this Agreement to:

(i)a "Finance Party" includes each of the LC Lenders and each of the LC Issuing Banks;

(ii)an amount borrowed under the Facility includes any amount utilised by way of Letter of Credit;

(iii)a Utilisation under the Facility made or to be made to the Original Borrower includes a Letter of Credit issued on its behalf;

(iv)a Lender funding its participation in a Utilisation under the Facility includes a Lender participating in a Letter of Credit;

(v)amounts outstanding under the Facility include amounts outstanding under or in respect of any Letter of Credit;

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(vi)an outstanding amount of a Letter of Credit at any time is the maximum amount that is or may be payable in respect of that Letter of Credit at that time;

(vii)the Original Borrower "repaying" or "prepaying" a Letter of Credit means:

(a)the Original Borrower providing cash collateral for that Letter of Credit by depositing funds into the LC Cash Collateral Account;

(b)the maximum amount payable under the Letter of Credit being reduced in accordance with its terms; or

(c)an LC Issuing Bank being satisfied (acting reasonably) that it has no further liability under that Letter of Credit,

and the amount, subject to the Cash Waterfall, by which a Letter of Credit is repaid or prepaid under sub-paragraphs (viii)(a) and (viii)(b) below is the amount of the relevant cash collateral or reduction; and

(viii)the Original Borrower providing "cash collateral" for a Letter of Credit means the Original Borrower paying an amount in the currency of the Letter of Credit in to the LC Cash Collateral Account and the following conditions are met:

(a)the account is with an LC Issuing Bank (if the cash collateral is to be provided for all the Lenders) or with a Lender (if the cash collateral is to be provided for that Lender);

(b)withdrawals from the LC Cash Collateral Account may only be made at any time provided that:

(1)there is no Default or Event of Default outstanding at the time;

(2)the withdrawal does not occur during a BBA Cure Period;

(3)the latest Sources and Uses Statement does not show that there is a shortfall in funding projected to be available to meet Project Costs; and

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(4)the Total Available Facility Amount at that time is equal to or exceeds the amount of the withdrawal; and

(c)any amount withdrawn from the LC Cash Collateral Account is deposited into the account from which the original payment was made into the LC Cash Collateral Account.

(C)Clause 6 (Utilisation) does not apply to a Utilisation by way of Letter of Credit.

(D)For the avoidance of doubt, in determining the amount of the Available Commitment and a Lender's LC Proportion of a proposed Letter of Credit for the purposes of this Agreement the Available Commitment of a Lender will be calculated taking account of any cash collateral provided for outstanding Letters of Credit, subject to the Total Available Facility Amount not exceeding the lesser of (i) the Total Facility Amount and (ii) the Borrowing Base Amount.

(E)A "Business Day" for the purposes of clause 7 (Letters of Credit – Utilisation) shall mean a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) when banks are open for business in London, New York and Paris.

(F)The ORGL LC shall be deemed to have been issued by BNP Paribas as LC Issuing Bank (such appointment as LC Issuing Bank being solely in respect of the ORGL LC) pursuant to a Utilisation Request submitted by the Original Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such utilisation shall be deemed to have occurred immediately after the first Utilisation under the Facility (the "ORGL LC Utilisation"). For the avoidance of doubt:

(i)BNP Paribas shall pay the cash collateral already posted with it pursuant to the ORGL LC to the Distributions Reserve Account; and

(ii)no conditions other than those which are required in order to facilitate the first Utilisation will be required to be satisfied in order for the ORGL LC Utilisation to be effective.

7.2Letter of Credit Option

(A)The Facility may also be utilised by way of Letters of Credit at any time during the Availability Period.

(B)Letters of Credit may be issued under the Facility by any LC Issuing Bank or LC Issuing Banks as may be selected by the Original Borrower.

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(C)The Original Borrower may at any time request any or all Lenders to agree to become a LC Issuing Bank. If any such Lender or Lenders so agree, the Original Borrower may in its absolute discretion decide which of those Lenders (if any) it wishes to appoint as a LC Issuing Bank.

(D)The Original Borrower may appoint any Lender as an LC Issuing Bank at any time by notice in writing to the Facility Agent (accompanied by a deed of accession in the form agreed between the Facility Agent and the Original Borrower, signed by the relevant Lender confirming its appointment as an LC Issuing Bank), following receipt of which the Facility Agent shall promptly countersign any such deed of accession on behalf of the Finance Parties (and in any event within 3 Business Days of receipt of the notice) and notify the Finance Parties (with a copy to the Original Borrower) that the relevant Lender has become an LC Issuing Bank.

7.3Delivery of a Utilisation Request for Letters of Credit

Subject to a LC Issuing Bank having been appointed, the Original Borrower may request a Letter of Credit to be issued by delivery to the Facility Agent and one or more LC Issuing Banks (as may be selected by the Original Borrower) of a duly completed Utilisation Request substantially in the form of Part II of Schedule 4 (Utilisation Requests) not later than the third Business Day prior to the proposed Utilisation Date and a maximum of 3 such Utilisation Requests may be delivered in any one month, provided that there shall not, at any time, be more than 10 Letters of Credit outstanding.

7.4Completion of a Utilisation Request for Letters of Credit

Each Utilisation Request for a Letter of Credit is irrevocable and will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless:

(A)it specifies that it is for a Letter of Credit;

(B)it specifies the amount that is to be utilised under the Facility;

(C)the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the Availability Period;

(D)the currency and amount of the Letter of Credit comply with clause 7.5 (Amount);

(E)the form of Letter of Credit is attached;

(F)the Expiry Date of the Letter of Credit falls on or before the Final Repayment Date for the Facility; and

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(G)the delivery instructions for the Letter of Credit are specified.

7.5Amount

The amount of the proposed Letter of Credit must be an amount which is not more than the Total Available Facility Amount and which is a minimum of USD 5 million or, if less, the Total Available Facility Amount and which otherwise complies with clause 7.6(B)(ii).

7.6Issue of Letters of Credit

(A)If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, the relevant LC Issuing Bank shall issue the Letter of Credit on the Utilisation Date.

(B)The relevant LC Issuing Bank will only be obliged to comply with paragraph (A) above if on the date of the Utilisation Request or Renewal or Extension Request and on the proposed Utilisation Date:

(i)in the case of a Letter of Credit renewed in accordance with clause 7.7 (Renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit), no Event of Default is continuing or would result from the proposed Utilisation and, in the case of any other Utilisation, no Default is continuing or would result from the proposed Utilisation;

(ii)the making of the proposed Utilisation would not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Facility exceeding the lesser of the Total Facility Amount and the Borrowing Base Amount or (ii) the aggregate of all outstanding Letters of Credit issued by the LC Issuing Banks exceeding USD 200 million;

(iii)the Repeating Representations to be made by each Obligor are true in all material respects (or, in the case of a Repeating Representation that contains a materiality concept, true and correct in all respects); and

(iv)that LC Issuing Bank and the Lenders have completed all applicable know-your-customer and compliance requirements which are required by law in relation to the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit.

(C)The amount of each Lender's participation in each Letter of Credit will be equal to the proportion borne by the Available Commitment of such Lender under the Facility to the aggregate Available Commitments of all the Lenders under the Facility immediately prior to the issue of the Letter of Credit.

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(D)The Facility Agent shall notify the relevant LC Issuing Banks and each Lender of the details of the requested Letter of Credit and its participation in that Letter of Credit by the Specified Time.

7.7Renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit

(A)The Original Borrower may request any Letter of Credit issued on its behalf be renewed or extended by delivery to the Facility Agent and the relevant LC Issuing Bank of a Renewal or Extension Request by the sixth Business Day before the date of the proposed renewal.

(B)The Lenders shall treat any Renewal or Extension Request in the same way as a Utilisation Request for a Letter of Credit except that the conditions set out in paragraph (E) of clause 7.4 (Completion of a Utilisation Request for Letters of Credit) shall not apply.

(C)The terms of each renewed or extended Letter of Credit shall be the same as those of the relevant Letter of Credit immediately prior to its renewal, except that:

(i)its amount may be less than the amount of the Letter of Credit immediately prior to its renewal or extension;

(ii)(in relation to a renewal only) its Term shall start on the date which was the Expiry Date of the Letter of Credit immediately prior to its renewal, and shall end on the proposed Expiry Date specified in the Renewal or Extension Request subject to clause 7.4(F); and

(iii)(in relation to an extension only) its Term shall start on the date which was the Start Date of the Letter of Credit immediately prior to its extension, and shall end on the proposed Expiry Date specified in the Renewal or Extension Request subject to clause 7.4(F)

(D)If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, the relevant LC Issuing Bank shall re-issue and/or amend any Letter of Credit pursuant to a Renewal or Extension Request.

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8.Letters of Credit – General Provisions

8.1When immediately repayable or prepayable

If a Letter of Credit or any amount outstanding under a Letter of Credit becomes payable, the Original Borrower shall repay or prepay that amount within five Business Days of demand by the relevant LC Issuing Bank.

8.2Fee payable in respect of Letters of Credit

(A)The Original Borrower shall pay to each of the LC Issuing Banks a fronting fee in respect of each Letter of Credit issued by it, in the amount and at the times agreed in the letter between each relevant LC Issuing Bank and the Original Borrower. A reference in this Agreement to a Fee Letter shall include the letter referred to in this paragraph.

(B)

(i)Subject to (ii) below, the Original Borrower shall pay to the Facility Agent (for the account of each LC Lender) a letter of credit fee computed at the same rate as the Margin on the outstanding amount of each Letter of Credit for the period from the issue of that Letter of Credit until its Expiry Date. This fee shall be distributed according to each LC Lender's LC Proportion of that Letter of Credit.

(ii)The Original Borrower shall be entitled to deduct, from the letter of credit fee calculated as described in (i) above and paid to the Facility Agent, in respect of each Relevant Lender, an amount which is the product of the Margin and any Borrower Replacement Collateral (as defined in clause 8.10 below) held in respect of such Relevant Lender (the "RL Reduction"). The net fee distributed by the Facility Agent to each Relevant Lender shall be the fee calculated according to such Relevant Lender's LC Proportion then reduced by the amount of the RL Reduction.

(C)The accrued letter of credit fee on a Letter of Credit shall be payable quarterly (on each of 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December and as from the first of such dates falling after the date of issue of that Letter of Credit) and on the Expiry Date for that Letter of Credit.

(D)If the Original Borrower uses cash collateral to cover any part of a Letter of Credit then the fronting fee payable to the relevant LC Issuing Bank and the letter of credit fee payable for the account of each LC Lender shall not (in

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respect of the part of the Letter of Credit covered by the cash collateral) be payable.

8.3Claims under a Letter of Credit

(A)The Original Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally authorises each LC Issuing Bank to pay any claim made or purported to be made under a Letter of Credit and which appears on its face to be in order (a "claim").

(B)The Original Borrower shall immediately on demand pay to the Facility Agent for the account of the relevant LC Issuing Bank an amount equal to the amount of any claim under that Letter of Credit.

(C)The Original Borrower acknowledges that each LC Issuing Bank:

(i)is not obliged to carry out any investigation or seek any confirmation from any other person before paying a claim; and

(ii)deals in documents only and will not be concerned with the legality of a claim or any underlying transaction or any available set-off, counterclaim or other defence of any person.

(D)The obligations of the Original Borrower under this clause will not be affected by:

(i)the sufficiency, accuracy or genuineness of any claim or any other document; or

(ii)any incapacity of, or limitation on the powers of, any person signing a claim or other document.

8.4Indemnities

(A)The Original Borrower shall immediately on demand indemnify each LC Issuing Bank against any cost, loss or liability incurred by such LC Issuing Bank (otherwise than by reason of such LC Issuing Bank's gross negligence or wilful misconduct and otherwise in respect of the obligation of any Lender to provide cash collateral pursuant to clause 8.10 (Cash collateralisation)) in acting as an LC Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit.

(B)Each Lender shall (according to its LC Proportion) immediately on demand by the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the relevant LC Issuing Bank), indemnify each LC Issuing Bank against any cost, loss or liability incurred by

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such LC Issuing Bank (otherwise than by reason of such LC Issuing Bank's gross negligence or wilful misconduct) in acting as such LC Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit (unless that LC Issuing Bank has been reimbursed by the Original Borrower pursuant to a Finance Document).

(C)The Original Borrower shall immediately on demand reimburse any Lender for any payment it makes to an LC Issuing Bank under this clause 8.4 (Indemnities) (other than any Cash Deposit made pursuant to clause 8.10 (Cash collateralisation) but including in respect of any amount withdrawn from the Cash Deposit and payment to any LC Issuing Bank under clause 8.10(C) or 8.10(E)). In the absence of reimbursement of an LC Issuing Bank or Lenders by the Original Borrower pursuant to this clause 8.4 (Indemnities) within 5 Business Days of demand (the "LC Payment Date"), the Original Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Loan of an amount (in Dollars) equal to the outstanding amount payable on the LC Payment Date and the Original Borrower shall be treated as having agreed to borrow that Loan on the LC Payment Date. The proceeds of each Loan made available by the Lenders in accordance with this clause 8.4(C) and deemed to be made to the Original Borrower shall be paid to an LC Issuing Bank (or, as the case may be, the Facility Agent on behalf of the Lenders) in satisfaction of the obligations of the Original Borrower in accordance with this clause 8.4 to reimburse that LC Issuing Bank or Lenders for the amount of the outstanding payment.

(D)The obligations of each Lender and the Original Borrower under this clause are continuing obligations and will extend to the ultimate balance of sums payable by that Lender or, as the case may be, the Original Borrower in respect of any Letter of Credit, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part.

(E)The obligations of a Lender or the Original Borrower under this clause will not be affected by any act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this clause, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its obligations under this clause (without limitation and whether or not known to it or any other person) including:

(i)any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any Obligor, any beneficiary under a Letter of Credit or any other person;

(ii)the release of any other Obligor or any other person under the terms of any composition or arrangement;

(iii)the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over assets of, any Obligor, any beneficiary under a Letter of

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Credit or other person or any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security;

(iv)any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of an Obligor, any beneficiary under a Letter of Credit or any other person;

(v)any amendment (however fundamental) or replacement of a Finance Document, any Letter of Credit or any other document or security;

(vi)any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any person under any Finance Document, any Letter of Credit or any other document or security; or

(vii)any insolvency or similar proceedings.

8.5Rights of contribution

The Original Borrower will not be entitled to any right of contribution or indemnity from any Finance Party in respect of any payment it may make under this clause 8.

8.6Role of a LC Issuing Bank

(A)Nothing in this Agreement constitutes a LC Issuing Bank as a trustee or fiduciary of any other person.

(B)An LC Issuing Bank shall not be bound to account to any Lender for any sum, or the profit element of any sum received by it for its own account.

(C)An LC Issuing Bank may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with any member of the Group.

(D)An LC Issuing Bank may rely on:

(i)any representation, notice or document believed by it to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised; and

(ii)any statement made by a director, Authorised Signatory or employee of any person regarding any matters which may reasonably be assumed to be within his knowledge or within his power to verify.

(E)An LC Issuing Bank may engage, pay for and rely on the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants, surveyors or other experts.

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(F)An LC Issuing Bank may act in relation to the Finance Documents through its personnel and agents.

(G)An LC Issuing Bank is not responsible for:

(i)the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information (whether oral or written) provided by any Party (including itself), or any other person under or in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; or

(ii)the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document.

8.7Exclusion of liability

(A)Without limiting paragraph (B) below, the relevant LC Issuing Bank will not be liable for any action taken by it under or in connection with any Finance Document, unless directly caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

(B)No Party (other than an LC Issuing Bank) may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of an LC Issuing Bank in respect of any claim it might have against that LC Issuing Bank or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance Document and any officer, employee or agent of an LC Issuing Bank may rely on this clause subject to clause 1.4 (Third Party Rights) and the provisions of the Third Parties Act.

8.8Credit appraisal by the Lenders

Without affecting the responsibility of any Obligor for information supplied by it or on its behalf in connection with any Finance Document, each LC Lender confirms to each LC Issuing Bank that it has been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with any Finance Document including, but not limited to, those listed in paragraphs (A) to (D) of clause 32.16 (Credit appraisal by the Lenders).

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8.9Amendments and Waivers

Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document, an amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of an LC Issuing Bank may not be effected without the consent of that LC Issuing Bank.

8.10Cash collateralisation

(A)If and for so long as:

(i)the long-term senior unsecured credit rating of a Lender is, or is reduced to, below BBB- (Standard & Poor's) or Baa3 (Moody's); or

(ii)it becomes unlawful in any applicable jurisdiction for a Lender to perform its obligations under clause 8.4 (Indemnities),

(any such Lender being a "Relevant Lender") then, within thirty five (35) Business Days of the date of publication by S&P or Moody's of such rating downgrade or the date upon which the obligations become unlawful, the Relevant Lender shall, unless otherwise agreed by each LC Issuing Bank, as security for (but without prejudice to) its obligations under clause 8.4 (Indemnities), pay to each LC Issuing Bank an amount equal to its LC Proportion of the aggregate outstandings under all Letters of Credit issued by that LC Issuing Bank at such date (the "Cash Deposit"). The Relevant Lender shall, within thirty five (35) Business Days of any increase in such aggregate outstandings, pay to that LC Issuing Bank an amount equal to its LC Proportion of any such increase (unless otherwise agreed by the Issuing Bank) (and any additional amount so paid shall form part of the Cash Deposit). If requested by a LC Issuing Bank, the Relevant Lender shall enter into security documentation over the Cash Deposit in form and substance satisfactory to that LC Issuing Bank (acting reasonably).

(B)Any Cash Deposit made pursuant to this clause 8.10 shall be placed by the relevant LC Issuing Bank in a separately designated bank account and shall bear interest (at the rate of interest customarily given by that LC Issuing Bank for short-term cash deposits in amounts equal to such Cash Deposit) from (and including) the date of deposit of any amounts in, until (but excluding) the date of withdrawal of any amounts from, such account (such amount held being the "Borrower Replacement Collateral").

(C)An LC Issuing Bank shall only withdraw amounts standing to the credit of such account:

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(i)for payment to that LC Issuing Bank up to (and including) the amount of the Cash Deposit in accordance with clause (E) below; and

(ii)in excess of the Cash Deposit, for payment to the Relevant Lender, if so instructed by the Relevant Lender.

(D)Any Cash Deposit made pursuant to this clause 8.10 shall, on demand by the Relevant Lender, be repaid to such Relevant Lender provided that the long-term senior unsecured credit rating of such Relevant Lender is, or is greater than BBB- (Standard & Poor's) or Baa3 (Moody's).

(E)Without prejudice to the provisions of clause 8.4(B), each Relevant Lender hereby irrevocably authorises each LC Issuing Bank to withdraw from any account established pursuant to this clause 8.10 in relation to such Relevant Lender such Relevant Lender's LC Proportion of the amount specified in any claim made under a Letter of Credit, up to the amount of the Relevant Lender's Cash Deposit in discharge of such Relevant Lender's obligations to it under clause 8.4(B).

(F)If and to the extent the Relevant Lender at any time fails to comply with its payment obligations under clause 8.10(A), then (without prejudice to clause 8.4(B)):

(i)the Relevant Lender hereby irrevocably authorises any Agent to apply its entitlement to sums received by that Agent from any source in respect of payment under, and/or any other sum received by that Agent under or in respect of, the Finance Documents, towards such payment obligations;

(ii)the Original Borrower and each LC Issuing Bank may (in their sole discretion) agree that the Original Borrower shall pay an amount to that LC Issuing Bank:

(a)which may or may not be equal to the Relevant Lender's Cash Deposit or such part thereof as is unpaid by the Relevant Lender; and

(b)which shall be placed by that LC Issuing Bank in a separately designated bank account and shall bear interest (at the rate of interest customarily given by that LC Issuing Bank for short-term cash deposits in amounts equal to such amounts) from (and including) the date of deposit of any amounts in, until (but excluding) the date of withdrawal of any amounts from, such account,

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and

(iii)that LC Issuing Bank may withdraw amounts standing to the credit of such account:

(a)to pay that LC Issuing Bank such Relevant Lender's LC Proportion of any claim made under a Letter of Credit; and

(b)as otherwise agreed between the Original Borrower and that LC Issuing Bank.

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PART 4
PAYMENTS, CANCELLATION, INTEREST AND FEES

9.Repayment

9.1Repayment of the Facility

(A)Subject to paragraph (B) below, all Loans outstanding under the Facility will be repaid semi-annually on each successive 1 October and 1 April commencing on 1 October 2024, with the Final Repayment Date determined in accordance with this clause 9 and/or the Amortisation Schedule. Repayment Instalments will be sufficient to ensure that the Amortisation Schedule is met.

(B)Any repayment made during the Availability Period may be redrawn, but any repayment may not be redrawn after the expiry of the Availability Period.

9.2Amendment to Amortisation Schedule

In the event that the Reserve Tail Date is earlier than the Final Maturity Date, the Amortisation Schedule will be deemed to be amended so that:

(A)the final Repayment Instalment for the Facility is to be paid on the Reserve Tail Date (the "Revised Final Repayment Date"); and

(B)the Repayment Instalment payable on each Repayment Date shall be adjusted on a pro rata basis so as to ensure that all Loans under the Facility are fully repaid on the Reserve Tail Date.

If this clause 9.2 applies, the Facility Agent shall provide each Lender with a revised Amortisation Schedule which incorporates such amendments.

9.3DELETED

10.Prepayment and Cancellation

10.1General

(A)Subject to there being no Event of Default outstanding and other than an obligation to make a prepayment where the aggregate outstandings under the Facility exceed the Borrowing Base Amount at the end of the BBA Cure Period or upon a Change of Control, prepayments in respect of the Facility shall be paid at the end of the next Interest Period falling not less than 15 days after the date on which the event giving rise to the obligation to make the prepayment

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occurs, and shall be applied pro rata to each Repayment Instalment under the Facility.

(B)Any amount prepaid may only be redrawn if such prepayment and Utilisation:

(i)is not contrary to any other term of this Agreement; and

(ii)occurs prior to expiry of the Availability Period.

(C)Any prepayment shall be made with accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, subject to Break Costs (excluding any Margin), without premium or penalty.

10.2Illegality

(A)If it becomes unlawful (including as a result of any Sanctions) in any applicable jurisdiction for a Lender (an "Illegality Lender") to perform any of its obligations as contemplated by the Finance Documents, or to fund or maintain its participation in any Utilisation or it becomes unlawful for any Affiliate of a Lender for that Lender to do so:

(i)that Lender shall promptly notify the Facility Agent upon becoming aware of that event;

(ii)upon the Facility Agent notifying the Original Borrower, the Commitment of that Lender will be immediately cancelled; and

(iii)each Borrower shall either:

(a)if the Lender so requires, repay that Lender's participation in the Utilisations made to that Borrower on the last day of the Interest Period for each Utilisation occurring after the Facility Agent has notified that Borrower or, if earlier, the date specified by the Lender in the notice delivered to the Facility Agent (being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law); or

(b)replace that Lender in accordance with paragraph (B) of clause 10.10 (Right of repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender) on or before the first date applicable under paragraph (a) above in respect of which a payment is due and payable.

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(B)If it becomes unlawful (including as a result of any Sanctions) in any applicable jurisdiction for any Borrower to perform any of its obligations as contemplated by the Finance Documents:

(i)that Borrower shall promptly notify the Facility Agent upon becoming aware of that event;

(ii)the Facility Agent shall notify the Lenders; and

(iii)that Borrower shall repay each Utilisation made to it on the last day of the Interest Period for that Utilisation occurring after the Facility Agent have notified the Lenders or, if earlier, the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law.

(C)If it becomes unlawful (including as a result of any Sanctions) for an LC Issuing Bank to issue or leave outstanding any Letter of Credit or it becomes unlawful for any Affiliate of an Issuing Bank for that Issuing Bank to do so, the relevant LC Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Facility Agent upon becoming aware of that event, and upon the Facility Agent notifying the Original Borrower, (i) the Facility shall cease to be available for the issue of Letters of Credit unless and until the relevant LC Issuing Bank is replaced by another Lender in accordance with paragraph (B)of clause 10.10 (Right of repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender) and (ii) the Original Borrower shall prepay all Letters of Credit issued by such LC Issuing Bank and use its reasonable endeavours to procure the release of such LC Issuing Bank from all outstanding Letters of Credit.

10.3Aggregate outstandings exceed the Borrowing Base Amount

(A)In the event that a Forecast shows that the aggregate of the outstandings under the Facility on the relevant Forecast Date exceeds the Borrowing Base Amount as determined in such Forecast, a Borrower shall, within 90 days of the date of the relevant Forecast (in addition to Repayment Instalments under the Amortisation Schedule), make an additional mandatory repayment of the Facility as necessary to ensure that the aggregate of the outstandings under the Facility does not exceed the Borrowing Base Amount provided always that:

(i)subject to (ii) below, an Event of Default shall arise in respect of such mandatory prepayment only if such prepayment has not been made in full after a period of 90 days from the relevant Forecast Date (the "BBA Cure Period"); and

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(ii)such mandatory repayment will be required at the expiry of the BBA Cure Period only if, at such time, a Forecast prepared immediately prior to the expiry of the BBA Cure Period confirms that the aggregate of the outstandings under the Facility exceeds the Borrowing Base Amount.

(B)The Obligors shall be entitled to make any such mandatory prepayment by (i) depositing cash into an account with the Account Bank in London or New York secured in favour of the Lenders (which shall be a Project Account) which has been established solely for this purpose or (ii) procuring a letter of credit on terms approved by the Facility Agent (acting reasonably), in favour of the Facility Agent, in each case, in an amount equal to the mandatory prepayment required. Any excess standing to the credit of such account on any Forecast Date shall be released and may be withdrawn by the relevant Borrower and applied for any purpose as it sees fit (without reference to the Cash Waterfall) provided that prior to being paid into such account none of the Secured Parties had any rights to such amounts (if any Secured Parties had any rights to such amount, such amount shall be paid into an Offshore Proceeds Account).

10.4Permitted disposals

If, as a result of a Permitted Disposal, the amount outstanding under the Facility exceeds the Borrowing Base Amount, then the required amount of proceeds from such Permitted Disposal to ensure that there is no such excess, after having taken into account the impact of the Permitted Disposal on the Borrowing Base Amount will be used to make a prepayment of the Facility.

10.5Insurance Receipts

(A)All Insurance Proceeds received by an Obligor in excess of USD10 million (or its equivalent in other currencies) in aggregate shall be paid into and retained in an Insurance Proceeds Account until applied in accordance with the terms of this clause.

(B)Subject to paragraph (C) below, all net proceeds of any insurance claim received by an Obligor in respect of a Borrowing Base Asset shall, unless the Majority Lenders otherwise agree, be first applied in prepayment of the Facility:

(i)where the aggregate amount of the insurance proceeds received by that Obligor is in excess of USD 100 million (or its equivalent in other currencies) (less expenses); or

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(ii)where the aggregate amount of the insurance proceeds received by that Obligor is less than USD 100 million (or its equivalent in other currencies) but more than USD 10 million (or its equivalent in other currencies), to the extent not applied or committed to be applied to meet a third party claim or to cover operating losses of, or in the reinstatement of, a Borrowing Base Asset or purchase of a replacement Borrowing Base Asset or otherwise in amelioration of the loss to a Borrowing Base Asset or reinvestment in the Borrowing Base Asset within, in each case, one year of receipt.

(C)Neither:

(i)any insurance proceeds paid to the Operator and applied by the Operator in meeting the cost, loss or liability for which that payment was made; nor

(ii)any proceeds of any insurance claim received by an Obligor in respect of business interruption,

shall be subject to the prepayment obligation in paragraph (B) above.

10.6Change of Control

(A)Upon a Change of Control:

(i)the relevant Obligor shall promptly notify the Facility Agent upon becoming aware of the occurrence of that event; and

(ii)if the Majority Lenders so require, the Facility Agent shall, on not less than 30 days written notice to the Original Borrower, cancel the Commitments and each Borrower shall repay each Lender's participation in any Utilisations on the last day of the then current period under the Facility, together with accrued interest and all other amounts accrued under the Finance Documents.

(B)For the purposes of paragraph (A) above, a "Change of Control" means any person (or persons with whom they act in concert) other than a Permitted Transferee acquiring, directly or indirectly, more than 50 per cent. of the ordinary share capital in any Obligor carrying a right to vote in general meetings of that company. For the avoidance of doubt, a Change of Control shall not occur on an IPO of any Shareholder (directly or indirectly) in KEO or the Original Borrower, or an IPO of any Obligor.

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(C)For the purposes of paragraph (B) above, any persons includes more than one person acting in concert and a "Permitted Transferee" means:

(i)an Affiliate of a Shareholder or KEH, so long as they remain an Affiliate (including any funds associated with Warburg Pincus and Blackstone Capital Partners or the Blackstone Group); or

(ii)a person who is otherwise approved by the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably) provided that any Lender which does not grant its approval may, on not less than 30 days written notice to the Facility Agent and the Original Borrower, demand that its participation in the Facility be prepaid in full and that its Commitment be immediately cancelled, provided that the Original Borrower may, in accordance with paragraph (B) of clause 10.10 (Right of repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender), procure the replacement of that Lender or the transfer of its participation and Commitment to another Lender (with that Lender's consent) rather than such prepayment and cancellation provided that such replacement or transfer is completed within the relevant notice period given by the relevant Lender. If such replacement or transfer does not occur within the relevant period, that Lender's participation in the Facility shall be immediately due and payable in full by each Borrower and its Commitment immediately cancelled.

10.7Automatic Cancellation

At the close of business in London on the last Business Day of the Availability Period for the Facility, the undrawn Commitment of each Lender under the Facility at that time shall be automatically cancelled.

10.8Voluntary Cancellation

(A)The Original Borrower may, by giving not less than ten Business Days' (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior written notice to the Facility Agent, without penalty, cancel the undrawn Commitments under any Facility in whole or in part (but if in part, in a minimum amount of USD 1 million or, if less, the balance of the undrawn Commitments). The relevant Commitments in respect of the Facility will be cancelled on a date specified in such notice, being a date not earlier than ten Business Days after the relevant notice is received by that Facility Agent.

(B)Any valid notice of cancellation will be irrevocable and will specify the date on which the cancellation shall take effect. No part of any Commitment which has

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been cancelled or which is the subject of a notice of cancellation may subsequently be utilised.

(C)When any cancellation of Commitments under the Facility takes effect, each Lender's Available Commitment under the Facility will be reduced by an amount which bears the same proportion to the total amount being cancelled as its Available Commitment under the Facility bears to the Available Commitment (at that time) under the Facility.

10.9Voluntary Prepayment of Loans

(A)Subject to paragraphs (B) and (C) below, a Utilisation may be prepaid whether in whole or in part by a Borrower without penalty upon ten (10) Business Days' prior written notice to the Facility Agent.

(B)Any valid notice of prepayment will be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, will specify the date on which the cancellation shall take effect. Any amount prepaid or repaid may not be redrawn if such prepayment or repayment and Utilisation occurs after the expiry of the Availability Period.

(C)Prepayment shall take effect:

(i)on the last day of the then current Interest Period; or

(ii)on any other date subject to payment by the relevant Borrower, on demand, of Break Costs (if any) in accordance with clause 13.4 (Break Costs).

(D)Unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, when any prepayment of the whole or part of a Loan takes place, each Lender's participation in the relevant Loan shall be reduced rateably.

10.10Right of repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender

(A)If:

(i)the Original Borrower reasonably believes that the sum payable to any Lender by an Obligor is required to be increased under clause 15.2 (Tax gross-up);

(ii)the Original Borrower receives a notice from the Facility Agent under clause 15.3 (Tax Indemnity) or clause 16 (Increased Costs);

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(iii)any Lender is or becomes a Non-Funding Lender; or

(iv)any Lender is or becomes entitled to increase its rate of interest further to clause 13.2 (Market disruption),

the Original Borrower may, while (in the case of paragraphs (i) and (ii) above) the circumstance giving rise to the belief or notice continues or (in the case of (iii) or (iv) above) the relevant circumstance continues:

(a)give the Facility Agent notice of cancellation of the Commitment of that Lender and its intention to procure the repayment of that Lender's participation in the Utilisations;

(b)in the case of a Non-Funding Lender or Illegality Lender, give the Facility Agent notice of cancellation of the Available Commitment of that Lender in relation to the Facility and reinstate all or part of such Available Commitment in accordance with paragraph (B) below;

(c)or replace that Lender in accordance with paragraph (B) below.

(B)The Original Borrower may:

(i)in the circumstances set out in paragraph (A) above or pursuant to clause 10.1 (General) or clause 10.2 (Illegality) or clause 10.6(A)(ii) (Change of Control), replace an Existing Lender (as defined in clause 30 (Changes to the Lenders)), with one or more other Lenders (which need not be Existing Lenders) (each a "Replacement Lender"), which have agreed to purchase all or part of the Commitment and participations of that Existing Lender in Utilisations made to a Borrower pursuant to an assignment or transfer in accordance with the provisions of clause 30 (Changes to the Lenders); or

(ii)in the circumstances set out in paragraph (A)(iv)(b) of this clause 10.10, cancel the Available Commitments of the Non-Funding Lender or Illegality Lender in respect of the Facility and procure that one or more Replacement Lenders assume Commitments under the Facility in an aggregate amount not exceeding the Available Commitment of the relevant Non-Funding Lender or Illegality Lender in relation to the Facility,

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in each case on condition that:

(a)each assignment or transfer under this paragraph (B) shall be arranged by the Original Borrower (with such reasonable assistance from the Existing Lender as the Original Borrower may reasonably request); and

(b)no Existing Lender shall be obliged to make any assignment or transfer pursuant to this paragraph (B) unless and until:

(1)it has received payment from the Replacement Lender or Replacement Lenders in an aggregate amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of the participations in the Utilisations owing to the Existing Lender, together with accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent that the Facility Agent has not given a notification under clause 30.9 (Pro rata interest settlement)), fees (including, without limitation, any Break Costs to the date of payment) and all other amounts payable to the Existing Lender under this Agreement; and

(2)the requirements under clause 24.12 ("Know your customer" and "customer due diligence" requirements) have been satisfied in respect of the Replacement Lender.

(C)On receipt of a notice from the Original Borrower referred to in paragraph (A) above, the Commitment of that Lender shall immediately be reduced to zero.

(D)On the last day of each Interest Period which ends after the Original Borrower has given notice under paragraph (A) above (or, if earlier, the date specified by the Original Borrower in that notice), the relevant Borrower shall repay that Lender's participation in the relevant Utilisation.

(E)Paragraphs (A) and (B) do not in any way limit the obligations of any Finance Party under clause 18.1 (Mitigation).

11.Interest

11.1Calculation of interest

The rate of interest on each Loan for each Interest Period is the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of the applicable:

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(A)Margin;

(B)Reference Rate; and

(C)Credit Adjustment Spread.

11.2Margin

The Margin applicable to a Loan shall be a percentage per annum as follows:

Years (counting from and including 2021)	Applicable Margin
1 to 3 (inclusive)	3.75%
4 to 5 (inclusive)	4.25%
6 to Final Maturity Date (inclusive)	5.00%

11.3Payment of interest

A Borrower shall pay accrued interest on each Loan on the last day of each Interest Period (and, if the Interest Period is longer than six months, on the dates falling at six-monthly intervals after the first day of the Interest Period).

11.4Default interest

(A)If an Obligor fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document on its due date, interest shall accrue on the overdue amount from the due date up to the date of actual payment (both before and after judgment) at a rate which, subject to paragraph (B) below, is 1.0 per cent. higher than the rate which would have been payable if the overdue amount had, during the period of non-payment, constituted a Loan in the currency of the overdue amount for successive Interest Periods, each of a duration selected by the Facility Agent (acting reasonably). Any interest accruing under this clause shall be immediately payable by the Obligor on demand by that Facility Agent.

(B)If any overdue amount consists of all or part of a Loan which became due on a day which was not the last day of an Interest Period relating to that Loan:

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(i)the first Interest Period for that overdue amount shall have a duration equal to the unexpired portion of the current Interest Period relating to that Loan; and

(ii)the rate of interest applying to the overdue amount during that first Interest Period shall be 1.0 per cent. higher than the rate which would have applied if the overdue amount had not become due.

(C)Default interest (if unpaid) arising on an overdue amount will be compounded with the overdue amount at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that overdue amount but will remain immediately due and payable.

11.5Notification of rates of interest

The Facility Agent shall promptly notify the relevant Lenders and the relevant Borrowers of the determination of a rate of interest under this Agreement.

11.6ESG

(A)Prior to 30 September 2021, the Original Borrower and one or more Lenders selected by the Original Borrower (the “ESG Negotiators”) shall negotiate in good faith to agree the sustainability-linked key performance indicators (each a “KPI”) for the KEL Group which apply to an adjustment to the Margin after 30 September 2021 and associated amendments, consents or waivers to this Agreement or the other Finance Documents on the basis of the following parameters:

(i)there shall be two KPIs with one KPI based on an internal measurement of the reduction in emissions/emissions intensity of the KEL Group and the other KPI based on an external assessment of the KEL Group’s environmental, social and governance risks by a third party ratings body, MSCI or similar;

(ii)the performance against each KPI shall be assessed once per year and any changes to Margin will apply until the next occasion on which each KPI is assessed (the “Margin Adjustment Period”);

(iii)the realisation of the agreed target for any KPI will result in the Margin applicable to a Loan during the Margin Adjustment Period decreasing by 0.025% per KPI;

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(iv)the realisation of the agreed premium for any KPI will result in the Margin applicable to a Loan during the Margin Adjustment Period increasing by 0.025% per KPI; and

(v)one or more Lenders (which may or may not be the ESG Negotiators) shall be appointed as ESG coordinators (“ESG Coordinators”) to represent the Lenders on an ongoing basis in respect of the assessment of the KPIs and any revised targets and premiums for such KPIs (and provision shall be made to carve out liability for the ESG coordinators in the performance of such role).

(B)If, prior to 30 September 2021, the Original Borrower and the ESG Negotiators have agreed the KPIs and the associated amendments, consents or waivers to this Agreement or the other Finance Documents in accordance with paragraph (A) (“Agreed ESG Amendments”), the Facility Agent shall submit the Agreed ESG Amendments to the Lenders and each Lender may within a fifteen Business Day period, submit their vote to the Facility Agent as to whether or not they approve of the Agreed ESG Amendments.

(C)If:

(i)each Lender votes to approve the Agreed ESG Amendments (other than the appointment of and the terms of the appointment of the ESG Coordinators); and

(ii)the Majority Lenders vote to approve the appointment of and the terms of the appointment of the ESG Coordinators,

then the Facility Agent shall, on behalf of all Finance Parties, effect such Agreed ESG Amendments (including the appointment of the ESG Coordinators).

(D)This clause 11.6 may not be amended or waived without the consent of all the Lenders.

12.Interest Periods

12.1Selection of Interest Periods

(A)A Borrower shall select an Interest Period for a Loan in the Utilisation Request for that Loan.

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(B)Subject to this clause, a Borrower may select an Interest Period of 1, 3 or 6 months or such other period as may be agreed between a Borrower and the Facility Agent (acting on behalf of the Majority Lenders).

(C)No Interest Period for a Loan under the Facility shall extend beyond the Final Maturity Date.

(D)The first Interest Period of each Loan shall commence on the Utilisation Date and end on the same day as the end of the selected Interest Period. In the case of each Loan (other than the first Loan under the Facility), each subsequent Interest Period shall end on the same day as the current Interest Period of any outstanding Loan made under the Facility.

12.2Non-Business Days

If an Interest Period ends on a day which is not a Business Day, that Interest Period will instead end on the next Business Day, unless the next Business Day is in another month, in which case the Interest Period will end on the preceding Business Day.

12.3Consolidation and division of Loans

(A)Subject to paragraph (B) below, if two or more Interest Periods for Loans under the Facility end on the same date, those Loans will, unless a Borrower specifies to the contrary in the Utilisation Request or in a notice to the Facility Agent, be consolidated into, and treated as, a single Loan under the Facility on the last day of the Interest Period.

(B)If a Borrower requests (in either a Utilisation Request or otherwise in a notice to the Facility Agent) that a Loan be divided into two or more Loans, that Loan will, on the last day of its Interest Period, be so divided into the amounts specified in such request, being an aggregate amount equal to the amount of the Loan immediately before its division.

13.Changes to the Calculation of Interest

13.1Unavailability of Term SOFR

(A)If no Term SOFR is available for the Interest Period of a Loan, the applicable Reference Rate shall be the Interpolated Term SOFR for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan.

(B)If no Term SOFR is available for the Interest Period of a Loan and it is not possible to calculate the Interpolated Term SOFR, the Interest Period of that

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Loan shall (if it is longer than the applicable Fallback Interest Period) be shortened to the applicable Fallback Interest Period and the applicable Reference Rate for that shortened Interest Period shall be determined pursuant to the definition of "Reference Rate".

(C)If the Interest Period of a Loan is, after giving effect to paragraph (B) above, either the applicable Fallback Interest Period or shorter than the applicable Fallback Interest Period and, in either case, no Term SOFR is available for the Interest Period of that Loan and it is not possible to calculate the Interpolated Term SOFR, the applicable Reference Rate shall be the Historic Term SOFR for that Loan.

(D)If paragraph (C) above applies but no Historic Term SOFR is available for the Interest Period of the Loan, the applicable Reference Rate shall be the Interpolated Historic Term SOFR for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan.

(E)If paragraph (C) above applies but no Historic Term SOFR is available and it is not possible to calculate the Interpolated Historic Term SOFR, clause 13.2 (Market disruption) and 13.3 (Alternative basis of interest or funding) shall apply.

13.2Market disruption

(A)If a Market Disruption Event occurs in relation to a Loan for any Interest Period or clause 13.1(E) (Unavailability of Term SOFR) applies, the rate of interest on each Lender’s share of that Loan for the Interest Period shall be the percentage rate per annum which is the sum of:

(i)the Margin; and

(ii)the weighted average of the rates notified to the Facility Agent by each Lender as soon as practicable and in any event by the Reporting Time, to be that which expresses as a percentage rate per annum its cost of funds relating to its participation in that Loan.

(B)In this Agreement “Market Disruption Event” means if, before the Reporting Time, the Facility Agent receives notifications from a Lender or Lenders (whose participations in a Loan exceed 35 per cent. of that Loan) that its cost of funds relating to its participation in that Loan would be materially in excess of the Market Disruption Rate.

(C)The Facility Agent shall notify the relevant Borrower immediately upon receiving notice from the Lender(s).

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(D)If this clause 13.2 applies but any Lender does not notify a rate to the Facility Agent by the Reporting Time, the rate of interest shall be calculated on the basis of the rates notified by the remaining Lenders.

13.3Alternative basis of interest or funding

(A)If a Market Disruption Event occurs or clause 13.1(E) (Unavailability of Term SOFR) applies, and the Facility Agent or the relevant Borrower so requires, the Facility Agent and the relevant Borrower shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than thirty (30) days) with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest.

(B)Any alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (A) above shall, with the prior consent of all the Lenders and the relevant Borrower, be binding on all Parties.

13.4Break Costs

(A)Each Borrower shall, within three Business Days of demand by a Finance Party, pay to that Finance Party its Break Costs attributable to all or any part of a Loan or Unpaid Sum being paid by it on a day prior to the last day of an Interest Period for that Loan or Unpaid Sum.

(B)Each Lender shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after a demand by the Facility Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Break Costs for any Interest Period in respect of which they become, or may become, payable.

(C)If, following a payment by the relevant Borrower of all or part of a Loan or Unpaid Sum on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period for that Loan or Unpaid Sum, a Lender realises a profit, and no Event of Default is continuing, that Lender must pay an amount equal to that profit to that Borrower as soon as practicable.

13.5FATCA Information

(A)Subject to paragraph (D) below, each Party shall, within ten Business Days of a reasonable request by another Party:

(i)confirm to that other Party whether it is:

(a)    a FATCA Exempt Party; or

(b)    not a FATCA Exempt Party;

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(ii)supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA or CRS as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party's compliance with FATCA or CRS; and

(iii)supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party’s compliance with any other law, regulation, or exchange of information regime.

(B)Each Party agrees to the disclosure by the other Party of information required to be disclosed under FATCA or CRS to the Cayman Islands Tax Information Authority or equivalent authority and any other foreign government body as required by FATCA or CRS. Such information may include, without limitation, confidential information such as financial information and any information relating to any shareholders, principals, partners, beneficial owners (direct or indirect) or controlling persons (direct or indirect) of such Party.

(C)If a Party confirms to another Party pursuant to paragraph (A)(i) above that it is a FATCA Exempt Party and it subsequently becomes aware that it is not, or has ceased to be a FATCA Exempt Party, that Party shall notify that other Party reasonably promptly.

(D)Paragraph (A) or (B) above shall not oblige any Finance Party to do anything, and paragraph (A)(iii) above shall not oblige any other Party to do anything, which would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of:

(i)any law or regulation;

(ii)any fiduciary duty; or

(iii)any duty of confidentiality.

(E)If a Party fails to confirm whether or not it is a FATCA Exempt Party or to supply forms, documentation or other information requested in accordance with paragraph (A)(i) or (A)(ii) above (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where paragraph (D) above applies), then such Party shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents (and payments under them) as if it is not a FATCA Exempt Party until such time as the Party in question provides the requested confirmation, forms, documentation or other information,

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(F)If a Borrower is a US Tax Obligor or the Facility Agent reasonably believes that its obligations under FATCA or any other applicable law or regulation require it, each Lender shall, within ten Business Days of:

(i)where the Original Borrower is a US Tax Obligor and the relevant Lender is an Original Lender, the date of this Agreement;

(ii)where a Borrower is a US Tax Obligor on a Transfer Date and the relevant Lender is a New Lender, the relevant Transfer Date;

(iii)the date a new US Tax Obligor accedes as a Borrower; or

(iv)where a Borrower is not a US Tax Obligor, the date of a request from the Facility Agent,

supply to the Facility Agent:

(a)    a withholding certificate on Form W-8, Form W-9 or any other relevant form; or

(b)    any withholding statement or other document, authorisation or waiver as the Facility Agent may require to certify or establish the status of such Lender under FATCA or that other law or regulation.

(G)The Facility Agent shall provide any withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation or waiver it receives from a Lender pursuant to paragraph (F) above to the relevant Borrower.

(H)If any withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation or waiver provided to the Facility Agent by a Lender pursuant to paragraph (F) above is or becomes materially inaccurate or incomplete, that Lender shall promptly update it and provide such updated withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation or waiver to the Facility Agent unless it is unlawful for the Lender to do so (in which case the Lender shall promptly notify the Facility Agent). The Facility Agent shall provide any such updated withholding certificate, withholding statement, documentation, authorisation or waiver to the relevant Borrower.

(I)The Facility Agent may rely on any withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation or waiver it receives from a Lender pursuant to paragraph (F) or (H) above without further verification. The Facility Agent shall not be liable for any action taken by it under or in connection with paragraphs (F), (G) or (H) above.

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(J)Without prejudice to any other term of this Agreement, if a Lender fails to supply any withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation, waiver or information in accordance with paragraph (F) above, or any withholding certificate, withholding statement, document, authorisation, waiver or information provided by a Lender to the Facility Agent is or becomes materially inaccurate or incomplete, then such Lender shall indemnify the Facility Agent, within three Business Days of demand, against any cost, loss, Tax or liability (including, without limitation, for negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever) incurred by the Facility Agent (including any related interest and penalties) in acting as Facility Agent under the Finance Documents as a result of such failure.

14.Fees

14.1Commitment fee

(A)The Original Borrower shall pay to the Facility Agent for the account of each Lender a fee computed as follows:

(i)when Commitment is available for utilisation, at a rate equal to 30 per cent. per annum of the then applicable Margin; and

(ii)when Commitment is not then available for utilisation, at a rate equal to 20 per cent. per annum of the then applicable Margin.

(B)The accrued commitment fee is payable quarterly (on each of 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December) in arrears on any undrawn and uncancelled portion of the Commitments for the period from the date of this Agreement until and including the last day of the Availability Period.

(C)Notwithstanding paragraphs (A) and (B) above, the Original Borrower shall not be required to pay any such commitment fees to the Facility Agent for the account of any Lender during the period in which such Lender is a Non-Funding Lender.

14.2Front end and underwriting fees

The Original Borrower shall pay to each Original Lender, front end and underwriting fees in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.

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14.3Facility Agent fee

The Original Borrower shall pay to the Facility Agent (for its own account) an agency fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.

14.4Security Agent fee

The Original Borrower shall pay to the Security Agent (for its own account) a trustee fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.

14.5The Technical Bank fee

The Original Borrower shall pay to each co-technical bank (for its own account in each case) a technical bank fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.

14.6The Modelling Bank fee

The Original Borrower shall pay to the Modelling Bank (for its own account) a modelling bank fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.

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PART 5
TAXES, INCREASED COSTS AND INDEMNITIES

15.Tax Gross Up and Indemnities

15.1Definitions

In this Agreement:

"Tax Credit" means a credit against, relief or remission for, or repayment of any Tax.

"Tax Deduction" means a deduction or withholding for or on account of Tax from a payment under a Finance Document, other than a FATCA Deduction.

"Tax Payment" means either the increase in a payment made by an Obligor to a Finance Party under clause 15.2 (Tax gross-up) or a payment under clause 15.3 (Tax Indemnity).

15.2Tax gross-up

(A)Each Obligor shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law.

(B)The Original Borrower shall promptly upon becoming aware that an Obligor must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Facility Agent accordingly.

(C)If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by an Obligor, the amount of the payment due from that Obligor shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been required.

(D)If an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law.

(E)Within thirty days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Obligor making that Tax Deduction shall deliver to the Facility Agent for the Finance Party entitled to the payment evidence reasonably satisfactory to that Finance Party (acting reasonably) that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority.

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(F)If an Obligor makes any payment to a Finance Party in respect of or relating to a Tax Deduction, but such Obligor was not obliged to make such payment, the relevant Finance Party shall within five Business Days of demand refund such payment to such Obligor.

15.3Tax Indemnity

(A)Except as provided below, the Original Borrower shall (within five Business Days of demand by the Facility Agent) indemnify a Finance Party against any loss, liability or cost which that Finance Party determines will be or has been (directly or indirectly) suffered by that Finance Party for or on account of Tax, by that Finance Party in respect of a Finance Document.

(B)Paragraph (A) above shall not apply:

(i)with respect to any Tax assessed on a Finance Party under the law of the jurisdiction in which:

(a)that Finance Party is incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which that Finance Party is treated as resident for tax purposes; or

(b)that Finance Party's Facility Office is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that jurisdiction,

if in either such case that Tax is imposed on or calculated by reference to the net income received or receivable (but not any sum deemed to be received or receivable) by that Finance Party or that Finance Party's Facility Office; or

(ii)to the extent a loss, liability or cost is compensated for by an increased payment under clause 15.2 (Tax gross-up); or

(iii)to the extent a loss, liability or cost relates to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party; or

(iv)with respect to any Tax assessed prior to the date which is 180 days prior to the date on which the relevant Finance Party requests such a payment from the Original Borrower, unless a determination of the amount claimed could only be made on or after the first of those dates.

(C)A Finance Party making, or intending to make a claim under paragraph (A) above shall promptly notify the Facility Agent of the event which will give, or has

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given, rise to the claim, following which the Facility Agent shall provide to the Original Borrower a copy of the notification by such Finance Party.

(D)A Finance Party shall, on receiving a payment from an Obligor under this clause, notify the Facility Agent. The Finance Parties will undertake to use reasonable endeavours to obtain reliefs and remissions for taxes and deductions and to reimburse that Obligor for reliefs, remissions or credits obtained (but without any obligation to arrange its tax affairs other than as it sees fit nor to disclose any information about its tax affairs).

15.4Tax Credit

(A)If:-

(i)an Obligor makes a Tax Payment, and

(ii)a Tax Credit is attributable either to an increased payment of which that Tax Payment forms part, or to that Tax Payment, and

(iii)that Finance Party has obtained, utilised and retained that Tax Credit,

the Finance Party shall pay an amount to the Obligor which that Finance Party reasonably determines will leave it (after that payment) in the same after-Tax position as it would have been in but for its utilisation of the Tax Credit.

(B)Nothing in this clause will:

(i)interfere with the rights of any Finance Party to arrange its affairs in whatever manner it thinks fit; or

(ii)oblige any Finance Party to disclose any information relating to its Tax affairs or computations.

15.5Stamp Taxes

The Original Borrower shall, within five Business Days of demand, pay and indemnify each Finance Party against any cost, loss or liability that Finance Party incurs in relation to all stamp duty, registration and other similar Taxes payable in respect of any Finance Document other than in respect of an assignment or transfer by a Lender or any breach by any Finance Party of the terms of clauses 28.28 (Due execution of security assignments) and 28.30 (Lenders' custody of documents).

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15.6Value added tax

(A)All consideration expressed to be payable under a Finance Document by any Party to a Finance Party shall be deemed to be exclusive of any VAT. If VAT is chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party to any Party in connection with a Finance Document, that Party shall pay to the Finance Party (in addition to and at the same time as paying the consideration) an amount equal to the amount of the VAT against delivery of an appropriate VAT invoice.

(B)Where a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse a Finance Party for any costs or expenses, that obligation shall be deemed to extend to all VAT incurred by the Finance Party in respect of the costs or expenses to the extent that the Finance Party reasonably determines that neither the Finance Party nor any other member of any VAT group of which it is a member is entitled to credit or repayment of the VAT.

15.7FATCA Deduction

(A)Each Party may make any FATCA Deduction it is required to make by FATCA, and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, and no Party shall be required to increase any payment in respect of which it makes such a FATCA Deduction or otherwise compensate the recipient of the payment for that FATCA Deduction.

(B)Each Party shall promptly, upon becoming aware that it must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of such FATCA Deduction), and in any case at least three Business Days prior to making a FATCA Deduction, notify the Party to whom it is making the payment and, on or prior to the day on which it notifies that Party, shall also notify the Original Borrower, the Facility Agent and the other Finance Parties.

16.Increased Costs

16.1Increased costs

(A)Subject to clause 16.3 (Exceptions) the Original Borrower shall, within five Business Days of a demand by the Facility Agent, pay for the account of a Finance Party the amount of any Increased Costs incurred by that Finance Party or any of its Affiliates as a result of the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application by any governmental body or regulatory Authority of) any law or regulation (whether or not having the force of law, but if not, being of a type with which that Finance Party or Affiliate is expected or required to comply), or as a result of the implementation or

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application of, or compliance with, Basel III, CRD IV or any law or regulation that implements or applies Basel III or CRD IV.

(B)In this Agreement "Increased Costs" means:

(i)a reduction in the rate of return from the Facility or on a Finance Party's (or its Affiliate's) overall capital;

(ii)an additional or increased cost; or

(iii)a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance Document,

which is (a) material and (b) incurred or suffered by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates but only to the extent that it is attributable to that Finance Party having entered into its Commitment or funding or performing its obligations under any Finance Document.

16.2Increased cost claims

(A)A Finance Party intending to make a claim pursuant to clause 16.1 (Increased costs) shall notify the Facility Agent of the event giving rise to the claim, following which the Facility Agent shall promptly notify the Original Borrower.

(B)Each Finance Party shall provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Increased Costs.

16.3Exceptions

(A)Clause 16.1 (Increased costs) does not apply to the extent any Increased Cost is:

(i)attributable to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by an Obligor provided that this clause is without prejudice to any rights which the affected Lender may have under clause 15.2 (Tax gross-up) to receive a grossed up payment;

(ii)attributable to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party;

(iii)the subject of a claim under clause 15.3 (Tax Indemnity) (or might be or have been the subject of a claim under clause 15.3 (Tax Indemnity) but for any of the exclusions in paragraph (B) of clause 15.3 (Tax Indemnity));

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(iv)incurred prior to the date which is 180 days prior to the date on which the Finance Party makes a claim in accordance with clause 16.2 (Increased cost claims), unless a determination of the amount incurred could only be made on or after the first of those dates;

(v)attributable to the wilful breach by the relevant Finance Party or any of its Affiliates of any law or regulation; or

(vi)attributable to the implementation or application of or compliance with the "International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards, a Revised Framework" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in June 2004 in the form existing on 22 February 2018 (but excluding any amendment contained in Basel III) ("Basel II") or any other law or regulation which implements Basel II (whether such implementation, application or compliance is by a government, regulator, Finance Party or any of its Affiliates).

(B)In this clause 16.3 (Exceptions), a reference to a "Tax Deduction" has the same meaning given to the term in clause 15.1 (Definitions).

17.Other Indemnities

17.1Currency indemnity

(A)If any sum due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (a "Sum"), or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted from the currency (the "First Currency") in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the "Second Currency") for the purpose of:

(i)making or filing a claim or proof against that Obligor; or

(ii)obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings,

that Obligor shall as an independent obligation, within five Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party to whom that Sum is due against any cost, loss or liability arising out of or as a result of the conversion including any discrepancy between (a) the rate of exchange used to convert that Sum from the First Currency into the Second Currency and (b) the rate or rates of exchange available to that person at the time of its receipt of that Sum.

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(B)Each Obligor waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that in which it is expressed to be payable.

17.2Other indemnities

Each Obligor shall, within five Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party against any cost, loss or liability incurred by that Finance Party as a result of:

(A)the occurrence of any Event of Default;

(B)a failure by an Obligor to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on its due date;

(C)funding, or making arrangements to fund, its participation in a Utilisation requested by a Borrower in a Utilisation Request but not made by reason of a Default or an act or omission on the part of an Obligor; and

(D)a Utilisation (or part of a Utilisation) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of prepayment given by a Borrower.

17.3Indemnity to the Agents

Each Obligor shall promptly on demand, indemnify each Agent against:

(A)any cost, loss or liability incurred by that Agent (acting reasonably) as a result of:

(i)investigating any event which it reasonably believes is a Default;

(ii)acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised by an Obligor; or

(iii)instructing lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts as permitted under this Agreement; and

(B)any cost, loss or liability (including for negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever) incurred by that Agent (otherwise than by reason of that Agent's gross negligence or wilful misconduct) (or, in the case of any cost, loss or liability pursuant to clause 34.9 (Disruption to Payment Systems etc.) notwithstanding the relevant Agent's negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of

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the relevant Agent) in acting as Agent under the Finance Documents, where such cost, loss or liability arises from any action, suit, claim, investigation or proceeding which is commenced or threatened by a third party or any Finance Party against that Agent.

18.Mitigation by the Lenders

18.1Mitigation

(A)Each Finance Party shall, in consultation with the Original Borrower, use all reasonable endeavours to mitigate or remove any circumstances which arise and which would result in any facility ceasing to be available or any amount becoming payable under or pursuant to, or cancelled pursuant to, any of clause 10.2 (Illegality), clause 15.2 (Tax gross-up), clause 16.1 (Increased costs) or clause 13.2 (Market disruption) including (but not limited to) transferring its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to another Affiliate or Facility Office.

(B)Paragraph (A) above does not in any way limit the obligations of any Obligor under the Finance Documents.

(C)Each Finance Party shall notify the Facility Agent as soon as it becomes aware that any circumstances of the kind described in paragraph (A) above have arisen or may arise. The Facility Agent shall notify the Original Borrower promptly of any such notification from a Finance Party.

18.2Limitation of liability

(A)Each Obligor shall promptly indemnify each Finance Party for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by that Finance Party as a result of steps taken by it under clause 18.1 (Mitigation).

(B)A Finance Party is not obliged to take any steps under clause 18.1 (Mitigation) if, in the bona fide opinion of that Finance Party (acting reasonably), to do so might in any way be prejudicial to it.

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PART 6
FORECASTS AND CALCULATIONS AND BORROWING BASE AMOUNT

19.Forecasts and Calculations

19.1Forecast Procedures

(A)Not less than 30 Business Days before any proposed or required Forecast Date, the Original Borrower and the Technical and Modelling Bank shall consult together with a view to preparing and agreeing the relevant Forecast including the Forecast Assumptions and all associated calculations and information. The Original Borrower shall ensure that a new or updated reserves report is prepared by the Reserves Consultant for the Forecast prepared for 31 March 2019 and for each Forecast prepared on subsequent Forecast Dates. Each party shall consult in good faith and act reasonably, and shall make available sufficiently experienced personnel, with a view to reaching agreement as soon as reasonably practicable. Each Forecast (and all Forecast Assumptions used) shall have due and proper regard to any reasonable view expressed by any of the Consultants in a report delivered for the purpose of preparing the Forecast, any plan of development, work program and budget and the provisions and requirements of the Project Agreements (and any updates thereto). Any product pricing proposal by the Technical and Modelling Bank shall be reasonable in the circumstances and shall be made in accordance with current business practices, applied on a consistent, reasonable and non-discriminatory basis and reflecting market practice at the time. The price of crude oil derived from a relevant Field will be subject to a floor which will be determined subject to and in accordance with the Forecasting Procedures, provided that the floor may not be reduced at any time to less than 70% of the average Brent Forward Curve for the next 36 months as at the date the relevant Forecast is prepared.

(B)The Original Borrower shall provide its proposed Forecast to each Lender and the Facility Agent 15 Business Days before the relevant Forecast Date and the Technical and Modelling Bank shall provide their commentary on such Forecast, including whether it agrees or disagrees with such Forecast (including, if applicable, details of the grounds for its determination not to agree with the Forecast). Each Lender shall have 10 Business Days to approve the Forecast and, once approved by the Majority Lenders that Forecast will apply for the relevant Forecast Period. If any such Lender has not objected in writing to the Forecast within such 10 Business Day period, then such Lender shall be deemed to have approved the Forecast. A Forecast shall only be deemed to have been accepted by such Lenders if it has been approved (or deemed approved) by the Majority Lenders. In making any objection, such Lenders

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must act reasonably and no objection may be made other than on the grounds that a Forecast Assumption which has been used in the Forecast is not reasonable in the circumstances, or on the grounds of proven or manifest error.

(C)In making any determination in the Forecasting Procedures the Majority Lenders shall give due and proper regard to any information provided (including any report delivered by the Consultants for the purposes of the Forecast) or representations made by the Original Borrower and the Technical and Modelling Bank. Any determination shall take due and proper regard of any plan of development, work program and budget (and any updates thereto) and the provisions and requirements of the Project Agreements. In making any determination in accordance with the Forecasting Procedures in relation to product prices, the price of crude oil derived from a relevant Field will be subject to a floor which will be determined subject to and in accordance with the Forecasting Procedures, provided that the floor may not be reduced at any time to less than 70% of the average Brent Forward Curve for the next 36 months as at the date the relevant Forecast is prepared. Any determination in relation to product prices shall be reasonable in the circumstances and shall be made in accordance with current business practices, applied on a consistent, reasonable and non-discriminatory basis and reflecting market practice at the time.

(D)If the Majority Lenders do not approve the Forecast, the Original Borrower and the Technical and Modelling Bank shall prepare a revised Forecast which satisfies, in all reasonable respects, the objections of the Majority Lenders.

(E)If, for any reason, a Forecast is not agreed prior to the applicable Forecast Date, the then applicable Forecast shall continue to apply until the new Forecast is prepared and agreed in accordance with the Forecast Procedures.

19.2Contents of Forecast

(A)Each Forecast will set out or include:

(i)the Technical Assumptions and Economic Assumptions upon which the Forecast is based (including, without limitation, on product prices);

(ii)an updated Model;

(iii)the calculation of the Borrowing Base Amount;

(iv)the calculation of any mandatory prepayment required because the aggregate of outstandings under the Facility exceeds the Borrowing Base Amount;

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(v)calculations of the Field Life Cover Ratio and the Loan Life Cover Ratio;

(vi)the calculation of the Reserve Tail Date;

(vii)the aggregate economically recoverable proved (1P) reserves and the proved and probable (2P) reserves remaining to be produced from the Borrowing Base Assets (reflecting any updated reserves report produced by the Reserves Consultant in respect of that Forecast, or if no such updated reserves report has been produced, reflecting the immediately preceding reserves report as may be updated by the Original Borrower with the agreement of the Technical Consultant and the Technical and Modelling Bank (acting reasonably);

(viii)the revised Amortisation Schedule (if required) or confirmation that no revision to the Amortisation Schedule is required pursuant to clause 9.2 (Amendment to Amortisation Schedule); and

(ix)such other reasonable information as the Technical and Modelling Bank may reasonably require.

(B)All projections and calculations to be made under this clause shall be expressed and made in US Dollars (at the Facility Agent's spot rate of exchange at the time if so required (which the Facility Agent will provide promptly on request)).

19.3New Borrowing Base Assets and removal of Borrowing Base Assets

(A)Whenever a new asset becomes, or is to become, a Borrowing Base Asset, a new Forecast must first be prepared and provided to each Lender for approval, in accordance with this clause 19 (Forecasts and Calculations), together with a Sources and Uses Statement, including that asset.

(B)Subject to paragraph (C) below, the Original Borrower may at any time elect that any asset (other than those situated in the Ghana Contract Area), which at that time is included as a Borrowing Base Asset, be excluded from the Borrowing Base Assets.

(C)Whenever a Borrowing Base Asset is to cease to be designated as a Borrowing Base Asset, a new Forecast must first be prepared and provided to each Lender for approval, in accordance with this clause 19 (Forecasts and Calculations), together with a Sources and Uses Statement, which does not include that Borrowing Base Asset.

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19.4Manner of Calculations

(A)All the calculations required for each Forecast will be calculated using the Model on the basis of the Technical Assumptions and Economic Assumptions determined for the purposes of that Forecast.

(B)Where the manner of determining any of the calculations required for a Forecast differs between the programme on which the Model operates and the provisions of the Finance Documents, the Finance Documents will prevail.

19.5Borrowing Base Amount

The Borrowing Base Amount shall be determined on each Forecast Date pursuant to a Forecast prepared in accordance with the Forecasting Procedures. The Borrowing Base Amount so determined shall apply for the duration of the next succeeding Forecast Period or until a new Forecast is prepared.

19.6Calculation of Borrowing Base Amount

(A)Subject to paragraph (C) below, the Borrowing Base Amount for the purposes of the Facility shall be the lesser of:

(i)the sum of: (a) the net present value of Net Cash Flow until the Field Depletion Date plus (b) the net present value of Relevant Capital Expenditure, divided by 1.4; and

(ii)the sum of: (a) the net present value of Net Cash Flow until the Final Maturity Date plus (b) the net present value of Relevant Capital Expenditure:

(a)prior to and including 31 March 2024, divided by 1.15; and

(b)after (but not including) 31 March 2024, divided by 1.35.

(B)The discount rate utilised to determine the net present values referred to in paragraph (A) above shall be eight per cent. and shall be applied in calculating the net present value of cash flows.

(C)In determining the reserves attributable to:

(i)the Ghana Block Assets and the EG Block Assets and any Developed Assets, such determination shall take account of the proved and probable (2P) reserves;

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(ii)Developing Assets, such determination shall take account of proved (1P) reserves only.

(D)The contribution of the EG Block Assets to the Borrowing Base Amount will be capped, in aggregate, at USD 500 million or such larger amount as may be agreed by the Supermajority Lenders.

19.7Model

(A)The Technical and Modelling Bank and the Original Borrower may each make proposals with regard to amendments to the Model which it believes:

(i)in good faith are required for the purpose of correcting any manifest error in the form or structure of the Model; or

(ii)to incorporate additional assumptions.

(B)If the Technical and Modelling Bank and the Original Borrower are unable to agree on the required changes to the Model within 15 Business Days from the date on which such changes were proposed, then the matter shall, on the request of the Original Borrower or the Technical and Modelling Bank, be referred for resolution to an appropriate expert appointed by the Technical and Modelling Bank (being a person having appropriate independent expertise with respect to, but no interest in, the outcome of the matter referred to it).

(C)The costs of any references to an expert and the costs, if any, incurred in giving effect to any agreed revision to the Model will be borne by the Original Borrower except, in the case of the costs of any reference to an expert only, if the expert determines that any proposal by the Technical and Modelling Bank in respect of the changes to the Model which are in dispute could not be regarded as reasonable and are rejected by such expert, in which case such costs shall be borne by the Lenders.

(D)Any amendments to the Model will not be made until such time as such amendment has been agreed or determined (as appropriate) pursuant to paragraphs (A) and (B) above. Prior to such amendment being incorporated into the Model, the Model will continue to be utilised without such amendment.

(E)Where the manner of determining any of the calculations required for a Forecast is amended as a consequence of any amendments made to the Model, the Finance Documents shall be deemed to be amended to reflect any such amendment.

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19.8Approved Developments and Permitted Acquisitions

Prior to requesting the consent of the Majority Lenders to the carrying out of any Approved Development (or the inclusion of any Field or Petroleum Asset (or any part thereof) in the Borrowing Base Assets as an Approved Development) or to the making of any Permitted Acquisition, the Technical and Modelling Bank and the Original Borrower shall consult in good faith, and acting reasonably, they shall prepare a proposal for the consideration of each Lender which includes all relevant information for the Lenders to make an informed decision on whether to grant the requisite consent (including appropriate reports from the Technical Consultant, the Environmental Consultant and the Reserves Consultant). Any Approved Development or Permitted Acquisition must be compliant with the Equator Principles (as confirmed by the Environmental Consultant). The Technical and Modelling Bank shall include its recommendation with the proposal on whether consent should be given. In considering whether to grant any such consent, the Lenders shall act reasonably and shall take due and proper regard of any recommendation of the Technical and Modelling Bank (but without any liability on the part of the Technical and Modelling Bank and each Lender being deemed to make its own independent assessment) and the information provided with the proposal. If the Majority Lenders refuse their consent, they shall provide the Original Borrower with reasonable details of the reasons why they have refused their consent. A Permitted Acquisition may not take place in Iran, Libya, Myanmar, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Cuba, Crimea, in any country or with any person which is subject to a Sanctions Regime or on a Sanctions List or any country designated by the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably).

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PART 7
BANKS ACCOUNTS, CASH MANAGEMENT AND RESERVE EQUITY

20.Bank Accounts and Cash Management

20.1Project Accounts

(A)(i)    Each Obligor shall establish and maintain each of the Project Accounts, as required under the terms of this Agreement, with the Account Bank in London, New York or such other jurisdiction approved by the Facility Agent (acting reasonably).

(ii)    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other Finance Document KEO may maintain and operate such bank accounts (which are not Project Accounts) as it, in its discretion, sees fit and may, subject to clause 28.26(B)-(C), receive and make withdrawals from any such account without restriction. Any amounts standing to the credit of any such account shall not be subordinated to the rights of the Lenders and shall not be available to the Finance Parties whether as secured or unsecured creditors of the Obligors and irrespective of whether an Event of Default has occurred. KEO may grant security over any such account in favour of any person and shall not be required to grant any Security Interest in favour of the Finance Parties.

(B)The Project Accounts, other than the Ghana Working Capital Cedi Account which shall be denominated in Ghanaian Cedi, shall be denominated in US Dollars. Any sum constituting interest paid in respect of the credit balance on any Project Account shall be treated in the same manner as any other sum credited to a Project Account.

(C)Each Project Account will be a separate account at the Account Bank. The Project Accounts will be maintained until the Discharge Date.

(D)Amounts may be deposited into:

(i)the Onshore Working Capital Accounts to the extent necessary to meet local onshore payments only, provided that the aggregate balance in such accounts may not exceed USD 10 million (or its equivalent in other currencies) or such higher amount agreed by the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders, acting reasonably);

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(ii)the accounts permitted to be opened and maintained pursuant to clause 20.2(A)(iii) to the extent necessary in connection with performing obligations as operator only; and

(iii)the accounts permitted to be opened and maintained pursuant to clause 20.2(A)(iv) and (v) to the extent necessary to meet local onshore payments and local tax payments only, provided that (subject to the CEMAC Regulations) the aggregate balance in such accounts (excluding amounts deposited to meet local tax payments) may not exceed USD 10 million (or its equivalent in other currencies) for a period of 30 consecutive days or such higher amount agreed by the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders, acting reasonably).

(E)Subject to paragraph (D) above and to the order of payments provided for in the Cash Waterfall, each Obligor shall maintain the balance of the Offshore Proceeds Accounts and the Onshore Working Capital Accounts, which, when aggregated and taken together with amounts paid in advance for its liabilities under the Project Agreements, is prudent and reasonable.

20.2Other bank accounts

(A)Each Obligor (but excluding KEO for these purposes) shall not open or maintain any bank accounts other than:

(i)the Project Accounts (including such other accounts established by KEG and KEG Investments with the Account Bank which would be Project Accounts but for the execution of the KEG Onshore Security Assignment, the KEG Offshore Security Assignment, the KEG Offshore Accounts Security Agreement and the KEG Investments Offshore Accounts Security Agreement by all the parties thereto in accordance with this Agreement), which shall not be overdrawn at any time and any withdrawals from such Project Accounts shall only be made out of cleared funds;

(ii)the Distributions Reserve Accounts, which shall not be overdrawn at any time; and

(iii)such accounts as may be necessary or appropriate for it to perform its obligations as an operator (including, in the case of KEEG, the two accounts it maintains with Bank of America N.A. in Dallas as operator in respect of exploration licences in Equatorial Guinea) or accounts into which moneys received from, or for the account of, any other party

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may be paid as required (but any money being related to any carried interest (including in respect of the carried interest of EO) in relation to any Borrowing Base Asset shall be paid into an Offshore Proceeds Account) (an "Interested Third Party");

(iv)the Cameroon Accounts; and

(v)the KEEG EG Account,

provided that in no event shall such accounts referred to in (ii) and (iii) above, or any moneys standing to the credit of such accounts referred to in (ii) and (iii) above, be available to the Lenders (except on an unsecured basis following the occurrence of any of the events described in clause 29.6 (Insolvency) and/or clause 29.7 (Insolvency proceedings)) or subject to any restrictions under the Finance Documents and shall not be subject to any Security Interest in favour of any Finance Party (but may be secured in favour of any other person other than the Finance Parties).

(B)The Lenders will account to KEH and/or the relevant Obligor if and to the extent they receive any proceeds from any account of KEO (which is not a Project Account) as referred to in clause 20.1(A) or any other account referred to in 20.2(A)(ii) or (A)(iii) above, and shall hold any such moneys to the account of, and on trust for, KEH or, as the case may be, KEO.

(C)Any Lender that is in receipt of proceeds as described in paragraph (B) above shall:

(i)within five Business Days notify details of the receipt or recovery to the Original Borrower, KEH and the Facility Agent; and

(ii)within five Business Days of demand by KEH or KEO, pay an amount equal to such receipt or recovery to KEH or, as the case may be, KEO.

20.3Appointment of Account Bank

(A)Any appointment of or change to an Account Bank will become effective only upon that Account Bank executing, or new Account Bank acceding to the terms of, the Project Accounts Agreements or such other terms as may be approved by the Original Borrower and the Facility Agent (acting reasonably).

(B)An Obligor may, with the consent of the Facility Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), change an Account Bank to another bank which meets the requirements of paragraph (C) below, but subject to paragraph (A) above and

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clause 20.1 (Project Accounts). If an Account Bank resigns, then the relevant Obligor will appoint a replacement Account Bank which meets the requirements of paragraph (C), but subject to paragraph (A) and clause 20.1 (Project Accounts).

(C)Each Account Bank shall be a bank whose long-term unguaranteed, unsecured securities or debt has a rating of A- or higher from Standard and Poor's or A3 or higher from Moody's (or equivalent) or such lower rating as the Facility Agent and the Original Borrower shall agree in writing.

(D)If the Account Bank refuses to establish or maintain any Project Account, as required under the terms of this Agreement, the Original Borrower may appoint a replacement Account Bank in respect of the affected account which meets the requirements of paragraph (C), but subject to paragraph (A) and clause 20.1 (Project Accounts).

(E)If, in respect of any Project Account and Project Accounts Agreement, an Obligor or the Original Borrower is entitled to change the Account Bank or appoint a replacement Account Bank pursuant to this clause 20.3, subject to paragraph (A), the Security Agent shall, on the request of the relevant Obligor or Original Borrower, provide its written consent to a termination of such Project Accounts Agreement.

20.4Security Documents and Project Accounts Agreements

(A)The Project Accounts shall be subject to a first ranking Security Interest in favour of the Secured Parties. The relevant Obligors shall forthwith upon any change to the Account Bank, or upon opening any Project Account which is not subject to the security constituted by the relevant Security Documents, execute and deliver to the Security Agent such supplemental Security Documents as the Security Agent and the Facility Agent may reasonably require in order to create a first priority Security Interest over that Project Account in favour of the Finance Parties. Such supplemental Security Documents must be in a form and in substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent and the Security Agent.

(B)The Original Borrower shall, before any Project Account is opened (other than in a country in which a Borrowing Base Asset is situated excluding Ghana), procure that the Obligor and the Account Bank have entered into the Project Accounts Agreements.

(C)In the case of execution of any of the Security Documents and Project Accounts Agreements referred to in paragraphs (A) and (B) above, the Original Borrower shall deliver to the Facility Agent documents which are the equivalent of those

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referred to in paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 (Conditions Precedent) in respect of such Security Documents and Project Accounts Agreements, together with any legal opinions which the Facility Agent may reasonably require, such legal opinions to be provided at the reasonable expense of the Original Borrower. All such documents must be in a form and in substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent.

(D)The detailed operating procedures for the Project Accounts will be agreed between the relevant Obligor which maintains that Project Account and each Account Bank, but in the event of any inconsistency between those procedures and the Project Accounts Agreements or this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.

20.5Control on withdrawals following Default

If a Default has occurred and is continuing and has not been waived, no Obligor may withdraw any moneys from the Project Accounts except:

(A)with the prior consent of the Facility Agent;

(B)to meet an Obligor's payment obligations under the Finance Documents (but not any payment obligations owed to any Junior Finance Party or the Proceeds Agent, each as defined in the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement) or the Project Agreements on the relevant due date; or

(C)to pay for Project Costs not included in paragraph (B) above where:

(i)the payment in question has been budgeted for and the Facility Agent have given their written consent to the relevant expenditure or cost being incurred; or

(ii)the failure to make the payment in question would materially and adversely affect the business or financial condition of the Borrowers or any other Obligor.

20.6Distributions Reserve Account

(A)Each Obligor may maintain a Distributions Reserve Account into which the amount of any permitted distribution under clause 28.23 (Distributions), permitted indebtedness and contributions to the capital of an Obligor may be credited subject to compliance with the Cash Waterfall and such amounts shall not be subordinated to the rights of the Lenders. Amounts standing to the credit of the Distributions Reserve Accounts shall not be available to the Finance

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Parties whether as secured or unsecured creditors of the relevant Obligor and irrespective of whether an Event of Default has occurred. The Obligors may grant security over their Distributions Reserve Account in favour of any person and shall not be required to grant any Security Interest over the Distributions Reserve Account in favour of the Finance Parties. Sums standing to the credit of the Distributions Reserve Accounts may be withdrawn and applied as the Obligor sees fit.

(B)The Lenders will account to KEH and/or the relevant Obligor if and to the extent they receive any proceeds from a Distributions Reserve Account or any account of KEO (which is not a Project Account), and shall hold any such moneys to the account of, and on trust for, KEH or, as the case may be, KEO. If any other person has a Security Interest or claim against amounts standing to the credit of a Distributions Reserve Account, any such interest or claim shall be limited to these amounts and they shall not have recourse to the assets of any Obligor generally, nor shall they be entitled to make any claim or enforce against, or initiate any Insolvency Proceedings of any kind, against any Obligor.

(C)Any Lender that is in receipt of proceeds as described in paragraph (B) above, shall turnover such proceeds to KEH or, as the case may be, KEO in accordance with paragraph (C) of clause 20.2 (Other bank accounts) above.

20.7Instructions to Account Bank

(A)The Security Agent may not deliver an “Activation Notice” under (and as defined in) a Project Accounts Agreement until such times as a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and has not been waived under this Agreement. The Security Agent shall copy any such “Activation Notice” given to the Account Bank pursuant to a Project Accounts Agreement to the relevant Obligor under such Project Accounts Agreement (but failure to deliver such “Activation Notice” to the relevant Obligor will not invalidate the “Activation Notice”).

(B)If the Security Agent has issued an “Activation Notice” under (and as defined in) a Project Accounts Agreement where a Default has occurred but, notwithstanding the occurrence of such Default which is continuing, an Obligor is entitled to withdraw money from a Project Account in accordance with clause 20.5 (Control onwithdrawals following Default), the Security Agent (i) shall do all things and take all such action which is reasonably requested by the Obligor, and which it is entitled to do or take under such Project Accounts Agreement, to facilitate the withdrawal of such moneys including instructing the Account Bank to permit such withdrawal or (ii) to the extent the funds in the relevant Project Account have been transferred to another account specified by the Security

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Agent pursuant to the terms of the relevant Project Accounts Agreement, shall do all things and take all such action which is reasonably requested by the Obligor to disburse such funds from such account in accordance with the Obligor’s request for such withdrawal (but only to the extent such funds remain in such account after the prior application by the Security Agent of such funds in satisfaction of liabilities of the Obligors (including in respect of the Secured Liabilities) in accordance with (and to the extent permitted by) the Finance Documents).

(C)If the Security Agent has issued an “Activation Notice” under (and as defined in) a Project Accounts Agreement (the “Existing Project Accounts Agreement”) and, at any time following the issuance of such “Activation Notice”, no Default is continuing:

(i)the relevant Obligor under the Existing Project Accounts Agreement and the Security Agent shall, subject to paragraph (iv) below, do all things and take all such action as may be required or reasonably requested by the Obligor or Security Agent to procure the termination of the Existing Project Accounts Agreement and its replacement with a new Project Accounts Agreement (“New Project Accounts Agreement”) with the Account Bank on substantially the same terms as the Existing Project Accounts Agreement;

(ii)if a new Project Account is established as a result of the entry into the New Project Accounts Agreement, the Security Agent shall do all things and take all such action which is reasonably requested by an Obligor, and which it is entitled to do or take pursuant to the Existing Project Accounts Agreement, to transfer any funds held in the original Project Account to the new Project Account established by the New Project Accounts Agreement;

(iii)to the extent that any funds in the original Project Account have been transferred to the Security Agent (or another account specified by the Security Agent) in accordance with the Existing Project Accounts Agreement, the Security Agent shall transfer any such funds (less any funds applied by the Security Agent towards satisfaction of liabilities of the Obligors (including in respect of the Secured Liabilities) in accordance with (and to the extent permitted by) the Finance Documents) to the Project Account which is the subject of the New Project Accounts Agreement; and

(iv)if, within 5 Business Days of request by the relevant Obligor, the Account Bank does not enter into the New Project Accounts

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Agreement, the Original Borrower shall be entitled to replace the Account Bank in accordance with clause 20.3(D) and each party shall do all things, take all such action and execute all such documents and instruments requested by the Original Borrower to facilitate the appointment of the new Account Bank including the transfer of funds in the original Project Account (or in another account held by the Security Agent) to a new Project Account.

21.Operation of the Offshore Proceeds Accounts

21.1Payments in

Unless a Finance Document expressly requires an amount to be paid into any other Project Account, each Obligor must ensure that:

(A)all Gross Revenues received;

(B)the proceeds of any Loan or amounts received under an Intercompany Loan Agreement pursuant to clauses 5.1(D), 21.2(A)(ii) and 21.2(A)(iii);

(C)the proceeds of repayment of any loan made pursuant to any FPSO Construction Financing;

(D)the proceeds of any Permitted Disposals; and

(E)any other amount payable to, or received by an Obligor (including payments received under any offtake contract (and the Obligors shall direct any person making such payments that any such payment shall be paid into that account only)), but excluding any amount which may be:

(i)credited to the Distributions Reserve Account of the Original Borrower;

(ii)lent to an Obligor under an Intercompany Loan Agreement pursuant to clause 21.2(A)(viii); or

(iii)credited to an account of KEO (which is not a Project Account),

are paid directly into an Offshore Proceeds Account.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this clause 21.1, if any payments are prohibited by the CEMAC Regulations from being paid into an Offshore Proceeds Account or any payments are required by the CEMAC Regulations to be paid into an onshore account, the relevant Obligor shall ensure that such amounts are paid into an Onshore Working

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Capital Account or, in respect of payments to be made in CEMAC, a Cameroon Account or the KEEG EG Account.

21.2Withdrawals – No Default Outstanding

(A)Subject to paragraph (B) below, unless otherwise provided and unless there is a Default outstanding, amounts may only be withdrawn from the Offshore Proceeds Accounts and the Onshore Working Capital Accounts (including by way of transfer to any other account) if they are applied for the following purposes and subject to the following priority:

(i)first, payment of Project Costs provided that, if the latest Sources And Uses Statement shows that there is a shortfall in funding projected to be available, then such available funding must, unless the Majority Lenders otherwise agree, be allocated to meet costs in the following order of priority:

(a)the Ghana Contract Area and the EG Contract Area; and

(b)any other Project Costs.

In the event that there is any projected shortfall in funding, then the Facility may not be used for a purpose set out above unless each of the other purposes higher in the order of priority is fully funded by committed and available funding for the then applicable Forecast Period (including amounts under the Facility and assuming that there is no Default or Event of Default under the Finance Documents).

(ii)secondly, pari passu, payment of (or the funding of an Obligor, including by way of payment under any Intercompany Loan Agreement, to enable it to pay) any Financing Costs (excluding any payments of principal) under the Facility due but unpaid (applied to overdue amounts first, unpaid fees second, and unpaid interest third) or scheduled payments due but unpaid under a Hedging Agreement;

(iii)thirdly, pari passu, payments of (or the funding of an Obligor, including by way of payment under any Intercompany Loan Agreement to enable it to pay) principal under the Facility due but unpaid (applied to overdue amounts first and then to unpaid principal payments) and payment of (or the funding of a Borrower, including by way of payment under any Intercompany Loan Agreement to enable it to pay) any liabilities, including any early termination payment, due but unpaid under a Hedging Agreement;

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(iv)fourthly, payment of any mandatory prepayments required because the outstandings under the Facility exceed the Borrowing Base Amount as determined by the most recent Forecast;

(v)fifthly, payment of Scheduled KEL Debt Payments which are made by way of a Scheduled KEL Debt Payment Distribution;

(vi)sixthly, payments required to be made into the DSRA up to the Required Balance;

(vii)seventhly, prepayments under the Finance Documents and/or providing cash collateral under any Letter of Credit; and

(viii)lastly, so long as the Dividend Release Test is met, to make distributions to its shareholders at the relevant Borrower's discretion, which shall include making payments to the Distributions Reserve Account and payments under any Intercompany Loan Agreement provided that the amount distributed shall be based on the aggregate amount standing to the credit of the Offshore Proceeds Accounts on the relevant payment date after the amounts in (i) to (vii) above have been deducted.

(B)Notwithstanding paragraph (A) above, so long as the Dividend Release Test is met, a Borrower may make a Utilisation in order to deposit an amount directly into a Distribution Reserve Account in an amount less than or equal to the amount by which the funding which is projected to be available to meet costs exceeds the aggregate costs (for these purposes excluding Shareholder Distributions), in each case, as set out in the latest Sources and Uses Statement.

22.Debt Service Reserve Account

22.1Funding of Debt Service Reserve Account

(A)The Original Borrower shall ensure on an ongoing basis that deposits are made into the Debt Service Reserve Account in accordance with the Cash Waterfall until the balance of such account is not less than the Required Balance. The funding of the Debt Service Reserve Account shall continue in accordance with the Cash Waterfall until the Discharge Date.

(B)Failure to maintain the Required Balance standing to the credit of the Debt Service Reserve Account shall not constitute an Event of Default for the purposes of clause 29 (Events of Default), but failure to apply amounts from the

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Project Accounts during the relevant Forecast Period in accordance with the Cash Waterfall shall constitute an Event of Default for the purposes of clause 29 (Events of Default).

(C)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (A) and (B) above, a Borrower may (without being restricted by the Cash Waterfall) make a Utilisation under the Facility to fund the Debt Service Reserve Account.

22.2Withdrawals from Debt Service Reserve Account

(A)Subject to paragraph (B) below, amounts standing to the credit of the Debt Service Reserve Account may be withdrawn only to pay any Financing Costs under the Facility and to make Scheduled KEL Debt Payments in accordance with the Cash Waterfall.

(B)In addition, withdrawals may be made from the Debt Service Reserve Account to the extent the amount withdrawn is equal to or less than the amount (if any) by which the amount standing to the credit of the Debt Service Reserve Account exceeds the applicable Required Balance at that time. Any such withdrawal may be applied in accordance with, and for the purposes set out in, the Cash Waterfall.

23.Authorised Investments

23.1Power of investment

Subject always to clause 20.1 (Project Accounts), an Obligor may require that such part of the amounts standing to the credit of any of the Project Accounts as it may consider prudent (having reasonable grounds for so considering) shall be invested from time to time in Authorised Investments in accordance with this clause 23 and in a manner consistent with the provisions of clause 28.17(A) (Hedging).

23.2Type of investment

(A)The Obligors shall use their reasonable endeavours to procure that there are maintained from time to time a prudent spread of Authorised Investments and that the maturity of Authorised Investments is such that they can be liquidated to enable all payment obligations under the Finance Documents to be met on the due date.

(B)If any Authorised Investment ceases to be an Authorised Investment, the relevant Obligor which maintains that Authorised Investment will, as soon as reasonably practicable upon becoming aware of this, procure that the relevant

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investment is replaced by an Authorised Investment or cash, provided that if it does not propose liquidating the relevant investment earlier than its maturity, it shall notify the Facility Agent that such investment is no longer an Authorised Investment promptly upon becoming aware of this and, subject to it having provided such notice, it will not be obliged to liquidate such investment before its maturity date unless the Facility Agent, acting reasonably, requests it to do so.

23.3Realisations

(A)Upon the realisation (whether by way of disposal, maturity or otherwise) of any Authorised Investment, the net proceeds of realisation shall either immediately be credited directly to the Project Account from which the Authorised Investment or such investment was made, or (unless a Default has occurred and is continuing) immediately be invested in another Authorised Investment, whichever the relevant Obligor directs.

(B)Upon the receipt of any interest, dividends or other income from or in respect of any Authorised Investment, such interest, dividends or other income shall be credited to the Project Account concerned with the Authorised Investment or such other investment from which such interest, dividend or other income derives, or (if such interest, dividend or other income is derived from an Authorised Investment and such Authorised Investment is to be retained after such interest, dividend or other income is received and the relevant Obligor so requests) the relevant interest, dividend or other income shall be reinvested in that Authorised Investment.

23.4Project Accounts include Authorised Investments

(A)Any reference in this Agreement to the balance standing to the credit of one of the Project Accounts shall be deemed to include a reference to the Authorised Investments in which all or part of such balance is for the time being invested. (other than for the purposes of determining the balance required to comply with clause 20.1 (Project Accounts)). In the event of any dispute as to the value of any Authorised Investment for the purpose of determining the amount deemed to be standing to the credit of a Project Account, that value shall be determined by the Facility Agent acting reasonably and in good faith and following consultation with the Original Borrower and having given due consideration to any representations given by the Original Borrower within the period required by the Facility Agent (which period shall not, in any event, be of shorter duration than five Business Days). If the Original Borrower so requests, the Facility Agent will give the Original Borrower details of the basis or method of its determination.

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(B)An Obligor may, by notice in writing to the Facility Agent and the relevant Account Bank, deem an Authorised Investment to be concerned with a different Project Account so as to transfer Authorised Investments between Project Accounts, if:

(i)the aggregate amount standing to the credit of each Project Account remains the same; or

(ii)the transfer of an equivalent amount between those Project Accounts would be permitted.

23.5Security over Authorised Investments

Prior to an Obligor making any Authorised Investment in England, that Obligor shall ensure that it has entered into the Offshore Security Assignment. To the extent that any Authorised Investment is made in a jurisdiction other than England, the relevant Obligor shall execute and deliver, such other security as the Facility Agent may reasonably require from time to time in order to ensure that such Authorised Investment is secured to the Finance Parties by way of first priority security, in a form and substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent and the Security Agent, acting reasonably.

23.6Interest on balances in Project Accounts

Each sum credited to a Project Account from time to time shall, from the time it is so credited until the time it is withdrawn therefrom (whether for the purpose of making an Authorised Investment or otherwise for application in accordance with the terms of this Agreement), bear interest at such rate as the relevant Obligor may from time to time agree with the relevant Account Bank.

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PART 8
FINANCIAL AND PROJECT INFORMATION

24.Information Undertakings

The undertakings in this clause remain in force from the date of this Agreement until the Discharge Date.

24.1Books of account and auditors

Each Obligor shall:

(A)keep proper books of account relating to its business; and

(B)appoint and maintain as its auditors any Auditor.

24.2Financial statements

(A)Before (but for the avoidance of doubt not after) KEL or any of its subsidiaries from time to time undertakes an IPO, the Original Borrower shall procure that KEH shall supply to the Facility Agent (in sufficient copies as most recently notified by the Facility Agent as being sufficient to allow one copy for each Lender):

(i)as soon as they become available, but in any event within 180 days of the end of each financial year, its audited consolidated financial statements for that financial year;

(ii)within 90 days of the end of each semi-annual period, its unaudited semi-annual consolidated financial statements for that period; and

(iii)within 90 days of the end of each quarter, its quarterly management reports for that period.

(B)After (but for the avoidance of doubt not before) KEL or any of its subsidiaries from time to time undertakes an IPO, the Original Borrower shall procure that KEL shall supply to the Facility Agent (in sufficient copies as most recently notified by the Facility Agent as being sufficient to allow one copy for each Lender):

(i)as soon as they become available, but in any event within 180 days of the end of each financial year, its audited consolidated financial statements for that financial year; and

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(ii)within 90 days of the end of each quarter, its quarterly management reports for that period.

(C)KEO shall supply to the Facility Agent (in sufficient copies as most recently notified by the Facility Agent as being sufficient to allow one copy for each Lender) within 90 days of the end of each quarter, its quarterly management reports for that period.

(D)If any audited consolidated financial statements which have been provided to the Facility Agent pursuant to either clause (A)(i) or (B)(i) above contain an auditors' qualification then, in each case if instructed to do so by the Facility Agent (acting only on the instructions of the Majority Lenders):

(i)KEO shall supply to the Facility Agent (in sufficient copies as most recently notified by the Facility Agent as being sufficient to allow one copy for each Lender), as soon as practicable, but in any event within 120 days of being so requested, its audited financial statements for its last financial year; and

(ii)each Borrower and KEEG shall supply to the Facility Agent (in sufficient copies as most recently notified by the Facility Agent as being sufficient to allow one copy for each Lender), as soon as practicable, but in any event within 120 days of being so requested, its audited financial statements for its last financial year.

(E)If during any financial year of any Borrower or KEEG there is a material change in the nature and extent of the accounting transactions which that Borrower or KEEG enters into, it shall promptly inform the Facility Agent thereof and that Borrower or KEEG (as applicable) shall, if instructed to do so by the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably)), supply to the Facility Agent (in sufficient copies for each Lender), as soon as they become available, but in any event within 180 days of request, its audited consolidated financial statements for its last financial year.

24.3Year-end

KEO, the Borrowers and KEEG shall not change their Accounting Reference Date without the consent of the Majority Lenders.

24.4Form of financial statements

(A)KEO and the Original Borrower must ensure that each set of financial statements supplied under this Agreement:

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(i)is certified by an Authorised Signatory of the relevant company as a true and correct copy; and

(ii)gives (if audited) a true and fair view of, or (if unaudited) fairly represents, the financial condition of the relevant company for the period to the date on which those financial statements were drawn up.

(B)Unless otherwise agreed with the Facility Agent, all accounts of KEH, KEL, KEO, KEEG and the Original Borrower delivered under this Agreement shall be prepared in accordance with the Approved Accounting Principles.

(C)KEO and the Original Borrower must notify the Facility Agent of any material change to the manner in which any audited financial statements delivered under this Agreement are prepared.

(D)If requested by the Facility Agent, each of KEH, KEL, KEO, KEEG and the Original Borrower must supply to the Facility Agent:

(i)a full description of any change notified under paragraph (B) above and the adjustments which would be required to be made to those financial statements in order to cause them to use the accounting policies, practices, procedures and reference period upon which such financial statements were prepared prior to such change; and

(ii)sufficient information, in such detail and format as may be required by the Facility Agent (acting reasonably), to enable the Lenders to make a proper comparison between the financial position shown by the set of financial statements prepared on the changed basis and its most recent audited financial statements delivered to the Facility Agent under this Agreement prior to such change.

24.5Compliance Certificate

(A)KEO, KEEG and the Original Borrower must supply (and, in the case of the Original Borrower, procure that KEH and KEL supply) to the Facility Agent a compliance certificate with each set of financial statements sent to the Facility Agent under clauses 24.2(A), 24.2(B), 24.2(C), 24.2(D) and 24.2(E) above certifying the matters specified in clause 24.4(A)(ii) above.

(B)A compliance certificate supplied in accordance with paragraph (A) above must be signed by two Authorised Signatories of KEH, KEL, KEO, KEEG or the Original Borrower, as applicable.

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24.6Project Information and Hedging Information

(A)Each Obligor must (as soon as reasonably practicable) supply to the Facility Agent, in sufficient copies for all the Lenders if the Facility Agent so requests:

(i)any new updates to, and amendments to, each agreed budget, or development and/or work programme in relation to each Borrowing Base Asset owned by it as soon as reasonably practicable following receipt from the relevant Operator (and, in any event, within 21 days of receipt) and the latest Operator Report for each Borrowing Base Asset and each Developing Asset owned by it, as soon as reasonably practicable following receipt from the relevant Operator (and, in any event, within 21 days of receipt);

(ii)copies of all reports provided to any Authority by the Operator which have been copied to an Obligor (and in any event within 21 days of receipt);

(iii)such technical and commercial information which an Obligor has in its possession relating to a Field or Petroleum Assets or its or their condition and which is relevant to the interests of the Lenders under the Finance Documents as the Facility Agent may reasonably request from time to time (following prior consultation with the Original Borrower); and

(iv)promptly, details of any material updates or amendments to any Project Agreement.

(B)Subject to paragraph (C) below, the Original Borrower shall procure that the terms of appointment of the Technical Consultant shall require it (in consultation with the Technical and Modelling Bank) to prepare and deliver the following reports and information to the Technical and Modelling Bank and the Original Borrower for distribution to the Lenders:

(i)a quarterly report on the Project Costs which have been incurred, reconciled against draw-downs made, equity contributed and cash held in the Project Accounts;

(ii)a semi-annual report on the progress of each Developing Asset, including confirmation of the projected date for Completion and the aggregate of Project Costs required to achieve Completion (reconciled against the most recent Forecast) and whether there are, in its opinion, any other material issues or concerns of which it is aware in

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relation to the Developing Asset which should be brought to the attention of the Lenders;

(iii)a semi-annual report on the operation of each Developed Asset, including the amount and timing of all Entitlement lifted by the Obligors and details of the disposal of that Entitlement (including price); and

(iv)in any of the foregoing reports, such additional information or commentary as the Technical and Modelling Bank may reasonably require (following prior consultation with the Original Borrower) in order for the Lenders (in the context of their interests under the Finance Documents) to be properly informed about the progress, implementation, development and operation of the Borrowing Base Assets,

and the Original Borrower shall provide the Technical Consultant and the Technical and Modelling Bank with reasonable assistance and provide each of them with such information and other documents as the Technical Consultant and/or the Technical and Modelling Bank may reasonably request in order for the Technical Consultant to prepare and deliver the reports and information referred to in (i) to (iv) above and/or the Technical and Modelling Bank to consider and review such reports and information. Such assistance shall include facilitating visits by the Technical Consultant and the Technical and Modelling Bank to the Borrowing Base Assets and the construction/fabrication facilities of any Obligor's contractors.

(C)The Technical Consultant shall not be obliged to prepare and deliver, and the Original Borrower shall not be obliged to assist in the preparation and delivery of, reports and information as detailed in clause 24.6(B)(i) to (iv) in relation to the Ghana Block Assets and/or the EG Block Assets subject to the right of the Technical and Modelling Bank or the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably) to request the same. Following such request the Technical Consultant shall prepare and deliver, and the Original Borrower shall assist in the preparation and delivery of, the reports and information in accordance with clause 24.6(B).

(D)At any time when no Technical Consultant is appointed, the Facility Agent and Technical Bank may request that one is appointed and the Original Borrower shall procure such appointment on terms satisfactory to the Technical Bank (acting reasonably) within 10 Business Days of request.

(E)The Original Borrower must supply to the Facility Agent at the end of each quarter a summary of such information related to its hedging arrangements under clause 28.17 (Hedging) as is currently contained in the relevant SEC

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Form 10-Q, including for the avoidance of doubt, nominal amount, net mark-to-market, and products used.

24.7Information: Miscellaneous

Each Obligor shall supply to the Facility Agent, in sufficient copies for all the Lenders, if the Facility Agent so requests:

(A)all documents dispatched by each Obligor to its Shareholders (or any class of them) or its creditors generally, at the same time as they are dispatched;

(B)promptly after becoming aware of them, the details of any material litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings which are currently threatened or pending against the Guarantor or any member of the Group or in respect of or relevant to an interest in a Borrowing Base Asset;

(C)promptly after they have been issued, copies of any insurance policies in respect of all Agreed Insurances and any renewals in respect of such insurance policies;

(D)promptly after becoming aware of them, details of any claims made under any Insurance where the claim is for a sum in excess of USD 10 million (or its equivalent in other currencies); and

(E)promptly, such further information regarding the financial condition, assets, business and operations of the Guarantor or any member of the Group as the Facility Agent may reasonably request.

24.8Sources and Uses

(A)The Original Borrower must supply to the Facility Agent on 31 March and 30 September in each year (each such date a "Sources and Uses Statement Date") and may supply to the Facility Agent at any other time (in sufficient copies for all the Lenders if the Facility Agent so requests) for the following twelve month period:

(i)a sources and uses statement ("Sources and Uses Statement") in the form set out in Part I of Schedule 15 to this Agreement; and

(ii)a liquidity statement ("Liquidity Statement") in the form set out in Part II of Schedule 15 to this Agreement.

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(B)In relation to any Sources and Uses Statement and/or any Liquidity Statement prepared on a Sources and Uses Statement Date, in the event that the aggregate costs to be applied under any Sources and Uses Statement and/or any Liquidity Statement delivered to the Facility Agent under paragraph (A) above exceed the funding which is projected to be available to meet those costs (respectively), then the Original Borrower shall consult with the Facility Agent and the Technical and Modelling Bank in good faith with a view to agreeing a plan pursuant to which the Original Borrower will be able to meet any projected shortfall in funding.

(C)Notwithstanding paragraph (B) above, within 30 days of the relevant Sources and Uses Statement Date, the Original Borrower shall deliver to the Facility Agent the Original Borrower's remedial plan for the funding of any projected shortfall in funding shown in a Sources and Uses Statement and/or a Liquidity Statement. Each Borrower shall use all reasonable endeavours to comply with such plan (or any update thereto which it delivers to the Facility Agent), and shall consult on a regular basis with the Facility Agent and the Technical and Modelling Bank on the remedial steps being taken to fund any projected shortfall in funding.

(D)In the event that the sum of Project Costs and Scheduled KEL Debt Payments specified under any Sources and Uses Statement delivered to the Facility Agent under paragraph (A)(i) above exceeds the funding which is projected to be available to meet those Project Costs and Scheduled KEL Debt Payments, then a Junior Payment Stop Event (as defined in the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement) will be deemed to have occurred in accordance with the process set out in clause 4.4 (Issue of Junior Payment Stop Notice) of the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding this clause 24.8(D), nothing shall block the payment of Scheduled KEL Debt Payments or the making of a Scheduled KEL Debt Payment Distribution which is paid or made from amounts standing to the credit of the Distributions Reserve Account.

(E)A Default or an Event of Default will not occur solely as a result of a Sources and Uses Statement or a Liquidity Statement showing a shortfall in funding.

24.9Approved Development

The Original Borrower must supply to the Facility Agent (in sufficient copies for all the Lenders if the Facility Agent so requests) quarterly and monthly project reports in respect of an Approved Development, to the extent that they are available from the Operator.

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24.10Compliance with Remedial Plan

Each Borrower shall use all reasonable endeavours to implement the remedial plan (or amended plan provided to the Facility Agent) and shall continue to consult on a regular basis with (and when requested by) the Facility Agent and the Technical Bank on implementation of the plan.

24.11Notification of Default

Each Obligor must notify the Facility Agent of any Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) and any material default under or material breach of any Project Agreement promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence.

24.12"Know your customer" and "customer due diligence" requirements

(A)If:

(i)the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application by any government or regulatory Authority of) any law or regulation (having the force of law) made after the date of this Agreement;

(ii)any change in the status of an Obligor (or of a holding company of an Obligor (including a change in the public company status of KEL)) or the composition of the shareholders of an Obligor (or of a holding company of an Obligor (other than a change in the composition of the shareholders of KEL)) after the date of this Agreement; or

(iii)a proposed assignment or transfer by a Lender of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a party that is not a Lender prior to such assignment or transfer,

obliges any Agent or any Lender (or, in the case of paragraph (C) below, any prospective new Lender) to comply with "know your customer", "customer due diligence" or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is not already available to it (or, in the case of paragraph (C) below, cannot be provided by the transferring Lender from information already provided to it), the Original Borrower shall, as soon as reasonably practicable upon the request of the relevant Agent or the relevant Lender, supply, or procure the supply of, such reasonable documentation and other evidence as is within an Obligor's possession and control to enable such Agent or such Lender to comply with all necessary "know your customer",

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"customer due diligence" or other similar checks required under the relevant laws and regulations.

(B)Each Lender shall promptly upon the request of the Facility Agent supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Facility Agent (for itself) in order for the Facility Agent, as the case may be, to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents.

(C)The Original Borrower shall, by not less than 10 Business Days' prior written notice to the Facility Agent, notify the Facility Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders) of its intention to request that one of KEL’s subsidiaries (other than a subsidiary of an Obligor (excluding KEEG) which owns Borrowing Base Assets) becomes an Additional Guarantor pursuant to this Agreement.

(D)Following the giving of any notice pursuant to paragraph (C) above, if the accession of such Additional Guarantor obliges the Facility Agent or any Lender to comply with "know your customer" or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is not already available to it, the Original Borrower shall promptly upon the request of the Facility Agent or any Lender supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Facility Agent (for itself or on behalf of any Lender) or any Lender (for itself or on behalf of any prospective new Lender) in order for the Facility Agent or such Lender or any prospective new Lender to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the accession of such subsidiary to this Agreement as an Additional Guarantor.

24.13Forecast Notification Events

(A)The Original Borrower shall notify the Facility Agent and the Lenders promptly after becoming aware of any Forecast Notification Event.

(B)Any such notification under clause 24.13(A) shall result in the commencement of a consultation period for a period ending 10 Business Days after the date of such notification (a "Consultation Period") during which time the Original Borrower and the Lenders will consult. Following the end of the Consultation Period, the Lenders will be required to submit their vote to the Facility Agent as to whether to waive or not waive the preparation of an interim Forecast as a result of the Forecast Notification Event in accordance with clause 42

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(Amendments and Waivers). If the Majority Lenders do not waive the preparation of an interim Forecast relating to that Forecast Notification Event, the Original Borrower shall prepare a Forecast pursuant to clause 19 (Forecasts and Calculations) and the Facility Agent shall designate a Forecast Date which falls no more than 90 days after the last day of the Consultation Period relating to that Forecast Notification Event.

24.14Use of websites

(A)Except as provided below, each Obligor may deliver any information under this Agreement to the Facility Agent by posting it on to an electronic website if:

(i)it maintains or has access to an electronic website for this purpose and provides the Facility Agent with the details and password to access the website and the information; and

(ii)the information posted is in a format required by this Agreement or is otherwise agreed between each Obligor and the Facility Agent (whose approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

The Facility Agent must supply each relevant Lender with the address of and password for the website.

(B)Notwithstanding the above, the Original Borrower must supply to the Facility Agent in paper form a copy of any information posted on the website together with sufficient copies for:

(i)any Lender who notifies the Facility Agent in writing (copied to each Obligor) that it does not wish to receive information via the website; and

(ii)within ten Business Days of request, any other Lender, if that Lender so requests.

(C)Each Obligor must promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence, notify the Facility Agent if:

(i)the website cannot be accessed;

(ii)the website or any information on the website is infected by any electronic virus or similar software;

(iii)the password for the website is changed; or

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(iv)any information to be supplied under this Agreement is posted on the website or amended after being posted.

(D)If the circumstances in sub-paragraph (C)(i) or (C)(ii) above occur, an Obligor must supply any information required under this Agreement in paper form until the circumstances giving rise to the notification are no longer continuing and the information can be provided in accordance with paragraph (A) above.

24.15Liquidity Report

Within 10 Business Days following the filing of SEC Form 10-Q or SEC Form 10-K by KEL in respect of a quarter ending on a Liquidity Report Date, the Original Borrower must supply to the Facility Agent the following details in respect of the KEL Group as at the Liquidity Report Date:

(A)details of the Consolidated Cash and Cash Equivalents; and

(B)details of any available committed (but undrawn and uncancelled) amount available under any external finance source.

24.16DAC6

(A)In this clause 24.16, "DAC6" means the Council Directive of 25 May 2018 (2018/822/EU) amending Directive 2011/16/EU.

(B)Each Obligor shall supply to the Facility Agent (in sufficient copies for all the Lenders, if the Facility Agent so requests):

(i)promptly upon the making of such analysis or the obtaining of such advice, any analysis made or advice obtained on whether any transaction contemplated by the Finance Documents or any transaction carried out (or to be carried out) in connection with any transaction contemplated by the Finance Documents contains a hallmark as set out in Annex IV of DAC6, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this clause requires any Obligor to make such analysis or obtain such advice; and

(ii)promptly upon the making of such reporting and to the extent permitted by applicable law and regulation, any reporting made to any governmental or taxation authority by or on behalf of any member of the Group or by any adviser to such member of the Group in relation to DAC6 or any law or regulation which implements DAC6 and any

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unique identification number issued by any governmental or taxation authority to which any such report has been made (if available).

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PART 9
GUARANTEE

25.Guarantee and Indemnity

25.1Guarantee and indemnity

Each Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally jointly and severally:

(A)guarantees to each Finance Party punctual performance by each Borrower of all that Borrower's obligations under the Finance Documents;

(B)undertakes with each Finance Party that whenever a Borrower does not pay any amount when due under or in connection with any Finance Document, that Guarantor shall immediately on demand pay that amount as if it was the principal obligor; and

(C)will, as an independent and primary obligation, indemnify each Finance Party immediately on demand against any cost, loss or liability suffered by that Finance Party if any obligation guaranteed by it is or becomes unenforceable, invalid or illegal. The amount of the cost, loss or liability shall be equal to the amount which that Finance Party would otherwise have been entitled to recover.

25.2Continuing guarantee

This guarantee is a continuing guarantee and will extend to the ultimate balance of sums payable by any Obligor under the Finance Documents, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part.

25.3Reinstatement

If any payment by an Obligor or any discharge given by a Finance Party (whether in respect of the obligations of any Obligor or any security for those obligations or otherwise) is avoided or reduced as a result of insolvency or any similar event:

(A)the liability of each Obligor shall continue as if the payment, discharge, avoidance or reduction had not occurred; and

(B)each Finance Party shall be entitled to recover the value or amount of that security or payment from each Obligor, as if the payment, discharge, avoidance or reduction had not occurred.

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25.4Waiver of defences

The obligations of each Guarantor under this clause 25 will not be affected by an act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this clause, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its obligations under this clause 25 (without limitation and whether or not known to it or any Finance Party) including:

(A)any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any Obligor or other person;

(B)the release of any other Obligor or any other person under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor of any member of the Group;

(C)the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over assets of, any Obligor or other person or any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security;

(D)any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of an Obligor or any other person;

(E)any amendment, novation, supplement, extension, restatement (however fundamental and whether or not more onerous) or replacement of any Finance Document or any other document or security including without limitation any change in the purpose of, any extension of or any increase in any facility or the addition of any new facility under any Finance Document or other document or security;

(F)any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any person under any Finance Document or any other document or security; or

(G)any insolvency or similar proceedings.

25.5Immediate recourse

Each Guarantor waives any right it may have of first requiring any Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other rights or security or claim payment from any person before claiming from that Guarantor under this clause 25. This waiver applies irrespective of any law or any provision of a Finance Document to the contrary.

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25.6Appropriations

Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full, each Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) may:

(A)refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held or received by that Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) in respect of those amounts, or apply and enforce the same in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether against those amounts or otherwise) and no Guarantor shall be entitled to the benefit of the same; and

(B)hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from any Guarantor or on account of any Guarantor's liability under this clause 25.

25.7Deferral of Guarantors' rights

(A)Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full and unless the Facility Agent otherwise directs, no Guarantor will exercise any rights which it may have by reason of performance by it of its obligations under the Finance Documents or by reason of any amount being payable, or liability arising under this clause 25:

(i)to be indemnified by an Obligor;

(ii)to claim any contribution from any other guarantor of any Obligor's obligations under the Finance Documents;

(iii)to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents or of any other guarantee or security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, the Finance Documents by any Finance Party;

(iv)to bring legal or other proceedings for an order requiring any Obligor to make any payment, or perform any obligation, in respect of which any Guarantor has given a guarantee, undertaking or indemnity under clause 25.1 (Guarantee and indemnity);

(v)to exercise any right of set-off against any Obligor; and/or

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(vi)to claim or prove as a creditor of any Obligor in competition with any Finance Party.

(B)If a Guarantor receives any benefit, payment or distribution in relation to such rights it shall hold that benefit, payment or distribution to the extent necessary to enable all amounts which may be or become payable to the Finance Parties by the Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents to be repaid in full on trust for the Finance Parties and shall promptly pay or transfer the same to the Agent or as the Agent may direct for application in accordance with clause 34 (Payment Mechanics).

25.8Release of Guarantors' right of contribution

If any Guarantor ceases to be a Guarantor (a "Retiring Guarantor") in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents for the purpose of any sale or other disposal of that Retiring Guarantor then on the date such Retiring Guarantor ceases to be a Guarantor:

(A)that Retiring Guarantor is released by each other Guarantor from any liability (whether past, present or future and whether actual or contingent) to make a contribution to any other Guarantor arising by reason of the performance by any other Guarantor of its obligations under the Finance Documents; and

(B)each other Guarantor waives any rights it may have by reason of the performance of its obligations under the Finance Documents to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the Finance Parties under any Finance Document or of any other security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, any Finance Document where such rights or security are granted by or in relation to the assets of the Retiring Guarantor.

25.9Additional security

This guarantee is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other guarantee or security now or subsequently held by any Finance Party.

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PART 10
REPRESENTATIONS, COVENANTS, EVENTS OF DEFAULT

26.Representations

Each Obligor makes the representations and warranties set out in this clause to each Finance Party and acknowledges that each Finance Party has entered into the Finance Documents in full reliance on those representations and warranties.

26.1Status

(A)It is a limited liability company, duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation.

(B)It has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being conducted.

26.2Legal validity

Each Transaction Document to which it is a party constitutes, or will constitute when executed, its valid, legally binding and enforceable obligations in accordance with its terms (subject to any limitation on enforcement under law or general principles of equity or qualifications which are specifically set out in any legal opinion delivered as a Condition Precedent) and that, so far as it is aware having made all due and careful enquiries, each Transaction Document is in full force and effect.

26.3Non-conflict

The entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party do not conflict with:

(A)any applicable law or regulation;

(B)its constitutional documents; or

(C)any agreement binding upon it,

to the extent which has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

26.4Powers and authority

It has (or had at the relevant time) the power and authority to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and it has the power and authority to

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perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated thereby.

26.5Authorisations

Except for the registration of any Security Document, all Required Approvals (except to the extent already provided as a Condition Precedent, or where required by any Authority in respect of any Security Interest granted (or to be granted) under the Security Documents) have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect (where a failure to do so has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect).

26.6Stamp and registration duties

Except for registration fees, if any, payable in relation to the Security Documents, there is no stamp or registration duty or similar Tax or charge in respect of any Transaction Document, which has not been made or paid within applicable time periods (where a failure to do so has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect).

26.7No Default

No Default has occurred and is outstanding.

26.8Final Information Memorandum

(A)The factual information in the Final Information Memorandum (other than that referred to in paragraph (B) below) was true in all material respects on the date of the Final Information Memorandum and did not omit anything material which was known to the Original Borrower at the time or contain anything that was materially misleading and, except to the extent advised in writing to the Facility Agent by the Original Borrower on or prior to Financial Close, so far as the Original Borrower is aware having made due and careful enquiry, no information has been disclosed to it nor have circumstances arisen nor has any event occurred since the date of the Final Information Memorandum which renders the information contained in the Final Information Memorandum materially misleading or materially incorrect.

(B)The statements of opinion, projections and forecasts in the Final Information Memorandum attributable to the Original Borrower were made in good faith, with due care and on what the Original Borrower believed to be reasonable assumptions at the relevant time and representing the views of the Original Borrower at the time.

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26.9Financial Statements and other factual information

(A)The most recent audited financial statements and interim financial statements delivered to the Facility Agent in accordance with clause 24.2 (Financial statements) (which, at the Signing Date, is the unaudited opening balance sheet of the Original Borrower as at 18 March 2011):

(i)have been prepared in accordance with the Approved Accounting Principles (if relevant); and

(ii)(if audited) give a true and fair view of, or (if unaudited) fairly represent, its financial condition for the relevant period.

(B)All factual information provided by or under the express direction of KEO or any Borrower to the Finance Parties in connection with the Facility was believed by KEO or that Borrower (as the case may be) at the time it was so provided to be true in all material respects.

26.10Proceedings pending or threatened

Except as disclosed to the Facility Agent in writing prior to the Signing Date, no litigation, arbitration or administrative proceeding is pending or threatened which could reasonably be expected to be adversely determined against it and which, if so determined, has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

26.11Breach of laws

(A)It has not breached any law or regulation which has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

(B)It is in compliance with all environmental laws, a breach of which could reasonably be expected to give rise to a liability on it which has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect and, so far as it is aware having made due and careful enquiry, there is no environmental claim outstanding against it which, if adversely determined, would give rise to a liability on it which has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

26.12Ranking of security

Subject to any limitations on enforcement under law or general principles of equity or qualifications set out in any legal opinion delivered as a Condition Precedent, each Security Document when executed confers the Security Interests it purports to confer

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over the assets referred to in that Security Document and those assets are not subject to any other Security Interest that is not permitted pursuant to clause 28.6 (Negative pledge).

26.13Pari passu ranking

Its payment obligations under the Finance Documents rank at least pari passu with all its other present unsecured obligations, except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally.

26.14Assets

(A)KEG holds the legal and beneficial interest in a 30.01736% per cent Participating Interest in the WCTP Block; and the legal and beneficial interest in an 17 per cent Participating Interest in the DWT Block.

(B)KEEG holds the legal and beneficial indirect interest in a 40.375 per cent. Participating Interest in the EG Blocks.

26.15Project Agreements

As at 5 February 2018 and 22 February 2018 or, if later, the date a Project Agreement is delivered to the Facility Agent, so far as it is aware having made all due and careful enquiries:

(A)each copy of a Project Agreement delivered to the Facility Agent under this Agreement is true and complete;

(B)there is no other agreement in connection with, or arrangements which amend, supplement or affect any Project Agreement in any material respect; and

(C)no Obligor has a material obligation (being an obligation or liability exceeding USD 50 million (or its equivalent in other currencies)) under any agreement which is not a Project Agreement, a Finance Document, or a Material Contract.

26.16No Immunity

In any proceedings taken in any relevant jurisdiction in relation to the Transaction Documents (or any of them), it shall not be entitled to claim for itself or any of its assets immunity from suit, execution or attachment or other legal process.

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26.17Ownership of Obligors

(A)KEH beneficially owns, indirectly, all of the issued share capital of the Guarantors and the Borrowers.

(B)The issued share capital of the Guarantors and the Borrowers is fully paid up and, to the extent beneficially owned by KEH, free of all encumbrances or other third party rights (other than pursuant to the Security Documents).

(C)To the extent that a member of the KEL Group has entered into a Security Document that creates, or purports to create, a Security Interest over any shares:

(i)such shares are free from any restrictions as to transfer or registration (including pursuant to the creation or enforcement of any Security Interest); and

(ii)no company whose shares are subject to such Security Interest and which is incorporated in the United Kingdom keeps information in respect of its members on the central register kept by the registrar at Companies House.

26.18Sanctions

Neither the Obligors, nor any member of the KEL Group, nor (to the knowledge of any Obligor) any of its or the KEL Group’s respective directors, officers, employees, nor any persons acting on the KEL Group’s behalf:

(A)is a Restricted Party or is engaging in or has engaged in any transaction or conduct that could reasonably be expected to result in it becoming a Restricted Party; or

(B)has received notice of, or is aware of, any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation against it with respect to Sanctions by any Sanctions Authority,

provided that this representation is not made to or for the benefit of a Finance Party (other than any Finance Party which has notified the Facility Agent that the following carve-out shall not apply to it or any of its directors, officers or employees) or any director, officer or employee thereof, to the extent that this provision would expose the Finance Party or any director, officer or employee thereof to liability under any applicable anti-boycott or blocking law, regulation or statute.

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26.19Anti-corruption law

Each member of the KEL Group has conducted its businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption and anti-money laundering laws and regulations and has instituted and maintains and enforces policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and regulations.

26.20Times for making representations

(A)The representations set out in this clause 26 (Representations) (other than the representations in clauses 26.8 (Final Information Memorandum), 26.4 (Powers and authority), 26.5 (Authorisations) and 26.15(B) (Project Agreements)) are made by each Obligor on the date of this Agreement. The representation in clause 26.8 (Final Information Memorandum) will be made on the date of the Final Information Memorandum and the representation in clause 26.4 (Powers and authority) will be made as at the time that the power or authority is exercised only. Each Repeating Representation is deemed to be repeated by each Obligor on the date of each Utilisation Request, each Utilisation Date and on the first day of each Interest Period.

(B)When a representation is repeated, it is applied to the facts and circumstances existing at the time of repetition.

27.Financial Covenants

(A)On any Forecast Date (each such date a "Financial Covenant Test Date"), the Original Borrower shall ensure that:

(i)the Field Life Cover Ratio shall not be less than 1.30; and

(ii)the Loan Life Cover Ratio:

(a)for each Financial Covenant Test Date prior to and including 31 March 2024, shall not be less than 1.10; and

(b)for each Financial Covenant Test Date after (but not including) 31 March 2024, shall not be less than 1.30,

in each case, as calculated by the Technical and Modelling Bank (acting reasonably) on the basis of all information made available to it.

(B)On each Financial Covenant Test Date, the Original Borrower shall ensure that:

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(i)the ratio of Consolidated Total Net Borrowings to EBITDAX shall be less than or equal to the ratio set out in column 2 below opposite that Financial Covenant Test Date which is set out in column 1:

Column 1 Financial Covenant Test Date	Column 2 Ratio
31 March 2021	4.75:1.00
30 September 2021	4.00:1.00
Any other Financial Covenant Test Date	3.50:1.00

; and

(ii)the ratio of EBITDAX to the Net Interest Payable shall be greater than or equal to 2.25:1.00.

(C)No later than three Business Days following each Financial Covenant Test Date, the Original Borrower shall send to the Facility Agent, a certificate signed by two authorised representatives setting out its calculation of the financial ratios referred to in this clause 27 as at such date.

28.General Undertakings

The undertakings in this clause shall remain in force from the date of this Agreement until the Discharge Date.

28.1Corporate existence

Each Obligor shall maintain its corporate existence.

28.2Authorisations

Each Obligor shall promptly obtain and comply with Required Approvals where a failure to do so would have a Material Adverse Effect.

28.3Compliance with laws

Each Obligor shall comply with all laws and regulations (including compliance with environmental laws, permits and licences and compliance with the Equator Principles) applicable to it where failure to do so would have a Material Adverse Effect.

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28.4Pari passu ranking

Each Obligor shall ensure that at all times its payment obligations to the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents rank at least pari passu as to priority of payment with all its other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated Financial Indebtedness, except for claims mandatorily preferred by operation of law applying generally.

28.5Security

Subject to clause 28.28 (Due execution of security assignments) and clause 28.31 (Security Documents: consents, ranking and perfection), each Obligor shall undertake all actions reasonably necessary (including the making or delivery of filings and payment of fees) to maintain the Security Interests under the Security Documents to which it is a party in full force and effect (including the priority thereof).

28.6Negative pledge

Other than Permitted Security:

(A)an Obligor (but excluding KEO for the purposes of this sub-clause (A)) shall not create or permit to exist any Security Interest over any of its assets; and

(B)KEO shall not create or permit to exist any Security Interest over any of the assets as contained in clause 28.8(A)(ii)(1) - (5) below.

28.7Conduct of other business

No Obligor shall conduct any business other than activities in connection with, or related, ancillary, or incidental to, its interests in the Borrowing Base Assets or its interests in any Petroleum Assets.

28.8Disposals

(A)(i)    Other than Permitted Disposals, an Obligor shall not, either in a single transaction or in a series of transactions and whether related or not, dispose of all or a material part of any Borrowing Base Asset or any interests therein or any of its shareholdings in any person holding any interest (whether directly or indirectly) in any Borrowing Base Asset.

(i)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other Finance Document KEO shall have full flexibility and discretion to deal with its subsidiaries and its and their assets, other than its interests in:

(1)any other Obligor;

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(2)the assets of any other Obligor;

(3)any asset which is the subject of a Security Document;

(4)any Project Account; or

(5)any Borrowing Base Asset.

in such manner as it sees fit and at its discretion including, but without limitation, the flexibility to sell, farm-out, dispose of, transfer, grant Security Interests over, distribute by way of dividend, restructure, consolidate or merge or otherwise part with ownership and possession of such subsidiary and/or assets.

(B)If an Obligor wishes to make a Permitted Disposal of an asset which is subject to a Security Interest in favour of the Finance Parties, then the Finance Parties shall, promptly upon request from the Original Borrower, absolutely and unconditionally release and discharge the relevant asset from that Security Interest and shall do all things necessary at the cost and expense of the Original Borrower to effect such discharge.

(C)The shares in the capital of KEO, KEEG or the Original Borrower may at any time be transferred to another holding company in which event the existing security over such shares shall be released subject to such new holding company providing substitute security over all shares in the capital of KEO, KEEG or the Original Borrower, as the case may be, on substantially the same terms and conditions.

28.9Financial Indebtedness

Other than Permitted Financial Indebtedness, an Obligor shall not incur any Financial Indebtedness.

28.10Material contracts

No Obligor will enter into any contract or agreement that imposes material obligations on it except:-

(A)contracts or agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business and on arm's length terms (including in relation to Approved Developments and Permitted Acquisitions);

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(B)contracts or agreements relating to a Permitted Disposal and entered into on arm's length terms;

(C)the Project Agreements and the EO Participation Agreement and contracts and agreements required or contemplated therein or in respect of the development and implementation of the Obligors' interest in the Fields;

(D)contracts or agreements otherwise permitted or contemplated by the Finance Documents;

(E)where the obligations and liabilities of the Obligor thereunder are fully funded by Permitted Financial Indebtedness or equity contributions; or

(F)with the approval of the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably).

28.11Guarantees

Except in the case of Permitted Financial Indebtedness, no Obligor may, without the approval of the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably), enter into guarantees or indemnities in respect of obligations or liabilities of any other person (excluding Obligors).

28.12Mergers

No Obligor may enter into any amalgamation, consolidation, demerger, merger or reconstruction or winding-up without the consent of the Majority Lenders, except on a solvent basis and in circumstances where the Obligor remains the legal entity following such amalgamation, consolidation, demerger, merger or reconstruction or winding-up.

28.13Loans

(A)Except as provided in (B) below, no Obligor may be a creditor in respect of any Financial Indebtedness.

(B)Paragraph (A) does not apply to:

(i)any loans made pursuant to an Intercompany Loan Agreement;

(ii)any credit provided under a Project Agreement;

(iii)any trade credit in the ordinary course of day to day business;

(iv)loans or other credit not exceeding USD 100 million (or its equivalent in other currencies) in aggregate at any one time; or

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(v)any other credit approved by the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably).

28.14Operation

As far as it is able to do so by exercising its rights under a Project Agreement to which it is a party, each Obligor will use its reasonable endeavours to procure that the Borrowing Base Assets are developed, operated and maintained in all material respects in accordance with the terms of that Project Agreement and applicable law and in accordance with good international oil industry practice.

28.15Compliance with Project Agreements

(A)Each Obligor must comply with its obligations under the Project Agreements to which it is a party where failure to do so would have a Material Adverse Effect.

(B)In the event an Obligor fails to pay any sum due under any Project Agreement it shall take such steps as shall be reasonably available to it so as to permit such payment to be made on its behalf by any Finance Party or any person acting on behalf of any Finance Party.

28.16Insurances

(A)Each Obligor will maintain all Agreed Insurances which it maintains in its own name, promptly pay all premiums and other monies payable under all its Agreed Insurances and promptly on written request produce to the Facility Agent a copy of each policy and evidence (reasonably acceptable to the Facility Agent) of payment of such sums (and allow the Lenders to implement such insurance at the cost of the Original Borrower in the event of any default in that regard) and exercise its rights under the Project Agreements to procure (as far as it is able) the maintenance of the Agreed Insurances.

(B)On an annual basis commencing on 22 February 2018, the Original Borrower shall deliver a certificate to the Facility Agent, which is addressed to the Finance Parties from the Group’s insurance broker confirming, among other things, (a) the Agreed Insurances are in place, effective and consistent with industry practice and (b) there are no overdue billed premiums.

28.17Hedging

(A)The Obligors will maintain in place at all times a prudent risk management policy relating to managing their exposure to interest rates and fluctuations in the price of crude oil derived from a relevant Field. In relation to hedging which is implemented to manage exposure to fluctuations in the price of crude oil

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derived from a relevant Field, the volume which may be hedged by instruments creating contingent liabilities will be capped at 90 per cent. of 2P Developed Assets (as determined in accordance with the applicable Forecast) which are producing, such cap to apply on a rolling annual basis and thereafter 75 per cent. shall be the relevant cap.

(B)To the extent that either the 90 per cent. cap or 75 per cent. cap, as applicable, is exceeded at any time, it shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under any circumstances provided that the Obligors have used their reasonable endeavours to take such reasonable action as is available to them to cure or mitigate the excess as soon as reasonably possible such that the cap is no longer exceeded.

(C)The Obligors will have the right to implement any hedging by either (i) entering into Hedging Agreements with one or more Hedging Counterparties; and/or (ii) entering into Derivative Agreements with counterparties who do not accede to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and where the relevant payments thereunder are a Project Cost.

(D)The Original Borrower will permit not less than three Lenders, selected at its discretion, to bid for a share of any hedging proposed by an Obligor

(E)If the Original Borrower or any Obligor makes any change to any internal hedging policies or procedures it has in place from time to time which could reasonably be expected to have a material impact on the hedging arrangements implemented by the Group as a whole, then it will notify the Facility Agent of the change and will provide reasonable details of the implications of the change.

28.18Borrowing Base Assets

Save for the EG Block Assets, each Borrowing Base Asset will at all times be owned by an Obligor (excluding KEO).

28.19Project Agreements

(A)No Obligor will agree to any amendment, waiver or termination of a Project Agreement which would have a Material Adverse Effect or approve or vote in favour of any work programme, budget or development plan which would commit an Obligor to expenditure which it would not be able to meet from funds available to it, after taking account of forecast Project Costs and Financing Costs.

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(B)No term or condition of any Finance Document shall prevent any Obligor from complying with its express obligations under any Project Agreement, or require an Obligor to act or omit to act in a manner which would or might reasonably be expected to result in a breach of any provision of a Project Agreement including, but without limitation, KEG’s obligations under the EO Participation Agreement.

(C)In the event that an Obligor has an obligation under a Project Agreement to make a payment in respect of a Project Cost because of the default by another party in paying its share of the relevant Project Cost, then the Obligor shall promptly notify the Facility Agent of the additional payment obligation (including reasonable details of how it arose and any steps being taken by the parties in relation to the relevant default and such other additional information as the Facility Agent may reasonably request). In such an event, the Facility Agent will have the right (acting reasonably) to request a sources and uses test to be performed.

28.20Eligible offtakers

An Obligor will enter into agreements for the sale of its Entitlement with offtakers whom that Obligor determines, acting reasonably and in accordance with a prudent marketing policy which it shall have in place from time to time, have the financial capability and technical capacity to perform their obligations in accordance with the relevant terms and taking account of the nature and size of the transaction. Financial capability may be measured by applying suitable ratings tests, through credit support structures (including specific payment terms, guarantees, security and letters of credit), the identity of the offtaker (such as their market experience and reputation and whether they are part of a larger corporate group), course of dealings, or such other reasonable criteria as that Obligor may apply from time to time. In assessing technical capacity, an Obligor shall have regard to the experience of the offtaker, whether the offtaker is sufficiently well equipped technically and managerially to perform its obligations, and the availability of third party services and support.

28.21Tax affairs

Each Obligor must promptly file all tax returns required by law within the requisite time limits except to the extent contested in good faith and subject to adequate reserve or provision.

28.22Permitted Acquisitions

No Obligor may, without the prior written consent of the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably)), make any acquisition of, or

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investment in, any assets, rights or property (but excluding for the avoidance of doubt any payment of Financing Costs or Project Costs) which is not a Permitted Acquisition.

28.23Distributions

(A)Except for a Scheduled KEL Debt Payment Distribution (in relation to which clause 28.24 (Scheduled KEL Debt Payment Distributions) below, shall apply), each Obligor (but excluding KEO for these purposes, which may make, declare or pay a distribution of any kind at any time without restriction from any account which is not a Project Account (but subject to clause 28.8 (Disposals) and any projected distribution by KEO being included in any applicable Liquidity Statement)) may make, declare or pay a distribution (including any payment under any subordinated loan agreement falling within the terms of sub-paragraph (C) of the definition of Permitted Financial Indebtedness and including any funding pursuant to, or payment under, any Intercompany Loan Agreement) (a "Shareholder Distribution"), subject to:

(i)there being no Default or Event of Default outstanding and no Default or Event of Default would be caused by such Shareholder Distribution;

(ii)the latest Sources and Uses Statement not indicating a projected shortfall in funding to meet projected Project Costs (ignoring for these purposes any Scheduled KEL Debt Payments);

(iii)a limit on the amount of any Shareholder Distribution (which is not otherwise restricted by the terms of this clause 28.23) in accordance with paragraph (C) below.

(iv)no Shareholder Distribution being permitted during a BBA Cure Period; and

(v)such Shareholder Distribution being made, declared, or paid in compliance with the Cash Waterfall.

(B)Any Shareholder Distribution permitted to be paid hereunder may be paid directly to the recipient or deposited into the Distributions Reserve Account, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(C)In the event that the latest Sources and Uses Statement indicates a projected shortfall (including for these purposes, any Scheduled KEL Debt Payments) the maximum Shareholder Distribution that shall be permitted at that time shall be an amount equal to:

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(i)the aggregate of all sources which are set out in column A of the relevant Sources and Uses Statement; minus

(ii)the aggregate of all uses which are set out in column B of the relevant Sources and Uses Statement (ignoring for these purposes any Scheduled KEL Debt Payments).

28.24Scheduled KEL Debt Payment Distributions

(A)Each Obligor (but excluding KEO for these purposes) may make, declare or pay a distribution, or make any payment under an intercompany loan which constitutes Permitted Financial Indebtedness, in relation to a Scheduled KEL Debt Payment (a "Scheduled KEL Debt Payment Distribution"), to the extent that such payment is due and payable, subject to:

(i)the terms of clause 20.5 (Control on withdrawals following Default) of this Agreement; and

(ii)no Junior Payment Stop Event (as defined in the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement) having occurred and being continuing in accordance with the terms of clause 24.8(D) (Sources and Uses) of this Agreement and Clause 4.4 (Issue of Junior Payment Stop Notice) of the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement;

(iii)no Scheduled KEL Debt Payment Distribution being permitted during a BBA Cure Period; and

(iv)such Scheduled KEL Debt Payment Distribution being made, declared, or paid in compliance with the Cash Waterfall.

(B)Any distribution or payment permitted to be paid hereunder may be paid directly to the recipient or deposited into the Distributions Reserve Account, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(C)Nothing in this clause 28.24 shall block the payment of Scheduled KEL Debt Payments or the making of a Scheduled KEL Debt Payment which is paid or made from amounts standing to the credit of the Distributions Reserve Account.

28.25Constitutional documents

Each Obligor will not agree to any amendment to any of its constitutional documents in a manner that could adversely affect the interests of the Finance Parties.

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28.26Further assurance and turn over

(A)Subject to clause 28.28 (Due execution of security assignments) and clause 28.31 (Security Documents: consents, ranking and perfection) each of the Obligors shall, at its own expense, promptly do all things, take all such action and execute all such other documents and instruments as may be requested by the Facility Agent from time to time and to the extent they are reasonably required or necessary for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of the Finance Documents and the Project Agreements and for the purpose of perfecting and protecting the Lenders' rights with respect to the Security Interests which are required to be created or perfected by the Finance Documents when required thereunder.

(B)KEO will account to the Facility Agent if and to the extent it receives any proceeds in breach of the terms of any Finance Document from:

(i)any asset which is the subject of a Security Document

(ii)any Borrowing Base Asset;

(iii)any Project Account (excluding amounts received from any other Obligor pursuant to clause 28.23 (Distributions);

(iv)any other Obligor which would otherwise be placed into an Offshore Proceeds Account pursuant to clause 21.1 (Payments in) (whether by way of cash, loan or otherwise),

and shall hold any such moneys to the account of, and on trust for, the Finance Parties.

(C)If at any time KEO is in receipt of proceeds as described in paragraph (B) above it shall:

(i)within five Business Days notify details of the receipt or recovery to the Facility Agent; and

(ii)within five Business Days of demand by the Facility Agent, pay an amount equal to such receipt or recovery to the Facility Agent.

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28.27Delivery of certain documents

The Original Borrower shall use its reasonable endeavours to procure the delivery of the final report from the Technical Consultant to the Facility Agent in form and substance satisfactory to it no later than 15 Business Days from the date of this Agreement.

28.28Due execution of security assignments

(A)The Security Agent shall have safe custody and control of the Assignments (which term shall, for the avoidance of doubt for the purposes of this clause 28.28 (Due execution of security assignments), be deemed not to include the KEG Assignment of Reinsurance Rights until its execution by the relevant insurers, it being agreed that the Obligors shall take all such steps as may be reasonable (taking into account all of the circumstances at the time and the steps taken previously by that Obligor) to procure its execution by the relevant insurers). The Security Agent shall execute and date such documents for and on behalf of the Finance Parties in any of the following circumstances:

(i)if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Majority Senior Lenders have instructed the Security Agent to execute and date the Assignments for and on behalf of the Finance Parties; or

(ii)if instructed to do so at any time by the relevant Obligor.

(B)Each party to this Agreement irrevocably authorises the Security Agent to execute the Assignments for and on behalf of the Finance Parties and to date the Assignments when it is required to do so under paragraph (A) above. The Assignments shall be of no force or effect until they are duly executed by the Security Agent and dated for and on behalf of the Finance Parties in accordance with this clause 28.28 (Due execution of security assignments).

(C)In the event that the Security Agent signs and dates the Assignments in accordance with this clause 28.28 (Due execution of security assignments), then the relevant Borrower (or a Borrower on a Guarantor’s behalf) shall (and the Facility Agent may) without the requirement for any further authorisation from any Obligor make a Utilisation under the Facility to meet the payment of any stamp duty which is payable as a consequence of the Assignments being signed and dated. The relevant Obligor shall (and the Facility Agent shall if it effects the Utilisation under the Facility) apply the relevant funds promptly in payment of the relevant stamp duty and shall ensure that the Assignments are stamped and registered as soon as practicable (and in any event within any time period required by law). The relevant Obligor (or the Facility Agent, as the case may be) shall in each case notify the Security Agent and each Finance

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Party upon making the payment of any stamp duty and the stamping and registration of the Assignments.

28.29Stamp duty and other impost waiver

Each Obligor shall use its reasonable endeavours to seek a waiver or exemption from any stamp duty, documentary taxes or any other similar tax, charge or impost which may be payable upon the execution of any of the Assignments, or to obtain confirmation that no such duty, taxes, charges or impost would be payable upon execution. In the event that such waiver, exemption or confirmation is successfully obtained in relation to any Assignment, the Original Borrower shall promptly instruct the Security Agent to execute and date such Assignment(s) for and on behalf of the Finance Parties in accordance with clause 28.28(A)(ii) above.

28.30Lenders' custody of documents

(A)Each Lender undertakes that it shall not deliver any Finance Document or any other document or agreement into a country that would result in such Finance Document, other document or agreement (or any party to it) becoming subject to (or liable for payment of) any stamp duty, documentary taxes or any other similar tax, charge or impost (or impose any obligation upon a member of the Group or KEH to reimburse any other person for such a payment).

(B)Paragraph (A) above shall not apply to a Lender at any time at which such Lender (i) has a right to take Enforcement Action; (ii) has the written consent of the Original Borrower; or (iii) is required to deliver such Finance Document or other document or agreement by any order or a court or regulatory authority or other legal or regulatory requirement.

28.31Security Documents: consents, ranking and perfection

(A)No Obligor shall be required to grant any assignment of rights under any contract, or Security Interest over any asset (including contracts and rights), where the consent of any Government or any governmental body, regulatory body or state-owned or controlled company or enterprise is required for the granting of such assignment or Security Interest.

(B)With the exception of those consents referred to in paragraph (A) above, each Obligor shall use reasonable endeavours to seek any other third party consents required in relation to any relevant Security Document, provided that the obtaining of such consent shall not be a condition precedent to any Utilisation of the Facility and provided that there shall be no fixed date by which such consent must be obtained.

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(C)Each Obligor shall use reasonable endeavours to obtain acknowledgments to any notices of assignment served in relation to any relevant Security Document, provided that receipt of such acknowledgments shall not be a condition precedent to any Utilisation of the Facility.

(D)Where required by the terms of any agreement which is binding upon any Obligor, any Security Interest granted in favour of the Lenders shall be subordinated to the interests of the parties under such agreement.

(E)With the exception of the Charges over Shares, perfection of any Security Interest shall not be a condition precedent to first Utilisation.

28.32IPO Reorganisation

The Finance Parties agree that, notwithstanding the terms of any Finance Document which, but for this clause, may have prevented an Obligor from participating in and/or implementing an IPO Reorganisation, each Obligor may participate in and implement such an IPO Reorganisation and no term or condition of any Finance Document which would, but for this clause, prevent an IPO Reorganisation, shall prevent such an IPO Reorganisation or require KEH, or any Obligor or any of their respective subsidiaries to act, or omit to act, in a manner which would or might reasonably be expected to prevent, impede, restrict or result in the obstruction of, or delay to, an IPO Reorganisation, provided that: (i) such IPO Reorganisation is for the purposes of an IPO substantially as described in the Form S-1 filed by Kosmos Energy Ltd. with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on 14 January 2011 (including any updated filing in relation to such Form S-1); and (ii) the interests of the Finance Parties are not materially prejudiced. Without limitation (and without prejudice to clause 28.8(C), the foregoing shall require the Finance Parties to release and discharge the Security Interests created pursuant to any Security Document, provided that immediately upon such release substantially equivalent security is granted in favour of the Finance Parties on substantially similar terms and such that the position of the Finance Parties is not materially prejudiced. Nothing in this clause 28.32 shall prevent any Obligor from acting or omitting to act in any way (including implementing an IPO Reorganisation) which would otherwise be permitted by the terms of the Finance Documents.

28.33Ghanaian security

(A)The Original Borrower shall use reasonable endeavours to obtain a legal opinion from Ghanaian counsel confirming that the consent obtained on 18 December 2010 from the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation and the Ministry of Energy of Ghana, which was required in relation to the grant of certain Security Interests (the "Ghana Security Interests") contemplated by the Security Documents (as defined in the Existing Finance Documents), would

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extend to the grant of such Security Interests in favour of the Finance Parties in the context of the Finance Documents.

(B)If such a legal opinion is obtained, the Original Borrower shall then promptly enter into security documents in the required form in order to grant to the Finance Parties equivalent Security Interests to the Ghana Security Interests in the context of the Finance Documents. Such security documents will be held by the Security Agent in accordance with clause 28.28 (Due execution of security assignments) above.

28.34Application of the Loans/Use of the Letters of Credit

(A)No Borrower shall (and shall ensure that no other member of the KEL Group shall) permit or authorise any other person to, directly or indirectly, use, lend, make payments of, contribute or otherwise make available, all or any part of the proceeds of any Loan or other transaction(s) (including any Letter of Credit) contemplated by this Agreement to fund or facilitate any trade, business or other activities:

(i)relating to, involving or for the benefit of any Restricted Party; and/or

(ii)in any other manner that would result in any member of the KEL Group, or a Finance Party or its US Affiliate being in breach of any Sanctions or becoming a Restricted Party.

(B)No Obligor shall (and shall ensure that no other member of the KEL Group shall) fund all or part of any payment under the Facility out of proceeds derived, directly or indirectly, from any trade, business or other activities with a Restricted Party or in any other manner that would reasonably be expected to result in any member of the KEL Group, or a Finance Party or its US Affiliate being in breach of any Sanctions (if and to the extent applicable to any of them) or becoming a Restricted Party.

(C)Each Obligor shall (and shall procure that each member of the KEL Group shall) comply with Sanctions and maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure such compliance.

28.35HY Notes Maturity Date

(A)The Original Borrower shall, on or before the date falling eighteen months prior to the 2019 HY Notes Maturity Date (the "relevant date"):

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(i)extend the maturity date for the 2019 HY Notes to no earlier than 30 June 2027; or

(ii)produce (a) a new Forecast (b) a new Sources and Uses Statement and (c) a new Liquidity Statement, in accordance with the Forecasting Procedures as at the relevant date which includes the full repayment of the 2019 HY Notes on the 2019 HY Notes Maturity Date and which shows that there are adequate funds available to the Group to meet all costs falling due and payable by the Group on or before the 2019 HY Notes Maturity Date, including the repayment of the 2019 HY Notes.

(B)In the event that the Original Borrower cannot satisfy the requirements of either paragraph (A)(i) or (A)(ii) above, the Parties agree that the Final Maturity Date shall be the date falling six months prior to the 2019 HY Notes Maturity Date and the Availability Period shall expire on the date falling nine months prior to the 2019 HY Notes Maturity Date.

(C)Other than with respect to those 2019 HY Notes maturing on the 2019 HY Notes Maturity Date, the Original Borrower shall procure that the maturity date of any HY Notes shall not fall on or before the Final Repayment Date.

28.36HY Noteholder Trustee accession

The Original Borrower shall procure that no HY Notes which are guaranteed by one or more Obligors shall be issued unless and until any HY Noteholder Trustee (as defined in the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement) has acceded to the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement, or otherwise with the consent of each Lender.

28.37Intercompany Loan Agreement terms

(A)The Borrowers shall make demands for repayment of any amounts outstanding under any Intercompany Loan Agreement so as to ensure that the Borrowers will have sufficient funds available to meet all payment obligations under this Agreement as and when they fall due for payment.

(B)Each of KEEG and KEG shall use all amounts borrowed by it under an Intercompany Loan Agreement for the payment of Project Costs and for any other purpose set out in clause 5 (Purpose).

(C)On or before the date on which a Borrower makes an Intercompany Loan to an Obligor, that Borrower shall:

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(i)to the extent that such Security has not been effected under the terms of an existing Security Document, enter into a Security Document (in form and substance satisfactory to the Security Agent) for the purposes of creating Security over the Intercompany Loan provided by it in favour of the Security Agent;

(ii)deliver to the Security Agent, or procure the delivery to the Security Agent of, any legal opinion or other document that the Security Agent may reasonably require in connection with the entry into such Security Document; and

(iii)without prejudice to clause 21.22 (Security) promptly obtain all such Authorisations as may be necessary in order for such Security to be granted.

28.38Anti-corruption law

(A)No Borrower shall (and the Original Borrower shall ensure that no other member of the KEL Group will) directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Facility for any purpose which would breach, or cause a Finance Party to breach, the Bribery Act 2010, the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or other similar legislation applicable to it or the Finance Parties.

(B)Each Obligor shall (and the Original Borrower shall ensure that each other member of the KEL Group will):

(i)conduct its businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption and anti-money laundering laws and regulations; and

(ii)maintains and enforces policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and regulations.

(C)Each Obligor confirms no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving that Obligor with respect to anti-corruption and anti- money laundering laws is pending and, to the best of that Obligor's knowledge, no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated.

28.39People with Significant Control regime

Each Obligor shall (and the Original Borrower shall ensure that each other member of the KEL Group will):

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(A)within the relevant timeframe, comply with any notice it receives pursuant to Part 21A of the Companies Act 2006 from any company incorporated in the United Kingdom whose shares are the subject of a Security Interest created or expressed to be created in favour of the Security Agent pursuant to the Security Documents; and

(B)promptly provide the Security Agent with a copy of that notice.

28.40Register of members

Each Obligor that has entered into a Security Document that creates, or purports to create, a Security Interest over any shares shall (and the Original Borrower shall ensure that each other member of the KEL Group will) ensure that no company whose shares are subject to such Security Interest and which is incorporated in the United Kingdom keeps information in respect of its members on the central register kept by the Registrar at Companies House.

28.41Restriction on KEL distributions

The Original Borrower shall procure that between 1 November 2020 and 31 December 2021 (inclusive), KEL does not make, declare or pay any Shareholder Distribution to shareholders who receive such Shareholder Distribution in their capacity as a holder of common shares in KEL unless the ratio of Consolidated Total Net Borrowings to EBITDAX on the day the Shareholder Distribution is made, declared or paid is less than or equal to 3.50:1.00 (calculated as if such day was a Financial Covenant Test Date).

28.42Operational carbon neutrality

The Obligors shall use reasonable endeavours to achieve carbon neutrality in respect of scope 1 and 2 CO2 emissions/emissions intensity for operated activities or facilities for the KEL Group (excluding any members of the KEL Group which were not members of the KEL Group on 12 May 2021) by or prior to 2030.

29.Events of Default

Each of the events or circumstances set out in this clause is an Event of Default (save for clause 29.17 (Acceleration – all Lenders) unless otherwise stated.

29.1Non-payment

An Obligor does not pay any amount payable by it to any Finance Party (or to the Facility Agent for its own account) under the Finance Documents in the manner and on

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the date required under the Finance Documents within five Business Days of its due date.

29.2Breach of financial covenant

The Original Borrower does not comply with the provisions of the Financial Covenants, provided that where the LLCR, FLCR, ICR or DCR has been breached, the Original Borrower shall have 45 days within which to remedy any breach of the relevant financial covenant by means of a prepayment and/or a cancellation of the Facility where any prepayment is funded by the provision of Additional Debt subordinated on terms acceptable to the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably), or by the contribution of equity to the capital of a Borrower or by taking such other remedial action as may be approved by the Majority Lenders provided always that the Original Borrower shall be entitled to remedy any such breach not more than twice in total and not more than once in any 12 month period.

29.3Breach of other obligations

An Obligor does not comply with any other provision of the Finance Documents (other than in respect of non-payment or breach of a Financial Covenant), unless the non-compliance is:

(A)capable of remedy; and

(B)remedied within 30 days of the earlier of the Facility Agent giving notice or the Obligor becoming aware of the non-compliance.

29.4Misrepresentation

Any representation or statement made or deemed to be made by an Obligor in the Finance Documents is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed to be made (or, in the case of a representation or statement that contains a materiality concept, is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any respect when made or deemed to be made), unless the misrepresentation is:

(A)capable of remedy; and

(B)remedied within 30 days of the earlier of the Facility Agent giving notice or the relevant Obligor becoming aware of the misrepresentation,

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provided that paragraphs (A) and (B) will not apply to any representation made or deemed to be made by an Obligor under clause 26.18 (Sanctions) and clause 26.19 (Anti-corruption law).

29.5Cross-default

(A)Except in relation to paragraph (C) below, any Financial Indebtedness of any Obligor is not paid when due nor within any applicable grace period.

(B)Except in relation to paragraph (C) below, any Financial Indebtedness of any Obligor is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described) and such amount is not paid when due.

(C)A Junior Event of Default (as defined in the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement) has occurred and the Security Agent has not, no later than 30 days after such occurrence, received a notice from the Security and Intercreditor Agent (as defined in the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement) stating that such Junior Event of Default is no longer continuing.

(D)Notwithstanding paragraphs (A) and (B) above, no Event of Default will occur under this clause if the aggregate amount of Financial Indebtedness or commitment for Financial Indebtedness is less than USD 150 million (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) or if the relevant event or default has been waived, or if such event or default is caused by a Disruption Event, provided that, in the case of a Disruption Event the requisite payment is made within five Business Days.

29.6Insolvency

Any of the following occurs in respect of an Obligor:

(A)it is, or is deemed for the purposes of any law to be unable to, or admits its inability to, pay its debts as they fall due or is or becomes insolvent or a moratorium is declared in relation to its indebtedness generally; or

(B)it stops or suspends or threatens to suspend or announces an intention to stop or suspend making payment of all or any class of its debts as they fall due in default of the obligation to make the relevant payment.

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29.7Insolvency proceedings

(A)Except as provided in paragraph (B) below, any of the following occurs in respect of an Obligor:

(i)a written resolution is passed or a resolution is passed at a meeting of its shareholders, directors or other officers to petition for or to file documents with a court or any registrar for its winding-up, administration or dissolution;

(ii)any person presents a petition, or files documents with a court or any registrar for its winding-up, administration or dissolution;

(iii)an order for its winding-up, administration or dissolution is made;

(iv)any liquidator, provisional liquidator, trustee in bankruptcy, judicial custodian, compulsory manager, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator or similar officer is appointed in respect of it or any material part of its assets;

(v)a moratorium is declared in relation to the indebtedness of an Obligor;

(vi)its shareholders, directors or other officers request the appointment of, or give notice of their intention to appoint a liquidator, trustee in bankruptcy, judicial custodian, compulsory manager, provisional liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator or similar officer;

(vii)any composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement is made with any of its creditors; or

(viii)any other analogous step or procedure is taken in any jurisdiction.

(B)Paragraph (A) does not apply to:

(i)any step or procedure which is part of a re-organisation of an Obligor on a solvent basis with the consent of the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably); or

(ii)an IPO Reorganisation pursuant to clause 28.32 (IPO Reorganisation); or

(iii)in the case of sub-paragraph (ii) or (iv) (or any step or procedure under sub-paragraph (vi) that is analogous to sub- paragraph (ii) or

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(iv)), if the relevant step, petition or filing is made by a person other than an Obligor, shareholder or their respective officers or directors and the relevant Obligor is taking steps in good faith and with due diligence for such proceedings or action to be stayed, discontinued, revoked or set aside and the same is stayed, discontinued, revoked or set aside within a period of 60 days; or

(iv)any enforcement action that applies to assets having an aggregate value of less than USD 150 million (or its equivalent in other currencies).

29.8Creditors' process

Any attachment, sequestration, distress, execution or analogous event affects any asset(s) of an Obligor, having an aggregate value of at least USD 50 million (or its equivalent in other currencies), and is not discharged within 45 days.

29.9Unlawfulness and Invalidity of the Finance Documents and Project Agreements

If:

(A)all or any part of a Finance Document is not, or ceases to be, a legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of an Obligor;

(B)following its execution, all or any part of a Project Agreement is not or ceases to be, a legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of an Obligor in circumstances which would have a Material Adverse Effect; or

(C)following its execution, all or any part of a Project Agreement is suspended, terminated or revoked in circumstances which would have a Material Adverse Effect,

and:

(i)the Obligors fail, within 60 days (or, in the case of a Finance Document, 30 days) of becoming aware of the matter, to procure the execution of a substitute agreement or agreements on substantially the same terms and with a commercially qualified party or parties acceptable to the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably); or

(ii)the matter is not otherwise remedied within 60 days (or, in the case of a Finance Document, 30 days) of an Obligor becoming aware of the matter.

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29.10Cessation of Business

An Obligor ceases, or threatens to cease, all or a substantial part of its business (as carried on the date of this Agreement).

29.11Abandonment

(A)A Borrowing Base Asset is abandoned (other than as a consequence of unsuccessful exploration activities) in whole or in part and where such abandonment has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(B)Without limiting the above paragraph, an Obligor will be deemed to have abandoned a Borrowing Base Asset if, after the Completion in respect of that Borrowing Base Asset, no petroleum is produced at a commercial level for a continuous period of 180 days and all necessary steps are not being diligently pursued with a view to recommencing production as soon as practically possible.

29.12Expropriation

Any Government (or any other official central or local government body with due authority) states officially that it will take any step with a view to the seizure, expropriation, nationalisation, requisition or compulsory acquisition of any member of the Group or all or a material part of the Borrowing Base Assets or all or a material part of the rights of any member of the Group in relation thereto and such act has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

29.13Repudiation of Finance Documents

Any Finance Document is repudiated or rescinded by an Obligor.

29.14Material Litigation

Any material litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings are commenced, threatened or pending against any Obligor which could reasonably be expected to be adversely determined against it and which, if so determined, has, or would have, a Material Adverse Effect.

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29.15Breach or Termination of Project Agreements

Any party to a Project Agreement, following its execution, defaults under that Project Agreement or terminates a Project Agreement in circumstances which has, or would have, a Material Adverse Effect.

29.16Material Adverse Effect

Any event which, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably), has a Material Adverse Effect but only following consultation between the Facility Agent and the Original Borrower over a period of not less than 30 days with a view to agreeing steps of mitigation (each Party acting reasonably with a view to appropriate remedial action being taken).

29.17Acceleration – all Lenders

Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, on and at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, the Facility Agent may, and shall if so directed by the Majority Lenders, by notice to the Original Borrower:

(A)cancel the Total Commitments whereupon they shall immediately be cancelled;

(B)declare that all or part of the Loans, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents be immediately due and payable, whereupon they shall become immediately due and payable; and/or

(C)declare that all or part of the Loans be payable on demand, whereupon they shall immediately become payable on demand by the Facility Agent on the instructions of the Majority Lenders; and/or

(D)exercise or direct the Security Agent to exercise any or all of its rights, remedies, powers or discretions under any of the Finance Documents.

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PART 11
CHANGES TO LENDERS AND OBLIGORS AND ROLES

30.Changes to the Lenders

30.1Assignments and transfers and changes in Facility Office by the Lenders

Subject to this clause, a Lender (the "Existing Lender") may:

(A)

(i)assign any of its rights; or

(ii)transfer by novation any of its rights and obligations,

to an Affiliate, another Lender, an Affiliate of another Lender or a Qualifying Bank, another bank or financial institution or to a trust or other entity which is regularly engaged in or established for the purpose of making, purchasing or investing in loans, securities or other financial assets or such other institution as the Original Borrower may agree in writing (the "New Lender"), or

(B)change its Facility Office.

30.2Conditions of assignment and transfer or change in Facility Office

(A)The consent of the Original Borrower is required for an assignment or transfer by an Existing Lender, unless the assignment or transfer is (i) to, or in favour of, another Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or a Qualifying Bank; or (ii) made at a time when an Event of Default is continuing.

(B)The consent of the Original Borrower is required for a change in Facility Office to a different jurisdiction. In the case of a change of Facility Office for which the Original Borrower's consent is not required, the Lender must notify the Original Borrower of the new Facility Office promptly on the change taking effect.

(C)The consent of the Original Borrower to an assignment or transfer or change in Facility Office must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed (and will be deemed to have been given five Business Days after the relevant Lender has requested it unless consent is expressly refused by the Original Borrower within that time).

(D)In the event a Letter of Credit is outstanding, transfer or assignment of a Commitment shall require the prior consent of each LC Issuing Bank.

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(E)An assignment will only be effective on:

(i)receipt by the Facility Agent of written confirmation from the New Lender (in form and substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent) that the New Lender will assume the same obligations to the other Finance Parties as it would have been under if it was an Original Lender;

(ii)the New Lender entering into the documentation required for it to accede as a party to the relevant Finance Documents (including, but not limited to, the Intercreditor Agreement); and

(iii)performance by the Facility Agent of all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to such assignment to a New Lender (such checks not to be unreasonably held or delayed), the completion of which the Facility Agent shall promptly notify to the Existing Lender and the New Lender.

(F)A transfer will only be effective if the procedure set out in clause 30.5 (Procedure for transfer) is complied with.

(G)If:

(i)a Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office; and

(ii)as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment, transfer or change occurs, an Obligor would be obliged to make a payment to the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office under clause 15 (Tax Gross Up and Indemnities) or clause 16 (Increased Costs),

then the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office is only entitled to receive payment under those clauses to the same extent as the Existing Lender or Lender acting through its previous Facility Office would have been if the assignment, transfer or change had not occurred.

(H)Each New Lender, by executing the relevant Transfer Certificate confirms, for the avoidance of doubt, that the Facility Agent has authority to execute on its behalf any amendment or waiver that has been approved by or on behalf of the requisite Lender or Lenders in accordance with the Finance Documents on or prior to the date on which the transfer or assignment becomes effective in accordance with this Agreement.

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(I)Any assignment or transfer of part of the Existing Lender's rights and/or obligations must be a minimum of USD 5 million and must not result in the Existing Lender retaining less than USD 5 million.

(J)The Facility Agent shall only be obliged to execute an assignment agreement delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the assignment to such New Lender.

30.3Assignment or transfer fee

The New Lender shall, on the date upon which an assignment or transfer takes effect, pay to the Facility Agent (for its own account) a fee of USD 2,500.

30.4Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders

(A)Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility to a New Lender for:

(i)the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of the Finance Documents or any other documents;

(ii)the financial condition of any Obligor;

(iii)the performance and observance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or any other documents; or

(iv)the accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with any Finance Document or any other document,

and any representations or warranties implied by law are excluded.

(B)Each New Lender confirms to the Existing Lender and the other Finance Parties that it:

(i)has made (and shall continue to make) its own independent investigation and assessment of the financial condition and affairs of each Obligor and its related entities in connection with its participation in the Facility and has not relied exclusively on any information provided to it by the Existing Lender in connection with any Finance Document; and

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(ii)will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of each Obligor and its related entities whilst any amount is or may be outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.

(C)Nothing in any Finance Document obliges an Existing Lender to:

(i)accept a re-transfer or re-assignment from a New Lender of any of the rights and obligations assigned or transferred under this clause; or

(ii)support any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the New Lender by reason of the non-performance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or otherwise.

30.5Procedure for transfer

(A)Subject to the conditions set out in clause 30.2 (Conditions of assignment and transfer or change in Facility Office) a transfer is effected in accordance with paragraph (C) below when the Facility Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender. The Facility Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Transfer Certificate appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Transfer Certificate on behalf of the other Finance Parties and the Obligors as well as itself, and notify the Original Borrower of the date of the transfer and name of the New Lender. Each Finance Party and each Obligor irrevocably authorises the Facility Agent to sign such a Transfer Certificate on its behalf.

(B)The Facility Agent shall only be obliged to execute a Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the transfer to such New Lender.

(C)Subject to clause 30.9 (Pro rata interest settlement), on the Transfer Date:

(i)to the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender seeks to transfer by novation its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents, each of the Obligors and the Existing Lender shall be released from further obligations towards one another under the Finance Documents and their respective rights against one another

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under the Finance Documents shall be cancelled (being the "Discharged Rights and Obligations");

(ii)each of the Obligors and the New Lender shall assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another which differ from the Discharged Rights and Obligations only insofar as that Obligor and the New Lender have assumed and/or acquired the same in place of that Obligor and the Existing Lender;

(iii)the Facility Agent, each Mandated Lead Arranger, the New Lender and the other Finance Parties shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the New Lender been an Original Lender with the rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the transfer and to that extent such Finance Parties and the Existing Lender shall each be released from further obligations to each other under the Finance Documents; and

(iv)the New Lender shall become a Party as a "Lender".

30.6Copy of Transfer Certificate to the Original Borrower

The Facility Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after it has executed a Transfer Certificate, send to the Original Borrower a copy of that Transfer Certificate.

30.7Disclosure of information

(A)Any Finance Party, its officers and agents may disclose to any of its Affiliates (including its head office, representative and branch offices in any jurisdiction) (each a "Permitted Party") and:

(i)to any person (or through) whom that Finance Party assigns or transfers (or may potentially assign or transfer) all or any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (or any adviser on a need to know basis advising such person on any of the foregoing);

(ii)to a professional adviser or a service provider of the Permitted Parties on a need to know basis advising such person on the rights and obligations under the Finance Documents or to an auditor of any Permitted Party on a need to know basis;

(iii)with (or through) whom that Finance Party enters into (or may potentially enter into) any sub-participation in relation to, or any other

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transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to, this Agreement or any Obligor (or any adviser of any of the foregoing on a need to know basis advising such person on the rights and obligations under the Finance Documents);

(iv)to any person appointed by that Finance Party to provide administration or settlement services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents (including in relation to the trading of participations in respect of the Finance Documents) only on a need to know basis;

(v)to any rating agency (provided only general terms are disclosed in relation to the rating of a portfolio of assets), insurer or insurance broker, a direct or indirect provider of credit protection in respect of the Finance Party's participation in the Facility only on a need to know basis;

(vi)to whom and to the extent that information is required to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation;

(vii)subject to paragraph (B) below, to whom and to the extent that information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes;

(viii)to any other party to this Agreement; or

(ix)to any person with the consent of the Original Borrower,

any information about any Obligor, the Group and the Finance Documents as that Finance Party shall consider appropriate if, in relation to paragraphs (i) to (iv) and (ix) above, the person to whom the information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking (unless such person is already subject to professional confidentiality requirements which are no less stringent than those which are set out in a Confidentiality Undertaking) and provided that it shall itself ensure that all such information is kept confidential and is protected with security measures and a degree of care that would apply to its own confidential information.

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(B)If a Finance Party is required to make any disclosure in accordance with paragraph (A)(vii) above, it shall promptly notify the Original Borrower upon becoming aware of that requirement, save that there shall be no requirement to notify (1) where prohibited under law or regulation, (2) where prohibited under the applicable rules relating to the relevant procedure or situation described in paragraph (A)(vii), or (3) where notification would prejudice the position of the Finance Party under the relevant procedure or situation described in paragraph (A)(vii).

(C)Nothing in any Finance Document shall prevent disclosure of any confidential information or other matter to the extent that preventing that disclosure would otherwise cause any transaction contemplated by the Finance Documents or any transaction carried out in connection with any transaction contemplated by the Finance Documents to become an arrangement described in Part II A 1 of Annex IV of Directive 2011/16/EU (DAC6).

30.8Security over Lenders' rights

In addition to the other rights provided to Lenders under this clause 30, each Lender may without consulting with or obtaining consent from any Obligor, at any time charge, assign or otherwise create any Security Interest in or over (whether by way of collateral or otherwise) all or any of its rights under any Finance Document to secure obligations of that Lender including, without limitation:

(A)any charge, assignment or other Security Interest to secure obligations to a federal reserve or central bank; and

(B)in the case of any Lender which is a fund, any charge, assignment or other Security Interest granted to any holders (or trustee or representatives of holders) of obligations owed, or securities issued, by that Lender as security for those obligations or securities,

except that no such charge, assignment or Security Interest shall:

(i)release a Lender from any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or substitute the beneficiary of the relevant charge, assignment or Security Interest for the Lender as a party to any of the Finance Documents; or

(ii)require any payments to be made by an Obligor other than or in excess of, or grant to any person any more extensive rights than, those required to be made or granted to the relevant Lender under the Finance Documents.

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1.1Pro rata interest settlement

(A)If the Facility Agent has notified the Lenders that it is able to distribute interest payments on a “pro rata basis” to Existing Lenders and New Lenders then (in respect of any transfer pursuant to clause 30.5 (Procedure for transfer) the Transfer Date of which is after the date of such notification and is not on the last day of an Interest Period):

(i)any interest or fees in respect of the relevant participation which are expressed to accrue by reference to the lapse of time shall continue to accrue in favour of the Existing Lender up to but excluding the Transfer Date ("Accrued Amounts") and shall become due and payable to the Existing Lender (without further interest accruing on them) on the last day of the current Interest Period (or, if the Interest Period is longer than six Months, on the next of the dates which falls at six Monthly intervals after the first day of that Interest Period); and

(ii)the rights assigned or transferred by the Existing Lender will not include the right to the Accrued Amounts, so that, for the avoidance of doubt:

(a)when the Accrued Amounts become payable, those Accrued Amounts will be payable to the Existing Lender; and

(b)the amount payable to the New Lender on that date will be the amount which would, but for the application of this clause 30.9 (Pro rata interest settlement), have been payable to it on that date, but after deduction of the Accrued Amounts.

(B)In this clause 30.9 (Pro rata interest settlement) references to "Interest Period" shall be construed to include a reference to any other period for accrual of fees.

(C)An Existing Lender which retains the right to the Accrued Amounts pursuant to this clause 30.9 (Pro rata interest settlement) but which does not have a Commitment shall be deemed not to be a Lender for the purposes of ascertaining whether the agreement of any specified group of Lenders has been obtained to approve any request for a consent, waiver, amendment or other vote of Lenders under the Finance Documents.

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31.Changes to the Obligors

31.1Assignments and transfers by Obligors

No Obligor may assign any of its rights or transfer any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents.

31.2Additional Borrowers

(A)Subject to compliance with the provisions of paragraphs (C) and (D) of clause 24.12 ("Know your customer" and "customer due diligence" requirements), the Original Borrower may request that any subsidiary of KEL becomes an Additional Borrower. That subsidiary shall become an Additional Borrower if:

(i)the Majority Lenders (or, if that Additional Borrower is incorporated in a jurisdiction in which no other Borrower is incorporated, all the Lenders) approve the addition of that subsidiary;

(ii)the Additional Borrower is, or simultaneously becomes, a Guarantor;

(iii)the Original Borrower delivers to the Facility Agent a duly completed and executed Accession Letter;

(iv)the Original Borrower confirms that no Default is continuing or would occur as a result of that subsidiary becoming an Additional Borrower; and

(v)the Facility Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part II of Schedule 3 (Conditions Precedent) in relation to that Additional Borrower, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent.

(B)The Facility Agent shall notify the Original Borrower and the Lenders promptly upon being satisfied that it has received (in form and substance satisfactory to it) all the documents and other evidence listed in Part II of Schedule 3 (Conditions Precedent).

(C)In the event that an Additional Borrower becomes a party to this Agreement:

(i)the Original Borrower, on behalf of all Obligors; and

(ii)the Facility Agent on behalf of all Finance Parties,

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are hereby authorised to effect all amendments required to be made to the Finance Documents to which they are party to reflect the fact that such Additional Borrower has become a party to the Agreement.

31.3Resignation of a Borrower

(A)The Original Borrower may request that any Borrower (other than the Original Borrower) ceases to be a Borrower by delivering to the Facility Agent a Resignation Letter.

(B)The Facility Agent shall accept a Resignation Letter and notify the Original Borrower and the Lenders of its acceptance if:

(i)no Default is continuing or would result from the acceptance of the Resignation Letter (and the Original Borrower has confirmed this is the case); and

(ii)the relevant Borrower is under no actual or contingent obligations as a Borrower under any Finance Documents,

whereupon that company shall cease to be a Borrower and shall have no further rights or obligations under the Finance Documents.

31.4Additional Guarantor

(A)Subject to compliance with the provisions of paragraphs (C) and (D) of clause 24.12 ("Know your customer" and "customer due diligence" requirements), a Borrower may request that any of its subsidiaries becomes an Additional Guarantor. That subsidiary shall become an Additional Guarantor if:

(i)the relevant Borrower delivers to the Facility Agent an Accession Letter duly completed and executed by that Additional Guarantor and the relevant Borrower; and

(ii)the Facility Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part II of Schedule 3 (Conditions Precedent) in relation to that Additional Guarantor, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent.

(B)The Facility Agent shall notify the Original Borrower and the Lenders promptly upon being satisfied that it has received (in form and substance satisfactory to it) all the documents and other evidence listed in Part II of Schedule 3 (Conditions Precedent).

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31.5Repetition of Representations

Delivery of an Accession Letter constitutes confirmation by the relevant subsidiary that the Repeating Representations are true and correct in relation to it as at the date of delivery as if made by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing.

32.Role of the Agents and the Arrangers

32.1Appointment of the Agents

(A)Each other Finance Party (other than the relevant Agent) appoints each Agent to act in that capacity under and in connection with the Finance Documents.

(B)Each other Finance Party authorises each Agent to exercise the rights, powers, authorities and discretions specifically given to that Agent under or in connection with the Finance Documents together with any other incidental rights, powers, authorities and discretions.

32.2Duties of the Facility Agent

(A)The Facility Agent shall promptly forward to a Party the original or a copy of any document which is delivered to the Facility Agent for that Party by any other Party.

(B)Except where a Finance Document specifically provides otherwise, the Facility Agent is not obliged to review or check the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any document it forwards to another Party.

(C)If the Facility Agent receives notice from a Party referring to this Agreement, describing a Default and stating that the circumstance described is a Default, it shall promptly notify the Finance Parties.

(D)If the Facility Agent is aware of the non-payment of any principal, interest, commitment fee or other fee payable to a Finance Party (other than to an Agent or a Mandated Lead Arranger) under this Agreement it shall promptly notify the other Finance Parties.

(E)The Facility Agent's duties under the Finance Documents are solely mechanical and administrative in nature.

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32.3Role of the Mandated Lead Arrangers

Except as specifically provided in the Finance Documents, no Mandated Lead Arranger has obligations of any kind to any other Party under or in connection with any Finance Document.

32.4No fiduciary duties

(A)Except as specifically provided in the Finance Documents, nothing in this Agreement constitutes an Agent or a Mandated Lead Arranger as a trustee or fiduciary of any other person.

(B)No Agent nor any Mandated Lead Arranger shall be bound to account to any Lender for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by it for its own account.

32.5Business with the Group

Each Agent and each Mandated Lead Arranger may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with any member of the Group.

32.6Rights and discretions of Agents

(A)Each Agent may rely on:

(i)any representation, notice or document believed by it to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised; and

(ii)any statement made by a director, Authorised Signatory or employee of any person regarding any matters which may reasonably be assumed to be within his knowledge or within his power to verify.

(B)Each Agent may assume (unless it has received notice to the contrary in its capacity as agent for the Lenders) that:

(i)no Default has occurred (unless it has actual knowledge of a Default arising under clause 29.1 (Non-payment));

(ii)any right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Party or the Lenders (or any consistent majority of Lenders) has not been exercised; and

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(iii)any notice or request made by an Obligor (other than a Utilisation Request) is made on behalf of and with the consent and knowledge of all the Obligors.

(C)Each Agent may engage, pay for and rely on the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants, surveyors or other experts.

(D)Each Agent may act in relation to the Finance Documents through its personnel and agents.

(E)Each Agent may disclose to any other Party any information it reasonably believes it has received as agent under this Agreement.

(F)Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, no Agent nor any Mandated Lead Arranger is obliged to do or omit to do anything if it would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of any law or regulation or a breach of a fiduciary duty or duty of confidentiality.

32.7Lenders' instructions

(A)Unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, each Agent shall (i) exercise any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Agent in accordance with any instructions given to it by

(i)all Lenders if the relevant Finance Document stipulates the matter is an all Lender decision;

(ii)the Supermajority Lenders if the relevant Finance Document stipulates the matter is a Supermajority Lender decision; and

(iii)in all other cases, the Majority Lenders,

in each case, in accordance with this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement (or, if so instructed, refrain from exercising any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Agent) and (ii) not be liable for any act (or omission) if it acts (or refrains from taking any action) in accordance with such instructions.

(B)Save in the case of decisions stipulated to be a matter for any other Lender or group of Lenders under the relevant Finance Document and unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, any instructions given to the Agent by the Majority Lenders shall override any conflicting instructions given by any

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other Parties and will be binding on all Finance Parties save for the Security Agent.

(C)Each Agent may refrain from acting in accordance with any instructions of any Lender or group of Lenders in accordance with this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement until it has received such security as it may require for any cost, loss or liability (together with any associated VAT) which it may incur in complying with the instructions.

(D)In the absence of instructions in accordance with this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement each Agent may act (or refrain from taking action) as it considers to be in the best interest of the Lenders.

(E)Neither Agent is authorised to act on behalf of a Lender (without first obtaining that Lender's consent) in any legal or arbitration proceedings relating to any Finance Document.

(F)Each Agent shall be entitled to request instructions, or clarification of any instruction, from the Majority Lenders (or, if the relevant Finance Document stipulates the matter is a decision for any other Lender or group of Lenders, from that Lender or group of Lenders) as to whether, and in what manner, it should exercise or refrain from exercising any right, power, authority or discretion and the Agent may refrain from acting unless and until it receives any such instructions or clarification that it has requested.

32.8Responsibility for documentation

No Agent nor any Mandated Lead Arranger:

(A)is responsible for the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information (whether oral or written) supplied by an Agent, a Mandated Lead Arranger, an Obligor or any other person given in or in connection with any Finance Document or the Final Information Memorandum; or

(B)is responsible for the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of or in connection with any Finance Document.

32.9No duty to monitor

No Agent shall be bound to enquire:

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(A)whether or not any Default has occurred;

(B)as to the performance, default or any breach by any Party of its obligations under any Finance Document; or

(C)whether any other event specified in any Finance Document has occurred.

32.10Exclusion of liability

(A)Without limiting paragraph (B) below (and without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (E) of clause 34.9 (Disruption to Payment Systems etc.), no Agent shall be liable (including, without limitation, for negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever) for any action taken by it under or in connection with any Finance Document, unless directly caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

(B)No Party (other than the relevant Agent) may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of that Agent in respect of any claim it might have against it or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance Document and any officer, employee or agent of the relevant Agent may rely on this clause.

(C)An Agent will not be liable for any delay (or any related consequences) in crediting an account with an amount required under the Finance Documents to be paid by it if that Agent has taken all necessary steps as soon as reasonably practicable to comply with the regulations or operating procedures of any recognised clearing or settlement system used by it for that purpose.

32.11Lenders' indemnity to the Agents

Each Lender shall (in proportion to its share of the Total Commitments or, if the Total Commitments are then zero, to its share of the Total Commitments immediately prior to their reduction to zero) indemnify each Agent, within three Business Days of demand, against any cost, loss or liability (including, without limitation, in relation to any FATCA-related liability, for negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever) incurred by it (otherwise than by reason of the relevant Agent's gross negligence or wilful misconduct) (or, in the case of any cost, loss or liability pursuant to clause 34.9 (Disruption to Payment Systems etc.) notwithstanding the relevant Agent's negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the relevant Agent) in acting as an Agent under the Finance Documents (unless the relevant Agent has been reimbursed by an Obligor pursuant to a Finance Document).

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32.12Resignation of an Agent

(A)An Agent may resign and appoint one of its Affiliates acting through an office in the United Kingdom as successor by giving notice to the other Finance Parties and the Original Borrower.

(B)Alternatively, an Agent may resign by giving notice to the other Finance Parties and the Original Borrower, in which case the Majority Lenders may appoint a successor Agent.

(C)If the Majority Lenders have not appointed a successor Agent in accordance with paragraph (B) above within 30 days after notice of resignation was given, the relevant Agent may (with the prior written consent of the Original Borrower) appoint a successor Agent (acting through an office in the United Kingdom).

(D)A retiring Agent shall, at its own cost, make available to the successor Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as Agent under the Finance Documents. This obligation shall not apply in the event the Agent is required to resign pursuant to paragraph (G) below.

(E)An Agent's resignation notice shall only take effect upon the appointment of a successor.

(F)Upon the appointment of a successor, a retiring Agent shall be discharged from any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents but shall remain entitled to the benefit of clause 17.3 (Indemnity to the Agents) and this clause 32. Its successor and each of the other Parties shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if such successor had been an original Party.

(G)After consultation with the Original Borrower, the Majority Lenders may, by notice to an Agent, require it to resign in accordance with paragraph (B) above.

(H)The Facility Agent shall resign in accordance with paragraph (B) above (and, to the extent applicable, shall use reasonable endeavours to appoint a successor Facility Agent pursuant to paragraph (C) above) if on or after the date which is three months before the earliest FATCA Application Date relating to any payment to the Facility Agent under the Finance Documents, either:

(i)the Facility Agent fails to respond to a request under clause 13.5 (FATCA Information) and the Original Borrower or a Lender reasonably believes that the Facility Agent will not be (or will have

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ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date;

(ii)the information supplied by the Facility Agent pursuant to clause 13.5 (FATCA Information) indicates that the Facility Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date; or

(iii)the Facility Agent notifies the Original Borrower and the Lenders that the Facility Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date;

and (in each case) the Original Borrower or a Lender reasonably believes that a Party will be required to make a FATCA Deduction that would not be required if the Facility Agent were a FATCA Exempt Party, and the Original Borrower or that Lender, by notice to the Facility Agent, requires it to resign.

32.13Replacement of Administrative Parties

(A)If:

(i)in relation to the Facility Agent, the Security Agent or an LC Issuing Bank (or their respective holding companies), clause 29.6 (Insolvency) or clause 29.7 (Insolvency proceedings) (disregarding paragraph (B) of that clause) applies or has occurred; or

(ii)if the Facility Agent, the Security Agent or an LC Issuing Bank or any of their Affiliates repudiates its obligations under the Facility or (in its capacity as Lender) becomes a Non-Funding Lender,

The Original Borrower shall be entitled to request that the Majority Lenders appoint within 10 Business Days either a co-Agent or additional LC Issuing Bank or a replacement Agent or replacement LC Issuing Bank from one of their number or (subject to reasonable consultation with the Original Borrower), from outside the Lender group.

(B)The Facility Agent, the Security Agent or any LC Issuing Bank to which either of the circumstances described in (A)(i) or (A)(ii) above applies (an "Affected Administrative Party") shall cease to be entitled to fees in respect of its role upon becoming an Affected Administrative Party.

(C)Each Affected Administrative Party shall provide all assistance and documentation reasonably required to the Original Borrower and the other

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Lenders to enable the uninterrupted administration of the Facility. This shall include, where the Affected Administrative Party is the Facility Agent, the provision to the Original Borrower on request and in any event, within five Business Days, of an up to date list of participants in the Facility including names and contact details.

32.14Confidentiality

(A)In acting as agent for the Finance Parties, an Agent shall be regarded as acting through its agency division or, in the case of the Technical and Modelling Bank, through the relevant division performing the role which shall be treated as a separate entity from any other of its divisions or departments.

(B)If information is received by another division or department of an Agent, it may be treated as confidential to that division or department and the relevant Agent shall not be deemed to have notice of it.

32.15Facility Agent relationship with the Lenders

The Facility Agent may treat each Lender as a Lender, entitled to payments under this Agreement and acting through its Facility Office unless it has received not less than five Business Days' prior notice from that Lender to the contrary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

32.16Credit appraisal by the Lenders

Without affecting the responsibility of any Obligor for information supplied by it or on its behalf in connection with any Finance Document, each Lender confirms to each Agent and each Mandated Lead Arranger that it has been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with any Finance Document including but not limited to:

(A)the financial condition, status and nature of the Guarantor and each member of the Group;

(B)the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document and any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document;

(C)whether that Lender has recourse, and the nature and extent of that recourse, against any Party or any of its respective assets under or in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents

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or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; and

(D)the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of the Final Information Memorandum and any other information provided by the Agents, any Party or by any other person under or in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document.

32.17Deductions from amounts payable by Agents

If any Party owes an amount to an Agent under the Finance Documents, the Agent may, after giving notice to that Party, deduct an amount not exceeding that amount from any payment to that Party which the Agent would otherwise be obliged to make under the Finance Documents and apply the amount deducted in or towards satisfaction of the amount owed. For the purposes of the Finance Documents, that Party shall be regarded as having received any amounts so deducted.

32.18Accession to the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement

(A)Each Finance Party and each Obligor agrees that any collateral agent, trustee or other representative of the HY Noteholders may enter into and accede to the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement, the KEL Guarantee and the Charge over Shares in KEH for and on behalf of itself and each HY Noteholder without the requirement for any consent or approvals from the Finance Parties or the Obligors (or any of them). Such accession shall confer upon the HY Noteholders all of the rights and privileges set out in the relevant agreement. The Original Borrower may by five Business Days written notice (the "Amendment Notice Period") to the Facility Agent request that such amendments and/or additions be made to the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement as any collateral agent, trustee or other representative of the HY Noteholders (whether appointed at that time or not) may reasonably require (the "HY Noteholder Trustee Amendments"). During the Amendment Notice Period, either:

(i)the Security Agent shall enter into any agreement effecting the HY Noteholder Trustee Amendments, on the instructions of the Majority Lenders; or

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(ii)the Facility Agent shall notify the Original Borrower in writing of any determination by the Majority Lenders that the HY Noteholder Trustee Amendments would materially and adversely prejudice their interests.

(B)If, on the instructions of the Majority Lenders, the Facility Agent is required to make the notification described in paragraph (ii) above, the Facility Agent shall promptly contact the Original Borrower in writing, setting out in reasonable detail the basis and reasons for that decision and the changes which the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably) would require for the Security Agent to enter into the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement with the HY Noteholder Trustee Amendments incorporated. If such changes are made, then the Security Agent will be deemed to have been instructed by the Majority Lenders promptly to enter into any agreement effecting the HY Noteholder Amendments, together with the changes required by the Majority Lenders.

32.19Execution of the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement

The Security Agent is irrevocably authorised for and on behalf of each Finance Party and the Original Borrower is irrevocably authorised for and on behalf of each Obligor to enter into the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement in a form as substantially approved by the Majority Lenders and to enter into any agreements amending or adding to the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement when approved pursuant to clause 32.18 (Accession to the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement) above, and each Finance Party and each Obligor shall be bound by the terms of each such agreements when executed by the Security Agent and by the Original Borrower respectively, including any terms which impose obligations upon the Finance Parties or the Obligors.

32.20Amendment of the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement

The Security Agent is irrevocably authorised for and on behalf of each Finance Party and the Original Borrower is irrevocably authorised for and on behalf of each Obligor to enter into any agreement amending the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement for the purpose of effecting any amendment as referred to in clause 32.18 (Accession to the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement) above, and each Finance Party and each Obligor shall be bound by the terms of any such amendment.

33.Consultants

33.1Reserves Consultant

The Original Borrower and the Finance Parties hereby confirm the appointment of RSC Group, Inc. as Reserves Consultant upon the terms and conditions set out in the Reserves Consultant Appointment Letter and the Reserves Consultant Reliance Letter.

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33.2Terms of appointment of Consultants

Each Party acknowledges that each of the Consultants has been appointed to act as consultant and adviser to the Finance Parties in relation to technical matters relating to the Project within its own sphere of competence. Each Finance Party acknowledges that each of the Consultants (and each replacement Consultant appointed pursuant to clause 33.3 (Termination and replacement)) may also act as consultant and adviser to other Parties in relation to the Project. The fees and other terms of those appointments are set out in the appointment letters between the Consultants and the Original Borrower, copies of which have been given to, and consented to by, the Lenders. The Facility Agent may, acting reasonably and consistently with the agreed scope of work for the relevant Consultant, request it to provide advice or services in relation to the Project.

33.3Termination and replacement

The Facility Agent may, if it has reasonable grounds to do so and (unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) has first consulted with the Original Borrower, at any time terminate the appointment of a Consultant if it considers it necessary or appropriate to do so, and shall promptly give notice of any such termination to the Original Borrower. If the Facility Agent terminates the appointment of any Consultant it may appoint as a replacement Consultant any person approved (which approval shall include the identity of the replacement, the terms of appointment and approval of the fees and expenses to be payable to that person) for this purpose by the Original Borrower (which approval may not be unreasonably withheld or delayed or required while an Event of Default is continuing). The terms of any such appointment shall be set out in an appointment letter between such replacement Consultant (or additional consultant as appropriate) and the Original Borrower.

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PART 12
ADMINISTRATION, COSTS AND EXPENSES

34.Payment Mechanics

34.1Payments to the Facility Agent

(A)On each date on which an Obligor or a Lender is required to make a payment under a Finance Document (other than any Hedging Agreement), that Obligor or Lender shall make the same available to the Facility Agent (unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document) for value on the due date at the time and in such funds specified by the Facility Agent as being customary at the time for settlement of transactions in the relevant currency in the place of payment.

(B)Payment shall be made to such account in London (or, as the case may be, Paris or New York) as the Facility Agent specifies.

34.2Distributions by the Facility Agent

Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, each payment received by the Facility Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party shall be made available by the Facility Agent as soon as practicable after receipt to the Party entitled to receive payment (in the case of a Lender, for the account of its Facility Office), to such account as that Party may notify to the Facility Agent by not less than five Business Days' notice with a bank in London (or, as the case may be, Paris or New York).

34.3Clawback

(A)Where a sum is to be paid to the Facility Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party, the Facility Agent is not obliged to pay that sum to that other Party (or enter into or perform any related exchange contract) until it has been able to establish to its satisfaction that it has actually received that sum.

(B)If the Facility Agent pays an amount to another Party and it proves to be the case that the Facility Agent had not actually received that amount, then the Party to whom that amount (or the proceeds of any related exchange contract) was paid by the Facility Agent shall on demand refund the same to the Facility Agent together with interest on that amount from the date of payment to the date of receipt by the Facility Agent, calculated by the Facility Agent to reflect its cost of funds.

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34.4Partial Payments

If the Facility Agent receives a payment for application against amounts due in respect of any Finance Documents that is insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due and payable by an Obligor under those Finance Documents, the Facility Agent shall apply that payment towards the obligations of that Obligor under those Finance Documents in accordance with the Cash Waterfall. This clause will override any appropriation made by an Obligor.

34.5No set-off by Obligors

All payments to be made by an Obligor under the Finance Documents shall be calculated and be made without (and free and clear of any deduction for) set-off or counterclaim.

34.6Business Days

(A)Any payment which is due to be made on a day that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next Business Day in the same calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not).

(B)During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal or Unpaid Sum under the Finance Documents, interest is payable on the principal or Unpaid Sum at the rate payable on the original due date.

34.7Currency of account

(A)Subject to paragraphs (B) to (E) below, the base currency is the currency of account and payment for any sum due from an Obligor under any Finance Document and is the US Dollar ("Base Currency").

(B)A repayment of a Utilisation or Unpaid Sum or a part of a Utilisation or Unpaid Sum shall be made in the currency in which that Utilisation or Unpaid Sum is denominated on its due date.

(C)Each payment of interest shall be made in the currency in which the sum in respect of which the interest is payable was denominated when that interest accrued.

(D)Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred.

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(E)Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than the Base Currency shall be paid in that other currency.

34.8Change of currency

(A)Unless otherwise prohibited by law, if more than one currency or currency unit are at the same time recognised by the central bank of any country as the lawful currency of that country, then:

(i)any reference in the Finance Documents to, and any obligations arising under the Finance Documents in, the currency of that country shall be translated into, or paid in, the currency or currency unit of that country designated by the Facility Agent acting reasonably (after consultation with the Original Borrower); and

(ii)any translation from one currency or currency unit to another shall be at the official rate of exchange recognised by the central bank for the conversion of that currency or currency unit into the other, rounded up or down by the Facility Agent (acting reasonably).

(B)If a change in any currency of a country occurs, the Parties will enter negotiations in good faith with a view to agreeing any amendments which may be necessary to this Agreement to comply with any generally accepted conventions and market practice in the London interbank market and otherwise to reflect the change in currency.

34.9Disruption to Payment Systems etc.

If either the Facility Agent determines (acting reasonably) that a Disruption Event has occurred or the Facility Agent is notified by the Original Borrower that a Disruption Event has occurred:

(A)the Facility Agent may, and shall if requested to do so by the Original Borrower, consult with the Original Borrower with a view to agreeing with the Original Borrower such changes to the operation or administration of the Facility (including, without limitation, changes to the timing and mechanics of payments due under the Finance Documents) as the Facility Agent may deem necessary in the circumstances;

(B)the Facility Agent shall not be obliged to consult with the Original Borrower in relation to any changes mentioned in paragraph (A) above if, in its reasonable opinion, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances and, in any event, shall have no obligation to agree to such changes;

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(C)the Facility Agent may consult with the Finance Parties in relation to any changes mentioned in paragraph (A) above but shall not be obliged to do so if, in its opinion, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances;

(D)any such changes agreed upon by the Facility Agent and the Original Borrower shall (whether or not it is finally determined that a Disruption Event has occurred) be binding upon the Parties as an amendment to (or, as the case may be, waiver of) the terms of the Finance Documents notwithstanding the provisions of clause 42 (Amendments and Waivers);

(E)the Facility Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses whatsoever (including, without limitation for negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Facility Agent) arising as a result of its taking, or failing to take, any actions pursuant to or in connection with this clause; and

(F)the Facility Agent shall notify the Finance Parties of all changes agreed pursuant to paragraph (D) above.

35.Set-Off

Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and without prejudice to the rights of the Finance Parties at law, at any time after an Event of Default has occurred and which is continuing, a Finance Party (other than a Non-Funding Lender) may, on giving notice to the relevant Obligor, set off any matured obligation due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (to the extent beneficially owned by that Finance Party) against any matured obligation owed by that Finance Party to that Obligor, regardless of the place of payment, booking branch or currency of either obligation. If the obligations are in different currencies, the Finance Party may convert either obligation at a market rate of exchange in its usual course of business for the purpose of the set-off.

36.Costs and Expenses

36.1Transaction expenses

the Original Borrower shall within fifteen Business Days of demand, pay the Facility Agent and each Mandated Lead Arranger the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by any of them in connection with:

(A)the negotiation, preparation, printing, and execution of:

(i)this Agreement and any other documents referred to in this Agreement; and

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(ii)any other Finance Documents executed after the date of this Agreement;

(B)the appointments of the Consultants.

36.2Amendment costs

If:

(A)an Obligor requests an amendment, waiver or consent; or

(B)an amendment is required pursuant to clause 34.8 (Change of currency),

the Original Borrower shall, within fifteen Business Days of demand, reimburse the Facility Agent for the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by the Facility Agent in responding to, evaluating, negotiating or complying with that request or requirement.

36.3Enforcement costs

The Original Borrower shall, within five Business Days of demand, pay to each Finance Party the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by that Finance Party in connection with the enforcement or attempted enforcement of, or the preservation of any rights under, any Finance Document.

37.Notices

37.1Communications in writing

Subject to clause 37.5 (Electronic communication), any communication to be made under or in connection with the Finance Documents shall be made in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be made by fax or letter.

37.2Addresses

The address and fax number (and the department or officer, if any, for whose attention the communication is to be made) of each Party for any communication or document to be made or delivered under or in connection with the Finance Documents is:

(A)in the case of the Obligors, that identified with its name below;

(B)in the case of each Lender, that notified in writing to the Facility Agent on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Party; and

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(C)in the case of an Agent, that identified with its name below,

or any substitute address or fax number or department or officer as the Party may notify to the Facility Agent (or the Facility Agent may notify to the other Parties, if a change is made by the Facility Agent) by not less than five Business Days' notice.

Contact details of the Obligors:

To:    P.O. Box 32322
4th Floor Century Yard
Cricket Square
Elgin Avenue
George Town
Grand Cayman
KY1 – 1209
Cayman Islands Fax:    +1 345 946 4090 Attention:    Andrew Johnson Copy:    c/o Kosmos Energy LLC
8176 Park Lane
Suite 500
Dallas
Texas 75231
USA Fax:    +1 214 445 9705 Attention:    Jason Doughty

Contact details of the Facility Agent:

Name:    Standard Chartered Bank – Loans Agency

Email:    lisa.richardson@sc.com; emma.hattersley@sc.com; loansagencyuk@sc.com

Address:    1 Basinghall Avenue, London, EC2V 5DD

Attention:    Lisa Richardson, Emma Hattersley

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Contact details of the Security Agent:

Name:    Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank

Address:     12 place des Etats-Unis, CS 70052, 92547 Montrouge Cedex, France

Fax:     +33 1 41 89 10 50

Email:     christine.menage@ca-cib.com; mihaela.milas@ca-cib.com; guillaume.granjoux@ca-cib.com

Attention:     Christine Menage/ Mihaela Milas/ Guillaume Granjoux

Contact details of the Intercreditor Agent:

Name:    Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank

Address:     12 place des Etats-Unis, CS 70052, 92547 Montrouge Cedex, France

Fax:     +33 1 41 89 10 50

Email:     christine.menage@ca-cib.com; mihaela.milas@ca-cib.com; guillaume.granjoux@ca-cib.com

Attention:     Christine Menage/ Mihaela Milas/ Guillaume Granjoux

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Contact details of the Technical Bank:

Name:    Societe Generale, London Branch

Address:    One Bank Street,
Canary Wharf,
London,
E14 4SG,
United Kingdom

Attention:    Mark Bromfield

Name:    The Standard Bank of South Africa c/o
The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, Isle of Man Branch

Address:    Standard Bank House, One Circular Road
Douglas, Isle of Man

Attention:    Neil Fairnie

Name:    Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank

Address:    12, Place des Etats-Unis - CS 70052 - 92547 Montrouge Cedex, France

Attention:    Hervé Henrion

Contact details of the Modelling Bank:

Address:    One Bank Street,
Canary Wharf,
London,
E14 4SG,
United Kingdom

Attention:    Mark Bromfield

37.3Delivery

(A)Subject to clause 37.5 (Electronic communication), any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or in connection with the Finance Documents will only be effective:

(i)if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or

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(ii)if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five Business Days after being deposited in the post with postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address;

and, if a particular department or officer is specified as part of its address details provided under clause 37.2 (Addresses), if addressed to that department or officer.

(B)Any communication or document to be made or delivered to an Agent will be effective only when actually received by that Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer identified with that Agent's signature below (or any substitute department or officer as the Facility Agent shall specify for this purpose).

(C)All notices from or to an Obligor shall be sent through the Facility Agent.

(D)Any communication or document made or delivered to the Original Borrower in accordance with this clause will be deemed to have been made or delivered to each of the Obligors.

37.4Notification of address and fax number

Promptly upon receipt of notification of an address or fax number or change of address or fax number pursuant to clause 37.2 (Addresses) or changing its own address or fax number, the Facility Agent shall notify the other Parties.

37.5Electronic communication

(A)Any communication to be made between the Facility Agent and a Lender or the Facility Agent and the Original Borrower under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be made by electronic mail or other electronic means, if the Facility Agent and the relevant Lender or the Facility Agent and the Original Borrower:

(i)agree that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to be an accepted form of communication;

(ii)notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the sending and receipt of information by that means; and

(iii)notify each other of any change to their address or any other such information supplied by them.

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(B)Any electronic communication made between the Facility Agent and a Lender or the Facility Agent and the Original Borrower will be effective only when actually received in readable form and in the case of any electronic communication made by a Lender to the Facility Agent or by the Original Borrower to the Facility Agent only if it is addressed in such a manner as the Facility Agent shall specify for this purpose.

37.6English language

(A)Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in English.

(B)All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance Document must be:

(i)in English; or

(ii)if not in English, and if so required by either the Facility Agent or the Security Agent, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or other official document.

38.Calculations and Certificates

38.1Accounts

In any litigation or arbitration proceedings arising out of or in connection with a Finance Document, the entries made in the accounts maintained by a Finance Party are prima facie evidence of the matters to which they relate.

38.2Certificates and determinations

Any certification or determination by a Finance Party of a rate or amount under any Finance Document is, in the absence of manifest or proven error, prima facie evidence of the matters to which it relates.

38.3Day count convention

Any interest, commission or fee accruing under a Finance Document will accrue from day to day and is calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 360 days.

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39.Disclosure to numbering service providers

(A)Any Finance Party may disclose to any national or international numbering service provider appointed by that Finance Party to provide identification numbering services in respect of this Agreement, the Facility and/or one or more Obligors the following information:

(i)names of Obligors;

(ii)country of domicile of Obligors;

(iii)place of incorporation of Obligors;

(iv)date of this Agreement;

(v)the names of the Facility Agent and Mandated Lead Arrangers;

(vi)date of each amendment and restatement of this Agreement;

(vii)amount of Total Commitments;

(viii)currencies of the Facility;

(ix)type of Facility;

(x)ranking of Facility;

(xi)the Final Maturity Date;

(xii)changes to any of the information previously supplied pursuant to paragraphs (i) to (xi) above; and

(xiii)such other information agreed between such Finance Party and the Original Borrower,

to enable such numbering service provider to provide its usual syndicated loan numbering identification services.

(B)The Parties acknowledge and agree that each identification number assigned to this Agreement, the Facility and/or one or more Obligors by a numbering service provider and the information associated with each such number may be disclosed to users of its services in accordance with the standard terms and conditions of that numbering service provider.

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(C)KEFI represents that none of the information set out in paragraphs (i) to (xiii) of paragraph (A) above is, nor will at any time be, unpublished price-sensitive information.

(D)The Facility Agent shall notify KEFI and the other Finance Parties of:

(i)the name of any numbering service provider appointed by the Facility Agent in respect of this Agreement, the Facility and/or one or more Obligors; and

(ii)the number or, as the case may be, numbers assigned to this Agreement, the Facility and/or one or more Obligors by such numbering service provider.

40.Partial Invalidity

If, at any time, any provision of the Finance Documents is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under any law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction will in any way be affected or impaired.

41.Remedies and Waivers

No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Finance Party, any right or remedy under the Finance Documents shall operate as a waiver, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy prevent any further or other exercise or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

42.Amendments and Waivers

42.1Required consents

(A)Subject to clause 42.2 (Exceptions) and to paragraph (D) below, any term of the Finance Documents (other than a waiver of a Condition Precedent or a Condition Subsequent, which shall be made pursuant to clause 2.3 (Waivers of Conditions Precedent) may be amended or waived only with the consent of the Majority Lenders and the Obligors and any such amendment or waiver will be binding on all Parties.

(B)The Facility Agent may effect, on behalf of any Finance Party, any amendment or waiver permitted by this clause.

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(C)Paragraph (C) of clause 30.9 (Pro rata interest settlement) shall apply to this clause 42.

(D)Notwithstanding the terms of this clause 42, in relation to an amendment, variation or waiver of the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall prevail.

42.2Exceptions

(A)Subject to clause 42.4 (Changes to reference rates) the following may not be effected without the consent of all the Lenders.

(i)amending the definition of "Majority Lenders" or “Supermajority Lenders";

(ii)amending, varying or waiving clause 4 (Finance Parties' Rights and Obligations) and/or any other term of any Finance Document which relates to the rights and/or obligations of each Finance Party being several;

(iii)varying the date for, or altering the amount or currency of, any payment to Lenders under the Finance Documents;

(iv)increasing or extending the Commitment of a Lender;

(v)amending varying or waiving a term of any Finance Document which expressly requires the consent of all the Lenders;

(vi)amending, varying or waiving this clause 42 (Amendments and Waivers);

(vii)any release of Security Interests granted pursuant to any Security Document or amendment, waiver or variation of the obligations of any Obligor pursuant to clause 25.1 (Guarantee and indemnity). Nothing in this clause (vii) shall require any consent to be obtained for any release of Security Interests, Security Documents (including but not limited to under releases made pursuant to clause 28.8(C)) or obligations of any Obligor pursuant to clause 25.1 (Guarantee and indemnity), which are permitted by clause 28.32 (IPO Reorganisation); or

(viii)amending, varying or waiving clause 26.18 (Sanctions), clause 26.19 (Anti-corruption law) or clause 28.38 (Anti-corruption law).

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(B)An amendment to clause 28.35 (HY Notes Maturity Date) may not be effected without the consent of the Supermajority Lenders.

(C)An amendment of clause 19.6 (Calculation of Borrowing Base Amount) to reduce the figure of 1.4 or the figure of 1.15 or 1.35 (as applicable) may not be effected without the consent of the Majority Lenders.

(D)An amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of an Agent, an LC Issuing Bank or an Account Bank may not be effected without the consent of that Agent, LC Issuing Bank or that Account Bank.

(E)Any release of Security Interests granted pursuant to any Security Document, an amendment or waiver which relates to clause 21.2 (Withdrawals – No Default Outstanding), clause 25 (Guarantee and Indemnity) and the rights or obligations of a Hedging Counterparty, in each case, may not be effected without the consent of the relevant Hedging Counterparty.

(F)(i)    If a Lender becomes a Non-Funding Lender that Lender's Commitment shall not be included for the purposes of calculating Total Commitments under the Facility when ascertaining whether a certain percentage of Total Commitments has been obtained to approve any requested amendment, waiver, consent or approval.

(ii)    If a Lender does not accept or reject a request for an amendment, waiver, consent or approval within fifteen Business Days (or such longer period as the Original Borrower may specify) of such request being made, that Lender shall be deemed to have granted its consent to the requested amendment, waiver, consent or approval. Promptly upon the expiration of such fifteen Business Day period or such longer period as the Original Borrower may have specified (as the case may be), and in any event within two Business Days of the expiration of such period, the Facility Agent shall notify the Original Borrower and the Lenders whether the requested amendment, waiver, consent or approval has been approved or given in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

42.3Disenfranchisement of Shareholder Affiliates

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, for so long as a Shareholder Affiliate is a Lender and/or to the extent that a Shareholder Affiliate beneficially owns a Commitment or has entered into a sub-participation agreement relating to a Commitment or other agreement or arrangement having a substantially similar economic effect and such agreement or arrangement has not been terminated, such Shareholder Affiliate shall not be entitled to exercise any rights to vote as Lender in

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respect of any matters requiring decision by the Lenders under the terms of this Agreement or any of the Finance Documents. Each such Shareholder Affiliate acknowledges and agrees that:

(A)in the event that a matter requires decision by one or more Lenders under this Agreement or any of the Finance Documents,

(i)the Commitment of such Shareholder Affiliate and any associated participation of such Shareholder Affiliate in a Loan shall be deemed to be zero; and

(ii)such Shareholder Affiliate shall be deemed not to be a Lender;

(B)in relation to any meeting or conference call to which all or any number of Lenders are invited to attend or participate, it shall not attend or participate in the same if so requested by the Facility Agent or, unless the Facility Agent otherwise agree, be entitled to receive the agenda or any minutes of the same; and

(C)it shall not, unless the Facility Agent otherwise agree, be entitled to receive any report or other document prepared at the behest of, or on the instructions of, the Facility Agent or one or more of the Lenders.

42.4Changes to reference rates

Subject to clause 42.2(D), if a Published Rate Replacement Event has occurred, any amendment or waiver which relates to:

(A)providing for the use of a Replacement Reference Rate; and

(B)

(i)aligning any provision of any Finance Document to the use of that Replacement Reference Rate;

(ii)enabling that Replacement Reference Rate to be used for the calculation of interest under this Agreement (including, without limitation, any consequential changes required to enable that Replacement Reference Rate to be used for the purposes of this Agreement);

(iii)implementing market conventions applicable to that Replacement Reference Rate;

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(iv)providing for appropriate fallback (and market disruption provisions) for that Replacement Reference Rate; or

(v)adjusting the pricing to reduce or eliminate, to the extent reasonably practicable, any transfer of economic value from one Party to another as a result of the application of that Replacement Reference Rate (and if any adjustment or method for calculating any adjustment has been formally designated, nominated or recommended by the Relevant Nominating Body, the adjustment shall be determined on the basis of that designation, nomination or recommendation),

may be made with the consent of the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) and the Original Borrower

43.Counterparts

(A)This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by the parties on separate counterparts, but shall not be effective until each Party has executed at least one counterpart.

(B)Each counterpart shall constitute an original of this Agreement, but all the counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

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PART 13
GOVERNING LAW AND ENFORCEMENT

44.Governing Law

This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

45.Jurisdiction

45.1Arbitration

All disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement including its subject matter, existence, negotiation, validity, termination or enforceability (including any non-contractual dispute or claim) between one or several of the Finance Parties on the one hand and one or several Obligors on the other hand (a "Dispute") shall be referred to arbitration and finally settled on the following terms:

(A)the arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce ("ICC") (the "Rules"), which Rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this clause;

(B)the seat of the arbitration shall be London;

(C)the language of the arbitration shall be English;

(D)there shall be three arbitrators; and

(E)the arbitration agreement in this clause 45.1 and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

45.2Consolidation and joinder of Disputes

In this clause:

"Consolidation Order" means an order by a tribunal that a Primary Arbitration and Later Arbitration be resolved in the same arbitral proceedings.

"Joinder Order"means an order by a tribunal that a party to this Agreement may be joined to an arbitration that it was not previously a party to.

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"Primary Arbitration" means, where there is more than one arbitration commenced under this Agreement, the arbitration first commenced (to be conclusively determined by the ICC Court in the event of a dispute).

"Later Arbitration" means, where there is more than one arbitration commenced under this Agreement, any arbitration other than the Primary Arbitration.

45.3Joinder

(A)Each party consents to be joined as a party to an arbitration commenced under this Agreement on the terms provided by paragraphs (B) and (C) below. Each party consents to the joinder of any party to this Agreement to an arbitration under this Agreement on the terms provided by paragraphs (B) and (C) below.

(B)Within 30 days from the date on which a Request for Arbitration (as defined in Article 4 of the Rules) is served on all parties to the Request for Arbitration (the "Initial Joinder Period"), any party to the arbitration may effect joinder by serving notice on any party to this Agreement whom it seeks to join, copying the other parties to the Request for Arbitration. The joined party will become a claimant or respondent party (to be finally determined by the ICC Court in the event of a dispute) to the arbitration and participate in the arbitrator appointment process in clause 45.5 (Appointment of arbitrators).

(C)After the Initial Joinder Period has ended, any party to the Request for Arbitration may submit a request for arbitration against the additional party (the "Request for Joinder") to the Secretariat and promptly notify all parties to the Request for Arbitration and the party it seeks to join of that application. On hearing such application, the tribunal may, if it considers appropriate, make a Joinder Order. Notice of such Joinder Order must be given to all parties to the Request for Arbitration, the joined party and the Secretariat.

45.4Consolidation

(A)Any party to either a Primary Arbitration or one or more Later Arbitration(s) may apply to the ICC Court for a Consolidation Order in relation to any Later Arbitration(s). That party must also send such applications to all parties to the Primary Arbitration and the Later Arbitration. The relevant provisions of the Rules shall apply.

(B)Each party to this Agreement waives any objection, on the basis of joinder, a Joinder Order or a Consolidation Order, to the validity and/or enforcement of any arbitral award made by a tribunal following any joinder, Joinder Order or Consolidation Order and such award shall be binding whether or not the parties

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to this Agreement participate in the arbitration. For the avoidance of doubt, this includes a waiver of any objection that the joinder, Joinder Order or Consolidation Order has resulted in a party to this Agreement being deprived of any right to participate in the nomination of the arbitrators.

45.5Appointment of arbitrators

The tribunal shall be three arbitrators selected as follows:

(A)if there are two parties to the arbitration, and neither party has exercised the right to joinder within the Initial Joinder Period, each party to the arbitration will nominate one arbitrator within 20 days after the end of the Initial Joinder Period. The two arbitrators so nominated shall jointly nominate a third arbitrator who shall act as presiding arbitrator within 30 days of the appointment of the second arbitrator. If an arbitrator is not nominated within the time prescribed above, the appointment shall, at the request of either party to the arbitration, be made by the ICC Court;

(B)if there are more than two parties to the arbitration, or at least one of the parties has exercised the right to joinder within the Initial Joinder Period, the claimant(s) will jointly nominate one arbitrator and the respondent(s) will jointly nominate one arbitrator, both within 30 days after the end of the Initial Joinder Period. The two arbitrators so nominated shall jointly nominate a third arbitrator who shall act as presiding arbitrator within 30 days of the appointment of the second arbitrator. If an arbitrator is not nominated within the time prescribed above, the appointment shall, at the request of either party to the arbitration, be made by the ICC Court. Any existing nomination or confirmation of the arbitrator chosen by the party or parties on the other side of the proposed arbitration shall be unaffected, and the remaining arbitrator(s) shall be appointed in accordance with the Rules;

(C)each Finance Party agrees that the Facility Agent, acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders, shall exercise the right of appointment of an arbitrator for the Finance Parties where more than one Finance Party is party to the Dispute; and

(D)each party to this Agreement expressly agrees and consents to this process for nominating and appointing the arbitral tribunal and, if this clause operates to exclude a party’s right to choose its own arbitrator, irrevocably and unconditionally waives any right it may have to do so.

45.6Confidentiality

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The Parties shall keep confidential and not disclose to any non-party the existence of the arbitration or the content of the arbitral proceedings (including all awards and orders in the arbitration, as well as all materials created for the purpose of the arbitration not otherwise in the public domain), save and to the extent that a disclosure may be required of a party by legal duty, to protect or pursue a legal right or to enforce or challenge an award in bona fide legal proceedings before a state court or other judicial authority.

45.7Inter-bank disputes

The Finance Parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, or the subject matter, existence, negotiation, validity, termination or enforceability (including any non-contractual dispute or claim), involving one or several Finance Parties with no involvement of any Obligor.

46.Service of Process

(A)Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, each of the Obligors:

(i)irrevocably appoints KEISL of 10 Stratton Street, 6th Floor, Mayfair, London W1J 8LG (the "Process Agent") as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with any Finance Document;

(ii)irrevocably agrees that any Service Document may be sufficiently and effectively served on it in connection with any Dispute in England and Wales by service on the Process Agent (or any replacement agent appointed pursuant to paragraph (B) of this clause 46 (Service of Process); and

(iii)irrevocably agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the relevant Obligor of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned.

(B)If the agent referred to in paragraph (A) of this clause 46 (or any replacement agent appointed pursuant to this paragraph (B)) at any time ceases for any reason to act as such, as the case may be, each Obligor shall as soon as reasonably practicable appoint a replacement agent to accept service having an address for service in England or Wales and shall notify the Facility Agent of the name and address of the replacement agent; failing such appointment and notification, the agent referred to in paragraph (A) of this clause 46 (or any replacement agent appointed pursuant to this paragraph (B)) shall continue to

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be authorised to act as agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts on behalf of the relevant Obligor and service of process on that agent shall constitute good service.

(C)Any document addressed in accordance with paragraph (A) shall be deemed to have been duly served if:

(i)left at the specified address, when it is left; or

(ii)sent by first class post, two clear Business Days after posting.

(D)For the purposes of this clause 46, "Service Document" means a writ, summons, order, judgment or other document relating to or in connection with any Dispute. Nothing contained herein shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

47.Contractual recognition of bail-in

Notwithstanding any other term of any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding between the Parties, each Party acknowledges and accepts that any liability of any Party to any other Party under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be subject to Bail-In Action by the relevant Resolution Authority and acknowledges and accepts to be bound by the effect of:

(A)any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability, including (without limitation):

(i)a reduction, in full or in part, in the principal amount, or outstanding amount due (including any accrued but unpaid interest) in respect of any such liability;

(ii)a conversion of all, or part of, any such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership that may be issued to, or conferred on, it; and

(iii)a cancellation of any such liability; and

(B)a variation of any term of any Finance Document to the extent necessary to give effect to any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability.

48.Acknowledgement regarding any Supported QFCS

To the extent that the Finance Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for any agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, "QFC Credit Support" and each such QFC a "Supported QFC"), the Parties acknowledge and

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agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the "U.S. Special Resolution Regime") in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support:

(A)In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a "Covered Party") becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Finance Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Finance Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

(B)As used in this clause 48, the following terms have the following meanings:

"BHC Act Affiliate" of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 United States Code 1841(k)) of such party.

"Covered Entity" means any of the following:

(i)a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 Code of Federal Regulations § 252.82(b);

(ii)a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 Code of Federal Regulations § 47.3(b); or

(iii)a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 Code of Federal Regulations § 382.2(b).

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"Default Right" has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 Code of Federal Regulations §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

"QFC" has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 United States Code 5390(c)(8)(D).

This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.

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Schedule 1
The Obligors

The Borrowers

Name	Jurisdiction of Incorporation	Registered Number
Kosmos Energy Finance International	Cayman Islands	253656

The Guarantors

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Name	Jurisdiction of Incorporation	Registered Number
Kosmos Energy Operating	Cayman Islands	231417
Kosmos Energy International	Cayman Islands	218274
Kosmos Energy Development	Cayman Islands	225879
Kosmos Energy Finance International	Cayman Islands	253656
Kosmos Energy Ghana HC	Cayman Islands	135710
Kosmos Energy Equatorial Guinea	Cayman Islands	269135
Kosmos Energy Ghana Holdings Limited	England and Wales	13439742
Kosmos Energy Ghana Investments	Cayman Islands	161534
Kosmos Equatorial Guinea, Inc.	Cayman Islands	344326
Kosmos International Petroleum, Inc.	Cayman Islands	344316

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Schedule 2
The Original Lenders

Original Lender	Commitment (USD)
ABSA Bank Limited (acting through its corporate and investment banking division)	100,000,000
Bank of America N.A.	50,000,000
Barclays Bank PLC	50,000,000
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank	162,343,000
Deutsche Bank AG, Amsterdam Branch	25,000,000
Ecobank Ghana PLC	20,000,000
ING Belgium SA/NV	140,000,000
Natixis	100,000,000
N.B.S.A. Limited	113,906,000
SMBC Bank International Plc	60,000,000
Société Générale, London Branch	160,000,000
Standard Chartered Bank	68,751,000
MUFG Bank, Ltd.	50,000,000
The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, Isle of Man Branch	150,000,000

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Schedule 3
Conditions Precedent

Part I
Conditions Precedent To first Utilisation

1.    Provision of each of the following Finance Documents, duly executed by each of the parties to them (subject, in the case of the relevant Security Document, to the Lenders having agreed to the requirements of subordination in relation to any Security created in respect of a Project Agreement):

(i)    this Agreement;

(ii)    any Intercompany Loan Agreement;

(iii)    the KEG Offshore Project Accounts Agreement;

(iv)    the Borrower Offshore Project Accounts Agreement;

(v)    the KEG Onshore Project Accounts Agreement;

(vi)    the Intercreditor Agreement;

(vii)    the Charge over Shares in the Original Borrower;

(viii)    the Charge over Shares in KEO;    

(ix)    the Charge over Shares in KEG;

(x)    the Charge over Shares in KED;

(xi)    the Charge over Shares in KEI;

(xii)    the Borrower Offshore Security Assignment;

(xiii)    the KEO Offshore Security Assignment;

(xiv)    the KEI Offshore Security Assignment;

(xv)    the KED Offshore Security Assignment;

(xvi)    the KEG Offshore Security Assignment;

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(xii)    the KEG Onshore Security Assignment;

(xiii)    the KEI and KEO Offshore Security Assignment;

(xix)    the Facility Agent Fee Letter;

(xx)    the front end and underwriting Fee Letter;

(xxi)    the Technical Bank Fee Letters;

(xxii)    the Modelling Bank Fee Letters;

(xxiii)    the Security Agent Fee Letter;

(xxiv)    the Documentation Bank Fee Letter; and

(xxv)    the BNP Paribas LC Issuing Fee Letter.

2.    Provision of certified copies of each Obligor's constitutional documents and corporate resolutions authorising entry into and performance of the Finance Documents to which they are a party and certification as to solvency.

3.    Receipt by the Facility Agent of appropriate legal opinions from Clifford Chance LLP, Walkers, Fugar & Company, Maples & Calder, Thompson & Knight and Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah.

4.    Final Reports and/or letters issued by the Consultants (provided that there is only an obligation to provide an executive summary of the Final Report from the Technical Consultant as a condition precedent to first Utilisation).

5.    Provision of a certificate from the Original Borrower that all Required Approvals on the date of the proposed utilisation have been obtained (including a schedule of all such Required Approvals).

6.    Provision of a certificate in the agreed form certifying that complete copies of the following Project Agreements, including all amendments in relation thereto, have been delivered to the Agents under the Existing Finance Documents pursuant to the terms of the CTA (as defined in the Definitions Agreement):

(i)    the DWT PA;

(ii)    the DWT JOA;

(iii)    the WCTP PA; and

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(iv)    the WCTP JOA,

together with certified copies of all other Project Agreements not referred to in paragraphs (i) to (iv) (inclusive) above (including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, those documents listed under paragraphs (C), (D) and (E) of the definition of Project Agreements).

7.    An audit of the Model prepared by the Model Auditor.

8.    All share charges are entered into pursuant to condition precedent 1 above are perfected and fully valid and, where applicable (by adopting a consistent approach as was adopted for the Existing Finance Documents): (a) share certificates and blank stock transfer forms are delivered to the Security Agent; (b) certified copy registers of members are delivered to the Security Agent in relation to companies whose shares have been pledged; and (c) letter of undertaking from the Company whose shares are being charged.

9.    Each Obligor (save for the Original Borrower and KEO) shall provide a certified copy of its most recent audited accounts, if any, and KEO shall provide a copy of the Form S-1 filed by Kosmos Energy Ltd. with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on 23 March 2011, which includes the most recent audited consolidated accounts of the Group.

10.    The Schedule of Insurances.

11.    The following documents for release of the Security Interests (as defined in the Existing Finance Documents) created by under the Existing Finance Documents, in the form agreed by the Security Trustee (as defined in the Existing Finance Documents):

•deed of release between KEH, KEO, KEI, KED and BNP PARIBAS, as security trustee, releasing the security created by the existing charges over shares;

•deed of release between KED, Kosmos Energy Finance, KEG and KEO and BNP Paribas, as security trustee, releasing the security created by the existing debentures;

•deed of release between KEI, KEO and BNP Paribas, as security trustee, releasing the secured property under the existing security assignment.

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Part II
Conditions Precedent Required to be Delivered by an Additional Obligor

1.    Provision of an Accession Letter, duly executed by the Additional Obligor and the Original Borrower.

2.    Provision of a Deed of Subordination in respect of any Financial Indebtedness of such Additional Obligor and a deed, duly signed on behalf of the Additional Obligor and each other Obligor and KEH, substantially in the form of the Deed of Acknowledgment and Release.

3.    Provision of certified copies of the Additional Obligor's constitutional documents and certificates of incorporation (or equivalent).

4.    A copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the Additional Obligor approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Accession Letter and the Finance Documents and resolving that one or more specified persons execute the Accession Letter and any other documents and notices in connection with the Finance Documents.

5.    A specimen signature of each person authorised to execute the Accession Letter and any other documents and notices in connection with the Finance Documents.

6.    A certificate of the Additional Obligor (signed by a director) confirming that borrowing or guaranteeing or securing, as appropriate, the Total Commitments would not cause any borrowing, guarantee, security or similar limit binding on it to be exceeded.

7.    A certificate of an Authorised Signatory of the Additional Obligor certifying that each copy document listed in this Part II of Schedule 3 is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of the Accession Letter.

8.    A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Facility Agent considers to be necessary or desirable in connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by the Accession Letter or for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document.

9.    If available, the latest audited financial statements of the Additional Obligor.

10.    Receipt by the Facility Agent of any appropriate legal opinions.

11.    If the proposed Additional Obligor is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than England and Wales, evidence that the process agent specified in clause 46 (Service of Process), if not an Obligor, has accepted its appointment in relation to the proposed Additional Obligor.

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12.    In respect of an Additional Obligor incorporated in the United Kingdom whose shares are to be the subject of a Security Interest created or expressed to be created in favour of the Security Agent pursuant to the Security Documents (a "Charged Company"), either:

(i)    a certificate of an authorised signatory of the Original Borrower certifying that:

(A)    each member of the KEL Group has complied within the relevant timeframe with any notice it has received pursuant to Part 21A of the Companies Act 2006 from that Charged Company; and

(B)    no "warning notice" or "restrictions notice" (in each case as defined in Schedule 1B of the Companies Act 2006) has been issued in respect of those shares,

together with a copy of the "PSC register" (within the meaning of section 790C(10) of the Companies Act 2006) of that Charged Company which, in the case of a Charged Company that is a member of the KEL Group, is certified by an authorised signatory of the Original Borrower to be correct, complete and not amended or superseded as at a date no earlier than the date of the Accession Letter; or

(ii)    a certificate of an authorised signatory of the Original Borrower certifying that such Charged Company is not required to comply with Part 21A of the Companies Act 2006.

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Schedule 4
Utilisation Requests

Part I
Loans

From:    [●] (the "Borrower")

To:    STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (the "Facility Agent")

Dated:

Dear Sirs

Kosmos Energy Finance International – Facility Agreement
dated [●] (as amended or as amended and restate from time to time) (the "Agreement")

1.    We refer to the Agreement. This is a Utilisation Request in respect of a Utilisation under the Facility. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Utilisation Request unless given a different meaning in this Utilisation Request.

2.    We wish to borrow a Loan under the Facility on the following terms:

Proposed Utilisation Date:	[●] (or, if that is not a Business Day, the next Business Day)
Amount:	[●] or, if less, the Total Available Facility Amount
Amount attributable to Interest payments	[●]
Interest Period:	[●]

3.    We hereby certify that on the proposed Utilisation Date:

(a)    no Default or Event of Default is continuing or will result from the proposed Loan;

(b)    the Loan is expected to be applied in payment of amounts subject to and in accordance with the Cash Waterfall within 90 days of the Utilisation Date or are

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otherwise required for the Obligors to comply with clause 20.1 (Project Accounts) of the Agreement;

(d)    the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Facility does not exceed the Borrowing Base Amount and the making of the Utilisation would not result in the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Facility exceeding the Borrowing Base Amount; and

(e)    the Repeating Representations to be made by each Obligor on the proposed Utilisation Date are, in the light of the facts and circumstances then existing, true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of a Repeating Representation that contains a materiality concept, true and correct in all respects).

4.    The proceeds of this Loan should be credited to the [Borrower/other] Offshore Proceeds Account and to the extent an amount has been attributed to Interest payments above, such amount shall be applied towards the payment of Interest on the Facility.

5.    This Utilisation Request is irrevocable and is a Finance Document.

Yours faithfully

……………………………………

Authorised Signatory for
[Borrower]

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Part II
Letters of Credit

From:    Kosmos Energy Finance International

To:    STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (the "Facility Agent")

[] (the "LC Issuing Bank")

Dated:

Dear Sirs

Kosmos Energy Finance International – Facility Agreement
dated [●] (as amended or as amended and restated from time to time)
(the "Agreement")

1.    We wish to arrange for a Letter of Credit to be issued by the LC Issuing Bank on the following terms:

Proposed Utilisation Date:    [●] (or, if that is not a Business Day, the next Business Day)

Amount:    [●] or, if less, the Total Available Facility Amount

Beneficiary:    [●]

Term or Expiry Date:    [●]

2.    We hereby certify that each condition specified in clause 7.6 (Issue of Letters of Credit) is satisfied on the date of this Utilisation Request.

3.    We attach a copy of the proposed Letter of Credit.

4.    This Utilisation Request is irrevocable and is a Finance Document.

Delivery Instructions:

[specify delivery instructions]

Yours faithfully

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……………………………………

Authorised Signatory for
Kosmos Energy Finance International

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Schedule 5
Amortisation Schedule

Repayment Date	Repayment Instalment (USD)	Total Facility Amount (USD)
31/03/2021	0	$1,250,000,000.00
30/09/2021	0	$1,250,000,000.00
31/03/2022	0	$1,250,000,000.00
30/09/2022	0	$1,250,000,000.00
31/03/2023	0	$1,250,000,000.00
30/09/2023	0	$1,250,000,000.00
31/03/2024	0	$1,250,000,000.00
01/10/2024	$208,333,333.33	$1,041,666,666.67
01/04/2025	$208,333,333.33	$833,333,333.34
01/10/2025	$208,333,333.33	$625,000,000.01
01/04/2026	$208,333,333.33	$416,666,666.68
01/10/2026	$208,333,333.33	$208,333,333.35
31/03/2027	$208,333,333.35	0

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Schedule 6

[intentionally left blank]

Schedule 7
Form of Transfer Certificate

To:    STANDARD CHARTERED BANK as (the "Facility Agent")

From:    [The Existing Lender] (the "Existing Lender") and [The New Lender] (the "New Lender")

Dated:    

Dear Sirs

Kosmos Energy Finance International – Facility Agreement
dated [●] (as amended or as amended and restated from time to time) (the "Agreement")

1.    We refer to the Agreement. This is a Transfer Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Transfer Certificate unless given a different meaning in this Transfer Certificate.

2.    We refer to clause 30.5 (Procedure for transfer):

(A)    The Existing Lender and the New Lender agree to the Existing Lender transferring to the New Lender by novation all or part of the Existing Lender's Commitment, rights and obligations referred to in the Schedule in accordance with clause 30.5 (Procedure for transfer).

(B)    The proposed Transfer Date is [●].

(C)    The Facility Office and address, fax number and attention details for notices of the New Lender for the purposes of clause 37.2 (Addresses) are set out in the Schedule.

3.    The New Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Existing Lender's obligations set out in paragraph (C) of clause 30.4 (Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders).

4.    The New Lender confirms that it is a Qualifying Bank.

5.    This Transfer Certificate may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Transfer Certificate.

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6.    This Transfer Certificate or any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it governed by English law.

Note:    The execution of this Transfer Certificate may not transfer a proportionate share of the Existing Lender’s interest in the Security Interest created or expressed to be created in favour of the Security Agent pursuant to the Security Documents in all jurisdictions. It is the responsibility of the New Lender to ascertain whether any other documents or other formalities are required to perfect a transfer of such a share in the Existing Lender’s Security Interest created or expressed to be created in favour of the Security Agent pursuant to the Security Documents in any jurisdiction and, if so, to arrange for execution of those documents and completion of those formalities.

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THE SCHEDULE

Commitments/rights and obligations to be transferred

[Insert relevant details]

[Facility Office address, fax number and attention details for notices and account details for payments]

[Existing Lender]            [New Lender]

By:                    By:

This Transfer Certificate is accepted by the Facility Agent and the Transfer Date is confirmed as [●].

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK

By:    

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Schedule 8
Form of Lender Accession Notice

To:    STANDARD CHARTERED BANK as Facility Agent

From:    [Additional Lender]

Dated:    

Dear Sirs,

Kosmos Energy Finance International - Facility Agreement
dated [●] (as amended or as amended and restated from time to time) (the "Facility Agreement")

1.    We refer to the Facility Agreement. This is a Lender Accession Notice. Terms defined in the Facility Agreement have the same meaning in this Lender Accession Notice unless given a different meaning in this Lender Accession Notice.

2.    [Additional Lender] agrees:

(a)    to be bound by the terms of the Facility Agreement as a Lender pursuant to clause [3.3] (Additional Commitment) of the Facility Agreement; and

(b)    to be bound by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement as a [Lender/ Creditor].

3.    [Additional Lender]’s Additional Commitment is USD [                      ].

4.    [Additional Lender’s] administrative details are as follows:

Account details:                        [                          ]

Facility Office Address:                    [                          ]

Telephone No.:                        [                          ]

Fax No.:                        [                          ]

Attention:                        [                          ]

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5.    This Lender Accession Notice and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.

6.    This Lender Accession Notice has been delivered as a deed on the date stated at the beginning of this Lender Accession Notice.

[Additional Lender]        

By:                

This Lender Accession Notice is accepted by the Facility Agent and the Commitment Commencement Date is confirmed as [ ].

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK

By:

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Schedule 9
Form of Accession Letter

From:    [name of subsidiary] (the "Company") and [●] (the "Borrower")

To:    STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (the "Facility Agent")

Dated:

Dear Sirs

Kosmos Energy Finance International – Facility Agreement
dated [●] (as amended or as amended and restated from time to time) (the "Agreement")

1.    We refer to the Agreement. This is an Accession Letter. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Accession Letter unless given a different meaning in this Accession Letter.

2.    The Company agrees to become an Additional [Borrower]/[Guarantor] and to be bound by the terms of the Agreement as an Additional [Borrower]/[Guarantor] pursuant to clause [31.2 (Additional Borrowers)]/[31.4 (Additional Guarantor)] of the Agreement. The Company is a company duly incorporated under the laws of [name of relevant jurisdiction].

3.    The Company's administrative details are as follows:

Address:

Fax No:

Attention:

4.    This Accession Letter and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.

This Accession Letter is entered into by deed.

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[Company] [Borrower]

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Schedule 10
Form of Resignation Letter

From:    [resigning Obligor] and Kosmos Energy Finance International

To:    STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (the "Facility Agent")

Dated:

Dear Sirs

Kosmos Energy Finance International - Facility Agreement
dated [●] (as amended or as amended and restated from time to time) (the "Agreement")

1.    We refer to the Agreement. This is a Resignation Letter. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Resignation Letter unless given a different meaning in this Resignation Letter.

2.    Pursuant to clause [31.3 (Resignation of a Borrower)] of the Agreement, we request that [resigning Obligor] be released from its obligations as a Borrower under the Agreement.

3.    We confirm that:

(a)    no Default is continuing or would result from the acceptance of this request; and

(b)    [●].

4.     This Resignation Letter and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.

[resigning Obligor] Kosmos Energy Finance International

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Schedule 11
Form of Compliance Certificate

To:    STANDARD CHARTERED BANK as Facility Agent

From:    [Obligor]

Date:

Dear Sirs

Kosmos Energy Finance International – Facility Agreement
dated [●] (as amended or as amended and restated from time to time) (the "Agreement")

1.    We refer to the Agreement. This is Compliance Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Compliance Certificate unless given a different meaning in this Compliance Certificate.

2.    We confirm that as at [●], being the last occurring Forecast Date:

(A)    the Field Life Cover Ratio was [●];

(B)    the Loan Life Cover Ratio was [●];

(C)    the DCR was [●]; and

(D)    the ICR was [●],

in each case, as demonstrated by the current Forecast Assumptions.

3.    We set out below the calculations establishing the figures in paragraph 2 above:

[●]

4.    We confirm that as at [●], so far as we are aware having made diligent enquiries, no Default has occurred or is continuing.1

5.    The balance of each Debt Service Reserve Account is as follows:

[●]

1 Note: If this statement cannot be made, the certificate should identify any Default that has occurred or is continuing and the action taken, or proposed to be taken, to remedy it.

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Yours faithfully

…………………………………… Authorised Signatory for
[Obligor] …………………………………… Authorised Signatory for
[Obligor]

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Schedule 12
Form of Letter of Credit

To:    [Beneficiary] (the "Beneficiary")

Date:    

Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit no.[●]

At the request and for the account of [●], [LC Issuing Bank] (the "LC Issuing Bank") hereby establishes in your favour this irrevocable standby letter of credit ("Letter of Credit") not exceeding the Total L/C Amount on the following terms and conditions:

1.    Definitions

In this Letter of Credit:

"Business Day" means a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are open for general business in London.

"Demand" means a demand for a payment under this Letter of Credit in the form of the schedule to this Letter of Credit.

"Expiry Date" means [●].

"Total L/C Amount" means an aggregate amount not to exceed $[●] (USD [insert amount in words] only).

2.    LC Issuing Bank's agreement

(A)    The Beneficiary may request a drawing or drawings under this Letter of Credit by giving to the LC Issuing Bank a duly completed Demand. A Demand must be received by the LC Issuing Bank by [●] p.m. (London time) on the Expiry Date. Multiple drawings are permitted.

(B)    Subject to the terms of this Letter of Credit, the LC Issuing Bank unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to the Beneficiary that, within [ten] Business Days of receipt by it of a Demand, it shall pay to the Beneficiary the amount demanded in that Demand.

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(C)    The LC Issuing Bank will not be obliged to make a payment under this Letter of Credit if as a result the aggregate of all payments made by it under this Letter of Credit would exceed the Total L/C Amount.

3.    Expiry

(A)    The LC Issuing Bank will be released from its obligations under this Letter of Credit on the date (if any) notified by the Beneficiary to the LC Issuing Bank as the date upon which the obligations of the LC Issuing Bank under this Letter of Credit are released.

(B)    Unless previously released under paragraph (A) above, on [●] p.m. ([London] time) on the Expiry Date the obligations of the LC Issuing Bank under this Letter of Credit will cease with no further liability on the part of the LC Issuing Bank except for any Demand validly presented under the Letter of Credit that remains unpaid.

(C)    When the LC Issuing Bank is no longer under any further obligations under this Letter of Credit, the Beneficiary must return the original of this Letter of Credit to the LC Issuing Bank.

4.    Payments

All payments under this Letter of Credit shall be made in [●] and for value on the due date to the account of the Beneficiary specified in the Demand.

5.    Delivery of Demand

Each Demand shall be in writing, and, unless otherwise stated, may be made by letter, by registered mail or by courier on your letterhead, with the blanks appropriately completed, purportedly signed by your authorised officers bearing original handwritten signatures and must be received in legible form by the LC Issuing Bank at its address and by the particular department or officer (if any) as follows:

[●]

6.    Assignment

The Beneficiary's rights under this Letter of Credit may not be assigned or transferred.

7.    Amendment

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The Letter of Credit may be amended only by written instrument signed by the LC Issuing Bank and the Beneficiary.

8.    ISP 98

Except to the extent it is inconsistent with the express terms of this Letter of Credit, this Letter of Credit is subject to the International Standby Practices (ISP 98), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590.

9.    Governing Law

This Letter of Credit and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.

10.    Jurisdiction

The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Letter of Credit (including any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with this Letter of Credit).

Yours faithfully,

[LC Issuing Bank]

By:

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SCHEDULE

FORM OF DEMAND

To:    [LC Issuing Bank]

Date:

Dear Sirs

Standby Letter of Credit no. [●] issued in favour of [BENEFICIARY] (the "Letter of Credit")

We refer to the Letter of Credit. Terms defined in the Letter of Credit have the same meaning when used in this Demand.

1.    We certify that the sum of [●] is due [and has remained unpaid for at least [●] Business Days] [under [set out underlying contract or agreement]]. We therefore demand payment of the sum of [●].

2.    The amount specified in paragraph 1 is not in excess of the Total L/C Amount.

3.    Payment should be made to the following account:

Name:

Account Number:

Bank:

4.    The date of this Demand is not later than the Expiry Date.

Yours faithfully

(Authorised Signatory) (Authorised Signatory)

For

[BENEFICIARY]

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Schedule 13
Form of Confidentiality Undertaking

To:    [Purchaser's details]

Re:

Kosmos Energy Finance International (the "Company") and up to USD 2 billion reserves based loan facility dated [        ] 2011 (as amended or as amended and restated from time to time) (the "Facility")

[insert date]

Dear Sirs

We understand that you are considering participating in the Facility. In consideration of us agreeing to make available to you certain information, by your signature of a copy of this letter you agree as follows:

1.Confidentiality Undertaking: You undertake:

(A)    to keep the Confidential Information confidential and not to disclose it to anyone except as provided for by paragraph 2 below and to ensure that the Confidential Information is protected with security measures with a degree of care not less than that which you would apply to your own confidential information;

(B)    to keep confidential and not disclose to anyone except as provided for by paragraph 2 below the fact that the Confidential Information has been made available or that discussions or negotiations are taking place or have taken place between us;

(C)    to use the Confidential Information only for the Permitted Purpose;

(D)    to ensure that any person to whom you pass any Confidential Information in accordance with paragraph 2 (unless disclosed under paragraph 2(B) below) acknowledges and complies with the provisions of this letter as if that person were also a party to it; and

(E)    not to make enquiries in relation to the Confidential Information of any other person, whether a third party or any member of the Group or any of their

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officers, directors, employees or professional advisers, save for such officers, directors, employees or professional advisers as may be expressly nominated by us for this purpose, provided that this paragraph shall not prevent or restrict you from conducting and completing all necessary and appropriate due diligence in accordance with your normal credit and underwriting approval processes and as required to be performed in order to obtain any requisite credit or underwriting approvals in relation to your possible participation in the Facility.

2.    Permitted Disclosure: We agree that you may disclose Confidential Information:

(A)    to members of the Participant Group and their officers, directors, employees, consultants and professional advisers but only to the extent necessary for the proper fulfilment of the Permitted Purpose, provided that:

(i)    such information is disclosed strictly on a need to know basis and provided that the Confidential Information may not be disclosed to any person in the Participant Group who is not working directly on matters concerning your participation in the Facility; and

(ii)    appropriate information barriers or other procedures as may be necessary are in place to ensure there can be no unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, the Confidential Information to any such person referred to in subparagraph (i) above;

(B)    (i) where required by any court of competent jurisdiction or any competent judicial, governmental, supervisory or regulatory body, (ii) where required by the rules of any stock exchange on which the shares or other securities of any member of the Participant Group are listed or (iii) where required by the laws or regulations of any country with jurisdiction over the affairs of any member of the Participant Group; or

(C)    with our prior written consent.

3.    Notification of Required or Unauthorised Disclosure: You agree (to the extentpermitted by law) to inform us of the full circumstances of any disclosure under paragraph 2(B) (in advance where reasonable and practicable) or immediately upon becoming aware that Confidential Information has been disclosed in breach of this letter.

4.    Return of Copies: If we so request in writing, you shall return all Confidential Information supplied to you by us or any member of the Group and destroy or permanently erase all copies of Confidential Information made by you and use all

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reasonable endeavours to ensure that anyone to whom you have supplied any Confidential Information destroys or permanently erases such Confidential Information and any copies made by them, in each case save to the extent that you or the recipients are required to retain any such Confidential Information by any applicable law, rule or regulation or by any competent judicial, governmental, supervisory or regulatory body, or where the Confidential Information has been disclosed in accordance with paragraph 2(B) above.

5.    Continuing Obligations: The obligations in the preceding paragraphs of this letter are continuing and, in particular, shall survive the termination of any discussions or negotiations between you and us, irrespective of their outcome. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the obligations in this letter shall cease twelve months after you have returned all Confidential Information and destroyed or permanently erased all copies of Confidential Information made by you to the extent required pursuant to paragraph 4 above.

6.    No Representation; Consequences of Breach, etc: You acknowledge and agree that:

(A)    neither we nor any of our officers, employees or advisers, and no other member of the Group and none of the officers, employees or advisers of any member of the Group (each a "Relevant Person"), (i) make any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to, or assume any responsibility for, the accuracy, reliability or completeness of any of the Confidential Information or any other information supplied by us or any member of the Group or the assumptions on which it is based or (ii) shall be under any obligation to update or correct any inaccuracy in the Confidential Information or any other information supplied by us or any other member of the Group or be otherwise liable to you or any other person in respect of the Confidential Information or any such information; and

(B)    we and other members of the Group may be irreparably harmed by the breach of the terms of this letter and damages may not be an adequate remedy; each Relevant Person may be granted an injunction or specific performance for any threatened or actual breach of the provisions of this letter by you or any other person.

7.    Inside Information: You acknowledge that some or all of the Confidential Information is or may be price-sensitive information and that the use of such information may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation relating to insider dealing and you undertake not to use any Confidential Information for any unlawful purpose. As a result of being given the Confidential Information you may well become insiders and, therefore, be unable to take certain actions which you would otherwise be able to take.

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8.    No Waiver; Amendments, etc: This letter shall not affect any other obligation owed by you to any member of the Group. No failure or delay in exercising any right, power or privilege under this letter will operate as a waiver thereof nor will any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privileges under this letter. The terms of this letter and your obligations under this letter may only be amended or modified by written agreement between us and you.

9.    Nature of Undertakings: The undertakings and acknowledgements given by you under this letter are given to us and (without implying any fiduciary obligations on our part) are also given for the benefit of each other member of the Group.

10.    Third party rights:

(A)    Each other member of the Group and each Relevant Person (each a "Third Party") may enforce the terms of this letter by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the "Third Parties Act"). This paragraph 10(A) confers a benefit on each Third Party, and, subject to the remaining provisions of this paragraph 10, is intended to be enforceable by each Third Party by virtue of the Third Parties Act.

(B)    Subject to paragraph 10(A), a person who is not a party to this letter has no right under the Third Parties Act to enforce or enjoy the benefit of any term of this letter.

(C)    Notwithstanding any provisions of this letter, the parties to this letter do not require the consent of any person to rescind or vary this letter at any time.

11.    Counterparts: This letter may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by the parties on separate counterparts, but shall not be effective until each party has executed at least one counterpart. Each counterpart shall constitute an original of this letter, but all the counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

12.    Governing Law and Jurisdiction: Any matter, claim or dispute, whether contractual or non-contractual, arising out of or in connection with this letter (including the agreement constituted by your acknowledgement of its terms), is to be governed by and determined in accordance with English law, and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

13.    Definitions and Construction: In this letter (including the acknowledgement set out below):

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"Confidential Information" means any and all information relating to the Company, the Group and the Facility, provided to you by us or any member of the Group or any of our affiliates or advisers, in whatever form, and includes information given orally and any document, electronic file or any other way of representing or recording information which contains or is derived or copied from such information and information regarding all discussions and negotiations between us (including information regarding the outcome of such discussions or negotiations), but excludes information that (a) is or becomes public knowledge other than as a direct or indirect result of any breach of this letter or (b) is known by you before the date the information is disclosed to you by us or any member of the Group or any of our affiliates or advisers or is lawfully obtained by you after that date, other than from a source which is connected with the Group and which, in either case, as far as you are aware, has not been obtained in violation of, and is not otherwise subject to, any obligation of confidentiality;

"Group" means, in respect of a person, that person and that person's Holding Companies and each of their respective Subsidiaries;

"Holding Company" means, in relation to a company, any other company in respect of which it is a Subsidiary;

"Participant Group" means you, and each of your Holding Companies and Subsidiaries;

"Permitted Purpose" means considering and evaluating whether to enter into contracts with us in relation to your participation in the Facility; and

"Subsidiary" means a subsidiary within the meaning of section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006.

Please acknowledge your agreement to the above by signing and returning the enclosed copy.

Yours faithfully

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For and on behalf of [Seller's details]

To:    [Seller's details]

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We acknowledge and agree to the above:

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For and on behalf of [Purchaser's details]

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Schedule 14
Form of Deed of Subordination

THIS DEED is dated [                                   ] and made between:

(1)    [●] (the "Obligor");

(2)    BNP PARIBAS in its capacity as Security Agent for the Secured Parties on the terms and conditions set out in the Intercreditor Agreement (the "Security Agent") which expression includes its successors in title and assigns or any person appointed as an additional trustee for the purpose of and in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement; and

(3)    [●] (the "Subordinated Party").

BACKGROUND:

(1)    Under the Facility, the Lenders have agreed to make available a USD[●] billion loan facility to (among others) the Original Borrower.

(2)    The Subordinated Party has agreed to make, or may in the future make, loans available to the Obligor.

(3)    The Obligor and the Subordinated Party have agreed that the Subordinated Debt (as defined below) shall be subordinated to the claims of the Secured Parties on the terms of this Deed.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

1.DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

1.1Definitions

In this Deed:

"Permitted Payment" means any payment or receipt expressly permitted by clause 4 (Permitted Payments) so long as it is so permitted.

"Subordinated Debt" means all present and future moneys, debts, obligations and liabilities which are, or are expressed to be, or may become due, owing or payable by the Obligor to the Subordinated Party (in each case, whether alone or jointly, or jointly

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and severally, with any other person, whether actually or contingently, and whether as principal, surety or otherwise) together with any related Additional Debt.

"Subordinated Documents" means any document evidencing or recording the terms of any Subordinated Debt.

"Subordination Period" means the period beginning on the date of this Deed and ending on the date on which all the Secured Liabilities have been unconditionally and irrevocably paid or discharged or satisfied in full and all commitments of the Secured Parties have expired or been cancelled.

1.2Incorporation of defined terms

Terms defined in clause 1 (Definitions) of the facility agreement dated 28 March 2011 between, among others, Kosmos Energy Finance International and Standard Chartered Bank as facility agent (as amended or as amended and restated from time to time) (the "Agreement") by, inter alios, the parties to this Deed shall have the same meaning and construction when used herein.

1.3Construction of particular terms

The rules of construction and interpretation set out in clause 1.3 (Construction of particular terms) of the Agreement shall apply to this Deed as if expressly set out herein.

1.4Third Party Rights

(a)    Subject to clause 1.4(b), the parties to this Deed do not intend that any term of this Deed should be enforceable by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, by any person who is not a party to this Deed.

(b)    Each of the Secured Parties shall have the right to enforce the terms of this Deed.

2.RANKING

(a)    The Secured Liabilities shall rank senior in priority to the Subordinated Debt.

(b)    Except as provided in this Deed, any payment in respect of the Subordinated Debt is conditional upon the expiry of the Subordination Period.

(c)    As between the Secured Parties, nothing in this Deed shall prejudice the ranking of the Secured Liabilities as set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.

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3.UNDERTAKINGS

3.1Undertakings of the Obligor

(a)    During the Subordination Period the Obligor shall not, and the Subordinated Party shall not require the Obligor to:

(i)    pay, repay or prepay any principal, interest or other amount on or in respect of, or make any distribution in respect of, or redeem, purchase, acquire or defease, any of the Subordinated Debt whether in cash or in kind;

(ii)    exercise any set-off against any Subordinated Debt;

(iii)    create or permit to subsist any Security over any of its assets, or give any guarantee, for, or in respect of, any Subordinated Debt;

(iv)    amend, terminate or give any waiver or consent under the Subordinated Documents, other than any amendment, termination, waiver or consent purely of a technical or administrative nature; or

(v)    take or omit to take any action whereby the ranking and/or subordination contemplated by this Deed might be impaired or terminated.

(b)    Notwithstanding paragraph (a) above, the Obligor may:

(i)    do anything prohibited by paragraph (a) above with the prior written consent of the Security Agent; and

(ii)    make any Permitted Payment.

3.2Undertakings of the Subordinated Party

(a)    During the Subordination Period, the Subordinated Party shall not:

(i)    demand or receive payment, repayment or prepayment of any principal, interest or other amount on or in respect of, or any distribution in respect of, the Subordinated Debt in cash or in kind or apply any money or property in or towards discharge of the Subordinated Debt;

(ii)    exercise any set-off against the Subordinated Debt;

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(iii)    permit to subsist or receive any Security, or any guarantee, for, or in respect of, the Subordinated Debt;

(iv)    amend, terminate or give any waiver or consent under any Subordinated Document, other than any amendment, termination, waiver or consent purely of a technical or administrative nature;

(v)    take or omit to take any action whereby the ranking and/or subordination contemplated by this Deed might be impaired;

(vi)    take any Enforcement Action in relation to the Subordinated Debt; or

(vii)    assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its rights, benefit, title or interest in or to the Subordinated Debt.

(b)    Notwithstanding paragraph (a) above, the Subordinated Party may:

(i)    do anything prohibited by paragraph (a) above with the prior written consent of the Security Agent; and

(ii)    receive and retain a Permitted Payment.

4.PERMITTED PAYMENTS

Subject to clause 6 (Turnover) and clause 7 (Subordination on Insolvency), unless:

(a)    a Default is continuing; or

(b)    an Insolvency Event or Insolvency Proceedings have occurred in which case clause 7 (Subordination on Insolvency) applies; or

(c)    the aggregate of the outstandings under the Facility on the most recent Forecast Date exceeds the Borrowing Base Amount pursuant to clause 10.3 (Aggregate outstandings exceed the Borrowing Base Amount) of the Agreement and the earlier of the date of the mandatory prepayment to cure the deficiency or the date which is 90 days following that Forecast Date has not occurred (in which case the provisions of clause 7 (Subordination on Insolvency) shall apply),

the Obligor may pay and the Subordinated Party may receive and retain payments of [interest and principal] on the Subordinated Debt in accordance with clause 21.2 (Withdrawals – No Default Outstanding) of the Agreement, such payment or receipt to include payment or receipt by way of set-off.

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5.REPRESENTATIONS

5.1Representations of the Subordinated Party

The Subordinated Party makes the representations and warranties set out in this clause 5.1 on the date of this Deed:

(a)    It is duly incorporated (if a corporate person) or duly established (in any other case except for a natural person) and validly existing under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation.

(b)    It has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being and is proposed to be, conducted, and it has the power to enter into and perform all its obligations under this Deed and the transactions contemplated by this Deed.

(c)    The obligations expressed to be assumed by it under this Deed are legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations.

(d)    The entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated by, this Deed does not and will not conflict with:

(i)    any law applicable to it;

(ii)    its constitutional documents; or

(iii)    any agreement or instrument binding upon it or any of its assets.

(e)    It has (or had at the relevant time) the power and authority to execute and deliver this Deed and it has the power and authority to perform its obligations under this Deed and the transactions contemplated thereby.

(f)    All Required Approvals have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect where a failure to do so has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(g)    It is the sole beneficial owner of the Subordinated Debt owed to it.

5.2Repetition

Each of the representations and warranties in clause 5.1 (Representations of the Subordinated Party) will be repeated on the date of each Utilisation Date and on the first

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day of each Interest Period. Where a representation is repeated, it is applied to the facts and circumstances existing at the time of repetition.

6.TURNOVER

During the Subordination Period, if the Subordinated Party received or recovers:

(a)    a payment (other than a Permitted Payment) in cash or in kind or distribution in respect of any of the Subordinated Debt from the Obligor or any other source; or

(b)    the proceeds of any enforcement of any Security or any guarantee or other assurance against financial loss for any Subordinated Debt,

in each case, in contravention of clause 2 (Ranking) or 3 (Undertakings), the Subordinated Party shall:

(i)    within three (3) Business Days notify details of the receipt or recovery to the Security Agent;

(ii)    hold any such assets and moneys received or recovered by it (up to a maximum of an amount equal to the Secured Liabilities on trust for the Security Agent for application against the Secured Liabilities in accordance with the order and priority set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement; and

(iii)    within three (3) Business Days of demand by the Security Agent, pay an amount equal to such receipt or recovery (up to a maximum of an amount equal to the Secured Liabilities) to the Security Agent for application against the Secured Liabilities in accordance with the order and priority set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.

7.SUBORDINATION ON INSOLVENCY

7.1Subordination

If an Insolvency Event or Insolvency Proceedings occur, the Subordinated Debt will be subordinate to the Secured Liabilities.

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7.2Filing of Claims

(a)    If an Insolvency Event or Insolvency Proceedings occur or any Event of Default is continuing, the Security Agent may, and is hereby irrevocably authorised on behalf of the Obligor and the Subordinated Party to:

(i)    take any Enforcement Action in relation to the Subordinated Debt;

(ii)    demand, claim, enforce and prove for the Subordinated Debt;

(iii)    file claims and proofs, give receipts and take any proceedings in respect of filing such claims or proofs and do anything which the Security Agent reasonably considers necessary or desirable to recover the Subordinated Debt; and

(iv)    receive all distributions of the Subordinated Debt for application first against the Secured Liabilities in accordance with the order and priority set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.

(b)    If and to the extent that the Security Agent is not entitled, or elects not, to take any of the action mentioned in paragraph (a) above, the Subordinated Party will do so promptly on request by the Security Agent.

7.3Distributions

If an Insolvency Event or Insolvency Proceedings occur, the Subordinated Party will:

(a)    hold all payments and distributions in cash or in kind received or receivable by it in respect of the Subordinated Debt on trust for the Security Agent and promptly pay the same for application first against the Secured Liabilities in accordance with the order and priority set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement;

(b)    within three Business Days of demand by Security Agent, pay an amount equal to any Subordinated Debt owing to it and discharged by set-off or otherwise to the Security Agent for application in accordance first against the Secured Liabilities in accordance with the order and priority set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement;

(c)    promptly direct the trustee in bankruptcy, liquidator, assignee or other person distributing the assets of the Obligor or their proceeds to pay any and all distributions in respect of the Subordinated Debt directly to the Security Agent; and

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(d)    promptly undertake any action requested by the Security Agent to give effect to this clause 7.3.

7.4Voting

(a)    If an Insolvency Event or Insolvency Proceedings occur:

(i)    the Security Agent may, and is hereby irrevocably so authorised on behalf of the Subordinated Party, to exercise all powers of convening meetings, voting and representation in respect of the Subordinated Debt; and

(ii)    the Subordinated Party shall promptly execute and/or deliver to the Security Agent such forms of proxy and representation as it may require to facilitate any such action.

(b)    If and to the extent that the Security Agent is not entitled, or elects not, to exercise a power under paragraph (a) above, the Subordinated Party will:

(i)    exercise that power in such manner as the Security Agent directs; and

(ii)    exercise that power so as not to impair the ranking and/or subordination contemplated by this Deed.

8.PROTECTION OF SUBORDINATION

8.1Continuing subordination

The subordination provisions in this Deed shall remain in full force and effect by way of continuing subordination and shall not be affected in any way by any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part of the Secured Liabilities.

8.2Waiver of defences

Neither the subordination in this Deed nor the obligations of the Obligor or the Subordinated Party shall be affected in any way by an act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this clause 8, would reduce, release or prejudice the subordination or any of those obligations in whole or in part, including, without limitation, the following:

(a)    any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any person;

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(b)    the release of any person under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor of any person;

(c)    the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over assets of, any person or any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security;

(d)    any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of any person;

(e)    any amendment, novation, supplement, extension (whether of maturity or otherwise) or restatement (in each case, however fundamental and of whatever nature) or replacement of any Finance Document or any other document or security;

(f)    any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any person under any Finance Document or any other document or security;

(g)    any insolvency or similar proceedings; or

(h)    any postponement, discharge, reduction, non-provability or other similar circumstance affecting any obligation of any person under any Finance Document resulting from any insolvency, liquidation or dissolution proceedings or from any law, regulation or order.

8.3Immediate recourse

The Subordinated Party waives any right it may have of first requiring the Security Agent (or any other trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other rights or security or claim payment from any person claiming the benefit of this Deed. The Security Agent may refrain from applying or enforcing any money, rights or security.

8.4Appropriations

The Security Agent (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) may, subject to its obligations under this Deed:

(a)    apply any moneys or other assets received or recovered by it under this Deed or from any person against the Secured Liabilities, in accordance with the order and priority set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement;

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(b)    apply any moneys or other assets received or recovered by it from any person (other than any moneys or other assets received or recovered under the applicable Finance Documents or under this Deed) against any liability of the relevant person to it other than the Secured Liabilities owed to it; and

(c)    unless or until such moneys or other assets received or recovered by it under the applicable Finance Documents or under this Deed in aggregate are sufficient to end the Subordination Period if otherwise applied in accordance with the provisions of this Deed, hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys or other assets received from any person.

9.PRESERVATION OF DEBT

9.1Preservation of Subordinated Debt

Notwithstanding any term of this Deed postponing, subordinating or preventing the payment of all or any part of the Subordinated Debt, the Subordinated Party shall, as between the Obligor and the Subordinated Party, be deemed to remain owing or due and payable (and interest, default interest or indemnity payments shall continue to accrue) in accordance with the Subordinated Documents.

9.2No liability

The Security Agent will have no liability to the Obligor or to the Subordinated Party for any act, default, or omission in relation to the manner of exercise or any non-exercise of its rights, remedies, powers, authorities or discretions under this Deed or any failure to collect or preserve any Subordinated Debt or delay in doing so.

10.SUBROGATION

If any of the Secured Liabilities are wholly or partially paid out of any proceeds received in respect of or on account of the Subordinated Debt, the Subordinated Party will to that extent be subrogated to the Secured Liabilities so paid (and all securities and guarantees for those Secured Liabilities), but not before the expiry of the Subordination Period.

11.NO OBJECTION BY SUBORDINATED PARTY

The Subordinated Party is deemed to consent to, and the Subordinated Party shall not have any claim or remedy against the Obligor or any Secured Party by reason of:

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(a)    the entry by any of them into any Finance Document or any other agreement between any Secured Party and the Obligor;

(b)    any waiver or consent given by any Secured Party under any Finance Document or any such other agreement; or

(c)    any requirement or condition imposed by or on behalf of any Secured Party under any Finance Document or any such other agreement,

from time to time which breaches or causes an event of default or potential event of default (however described) under any Subordinated Document.

12.POWER OF ATTORNEY

(a)    During the Subordination Period, the Subordinated Party, by way of security for the obligations of the Subordinated Party under this Deed, irrevocably appoints Security Agent as its attorney (with full power of substitution and delegation), on its behalf and in its name or otherwise as its act and deed, and in such manner as the attorney thinks fit to do anything which the Subordinated Party is obliged to do under this Deed but has not done, and the taking of action by the attorney shall (as between it and any third party) be conclusive evidence of its right to take such action.

(b)    The Subordinated Party ratifies and confirms and agrees to ratify and confirm everything that such attorney does or purports to do in the exercise or purported exercise of the power of attorney granted by it in this clause 12.

13.NEW MONEY

The Subordinated Party agrees and acknowledges that the Secured Parties may, at their discretion, increase any amounts payable or make further advances under the Finance Documents and/or make further facilities available to a Borrower. Any such increased payments, further advances and/or additional facilities will be deemed to be made under the terms of the Finance Documents.

14.FAILURE OF TRUSTS

If any trust intended to arise pursuant to any provision of this Deed fails or for any reason (including the laws of any jurisdiction in which any assets, moneys, payments or distributions may be situated) cannot be given effect to, the Subordinated Party will pay to the Security Agent for application against the Secured Liabilities an amount equal to

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the amount (or the value of the relevant assets) intended to be so held on trust for the Security Agent.

15.TRUSTS

(a)    The Security Agent shall hold the benefit of this Deed upon trust for itself and the other relevant Secured Parties.

(b)    The perpetuity period of the trusts created under this Deed shall be 125 years.

16.NON-CREATION OF CHARGE

No provision of this Deed is intended to or shall create a charge or other security.

17.CERTIFICATES AND DETERMINATIONS

Any certification or determination by the Security Agent of a rate or amount under this Deed will be, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive evidence of the matters to which it relates.

18.CHANGES TO THE PARTIES

18.1The Obligor and the Subordinated Party

Neither the Obligor nor the Subordinated Party may assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Deed without prior written consent of the Security Agent.

18.2The Security Agent

(a)    The Security Agent may assign or otherwise dispose of all or any of its rights under this Deed as permitted under the Finance Documents.

(b)    References in this Deed to the Security Agent include any successor in title and assigns or any person appointed as an additional trustee for the purposes of and in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.

19.INFORMATION

19.1Defaults

The Subordinated Party will notify the Security Agent of the occurrence of an event of default or potential event of default (however described) under or breach of any Subordinated Document, promptly upon becoming aware of it.

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19.2Amounts of Subordinated Debt

The Subordinated Party will, on request by the Security Agent from time to time notify it of details of the amount of outstanding Subordinated Debt.

20.NOTICES

20.1Communications in writing

Any communication or document to be made or delivered under or in connection with this Deed shall be made in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be made or delivered by fax or letter.

20.2Addresses

The address and fax number (and the department or officer, if any, for whose attention the communication is to be made) of each party for any communication or document to be made or delivered under or in connection with this Deed is that identified in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (or in the case of the Subordinated Party, the Finance Documents to which it is a party) or otherwise as notified to the other parties on the date of this Deed, or any substitute address, fax number or department or officer as the party notifies to the other parties by not less than five Business Days' notice.

20.3Delivery

Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or in connection with this Deed will only be effective:

(a)    if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or

(b)    if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address,

and, if a particular department or officer is specified as part of its address details provided under clause 20.2 (Addresses), if addressed to that department or officer.

20.4English language

Any notice given under or in connection with this Deed must be in English.

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21.REMEDIES AND WAIVERS

No delay or omission by the Security Agent in exercising any right provided by law or under this Deed shall impair, affect, or operate as a waiver of, that or any other right. The single or partial exercise by the Security Agent of any right shall not, unless otherwise expressly stated, preclude or prejudice any other or further exercise of that, or the exercise of any other, right. The rights of the parties under this Deed are in addition to and do not affect any other rights available to them by law.

22.PARTIAL INVALIDITY

(a)    If, at any time, any provision of this Deed is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under any law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions under the law of that jurisdiction or any other jurisdiction will in any way be affected or impaired.

(b)    The parties shall enter into good faith negotiations, but without any liability whatsoever in the event of no agreement being reached, to replace any illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision with a view to obtaining the same commercial effect as this Deed would have had if such provision had been legal, valid and enforceable.

23.AMENDMENTS

No amendment may be made to this Deed (whether in writing or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the parties to this Deed.

24.COUNTERPARTS

This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by the parties on separate counterparts, but will not be effective until each party has executed at least one counterpart. Each counterpart shall constitute an original of this Deed, but all the counterparts will together constitute one and the same instrument.

25.EXECUTION AS A DEED

Each of the parties to this Deed intends it to be a deed and confirms that it is executed and delivered as a deed, in each case notwithstanding the fact that any one or more of the parties may only execute it under hand.

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26.ENFORCEMENT

26.1Jurisdiction

(a)    The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Deed (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with this Deed) (a "Dispute").

(b)    The parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no party will argue to the contrary.

(c)    This clause 26.1 is for the benefit of the Security Agent only. As a result, the Security Agent shall not be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Security Agent may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

(d)    The Subordinated Party agrees that it will not take proceedings relating to a Dispute in relation to the Subordinated Debt in any other courts with jurisdiction.

26.2Service of process

(a)    Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law the Subordinated Party (which is not incorporated in England and Wales) irrevocably appoints [name] of [address] as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with this Deed.

(b)    The Subordinated Party agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the relevant party of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned.

27.FURTHER ASSURANCE

Each of the Obligor and the Subordinated Party agrees that it will promptly, at the direction of the Security Agent (acting reasonably), execute and deliver at its own expense any document (to be executed as a deed or under hand) and do any act or thing in order to confirm or establish the validity and enforceability of the subordination effected by, and the obligations of the Obligor and the Subordinated Party under, this Deed.

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28.GOVERNING LAW

This Deed is governed by and is to be construed in accordance with English law. Any matter, claim or dispute arising out of or in connection with this Deed, whether contractual or non-contractual, is to be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

IN WITNESS of which this document has been executed as a deed and delivered on the date stated at the beginning of this Deed.

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Executed and Delivered as a Deed by [name of Obligor]in the presence of:	) ) )	Per: ___________________ Title: Director/Attorney-in-Fact Name:
Witness's Signature
(Name)        ………………………..
(Address)    ………………………..
(Occupation)     ………………………..

Executed as a deed BNP PARIBAS acting by [a director and its [secretary/two directors]    ]	.................................................. Director
	................................................. [Secretary/Director]
[Address:
Fax Number:
Department:
Attention:]

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Executed as a deed [name of Subordinated Party]acting by [a director and its [secretary/two directors]    ]	.................................................. Director
	................................................. [Secretary/Director]
[Address:
Fax Number:
Department:
Attention:]

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Schedule 15

Part I
Form of Sources and Uses Statement

"A " is the aggregate of:	$ 000's	"B" is the aggregate of:	$ 000's
Net Cash Flow minus Facility debt service (ds) for next 12 months as derived from latest Forecast		committed exploration and appraisal costs for next 12 month period, not included in Net Cash Flow calculation, for all Obligors
Net free cash-flows after ds for next 12 month period from KEO assets other than the Borrowing Base Assets from corporate cash-flow model in respect of the Obligors using same economic assumptions as in Forecast		committed development costs, not included in Net Cash Flow calculation, for the next 12 months for all Obligors
Cash balance of Obligors excluding balances of accounts used as collateral for Secured LCs or other specific purposes (other than such balances securing amounts taken into account in "B")		payment obligations under rigs contracts or other similar operational contracts, for the next 12 months, not included in the Net Cash Flow, for all Obligors
Total Available Facility Amount less Relevant Capital Expenditures		payment obligations under a sale and purchase agreement in the context of an acquisition or otherwise, not included in the Net Cash Flow, for all Obligors for the next 12 months
		any off balance sheet or contingent liability as per the capital commitments noted in the latest consolidated financials for KEO which could reasonably be expected to entail a cash outflow for the next 12 months

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Any other committed undrawn and uncancelled amount available under any other external finance source of KEO	approximate dividends or other shareholder payments projected to be paid by the Obligors for the next 12 months
Amount provided by a person/persons to KEO or Obligors made available for the purpose of meeting projected liabilities unrelated to the Borrowing Base Assets that the Facility Agent is satisfied will be available	scheduled and default interest, fees, costs and expenses related to the Revolving Credit Facility and HY Notes otherwise referred to as Scheduled KEL Debt Payments over the next 12 months
	any other material committed liability for the next 12 months period including any guarantee, indemnity or other contingent liability, which could be reasonably be expected to entail a cash outflow for the next 12 month period
TOTAL ALL OBLIGORS	TOTAL ALL OBLIGORS

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Schedule 16

Part II
Form of Liquidity Statement

"A " is the aggregate of:	$ 000's	"B" is the aggregate of:	$ 000's
Net Cash Flow minus Facility debt service (ds) for next 12 months as derived from latest Forecast		committed exploration and appraisal costs for next 12 month period, not included in Net Cash Flow calculation, for KEO and its subsidiaries
Net free cash-flows after ds for next 12 month period from KEO assets other than the Borrowing Base Assets from corporate cash-flow model in respect of all Obligors using same economic assumptions as in Forecast		committed development costs, not included in Net Cash Flow calculation, for the next 12 months for KEO and its subsidiaries
Cash balance of KEO and its subsidiaries excluding balances of accounts used as collateral for Secured LCs or other specific purposes (other than such balances securing amounts taken into account in "B")		payment obligations under rigs contracts or other similar operational contracts, for the next 12 months, not included in the Net Cash Flow, for KEO and its subsidiaries
Total Available Facility Amount less Relevant Capital Expenditures		payment obligations under a sale and purchase agreement in the context of an acquisition or otherwise, not included in the Net Cash Flow, for KEO and its subsidiaries for the next 12 months

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	any off balance sheet or contingent liability as per the capital commitments noted in the latest consolidated financials for KEO which could reasonably be expected to entail a cash outflow for the next 12 months
Any other committed undrawn and uncancelled amount available under any other external finance source of KEO	approximate dividends or other shareholder payments projected to be paid by KEO and/or its subsidiaries for the next 12 months
Amount provided by a person/persons to KEO or Obligors made available for the purpose of meeting projected liabilities unrelated to the Borrowing Base Assets that the Facility Agent is satisfied will be available (including amounts available to be drawn under RCF)	scheduled and default interest, fees, costs and expenses related to the Revolving Credit Facility and HY Notes otherwise referred to as Scheduled KEL Debt Payments over the next 12 months
	any other material committed liability for the next 12 months period including any guarantee, indemnity or other contingent liability, which could be reasonably be expected to entail a cash outflow for the next 12 month period
TOTAL KEO AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES	TOTAL KEO AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer

I, Andrew G. Inglis, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Kosmos Energy Ltd.;

2.    Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.    The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)    Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)    Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)    Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)    Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.    The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

(a)    All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)    Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 6, 2023	/s/ ANDREW G. INGLIS
	Andrew G. Inglis
	Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive Officer)

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer

I, Neal D. Shah, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Kosmos Energy Ltd.;

2.    Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.    The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)    Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)    Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)    Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)    Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.    The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

(a)    All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)    Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 6, 2023	/s/ NEAL D. SHAH
	Neal D. Shah
	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial Officer)

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to

Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the accompanying quarterly report of Kosmos Energy Ltd. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Andrew G. Inglis, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

(1)    The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2)    The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: November 6, 2023	/s/ ANDREW G. INGLIS
	Andrew G. Inglis
	Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive Officer)

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to

Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the accompanying quarterly report of Kosmos Energy Ltd. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Neal D. Shah, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

(1)    The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2)    The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: November 6, 2023	/s/ NEAL D. SHAH
	Neal D. Shah
	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial Officer)

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

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Cover - shares	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Nov. 02, 2023
Cover [Abstract]
Document Type	10-Q
Document Quarterly Report	true
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2023
Document Transition Report	false
Entity File Number	001-35167
Entity Registrant Name	Kosmos Energy Ltd.
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	DE
Entity Tax Identification Number	98-0686001
Entity Address, Address Line One	8176 Park Lane
Entity Address, City or Town	Dallas,
Entity Address, State or Province	TX
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	75231
Title of 12(b) Security	Common Stock $0.01 par value
Trading Symbol	KOS
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Country Region	+1
City Area Code	214
Local Phone Number	445 9600
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		460,129,711
Entity Central Index Key	0001509991
Amendment Flag	false
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2023
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 138,742	$ 183,405
Receivables
Joint interest billings, net	29,851	28,851
Oil sales	71,700	67,483
Other	17,016	23,401
Inventories	155,011	133,515
Prepaid expenses and other	49,476	24,722
Derivatives	0	7,344
Total current assets	461,796	468,721
Property and equipment:
Oil and gas properties, net	4,174,239	3,837,437
Other property, net	5,730	5,210
Property and equipment, net	4,179,969	3,842,647
Other assets:
Restricted cash	3,416	3,416
Long-term receivables	297,327	235,696
Deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of $15,003 and $13,263 at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively	2,900	4,640
Deferred tax assets	2,664	0
Derivatives	698	1,725
Other	20,631	23,143
Total assets	4,969,401	4,579,988
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	199,031	212,275
Accrued liabilities	338,790	325,206
Current maturities of long-term debt	0	30,000
Derivatives	26,597	6,773
Total current liabilities	564,418	574,254
Long-term liabilities:
Long-term debt, net	2,389,197	2,195,911
Derivatives	2,402	778
Asset retirement obligations	330,102	300,800
Deferred tax liabilities	433,628	468,445
Other long-term liabilities	249,985	251,952
Total long-term liabilities	3,405,314	3,217,886
Stockholders’ equity:
Preference shares, $0.01 par value; 200,000,000 authorized shares; zero issued at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022	0	0
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 2,000,000,000 authorized shares; 504,372,666 and 500,161,421 issued at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively	5,044	5,002
Additional paid-in capital	2,525,634	2,505,694
Accumulated deficit	(1,294,002)	(1,485,841)
Treasury stock, at cost, 44,263,269 shares at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively	(237,007)	(237,007)
Total stockholders’ equity	999,669	787,848
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$ 4,969,401	$ 4,579,988

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Deferred financing costs, accumulated amortization	$ 15,003	$ 13,263
Preference shares, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preference shares, authorized shares (in shares)	200,000,000	200,000,000
Preference shares, issued shares (in shares)	0	0
Common shares, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common shares, authorized shares (in shares)	2,000,000,000	2,000,000,000
Common shares, issued shares (in shares)	504,372,666	500,161,421
Treasury stock shares (in shares)	44,263,269	44,263,269

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended						9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2023	Mar. 31, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Revenues and other income:
Oil and gas revenue	$ 526,348			$ 456,056			$ 1,193,843	$ 1,735,439
Gain on sale of assets	0			0			0	471
Other income, net	198			48			(115)	143
Total revenues and other income	526,546			456,104			1,193,728	1,736,053
Costs and expenses:
Oil and gas production	138,782			62,372			286,297	277,264
Facilities insurance modifications, net	0			494			0	7,246
Exploration expenses	10,290			17,215			33,305	118,656
General and administrative	25,120			24,007			77,731	74,424
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	132,347			106,313			331,634	386,961
Interest and other financing costs, net	25,440			29,796			74,379	92,317
Derivatives, net	45,971			(113,842)			42,162	243,534
Other expenses, net	11,055			(218)			17,864	(1,320)
Total costs and expenses	389,005			126,137			863,372	1,199,082
Income before income taxes	137,541			329,967			330,356	536,971
Income tax expense	52,356			107,713			138,517	196,144
Net income	$ 85,185	$ 23,345	$ 83,309	$ 222,254	$ 117,173	$ 1,400	$ 191,839	$ 340,827
Net income per share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.19			$ 0.49			$ 0.42	$ 0.75
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.18			$ 0.47			$ 0.40	$ 0.72
Weighted average number of shares used to compute net income per share:
Basic (in shares)	460,108			455,840			459,477	455,158
Diluted (in shares)	481,099			476,431			479,738	474,820

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	Total	Common Shares	Additional Paid-in Capital	Accumulated Deficit	Treasury Stock
Balance at the beginning (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2021		496,152
Balance at the beginning at Dec. 31, 2021	$ 529,237	$ 4,962	$ 2,473,674	$ (1,712,392)	$ (237,007)
Increase (Decrease) in Shareholders' Equity
Dividends	12		12
Equity-based compensation	8,425		8,425
Restricted stock units (in shares)		3,377
Restricted stock units	0	$ 33	(33)
Tax withholdings on restricted stock units	(2,753)		(2,753)
Net income	1,400			1,400
Balance at the end (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2022		499,529
Balance at the end at Mar. 31, 2022	536,321	$ 4,995	2,479,325	(1,710,992)	(237,007)
Balance at the beginning (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2021		496,152
Balance at the beginning at Dec. 31, 2021	529,237	$ 4,962	2,473,674	(1,712,392)	(237,007)
Increase (Decrease) in Shareholders' Equity
Net income	340,827
Balance at the end (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2022		500,105
Balance at the end at Sep. 30, 2022	893,491	$ 5,001	2,497,062	(1,371,565)	(237,007)
Balance at the beginning (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2022		499,529
Balance at the beginning at Mar. 31, 2022	536,321	$ 4,995	2,479,325	(1,710,992)	(237,007)
Increase (Decrease) in Shareholders' Equity
Dividends	(14)		(14)
Equity-based compensation	8,886		8,886
Restricted stock units (in shares)		487
Restricted stock units	0	$ 5	(5)
Net income	117,173			117,173
Balance at the end (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2022		500,016
Balance at the end at Jun. 30, 2022	662,366	$ 5,000	2,488,192	(1,593,819)	(237,007)
Increase (Decrease) in Shareholders' Equity
Equity-based compensation	8,871		8,871
Restricted stock units (in shares)		89
Restricted stock units	0	$ 1	(1)
Net income	222,254			222,254
Balance at the end (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2022		500,105
Balance at the end at Sep. 30, 2022	893,491	$ 5,001	2,497,062	(1,371,565)	(237,007)
Balance at the beginning (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2022		500,161
Balance at the beginning at Dec. 31, 2022	787,848	$ 5,002	2,505,694	(1,485,841)	(237,007)
Increase (Decrease) in Shareholders' Equity
Equity-based compensation	10,093		10,093
Restricted stock units (in shares)		3,691
Restricted stock units	0	$ 37	(37)
Tax withholdings on restricted stock units	(11,810)		(11,810)
Net income	83,309			83,309
Balance at the end (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2023		503,852
Balance at the end at Mar. 31, 2023	869,440	$ 5,039	2,503,940	(1,402,532)	(237,007)
Balance at the beginning (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2022		500,161
Balance at the beginning at Dec. 31, 2022	787,848	$ 5,002	2,505,694	(1,485,841)	(237,007)
Increase (Decrease) in Shareholders' Equity
Net income	191,839
Balance at the end (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2023		504,373
Balance at the end at Sep. 30, 2023	999,669	$ 5,044	2,525,634	(1,294,002)	(237,007)
Balance at the beginning (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2023		503,852
Balance at the beginning at Mar. 31, 2023	869,440	$ 5,039	2,503,940	(1,402,532)	(237,007)
Increase (Decrease) in Shareholders' Equity
Dividends	(1)		(1)
Equity-based compensation	11,121		11,121
Restricted stock units (in shares)		493
Restricted stock units	0	$ 4	(4)
Tax withholdings on restricted stock units	(1)		(1)
Net income	23,345			23,345
Balance at the end (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2023		504,345
Balance at the end at Jun. 30, 2023	903,904	$ 5,043	2,515,055	(1,379,187)	(237,007)
Increase (Decrease) in Shareholders' Equity
Equity-based compensation	10,580		10,580
Restricted stock units (in shares)		28
Restricted stock units		$ 1	(1)
Net income	85,185			85,185
Balance at the end (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2023		504,373
Balance at the end at Sep. 30, 2023	$ 999,669	$ 5,044	$ 2,525,634	$ (1,294,002)	$ (237,007)

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Operating activities
Net income	$ 191,839	$ 340,827
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depletion, depreciation and amortization (including deferred financing costs)	339,177	394,799
Deferred income taxes	(37,481)	(37,445)
Unsuccessful well costs and leasehold impairments	2,244	83,086
Change in fair value of derivatives	52,467	257,112
Cash settlements on derivatives, net (including $(12.3) million and $(289.9) million on commodity hedges during 2023 and 2022)	(21,478)	(304,328)
Equity-based compensation	31,778	25,896
Gain on sale of assets	0	(471)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	1,503	192
Other	2,547	(5,940)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
(Increase) decrease in receivables	(5,766)	54,035
(Increase) in inventories	(26,847)	(4,377)
(Increase) in prepaid expenses and other	(22,920)	(5,704)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable	(13,244)	64,216
Increase (decrease) in accrued liabilities	(22,425)	1,338
Net cash provided by operating activities	471,394	863,236
Investing activities
Oil and gas assets	(611,914)	(543,349)
Acquisition of oil and gas properties	0	(21,205)
Proceeds on sale of assets	0	118,703
Notes receivable from partners	(46,632)	(28,188)
Net cash used in investing activities	(658,546)	(474,039)
Financing activities
Borrowings under long-term debt	300,000	0
Payments on long-term debt	(145,000)	(322,500)
Tax withholdings on restricted stock units	(11,811)	(2,753)
Dividends	(166)	(655)
Other	(534)	(6,288)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	142,489	(332,196)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(44,663)	57,001
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period	186,821	174,896
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	142,158	231,897
Cash paid for:
Interest, net of capitalized interest	50,814	79,787
Income taxes, net of refund received	$ 212,352	$ 195,782

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Statement of Cash Flows [Abstract]
Cash settlements on commodity hedges derivatives	$ (12.3)	$ (289.9)

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Organization

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization

Organization

Kosmos Energy Ltd. is incorporated in the State of Delaware as a holding company for Kosmos Energy Delaware Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. As a holding company, Kosmos Energy Ltd.’s management operations are conducted through a wholly-owned subsidiary, Kosmos Energy, LLC. The terms “Kosmos,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our,” “ours,” and similar terms refer to Kosmos Energy Ltd. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.

Kosmos is a full-cycle, deepwater, independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused along the offshore Atlantic Margins. Our key assets include production offshore Ghana, Equatorial Guinea and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, as well as world-class gas projects offshore Mauritania and Senegal. We also pursue a proven basin exploration program in Equatorial Guinea and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Kosmos is listed on the NYSE and LSE and is traded under the ticker symbol KOS.

Kosmos is engaged in a single line of business, which is the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas. Substantially all of our long-lived assets and all of our product sales are related to operations in four geographic areas: Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania/Senegal and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

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Accounting Policies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Accounting Policies

Accounting Policies

General

The interim consolidated financial statements included in this report are unaudited and, in the opinion of management, include all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods. The results of the interim periods shown in this report are not necessarily indicative of the final results to be expected for the full year. The interim consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with the requirements of the SEC for interim reporting. As permitted under those rules, certain notes or other financial information that are normally required by GAAP have been condensed or omitted from these interim consolidated financial statements. These interim consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022, included in our annual report on Form 10-K.

Reclassifications

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current presentation. Such reclassifications had no significant impact on our reported net income, current assets, total assets, current liabilities, total liabilities, stockholders’ equity or cash flows.

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash 

	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(In thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents	$	138,742	$	183,405
Restricted cash - long-term	3,416		3,416
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows	$	142,158	$	186,821

Cash and cash equivalents include demand deposits and funds invested in highly liquid instruments with original maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase.

Joint Interest Billings

The Company’s joint interest billings consist of receivables from partners with interests in common oil and gas properties operated by the Company for shared costs. Joint interest billings are classified on the face of the consolidated balance sheets as current and long-term receivables based on when collection is expected to occur.

Inventories

Inventories consisted of $141.5 million and $125.3 million of materials and supplies and $13.5 million and $8.2 million of hydrocarbons as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. The Company’s materials and supplies inventory primarily consists of casing and wellheads and is stated at the lower of cost, using the weighted average cost method, or net realizable value.

Hydrocarbon inventory is carried at the lower of cost, using the weighted average cost method, or net realizable value. Hydrocarbon inventory costs include expenditures and other charges incurred in bringing the inventory to its existing condition. Selling expenses and general and administrative expenses are reported as period costs and excluded from inventory costs.

Revenue Recognition

Our oil and gas revenues are recognized when hydrocarbons have been sold to a purchaser at a fixed or determinable price, title has transferred and collection is probable. Certain revenues are based on contracts with provisional pricing and quantity optionality which contain a derivative that is required to be separated from the host contract for accounting purposes. The host contract is the receivable from oil sales at the spot price on the date of sale. The derivative, which is not designated as a hedge, is marked to market through oil and gas revenue each period until the final settlement occurs, which generally is limited to the month of or month after the sale.

    Oil and gas revenue is composed of the following:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
	(In thousands)
Revenues from contract with customers - Equatorial Guinea	$	74,998	$	41,178	$	182,738	$	263,532
Revenues from contract with customers - Ghana	355,098		301,855		735,675		1,044,039
Revenues from contract with customers - U.S. Gulf of Mexico	102,968		116,603		285,735		441,446
Provisional oil sales contracts	(6,716)		(3,580)		(10,305)		(13,578)
Oil and gas revenue	$	526,348	$	456,056	$	1,193,843	$	1,735,439

Concentration of Credit Risk

Our revenue can be materially affected by current economic conditions and the price of oil and natural gas. However, based on the current demand for crude oil and natural gas and the fact that alternative purchasers are readily available, we believe that the loss of our purchasers and/or marketing agents would not have a long‑term material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.

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Acquisitions and Divestitures

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]

Acquisitions and Divestitures

Acquisitions and Divestitures

In February 2023, Kosmos and Panoro Energy ASA (“Panoro”) entered into a petroleum contract covering Block EG-01 offshore Equatorial Guinea with the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. Kosmos holds a 24% participating interest in the block and the operator, Panoro, holds a 56% participating interest. The Equatorial Guinean national oil company, Guinea Equatorial De Petroles (“GEPetrol”), currently has a 20% carried participating interest during the exploration period. Should a commercial discovery be made, GEPetrol’s 20% carried interest will convert to a 20% participating interest. Block EG-01 currently comprises approximately 59,400 acres (240 square kilometers), with a first exploration period of three years from the effective date (March 1, 2023).

In March 2023, we closed a farm-out agreement with Panoro, whereby Panoro acquired a 6.0% participating interest in Block S offshore Equatorial Guinea. As a result of the farm-out agreement, Kosmos’ participating interest in Block S was reduced to 34.0%.

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Long-term Receivables

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Receivables [Abstract]

Long-term Receivables

Long-term Receivables

In February 2019, Kosmos and BP signed Carry Advance Agreements with the national oil companies of Mauritania and Senegal obligating us to finance a portion of the respective national oil company’s share of certain development costs incurred through first gas production for Greater Tortue Ahmeyim Phase 1. The amount financed by Kosmos is to be repaid with interest through the national oil companies’ share of future revenues. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the balance due from the national oil companies was $243.6 million and $196.9 million, respectively, which is classified as Long-term receivables on our consolidated balance sheets. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, accrued interest on the balance due from the national oil companies was $32.7 million and $21.5 million, respectively. Interest income on the long-term notes receivable was $4.0 million and $2.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and $11.3 million and $6.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

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Property and Equipment

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and Equipment

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment is stated at cost and consisted of the following:

	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(In thousands)
Oil and gas properties:
Proved properties	$	7,535,104	$	6,953,435
Unproved properties	403,481		341,334
Total oil and gas properties	7,938,585		7,294,769
Accumulated depletion	(3,764,346)		(3,457,332)
Oil and gas properties, net	4,174,239		3,837,437
Other property	64,268		60,730
Accumulated depreciation	(58,538)		(55,520)
Other property, net	5,730		5,210
Property and equipment, net	$	4,179,969	$	3,842,647

We recorded depletion expense of $123.5 million and $100.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and $307.0 million and $366.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

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Suspended Well Costs

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Industries Disclosures [Abstract]

Suspended Well Costs

Suspended Well Costs

The following table reflects the Company’s capitalized exploratory well costs on drilled wells as of and during the nine months ended September 30, 2023.

	September 30, 2023
	(In thousands)
Beginning balance	$	145,957
Additions to capitalized exploratory well costs pending the determination of proved reserves	8,487
Reclassification due to determination of proved reserves	—
Capitalized exploratory well costs charged to expense	—
Ending balance	$	154,444

The following table provides an aging of capitalized exploratory well costs based on the date drilling was completed and the number of projects for which exploratory well costs have been capitalized for more than one year since the completion of drilling:

	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(In thousands, except project counts)
Exploratory well costs capitalized for a period of one year or less	$	—	$	—
Exploratory well costs capitalized for a period of one to three years	34,028		32,770
Exploratory well costs capitalized for a period of four to seven years	120,416		113,187
Ending balance	$	154,444	$	145,957
Number of projects that have exploratory well costs that have been capitalized for a period greater than one year	2		2

As of September 30, 2023, the projects with exploratory well costs capitalized for more than one year since the completion of drilling are related to the Yakaar and Teranga discoveries in the Cayar Offshore Profond block offshore Senegal and the Asam discovery in Block S offshore Equatorial Guinea.

Yakaar and Teranga Discoveries — In May 2016, we drilled the Teranga-1 exploration well in the Cayar Offshore Profond block offshore Senegal, which encountered hydrocarbon pay. In June 2017, we drilled the Yakaar-1 exploration well in the Cayar Offshore Profond block offshore Senegal, which encountered hydrocarbon pay. In November 2017, an integrated Yakaar-Teranga appraisal plan was submitted to the government of Senegal. In September 2019, we drilled the Yakaar-2 appraisal well which encountered hydrocarbon pay. The Yakaar-2 well was drilled approximately nine kilometers from the Yakaar-1 exploration well. In July 2021, the current phase of the Cayar Block exploration license was extended up to an additional three years to July 2024. The Yakaar and Teranga discoveries are being analyzed as a joint development. During 2023 we have continued progressing appraisal studies and maturing concept design. Following additional evaluation, a final investment decision for the development of the project is expected to be made.

Asam Discovery — In October 2019, we drilled the S-5 exploration well offshore Equatorial Guinea, which encountered hydrocarbon pay. The discovery was subsequently named Asam. In July 2020, an appraisal work program was approved by the government of Equatorial Guinea. The well is located within tieback range of the Ceiba FPSO and the appraisal work program is currently ongoing to integrate all available data into models to establish the scale of the discovered resource and evaluate the optimum development solution. During the fourth quarter of 2022, we received approval from the Government of Equatorial Guinea to enter the second sub-period phase of the Block S exploration license with a scheduled expiration in December 2024. Additionally, in December 2022 the Asam Field appraisal report was submitted to the Government of Equatorial Guinea. During 2023, studies and concept design continued to progress. Following additional evaluation, a decision regarding commerciality is expected to be made.

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Debt

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Debt

Debt 

	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(In thousands)
Outstanding debt principal balances:
Facility	$	925,000	$	625,000
7.125% Senior Notes	650,000		650,000
7.750% Senior Notes	400,000		400,000
7.500% Senior Notes	450,000		450,000
GoM Term Loan	—		145,000
Total long-term debt	2,425,000		2,270,000
Unamortized deferred financing costs and discounts	(35,803)		(44,089)
Total debt, net	2,389,197		2,225,911
Less: Current maturities of long-term debt	—		(30,000)
Long-term debt, net	$	2,389,197	$	2,195,911

Facility

The Facility supports our oil and gas exploration, appraisal and development programs and corporate activities. As of September 30, 2023, borrowings under the Facility totaled $925.0 million and the undrawn availability under the Facility was $220.1 million. Final maturity of the Facility is in March 2027. In October 2023, during the Fall 2023 redetermination, the Company’s lending syndicate approved a borrowing base capacity of $1.25 billion increasing the undrawn availability by approximately $104.9 million. The borrowing base amount is based on the sum of the net present values of net cash flows and relevant capital expenditures reduced by certain percentages as well as value attributable to certain assets’ reserves and/or resources in the Company’s production assets in Ghana and Equatorial Guinea.

On November 23, 2022, the Company amended the Facility to update the interest rate benchmark from LIBOR to term SOFR, effective as of April 19, 2023. As amended, interest on the Facility is the aggregate of the applicable margin (3.75% to 5.00%, depending on the length of time that has passed from the date the Facility was entered into), plus the term SOFR reference rate administered by CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited for the relevant period published and a credit adjustment spread. Interest is payable on the last day of each interest period (and, if the interest period is longer than six months, on the dates falling at six-month intervals after the first day of the interest period). We pay commitment fees on the undrawn and unavailable portion of the total commitments, if any. Commitment fees are equal to 30% per annum of the then-applicable respective margin when a commitment is available for utilization and, equal to 20% per annum of the then-applicable respective margin when a commitment is not available for utilization. We recognize interest expense in accordance with ASC 835 — Interest, which requires interest expense to be recognized using the effective interest method. We determined the effective interest rate based on the estimated level of borrowings under the Facility.

On September 29, 2023, the Company amended the Facility to accede Kosmos Energy Ghana Investments and Kosmos Energy Ghana Holdings Limited, to the Facility as obligors. As a result, the additional interests in Jubilee and TEN that were acquired in the October 2021 acquisition of Anadarko WCTP are now included when calculating the borrowing base amount for the Facility, effective as of October 1, 2023.

On October 19, 2023, the Company amended the Facility to modify the amortization schedule in order to reduce the number of repayment installments from seven to six equal installments, with the first repayment installment scheduled on October 1, 2024, rather than March 31, 2024. There was no change to the final maturity date or final repayment date.

We were in compliance with the financial covenants contained in the Facility as of September 30, 2023 (the most recent assessment date). The Facility, as amended, contains customary cross default provisions.

 Corporate Revolver

The Corporate Revolver is available for general corporate purposes and for oil and gas exploration, appraisal and development programs. As of September 30, 2023, there were no outstanding borrowings under the Corporate Revolver and the undrawn availability was $250.0 million with an expiration date of December 31, 2024.

The Company capitalized $6.1 million of deferred financing costs associated with entering into the new revolving credit facility in March 2022, which is being amortized over the term of the new revolving credit facility. On November 23, 2022, the Company amended the Corporate Revolver to update the interest rate benchmark from compounded SOFR to term SOFR, effective as of April 19, 2023. As amended, interest on the Corporate Revolver is the aggregate of a 7.0% margin, the term SOFR reference rate administered by CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited for the relevant period published and a credit adjustment spread. Interest is payable on the last day of each interest period (and, if the interest period is longer than six months, on the dates falling at six-month intervals after the first day of the interest period). We pay commitment fees on the undrawn portion of the total commitments. Commitment fees for the lenders are equal to 30% per annum of the respective margin when a commitment is available for utilization.

We were in compliance with the financial covenants contained in the Corporate Revolver as of September 30, 2023 (the most recent assessment date). The Corporate Revolver contains customary cross default provisions. 

7.125% Senior Notes due 2026

In April 2019, the Company issued $650.0 million of 7.125% Senior Notes and received net proceeds of approximately $640.0 million after deducting commissions and other expenses.

The 7.125% Senior Notes mature on April 4, 2026. Interest is payable in arrears each April 4 and October 4, commencing on October 4, 2019. The 7.125% Senior Notes are senior, unsecured obligations of Kosmos Energy Ltd. and rank equal in right of payment with all of its existing and future senior indebtedness (including all borrowings under the Corporate Revolver, 7.750% Senior Notes and the 7.500% Senior Notes) and rank effectively junior in right of payment to all of its existing and future secured indebtedness (including all borrowings under the Facility). The 7.125% Senior Notes are guaranteed on a senior, unsecured basis by certain subsidiaries owning the Company's U.S. Gulf of Mexico assets and the interests acquired in the Anadarko WCTP acquisition, and on a subordinated, unsecured basis by certain subsidiaries that borrow under, or guarantee, the Facility and that guarantee the Corporate Revolver, the 7.750% Senior Notes and the 7.500% Senior Notes. The 7.125% Senior Notes contain customary cross default provisions.

7.750% Senior Notes due 2027

In October 2021, the Company issued $400.0 million of 7.750% Senior Notes and received net proceeds of approximately $395.0 million after deducting fees.

The 7.750% Senior Notes mature on May 1, 2027. Interest is payable in arrears each May 1 and November 1, commencing on May 1, 2022. The 7.750% Senior Notes are senior, unsecured obligations of Kosmos Energy Ltd. and rank equal in right of payment with all of its existing and future senior indebtedness (including all borrowings under the Corporate Revolver, the 7.125% Senior Notes and the 7.500% Senior Notes) and rank effectively junior in right of payment to all of its existing and future secured indebtedness (including all borrowings under the Facility). The 7.750% Senior Notes are guaranteed on a senior, unsecured basis by certain subsidiaries owning the Company's U.S. Gulf of Mexico assets and the interests acquired in the Anadarko WCTP acquisition, and on a subordinated, unsecured basis by certain subsidiaries that borrow under, or guarantee, the Facility and that guarantee the Corporate Revolver, the 7.125% Senior Notes and the 7.500% Senior Notes. The 7.750% Senior Notes contain customary cross default provisions.

7.500% Senior Notes due 2028

In March 2021, the Company issued $450.0 million of 7.500% Senior Notes and received net proceeds of approximately $444.4 million after deducting fees.

The 7.500% Senior Notes mature on March 1, 2028. Interest is payable in arrears each March 1 and September 1, commencing on September 1, 2021. The 7.500% Senior Notes are senior, unsecured obligations of Kosmos Energy Ltd. and rank equal in right of payment with all of its existing and future senior indebtedness (including all borrowings under the Corporate Revolver, the 7.125% Senior Notes and the 7.750% Senior Notes) and rank effectively junior in right of payment to all of its existing and future secured indebtedness (including all borrowings under the Facility). The 7.500% Senior Notes are guaranteed on a senior, unsecured basis by certain subsidiaries owning the Company's U.S. Gulf of Mexico assets and the interests in the Anadarko WCTP acquisition, and on a subordinated, unsecured basis by certain subsidiaries that borrow under, or guarantee, the Facility and that guarantee the Corporate Revolver, and the 7.125% Senior Notes and the 7.750% Senior Notes. The 7.500% Senior Notes contain customary cross default provisions.

GoM Term Loan    

In September 2020, the Company entered into a five-year $200.0 million senior secured term-loan credit agreement secured against the Company's U.S. Gulf of Mexico assets with net proceeds received of $197.7 million after deducting fees and other expenses. On September 15, 2023, the Company repaid the remaining outstanding principal amount of $137.5 million plus accrued interest using cash on hand, constituting payment in full. The GoM Term Loan was subsequently terminated pursuant to, and subject to the terms of, the GoM Term Loan.

Principal Debt Repayments

At September 30, 2023, the estimated repayments of debt during the five fiscal year periods and thereafter are as follows: 

	Payments Due by Year
	Total		2023(2)		2024		2025		2026		2027		Thereafter
	(In thousands)
Principal debt repayments(1)	$	2,425,000	$	—	$	243,047	$	227,450	$	929,282	$	575,221	$	450,000

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(1)Includes the scheduled maturities for outstanding principal debt balances. The scheduled maturities of debt related to the Facility as of September 30, 2023 are based on our level of borrowings and our estimated future available borrowing base commitment levels in future periods. Any increases or decreases in the level of borrowings or increases or decreases in the available borrowing base would impact the scheduled maturities of debt during the next five years and thereafter. In October 2023, the Company’s lending syndicate approved a borrowing base capacity of $1.25 billion and the Company amended the Facility to modify the amortization schedule with the first repayment installment scheduled on October 1, 2024, rather than March 31, 2024.

(2)Represents payments for the period October 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023.

Interest and other financing costs, net

Interest and other financing costs, net incurred during the periods is comprised of the following:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
	(In thousands)
Interest expense	$	54,643	$	45,448	$	155,123	$	131,626
Amortization—deferred financing costs	2,462		2,577		7,543		7,838
Loss on extinguishment of debt	1,503		—		1,503		192
Capitalized interest	(36,029)		(22,163)		(99,920)		(57,489)
Deferred interest	(488)		4		(135)		(1,436)
Interest income	(4,793)		(2,956)		(13,379)		(7,840)
Other, net	8,142		6,886		23,644		19,426
Interest and other financing costs, net	$	25,440	$	29,796	$	74,379	$	92,317

Capitalized interest for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 primarily relates to spend on the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim Phase 1 project. Once development is complete on the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim Phase 1 project, we will no longer capitalize interest on the project.

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Derivative Financial Instruments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Derivative Financial Instruments

Derivative Financial Instruments

We use financial derivative contracts to manage exposures to commodity price and interest rate fluctuations. We do not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for trading purposes.

We manage market and counterparty credit risk in accordance with our policies and guidelines. In accordance with these policies and guidelines, our management determines the appropriate timing and extent of derivative transactions. We have included an estimate of non-performance risk in the fair value measurement of our derivative contracts as required by ASC 820 — Fair Value Measurement.

Oil Derivative Contracts

The following table sets forth the volumes in barrels underlying the Company’s outstanding oil derivative contracts and the weighted average prices per Bbl for those contracts as of September 30, 2023. Volumes and weighted average prices are net of any offsetting derivative contracts entered into.

				Weighted Average Price per Bbl
				Net Deferred
				Premium
				Payable/		Sold
Term	Type of Contract	Index	MBbl	(Receivable)		Put		Floor		Ceiling
2023:
Oct - Dec	Three-way collars	Dated Brent	1,500	$	1.34	$	49.17	$	71.67	$	107.58
Oct - Dec	Two-way collars	Dated Brent	1,250	1.69		—		72.00		112.00
2024:
Jan - Dec	Three-way collars	Dated Brent	4,000	1.31		45.00		70.00		96.25
Jan - Jun	Two-way collars	Dated Brent	2,000	1.24		—		65.00		85.00
Jan - Dec	Two-way collars	Dated Brent	2,000	0.46		—		70.00		100.00

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The following tables disclose the Company’s derivative instruments as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, and gain/(loss) from derivatives during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively:

		Estimated Fair Value
		Asset (Liability)
Type of Contract	Balance Sheet Location	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
		(In thousands)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Derivative assets:
Commodity	Derivatives assets—current	$	—	$	7,344
Provisional oil sales	Receivables: Oil sales	—		1,170
Commodity	Derivatives assets—long-term	698		1,725
Derivative liabilities:
Commodity	Derivatives liabilities—current	(26,597)		(6,773)
Commodity	Derivatives liabilities—long-term	(2,402)		(778)
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments		$	(28,301)	$	2,688

		Amount of Gain/(Loss)				Amount of Gain/(Loss)
		Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
		September 30,				September 30,
Type of Contract	Location of Gain/(Loss)	2023		2022		2023		2022
		(In thousands)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Provisional oil sales	Oil and gas revenue	$	(6,716)	$	(3,580)	$	(10,305)	$	(13,578)
Commodity	Derivatives, net	(45,971)		113,842		(42,162)		(243,534)
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments		$	(52,687)	$	110,262	$	(52,467)	$	(257,112)

Offsetting of Derivative Assets and Derivative Liabilities

Our derivative instruments which are subject to master netting arrangements with our counterparties only have the right of offset when there is an event of default. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there was not an event of default and, therefore, the associated gross asset or gross liability amounts related to these arrangements are presented on the consolidated balance sheets.

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Fair Value Measurements

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value Measurements

Fair Value Measurements

In accordance with ASC 820 — Fair Value Measurement, fair value measurements are based upon inputs that market participants use in pricing an asset or liability, which are classified into two categories: observable inputs and unobservable inputs. Observable inputs represent market data obtained from independent sources, whereas unobservable inputs reflect a company’s own market assumptions, which are used if observable inputs are not reasonably available without undue cost and effort. We prioritize the inputs used in measuring fair value into the following fair value hierarchy:

•Level 1 — quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

•Level 2 — quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability and inputs derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

•Level 3 — unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. The fair value input hierarchy level to which an asset or liability measurement in its entirety falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the measurement in its entirety.

The following tables present the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, for each fair value hierarchy level: 

	Fair Value Measurements Using:
	Quoted Prices in
	Active Markets for		Significant Other		Significant
	Identical Assets		Observable Inputs		Unobservable Inputs
	(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)		Total
	(In thousands)
September 30, 2023
Assets:
Commodity derivatives	$	—	$	698	$	—	$	698
Provisional oil sales	—		—		—		—
Liabilities:
Commodity derivatives	—		(28,999)		—		(28,999)
Total	$	—	$	(28,301)	$	—	$	(28,301)
December 31, 2022
Assets:
Commodity derivatives	$	—	$	9,069	$	—	$	9,069
Provisional oil sales	—		1,170		—		1,170
Liabilities:
Commodity derivatives	—		(7,551)		—		(7,551)
Total	$	—	$	2,688	$	—	$	2,688

The book values of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash approximate fair value based on Level 1 inputs. Joint interest billings, oil sales and other receivables, and accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments. Our long-term receivables, after any allowances for credit losses, and other long-term assets approximate fair value. The estimates of fair value of these items are based on Level 2 inputs.

Commodity Derivatives

Our commodity derivatives represent crude oil collars, put options and call options for notional barrels of oil at fixed Dated Brent or NYMEX WTI oil prices. The values attributable to our oil derivatives are based on (i) the contracted notional volumes, (ii) independent active futures price quotes for the respective index, (iii) a credit-adjusted yield curve applicable to each counterparty by reference to the credit default swap (“CDS”) market and (iv) an independently sourced estimate of volatility for the respective index. The volatility estimate was provided by certain independent brokers who are active in buying and selling oil options and was corroborated by market-quoted volatility factors. The deferred premium is included in the fair market value of the commodity derivatives. See Note 8 — Derivative Financial Instruments for additional information regarding the Company’s derivative instruments.

Provisional Oil Sales

The value attributable to provisional oil sales derivatives is based on (i) the sales volumes and (ii) the difference in the independent active futures price quotes for the respective index over the term of the pricing period designated in the sales contract and the spot price on the lifting date.

Debt

The following table presents the carrying values and fair values at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022:

	September 30, 2023				December 31, 2022
	Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
7.125% Senior Notes	$	646,600	$	613,444	$	645,699	$	558,201
7.750% Senior Notes	396,505		370,044		395,893		335,592
7.500% Senior Notes	446,104		403,574		445,564		361,958
GoM Term Loan	—		—		145,000		145,000
Facility	925,000		925,000		625,000		625,000
Total	$	2,414,209	$	2,312,062	$	2,257,156	$	2,025,751

The carrying values of our 7.125% Senior Notes, 7.750% Senior Notes and 7.500% Senior Notes represent the principal amounts outstanding less unamortized discounts. The fair values of our 7.125% Senior Notes, 7.750% Senior Notes and 7.500% Senior Notes are based on quoted market prices, which results in a Level 1 fair value measurement. The carrying values of the GoM Term Loan and Facility approximate fair value since they are subject to short-term floating interest rates that approximate the rates available to us for those periods.

Nonrecurring Fair Value Measurements - Long-lived assets

Certain long-lived assets are reported at fair value on a non-recurring basis on the Company's consolidated balance sheet. These long-lived assets are not measured at fair value on an ongoing basis but are subject to fair value adjustments in certain circumstances. Our long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment when changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.

The Company calculates the estimated fair values of its long-lived assets using the income approach described in the ASC 820 — Fair Value Measurements. Significant inputs associated with the calculation of estimated discounted future net cash flows include anticipated future production, pricing estimates, capital and operating costs, market-based weighted average cost of capital, and risk adjustment factors applied to reserves. These are classified as Level 3 fair value assumptions. The Company utilizes an average of third-party industry forecasts of Dated Brent, adjusted for location and quality differentials, to determine our pricing assumptions. In order to evaluate the sensitivity of the assumptions, we analyze sensitivities to prices, production, and risk adjustment factors.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company did not recognize impairment of proved oil and gas properties as no impairment indicators were identified. If we experience material declines in oil pricing

expectations in the future, significant increases in our estimated future expenditures or a significant decrease in our estimated production profile, our long-lived assets could be at risk of impairment.

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Equity-based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Equity-based Compensation

Equity-based Compensation

Restricted Stock Units

We record equity-based compensation expense equal to the fair value of share-based payments over the vesting periods of the LTIP awards. We recorded compensation expense from awards granted under our LTIP of $10.6 million and $8.8 million during the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and $31.8 million and $25.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The total tax benefit for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 was $1.9 million and $1.5 million, respectively, and $5.6 million and $4.4 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Additionally, we recorded a net tax shortfall (windfall) related to equity-based compensation of nil for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 and $(3.2) million and $0.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The fair value of awards vested during the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 was $0.2 million and $0.5 million, respectively, and $44.9 million and $21.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The Company granted restricted stock units with service vesting criteria and a combination of market and service vesting criteria under the LTIP. Substantially all of these grants vest over three years. Upon vesting, restricted stock units become issued and outstanding stock.

In June 2023, the Company’s stockholders approved the Amended and Restated Kosmos Energy Ltd. Long Term Incentive Plan, which authorized an additional 17.0 million shares of common stock available for issuance under the LTIP.

The following table reflects the outstanding restricted stock units as of September 30, 2023:

		Weighted-		Market / Service	Weighted-
	Service Vesting	Average		Vesting	Average
	Restricted Stock	Grant-Date		Restricted Stock	Grant-Date
	Units	Fair Value		Units	Fair Value
	(In thousands)			(In thousands)
Outstanding at December 31, 2022	4,916	$	4.18	12,041	$	5.61
Granted(1)	2,699	7.59		3,419	12.25
Forfeited(1)	(214)	5.46		(192)	7.98
Vested	(2,755)	3.86		(2,949)	8.22
Outstanding at September 30, 2023	4,646	5.72		12,319	6.56

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(1)The restricted stock units with a combination of market and service vesting criteria may vest between 0% and 200% of the originally granted units depending upon market performance conditions. Awards vesting over or under target shares of 100% results in additional shares granted or forfeited, respectively, in the period the market vesting criteria is determined.

As of September 30, 2023, total equity-based compensation to be recognized on unvested restricted stock units is $37.5 million over a weighted average period of 1.77 years. At September 30, 2023, the Company had approximately 18.7 million shares that remain available for issuance under the LTIP.

For restricted stock units with a combination of market and service vesting criteria, the number of common shares to be issued is determined by comparing the Company’s total shareholder return with the total shareholder return of a predetermined group of peer companies over the performance period and can vest in up to 200% of the awards granted. The grant date fair value ranged from $1.06 to $12.33 per award. The Monte Carlo simulation model utilized multiple input variables that determined the probability of satisfying the market condition stipulated in the award grant and calculated the fair value of the award. The expected volatility utilized in the model was estimated using our historical volatility and the historical volatilities of our peer companies and ranged from 50.0% to 105.0%. The risk-free interest rate was based on the U.S. treasury rate for a term commensurate with the expected life of the grant and ranged from 0.2% to 3.7%.

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Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

We evaluate our estimated annual effective income tax rate each quarter, based on current and forecasted business results and enacted tax laws, and apply this tax rate to our ordinary income or loss to calculate our estimated tax expense or benefit. The Company excludes zero statutory tax rate and tax-exempt jurisdictions from our evaluation of the estimated annual effective income tax rate. The tax effect of discrete items are recognized in the period in which they occur at the applicable statutory tax rate.

Income before income taxes is composed of the following:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
	(In thousands)
United States	$	(13,425)	$	16,168	$	(62,548)	$	77,832
Foreign	150,966		313,799		392,904		459,139
Income before income taxes	$	137,541	$	329,967	$	330,356	$	536,971

For the three months ended, September 30, 2023 and 2022, our effective tax rate was 38% and 33%, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, our effective tax rate was 42% and 37%, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, our overall effective tax rates were impacted by:

•The difference in our 21% U.S. income tax reporting rate and the statutory income tax rates applicable to our foreign operations, primarily in Ghana and Equatorial Guinea,

•Jurisdictions that have a 0% statutory tax rate or that are tax exempt,

•Jurisdictions where we have incurred losses and have recorded valuation allowances against the corresponding deferred tax assets, and

•Other non-deductible expenses, primarily in the U.S.

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Net Income Per Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Net Income Per Share

Net Income Per Share

The following table is a reconciliation between net income and the amounts used to compute basic and diluted net income per share and the weighted average shares outstanding used to compute basic and diluted net income per share:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
	(In thousands, except per share data)
Numerator:
Net income allocable to common stockholders	$	85,185	$	222,254	$	191,839	$	340,827
Denominator:
Weighted average number of shares outstanding:
Basic	460,108		455,840		459,477		455,158
Restricted stock units(1)	20,991		20,591		20,261		19,662
Diluted	481,099		476,431		479,738		474,820
Net income per share:
Basic	$	0.19	$	0.49	$	0.42	$	0.75
Diluted	$	0.18	$	0.47	$	0.40	$	0.72

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(1)We excluded restricted stock units of 0.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 0.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 from the computations of diluted net income per share because the effect would have been anti-dilutive.

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Commitments and Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

From time to time, we are involved in litigation, regulatory examinations and administrative proceedings primarily arising in the ordinary course of our business in jurisdictions in which we do business. Although the outcome of these matters cannot be predicted with certainty, management believes none of these matters, either individually or in the aggregate, would have a material effect upon the Company’s financial position; however, an unfavorable outcome could have a material adverse effect on our results from operations for a specific interim period or year.

We have a commitment to drill three development wells and one exploration well in Equatorial Guinea. We have a $200.2 million FPSO Contract Liability in Other long-term liabilities related to the deferred sale of the Greater Tortue FPSO.

Performance Obligations

As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had performance and supplemental bonds totaling $192.0 million and $205.2 million, respectively, related to bonding requirements stipulated by the BOEM and other third parties for anticipated plugging and abandonment costs of certain wells and the removal of certain facilities in our U.S. Gulf of Mexico fields.

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Additional Financial Information

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Additional Financial Information

Additional Financial Information

Additional Financial Information

Accrued Liabilities

Accrued liabilities consisted of the following: 

	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(In thousands)
Accrued liabilities:
Exploration, development and production	$	131,208	$	80,598
Revenue payable	25,077		26,087
Current asset retirement obligations	10,884		1,732
General and administrative expenses	26,719		32,069
Interest	47,383		44,740
Income taxes	91,023		127,183
Taxes other than income	1,225		1,524
Derivatives	1,372		6,440
Other	3,899		4,833
	$	338,790	$	325,206

Asset Retirement Obligations

The following table summarizes the changes in the Company's asset retirement obligations as of and during the nine months ended September 30, 2023:

	September 30, 2023
	(In thousands)
Asset retirement obligations:
Beginning asset retirement obligations	$	302,534
Liabilities incurred during period	10,015
Liabilities settled during period	(3,504)
Revisions in estimated retirement obligations	10,340
Accretion expense	21,601
Ending asset retirement obligations	$	340,986

Other Expenses, Net

Other expenses, net incurred during the period is comprised of the following: 

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
	(In thousands)
(Gain) loss on disposal of inventory	$	2,412	$	(821)	$	5,351	$	(536)
Loss on asset retirement obligations liability settlements	4,733		—		4,848		620
Other, net	3,910		603		7,665		(1,404)
Other expenses, net	$	11,055	$	(218)	$	17,864	$	(1,320)

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Business Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Business Segment Information

Business Segment Information

Kosmos is engaged in a single line of business, which is the exploration, development and production of oil and gas. At September 30, 2023, the Company had operations in four geographic reporting segments: Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania/Senegal and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. To assess performance of the reporting segments, the Chief Operating Decision Maker reviews capital expenditures. Capital expenditures, as defined by the Company, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies and should be considered in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto. Financial information for each area is presented below:

	Ghana		Equatorial Guinea		Mauritania/Senegal		U.S. Gulf of Mexico		Corporate & Other		Eliminations		Total
	(In thousands)
Three months ended September 30, 2023
Revenues and other income:
Oil and gas revenue	$	348,366	$	75,014	$	—	$	102,968	$	—	$	—	$	526,348
Other income, net	—		—		—		746		80,826		(81,374)		198
Total revenues and other income	348,366		75,014		—		103,714		80,826		(81,374)		526,546
Costs and expenses:
Oil and gas production	90,737		24,700		—		23,345		—		—		138,782
Exploration expenses	(58)		2,931		3,698		1,913		1,806		—		10,290
General and administrative	2,475		1,209		2,543		3,291		51,018		(35,416)		25,120
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	77,688		14,654		297		38,948		760		—		132,347
Interest and other financing costs, net(1)	14,368		(752)		(31,438)		3,540		39,722		—		25,440
Derivatives, net	—		—		—		—		45,971		—		45,971
Other expenses, net	42,466		3,449		3,337		5,414		2,347		(45,958)		11,055
Total costs and expenses	227,676		46,191		(21,563)		76,451		141,624		(81,374)		389,005
Income (loss) before income taxes	120,690		28,823		21,563		27,263		(60,798)		—		137,541
Income tax expense	42,614		12,477		—		54		(2,789)		—		52,356
Net income (loss)	$	78,076	$	16,346	$	21,563	$	27,209	$	(58,009)	$	—	$	85,185
Consolidated capital expenditures, net	$	53,039	$	15,821	$	42,079	$	76,895	$	4,716	$	—	$	192,550

	Ghana		Equatorial Guinea		Mauritania/Senegal		U.S. Gulf of Mexico		Corporate & Other		Eliminations		Total
	(In thousands)
Nine months ended September 30, 2023
Revenues and other income:
Oil and gas revenue	$	728,465	$	179,643	$	—	$	285,735	$	—	$	—	$	1,193,843
Other income, net	(425)		10		—		2,832		151,740		(154,272)		(115)
Total revenues and other income	728,040		179,653		—		288,567		151,740		(154,272)		1,193,728
Costs and expenses:
Oil and gas production	141,973		68,623		—		75,701		—		—		286,297
Exploration expenses	579		7,013		11,917		9,089		4,707		—		33,305
General and administrative	9,921		3,871		7,346		13,099		155,617		(112,123)		77,731
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	177,796		36,737		699		114,912		1,490		—		331,634
Interest and other financing costs, net(1)	42,535		(2,138)		(87,087)		9,632		111,437		—		74,379
Derivatives, net	—		—		—		—		42,162		—		42,162
Other expenses, net	38,811		3,402		6,058		8,215		3,527		(42,149)		17,864
Total costs and expenses	411,615		117,508		(61,067)		230,648		318,940		(154,272)		863,372
Income (loss) before income taxes	316,425		62,145		61,067		57,919		(167,200)		—		330,356
Income tax expense	112,478		25,837		—		1,119		(917)		—		138,517
Net income (loss)	$	203,947	$	36,308	$	61,067	$	56,800	$	(166,283)	$	—	$	191,839
Consolidated capital expenditures, net	$	202,517	$	40,777	$	191,830	$	125,215	$	8,288	$	—	$	568,627
As of September 30, 2023
Property and equipment, net	$	1,243,655	$	402,999	$	1,672,423	$	842,715	$	18,177	$	—	$	4,179,969
Total assets	$	3,320,522	$	1,738,886	$	2,507,496	$	3,934,860	$	21,048,238	$	(27,580,601)	$	4,969,401

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(1)Interest expense is recorded based on actual third-party and intercompany debt agreements. Capitalized interest is recorded on the business unit where the assets reside.

	Ghana(2)		Equatorial Guinea		Mauritania/Senegal		U.S. Gulf of Mexico(3)		Corporate & Other		Eliminations		Total
	(In thousands)
Three months ended September 30, 2022
Revenues and other income:
Oil and gas revenue	$	296,980	$	42,473	$	—	$	116,603	$	—	$	—	$	456,056
Other income, net	1		—		—		698		(82,537)		81,886		48
Total revenues and other income	296,981		42,473		—		117,301		(82,537)		81,886		456,104
Costs and expenses:
Oil and gas production	23,911		11,921		—		26,540		—		—		62,372
Facilities insurance modifications, net	494		—		—		—		—		—		494
Exploration expenses	9,459		1,071		2,182		2,674		1,829		—		17,215
General and administrative	3,967		1,991		2,624		2,804		44,577		(31,956)		24,007
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	65,288		7,741		143		32,701		440		—		106,313
Interest and other financing costs, net(1)	16,922		(595)		(18,402)		2,785		29,086		—		29,796
Derivatives, net	—		—		—		—		(113,842)		—		(113,842)
Other expenses, net	(101,457)		(6,464)		145		(6,317)		33		113,842		(218)
Total costs and expenses	18,584		15,665		(13,308)		61,187		(37,877)		81,886		126,137
Income (loss) before income taxes	278,397		26,808		13,308		56,114		(44,660)		—		329,967
Income tax expense	98,413		7,371		—		(275)		2,204		—		107,713
Net income (loss)	$	179,984	$	19,437	$	13,308	$	56,389	$	(46,864)	$	—	$	222,254
Consolidated capital expenditures, net	$	40,871	$	2,435	$	114,339	$	43,612	$	1,834	$	—	$	203,091

	Ghana(2)		Equatorial Guinea		Mauritania/Senegal		U.S. Gulf of Mexico(3)		Corporate & Other		Eliminations		Total
	(In thousands)
Nine months ended September 30, 2022
Revenues and other income:
Oil and gas revenue	$	1,032,551	$	261,442	$	—	$	441,446	$	—	$	—	$	1,735,439
Gain on sale of assets	—		—		—		471		—		—		471
Other income, net	1		—		—		1,726		340,768		(342,352)		143
Total revenues and other income	1,032,552		261,442		—		443,643		340,768		(342,352)		1,736,053
Costs and expenses:
Oil and gas production	137,030		60,384		—		79,850		—		—		277,264
Facilities insurance modifications, net	7,246		—		—		—		—		—		7,246
Exploration expenses	11,433		4,047		80,271		19,770		3,135		—		118,656
General and administrative	11,379		5,008		6,890		11,181		138,783		(98,817)		74,424
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	229,074		40,729		257		115,648		1,253		—		386,961
Interest and other financing costs, net(1)	46,208		(1,682)		(46,903)		8,244		86,450		—		92,317
Derivatives, net	—		—		—		—		243,534		—		243,534
Other expenses, net	215,340		17,553		(1,200)		11,355		(834)		(243,534)		(1,320)
Total costs and expenses	657,710		126,039		39,315		246,048		472,321		(342,351)		1,199,082
Income (loss) before income taxes	374,842		135,403		(39,315)		197,595		(131,553)		(1)		536,971
Income tax expense	133,193		55,420		—		2,828		4,703		—		196,144
Net income (loss)	$	241,649	$	79,983	$	(39,315)	$	194,767	$	(136,256)	$	(1)	$	340,827
Consolidated capital expenditures, net	$	32,814	$	26,732	$	261,755	$	107,856	$	4,545	$	—	$	433,702
As of September 30, 2022
Property and equipment, net	$	1,627,871	$	385,442	$	1,225,991	$	881,990	$	17,373	$	—	$	4,138,667
Total assets	$	3,211,263	$	1,130,390	$	1,727,997	$	3,649,195	$	18,987,516	$	(23,784,949)	$	4,921,412

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(1)Interest expense is recorded based on actual third-party and intercompany debt agreements. Capitalized interest is recorded on the business unit where the assets reside.

(2)Includes activity related to the interest pre-empted by Tullow prior to the March 17, 2022 closing date of the Tullow pre-emption transaction. Additionally, cash consideration of $118.2 million is included as reduction in Consolidated capital expenditures for the nine months ended September 30, 2022.

(3)Includes activity related to our acquisition of an additional interest in the Kodiak Oil Field commencing June 9, 2022, the acquisition date. Additionally, cash consideration paid of $29.0 million is included in consolidated capital expenditures for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022.

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022
	(In thousands)
Consolidated capital expenditures:
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Investing activities:
Oil and gas assets	$	611,914	$	543,349
Acquisition of oil and gas properties	—		21,205
Proceeds on sale of assets	—		(118,703)
Adjustments:
Changes in capital accruals	25,441		1,511
Exploration expense, excluding unsuccessful well costs and leasehold impairments(1)	31,061		35,570
Capitalized interest	(99,920)		(57,489)
Other	131		8,259
Total consolidated capital expenditures, net	$	568,627	$	433,702

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(1)Unsuccessful well costs and leasehold impairments are included in oil and gas assets when incurred.

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Accounting Policies (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

General

General

The interim consolidated financial statements included in this report are unaudited and, in the opinion of management, include all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods. The results of the interim periods shown in this report are not necessarily indicative of the final results to be expected for the full year. The interim consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with the requirements of the SEC for interim reporting. As permitted under those rules, certain notes or other financial information that are normally required by GAAP have been condensed or omitted from these interim consolidated financial statements. These interim consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022, included in our annual report on Form 10-K.

Reclassifications

Reclassifications

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current presentation. Such reclassifications had no significant impact on our reported net income, current assets, total assets, current liabilities, total liabilities, stockholders’ equity or cash flows.

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted CashCash and cash equivalents include demand deposits and funds invested in highly liquid instruments with original maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase.

Joint Interest Billings

Joint Interest Billings

The Company’s joint interest billings consist of receivables from partners with interests in common oil and gas properties operated by the Company for shared costs. Joint interest billings are classified on the face of the consolidated balance sheets as current and long-term receivables based on when collection is expected to occur.

Inventories

InventoriesThe Company’s materials and supplies inventory primarily consists of casing and wellheads and is stated at the lower of cost, using the weighted average cost method, or net realizable value.Hydrocarbon inventory is carried at the lower of cost, using the weighted average cost method, or net realizable value. Hydrocarbon inventory costs include expenditures and other charges incurred in bringing the inventory to its existing condition. Selling expenses and general and administrative expenses are reported as period costs and excluded from inventory costs.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition

Our oil and gas revenues are recognized when hydrocarbons have been sold to a purchaser at a fixed or determinable price, title has transferred and collection is probable. Certain revenues are based on contracts with provisional pricing and quantity optionality which contain a derivative that is required to be separated from the host contract for accounting purposes. The host contract is the receivable from oil sales at the spot price on the date of sale. The derivative, which is not designated as a hedge, is marked to market through oil and gas revenue each period until the final settlement occurs, which generally is limited to the month of or month after the sale.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Concentration of Credit Risk

Our revenue can be materially affected by current economic conditions and the price of oil and natural gas. However, based on the current demand for crude oil and natural gas and the fact that alternative purchasers are readily available, we believe that the loss of our purchasers and/or marketing agents would not have a long‑term material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.

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Accounting Policies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of cash and cash equivalents

	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(In thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents	$	138,742	$	183,405
Restricted cash - long-term	3,416		3,416
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows	$	142,158	$	186,821

Schedule of oil and gas revenue

Oil and gas revenue is composed of the following:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
	(In thousands)
Revenues from contract with customers - Equatorial Guinea	$	74,998	$	41,178	$	182,738	$	263,532
Revenues from contract with customers - Ghana	355,098		301,855		735,675		1,044,039
Revenues from contract with customers - U.S. Gulf of Mexico	102,968		116,603		285,735		441,446
Provisional oil sales contracts	(6,716)		(3,580)		(10,305)		(13,578)
Oil and gas revenue	$	526,348	$	456,056	$	1,193,843	$	1,735,439

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Property and Equipment (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Schedule of property and equipment

Property and equipment is stated at cost and consisted of the following:

	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(In thousands)
Oil and gas properties:
Proved properties	$	7,535,104	$	6,953,435
Unproved properties	403,481		341,334
Total oil and gas properties	7,938,585		7,294,769
Accumulated depletion	(3,764,346)		(3,457,332)
Oil and gas properties, net	4,174,239		3,837,437
Other property	64,268		60,730
Accumulated depreciation	(58,538)		(55,520)
Other property, net	5,730		5,210
Property and equipment, net	$	4,179,969	$	3,842,647

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Suspended Well Costs (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Industries Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of capitalized exploratory well costs

The following table reflects the Company’s capitalized exploratory well costs on drilled wells as of and during the nine months ended September 30, 2023.

	September 30, 2023
	(In thousands)
Beginning balance	$	145,957
Additions to capitalized exploratory well costs pending the determination of proved reserves	8,487
Reclassification due to determination of proved reserves	—
Capitalized exploratory well costs charged to expense	—
Ending balance	$	154,444

Schedule of aging of capitalized exploratory well costs and number of projects for which exploratory well costs were capitalized for more than one year

The following table provides an aging of capitalized exploratory well costs based on the date drilling was completed and the number of projects for which exploratory well costs have been capitalized for more than one year since the completion of drilling:

	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(In thousands, except project counts)
Exploratory well costs capitalized for a period of one year or less	$	—	$	—
Exploratory well costs capitalized for a period of one to three years	34,028		32,770
Exploratory well costs capitalized for a period of four to seven years	120,416		113,187
Ending balance	$	154,444	$	145,957
Number of projects that have exploratory well costs that have been capitalized for a period greater than one year	2		2

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Debt (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of debt

	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(In thousands)
Outstanding debt principal balances:
Facility	$	925,000	$	625,000
7.125% Senior Notes	650,000		650,000
7.750% Senior Notes	400,000		400,000
7.500% Senior Notes	450,000		450,000
GoM Term Loan	—		145,000
Total long-term debt	2,425,000		2,270,000
Unamortized deferred financing costs and discounts	(35,803)		(44,089)
Total debt, net	2,389,197		2,225,911
Less: Current maturities of long-term debt	—		(30,000)
Long-term debt, net	$	2,389,197	$	2,195,911

Schedule of estimated repayments of debt

At September 30, 2023, the estimated repayments of debt during the five fiscal year periods and thereafter are as follows: 

	Payments Due by Year
	Total		2023(2)		2024		2025		2026		2027		Thereafter
	(In thousands)
Principal debt repayments(1)	$	2,425,000	$	—	$	243,047	$	227,450	$	929,282	$	575,221	$	450,000

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(1)Includes the scheduled maturities for outstanding principal debt balances. The scheduled maturities of debt related to the Facility as of September 30, 2023 are based on our level of borrowings and our estimated future available borrowing base commitment levels in future periods. Any increases or decreases in the level of borrowings or increases or decreases in the available borrowing base would impact the scheduled maturities of debt during the next five years and thereafter. In October 2023, the Company’s lending syndicate approved a borrowing base capacity of $1.25 billion and the Company amended the Facility to modify the amortization schedule with the first repayment installment scheduled on October 1, 2024, rather than March 31, 2024.

(2)Represents payments for the period October 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023.

Schedule of interest and other financing costs, net

Interest and other financing costs, net incurred during the periods is comprised of the following:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
	(In thousands)
Interest expense	$	54,643	$	45,448	$	155,123	$	131,626
Amortization—deferred financing costs	2,462		2,577		7,543		7,838
Loss on extinguishment of debt	1,503		—		1,503		192
Capitalized interest	(36,029)		(22,163)		(99,920)		(57,489)
Deferred interest	(488)		4		(135)		(1,436)
Interest income	(4,793)		(2,956)		(13,379)		(7,840)
Other, net	8,142		6,886		23,644		19,426
Interest and other financing costs, net	$	25,440	$	29,796	$	74,379	$	92,317

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Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of oil derivative contracts

The following table sets forth the volumes in barrels underlying the Company’s outstanding oil derivative contracts and the weighted average prices per Bbl for those contracts as of September 30, 2023. Volumes and weighted average prices are net of any offsetting derivative contracts entered into.

				Weighted Average Price per Bbl
				Net Deferred
				Premium
				Payable/		Sold
Term	Type of Contract	Index	MBbl	(Receivable)		Put		Floor		Ceiling
2023:
Oct - Dec	Three-way collars	Dated Brent	1,500	$	1.34	$	49.17	$	71.67	$	107.58
Oct - Dec	Two-way collars	Dated Brent	1,250	1.69		—		72.00		112.00
2024:
Jan - Dec	Three-way collars	Dated Brent	4,000	1.31		45.00		70.00		96.25
Jan - Jun	Two-way collars	Dated Brent	2,000	1.24		—		65.00		85.00
Jan - Dec	Two-way collars	Dated Brent	2,000	0.46		—		70.00		100.00

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Schedule of derivative instruments by balance sheet location

The following tables disclose the Company’s derivative instruments as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, and gain/(loss) from derivatives during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively:

		Estimated Fair Value
		Asset (Liability)
Type of Contract	Balance Sheet Location	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
		(In thousands)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Derivative assets:
Commodity	Derivatives assets—current	$	—	$	7,344
Provisional oil sales	Receivables: Oil sales	—		1,170
Commodity	Derivatives assets—long-term	698		1,725
Derivative liabilities:
Commodity	Derivatives liabilities—current	(26,597)		(6,773)
Commodity	Derivatives liabilities—long-term	(2,402)		(778)
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments		$	(28,301)	$	2,688

Schedule of derivative instruments by location of gain/(loss)

		Amount of Gain/(Loss)				Amount of Gain/(Loss)
		Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
		September 30,				September 30,
Type of Contract	Location of Gain/(Loss)	2023		2022		2023		2022
		(In thousands)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Provisional oil sales	Oil and gas revenue	$	(6,716)	$	(3,580)	$	(10,305)	$	(13,578)
Commodity	Derivatives, net	(45,971)		113,842		(42,162)		(243,534)
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments		$	(52,687)	$	110,262	$	(52,467)	$	(257,112)

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Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of company's assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis

The following tables present the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, for each fair value hierarchy level: 

	Fair Value Measurements Using:
	Quoted Prices in
	Active Markets for		Significant Other		Significant
	Identical Assets		Observable Inputs		Unobservable Inputs
	(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)		Total
	(In thousands)
September 30, 2023
Assets:
Commodity derivatives	$	—	$	698	$	—	$	698
Provisional oil sales	—		—		—		—
Liabilities:
Commodity derivatives	—		(28,999)		—		(28,999)
Total	$	—	$	(28,301)	$	—	$	(28,301)
December 31, 2022
Assets:
Commodity derivatives	$	—	$	9,069	$	—	$	9,069
Provisional oil sales	—		1,170		—		1,170
Liabilities:
Commodity derivatives	—		(7,551)		—		(7,551)
Total	$	—	$	2,688	$	—	$	2,688

Schedule of carrying values and fair values of financial instruments that are not carried at fair value

The following table presents the carrying values and fair values at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022:

	September 30, 2023				December 31, 2022
	Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
7.125% Senior Notes	$	646,600	$	613,444	$	645,699	$	558,201
7.750% Senior Notes	396,505		370,044		395,893		335,592
7.500% Senior Notes	446,104		403,574		445,564		361,958
GoM Term Loan	—		—		145,000		145,000
Facility	925,000		925,000		625,000		625,000
Total	$	2,414,209	$	2,312,062	$	2,257,156	$	2,025,751

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Equity-based Compensation (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Schedule of outstanding restricted stock units

The following table reflects the outstanding restricted stock units as of September 30, 2023:

		Weighted-		Market / Service	Weighted-
	Service Vesting	Average		Vesting	Average
	Restricted Stock	Grant-Date		Restricted Stock	Grant-Date
	Units	Fair Value		Units	Fair Value
	(In thousands)			(In thousands)
Outstanding at December 31, 2022	4,916	$	4.18	12,041	$	5.61
Granted(1)	2,699	7.59		3,419	12.25
Forfeited(1)	(214)	5.46		(192)	7.98
Vested	(2,755)	3.86		(2,949)	8.22
Outstanding at September 30, 2023	4,646	5.72		12,319	6.56

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(1)The restricted stock units with a combination of market and service vesting criteria may vest between 0% and 200% of the originally granted units depending upon market performance conditions. Awards vesting over or under target shares of 100% results in additional shares granted or forfeited, respectively, in the period the market vesting criteria is determined.

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Income Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of components of income (loss) before income taxes

Income before income taxes is composed of the following:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
	(In thousands)
United States	$	(13,425)	$	16,168	$	(62,548)	$	77,832
Foreign	150,966		313,799		392,904		459,139
Income before income taxes	$	137,541	$	329,967	$	330,356	$	536,971

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Net Income Per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of reconciliation between net income and the amounts used to compute basic and diluted net income per share and the weighted average shares outstanding used to compute basic and diluted net income per share

The following table is a reconciliation between net income and the amounts used to compute basic and diluted net income per share and the weighted average shares outstanding used to compute basic and diluted net income per share:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
	(In thousands, except per share data)
Numerator:
Net income allocable to common stockholders	$	85,185	$	222,254	$	191,839	$	340,827
Denominator:
Weighted average number of shares outstanding:
Basic	460,108		455,840		459,477		455,158
Restricted stock units(1)	20,991		20,591		20,261		19,662
Diluted	481,099		476,431		479,738		474,820
Net income per share:
Basic	$	0.19	$	0.49	$	0.42	$	0.75
Diluted	$	0.18	$	0.47	$	0.40	$	0.72

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(1)We excluded restricted stock units of 0.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 0.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 from the computations of diluted net income per share because the effect would have been anti-dilutive.

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Additional Financial Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Additional Financial Information

Schedule of accrued liabilities

Accrued liabilities consisted of the following: 

	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(In thousands)
Accrued liabilities:
Exploration, development and production	$	131,208	$	80,598
Revenue payable	25,077		26,087
Current asset retirement obligations	10,884		1,732
General and administrative expenses	26,719		32,069
Interest	47,383		44,740
Income taxes	91,023		127,183
Taxes other than income	1,225		1,524
Derivatives	1,372		6,440
Other	3,899		4,833
	$	338,790	$	325,206

Schedule of changes in asset retirement obligations

The following table summarizes the changes in the Company's asset retirement obligations as of and during the nine months ended September 30, 2023:

	September 30, 2023
	(In thousands)
Asset retirement obligations:
Beginning asset retirement obligations	$	302,534
Liabilities incurred during period	10,015
Liabilities settled during period	(3,504)
Revisions in estimated retirement obligations	10,340
Accretion expense	21,601
Ending asset retirement obligations	$	340,986

Schedule of other expenses, net incurred

Other expenses, net incurred during the period is comprised of the following: 

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
	(In thousands)
(Gain) loss on disposal of inventory	$	2,412	$	(821)	$	5,351	$	(536)
Loss on asset retirement obligations liability settlements	4,733		—		4,848		620
Other, net	3,910		603		7,665		(1,404)
Other expenses, net	$	11,055	$	(218)	$	17,864	$	(1,320)

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Business Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of business segment information

Financial information for each area is presented below:

	Ghana		Equatorial Guinea		Mauritania/Senegal		U.S. Gulf of Mexico		Corporate & Other		Eliminations		Total
	(In thousands)
Three months ended September 30, 2023
Revenues and other income:
Oil and gas revenue	$	348,366	$	75,014	$	—	$	102,968	$	—	$	—	$	526,348
Other income, net	—		—		—		746		80,826		(81,374)		198
Total revenues and other income	348,366		75,014		—		103,714		80,826		(81,374)		526,546
Costs and expenses:
Oil and gas production	90,737		24,700		—		23,345		—		—		138,782
Exploration expenses	(58)		2,931		3,698		1,913		1,806		—		10,290
General and administrative	2,475		1,209		2,543		3,291		51,018		(35,416)		25,120
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	77,688		14,654		297		38,948		760		—		132,347
Interest and other financing costs, net(1)	14,368		(752)		(31,438)		3,540		39,722		—		25,440
Derivatives, net	—		—		—		—		45,971		—		45,971
Other expenses, net	42,466		3,449		3,337		5,414		2,347		(45,958)		11,055
Total costs and expenses	227,676		46,191		(21,563)		76,451		141,624		(81,374)		389,005
Income (loss) before income taxes	120,690		28,823		21,563		27,263		(60,798)		—		137,541
Income tax expense	42,614		12,477		—		54		(2,789)		—		52,356
Net income (loss)	$	78,076	$	16,346	$	21,563	$	27,209	$	(58,009)	$	—	$	85,185
Consolidated capital expenditures, net	$	53,039	$	15,821	$	42,079	$	76,895	$	4,716	$	—	$	192,550

	Ghana		Equatorial Guinea		Mauritania/Senegal		U.S. Gulf of Mexico		Corporate & Other		Eliminations		Total
	(In thousands)
Nine months ended September 30, 2023
Revenues and other income:
Oil and gas revenue	$	728,465	$	179,643	$	—	$	285,735	$	—	$	—	$	1,193,843
Other income, net	(425)		10		—		2,832		151,740		(154,272)		(115)
Total revenues and other income	728,040		179,653		—		288,567		151,740		(154,272)		1,193,728
Costs and expenses:
Oil and gas production	141,973		68,623		—		75,701		—		—		286,297
Exploration expenses	579		7,013		11,917		9,089		4,707		—		33,305
General and administrative	9,921		3,871		7,346		13,099		155,617		(112,123)		77,731
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	177,796		36,737		699		114,912		1,490		—		331,634
Interest and other financing costs, net(1)	42,535		(2,138)		(87,087)		9,632		111,437		—		74,379
Derivatives, net	—		—		—		—		42,162		—		42,162
Other expenses, net	38,811		3,402		6,058		8,215		3,527		(42,149)		17,864
Total costs and expenses	411,615		117,508		(61,067)		230,648		318,940		(154,272)		863,372
Income (loss) before income taxes	316,425		62,145		61,067		57,919		(167,200)		—		330,356
Income tax expense	112,478		25,837		—		1,119		(917)		—		138,517
Net income (loss)	$	203,947	$	36,308	$	61,067	$	56,800	$	(166,283)	$	—	$	191,839
Consolidated capital expenditures, net	$	202,517	$	40,777	$	191,830	$	125,215	$	8,288	$	—	$	568,627
As of September 30, 2023
Property and equipment, net	$	1,243,655	$	402,999	$	1,672,423	$	842,715	$	18,177	$	—	$	4,179,969
Total assets	$	3,320,522	$	1,738,886	$	2,507,496	$	3,934,860	$	21,048,238	$	(27,580,601)	$	4,969,401

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(1)Interest expense is recorded based on actual third-party and intercompany debt agreements. Capitalized interest is recorded on the business unit where the assets reside.

	Ghana(2)		Equatorial Guinea		Mauritania/Senegal		U.S. Gulf of Mexico(3)		Corporate & Other		Eliminations		Total
	(In thousands)
Three months ended September 30, 2022
Revenues and other income:
Oil and gas revenue	$	296,980	$	42,473	$	—	$	116,603	$	—	$	—	$	456,056
Other income, net	1		—		—		698		(82,537)		81,886		48
Total revenues and other income	296,981		42,473		—		117,301		(82,537)		81,886		456,104
Costs and expenses:
Oil and gas production	23,911		11,921		—		26,540		—		—		62,372
Facilities insurance modifications, net	494		—		—		—		—		—		494
Exploration expenses	9,459		1,071		2,182		2,674		1,829		—		17,215
General and administrative	3,967		1,991		2,624		2,804		44,577		(31,956)		24,007
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	65,288		7,741		143		32,701		440		—		106,313
Interest and other financing costs, net(1)	16,922		(595)		(18,402)		2,785		29,086		—		29,796
Derivatives, net	—		—		—		—		(113,842)		—		(113,842)
Other expenses, net	(101,457)		(6,464)		145		(6,317)		33		113,842		(218)
Total costs and expenses	18,584		15,665		(13,308)		61,187		(37,877)		81,886		126,137
Income (loss) before income taxes	278,397		26,808		13,308		56,114		(44,660)		—		329,967
Income tax expense	98,413		7,371		—		(275)		2,204		—		107,713
Net income (loss)	$	179,984	$	19,437	$	13,308	$	56,389	$	(46,864)	$	—	$	222,254
Consolidated capital expenditures, net	$	40,871	$	2,435	$	114,339	$	43,612	$	1,834	$	—	$	203,091

	Ghana(2)		Equatorial Guinea		Mauritania/Senegal		U.S. Gulf of Mexico(3)		Corporate & Other		Eliminations		Total
	(In thousands)
Nine months ended September 30, 2022
Revenues and other income:
Oil and gas revenue	$	1,032,551	$	261,442	$	—	$	441,446	$	—	$	—	$	1,735,439
Gain on sale of assets	—		—		—		471		—		—		471
Other income, net	1		—		—		1,726		340,768		(342,352)		143
Total revenues and other income	1,032,552		261,442		—		443,643		340,768		(342,352)		1,736,053
Costs and expenses:
Oil and gas production	137,030		60,384		—		79,850		—		—		277,264
Facilities insurance modifications, net	7,246		—		—		—		—		—		7,246
Exploration expenses	11,433		4,047		80,271		19,770		3,135		—		118,656
General and administrative	11,379		5,008		6,890		11,181		138,783		(98,817)		74,424
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	229,074		40,729		257		115,648		1,253		—		386,961
Interest and other financing costs, net(1)	46,208		(1,682)		(46,903)		8,244		86,450		—		92,317
Derivatives, net	—		—		—		—		243,534		—		243,534
Other expenses, net	215,340		17,553		(1,200)		11,355		(834)		(243,534)		(1,320)
Total costs and expenses	657,710		126,039		39,315		246,048		472,321		(342,351)		1,199,082
Income (loss) before income taxes	374,842		135,403		(39,315)		197,595		(131,553)		(1)		536,971
Income tax expense	133,193		55,420		—		2,828		4,703		—		196,144
Net income (loss)	$	241,649	$	79,983	$	(39,315)	$	194,767	$	(136,256)	$	(1)	$	340,827
Consolidated capital expenditures, net	$	32,814	$	26,732	$	261,755	$	107,856	$	4,545	$	—	$	433,702
As of September 30, 2022
Property and equipment, net	$	1,627,871	$	385,442	$	1,225,991	$	881,990	$	17,373	$	—	$	4,138,667
Total assets	$	3,211,263	$	1,130,390	$	1,727,997	$	3,649,195	$	18,987,516	$	(23,784,949)	$	4,921,412

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(1)Interest expense is recorded based on actual third-party and intercompany debt agreements. Capitalized interest is recorded on the business unit where the assets reside.

(2)Includes activity related to the interest pre-empted by Tullow prior to the March 17, 2022 closing date of the Tullow pre-emption transaction. Additionally, cash consideration of $118.2 million is included as reduction in Consolidated capital expenditures for the nine months ended September 30, 2022.

(3)Includes activity related to our acquisition of an additional interest in the Kodiak Oil Field commencing June 9, 2022, the acquisition date. Additionally, cash consideration paid of $29.0 million is included in consolidated capital expenditures for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022.

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022
	(In thousands)
Consolidated capital expenditures:
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Investing activities:
Oil and gas assets	$	611,914	$	543,349
Acquisition of oil and gas properties	—		21,205
Proceeds on sale of assets	—		(118,703)
Adjustments:
Changes in capital accruals	25,441		1,511
Exploration expense, excluding unsuccessful well costs and leasehold impairments(1)	31,061		35,570
Capitalized interest	(99,920)		(57,489)
Other	131		8,259
Total consolidated capital expenditures, net	$	568,627	$	433,702

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(1)Unsuccessful well costs and leasehold impairments are included in oil and gas assets when incurred.

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Organization (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023 segment
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of reportable geographic areas	4

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Accounting Policies - Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 138,742	$ 183,405
Restricted cash - long-term	3,416	3,416
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows	$ 142,158	$ 186,821	$ 231,897	$ 174,896

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Accounting Policies - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Materials and supplies inventory	$ 141.5	$ 125.3
Hydrocarbons inventory	$ 13.5	$ 8.2

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Accounting Policies - Summary of Oil and Gas Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Provisional oil sales contracts	$ (52,687)	$ 110,262	$ (52,467)	$ (257,112)
Oil and gas revenue	526,348	456,056	1,193,843	1,735,439
Oil and gas revenue
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Provisional oil sales contracts	(6,716)	(3,580)	(10,305)	(13,578)
Oil and gas revenue	526,348	456,056	1,193,843	1,735,439
Equatorial Guinea
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers	74,998	41,178	182,738	263,532
Ghana
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers	355,098	301,855	735,675	1,044,039
U.S. Gulf of Mexico
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from contracts with customers	$ 102,968	$ 116,603	$ 285,735	$ 441,446

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Acquisitions and Divestitures (Details)	1 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2023	Mar. 31, 2023	Feb. 28, 2023 a	Feb. 28, 2023 km²
Block EG-01 Offshore Equatorial Guinea | Petroleum Contract
Property Plant and Equipment Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Participation interest	24.00%
Area of block			59,400	240
First exploration period	3 years
Block EG-01 Offshore Equatorial Guinea | Petroleum Contract | Panoro Energy ASA
Property Plant and Equipment Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Participation interest	56.00%
Block EG-01 Offshore Equatorial Guinea | Petroleum Contract | Guinea Equatorial De Petroleos
Property Plant and Equipment Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Carried participating interest	20.00%
Participating interest following conversion from carried participation interest	20.00%
Block S Offshore Equatorial Guinea | Farm Out Agreement
Property Plant and Equipment Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Participation interest		34.00%
Block S Offshore Equatorial Guinea | Farm Out Agreement | Panoro Energy ASA
Property Plant and Equipment Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Participation interest		6.00%

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Long-term Receivables (Details) - National Oil Companies of Mauritania And Senegal - Carry Advance Agreements - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022
Oil and Gas Joint Interest Billing Receivables [Line Items]
Long-term receivables	$ 243.6		$ 243.6		$ 196.9
Accrued interest on balance due	32.7		32.7		$ 21.5
Interest income, long-term notes receivable	$ 4.0	$ 2.5	$ 11.3	$ 6.8

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Property and Equipment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022
Oil and gas properties:
Proved properties	$ 7,535,104		$ 7,535,104		$ 6,953,435
Unproved properties	403,481		403,481		341,334
Total oil and gas properties	7,938,585		7,938,585		7,294,769
Accumulated depletion	(3,764,346)		(3,764,346)		(3,457,332)
Oil and gas properties, net	4,174,239		4,174,239		3,837,437
Other property	64,268		64,268		60,730
Accumulated depreciation	(58,538)		(58,538)		(55,520)
Other property, net	5,730		5,730		5,210
Property and equipment, net	4,179,969	$ 4,138,667	4,179,969	$ 4,138,667	$ 3,842,647
Depletion expense	$ 123,500	$ 100,000	$ 307,000	$ 366,400

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Suspended Well Costs - Summary of Suspended Well Costs (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($) project	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) project
Reconciliation of capitalized exploratory well costs on completed wells
Beginning balance	$ 145,957
Additions to capitalized exploratory well costs pending the determination of proved reserves	8,487
Reclassification due to determination of proved reserves	0
Capitalized exploratory well costs charged to expense	0
Ending balance	154,444
Aging of capitalized exploratory well costs and number of projects for which exploratory well costs were capitalized for more than one year
Exploratory well costs capitalized for a period of one year or less	0	$ 0
Exploratory well costs capitalized for a period of one to three years	34,028	32,770
Exploratory well costs capitalized for a period of four to seven years	120,416	113,187
Ending balance	$ 154,444	$ 145,957
Number of projects that have exploratory well costs that have been capitalized for a period greater than one year | project	2	2

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Suspended Well Costs - Narrative (Details) - Yakaar and Teranga Discoveries - km	1 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2019
Capitalized Contract Cost [Line Items]
Distance from Yakaar-2 well to Yakaar-1 exploration well		9
Additional term from exploration license extension	3 years

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Debt - Schedule of Instruments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Oct. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Apr. 30, 2019
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Total long-term debt	$ 2,425,000	$ 2,270,000
Unamortized deferred financing costs and discounts	(35,803)	(44,089)
Total debt, net	2,389,197	2,225,911
Less: Current maturities of long-term debt	0	(30,000)
Long-term debt, net	2,389,197	2,195,911
Facility | Revolving credit facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Total long-term debt	925,000	625,000
7.125% Senior Notes | Senior Notes
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)					7.125%
Total long-term debt	650,000	650,000
7.750% Senior Notes | Senior Notes
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)			7.75%
Total long-term debt	400,000	400,000
7.500% Senior Notes | Senior Notes
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)				7.50%
Total long-term debt	450,000	450,000
GoM Term Loan | Secured Debt
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Total long-term debt	$ 0	$ 145,000

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Debt - Facility (Details) - Facility - Revolving Credit Facility $ in Millions		9 Months Ended
	Apr. 19, 2023	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Oct. 19, 2023 installment	Oct. 18, 2023 installment
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount outstanding		$ 925.0
Undrawn availability		$ 220.1
Interval period for payment of interest (in months)		6 months
Commitment fees percentage		30.00%
Unavailable capacity commitment fee percentage		20.00%
Subsequent Event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 1,250.0
Increase in borrowing capacity			$ 104.9
Number of repayment installments | installment				6	7
Minimum | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (as a percent)	3.75%
Maximum | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (as a percent)	5.00%

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Debt - Corporate Revolver (Details) - Revolving Credit Facility - Corporate Revolver $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount outstanding	$ 0.0
Undrawn availability	250.0
Deferred financing costs	$ 6.1
Interest payment interval period maximum	6 months
Commitment fee percentage	30.00%
Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable margin (as a percent)	7.00%

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Debt - Senior Notes (Details) - Senior Notes - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Apr. 30, 2019
7.125% Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, face amount			$ 650.0
Interest rate (as a percent)			7.125%
Proceeds from debt, net of issuance costs			$ 640.0
7.750% Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, face amount	$ 400.0
Interest rate (as a percent)	7.75%
Proceeds from debt, net of issuance costs	$ 395.0
7.500% Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, face amount		$ 450.0
Interest rate (as a percent)		7.50%
Proceeds from debt, net of issuance costs		$ 444.4

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Debt - GoM Term Loan (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 15, 2023	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt repayment			$ 145,000	$ 322,500
GoM Term Loan | Secured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt term (in years)		5 years
Debt, face amount		$ 200,000
Net proceeds from issuance of secured debt		$ 197,700
Debt repayment	$ 137,500

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Debt - Principal Debt Repayments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Oct. 31, 2023	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total		$ 2,425,000	$ 2,270,000
2023		0
2024		243,047
2025		227,450
2026		929,282
2027		575,221
Thereafter		$ 450,000
Revolving Credit Facility | Facility | Subsequent Event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 1,250,000

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Debt - Debt Interest (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Interest expense	$ 54,643	$ 45,448	$ 155,123	$ 131,626
Amortization—deferred financing costs	2,462	2,577	7,543	7,838
Loss on extinguishment of debt	1,503	0	1,503	192
Capitalized interest	(36,029)	(22,163)	(99,920)	(57,489)
Deferred interest	(488)	4	(135)	(1,436)
Interest income	(4,793)	(2,956)	(13,379)	(7,840)
Other, net	8,142	6,886	23,644	19,426
Interest and other financing costs, net	$ 25,440	$ 29,796	$ 74,379	$ 92,317

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Derivative Financial Instruments - Oil Derivative Contracts (Details) - Dated Brent	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023 $ / bbl MBbls
Term October 2023 To December 2023 | Three-way collars
Derivative Financial Instruments
Volume | MBbls	1,500
Weighted Average Price per Bbl
Net deferred premium payable/(receivable) (usd per bbl)	1.34
Sold Put (usd per bbl)	49.17
Floor (usd per bbl)	71.67
Ceiling (usd per bbl)	107.58
Term October 2023 To December 2023 | Two-way collars
Derivative Financial Instruments
Volume | MBbls	1,250
Weighted Average Price per Bbl
Net deferred premium payable/(receivable) (usd per bbl)	1.69
Sold Put (usd per bbl)	0
Floor (usd per bbl)	72.00
Ceiling (usd per bbl)	112.00
Term January 2024 To December 2024 | Three-way collars
Derivative Financial Instruments
Volume | MBbls	4,000
Weighted Average Price per Bbl
Net deferred premium payable/(receivable) (usd per bbl)	1.31
Sold Put (usd per bbl)	45.00
Floor (usd per bbl)	70.00
Ceiling (usd per bbl)	96.25
Term January 2024 To December 2024 | Two-way collars
Derivative Financial Instruments
Volume | MBbls	2,000
Weighted Average Price per Bbl
Net deferred premium payable/(receivable) (usd per bbl)	0.46
Sold Put (usd per bbl)	0
Floor (usd per bbl)	70.00
Ceiling (usd per bbl)	100.00
Term January 2024 To June 2024 | Two-way collars
Derivative Financial Instruments
Volume | MBbls	2,000
Weighted Average Price per Bbl
Net deferred premium payable/(receivable) (usd per bbl)	1.24
Sold Put (usd per bbl)	0
Floor (usd per bbl)	65.00
Ceiling (usd per bbl)	85.00

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Derivative Financial Instruments - Derivative Instruments and Gain/(Loss) from Derivatives (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Derivative instruments, Balance Sheet Location
Derivatives assets—current	$ 0	$ 7,344
Derivatives assets—long-term	698	1,725
Derivatives liabilities—current	(26,597)	(6,773)
Derivatives liabilities—long-term	(2,402)	(778)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Derivative instruments, Balance Sheet Location
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	(28,301)	2,688
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Commodity
Derivative instruments, Balance Sheet Location
Derivatives assets—current	0	7,344
Derivatives assets—long-term	698	1,725
Derivatives liabilities—current	(26,597)	(6,773)
Derivatives liabilities—long-term	(2,402)	(778)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Provisional oil sales
Derivative instruments, Balance Sheet Location
Derivatives assets—current	$ 0	$ 1,170

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Derivative Financial Instruments - Location of Gain (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Derivative instruments, Location of Gain/(Loss)
Amount of Gain/(Loss)	$ (52,687)	$ 110,262	$ (52,467)	$ (257,112)
Provisional oil sales | Oil and gas revenue
Derivative instruments, Location of Gain/(Loss)
Amount of Gain/(Loss)	(6,716)	(3,580)	(10,305)	(13,578)
Commodity | Derivatives, net
Derivative instruments, Location of Gain/(Loss)
Amount of Gain/(Loss)	$ (45,971)	$ 113,842	$ (42,162)	$ (243,534)

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Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Company's Assets and Liabilities (Details) - Recurring basis - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Liabilities:
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	$ (28,301)	$ 2,688
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)
Liabilities:
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	0	0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Liabilities:
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	(28,301)	2,688
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Liabilities:
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	0	0
Commodity derivatives
Assets:
Derivative asset, fair value	698	9,069
Liabilities:
Derivative liability, fair value	(28,999)	(7,551)
Commodity derivatives | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)
Assets:
Derivative asset, fair value	0	0
Liabilities:
Derivative liability, fair value	0	0
Commodity derivatives | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Assets:
Derivative asset, fair value	698	9,069
Liabilities:
Derivative liability, fair value	(28,999)	(7,551)
Commodity derivatives | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets:
Derivative asset, fair value	0	0
Liabilities:
Derivative liability, fair value	0	0
Provisional oil sales
Assets:
Derivative asset, fair value	0	1,170
Provisional oil sales | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)
Assets:
Derivative asset, fair value	0	0
Provisional oil sales | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Assets:
Derivative asset, fair value	0	1,170
Provisional oil sales | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets:
Derivative asset, fair value	$ 0	$ 0

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Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Carrying Values and Fair Values of Financial Instruments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Oct. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Apr. 30, 2019
Carrying Value
Fair Value Measurements
Long-term debt	$ 2,414,209	$ 2,257,156
Fair Value
Fair Value Measurements
Long-term debt	2,312,062	2,025,751
7.125% Senior Notes | Senior Notes
Fair Value Measurements
Interest rate (as a percent)					7.125%
7.125% Senior Notes | Senior Notes | Carrying Value
Fair Value Measurements
Long-term debt	646,600	645,699
7.125% Senior Notes | Senior Notes | Fair Value
Fair Value Measurements
Long-term debt	613,444	558,201
7.750% Senior Notes | Senior Notes
Fair Value Measurements
Interest rate (as a percent)			7.75%
7.750% Senior Notes | Senior Notes | Carrying Value
Fair Value Measurements
Long-term debt	396,505	395,893
7.750% Senior Notes | Senior Notes | Fair Value
Fair Value Measurements
Long-term debt	370,044	335,592
7.500% Senior Notes | Senior Notes
Fair Value Measurements
Interest rate (as a percent)				7.50%
7.500% Senior Notes | Senior Notes | Carrying Value
Fair Value Measurements
Long-term debt	446,104	445,564
7.500% Senior Notes | Senior Notes | Fair Value
Fair Value Measurements
Long-term debt	403,574	361,958
GoM Term Loan | Secured Debt | Carrying Value
Fair Value Measurements
Long-term debt	0	145,000
GoM Term Loan | Secured Debt | Fair Value
Fair Value Measurements
Long-term debt	0	145,000
Facility | Revolving Credit Facility | Carrying Value
Fair Value Measurements
Long-term debt	925,000	625,000
Facility | Revolving Credit Facility | Fair Value
Fair Value Measurements
Long-term debt	$ 925,000	$ 625,000

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Fair Value Measurements - Narratives (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Oct. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Apr. 30, 2019
Fair Value Measurements
Impairment of long-lived assets	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0
7.125% Senior Notes | Senior Notes
Fair Value Measurements
Interest rate (as a percent)							7.125%
7.750% Senior Notes | Senior Notes
Fair Value Measurements
Interest rate (as a percent)					7.75%
7.500% Senior Notes | Senior Notes
Fair Value Measurements
Interest rate (as a percent)						7.50%

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Equity-based Compensation - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common shares, authorized shares (in shares)	2,000,000,000		2,000,000,000			2,000,000,000
LTIP
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense recognized	$ 10.6	$ 8.8	$ 31.8	$ 25.9
Tax benefit	1.9	1.5	5.6	4.4
Net tax (windfall) shortfall related to equity-based compensation	0.0	0.0	(3.2)	0.7
Fair value of awards vested	$ 0.2	$ 0.5	$ 44.9	$ 21.9
Vesting period (in years)			3 years
Common shares, authorized shares (in shares)					17,000,000
Number of shares remaining available for grant (in shares)	18,700,000		18,700,000
LTIP | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense not yet recognized	$ 37.5		$ 37.5
Weighted average period over which compensation expense is to be recognized (in years)			1 year 9 months 7 days
LTIP | Market/Service Vesting Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Grant date fair value of awards granted (in dollars per share)			$ 12.25
LTIP | Market/Service Vesting Restricted Stock Units | Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage of the awards granted (up to)			0.00%
Grant date fair value of awards granted (in dollars per share)			$ 1.06
Expected volatility			50.00%
Risk-free interest rate (as a percent)			0.20%
LTIP | Market/Service Vesting Restricted Stock Units | Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage of the awards granted (up to)			200.00%
Grant date fair value of awards granted (in dollars per share)			$ 12.33
Expected volatility			105.00%
Risk-free interest rate (as a percent)			3.70%

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Equity-based Compensation - Schedule of Awards (Details) - LTIP shares in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023 $ / shares shares
Service Vesting Restricted Stock Units
Outstanding unvested awards activity
Outstanding at the beginning of the period (in shares) | shares	4,916
Granted (in shares) | shares	2,699
Forfeited (in shares) | shares	(214)
Vested (in shares) | shares	(2,755)
Outstanding at the end of the period (in shares) | shares	4,646
Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Outstanding at beginning of the period (in dollars per share)	$ 4.18
Granted (in dollars per share)	7.59
Forfeited (in dollars per share)	5.46
Vested (in dollars per share)	3.86
Outstanding at the end of the period (in dollars per share)	$ 5.72
Market/Service Vesting Restricted Stock Units
Outstanding unvested awards activity
Outstanding at the beginning of the period (in shares) | shares	12,041
Granted (in shares) | shares	3,419
Forfeited (in shares) | shares	(192)
Vested (in shares) | shares	(2,949)
Outstanding at the end of the period (in shares) | shares	12,319
Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Outstanding at beginning of the period (in dollars per share)	$ 5.61
Granted (in dollars per share)	12.25
Forfeited (in dollars per share)	7.98
Vested (in dollars per share)	8.22
Outstanding at the end of the period (in dollars per share)	6.56
Market/Service Vesting Restricted Stock Units | Minimum
Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Granted (in dollars per share)	$ 1.06
Vesting percentage of the awards granted (as a percent)	0.00%
Market/Service Vesting Restricted Stock Units | Maximum
Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Granted (in dollars per share)	$ 12.33
Vesting percentage of the awards granted (as a percent)	200.00%
Percent threshold target for grants and forfeitures (as a percent)	100.00%

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Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Income Taxes
Effective tax rate (as a percent)	38.00%	33.00%	42.00%	37.00%
Statutory tax rate (as a percent)				21.00%
Foreign
Income Taxes
Statutory tax rate (as a percent)			0.00%	0.00%

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Income Taxes - Schedule of Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Income Taxes
Income before income taxes	$ 137,541	$ 329,967	$ 330,356	$ 536,971
United States
Income Taxes
Income before income taxes	(13,425)	16,168	(62,548)	77,832
Foreign
Income Taxes
Income before income taxes	$ 150,966	$ 313,799	$ 392,904	$ 459,139

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Net Income Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended						9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2023	Mar. 31, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Numerator:
Net income allocable to common stockholders	$ 85,185	$ 23,345	$ 83,309	$ 222,254	$ 117,173	$ 1,400	$ 191,839	$ 340,827
Weighted average number of shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	460,108			455,840			459,477	455,158
Restricted stock units (in shares)	20,991			20,591			20,261	19,662
Diluted (in shares)	481,099			476,431			479,738	474,820
Net income per share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.19			$ 0.49			$ 0.42	$ 0.75
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.18			$ 0.47			$ 0.40	$ 0.72
Outstanding restricted stock units excluded from the computations of diluted net income per share (in shares)				200				100

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($) well	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Greater Tortue FPSO | BP Operator
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Contract liability, noncurrent | $	$ 200.2
Equatorial Guinea
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Number of development wells | well	3
Number of exploration wells | well	1
U.S. Gulf of Mexico | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management | Surety Bond
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Required performance bonds | $	$ 192.0	$ 205.2

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Additional Financial Information - Schedule of Accrued Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Accrued liabilities:
Exploration, development and production	$ 131,208	$ 80,598
Revenue payable	25,077	26,087
Current asset retirement obligations	10,884	1,732
General and administrative expenses	26,719	32,069
Interest	47,383	44,740
Income taxes	91,023	127,183
Taxes other than income	1,225	1,524
Derivatives	1,372	6,440
Other	3,899	4,833
Accrued liabilities	$ 338,790	$ 325,206

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Additional Financial Information - Schedule of Changes in Asset Retirement Obligations (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)
Asset retirement obligations:
Beginning asset retirement obligations	$ 302,534
Liabilities incurred during period	10,015
Liabilities settled during period	(3,504)
Revisions in estimated retirement obligations	10,340
Accretion expense	21,601
Ending asset retirement obligations	$ 340,986

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Additional Financial Information - Other Expenses, Net (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Additional Financial Information
(Gain) loss on disposal of inventory	$ 2,412	$ (821)	$ 5,351	$ (536)
Loss on asset retirement obligations liability settlements	4,733	0	4,848	620
Other, net	3,910	603	7,665	(1,404)
Other expenses, net	$ 11,055	$ (218)	$ 17,864	$ (1,320)

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Business Segment Information - Narrative (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023 segment
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of reportable segments	4

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Business Segment Information - Business Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended						9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2023	Mar. 31, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Oil and gas revenue	$ 526,348			$ 456,056			$ 1,193,843	$ 1,735,439
Gain on sale of assets	0			0			0	471
Other income, net	198			48			(115)	143
Total revenues and other income	526,546			456,104			1,193,728	1,736,053
Oil and gas production	138,782			62,372			286,297	277,264
Facilities insurance modifications, net	0			494			0	7,246
Exploration expenses	10,290			17,215			33,305	118,656
General and administrative	25,120			24,007			77,731	74,424
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	132,347			106,313			331,634	386,961
Interest and other financing costs, net	25,440			29,796			74,379	92,317
Derivatives, net	45,971			(113,842)			42,162	243,534
Other expenses, net	11,055			(218)			17,864	(1,320)
Total costs and expenses	389,005			126,137			863,372	1,199,082
Income before income taxes	137,541			329,967			330,356	536,971
Income tax expense	52,356			107,713			138,517	196,144
Net income	85,185	$ 23,345	$ 83,309	222,254	$ 117,173	$ 1,400	191,839	340,827
Consolidated capital expenditures, net	192,550			203,091			568,627	433,702
Property and equipment, net	4,179,969			4,138,667			4,179,969	4,138,667	$ 3,842,647
Total assets	4,969,401			4,921,412			4,969,401	4,921,412	$ 4,579,988
Proceeds on sale of assets							0	118,703
Jubilee Unit Area And Ten Fields | Tullow
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Proceeds on sale of assets								118,200
Kodiak Field | Marubeni
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Business combination, consideration transferred				29,000				29,000
Operating Segments | Ghana
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Oil and gas revenue	348,366			296,980			728,465	1,032,551
Gain on sale of assets								0
Other income, net	0			1			(425)	1
Total revenues and other income	348,366			296,981			728,040	1,032,552
Oil and gas production	90,737			23,911			141,973	137,030
Facilities insurance modifications, net				494				7,246
Exploration expenses	(58)			9,459			579	11,433
General and administrative	2,475			3,967			9,921	11,379
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	77,688			65,288			177,796	229,074
Interest and other financing costs, net	14,368			16,922			42,535	46,208
Derivatives, net	0			0			0	0
Other expenses, net	42,466			(101,457)			38,811	215,340
Total costs and expenses	227,676			18,584			411,615	657,710
Income before income taxes	120,690			278,397			316,425	374,842
Income tax expense	42,614			98,413			112,478	133,193
Net income	78,076			179,984			203,947	241,649
Consolidated capital expenditures, net	53,039			40,871			202,517	32,814
Property and equipment, net	1,243,655			1,627,871			1,243,655	1,627,871
Total assets	3,320,522			3,211,263			3,320,522	3,211,263
Operating Segments | Equatorial Guinea
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Oil and gas revenue	75,014			42,473			179,643	261,442
Gain on sale of assets								0
Other income, net	0			0			10	0
Total revenues and other income	75,014			42,473			179,653	261,442
Oil and gas production	24,700			11,921			68,623	60,384
Facilities insurance modifications, net				0				0
Exploration expenses	2,931			1,071			7,013	4,047
General and administrative	1,209			1,991			3,871	5,008
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	14,654			7,741			36,737	40,729
Interest and other financing costs, net	(752)			(595)			(2,138)	(1,682)
Derivatives, net	0			0			0	0
Other expenses, net	3,449			(6,464)			3,402	17,553
Total costs and expenses	46,191			15,665			117,508	126,039
Income before income taxes	28,823			26,808			62,145	135,403
Income tax expense	12,477			7,371			25,837	55,420
Net income	16,346			19,437			36,308	79,983
Consolidated capital expenditures, net	15,821			2,435			40,777	26,732
Property and equipment, net	402,999			385,442			402,999	385,442
Total assets	1,738,886			1,130,390			1,738,886	1,130,390
Operating Segments | Mauritania/Senegal
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Oil and gas revenue	0			0			0	0
Gain on sale of assets								0
Other income, net	0			0			0	0
Total revenues and other income	0			0			0	0
Oil and gas production	0			0			0	0
Facilities insurance modifications, net				0				0
Exploration expenses	3,698			2,182			11,917	80,271
General and administrative	2,543			2,624			7,346	6,890
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	297			143			699	257
Interest and other financing costs, net	(31,438)			(18,402)			(87,087)	(46,903)
Derivatives, net	0			0			0	0
Other expenses, net	3,337			145			6,058	(1,200)
Total costs and expenses	(21,563)			(13,308)			(61,067)	39,315
Income before income taxes	21,563			13,308			61,067	(39,315)
Income tax expense	0			0			0	0
Net income	21,563			13,308			61,067	(39,315)
Consolidated capital expenditures, net	42,079			114,339			191,830	261,755
Property and equipment, net	1,672,423			1,225,991			1,672,423	1,225,991
Total assets	2,507,496			1,727,997			2,507,496	1,727,997
Operating Segments | U.S. Gulf of Mexico
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Oil and gas revenue	102,968			116,603			285,735	441,446
Gain on sale of assets								471
Other income, net	746			698			2,832	1,726
Total revenues and other income	103,714			117,301			288,567	443,643
Oil and gas production	23,345			26,540			75,701	79,850
Facilities insurance modifications, net				0				0
Exploration expenses	1,913			2,674			9,089	19,770
General and administrative	3,291			2,804			13,099	11,181
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	38,948			32,701			114,912	115,648
Interest and other financing costs, net	3,540			2,785			9,632	8,244
Derivatives, net	0			0			0	0
Other expenses, net	5,414			(6,317)			8,215	11,355
Total costs and expenses	76,451			61,187			230,648	246,048
Income before income taxes	27,263			56,114			57,919	197,595
Income tax expense	54			(275)			1,119	2,828
Net income	27,209			56,389			56,800	194,767
Consolidated capital expenditures, net	76,895			43,612			125,215	107,856
Property and equipment, net	842,715			881,990			842,715	881,990
Total assets	3,934,860			3,649,195			3,934,860	3,649,195
Corporate & Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Oil and gas revenue	0			0			0	0
Gain on sale of assets								0
Other income, net	80,826			(82,537)			151,740	340,768
Total revenues and other income	80,826			(82,537)			151,740	340,768
Oil and gas production	0			0			0	0
Facilities insurance modifications, net				0				0
Exploration expenses	1,806			1,829			4,707	3,135
General and administrative	51,018			44,577			155,617	138,783
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	760			440			1,490	1,253
Interest and other financing costs, net	39,722			29,086			111,437	86,450
Derivatives, net	45,971			(113,842)			42,162	243,534
Other expenses, net	2,347			33			3,527	(834)
Total costs and expenses	141,624			(37,877)			318,940	472,321
Income before income taxes	(60,798)			(44,660)			(167,200)	(131,553)
Income tax expense	(2,789)			2,204			(917)	4,703
Net income	(58,009)			(46,864)			(166,283)	(136,256)
Consolidated capital expenditures, net	4,716			1,834			8,288	4,545
Property and equipment, net	18,177			17,373			18,177	17,373
Total assets	21,048,238			18,987,516			21,048,238	18,987,516
Eliminations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Oil and gas revenue	0			0			0	0
Gain on sale of assets								0
Other income, net	(81,374)			81,886			(154,272)	(342,352)
Total revenues and other income	(81,374)			81,886			(154,272)	(342,352)
Oil and gas production	0			0			0	0
Facilities insurance modifications, net				0				0
Exploration expenses	0			0			0	0
General and administrative	(35,416)			(31,956)			(112,123)	(98,817)
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	0			0			0	0
Interest and other financing costs, net	0			0			0	0
Derivatives, net	0			0			0	0
Other expenses, net	(45,958)			113,842			(42,149)	(243,534)
Total costs and expenses	(81,374)			81,886			(154,272)	(342,351)
Income before income taxes	0			0			0	(1)
Income tax expense	0			0			0	0
Net income	0			0			0	(1)
Consolidated capital expenditures, net	0			0			0	0
Property and equipment, net	0			0			0	0
Total assets	$ (27,580,601)			$ (23,784,949)			$ (27,580,601)	$ (23,784,949)

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Business Segment Information - Consolidated Capital Expenditures (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Oil and gas assets			$ 611,914	$ 543,349
Acquisition of oil and gas properties			0	21,205
Proceeds on sale of assets			0	(118,703)
Changes in capital accruals			25,441	1,511
Exploration expense, excluding unsuccessful well costs and leasehold impairments			31,061	35,570
Capitalized interest			(99,920)	(57,489)
Other			131	8,259
Total consolidated capital expenditures, net	$ 192,550	$ 203,091	$ 568,627	$ 433,702