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Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CIE) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CIE) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain OfficersItem 5.02

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

On August17, 2017, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison notified Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) of her resignation from the Board of Directors (“Board”) of the Company, effective immediately. Senator Hutchison had been a member of the Board since 2013. Her decision to resign is a result of her recent appointment as the United States Ambassador to NATO and was not the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.

About Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CIE)
Cobalt International Energy, Inc. is an independent exploration and production company. The Company has its operations focused in the deepwater United States Gulf of Mexico. The Company also has a non-operated interest in the Diaba Block offshore Gabon in West Africa. The Company’s exploration efforts in the United States Gulf of Mexico has resulted in four oil and natural gas discoveries including the North Platte, Shenandoah, Anchor and Heidelberg fields. The Heidelberg field commenced its production and the North Platte, Shenandoah and Anchor field are in various stages of appraisal and development. The Company has drilled nine exploratory wells, three appraisal wells and four development wells (one of, which was drilled to be used as a pressure-maintenance well in the Cameia development) in the northern pre-salt Kwanza Basin offshore Angola, and one exploratory well in the pre-salt deepwater region offshore Gabon. The Company’s fifteen wells has been finding pre-salt hydrocarbons.

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