Kosmos Energy (KOS) Launches $500M Notes Offering

Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE: KOS) announced today that, subject to market conditions, it intends to offer $500 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2031. Kosmos intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, together with cash on hand, to fund the tender offers for a portion of its 7.125% Senior Notes due 2026, 7.750% Senior Notes due 2027 and 7.500% Senior Notes due 2028 announced today and to pay any related premiums, fees and expenses.

The senior notes to be offered have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state securities laws, and the securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities or blue sky laws. The senior notes will be offered only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance on the exemption from registration set forth in Rule 144A under the Securities Act and, outside the United States, to non-U.S. persons in reliance on the exemption from registration set forth in Regulation S under the Securities Act.

This press release is being issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, Rule 135c under the Securities Act, and is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the senior notes or any other securities and it does not constitute an offer to purchase or a solicitation to sell any notes subject to the tender offers or any other securities or a conditional notice of partial redemption with respect to any securities. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a sale of, the senior notes or any other securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.

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