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filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21,
2009</font></div>
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No. 333-______</font></div>
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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div>
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D.C. 20549</font></div>
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S-8</font></div>
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STATEMENT UNDER</font></div>
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SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div>
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International Energy, Inc.</font></div>
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      Stock, par value $0.01, to be issued under the Cobalt International
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      Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221; or the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) (i)
      issuable pursuant to the Cobalt International Energy, Inc. Long Term
      Incentive Plan and the Cobalt International Energy, L.P. Deferred
      Compensation Plan (each a &#8220;Plan&#8221; and together the &#8220;Plans&#8221;), (ii) to be
      issued in the future under the Plans and (iii) pursuant to Rule 416(a)
      under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), any
      additional shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the Plans by
      reason of any stock dividend, stock split, or other similar
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      pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, solely
      for the purpose of computing the registration fee, based on the average of
      the high and low prices reported for a share of Common Stock on the New
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2009.</font></div>
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information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from
this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities
Act and the introductory note to Part I of the Form S-8
instructions.&#160;&#160;The documents containing the information specified in
Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Plans as required by Rule
428(b)(1).</font></div>
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originally filed by the Registrant on September 4, 2009, and subsequently
amended.</font></div>
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Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (Registration No. 333-161734),
dated December 11, 2009, including any amendments or supplements
thereto.</font></div>
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addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Exchange Act</font>&#8221;),
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of the filing of such documents.</font></div>
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statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, (or
in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein), modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.</font></div>
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Company&#8217;s certificate of incorporation and director indemnification agreements
provide that each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made
a party to or is otherwise involved (including, without limitation, as a
witness) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was
a director or an officer of the Company or, in the case of a director, is or was
serving at our request as a director, officer, or trustee of another
corporation, or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, whether the basis of
such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer
or trustee or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer or
trustee, shall be indemnified and held harmless by us to the fullest extent
authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law against all expense,
liability and loss (including attorneys&#8217; fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise
taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or
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145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to indemnify
any director or officer of the corporation against expenses (including
attorneys&#8217; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought by
reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the
corporation, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she
reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if he or
she had no reason to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. In a derivative
action, (<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">i.e.</font>, one
brought by or on behalf of the corporation), indemnification may be provided
only for expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any director or officer in
connection with the defense or settlement of such an action or suit if such
person acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to
be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, except that no
indemnification shall be provided if such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which
the action or suit was brought shall determine that the defendant is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses despite such adjudication of
liability.</font></div>
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our certificate of incorporation eliminates the liability of a director to us
for monetary damages for such a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except
for liabilities arising:</font></div>
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Company carries insurance policies insuring its directors and officers against
certain liabilities that they may incur in their capacity as directors and
officers.</font></div>
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Company has entered into a Director Indemnification Agreement with each of its
directors.&#160;&#160;Under the terms of that agreement, the Company agrees to
indemnify the director to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law.&#160;&#160;The Company specifically agrees to pay expenses actually and
reasonably incurred by the director in any claims in which the director is
successful, which is deemed to include termination of proceedings by
dismissal.&#160;&#160;If successful with regards to only some, but not all,
claims in a proceeding, the director shall be indemnified with regards to
expenses for those successful claims.&#160;&#160;The director is also
indemnified with regards to any proceeding in which the director is asked to
participate or act as witness by reason of his or her corporate
status.&#160;&#160;Where the director is entitled to only a portion of expenses
under the agreement, the Company shall indemnify as to that
portion.</font></div>
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Company is not obligated to indemnify the director under the Director
Indemnification Agreement in respect of a proceeding by the Company against the
director for an accounting of profits from the purchase or sale of Company
securities pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.&#160;&#160;Nor is the
Company obligated to indemnify the director in respect of a proceeding initiated
by the director against the Company, unless such proceeding is (i) authorized by
the board of directors, (ii) provided by the Company pursuant to applicable law,
or (iii) required under the Delaware General Corporation Law.&#160;&#160;The
Company is also not obligated to indemnify the director for claims or
proceedings by the Company in which the director is adjudged to be liable to the
Company, unless the relevant court determines otherwise.</font></div>
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Director Indemnification Agreement, the Company agrees to advance any expenses
actually and reasonably incurred by the director, without regard to the
director&#8217;s ability to repay such expenses or the director&#8217;s ultimate entitlement
to indemnification for such expenses.&#160;&#160;The situations outlined in the
preceding paragraph in which the Company is not obligated to indemnify the
director are also situations in which the Company is not obligated to advance
the expenses of the director.&#160;&#160;In the event that a court of competent
jurisdiction, in a final judgment not subject to appeal, finds that the director
is not entitled to indemnification, the director is required to reimburse the
Company.&#160;&#160;The Form of Director Indemnification Agreement is filed as
Exhibit 10.19 to the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on
November 27, 2009, as amended (Commission File No. 333-161734).</font></div>
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reference is made to the Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the
Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-161734) filed
on November 27, 2009, as amended, which provides for indemnification by the
underwriters of the Company, the directors and officers who sign the
Registration Statement and persons who control the Company, under certain
circumstances.</font></div>
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      of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by
      reference to Exhibit 2 to the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A
      dated December 11, 2009 (Commission File No.
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file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</font></div>
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include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;</font></div>
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reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in this Registration Statement;</font></div>
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include any material information with respect to the Plans not previously
disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement;</font></div>
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(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.</font></div>
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for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">bona fide</font> offering
thereof.</font></div>
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remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
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undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#8217;s annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#8217;s annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">bona fide</font> offering
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as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable.&#160;&#160;In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></div>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21,
2009
Registration
No. 333-______
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
_____________________
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_____________________
Cobalt
International Energy, Inc.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
27-0821169
(State
      or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
      or Organization)
(I.R.S.
      Employer
Identification
      No.)
Two
      Post Oak Central
1980
      Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 1200
Houston,
      TX 77056
(713)
      579-9100
(Address
      of Principal Executive Offices)
_____________________
Cobalt
      International Energy, Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan
Cobalt
      International Energy, L.P. Deferred Compensation Plan
(Full
      Titles of the Plans)
Samuel
      H. Gillespie
General
      Counsel and Executive Vice President
Two
      Post Oak Central
1980
      Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 1200
Houston,
      TX 77056
(713)
      579-9101
(Telephone
      Number, Including Area Code, of Agents for
  Service)
_____________________
With
      a copy to:
Barbara
      Nims
Davis
      Polk & Wardwell LLP
450
      Lexington Avenue
New
      York, NY 10017
(212)
      450-4000
_____________________
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller
reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
      accelerated filer
o
Accelerated
      filer
o
Non-accelerated
      filer
x
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller
      reporting company
o
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
      of Each Class of Securities to be Registered
Amount
      to Be
Registered(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
      Price
Per
      Share(2)
Proposed
      Maximum Aggregate Offering
Price(2)
Amount
      of Registration Fee(3)
Common
      Stock, par value $0.01, to be issued under the Cobalt International
      Energy, Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan
19,413,809
$13.04
$253,156,069.36
$18,050.03
Common
      Stock, par value $0.01, to be issued under the Cobalt International
      Energy, L.P. Deferred Compensation Plan
135,470
$13.04
$1,766,528.80
$125.95
Total
19,549,279
$13.04
$254,922,598.16
$18,175.98
(1)
This
      Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") covers
      shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock") of
      Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (the "Company" or the "Registrant") (i)
      issuable pursuant to the Cobalt International Energy, Inc. Long Term
      Incentive Plan and the Cobalt International Energy, L.P. Deferred
      Compensation Plan (each a "Plan" and together the "Plans"), (ii) to be
      issued in the future under the Plans and (iii) pursuant to Rule 416(a)
      under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), any
      additional shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the Plans by
      reason of any stock dividend, stock split, or other similar
      transaction.
(2)
Estimated
      pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, solely
      for the purpose of computing the registration fee, based on the average of
      the high and low prices reported for a share of Common Stock on the New
      York Stock Exchange on December 16,
2009.
(3)
Rounded
      up to the nearest penny.
PART
I
The
information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from
this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities
Act and the introductory note to Part I of the Form S-8
instructions.  The documents containing the information specified in
Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Plans as required by Rule
428(b)(1).
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The
following documents are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)     The
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-161734), as
originally filed by the Registrant on September 4, 2009, and subsequently
amended.
(b)    
The description of the Company's capital stock which is contained in the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (Registration No. 333-161734),
dated December 11, 2009, including any amendments or supplements
thereto.
In
addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "
Exchange Act
"),
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of the filing of such documents.
Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, (or
in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein), modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
Item
4.  Description of Securities.
Not
applicable.
Item
5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not
applicable.
Item
6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The
Company's certificate of incorporation and director indemnification agreements
provide that each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made
a party to or is otherwise involved (including, without limitation, as a
witness) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was
a director or an officer of the Company or, in the case of a director, is or was
serving at our request as a director, officer, or trustee of another
corporation, or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, whether the basis of
such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer
or trustee or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer or
trustee, shall be indemnified and held harmless by us to the fullest extent
authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law against all expense,
liability and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise
taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or
suffered by such.
3
Section
145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to indemnify
any director or officer of the corporation against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought by
reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the
corporation, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she
reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if he or
she had no reason to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. In a derivative
action, (
i.e.
, one
brought by or on behalf of the corporation), indemnification may be provided
only for expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any director or officer in
connection with the defense or settlement of such an action or suit if such
person acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to
be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, except that no
indemnification shall be provided if such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which
the action or suit was brought shall determine that the defendant is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses despite such adjudication of
liability.
Pursuant
to Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, Article Seven of
our certificate of incorporation eliminates the liability of a director to us
for monetary damages for such a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except
for liabilities arising:
• from any breach of the director's
duty of loyalty to the Company;
• from acts or omissions not in good
faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law;
• under Section 174 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law; and
• from any transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit.
The
Company carries insurance policies insuring its directors and officers against
certain liabilities that they may incur in their capacity as directors and
officers.
The
Company has entered into a Director Indemnification Agreement with each of its
directors.  Under the terms of that agreement, the Company agrees to
indemnify the director to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law.  The Company specifically agrees to pay expenses actually and
reasonably incurred by the director in any claims in which the director is
successful, which is deemed to include termination of proceedings by
dismissal.  If successful with regards to only some, but not all,
claims in a proceeding, the director shall be indemnified with regards to
expenses for those successful claims.  The director is also
indemnified with regards to any proceeding in which the director is asked to
participate or act as witness by reason of his or her corporate
status.  Where the director is entitled to only a portion of expenses
under the agreement, the Company shall indemnify as to that
portion.
The
Company is not obligated to indemnify the director under the Director
Indemnification Agreement in respect of a proceeding by the Company against the
director for an accounting of profits from the purchase or sale of Company
securities pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.  Nor is the
Company obligated to indemnify the director in respect of a proceeding initiated
by the director against the Company, unless such proceeding is (i) authorized by
the board of directors, (ii) provided by the Company pursuant to applicable law,
or (iii) required under the Delaware General Corporation Law.  The
Company is also not obligated to indemnify the director for claims or
proceedings by the Company in which the director is adjudged to be liable to the
Company, unless the relevant court determines otherwise.
Under the
Director Indemnification Agreement, the Company agrees to advance any expenses
actually and reasonably incurred by the director, without regard to the
director's ability to repay such expenses or the director's ultimate entitlement
to indemnification for such expenses.  The situations outlined in the
preceding paragraph in which the Company is not obligated to indemnify the
director are also situations in which the Company is not obligated to advance
the expenses of the director.  In the event that a court of competent
jurisdiction, in a final judgment not subject to appeal, finds that the director
is not entitled to indemnification, the director is required to reimburse the
Company.  The Form of Director Indemnification Agreement is filed as
Exhibit 10.19 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on
November 27, 2009, as amended (Commission File No. 333-161734).
4
Additionally,
reference is made to the Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-161734) filed
on November 27, 2009, as amended, which provides for indemnification by the
underwriters of the Company, the directors and officers who sign the
Registration Statement and persons who control the Company, under certain
circumstances.
Item
7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not
applicable.
Item
8.  Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
4.1
Form
      of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by
      reference to Exhibit 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A
      dated December 11, 2009 (Commission File No.
  333-161734))
4.2
By-laws
      of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 to the
      Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated December 11, 2009
      (Commission File No. 333-161734))
5
Opinion
      of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
23.1
Consent
      of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent
      of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (included in Exhibit
5)
99.1
Cobalt
      International Energy, Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan
99.2
Cobalt
      International Energy, L.P. Deferred Compensation
  Plan
Item
9.  Undertakings.
(a)    The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)   To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)    To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
(ii)   To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in this Registration Statement;
(iii)  To
include any material information with respect to the Plans not previously
disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
(2)  That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
5
(3)   To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(b)    The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(c)    Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
6
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant,
Cobalt International Energy, Inc., certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Houston, Texas, on the 21
st
day of
December, 2009.
Cobalt
      International Energy, Inc.
By:
/s/ Joseph H. Bryant
Name:  Joseph
      H. Bryant
Title:  Chairman
      and Chief Executive Officer
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed this 21
st
day of December, 2009 by
the following persons in the following capacities.
Signature
Title
Date
/
s/
Joseph
      H. Bryant
December
      21, 2009
Joseph
      H. Bryant
Chairman
      of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal
      Executive Officer)
/s/
Rodney
      L. Gray
December
      21, 2009
Rodney
      L. Gray
Chief
      Financial Officer and Executive Vice President
(Principal
      Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
/
s/
Gregory
      A. Beard
December
      21, 2009
Gregory
      A. Beard
Director
/s/
      Peter R. Coneway
December
      21, 2009
Peter
      R. Coneway
Director
/s/
      Henry Cornell
December
      21, 2009
Henry
      Cornell
Director
/s/
      Kenneth W. Moore
December
      21, 2009
Kenneth
      W. Moore
Director
/s/
      J. Hardy Murchison
December
      21, 2009
J.
      Hardy Murchison
Director
/s/
      Kenneth A. Pontarelli
December
      21, 2009
Kenneth
      A. Pontarelli
Director
/s/
      D. Jeff van Steenbergen
December
      21, 2009
D.
      Jeff van Steenbergen
Director
/s/
      Martin H. Young, Jr.
December
      21, 2009
Martin
      H. Young, Jr.
Director
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
Number
4.1
Form
      of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by
      reference to Exhibit 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A
      dated December 11, 2009 (Commission File No.
  333-161734))
4.2
By-laws
      of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 to the
      Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated December 11, 2009
      (Commission File No. 333-161734))
5
Opinion
      of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
23.1
Consent
      of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent
      of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (included in Exhibit
5)
99.1
Cobalt
      International Energy, Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan
99.2
Cobalt
      International Energy, L.P. Deferred Compensation
  Plan