0001047469-11-001613 Sample Contracts

COBALT INTERNATIONAL ENERGY, INC. LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN Restricted Stock Unit (“RSU”) Award Agreement

Award Agreement • March 1st, 2011 • Cobalt International Energy, Inc. • Crude petroleum & natural gas • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Award Agreement
• Filed
  March 1st, 2011
• Company
  Cobalt International Energy, Inc.
• Industry
  Crude petroleum & natural gas
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

You have been granted an RSU (this “Award”) on the following terms and subject to the provisions of Attachment A and the Cobalt International Energy, Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). Unless defined in this Award Agreement (including Attachment A, this “Agreement”), capitalized terms will have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan. In the event of a conflict among the provisions of the Plan, this Agreement and any descriptive materials provided to you, the provisions of the Plan will prevail.

COBALT INTERNATIONAL ENERGY, INC. LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Agreement

Qualified Stock Option Award Agreement • March 1st, 2011 • Cobalt International Energy, Inc. • Crude petroleum & natural gas • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Qualified Stock Option Award Agreement
• Filed
  March 1st, 2011
• Company
  Cobalt International Energy, Inc.
• Industry
  Crude petroleum & natural gas
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

You have been granted an option (the “Option”) to purchase shares of Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (this “Award”) on the following terms and subject to the provisions of Attachment A and the Cobalt International Energy, Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). Unless defined in this Award Agreement (including Attachment A, this “Agreement”), capitalized terms will have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan. In the event of a conflict among the provisions of the Plan, this Agreement and any descriptive materials provided to you, the provisions of the Plan will prevail.