SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
CAISSE DE DEPOT ET PLACEMENT DU QUEBEC

(Last) (First) (Middle)
1000 PLACE JEAN-PAUL RIOPELLE

(Street)
MONTREAL A8 H2Z2B3

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Cobalt International Energy, Inc. [ (CIE) ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director X 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/16/2009
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock, $0.01 par value 12/16/2009 P 40,900 A $13.44 40,900(1) D
Common Stock, $0.01 par value 12/17/2009 S 240 D $13.29 40,660(1) D
Common Stock, $0.01 par value 32,035,093 I See Footnote(2)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. The securities were acquired and disposed through a managed account administered on behalf of the Reporting Person by an external investment asset manager retained by the Reporting Person pursuant to an asset management agreement, dated as of May 28, 2009. The investment asset manager inadvertently failed to notify the Reporting Person of the transactions reported herein.
2. The Reporting Person may be deemed to also beneficially own indirectly, an aggregate of 32,035,093 shares of Cobalt International Energy, Inc.'s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, through KERN Cobalt Co-Invest Partners AP LP (the "AP Partnership"), as a result of the Reporting Person being a limited partner of the AP Partnership. See the Form 3 filed by the AP Partnership and the Reporting Person, among others, with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 16, 2009. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein, except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, if any, and this Form 4 shall not be deemed to be an admission that the Reporting Person is a member of a "group", the beneficial owner of any securities reported herein or has any pecuniary interest in any of the securities reported herein, in each case, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.
/s/ Soulef Hadjoudj, Legal Counsel 08/13/2010
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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