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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): October 10, 2006
ConocoPhillips
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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of incorporation)
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Identification No.) |
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600 North Dairy Ashford |
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Houston, Texas
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: (281) 293-1000
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On October 10, 2006, ConocoPhillips, a Delaware corporation (ConocoPhillips), ConocoPhillips
Canada Funding Company I, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company (Funding I) and
ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company II, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company (Funding II),
entered into a Terms Agreement (including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement incorporated
by reference in the Terms Agreement), dated October 10, 2006 (the Terms Agreement), among
ConocoPhillips, Funding I, Funding II and the several Underwriters named in Schedule A to the Terms
Agreement, relating to the underwritten public offering by (i) Funding I of $1,250,000,000
aggregate principal amount of its 5.625% Notes due 2016 (the 2016 Notes), fully and
unconditionally guaranteed by ConocoPhillips and ConocoPhillips Company, a Delaware corporation
(CPCo), to be issued pursuant to an Indenture, to be dated as of October 13, 2006 (the Funding I
Indenture), among Funding I, as issuer, ConocoPhillips and CPCo, as guarantors, and The Bank of
New York Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, and (ii) Funding II of $350,000,000
aggregate principal amount of its 5.30% Notes due 2012 (the 2012 Notes) and $500,000,000
aggregate principal amount of its 5.95% Notes due 2036 (collectively with the 2016 Notes and the
2012 Notes, the Notes), in each case fully and unconditionally guaranteed by ConocoPhillips and
CPCo, to be issued pursuant to an Indenture, to be dated as of October 13, 2006 (the Funding II
Indenture), among Funding II, as issuer, ConocoPhillips and CPCo, as guarantors, and The Bank of
New York Trust Copmany, National Association, as trustee. The terms of the Notes are further
described in the prospectus supplement of ConocoPhillips, Funding I, Funding II and CPCo dated
October 10, 2006, together with the related prospectus dated October 11, 2006, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under Rule 424(b)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 on October
11, 2006, which description is incorporated herein by reference.
A copy of the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement
incorporated by reference in the Terms Agreement), the form of Funding I Indenture, the form of
Funding II Indenture and the form of the terms of Notes of each series have been filed as Exhibits
1.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4, respectively, to this report and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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Exhibits |
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Terms Agreement (including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement
incorporated by reference in the Terms Agreement), dated October 10, 2006, among
ConocoPhillips, ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company I, ConocoPhillips Canada Funding
Company II and the several Underwriters named in Schedule A to the Terms Agreement. |
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Form of Indenture among ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company I, as issuer,
ConocoPhillips and ConocoPhillips Company, as guarantors, and The Bank of New York
Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Registration Statement of ConocoPhillips, ConocoPhillips Company, ConocoPhillips Canada
Funding Company I and ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company II on Form S-3;
Registration Nos. 333-137890, 333-137890-01, 333-137890-02 and 333-137890-03). |
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Form of Indenture among ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company II, as issuer,
ConocoPhillips and ConocoPhillips Company, as guarantors, and The Bank of New York
Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the
Registration Statement of ConocoPhillips, ConocoPhillips Company, ConocoPhillips Canada
Funding Company I and ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company II on Form S-3;
Registration Nos. 333-137890, 333-137890-01, 333-137890-02 and 333-137890-03). |
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Form of the terms of the 2012 Notes, including the form of 2012 Note. |
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Form of the terms of the 2016 Notes and 2036 Notes, including the form of 2016
Note and 2036 Note. |
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Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. |
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Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto). |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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CONOCOPHILLIPS |
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/s/ Stephen F. Gates |
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Stephen F. Gates
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Senior Vice President and General Counsel |
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Date: October 13, 2006 |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Terms Agreement (including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement
incorporated by reference in the Terms Agreement), dated October 10, 2006, among
ConocoPhillips, ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company I, ConocoPhillips Canada Funding
Company II and the several Underwriters named in Schedule A to the Terms Agreement. |
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Form of Indenture among ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company I, as issuer,
ConocoPhillips and ConocoPhillips Company, as guarantors, and The Bank of New York
Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Registration Statement of ConocoPhillips, ConocoPhillips Company, ConocoPhillips Canada
Funding Company I and ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company II on Form S-3;
Registration Nos. 333-137890, 333-137890-01, 333-137890-02 and 333-137890-03). |
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Form of Indenture among ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company II, as issuer,
ConocoPhillips and ConocoPhillips Company, as guarantors, and The Bank of New York
Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the
Registration Statement of ConocoPhillips, ConocoPhillips Company, ConocoPhillips Canada
Funding Company I and ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company II on Form S-3;
Registration Nos. 333-137890, 333-137890-01, 333-137890-02 and 333-137890-03). |
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Form of the terms of the 2012 Notes, including the form of 2012 Note. |
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Form of the terms of the 2016 Notes and 2036 Notes, including the form of 2016
Note and 2036 Note. |
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5.1 |
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Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. |
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Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto). |
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EXECUTION COPY
Exhibit 1.1
ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company I
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ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company II
Debt Securities
fully and unconditionally guaranteed by ConocoPhillips and ConocoPhillips
Company
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
1. Introductory. ConocoPhillips, a Delaware corporation (ConocoPhillips), ConocoPhillips
Company, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of ConocoPhillips (CPCo), and
ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company I, an unlimited liability company organized under the laws of
Nova Scotia, Canada and an indirect wholly owned special purpose finance subsidiary of
ConocoPhillips (Funding I), propose that Funding I will issue and sell from time to time certain
of its unsecured debt securities fully and unconditionally guaranteed by ConocoPhillips and CPCo
(the Funding I Guarantors ) registered under the registration statement referred to in Section
2(a) (such securities, including the guarantees relating thereto by ConocoPhillips and CPCo (the
Funding I Guarantees ), being hereinafter called the Funding I Registered Securities). Further,
ConocoPhillips, CPCo and ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company II, an unlimited liability company
organized under the laws of Nova Scotia, Canada and an indirect wholly owned special purpose
finance subsidiary of ConocoPhillips (Funding II and, together with Funding I and ConocoPhillips
jointly and severally, being hereafter called the Company), propose that Funding II will issue
and sell from time to time certain of its unsecured debt securities fully and unconditionally
guaranteed by ConocoPhillips and CPCo (the Funding II Guarantors and, together with the Funding I
Guarantors, the Guarantors) registered under the registration statement referred to in Section
2(a) (such securities, including the guarantees relating thereto by ConocoPhillips and CPCo (the
Funding II Guarantees and, together with the Funding I Guarantees, the Guarantees), being
hereinafter called the Funding II Registered Securities and, together with the Funding I
Registered Securities, the Registered Securities). The Funding I Registered Securities will be
issued under an indenture, to be dated as of October 13, 2006 (the Funding I Indenture), among
ConocoPhillips, CPCo, Funding I and The Bank of New York Trust Company, National Association, as
trustee (the Funding I Trustee), in one or more series, which series may vary as to interest
rates, maturities, redemption provisions, selling prices and other terms, with all such terms for
any particular series of the Funding I Registered Securities being determined at the time of sale.
The Funding II Registered Securities will be issued under an indenture, to be dated as of October
13, 2006 (the Funding II Indenture and, together with the Funding I Indenture, the Indentures),
among ConocoPhillips, CPCo, Funding II and The Bank of New York
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Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the Funding II Trustee and, together with
the Funding I Trustee, the Trustee), in one or more series, which series may vary as to interest
rates, maturities, redemption provisions, selling prices and other terms, with all such terms for
any particular series of the Funding II Registered Securities being determined at the time of sale.
Particular series of the Registered Securities will be sold pursuant to a Terms Agreement referred
to in Section 3, for resale in accordance with terms of offering determined at the time of sale.
The Funding I Registered Securities involved in any such offering are hereinafter referred to
as the Funding I Offered Securities. The Funding II Registered Securities involved in any such
offering are hereinafter referred to as the Funding II Offered Securities and, together with the
Funding I Offered Securities, the Offered Securities. The firm or firms which agree to purchase
the Offered Securities are hereinafter referred to as the Underwriters of such securities, and
the representative or representatives of the Underwriters, if any, specified in a Terms Agreement
referred to in Section 3 are hereinafter referred to as the Representatives; provided, however,
that if the Terms Agreement does not specify any representative of the Underwriters, the term
Representatives, as used in this Agreement (other than in Sections 2(b), 5(c) and 6 and the
second sentence of Section 3), shall mean the Underwriters.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company, as of the date of each Terms
Agreement referred to in Section 3, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter
that:
(a) The Company and CPCo meet the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Act and
have prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) an
automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405, on Form S-3 (Nos.
333-137890, 333-137890-01, 333-137890-02 and 333-137890-03), including a prospectus
(hereinafter referred to as the Base Prospectus), relating to the Registered Securities,
which registration statement became effective upon filing. Such registration statement, as
amended at the time of any Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3 entered into in
connection with a specific offering of the Offered Securities (each such date and time as
specified in such Terms Agreement hereinafter referred to as the Execution Time) and
including any documents incorporated by reference therein, including exhibits (other than
any Form T-1) and financial statements and any prospectus supplement relating to the
Offered Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (Rule
424(b)) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act) and deemed part of such registration
statement pursuant to Rule 430B under the Act, is hereinafter referred to as the
Registration Statement. The Base Prospectus, as supplemented as contemplated by Section
3 to reflect the terms of the Offered Securities and the terms of offering thereof, as
first filed with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b), including
all material incorporated by reference therein, is hereinafter referred to as the Final
Prospectus. Any preliminary prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus which describes
the Offered Securities and the offering thereof and is used prior to filing of the Final
Prospectus, together with the Base Prospectus, is
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hereinafter referred to as the Preliminary Final Prospectus. Free Writing
Prospectus shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405 under the Act.
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined
in Rule 433 under the Act. Disclosure Package shall mean, with respect to any specific
offering of the Offered Securities, (i) the Base Prospectus, as amended and supplemented to
the Execution Time, (ii) the Preliminary Final Prospectus, if any, used most recently prior
to the Execution Time, (iii) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified in
Schedule B to the Terms Agreement, (iv) the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to
Section 4(c) hereto, if any, and (v) any other Free Writing Prospectus that the parties
hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure
Package. No document has been or will be prepared or distributed in reliance on Rule 434
under the Act.
(b) On the effective date of the registration statement relating to the Registered
Securities, such registration statement conformed in all respects to the requirements of
the Act, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (Trust Indenture Act) and the rules and
regulations of the Commission (Rules and Regulations) and did not include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and at the Execution
Time and at the Closing Date, the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus will
conform in all respects to the requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act and the
Rules and Regulations, and neither of such documents will include any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading, except that the foregoing does not apply to
statements in or omissions from any of such documents based upon written information
furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives, if any,
specifically for use therein.
(c) At the Execution Time, the Disclosure Package will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, except that the foregoing does not apply to statements in or omissions from any
of such documents based upon written information furnished to the Company by any
Underwriter through the Representatives, if any, specifically for use therein.
(d) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most
recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act
(whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant
to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (iii) at the time the
Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of
Rule 163(c)) made any offer relating to the Offered Securities in reliance on the exemption
in Rule 163, and (iv) at the Execution Time (with such date being used as the determination
date for purposes of this clause (iv)), the Company was or is (as the case may be) a
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well-known seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405. The Company agrees to pay the
fees required by the Commission relating to the Offered Securities within the time required
by Rule 456(b)(1) without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with
Rules 456(b) and 457(r).
(e) (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the
Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule
164(h)(2)) of any Offered Securities and (ii) as of the Execution Time (with such date
being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not
and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405), without taking account of any
determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the
Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer.
(f) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if any, and the final term sheet prepared and
filed pursuant to Section 4(c) hereto do not include any information that conflicts with
the information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document
incorporated by reference therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof
that has not been superseded or modified, except that the foregoing does not apply to
statements in or omissions from any of such documents based upon written information
furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives, if any,
specifically for use therein.
3. Purchase and Offering of Offered Securities. The obligation of the Underwriters to
purchase the Offered Securities will be evidenced by an agreement or exchange of other written
communications (Terms Agreement) at the time the Company determines to sell the Offered
Securities. The Terms Agreement will incorporate by reference the provisions of this Agreement,
except as otherwise provided therein, and will specify the firm or firms which will be
Underwriters, the names of any Representatives, the principal amount of the Offered Securities to
be purchased by each Underwriter, the commission or fee to be paid to the Underwriters and the
terms of the Offered Securities not already specified in the applicable Indenture, including, but
not limited to, interest rate, maturity, any redemption provisions and any sinking fund
requirements. The Terms Agreement will also specify the time and date of delivery and payment
(such time and date, or such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as the
Representatives and the Company agree as the time for payment and delivery, being herein and in the
Terms Agreement referred to as the Closing Date), the place of delivery and payment and any
details of the terms of offering that should be reflected in the prospectus supplement relating to
the offering of the Offered Securities. For purposes of Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the Closing Date (if later than the otherwise applicable settlement date) shall be the
date for payment of funds and delivery of certificates for (or book-entry interests representing)
all the Offered Securities sold pursuant to the offering. The obligations of the Underwriters to
purchase the Offered Securities will be several and not joint. It is understood that the
Underwriters propose to offer the Offered Securities for sale as set forth in the Final Prospectus.
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If the Terms Agreement specifies Book-Entry Only settlement or otherwise states that the
provisions of this paragraph shall apply, each of Funding I and Funding II will deliver against
payment of the cash purchase price the Offered Securities to be issued by it in the form of one or
more permanent global securities in definitive form (the Global Securities) deposited with the
Trustee as custodian for The Depository Trust Company (DTC) and registered in the name of Cede &
Co., as nominee for DTC. Interests in any permanent global securities will be held only in
book-entry form through DTC, except in the limited circumstances described in the Final Prospectus.
Payment for the Funding I Offered Securities shall be made by the Underwriters in Federal (same
day) funds by official check or checks or wire transfer to an account previously designated by
Funding I at a bank acceptable to the Representatives, in each case drawn to the order of Funding I
at the place of payment specified in the Terms Agreement on the Closing Date, against delivery to
the Trustee as custodian for DTC of the Global Securities representing all of the Funding I Offered
Securities. Payment for the Funding II Offered Securities shall be made by the Underwriters in
Federal (same day) funds by official check or checks or wire transfer to an account previously
designated by Funding II at a bank acceptable to the Representatives, in each case drawn to the
order of Funding II at the place of payment specified in the Terms Agreement on the Closing Date,
against delivery to the Trustee as custodian for DTC of the Global Securities representing all of
the Funding II Offered Securities.
4. Certain Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that
it will furnish to counsel for the Underwriters one signed copy of the registration statement
relating to the Registered Securities, including all exhibits, in the form it became effective and
of all amendments thereto and that, in connection with each offering of Offered Securities:
(a) The Company will file the Final Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to and in
accordance with Rule 424(b)(2) (or, if applicable and if consented to by the
Representatives, subparagraph (5)) not later than the second business day following the
execution and delivery of the Terms Agreement.
(b) During any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is required
to be delivered under the Act in connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer
(including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172),
the Company will advise the Representatives promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement
the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus and will afford the Representatives a
reasonable opportunity to comment on any such proposed amendment or supplement; and the
Company will also advise the Representatives promptly of the filing of any such amendment
or supplement and of the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings or any
notice from the Commission objecting to its use in respect of the Registration Statement or
of any part thereof and will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop
order and to obtain as soon as possible its lifting, if issued.
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(c) The Company will prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of
the Offered Securities, in a form approved by the Representatives, and will file such term
sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act within the time required by such Rule.
(d) If there occurs an event or development as a result of which the Disclosure
Package would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the
Representatives, so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or
supplemented, and will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, at its own expense,
an amendment or supplement that will correct such statement or omission or an amendment
that will effect such compliance.
(e) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is required
to be delivered under the Act in connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer
(including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172),
any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented
would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Final
Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Company promptly will notify the Representatives of
such event and will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, at its own expense, an
amendment or supplement that will correct such statement or omission or an amendment that
will effect such compliance. The terms supplement and amendment as used in this
Agreement include, without limitation, all documents filed by the Company with the
Commission subsequent to the date of the Final Prospectus that are deemed to be
incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus. Neither the Representatives consent
to, nor the Underwriters delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a
waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 5 hereof.
(f) As soon as practicable, but not later than 16 months, after the date of each Terms
Agreement, ConocoPhillips will make generally available to its security holders an earnings
statement covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the latest of (i) the
effective date of the registration statement relating to the Registered Securities, (ii)
the effective date of the most recent post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement to become effective prior to the date of such Terms Agreement and (iii) the date
of ConocoPhillips most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission prior
to the date of such Terms Agreement, which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of
the Act.
(g) The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of the Registration
Statement, including all exhibits, and during any time when a
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prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is required to be delivered under the
Act in connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer (including in circumstances where
such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), the Base Prospectus, any related
Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available and
in such quantities as the Representatives reasonably request.
(h) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to arrange for the qualification
of the Offered Securities for sale and the determination of their eligibility for
investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives designate and will
continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution; provided,
however, that none of ConocoPhillips, Funding I, Funding II or CPCo will be required in
connection therewith to register or qualify as a foreign corporation where it is not now so
qualified or to execute a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or
subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. The Company
will promptly advise the Representatives of the receipt by it or CPCo of any notification
with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Offered Securities for offer and
sale in any such jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose.
(i) During the period of five years after the date of any Terms Agreement, the Company
will furnish or make available to the Representatives and, upon request, to each of the
other Underwriters, if any, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a
copy of ConocoPhillips annual report to stockholders for such year; and the Company will
furnish or make available to the Representatives (i) as soon as available, a copy of each
report (other than a report on Form 11-K) and any definitive proxy statement of
ConocoPhillips filed with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or
mailed to stockholders, and (ii) from time to time, such other information concerning
ConocoPhillips, Funding I, Funding II or CPCo as the Representatives may reasonably request
in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities.
(j) The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations
under the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement), for any filing fees
or other expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) in connection
with qualification of the Registered Securities for sale and determination of their
eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may
designate in accordance with Section 4(h) and the printing of memoranda relating thereto,
for any fees charged by investment rating agencies for the rating of the Offered
Securities, for any applicable filing fee incident to, and the reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, the review by the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the Registered Securities, for any
travel expenses of the Companys officers and employees and any other expenses of the
Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective
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purchasers of Registered Securities and for expenses incurred in preparing, printing
and distributing the Final Prospectus, any preliminary prospectuses, any preliminary
prospectus supplements or any other amendments or supplements to the Final Prospectus to
the Underwriters.
(k) The Company agrees that, unless it has obtained or will obtain, as the case may
be, the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and
not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has obtained or will obtain, as the
case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make
any offer relating to the Offered Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a free writing prospectus (as defined in
Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the
Company under Rule 433, other than the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to
Section 4(c) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be
deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, included in
Schedule B to the applicable Terms Agreement. Any such free writing prospectus consented
to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus. The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the
case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules
164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of
timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(l) The Company consents to the use by any Underwriter of a free writing prospectus
that (a) is not an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and (b) contains only (i) information
describing the preliminary terms of the Offered Securities or their offering, (ii)
information required or permitted by Rule 134 under the Act that is not issuer
information as defined in Rule 433 or (iii) information that describes the final terms of
the Offered Securities or their offering and that is included in the final term sheet
prepared and filed pursuant to Section 4(c) hereto.
(m) The Company will not, and ConocoPhillips will cause CPCo not to, offer, sell,
contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the
Commission a registration statement under the Act relating to United States
dollar-denominated debt securities issued or guaranteed by ConocoPhillips, Funding I,
Funding II or CPCo and having a maturity of more than one year from the date of issue, or
publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge, disposition or
filing, without the prior written consent of the Representatives for a period beginning at
the time of execution of the Terms Agreement and ending the number of days after the
Closing Date specified under Blackout in the Terms Agreement.
5. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the several
Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Offered Securities will be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the
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accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the
performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions
precedent:
(a) On or prior to the Execution Time, the Representatives, on behalf of the
Underwriters, shall have received a letter, dated the date of delivery thereof, of Ernst &
Young LLP confirming that they are independent registered public accountants within the
meaning of the Act and the applicable published Rules and Regulations thereunder and
stating to the effect that:
(i) in their opinion the financial statements and any schedules audited by
them and included or incorporated by reference in the Base Prospectus, Preliminary
Final Prospectus and Final Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects
with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related published
Rules and Regulations;
(ii) they have performed the procedures specified by the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board for a review of interim financial information as
described in Statement of Auditing Standards No. 100, Interim Financial
Information, on any unaudited financial statements included in the Registration
Statement;
(iii) on the basis of the review referred to in clause (ii) above, a reading
of the latest available interim financial statements of ConocoPhillips, inquiries
of officials of ConocoPhillips who have responsibility for financial and accounting
matters and other specified procedures, nothing came to their attention that caused
them to believe that:
(A) the unaudited financial statements, if any, included in the
Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus do not comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act
and the related published Rules and Regulations or any material
modifications should be made to such unaudited financial statements for
them to be in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles;
(B) if any unaudited capsule information is contained in the
Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, the unaudited consolidated
total revenues, net income and net income per share amounts or other
amounts constituting such capsule information and described in such
letter do not agree with the corresponding amounts set forth in the
unaudited consolidated financial statements or were not determined on a
basis substantially consistent with that of the corresponding amounts in
the audited statements of income;
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(C) at the date of the latest available balance sheet read by such
accountants, or at a subsequent specified date not more than three
business days prior to the date of the such letter, there was any change
in the capital stock or any increase in short-term indebtedness or
long-term debt of ConocoPhillips and its consolidated subsidiaries or, at
the date of the latest available balance sheet read by such accountants,
there was any decrease in consolidated net current assets (working
capital) or stockholders equity, as compared with amounts shown on the
latest balance sheet included in the Disclosure Package or the Final
Prospectus; or
(D) for the period from the closing date of the latest income
statement included in the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus to
the closing date of the latest available income statement read by such
accountants there were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding
period of the previous year and with the period of corresponding length
ended the date of the latest income statement included in the Disclosure
Package or the Final Prospectus, in consolidated total revenues or net
income;
except in all cases set forth in clauses (C) and (D) above for changes, increases
or decreases which the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus discloses have
occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter;
(iv) they have compared specified dollar amounts (or percentages derived from
such dollar amounts) and other financial information contained in the Registration
Statement, the Final Prospectus and the Disclosure Package (in each case to the
extent that such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial information are
derived from the general accounting records of ConocoPhillips and its subsidiaries
subject to the internal controls of ConocoPhillips accounting system or are
derived directly from such records by analysis or computation) with the results
obtained from inquiries, a reading of such general accounting records and other
procedures specified in such letter and have found such dollar amounts, percentages
and other financial information to be in agreement with such results, except as
otherwise specified in such letter; and
(v) they have read any pro forma financial information which is included in
the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus and performed the additional
procedures suggested by Example D of Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72.
All financial statements and schedules included in material incorporated by reference into
the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed
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included in the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus for purposes of this subsection.
(b) The Final Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with
the Rules and Regulations and Section 4(a) of this Agreement. The final term sheet
contemplated by Section 4(c) hereto, and any other material required to be filed by the
Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission
within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433. No stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any part thereof or any
notice from the Commission objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings
for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or any
Underwriter, shall be contemplated by the Commission.
(c) Subsequent to the execution of the Terms Agreement, there shall not have occurred
(i) any change, or any development or event involving a prospective change, in the
condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of
ConocoPhillips and its subsidiaries taken as one enterprise which, in the judgment of a
majority in interest of the Underwriters including any Representatives, is material and
adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the public
offering or the sale of and payment for the Offered Securities; (ii) any downgrading in the
rating of any debt securities of ConocoPhillips by any nationally recognized statistical
rating organization (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act), or any public
announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any
debt securities of ConocoPhillips (other than an announcement with positive implications of
a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii)
any material suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the
New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange or
any suspension of trading of any securities of ConocoPhillips on any exchange or in the
over-the-counter market; (iv) any banking moratorium declared by U.S. Federal or New York
authorities; or (v) any outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which the United
States is involved, any declaration of war by Congress or any other substantial national or
international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the
Underwriters including any Representatives, the effect of any such outbreak, escalation,
declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with
completion of the public offering or the sale of and payment for the Offered Securities.
(d) The Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, shall have received an
opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Baker Botts L.L.P., counsel for ConocoPhillips, to the
effect that:
(i) ConocoPhillips has been duly incorporated and is an existing corporation
in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with
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corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business
as described in the Final Prospectus;
(ii) the Funding I Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Funding I Guarantors and has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act; the Funding I Guarantee of each of the Funding I Guarantors has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by such Funding I Guarantor; assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery by Funding I of the Funding I Indenture and
the due authorization, execution, issuance and delivery of the Funding I Offered
Securities by Funding I in accordance with the provisions of the Funding I
Indenture and the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement), the
Funding I Indenture and the Funding I Offered Securities are valid and legally
binding obligations of Funding I, enforceable against Funding I in accordance with
their terms, and the Funding I Indenture and the Funding I Guarantees of each of
the Funding I Guarantors are valid and legally binding obligations of such Funding
I Guarantor, enforceable against such Funding I Guarantor in accordance with their
terms, except in each case to the extent such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting creditors rights and to general principles of equity (whether considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law); and the Funding I Offered Securities conform
in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Disclosure
Package and the Final Prospectus;
(iii) the Funding II Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Funding II Guarantors and has been duly qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act; the Funding II Guarantee of each of the Funding II Guarantors has
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Funding II Guarantor; assuming
the due authorization, execution and delivery by Funding II of the Funding II
Indenture and the due authorization, execution, issuance and delivery of the
Funding II Offered Securities by Funding II in accordance with the provisions of
the Funding II Indenture and the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this
Agreement), the Funding II Indenture and the Funding II Offered Securities are
valid and legally binding obligations of Funding II, enforceable against Funding II
in accordance with their terms, and the Funding II Indenture and the Funding II
Guarantee of each of the Funding II Guarantors are valid and legally binding
obligations of such Funding II Guarantor, enforceable against such Funding II
Guarantor in accordance with their terms, except in each case to the extent such
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance or transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights and to general principles
of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and the Funding
II Offered Securities conform in all material
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respects to the description thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and
the Final Prospectus;
(iv) no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any
governmental agency or body or any court is required under the Delaware General
Corporation Law, the laws of the State of Texas or the federal laws of the United
States for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Terms Agreement
(including the provisions of this Agreement) in connection with the issuance or
sale of the Funding I Offered Securities by Funding I or the Funding II Offered
Securities by Funding II, except such as have been obtained and made under the Act
and the Trust Indenture Act and such as may be required under state securities
laws;
(v) the execution, delivery and performance by ConocoPhillips of the
Indentures and the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement), by
CPCo of the Indentures and by Funding I and Funding II of the Funding I Indenture
and the Funding II Indenture, as applicable, and the Terms Agreement (including the
provisions of this Agreement) and the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities
by Funding I and Funding II, as applicable, and compliance by ConocoPhillips, CPCo,
Funding I and Funding II, as applicable, with the terms and provisions thereof
will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or
constitute a default under, the Delaware General Corporation Law, the laws of the
State of Texas or the federal laws of the United States, and each Guarantor has all
necessary corporate power and authority to perform its Guarantee as contemplated by
the Indentures;
(vi) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, the Final
Prospectus was filed with the Commission pursuant to the subparagraph of Rule
424(b) specified in such opinion on the date specified therein, the final term
sheet contemplated by Section 4(c) hereto and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
specified in such opinion has been filed with the Commission within the applicable
time period prescribed therefor by Rule 433, and, to the knowledge of such counsel,
no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any
part thereof or any notice from the Commission objecting to its use has been issued
and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or
threatened under the Act, and the registration statement relating to the Registered
Securities, as of its effective date, the Registration Statement and the Final
Prospectus, as of the Execution Time, and any amendment or supplement thereto, as
of its date (in each case, other than the financial statements and schedules, the
notes thereto and the auditors reports thereon, managements report on internal
control over financial reporting, if any, the other financial, reserve engineering,
numerical, statistical and accounting data included or incorporated by reference
therein, or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need not
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comment), appear on their face to comply as to form in all material respects
with the requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act and the Rules and
Regulations; and
(vii) the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) has
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by ConocoPhillips.
(e) The Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, shall have received an
opinion, dated the Closing Date, of McInnes Cooper, Canadian counsel for Funding I and
Funding II, to the effect that:
(i) each of Funding I and Funding II has been duly incorporated as an
unlimited liability company and is validly subsisting and in good standing under
the laws of Province of Nova Scotia and has the corporate power and authority to
conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and
is duly qualified to transact business in the Province of Nova Scotia;
(ii) the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of Funding I and Funding II;
(iii) the Funding I Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by Funding I;
(iv) the Funding II Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by Funding II;
(v) the Funding I Offered Securities have been duly authorized and executed by
Funding I and issued and delivered by Funding I;
(vi) the Funding II Offered Securities have been duly authorized and executed
by Funding II and issued and delivered by Funding II;
(vii) the execution and delivery by each of Funding I and Funding II of, and
the performance by each of Funding I and Funding II of its obligations under, the
Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement), the Funding I
Indenture and the Funding II Indenture, respectively, the Funding I Offered
Securities and the Funding II Offered Securities, respectively, will not contravene
any provisions of the memorandum or articles of association of Funding I or Funding
II, as applicable;
(viii) to the knowledge of such counsel, the execution and delivery by each of
Funding I and Funding II of, and the performance by Funding I and Funding II of
their respective obligations under, the Terms Agreement (including the provisions
of the Underwriting Agreement), the Funding I
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Indenture and the Funding II Indenture, respectively, and the Funding I
Offered Securities and the Funding II Offered Securities, respectively, will not
contravene any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court
having jurisdiction in the Province of Nova Scotia, or any provision of the laws of
the Province of Nova Scotia or the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, and
no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any
governmental body or agency having jurisdiction in the Province of Nova Scotia is
required for the performance by Funding I or Funding II of its obligations under
the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement), the
Funding I Indenture and the Funding II Indenture, respectively, and the Funding I
Offered Securities and the Funding II Offered Securities, respectively;
(ix) a court of competent jurisdiction in the Province of Nova Scotia would
give effect to the choice of New York law as chosen by the parties as the proper
law governing each Indenture, the Offered Securities and the Terms Agreement
(including the provisions of this Agreement) provided that such choice of law is
bona fide and legal (in the sense that it was not made with a view to avoiding the
consequences of the laws of any other jurisdiction) and provided that such choice
of law is not contrary to public policy, as that term is understood under the laws
of the Province of Nova Scotia and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein;
to the knowledge of such counsel, there are no reasons under present law for
avoiding the choice of New York law to govern each Indenture, the Offered
Securities and the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement)
under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia and the federal laws of Canada
applicable therein;
(x) if either Indenture, the Offered Securities and the Terms Agreement
(including the provisions of this Agreement) were sought to be enforced in the
Province of Nova Scotia in accordance with the laws applicable thereto, as chosen
by the parties, namely, New York law, a court of competent jurisdiction in the
Province of Nova Scotia would, subject to paragraph (ix) above, and to the extent
specifically pleaded and proved as a fact by expert evidence, recognize the choice
of New York law and apply such law to all issues that, under the conflict of laws
rules of the Province of Nova Scotia, are to be determined in accordance with the
proper or governing law of a contract, provided that none of the provisions of
either Indenture, the Offered Securities or the Terms Agreement (including the
provisions of this Agreement), or of New York law, are contrary to public policy as
that term is understood under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia and the
federal laws of Canada applicable therein; and further provided that, such court
will not apply those laws of New York which a Court of the Province of Nova Scotia
would characterize as revenue, expropriatory or penal or the application of which
would be inconsistent with public policy, as such term is applied by such Court
and, in matters of procedure (as that term is understood under the
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laws of the Province of Nova Scotia and the federal laws of Canada applicable
therein), the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia will be applied including the
Limitations Act, and a court of competent jurisdiction in the Province of Nova
Scotia will retain discretion to decline to hear such action and apply such law (i)
if it is contrary to public policy (as that term is understood under the laws of
the Province of Nova Scotia and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein) for
such court to do so, or (ii) if it is not the proper forum to hear such an action,
or (iii) if concurrent proceedings are being brought elsewhere; to the knowledge of
such counsel, there are no reasons based on public policy, as that term is
understood under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia and the laws of Canada
applicable therein, for avoiding enforcement of either Indenture, the Offered
Securities or the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement)
(with the exception of the indemnity and contribution provisions contained
therein);
(xi) the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia permit an action to be brought in
a court of competent jurisdiction in the Province of Nova Scotia on any final and
conclusive judgment in personam for a definite sum of money of any federal or state
court located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York (New York
Court) respecting the enforcement of either Indenture, the Offered Securities and
the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) that is not
impeachable as void or voidable under the internal laws of the State of New York
if: (i) the court rendering such judgment had jurisdiction over the judgment
debtor, as recognized by the courts of the Province of Nova Scotia (to the
knowledge of such counsel, submission under the provisions of either Indenture, the
Offered Securities and the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this
Agreement) to the jurisdiction of the New York Court will be sufficient for this
purpose), and the judgment debtor was properly served in the action leading to such
judgment; (ii) such judgment was not obtained by fraud or in a manner contrary to
natural justice and the enforcement thereof would not be inconsistent with public
policy, as such term is understood under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia,
or contrary to any order made by the Attorney General of Canada under the Foreign
Extraterritorial Measures Act (Canada) or by the Competition Tribunal under the
Competition Act (Canada); (iii) the enforcement of such judgment does not
constitute, directly or indirectly, the enforcement of foreign revenue,
expropriation or penal laws or other laws of a public law nature; (iv) no new
admissible evidence relevant to the action is discovered prior to rendering of
judgment by the court in the Province of Nova Scotia; (v) there has been no prior
judgment in another court between the same parties concerning the same issues as
are dealt with in the judgment to be enforced in the Province of Nova Scotia; and
(vi) the action to enforce such judgment is commenced within the applicable
limitation periods; to the knowledge of such counsel, there are no reasons under
present law of the Province of Nova Scotia for avoiding recognition
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of said judgments of New York Courts which might be rendered in respect of
either Indenture, the Offered Securities and the Terms Agreement (including the
provisions of this Agreement) based upon public policy, as that term is understood
under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia and the federal laws of Canada
applicable therein; and
(xii) in an action on a final and conclusive judgment in personam for a
definite sum of money of a New York Court which is not impeachable as void or
voidable under New York law, a court of competent jurisdiction in the Province of
Nova Scotia would not refuse to recognize the jurisdiction of the court rendering
such judgment on the basis of process having been served on CT Corporation System
as the agent to receive service of process in the United States of America
appointed by each of Funding I and Funding II under either Indenture or the Terms
Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) provided each of Funding I
and Funding II has not purported to revoke the appointment, or CT Corporation
System has not terminated the agency or otherwise rendered service on it
ineffective.
(f) The Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, shall have received an
opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Wayne C. Byers, Esq., senior counsel for
ConocoPhillips, to the effect that:
(i) ConocoPhillips is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation
in good standing in all jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property
or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the extent
that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a
material adverse effect on ConocoPhillips and its subsidiaries, taken as whole;
(ii) each Material Subsidiary of ConocoPhillips (as defined in the Terms
Agreement) has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate
power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in
the Final Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership
or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the
failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse
effect on ConocoPhillips and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; all of the issued
shares of capital stock of each Material Subsidiary of ConocoPhillips have been
duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable; except
as set forth in the Final Prospectus, all of the issued shares of capital stock of
each Material Subsidiary and all partnership interests in any Material Subsidiary,
where applicable, are owned directly or indirectly by ConocoPhillips, free and
clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims;
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(iii) the execution, delivery and performance by ConocoPhillips of each
Indenture and the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement), by
Funding I of the Funding I Indenture and the Terms Agreement (including the
provisions of this Agreement) and by Funding II of the Funding II Indenture and the
Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) and the issuance and
sale of the Offered Securities by Funding I and Funding II, as applicable, and
compliance by Funding I and Funding II, as applicable, with the terms and
provisions thereof will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and
provisions of, or constitute a default under, any agreement or instrument to which
ConocoPhillips, any Material Subsidiary, Funding I or Funding II is a party or by
which ConocoPhillips, any Material Subsidiary, Funding I or Funding II is bound or
to which any of the properties of ConocoPhillips, any Material Subsidiary, Funding
I or Funding II is subject that is material to ConocoPhillips and its subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, or to Funding I or Funding II, or the charter or by-laws of
ConocoPhillips;
(iv) the descriptions in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus
of statutes, legal and governmental proceedings and contracts and other documents
are accurate in all material respects and fairly present the information required
to be shown; and
(v) such counsel does not know of any legal or governmental proceedings
pending or threatened to which ConocoPhillips or any of its subsidiaries is a party
or to which any of the properties of ConocoPhillips or any of its subsidiaries is
subject that, in such counsels judgment, are required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus and are not so described or of any
statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be
described in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or to be filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required.
Such counsel shall also state that such counsel has participated in conferences with
officers and other representatives of ConocoPhillips, representatives of the independent
registered public accounting firm of ConocoPhillips, representatives of the Underwriters
and counsel to the Underwriters at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the
Final Prospectus and the Disclosure Package were discussed and, although such counsel did
not independently verify such information and is not passing upon and does not assume any
responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in
the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, on the basis
of the foregoing no facts came to such counsels attention that led such counsel to believe
that the Registration Statement (other than the financial statements and schedules, the
notes thereto and the auditors reports thereon, managements report on internal control
over financial reporting, if any, the other financial, reserve engineering, numerical,
statistical and accounting data included or incorporated by reference therein, or omitted
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therefrom, and the exhibits thereto, as to which such counsel need not comment) as of
its effective date contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein not misleading, or that the Final Prospectus (other than the financial statements
and schedules, the notes thereto and the auditors report thereon, managements report on
internal control over financial reporting, if any, and the other financial, reserve
engineering, numerical, statistical and accounting data included or incorporated by
reference therein, or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need not comment) as of
its date or as of the Closing Date included an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or that the
Disclosure Package (other than the financial statements and schedules, the notes thereto
and the auditors report thereon, managements report on internal control over financial
reporting, if any, and the other financial, reserve engineering, numerical, statistical and
accounting data included or incorporated by reference therein, or omitted therefrom, as to
which such counsel need not comment) as of the Execution Time included an untrue statement
of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(g) The Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, shall have received from
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated
the Closing Date, with respect to the incorporation of ConocoPhillips, the validity of the
Offered Securities, the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus, the Disclosure
Package and other related matters as the Representatives may require, and ConocoPhillips
shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of
enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(h) The Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, shall have received a
certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President or any Vice President and a principal
financial or accounting officer of ConocoPhillips in which such officers, to the best of
their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that the representations and
warranties of ConocoPhillips in this Agreement are true and correct, that ConocoPhillips
has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed
or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date, that no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any part thereof or any notice from the
Commission objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have
been instituted or are contemplated by the Commission and that, subsequent to the date of
the most recent financial statements in the Final Prospectus, there has been no material adverse
change, nor any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in
the condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of
ConocoPhillips and its subsidiaries taken as a whole except as set forth in or contemplated
by the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or as described in such certificate.
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(i) The Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, shall have received a
certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President or any Vice President of Funding I in
which such officer, to the best of his knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall
state that the representations and warranties of Funding I in this Agreement are true and
correct, that Funding I has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on
its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date and that no
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any part
thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are
contemplated by the Commission, except as described in such certificate.
(j) The Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, shall have received a
certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President or any Vice President of Funding II
in which such officer, to the best of his knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall
state that the representations and warranties of Funding II in this Agreement are true and
correct, that Funding II has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on
its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date and that no
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any part
thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are
contemplated by the Commission, except as described in such certificate.
(k) The Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, shall have received a letter,
dated the Closing Date, of Ernst & Young LLP which meets the requirements of subsection (a)
of this Section, except that the specified date referred to in such subsection will be a
date not more than three days prior to the Closing Date for the purposes of this
subsection.
The Company will furnish the Representatives with such conformed copies of such opinions,
certificates, letters and documents as the Representatives reasonably request. The Representatives
may in their sole discretion waive on behalf of the Underwriters compliance with any conditions to
the obligations of the Underwriters under this Agreement and the Terms Agreement.
6. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter, its partners, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material
fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Final
Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the information contained
in the final term sheet required to be prepared and filed pursuant to Section 4(c) hereto, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or
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other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating
or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred;
provided, however, that none of ConocoPhillips, Funding I or Funding II will be liable in any such
case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such
documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by
any Underwriter through the Representatives, if any, specifically for use therein, it being
understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the
information described as such in the Terms Agreement.
(b) Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless
ConocoPhillips, Funding I, Funding II and CPCo, their respective directors and officers and
each person, if any, who controls ConocoPhillips, Funding I, Funding II and CPCo within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to
which ConocoPhillips, Funding I, Funding II or CPCo may become subject, under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any
Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or
the information contained in the final term sheet required to be prepared and filed
pursuant to Section 4(c) hereto, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or
are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through
the Representatives, if any, specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by ConocoPhillips, Funding I, Funding II or CPCo in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action as such expenses are incurred, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in
the Terms Agreement.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of notice of the
commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is
to be made against the indemnifying party under subsection (a) or (b) above, notify the
indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the
indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any
indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any such
action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of
the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein
and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly
notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such
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indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party
will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other
expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without
the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or
threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party
and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such
settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all
liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not
include a statement as to, or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or
on behalf of an indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or insufficient
to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party
as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or
(b) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering
of the Offered Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the
relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the
Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements
or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on
the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion
as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the
Company bear to the total underwriting fees paid to (including any underwriting discounts
and commissions received by) the Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue
statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d)
shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which
is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection
(d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by
which the total price at which the Offered Securities underwritten by it and distributed to
the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such
Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
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alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are
several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section shall be in addition to any
liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and
conditions, to the partners, directors, officers and each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the Underwriters under
this Section shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may
otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each director of
ConocoPhillips, Funding I, Funding II or CPCo, to each officer of ConocoPhillips, Funding
I, Funding II or CPCo who has signed the Registration Statement and to each person, if any,
who controls ConocoPhillips, Funding I, Funding II or CPCo within the meaning of the Act.
7. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in their obligations
to purchase Offered Securities under the Terms Agreement and the aggregate principal amount of
Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase
does not exceed 10% of the total principal amount of Offered Securities, the Representatives may
make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other
persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing
Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their
respective commitments under the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement), to
purchase the Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase.
If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate principal amount of Offered
Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total principal
amount of Offered Securities and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives and the Company
for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after
such default, the Terms Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any
non-defaulting Underwriter, ConocoPhillips, Funding I, Funding II or CPCo, except as provided in
Section 8. As used in this Agreement, the term Underwriter includes any person substituted for
an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from
liability for its default.
8. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities,
agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of ConocoPhillips, Funding I, Funding
II or CPCo or their respective officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made
pursuant to the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) will remain in full
force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by
or on behalf of any Underwriter, ConocoPhillips, Funding I, Funding II or CPCo or any of their
respective
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representatives, officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of
and payment for the Offered Securities. If the Terms Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7
or if for any reason the purchase of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters is not consummated,
the Company shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to
Section 4 and the respective obligations of the Company and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 6
shall remain in effect. If the purchase of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters is not
consummated for any reason other than solely because of the termination of the Terms Agreement
pursuant to Section 7 or the occurrence of any event specified in clause (iii), (iv) or (v) of
Section 5(c), the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including
fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the offering of
the Offered Securities.
9. No Fiduciary Duty. The Company hereby acknowledges that (a) the purchase and sale of any
Offered Securities pursuant to this Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement is an arms-length
commercial transaction between the Company and CPCo, on the one hand, and the Underwriters and any
affiliate through which it may be acting, on the other, (b) the Underwriters are acting as
principal and not as an agent or fiduciary of the Company or CPCo and (c) the Companys engagement
of the Underwriters in connection with any offering and the process leading up to the offering of
any Offered Securities is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore,
the Company agrees that it is solely responsible for making its own judgments in connection with
any offering (irrespective of whether any of the Underwriters has advised or is currently advising
the Company or CPCo on related or other matters). The Company agrees that it will not claim that
the Underwriters have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency,
fiduciary or similar duty to the Company or CPCo, in connection with such offering or the process
leading thereto.
10. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the
Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to them at their address
furnished to the Company in writing for the purpose of communications hereunder or, if sent to the
Company or CPCo, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at ConocoPhillips,
600 North Dairy Ashford, Houston, Texas 77079, Attention: Chief Financial Officer.
11. Successors. The Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) will inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon ConocoPhillips, Funding I, Funding II, CPCo and such
Underwriters as are identified in the Terms Agreement and their respective successors and the
officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 6, and no other person will
have any right or obligation hereunder.
12. Representation of Underwriters. Any Representatives will act for the several Underwriters
in connection with the financing described in the Terms Agreement, and any action under such Terms
Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) taken by the Representatives will be binding
upon all the Underwriters.
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13. Counterparts. The Terms Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one
and the same Agreement.
14. Applicable Law. This Agreement and the Terms Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of
conflicts of laws.
Each of ConocoPhillips, Funding I, Funding II and CPCo hereby submits to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in
any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Terms Agreement (including the provisions
of this Agreement) or the transactions contemplated thereby.
ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company I
and
ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company II
Debt Securities
fully and unconditionally guaranteed by ConocoPhillips and ConocoPhillips
Company
TERMS AGREEMENT
October 10, 2006
To: The Representatives of the Underwriters identified herein
Ladies & Gentlemen:
The Company agrees to sell to the several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto for their
respective accounts, on and subject to the terms and conditions of the Underwriting Agreement to be
filed by ConocoPhillips in its Report on Form 8-K dated October 10, 2006 (Underwriting
Agreement), the following securities (Offered Securities) on the following terms:
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Issuer:
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Funding I |
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Title:
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5.625% Notes Due 2016 (2016 Notes) |
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Guarantors:
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ConocoPhillips and ConocoPhillips Company |
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Principal Amount:
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$1,250,000,000 |
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Interest:
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5.625% per annum from
October 13, 2006, payable semi-annually on April 15 and October
15, commencing April 15, 2007 |
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Maturity:
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October 15, 2016 |
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Optional Redemption:
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At any time for an amount equal to the
principal amount of the notes redeemed plus a
make-whole premium and accrued but unpaid
interest to the redemption date |
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Sinking Fund:
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None |
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Listing:
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None |
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Purchase Price:
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99.542% of principal amount plus accrued
interest, if any, from October 13, 2006 |
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Underwriters Fee:
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0.450% of the principal amount |
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Cash Purchase Price:
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$1,244,275,000 |
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Expected Reoffering Price:
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99.992% of principal amount |
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Issuer:
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Funding II |
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Title:
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5.30% Notes Due 2012 (2012 Notes) |
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Guarantors:
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ConocoPhillips and ConocoPhillips Company |
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Principal Amount:
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$350,000,000 |
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Interest:
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5.30% per annum from October 13, 2006, payable
semi-annually on April 15 and October 15,
commencing April 15, 2007 |
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Maturity:
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April 15, 2012 |
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Optional Redemption:
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At any time for an amount equal to the
principal amount of the notes redeemed plus a
make-whole premium and accrued but unpaid
interest to the redemption date |
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Sinking Fund:
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None |
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Listing:
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None |
3
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Purchase Price:
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99.428% of principal amount plus accrued
interest, if any, from October 13, 2006 |
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Underwriters Fee:
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0.350% of the principal amount |
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Cash Purchase Price:
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$347,998,000 |
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Expected Reoffering Price:
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99.778% of principal amount |
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Issuer:
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Funding II |
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Title:
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5.950% Notes Due 2036 (2036 Notes) |
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Guarantors:
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ConocoPhillips and ConocoPhillips Company |
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Principal Amount:
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$500,000,000 |
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Interest:
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5.950% per annum from October 13, 2006,
payable semi-annually on April 15 and October
15, commencing April 15, 2007 |
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Maturity:
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October 15, 2036 |
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Optional Redemption:
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At any time for an amount equal to the
principal amount of the notes redeemed plus a
make-whole premium and accrued but unpaid
interest to the redemption date |
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Sinking Fund:
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None |
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Listing:
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None |
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Purchase Price:
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98.861% of principal amount plus accrued
interest, if any, from October 13, 2006 |
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Underwriters Fee:
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0.875% of the principal amount |
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Cash Purchase Price:
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$494,305,000 |
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Expected Reoffering Price:
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99.736% of principal amount |
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Closing:
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10:00 A.M. on October 13, 2006, at the
offices of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, 825
Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10019 in
Federal (same day) funds. |
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Settlement and Trading:
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Book-Entry Only via DTC. |
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Blackout:
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Until 14 days after the Closing Date. |
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Name and Addresses of
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Banc of America Securities LLC |
Representatives:
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9 West 57th Street |
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New York, NY 10019 |
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Barclays Capital Inc. |
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200 Park Avenue |
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New York, NY 10166 |
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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
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60 Wall Street |
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New York, NY 10005 |
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Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated |
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Four World Financial Center |
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250 Vesey Street |
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New York, New York 10080 |
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UBS Securities LLC |
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677 Washington Blvd. |
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Stamford, CT 06901 |
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Execution Time:
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5:30 p.m. New York City time, on the date
hereof. |
The respective principal amounts of the Offered Securities to be purchased by each of the
Underwriters are set forth opposite their names in Schedule A hereto.
The Underwriters will reimburse the Company $625,000 for certain of the Companys expenses in
connection with the offering of the Offered Securities.
The provisions of the Underwriting Agreement are incorporated herein by reference. The
Material Subsidiaries of the Company are ConocoPhillips Company and Burlington Resources, Inc
(BR).
In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the
Prospectus Directive (each, a Relevant Member State), each underwriter has represented and agreed
that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in
that Relevant Member State (the Relevant Implementation Date) it has not made and will not make an
offer of notes to the public in that Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the notes
which has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where
appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to the
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competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, except that it may,
with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of notes to the
public in that Relevant Member State at any time:
(a) to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial
markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest
in securities;
(b) to any legal entity which has two or more of
(1) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year;
(2) a total balance sheet of more than 43,000,000 and
(3) an annual net turnover of more than 50,000,000, as shown in its last
annual or consolidated accounts; or
(c) in any other circumstances which do not require the publication by the issuer of a
prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.
For the purposes of this provision, the expression an offer of notes to the public in
relation to any notes in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any
means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the notes to be offered so as to
enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the notes, as the same may be varied in that
Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State and the
expression Prospectus Directive means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing
measure in each Relevant Member State.
Each Underwriter has represented and agreed that:
(a) it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or
cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity
(within the meaning of section 21 of FSMA) to persons who have professional experience in
matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and
Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 or in circumstances in which section 21
of FSMA does not apply to the company; and
(b) it has complied with, and will comply with, all applicable provisions of FSMA with
respect to anything done by it in relation to the notes in, from or otherwise involving the
United Kingdom.
Each underwriter has agreed that it will not offer or sell any notes, directly or indirectly,
in Japan or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of Japan (which term as used herein means any
person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of
Japan), or to others for re-offering or resale, directly or
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indirectly, in Japan or to a resident of Japan, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in
compliance with, the Securities and Exchange Law and any other applicable laws, regulations and
ministerial guidelines of Japan.
For purposes of Section 6 of the Underwriting Agreement, the only information furnished to the
Company by any Underwriter for use in the Final Prospectus and the final term sheet prepared and
filed pursuant to Section 4(c) of the Underwriting Agreement consists of the following information
in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the third, fourth, fifth, seventh,
eighth and ninth paragraphs and the second sentence of the sixth paragraph under the caption
Underwriting in the prospectus supplement.
Section 5 of the Underwriting Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following after
paragraph 5(k):
(l) On or prior to the Execution Time, the Representatives, on behalf of the
Underwriters, shall have received a letter, dated the date of delivery thereof, of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP confirming that they are independent registered public
accountants, with respect to BR, within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published
Rules and Regulations thereunder and stating to the effect that:
(i) in their opinion the financial statements and any schedules of BR audited
by them and incorporated by reference in the Base Prospectus, Preliminary Final
Prospectus, Final Prospectus and the Disclosure Package comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the
related published Rules and Regulations;
(ii) they have compared specified dollar amounts (or percentages derived from
such dollar amounts) and other financial information contained in the Registration
Statement, the Final Prospectus and the Disclosure Package (in each case to the
extent that such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial information are
derived from the general accounting records of BR and its subsidiaries subject to
the internal controls of BRs accounting system or are derived directly from such
records by analysis or computation) with the results obtained from a reading of
such general accounting records and other procedures specified in such letter and
have found such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial information to be
in agreement with such results, except as otherwise specified in such letter.
All financial statements and schedules of BR included in material incorporated by reference
into the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed included in the
Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus for purposes of this subsection.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and
return to the Company one of the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement
among ConocoPhillips, Funding I, Funding II and the several Underwriters in accordance with its
terms.
Very truly yours,
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ConocoPhillips |
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By
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/s/ Jeff W. Sheets |
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Name: Jeff W. Sheets |
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Title: Vice President and Treasurer |
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ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company I |
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By
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/s/ Jeff W. Sheets |
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Name: Jeff W. Sheets |
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Title: Vice President and Treasurer |
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ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company II |
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By
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/s/ Jeff W. Sheets |
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Name: Jeff W. Sheets |
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Title: Vice President and Treasurer |
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The foregoing Terms Agreement is hereby confirmed
and accepted as of the date first above written.
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Banc of America Securities LLC |
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Barclays Capital Inc. |
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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
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Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated |
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UBS Securities LLC |
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Acting on behalf of themselves and as
the Representatives of the several Underwriters. |
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By Banc of America Securities LLC |
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By
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/s/ Lily Chang |
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Name: Lily Chang |
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Title: Principal |
SCHEDULE A
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Principal |
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Principal |
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Principal |
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Amount of |
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Amount of |
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Amount of |
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2012 Notes |
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2016 Notes |
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2036 Notes |
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(Issued by |
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(Issued by |
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(Issued by |
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Underwriter |
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Funding II) |
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Funding I) |
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Funding II) |
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Banc of America Securities
LLC |
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$ |
45,500,000 |
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$ |
162,500,000 |
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$ |
65,000,000 |
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Barclays
Capital Inc. |
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45,500,000 |
|
|
|
162,500,000 |
|
|
|
65,000,000 |
|
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated |
|
|
45,500,000 |
|
|
|
162,500,000 |
|
|
|
65,000,000 |
|
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
|
|
45,500,000 |
|
|
|
162,500,000 |
|
|
|
65,000,000 |
|
UBS Securities
LLC |
|
|
45,500,000 |
|
|
|
162,500,000 |
|
|
|
65,000,000 |
|
ABN AMRO Incorporated |
|
|
12,250,000 |
|
|
|
43,750,000 |
|
|
|
17,500,000 |
|
BNP Paribas Securities
Corp |
|
|
12,250,000 |
|
|
|
43,750,000 |
|
|
|
17,500,000 |
|
Calyon Securities (USA)
Inc. |
|
|
12,250,000 |
|
|
|
43,750,000 |
|
|
|
17,500,000 |
|
Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe
Limited |
|
|
12,250,000 |
|
|
|
43,750,000 |
|
|
|
17,500,000 |
|
DnB NOR Markets,
Inc. |
|
|
12,250,000 |
|
|
|
43,750,000 |
|
|
|
17,500,000 |
|
Greenwich Capital Markets,
Inc. |
|
|
12,250,000 |
|
|
|
43,750,000 |
|
|
|
17,500,000 |
|
HSBC Securities (USA)
Inc. |
|
|
12,250,000 |
|
|
|
43,750,000 |
|
|
|
17,500,000 |
|
ING Financial Markets
LLC |
|
|
12,250,000 |
|
|
|
43,750,000 |
|
|
|
17,500,000 |
|
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities
International plc |
|
|
12,250,000 |
|
|
|
43,750,000 |
|
|
|
17,500,000 |
|
SG Americas Securities,
LLC |
|
|
12,250,000 |
|
|
|
43,750,000 |
|
|
|
17,500,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
350,000,000 |
|
|
$ |
1,250,000,000 |
|
|
$ |
500,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SCHEDULE B
Schedule of Free Writing Prospectuses included in the Disclosure Package
1. Free writing prospectus dated October 10, 2006, relating to the final terms of the Offered
Securities.
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Exhibit 4.3
CONOCOPHILLIPS CANADA FUNDING COMPANY I
5.625% Notes due 2016
Fully and Unconditionally Guaranteed by
CONOCOPHILLIPS AND CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
One series of Securities is hereby established pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Indenture,
dated as of October 13, 2006 (the Indenture), among ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company I, as
issuer (the Company), ConocoPhillips and ConocoPhillips Company, as guarantors (collectively, the
Guarantors), and The Bank of New York Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the
Trustee), as follows:
1. Each capitalized term used but not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the Indenture.
2. The title of the 5.625% Notes due 2016 shall be 5.625% Notes due 2016 (the Notes).
3. The limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Notes that may be authenticated and
delivered under the Indenture (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Section 2.08, 2.09, 2.12,
2.17, 3.07 or 9.05 of the Indenture and except for any Notes which, pursuant to Section 2.04 or
2.17 of the Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered thereunder) is
$1,250,000,000; provided, however, that the authorized aggregate principal amount of the Notes may
be increased before or after the issuance of any Notes by a Board Resolution (or action pursuant to
a Board Resolution) to such effect; provided further, however, that the authorized aggregate
principal amount of the Notes may be increased only if the additional Notes issued will be fungible
with the original Notes for United States federal income tax purposes.
4. The Notes shall be issued upon original issuance in whole in the form of one or more Global
Securities (the Global Notes). The Depository Trust Company and the Trustee are hereby
designated as the Depositary and the Security Custodian, respectively, for the Global Notes under
the Indenture.
5. The Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the
form of Annex A hereto (the Form of Note).
6. The date on which the principal of the Notes is payable shall be October 15, 2016.
7. The rate at which the Notes shall bear interest shall be 5.625% per annum. Interest on the
Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Interest
Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable shall be April 15 and
October 15 of each year, commencing April 15, 2007. The record dates for the interest payable
on the Notes on any Interest Payment Date shall be the April 1 and October 1, as the case may be,
next preceding such Interest Payment Date.
8. No Additional Amounts with respect to the Notes shall be payable. The date from which
interest shall accrue for the Notes shall be October 13, 2006.
9. The place or places where the principal of, premium (if any) on and interest on the Notes
shall be payable shall be the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose,
initially the office of the Trustee in The City of New York, and any other office or agency
maintained by the Company for such purpose. Payments in respect of Global Notes (including
principal, premium, if any, and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to the accounts specified by the Holder of such Notes. In all other cases, at the option of
the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the person entitled
thereto as such address shall appear in the register of the Notes maintained by the Registrar.
10. The Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes initially shall be the Trustee.
11. The Notes are subject to redemption and repayment, in whole or in part, at any time and
from time to time, at the option of the Company, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior
notice as provided in the Indenture, at a Redemption Price equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the
principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and repaid and (ii) the amount, if any, by which the
sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments thereon, discounted to the Redemption
Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the
Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points, exceeds the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and
repaid, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date.
Treasury Rate means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to (i)
the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week,
appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated H.15 (519) or any
successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted
to constant maturity under the caption Treasury Constant Maturities, for the maturity
corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue; provided that if no maturity is within three months
before or after the Stated Maturity for the Notes, yields for the two published maturities most
closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue will be determined and the Treasury Rate
will be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis rounding to the
nearest month; or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week
preceding such calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the
semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price
for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the
Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the
third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
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Comparable Treasury Issue means the United States Treasury security selected by an
Independent Investment Banker that would be used, at the time of selection and in accordance with
customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable
maturity to the remaining term of the Notes.
Independent Investment Banker means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the
Company.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (i) the average of the
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and
lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four
such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Quotations.
Reference Treasury Dealer means each of Banc of America Securities LLC (and its successors),
Barclays Capital Inc. (and its successors), Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (and its successors) and
one other nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a primary U.S. Government
securities dealer (a Primary Treasury Dealer) specified from time to time by the Company,
provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a nationally recognized
investment banking firm that is a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor
another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a Primary Treasury Dealer.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount)
quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer as of 3:30 p.m., New York time,
on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
Remaining Scheduled Payments means, with respect to each Note to be redeemed and repaid, the
remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon that would be due after
the related Redemption Date but for such redemption and repayment; provided, however, that, if such
Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Note, the amount of the next
succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued
thereon to such Redemption Date.
12. The Company shall have no obligation to redeem, purchase or repay Notes pursuant to any
sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of a Holder thereof.
13. Each Global Note shall bear the legend set forth on the face of the Form of Note.
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Annex A
[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]
[Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive form, this
Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary
or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York), a New York corporation
(DTC), shall act as the Depositary until a successor shall be appointed by the Company and the
Registrar. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of DTC to the
issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued
is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is
requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede &
Co., has an interest herein.] *
CONOCOPHILLIPS CANADA FUNDING COMPANY I
5.625% NOTE DUE 2016
FULLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED BY
CONOCOPHILLIPS AND CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company I, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company (the
Company, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to),
for value received, promises to pay to or registered assigns, the principal sum
of Dollars[, or such greater or lesser amount as indicated on the Schedule of
Exchanges of Securities hereto,]* on October 15, 2016.
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Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be signed manually or by facsimile
by its duly authorized officers.
Dated:
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CONOCOPHILLIPS CANADA FUNDING COMPANY I
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GUARANTEE
ConocoPhillips, a Delaware corporation, and ConocoPhillips Company, a Delaware corporation,
jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantee to the holder of this Security, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture referenced on the reverse hereof, (a) the full
and prompt payment of the principal of and any premium on this Security when and as the same shall
become due, whether at the stated maturity thereof, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and
(b) the full and prompt payment of interest on this Security when and as the same shall become due,
subject to any applicable grace period.
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Certificate of Authentication:
This is one of the Securities of the series
designated therein referred to in the within-
mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
CONOCOPHILLIPS CANADA FUNDING COMPANY I
5.625% NOTE DUE 2016
FULLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED BY
CONOCOPHILLIPS AND CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of 5.625% Notes due 2016 (the Securities) of
ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company I, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company (the Company).
1. Interest. The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at
5.625% per annum from October 13, 2006 until maturity. The Company will pay interest semiannually
on April 15 and October 15 of each year (each an Interest Payment Date), or if any such day is
not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest on the Securities will accrue
from the most recent Interest Payment Date on which interest has been paid or, if no interest has
been paid, from October 13, 2006; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of
interest, and if this Security is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face
hereof (each, a Record Date) and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue
from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided, further, that the first Interest Payment
Date shall be April 15, 2007. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and premium (if
any) from time to time at a rate equal to the interest rate then in effect; it shall pay interest
on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to
time at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
2. Method of Payment. The Company will pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted
interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Securities at the close of business on the
Record Date next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Securities are canceled after
such Record Date and on or before such Interest Payment Date. The Holder must surrender this
Security to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay the principal of,
premium (if any) on and interest on the Securities in money of the United States of America that at
the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Such amounts shall be
payable at the offices of the Trustee (as defined below), provided that at the option of the
Company, the Company may pay such amounts (1) by wire transfer with respect to Global Securities or
(2) by check payable in such money mailed to a Holders registered address with respect to any
Securities.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, The Bank of New York Trust Company, National
Association (the Trustee), the trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and
Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar, co-registrar or additional paying
agent without notice to any Holder. The Company, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary may act in any
such capacity.
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4. Guarantee. ConocoPhillips, a Delaware corporation, and ConocoPhillips Company, a Delaware
corporation (collectively, the Guarantors), jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantee to
the Holders from time to time of the Securities, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in the Indenture (as defined below), (a) the full and prompt payment of the principal of and
any premium on the Securities when and as the same shall become due, whether at the Stated Maturity
thereof, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and (b) the full and prompt payment of any
interest on the Securities when and as the same shall become due, subject to any applicable grace
period. The Guarantee constitutes a guarantee of payment and not of collection. In the event of a
default in the payment of principal of or any premium on the Securities when and as the same shall
become due, whether at the Stated Maturity thereof, by acceleration, call for redemption or
otherwise, or in the event of a default in the payment of any interest on the Securities when and
as the same shall become due, each of the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities shall have the
right to proceed first and directly against the Guarantors under the Indenture without first
proceeding against the Company or exhausting any other remedies which the Trustee or such Holder
may have and without resorting to any other security held by it.
5. Indenture. The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of October 13,
2006 (the Indenture), among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the
Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference
to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the TIA), as in effect on the date of execution
of the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the
Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms and for the definitions of capitalized terms
used but not defined herein. The Securities are unsecured general obligations of the Company
limited to $1,250,000,000 in aggregate principal amount; provided, however, that the authorized
aggregate principal amount of the Securities may be increased before or after the issuance of any
Securities by a Board Resolution (or action pursuant to a Board Resolution) to such effect;
provided further, however, that the authorized aggregate principal amount of the Securities may be
increased only if the additional Securities issued will be fungible with the original Securities
for United States federal income tax purposes. The Indenture provides for the issuance of other
series of debt securities (including the Securities, the Debt Securities) thereunder.
6. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Securities are in registered form without coupons
in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000. The transfer of
Securities may be registered and Securities may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The
Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate
endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by
the Indenture. Neither the Company, the Trustee nor the Registrar shall be required to register
the transfer or exchange of (a) any Security selected for redemption in whole or in part, except
the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part, or (b) any Security during the
period beginning 15 Business Days before the mailing of notice of redemption of Securities to be
redeemed and ending at the close of business on the day of mailing.
7. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Security shall be treated as its owner
for all purposes.
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8. Redemption. The Securities are subject to redemption and repayment, in whole or in part,
at any time and from time to time, at the option of the Company, upon not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days prior notice as provided in the Indenture, at a Redemption Price equal to the sum of
(i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and repaid and (ii) the amount,
if any, by which the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments thereon,
discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points, exceeds the principal amount of
the Securities to be redeemed and repaid, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the
Redemption Date.
Treasury Rate means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to (i)
the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week,
appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated H.15 (519) or any
successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted
to constant maturity under the caption Treasury Constant Maturities, for the maturity
corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue; provided that if no maturity is within three months
before or after the Stated Maturity for the Securities, yields for the two published maturities
most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue will be determined and the Treasury
Rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis rounding to the
nearest month; or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week
preceding such calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the
semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price
for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the
Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the
third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
Comparable Treasury Issue means the United States Treasury security selected by an
Independent Investment Banker that would be used, at the time of selection and in accordance with
customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable
maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.
Independent Investment Banker means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the
Company.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (i) the average of the
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and
lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four
such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Quotations.
Reference Treasury Dealer means each of Banc of America Securities LLC (and its successors),
Barclays Capital Inc. (and its successors), Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (and its successors) and
one other nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a primary U.S. Government
securities dealer (a Primary Treasury Dealer) specified from time to time by the Company,
provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a nationally recognized
investment banking firm that is a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company
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shall substitute therefor another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a
Primary Treasury Dealer.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount)
quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer as of 3:30 p.m., New York time,
on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
Remaining Scheduled Payments means, with respect to each Security to be redeemed and repaid,
the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon that would be due
after the related Redemption Date but for such redemption and repayment; provided, however, that,
if such Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount
of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced by the amount of interest
accrued thereon to such Redemption Date.
9. Amendments and Waivers. Subject to certain exceptions and limitations, the Indenture or
the Securities may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Debt Securities of all series affected by such
amendment or supplement (acting as one class), and any existing or past Default or Event of Default
under, or compliance with any provision of, the Indenture may be waived (other than any continuing
Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium (if any) on or interest on
the Securities) by the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding
Debt Securities of any series or of all series (acting as one class) in accordance with the terms
of the Indenture. Without the consent of any Holder, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee
may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Securities or waive any provision of either: (i) to
cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency; (ii) if required, to provide for the
assumption of the obligations of the Company or a Guarantor under the Indenture in the case of the
merger, consolidation or sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of any of the properties
or assets of the Company or sale, conveyance, lease, transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor, as applicable; (iii) to provide for
uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities or to provide for
the issuance of bearer Securities (with or without coupons); (iv) to provide any security for, or
to add any guarantees of or additional obligors on, the Securities or the related Guarantees; (v)
to comply with any requirement in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture
under the TIA; (vi) to add to the covenants of the Company or any Guarantor for the benefit of the
Holders of the Securities, or to surrender any right or power conferred by the Indenture upon the
Company or any Guarantor; (vii) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any
series of the Debt Securities; (viii) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of the
Indenture, provided that no outstanding Security is adversely affected in any material respect;
(ix) to supplement any of the provisions of the Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to
permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of the Securities pursuant to the Indenture; or
(x) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under the Indenture by a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities and to add to or change any of the provisions of the
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
thereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of the Indenture.
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The right of any Holder to participate in any consent required or sought pursuant to any
provision of the Indenture (and the obligation of the Company or any Guarantor to obtain any such
consent otherwise required from such Holder) may be subject to the requirement that such Holder
shall have been the Holder of record of any Securities with respect to which such consent is
required or sought as of a date identified by the Company or such Guarantor in a notice furnished
to Holders in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
Without the consent of each Holder affected, the Company may not (i) reduce the amount of Debt
Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver; (ii) reduce the rate
of or change the time for payment of interest, including default interest, on any Security; (iii)
reduce the principal of or premium on, or change the Stated Maturity of, any Security; (iv) reduce
the premium, if any, payable upon the redemption of any Security or change the time at which any
Security may or shall be redeemed; (v) change the coin or currency in which any Security or any
premium or interest with respect thereto is payable; (vi) impair the right to institute suit for
the enforcement of any payment of principal of or premium (if any) or interest on any Security,
except as provided in the Indenture; (vii) make any change in the percentage of principal amount of
Debt Securities necessary to waive compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or make any
change in the provision for modification; (viii) waive a continuing Default or Event of Default in
the payment of principal of or premium (if any) or interest on the Securities; or (ix) change the
obligations of the Guarantors under the Guarantees in any manner materially adverse to the holders
of any Debt Security issued under the Indenture.
A supplemental indenture that changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of the
Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series
of Debt Securities under the Indenture, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Debt
Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to
affect the rights under the Indenture of the Holders of Debt Securities of any other series.
10. Defaults and Remedies. Events of Default are defined in the Indenture and generally
include: (i) default for 30 days in payment of any interest on the Securities; (ii) default in any
payment of principal of or premium, if any, on the Securities when due and payable; (iii) default
by the Company or any Guarantor in compliance with any of its other covenants or agreements in, or
provisions of, the Securities or in the Indenture which shall not have been remedied within 90 days
after written notice by the Trustee or by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
Securities then outstanding (or, in the event that other Debt Securities issued under the Indenture
are also affected by the default, then 25% in principal amount of all outstanding Debt Securities
so affected); (iv) certain events involving bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company
or any Guarantor; or (v) any Guarantee of any Guarantor ceasing to be in full force and effect
(other than in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and such Guarantee) or being declared
null and void and unenforceable or found to be invalid in a judicial proceeding or any Guarantor
denying its liability under its Guarantee (other than by reason of the release of a Guarantor from
its Guarantee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and such Guarantee). If an Event of
Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of
the then outstanding Securities (or, in the case of an Event of Default described in clause (iii)
above, if outstanding Debt Securities of other series are affected by such Default, then at least
25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Debt Securities so affected), may declare the
principal of and interest on all the Securities (or
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such Debt Securities) to be immediately due and payable, except that in the case of an Event
of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company
or any Guarantor, all outstanding Debt Securities under the Indenture become due and payable
immediately without further action or notice. The amount due and payable upon the acceleration of
any Security is equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date of
payment. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the
Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture
or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the then outstanding Securities (or affected Debt Securities) may direct the Trustee in its
exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing
default (except a default in payment of principal, premium or interest) if it determines that
withholding notice is in their interests. The Company and the Guarantors must furnish annual
compliance certificates to the Trustee.
11. Discharge Prior to Maturity. The Indenture with respect to the Securities shall be
discharged and canceled upon the payment of all of the Securities and shall be discharged except
for certain obligations upon the irrevocable deposit with the Trustee of any combination of funds
and U.S. Government Obligations sufficient for such payment.
12. Trustee Dealings with Company and Guarantors. The Trustee, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may make loans to, accept deposits
from, and perform services for the Company, any Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates,
and may otherwise deal with the Company, any Guarantor or any such Affiliates, as if it were not
Trustee.
13. No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee, stockholder, partner or other
owner of the Company, a Guarantor or the Trustee, as such, shall not have any liability for any
obligations of the Company under the Securities, for any obligations of any Guarantor under the
Guarantee or for any obligations of the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee under the Indenture
or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each
Holder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release
shall be part of the consideration for the issue of Securities.
14. Authentication. This Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual
signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
15. CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the
Securities as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the
accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed thereon.
16. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an
assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=
joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and
U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
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The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the
Indenture. Request may be made to:
ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company I
c/o ConocoPhillips
600 North Dairy Ashford
Houston, Texas 77079
Telephone: (281) 293-1000
Attention: Treasurer
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF SECURITIES*
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Security to
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Exhibit 4.4
CONOCOPHILLIPS CANADA FUNDING COMPANY II
5.30% Notes due 2012
5.95% Notes due 2036
Fully and Unconditionally Guaranteed by
CONOCOPHILLIPS AND CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Two series of Securities are hereby established pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Indenture,
dated as of October 13, 2006 (the Indenture), among ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company II, as
issuer (the Company), ConocoPhillips and ConocoPhillips Company, as guarantors (collectively, the
Guarantors), and The Bank of New York Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the
Trustee), as follows:
1. Each capitalized term used but not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the Indenture.
2. The title of the 5.30% Notes due 2012 shall be 5.30% Notes due 2012 (the 2012 Notes)
and the title of the 5.95% Notes due 2036 shall be 5.95% Notes due 2036 (the 2036 Notes and,
together with the 2012 Notes, the Notes).
3. The limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the 2012 Notes and the 2036 Notes that may
be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture (except for Notes of such series authenticated
and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes of
such series pursuant to Section 2.08, 2.09, 2.12, 2.17, 3.07 or 9.05 of the Indenture and except
for any Notes of such series which, pursuant to Section 2.04 or 2.17 of the Indenture, are deemed
never to have been authenticated and delivered thereunder) is $350,000,000 and $500,000,000,
respectively; provided, however, that the authorized aggregate principal amount of the Notes of
each series may be increased before or after the issuance of any Notes of such series by a Board
Resolution (or action pursuant to a Board Resolution) to such effect; provided further, however,
that the authorized aggregate principal amount of the Notes of each series may be increased only if
the additional Notes issued will be fungible with the original Notes of such series for United
States federal income tax purposes.
4. The Notes of each series shall be issued upon original issuance in whole in the form of one
or more Global Securities (the Global Notes). The Depository Trust Company and the Trustee are
hereby designated as the Depositary and the Security Custodian, respectively, for the Global Notes
under the Indenture.
5. The Notes of each series and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in the form of Annex A hereto (the Form of Note).
6. The date on which the principal of the 2012 Notes and the 2036 Notes is payable shall be
April 15, 2012 and October 15, 2036, respectively.
7. The rate at which the 2012 Notes shall bear interest shall be 5.30% per annum. The rate at
which the 2036 Notes shall bear interest shall be 5.95% per annum. Interest on the Notes of each
series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Interest
Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable shall be April 15 and October 15 of each
year, commencing April 15, 2007. The record dates for the interest payable on the Notes of each
series on any Interest Payment Date shall be the April 1 or October 1, as the case may be, next
preceding such Interest Payment Date.
8. No Additional Amounts with respect to the Notes shall be payable. The date from which
interest shall accrue for the Notes of each series shall be October 13, 2006.
9. The place or places where the principal of, premium (if any) on and interest on the Notes
shall be payable shall be the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose,
initially the office of the Trustee in The City of New York, and any other office or agency
maintained by the Company for such purpose. Payments in respect of Global Notes (including
principal, premium, if any, and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to the accounts specified by the Holder of such Notes. In all other cases, at the option of
the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the person entitled
thereto as such address shall appear in the register of the Notes maintained by the Registrar.
10. The Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes of each series initially shall be the
Trustee.
11. The Notes of each series are subject to redemption and repayment, in whole or in part, at
any time and from time to time, at the option of the Company, upon not less than 30 nor more than
60 days prior notice as provided in the Indenture, at a Redemption Price equal to the sum of (i)
100% of the principal amount of the Notes of such series to be redeemed and repaid and (ii) the
amount, if any, by which the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments thereon,
discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus (a) 10 basis points, with respect to the 2012
Notes, and (b) 20 basis points, with respect to the 2036 Notes, exceeds the principal amount of the
Notes to be redeemed and repaid, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Redemption Date.
Treasury Rate means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to (i)
the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week,
appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated H.15 (519) or any
successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted
to constant maturity under the caption Treasury Constant Maturities, for the maturity
corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue; provided that if no maturity is within three months
before or after the Stated Maturity for the applicable series of Notes, yields for the two
published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue will be determined
and the Treasury Rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a
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straight-line basis rounding to the nearest month; or (ii) if such release (or any successor
release) is not published during the week preceding such calculation date or does not contain such
yields, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable
Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a
percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption
Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption
Date.
Comparable Treasury Issue means the United States Treasury security selected by an
Independent Investment Banker that would be used, at the time of selection and in accordance with
customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable
maturity to the remaining term of the applicable series of Notes.
Independent Investment Banker means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the
Company.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (i) the average of the
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and
lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four
such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Quotations.
Reference Treasury Dealer means each of Banc of America Securities LLC (and its successors),
Barclays Capital Inc. (and its successors), Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (and its successors) and
one other nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a primary U.S. Government
securities dealer (a Primary Treasury Dealer) specified from time to time by the Company,
provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a nationally recognized
investment banking firm that is a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor
another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a Primary Treasury Dealer.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount)
quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer as of 3:30 p.m., New York time,
on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
Remaining Scheduled Payments means, with respect to each Note to be redeemed and repaid, the
remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon that would be due after
the related Redemption Date but for such redemption and repayment; provided, however, that, if such
Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Note, the amount of the next
succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued
thereon to such Redemption Date.
12. The Company shall have no obligation to redeem, purchase or repay Notes pursuant to any
sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of a Holder thereof.
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Global Note shall bear the legend set forth on the face of the Form of Note.
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Annex A
[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]
[Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive form, this
Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary
or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York), a New York corporation
(DTC), shall act as the Depositary until a successor shall be appointed by the Company and the
Registrar. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of DTC to the
issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued
is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is
requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede &
Co., has an interest herein.] *
CONOCOPHILLIPS CANADA FUNDING COMPANY II
[5.30% NOTE DUE 2012] [5.95% NOTE DUE 2036]
FULLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED BY
CONOCOPHILLIPS AND CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company II, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company (the
Company, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to),
for value received, promises to pay to or registered assigns, the principal sum
of Dollars[, or such greater or lesser amount as indicated on the Schedule of
Exchanges of Securities hereto,]* on [April 15, 2012] [October 15, 2036].
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Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be signed manually or by facsimile
by its duly authorized officers.
Dated:
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ConocoPhillips, a Delaware corporation, and ConocoPhillips Company, a Delaware corporation,
jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantee to the holder of this Security, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture referenced on the reverse hereof, (a) the full
and prompt payment of the principal of and any premium on this Security when and as the same shall
become due, whether at the stated maturity thereof, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and
(b) the full and prompt payment of interest on this Security when and as the same shall become due,
subject to any applicable grace period.
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Certificate of Authentication:
This is one of the Securities of the series
designated therein referred to in the within-
mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
CONOCOPHILLIPS CANADA FUNDING COMPANY II
[5.30% NOTE DUE 2012] [5.95% NOTE DUE 2036]
FULLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED BY
CONOCOPHILLIPS AND CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of [5.30% Notes due 2012] [5.95% Notes due
2036] (the Securities) of ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company II, a Nova Scotia unlimited
liability company (the Company).
1. Interest. The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at
[5.30] [5.95]% per annum from October 13, 2006 until maturity. The Company will pay interest
semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year (each an Interest Payment Date), or if any
such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest on the Securities
will accrue from the most recent Interest Payment Date on which interest has been paid or, if no
interest has been paid, from October 13, 2006; provided that if there is no existing Default in the
payment of interest, and if this Security is authenticated between a record date referred to on the
face hereof (each, a Record Date) and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall
accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided, further, that the first Interest
Payment Date shall be April 15, 2007. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and
premium (if any) from time to time at a rate equal to the interest rate then in effect; it shall
pay interest on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods)
from time to time at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of
a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
2. Method of Payment. The Company will pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted
interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Securities at the close of business on the
Record Date next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Securities are canceled after
such Record Date and on or before such Interest Payment Date. The Holder must surrender this
Security to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay the principal of,
premium (if any) on and interest on the Securities in money of the United States of America that at
the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Such amounts shall be
payable at the offices of the Trustee (as defined below), provided that at the option of the
Company, the Company may pay such amounts (1) by wire transfer with respect to Global Securities or
(2) by check payable in such money mailed to a Holders registered address with respect to any
Securities.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, The Bank of New York Trust Company, National
Association (the Trustee), the trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and
Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar, co-registrar or additional paying
agent without notice to any Holder. The Company, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary may act in any
such capacity.
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4. Guarantee. ConocoPhillips, a Delaware corporation, and ConocoPhillips Company, a Delaware
corporation (collectively, the Guarantors), jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantee to
the Holders from time to time of the Securities, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in the Indenture (as defined below), (a) the full and prompt payment of the principal of and
any premium on the Securities when and as the same shall become due, whether at the Stated Maturity
thereof, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and (b) the full and prompt payment of any
interest on the Securities when and as the same shall become due, subject to any applicable grace
period. The Guarantee constitutes a guarantee of payment and not of collection. In the event of a
default in the payment of principal of or any premium on the Securities when and as the same shall
become due, whether at the Stated Maturity thereof, by acceleration, call for redemption or
otherwise, or in the event of a default in the payment of any interest on the Securities when and
as the same shall become due, each of the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities shall have the
right to proceed first and directly against the Guarantors under the Indenture without first
proceeding against the Company or exhausting any other remedies which the Trustee or such Holder
may have and without resorting to any other security held by it.
5. Indenture. The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of October 13,
2006 (the Indenture), among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the
Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference
to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the TIA), as in effect on the date of execution
of the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the
Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms and for the definitions of capitalized terms
used but not defined herein. The Securities are unsecured general obligations of the Company
limited to $[350,000,000] [500,000,000] in aggregate principal amount; provided, however, that the
authorized aggregate principal amount of the Securities may be increased before or after the
issuance of any Securities by a Board Resolution (or action pursuant to a Board Resolution) to such
effect; provided further, however, that the authorized aggregate principal amount of the Securities
may be increased only if the additional Securities issued will be fungible with the original
Securities for United States federal income tax purposes. The Indenture provides for the issuance
of other series of debt securities (including the Securities, the Debt Securities) thereunder.
6. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Securities are in registered form without coupons
in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000. The transfer of
Securities may be registered and Securities may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The
Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate
endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by
the Indenture. Neither the Company, the Trustee nor the Registrar shall be required to register
the transfer or exchange of (a) any Security selected for redemption in whole or in part, except
the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part, or (b) any Security during the
period beginning 15 Business Days before the mailing of notice of redemption of Securities to be
redeemed and ending at the close of business on the day of mailing.
7. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Security shall be treated as its owner
for all purposes.
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8. Redemption. The Securities are subject to redemption and repayment, in whole or in part,
at any time and from time to time, at the option of the Company, upon not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days prior notice as provided in the Indenture, at a Redemption Price equal to the sum of
(i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and repaid and (ii) the amount,
if any, by which the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments thereon,
discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus [10] [20] basis points, exceeds the principal
amount of the Securities to be redeemed and repaid, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the
Redemption Date.
Treasury Rate means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to (i)
the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week,
appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated H.15 (519) or any
successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted
to constant maturity under the caption Treasury Constant Maturities, for the maturity
corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue; provided that if no maturity is within three months
before or after the Stated Maturity for the Securities, yields for the two published maturities
most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue will be determined and the Treasury
Rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis rounding to the
nearest month; or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week
preceding such calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the
semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price
for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the
Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the
third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
Comparable Treasury Issue means the United States Treasury security selected by an
Independent Investment Banker that would be used, at the time of selection and in accordance with
customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable
maturity to the remaining term of the Securities.
Independent Investment Banker means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the
Company.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (i) the average of the
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and
lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four
such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Quotations.
Reference Treasury Dealer means each of Banc of America Securities LLC (and its successors),
Barclays Capital Inc. (and its successors), Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (and its successors) and
one other nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a primary U.S. Government
securities dealer (a Primary Treasury Dealer) specified from time to time by the Company,
provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a nationally recognized
investment banking firm that is a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company
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shall substitute therefor another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a
Primary Treasury Dealer.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount)
quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer as of 3:30 p.m., New York time,
on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
Remaining Scheduled Payments means, with respect to each Security to be redeemed and repaid,
the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon that would be due
after the related Redemption Date but for such redemption and repayment; provided, however, that,
if such Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Security, the amount
of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced by the amount of interest
accrued thereon to such Redemption Date.
9. Amendments and Waivers. Subject to certain exceptions and limitations, the Indenture or
the Securities may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Debt Securities of all series affected by such
amendment or supplement (acting as one class), and any existing or past Default or Event of Default
under, or compliance with any provision of, the Indenture may be waived (other than any continuing
Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium (if any) on or interest on
the Securities) by the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding
Debt Securities of any series or of all series (acting as one class) in accordance with the terms
of the Indenture. Without the consent of any Holder, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee
may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Securities or waive any provision of either: (i) to
cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency; (ii) if required, to provide for the
assumption of the obligations of the Company or a Guarantor under the Indenture in the case of the
merger, consolidation or sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of any of the properties
or assets of the Company or sale, conveyance, lease, transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor, as applicable; (iii) to provide for
uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities or to provide for
the issuance of bearer Securities (with or without coupons); (iv) to provide any security for, or
to add any guarantees of or additional obligors on, the Securities or the related Guarantees; (v)
to comply with any requirement in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture
under the TIA; (vi) to add to the covenants of the Company or any Guarantor for the benefit of the
Holders of the Securities, or to surrender any right or power conferred by the Indenture upon the
Company or any Guarantor; (vii) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any
series of the Debt Securities; (viii) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of the
Indenture, provided that no outstanding Security is adversely affected in any material respect;
(ix) to supplement any of the provisions of the Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to
permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of the Securities pursuant to the Indenture; or
(x) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under the Indenture by a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities and to add to or change any of the provisions of the
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
thereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of the Indenture.
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The right of any Holder to participate in any consent required or sought pursuant to any
provision of the Indenture (and the obligation of the Company or any Guarantor to obtain any such
consent otherwise required from such Holder) may be subject to the requirement that such Holder
shall have been the Holder of record of any Securities with respect to which such consent is
required or sought as of a date identified by the Company or such Guarantor in a notice furnished
to Holders in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
Without the consent of each Holder affected, the Company may not (i) reduce the amount of Debt
Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver; (ii) reduce the rate
of or change the time for payment of interest, including default interest, on any Security; (iii)
reduce the principal of or premium on, or change the Stated Maturity of, any Security; (iv) reduce
the premium, if any, payable upon the redemption of any Security or change the time at which any
Security may or shall be redeemed; (v) change the coin or currency in which any Security or any
premium or interest with respect thereto is payable; (vi) impair the right to institute suit for
the enforcement of any payment of principal of or premium (if any) or interest on any Security,
except as provided in the Indenture; (vii) make any change in the percentage of principal amount of
Debt Securities necessary to waive compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or make any
change in the provision for modification; (viii) waive a continuing Default or Event of Default in
the payment of principal of or premium (if any) or interest on the Securities; or (ix) change the
obligations of the Guarantors under the Guarantees in any manner materially adverse to the holders
of any Debt Security issued under the Indenture.
A supplemental indenture that changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of the
Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series
of Debt Securities under the Indenture, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Debt
Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to
affect the rights under the Indenture of the Holders of Debt Securities of any other series.
10. Defaults and Remedies. Events of Default are defined in the Indenture and generally
include: (i) default for 30 days in payment of any interest on the Securities; (ii) default in any
payment of principal of or premium, if any, on the Securities when due and payable; (iii) default
by the Company or any Guarantor in compliance with any of its other covenants or agreements in, or
provisions of, the Securities or in the Indenture which shall not have been remedied within 90 days
after written notice by the Trustee or by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
Securities then outstanding (or, in the event that other Debt Securities issued under the Indenture
are also affected by the default, then 25% in principal amount of all outstanding Debt Securities
so affected); (iv) certain events involving bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company
or any Guarantor; or (v) any Guarantee of any Guarantor ceasing to be in full force and effect
(other than in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and such Guarantee) or being declared
null and void and unenforceable or found to be invalid in a judicial proceeding or any Guarantor
denying its liability under its Guarantee (other than by reason of the release of a Guarantor from
its Guarantee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and such Guarantee). If an Event of
Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of
the then outstanding Securities (or, in the case of an Event of Default described in clause (iii)
above, if outstanding Debt Securities of other series are affected by such Default, then at least
25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Debt Securities so affected), may declare the
principal of and interest on all the Securities (or
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such Debt Securities) to be immediately due and payable, except that in the case of an Event
of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company
or any Guarantor, all outstanding Debt Securities under the Indenture become due and payable
immediately without further action or notice. The amount due and payable upon the acceleration of
any Security is equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date of
payment. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the
Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture
or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the then outstanding Securities (or affected Debt Securities) may direct the Trustee in its
exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing
default (except a default in payment of principal, premium or interest) if it determines that
withholding notice is in their interests. The Company and the Guarantors must furnish annual
compliance certificates to the Trustee.
11. Discharge Prior to Maturity. The Indenture with respect to the Securities shall be
discharged and canceled upon the payment of all of the Securities and shall be discharged except
for certain obligations upon the irrevocable deposit with the Trustee of any combination of funds
and U.S. Government Obligations sufficient for such payment.
12. Trustee Dealings with Company and Guarantors. The Trustee, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may make loans to, accept deposits
from, and perform services for the Company, any Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates,
and may otherwise deal with the Company, any Guarantor or any such Affiliates, as if it were not
Trustee.
13. No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee, stockholder, partner or other
owner of the Company, a Guarantor or the Trustee, as such, shall not have any liability for any
obligations of the Company under the Securities, for any obligations of any Guarantor under the
Guarantee or for any obligations of the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee under the Indenture
or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each
Holder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release
shall be part of the consideration for the issue of Securities.
14. Authentication. This Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual
signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
15. CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the
Securities as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the
accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed thereon.
16. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an
assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=
joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and
U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
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The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the
Indenture. Request may be made to:
ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company II
c/o ConocoPhillips
600 North Dairy Ashford
Houston, Texas 77079
Telephone: (281) 293-1000
Attention: Treasurer
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF SECURITIES*
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October 13, 2006
001349.0347
ConocoPhillips
600 North Dairy Ashford
Houston, Texas 77079
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the issuance by (i) ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company I, a Nova Scotia
unlimited liability company (Funding I), of $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its
5.625% Notes due 2016 (the Funding I Notes), guaranteed by ConocoPhillips, a Delaware corporation
(ConocoPhillips), and ConocoPhillips Company, a Delaware corporation (CPCo) (the Funding I
Guarantees), and (ii) ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Company II, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability
company (Funding II and, together with Funding I, the Issuers), of $350,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of its 5.30% Notes due 2012 (the 2012 Notes) and $500,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of its 5.95% Notes due 2036 (collectively with the 2012 Notes, the Funding II
Notes; the Funding I Notes and the Funding II Notes are collectively referred to herein as the
Notes), in each case guaranteed by ConocoPhillips and CPCo (the Funding II Guarantees; the
Funding I Guarantees and the Funding II Guarantees are collectively referred to herein as the
Guarantees), pursuant to (a) the Registration Statement of ConocoPhillips, Funding I, Funding II
and CPCo on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 333-137890, 333-137890-01, 333-137890-02 and 333-137890-03)
(the Registration Statement), which was filed by ConocoPhillips, Funding I, Funding II and CPCo
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the Act), and (b) the related prospectus dated October 6, 2006, as supplemented by the
prospectus supplement relating to the sale of the Notes dated October 10, 2006 (as so supplemented,
the Prospectus), as filed by ConocoPhillips, Funding I, Funding II and CPCo with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, certain legal matters with respect to the Notes and the
Guarantees are being passed upon for you by us. At your request, this opinion is being furnished
to you for filing as Exhibit 5.1 to the Current Report of ConocoPhillips on Form 8-K to be filed
with the Commission on the date hereof (the Form 8-K).
The Funding I Notes and the related Funding I Guarantees are to be issued pursuant to the
Indenture, to be dated as of October 13, 2006, among Funding I, as issuer, ConocoPhillips and CPCo,
as guarantors, and The Bank of New York Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the
Funding I Indenture); and each series of the Funding II Notes and the related Funding II
Guarantees are to be issued pursuant to an Indenture, to be dated as of October 13, 2006, between
Funding II, as issuer, ConocoPhillips and CPCo, as guarantors, and The Bank of New York Trust
Company, National Association, as trustee (the Funding II Indenture and, together with the
Funding I Indenture, the Indentures). The terms of the Notes
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of each series (including the form
of Note) are to be established pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the
applicable Issuer (the Board Resolution).
In our capacity as your counsel in the connection referred to above, we have examined
originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified, of (i) ConocoPhillips Restated Certificate
of Incorporation and By-laws and CPCos Restated Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws, each as
amended to date; (ii) the Underwriting Agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) incorporated by
reference into the Terms Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2006 (the Terms Agreement), among
ConocoPhillips, Funding I, Funding II and the several Underwriters named in Schedule A to the Terms
Agreement (the Underwriters), relating to the issuance and sale of the Notes; (iii) the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus; (iv) the form of Funding I Indenture and the form of
Funding II Indenture, together with the forms of the terms of the Notes (the Terms of Notes) of
each series, in each case as filed as exhibits to the Form 8-K; and (v) the corporate records of
ConocoPhillips and CPCo, including minute books of ConocoPhillips and CPCo as furnished to us by
each of them respectively, certificates of public officials and of representatives of
ConocoPhillips, CPCo, Funding I and Funding II, statutes and other instruments and documents as a
basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed. In giving such opinions, we have relied upon
certificates of officers of ConocoPhillips, CPCo, Funding I and Funding II and of public officials
with respect to the accuracy of the material factual matters contained in such certificates. In
giving the opinions below, we have assumed that the signatures on all documents examined by us are
genuine, that all documents submitted to us as originals are accurate and complete, that all
documents submitted to us as copies are true and correct copies of the originals thereof and that
all information submitted to us was accurate and complete. We also have assumed that (1) the
applicable Board Resolution establishing the form and terms of the Notes of each series has been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Issuer thereof in accordance with the provisions of
the related Indenture and (2) the Notes of each series and the related Indenture have been duly
authorized, such Indenture will be validly executed and delivered and the Notes of such series will
be validly executed, issued and delivered, in each case by the applicable Issuer.
On the basis of the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications
hereinafter set forth, we are of the opinion that:
(i) The Funding I Notes and the related Funding I Guarantees will, when duly executed,
issued and delivered by Funding I, executed, endorsed and delivered by ConocoPhillips and
CPCo and authenticated and delivered by the trustee in accordance
with the terms of the Funding I Indenture and the Terms of Notes for the Funding I
Notes and duly purchased and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of
the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement incorporated by
reference in the Terms Agreement), constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of
Funding I, ConocoPhillips and CPCo, respectively, enforceable against Funding I,
ConocoPhillips and CPCo, respectively, in accordance with their terms, except as that
enforcement is subject to any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
fraudulent transfer or conveyance or other laws relating to or affecting
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creditors rights
generally, and general principles of equity (regardless of whether that enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(ii) The Funding II Notes and the related Funding II Guarantees will, when duly
executed, issued and delivered by Funding II, executed, endorsed and delivered by
ConocoPhillips and CPCo and authenticated and delivered by the trustee in accordance with
the terms of the Funding II Indenture and the Terms of Notes for the Funding II Notes and
duly purchased and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of the Terms
Agreement (including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement incorporated by reference
in the Terms Agreement), constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of Funding II,
ConocoPhillips and CPCo, respectively, enforceable against Funding II, ConocoPhillips and
CPCo, respectively, in accordance with their terms, except as that enforcement is subject to
any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or
conveyance or other laws relating to or affecting creditors rights generally, and general
principles of equity (regardless of whether that enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law).
The opinions set forth above are limited in all respects to matters of the contract law of the
State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and applicable federal law.
In particular, we understand that you are receiving an opinion from McInnes Cooper as to all
matters the laws of Nova Scotia, and we express no opinion herein with respect to matters of the
laws of Nova Scotia. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion of counsel as
Exhibit 5.1 to the Form 8-K. We also consent to the reference to our Firm under the heading Legal
Matters in the Prospectus. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the
category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Baker Botts L.L.P.