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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 18, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ConocoPhillips
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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01-0562944
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
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600 North Dairy Ashford
Houston, Texas
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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77079
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2009 Omnibus Stock and Performance Incentive Plan of ConocoPhillips
(Full title of the plan)
Janet Langford Kelly
Senior Vice President, Legal,
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
600 North Dairy Ashford
Houston, Texas 77079
(Name and address of agent for service)
(281) 293-1000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of
large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer þ | Accelerated filer o | Non-Accelerated filer o (do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company o |
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed maximum |
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Proposed maximum |
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Amount to be |
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offering price per |
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aggregate offering |
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Title of securities to be registered |
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registered (2) |
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share |
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price |
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registration fee |
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Common Stock, par value $.01 per share(1) |
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70,000,000 |
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44.20 |
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3,094,000,000 |
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172,645.20 |
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Includes the associated rights to purchase ConocoPhillips preferred stock, which
initially are attached to and trade with the shares of ConocoPhillips Common Stock being
registered hereby. |
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Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
shall also cover such indeterminate number of additional shares as may become issuable under
the plan as a result of the anti-dilution provisions thereof. |
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Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with
Rule 457(c) and 457(h)(1) based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common
Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape on May 15, 2009. In
addition, pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, the Registrant hereby offsets the
registration fee required in connection with this Registration Statement by $192,754.79
previously paid by the Registrant in connection with the registration of
41,715,054 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (Registration No. 333-116216) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June
4, 2004, which have not been issued and which have been or will be deregistered pursuant to a
post-effective amendment to such registration statement filed on the date hereof.
Accordingly, a filing fee of $0 is being paid herewith. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering
70,000,000 shares of ConocoPhillips Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the 2009 Omnibus Stock
and Performance Incentive Plan of ConocoPhillips (the 2009 Omnibus Plan).
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Note: The document(s) containing the information concerning the plan required by Item 1 of
Form S-8 and the statement of availability of registrant information, plan information and other
information required by Item 2 of Form S-8 will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule
428 under the Securities Act of 1933. In accordance with Rule 428 and the requirements of Part I of
Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission either as
part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule
424 under the Securities Act. ConocoPhillips will maintain a file of such documents in accordance
with the provisions of Rule 428. Upon request, ConocoPhillips will furnish to the SEC or its staff
a copy of any or all of the documents included in such file.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by
ConocoPhillips are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference and shall be deemed to
be a part hereof:
(1) ConocoPhillips Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, as
filed with the SEC on February 25, 2009;
(2) Amendment No. 1 to ConocoPhillips Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2008, as filed with the SEC on April 15, 2009;
(3) ConocoPhillips Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March
31, 2009, as filed with the SEC on April 29, 2009;
(4) ConocoPhillips Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on January 16,
2009, February 3, 2009, April 2, 2009, and May 15, 2009, in each case other than information
furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K; and
(4) The description of ConocoPhillips Common Stock (including the associated rights to
purchase ConocoPhillips preferred stock) contained in the prospectus included in the
Registration Statement of ConocoPhillips on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-74798), as that
description may be updated from time to time.
All documents filed by ConocoPhillips with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the filing of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement
which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold, or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated in this Registration Statement
by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in this Registration Statement, in an amendment hereto or in a
document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
subsequently filed amendment to this Registration Statement or in any document that also is
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The legality of the issuance of the Common Stock being registered has been passed upon for
ConocoPhillips by Paula A. Johnson, Deputy General Counsel of ConocoPhillips. Ms. Johnson is
regularly employed by ConocoPhillips, participates in various employee benefit plans of
ConocoPhillips under which she may receive shares of Common Stock, restricted stock units or
options to purchase shares of Common Stock, and currently beneficially owns less than 1% of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
ConocoPhillips is incorporated under the laws of the state of Delaware. Section 102 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law (the DGCL) allows a corporation to eliminate the personal
liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or to any of its stockholders for
monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except (i) for breach of the
directors duty of loyalty, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for certain unlawful dividends and
stock repurchases or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit. Article NINTH of ConocoPhillips Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the
Certificate) provides that no director shall be personally liable to ConocoPhillips or its
stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of his fiduciary duty as a director, except as
provided in Section 102 of the DGCL.
Section 145 of the DGCL provides that in the case of any action other than one by or in the
right of the corporation, a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is
threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation in such capacity on behalf of another corporation or enterprise, against expenses
(including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action if he acted in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful.
Section 145 of the DGCL provides that in the case of an action by or in the right of a
corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, a corporation may indemnify any person who was or
is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any action or suit, by reason of the fact that
such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation in such capacity on behalf of another corporation or
enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted under standards
similar to those set forth in the preceding paragraph, except that no indemnification may be made
in respect of any action or claim as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to
the corporation, unless a court determines that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnification.
Article VIII of ConocoPhillipss By-Laws provides for indemnification of any person who was,
is or is threatened to be made, a party to any action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact
that he is or was a director, officer or employee of ConocoPhillips, or was serving at the request
of ConocoPhillips in that capacity for another entity, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
Directors and officers of ConocoPhillips are insured, at the expense of ConocoPhillips,
against certain liabilities which might arise out of their employment and which might not be
subject to indemnification under the By-Laws.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
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4.1
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Quarterly
Report of ConocoPhillips on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended June 30, 2008; File No. 001-32395). |
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4.2
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Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to
the Current Report of ConocoPhillips on Form 8-K filed on
August 30, 2002; File No. 000-49987). |
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4.3
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By-Laws of ConocoPhillips, as amended on December 12, 2008
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current
Report of ConocoPhillips on Form 8-K filed on December 12,
2008; File No. 001-32395). |
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4.4
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Specimen certificate representing common stock, par value
$.01 per share, of ConocoPhillips (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 4.1 to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus
included in the Registration Statement of ConocoPhillips on
Form S-4, Registration No. 333-74798). |
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4.5
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Rights Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2002, between
ConocoPhillips and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as rights
agent, which includes as Exhibit A the form Certificate of
Designations of Series A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock, as Exhibit B the form of Rights Certificate and as
Exhibit C the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current
Report of ConocoPhillips on Form 8-K filed on August 30,
2002; File No. 000-49987). |
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*5.1
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Opinion of Paula A. Johnson as to the legality of securities. |
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Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. |
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*23.2
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Consent of ZAO KPMG. |
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*23.3
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Consent of Paula A. Johnson (contained in Exhibit 5.1). |
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Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto). |
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2009 Omnibus Stock and Performance Incentive Plan of
ConocoPhillips (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of
ConocoPhillips Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A
relating to the 2009 Annual Meeting of ConocoPhillips
Stockholders, as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2009). |
Item 9. Undertakings.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(a)(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective registration
statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrants annual report pursuant
to section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plans annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on May 18, 2009.
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CONOCOPHILLIPS
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By: |
/s/ Sigmund L. Cornelius
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Sigmund L. Cornelius |
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Senior Vice President, Finance
and Chief Financial Officer |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Sigmund L. Cornelius, Janet Langford Kelly
and Carin S. Knickel, and each of them, severally, as his or her true and lawful attorney or
attorneys-in-fact and agent or agents, each of whom shall be authorized to act with or without the
other, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name,
place and stead in his or her capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of
ConocoPhillips, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
registration statement and all documents or instruments necessary or appropriate to enable
ConocoPhillips to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, with full power and authority to each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents to do and perform in the name and on behalf of each such director or officer, or both,
as the case may be, each and every act whatsoever that is necessary, appropriate or advisable in
connection with any or all of the above-described matters and to all intents and purposes as he or
she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents or any of them or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May 18, 2009.
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SIGNATURE |
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/s/ James J. Mulva
James J. Mulva
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Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and
Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
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/s/ Sigmund L. Cornelius
Sigmund L. Cornelius
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Senior Vice President, Finance
and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer) |
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/s/ Glenda M. Schwarz
Glenda M. Schwarz
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Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer) |
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SIGNATURE |
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/s/ Richard L. Armitage
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Director |
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Richard L. Armitage |
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/s/ Richard H. Auchinleck
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Director |
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Richard H. Auchinleck |
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/s/ James E. Copeland, Jr.
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Director |
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James E. Copeland, Jr. |
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/s/ Kenneth M. Duberstein
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Director |
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Kenneth M. Duberstein |
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/s/ Ruth R. Harkin
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Director |
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Ruth R. Harkin |
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/s/ Harold W. McGraw III
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Director |
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Harold W. McGraw III |
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/s/ Harald J. Norvik
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Director |
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Harald J. Norvik |
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/s/ William K. Reilly
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Director |
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William K. Reilly |
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/s/ Bobby S. Shackouls
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Director |
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Bobby S. Shackouls |
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/s/ Victoria J. Tschinkel
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Director |
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Victoria J. Tschinkel |
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/s/ Kathryn C. Turner
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Director |
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Kathryn C. Turner |
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/s/ William E. Wade, Jr.
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Director |
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William E. Wade, Jr. |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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4.1
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Quarterly
Report of ConocoPhillips on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended June 30, 2008; File No. 001-32395). |
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4.2
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Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to
the Current Report of ConocoPhillips on Form 8-K filed on
August 30, 2002; File No. 000-49987). |
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4.3
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By-Laws of ConocoPhillips, as amended on December 12, 2008
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current
Report of ConocoPhillips on Form 8-K filed on December 12,
2008; File No. 001-32395). |
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4.4
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Specimen certificate representing common stock, par value
$.01 per share, of ConocoPhillips (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 4.1 to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus
included in the Registration Statement of ConocoPhillips on
Form S-4, Registration No. 333-74798). |
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4.5
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Rights Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2002, between
ConocoPhillips and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as rights
agent, which includes as Exhibit A the form Certificate of
Designations of Series A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock, as Exhibit B the form of Rights Certificate and as
Exhibit C the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current
Report of ConocoPhillips on Form 8-K filed on August 30,
2002; File No. 000-49987). |
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*5.1
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Opinion of Paula A. Johnson as to the legality of securities. |
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*23.1
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Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. |
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*23.2
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Consent of ZAO KPMG. |
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*23.3
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Consent of Paula A. Johnson (contained in Exhibit 5.1). |
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Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto). |
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2009 Omnibus Stock and Performance Incentive Plan of
ConocoPhillips (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of
ConocoPhillips Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A
relating to the 2009 Annual Meeting of ConocoPhillips
Stockholders, as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2009). |