ConocoPhillips Company announces cash tender offers for debt securities and consent solicitations by Marathon Oil Corporation

ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) (“COP”) announced today that ConocoPhillips Company (“CPCo” or the “Company”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of COP, has commenced cash tender offers (the “Offers”) to purchase: (1) any and all of Marathon Oil Corporation’s (“Marathon”) debt securities listed in the first table below (collectively, the “Any and All Notes”), and (2) (A) for Holders who validly tender their Maximum Offer Notes (as defined below) on or prior to the Early Tender Deadline (as defined below), a combined aggregate purchase price of up to $4,000,000,000 (as it may be increased or decreased by the Company in accordance with applicable law and the Offer to Purchase (as defined below), the “Maximum Offer Reference Amount”) less the aggregate purchase price of the Any and All Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase through the Early Tender Deadline (excluding accrued and unpaid interest and excluding fees and expenses related to the Offers) (the “Early Tender Maximum Offer Amount”) of the debt securities listed in the second table below (collectively, the “Maximum Offer Notes” and together with the Any and All Notes, the “Notes”), subject to the priorities set forth in the second table below (the “Acceptance Priority Levels”) and proration, and (B) for Holders who validly tender their Maximum Offer Notes following the Early Tender Deadline but on or prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below), a combined aggregate purchase price of up to the Maximum Offer Reference Amount less (x) the aggregate purchase price of the Any and All Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase through the Early Tender Deadline (excluding accrued and unpaid interest and excluding fees and expenses related to the Offers), (y) the aggregate purchase price of Maximum Offer Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase through the Early Tender Deadline (excluding accrued and unpaid interest and excluding fees and expenses related to the Offers) and (z) the aggregate purchase price of the Any and All Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase after the Early Tender Deadline through the Expiration Date (excluding accrued and unpaid interest and excluding fees and expenses related to the Offers) (the “Late Tender Maximum Offer Amount”) of Maximum Offer Notes, subject to the Acceptance Priority Levels and proration, provided that if the deduction of (x), (y) and (z) results in a negative number, the Late Tender Maximum Offer Amount will be $0. If the Late Tender Maximum Offer Amount is $0, no additional Maximum Offer Notes will be accepted for purchase after the Early Tender Deadline. The Offers are open to all registered holders of the applicable Notes (collectively, the “Holders”).

Any and All of the Outstanding Securities Listed Below (collectively, the “Any and All Notes”):

Up to $4,000,000,000 Combined Aggregate Purchase Price of the Outstanding Securities Listed Below (collectively, the “Maximum Offer Notes”) less the Aggregate Purchase Price of the Any and All Notes Validly Tendered and Accepted for Purchase in the Priority Listed Below:

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In conjunction with the Offers, Marathon is soliciting consents (each, a “Consent Solicitation” and, collectively, the “Consent Solicitations”) to adopt certain proposed amendments to each of the indentures governing the Any and All Notes to eliminate certain of the covenants, restrictive provisions, and events of default (the “Proposed Amendments”).

The Offers and Consent Solicitations are being made pursuant to and are subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated Nov. 25, 2024 (the "Offer to Purchase"). The Any and All Notes Offer is a separate offer from the Maximum Offer, and each of the Any and All Notes Offer and the Maximum Offer may be individually amended, extended or terminated by the Company.

On Nov. 22, 2024, COP completed the acquisition of Marathon (the “Merger” or the “Marathon acquisition”) pursuant to a definitive agreement. In connection with the closing of the Marathon acquisition, Marathon became a wholly-owned subsidiary of COP and is no longer a publicly traded company. COP intends to cause Marathon to file a Form 15 with the SEC to terminate the registration of legacy Marathon securities (including the Any and All Notes) under the Exchange Act and suspend Marathon’s reporting obligations under Section 13 and Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Following the termination of Marathon’s Exchange Act registration, Marathon will no longer file current and periodic reports with the SEC.

Substantially concurrently with the commencement of the Offers, the Company is offering eligible Holders of each series of Any and All Notes, in each case upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation (the “Offering Memorandum”), a copy of which may be obtained from the information agent, the opportunity to exchange the outstanding Any and All Notes for up to $4,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new notes issued by the Company and fully and unconditionally guaranteed by COP (the “Concurrent Exchange Offer”). Holders of any series of Any and All Notes who validly tender and do not validly withdraw their Any and All Notes pursuant to the Concurrent Exchange Offer will also be deemed to have consented to the Proposed Amendments under the Consent Solicitations described below. The applicable consent threshold for the Proposed Amendments may be satisfied for any series of Any and All Notes by tenders pursuant to the Any and All Notes Offer or the Concurrent Exchange Offer, or both combined. A Holder will only be able to tender Any and All Notes within a series into either the Any and All Notes Offer or the Concurrent Exchange Offer, as the same Any and All Notes cannot be tendered into more than one tender offer at the same time.

If a Holder tenders Any and All Notes in either the Any and All Notes Offer or the Concurrent Exchange Offer, such Holder will be deemed to deliver its consent, with respect to the principal amount of such tendered Any and All Notes, to the Proposed Amendments. Holders who validly withdraw tenders of their Any and All Notes prior to the execution of the applicable supplemental indentures will be deemed to have withdrawn their consents to the Proposed Amendments under the Consent Solicitations. Holders may not consent to the Proposed Amendments in the Consent Solicitations without tendering their Any and All Notes and may not revoke consents without withdrawing previously tendered Any and All Notes to which such consents relate. The Company may complete the Any and All Notes Offer or the Concurrent Exchange Offer even if valid consents sufficient to effect the Proposed Amendments to the corresponding Existing Marathon Indenture are not received.

Substantially concurrently with the commencement of the Offers and the Concurrent Exchange Offer, the Company has commenced a public offering of senior debt securities to be issued by the Company and guaranteed by COP (the “Concurrent Notes Offering”). The Company intends to use the aggregate net proceeds of the Concurrent Notes Offering, subject to the terms and conditions of the Offers, to purchase, on each Settlement Date, all Notes that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn before the Early Tender Deadline or the Expiration Date, as applicable, and accepted for purchase.

The Company, in its sole discretion, may modify or terminate the Offers and may extend the Early Tender Deadline, the Expiration Date, the Early Settlement Date and/or the Final Settlement Date (each as defined below) with respect to the Offers, subject to applicable law. Any such modification, termination or extension by the Company will automatically modify, terminate or extend the corresponding Consent Solicitation, as applicable.

At any time at or before the Expiration Date, if Marathon receives valid consents for any series of Any and All Notes sufficient to effect the applicable Proposed Amendments for such series, it is expected that Marathon and the trustee for the Any and All Notes will execute and deliver supplemental indentures relating to the applicable Proposed Amendments on the date thereof or promptly thereafter, which will be effective upon execution but will only become operative upon the purchase or exchange by the Company of all of the Any and All Notes of the applicable series validly tendered and not validly withdrawn and accepted for purchase or exchange on or prior to the Expiration Date, pursuant to the Offers or the Concurrent Exchange Offer, as applicable. As a result, once the relevant supplemental indenture is executed, any subsequent withdrawal of a tender will not revoke the previously delivered consent. However, even if such supplemental indentures are executed, if the Company does not purchase or exchange all Any and All Notes that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn and accepted for purchase or exchange pursuant to the Offers or the Concurrent Exchange Offers, such supplemental indentures will be of no force and effect.

The Offers and Consent Solicitations are scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Dec. 24, 2024, unless extended or earlier terminated by the Company (the "Expiration Date"). Tendered Notes may be withdrawn on or prior to, but not after, 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Dec. 9, 2024 (such date and time, as may be extended by the Company, the "Withdrawal Deadline"), except in certain limited circumstances where additional withdrawal rights are required by law.

Holders of Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time on Dec. 9, 2024, (the “Early Tender Deadline”) and accepted for purchase, will receive the applicable total tender offer consideration (the "Total Tender Offer Consideration”), which includes an early tender premium of $50.00 per $1,000 principal amount of the Maximum Offer Securities accepted for purchase (the "Early Tender Premium"). Only Holders that validly tender and do not validly withdraw their Notes on or prior to the Early Tender Deadline will be eligible to receive the Early Tender Premium. Holders of Notes validly tendered following the Early Tender Deadline, but on or prior to the Expiration Date, and accepted for purchase, will receive the Late Tender Offer Consideration, which is equal to the applicable Total Tender Offer Consideration minus the Early Tender Premium (the “Late Tender Offer Consideration”) and is payable on the Final Settlement Date. The Total Tender Offer Consideration for each series of Notes, validly tendered and accepted for purchase will be determined in the manner described in the Offer to Purchase by reference to the applicable fixed spread specified for the applicable series in the tables above and in the Offer to Purchase over the yield to maturity based on the bid side price of the applicable Reference U.S. Treasury Security specified in the tables above and in the Offer to Purchase. In calculating the applicable Total Tender Offer Consideration for a series of Notes, the application of the par call date will be in accordance with standard market practice. The Total Tender Offer Consideration for the Notes will be determined at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on Dec. 10, 2024, (such date and time, as may be extended by the Company, the “Price Determination Date”) in the manner described in the Offer to Purchase. In addition to the Total Tender Offer Consideration or Late Tender Offer Consideration, as applicable, Holders of Notes accepted for purchase will also receive accrued and unpaid interest rounded to the nearest cent on such $1,000 principal amount of Note from the last applicable interest payment date up to, but not including, the applicable settlement date.

The settlement date for Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn on or prior to the Early Tender Deadline and accepted for purchase is expected to be Dec. 12, 2024, the third business day after the Early Tender Deadline (the "Early Settlement Date"). The settlement date for Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn, on or prior to the Expiration Date and accepted for purchase is expected to be Dec. 30, 2024, the third business day after the Expiration Date (the "Final Settlement Date"), assuming (1) all of the Any and All Notes are not purchased on the Early Settlement Date and (2) the Early Tender Maximum Offer Amount of Maximum Offer Notes is not purchased on the Early Settlement Date. No tenders of the Notes will be valid if submitted after the Expiration Date.

Subject to the Early Tender Maximum Offer Amount and the Late Tender Maximum Offer Amount, the Maximum Offer Notes will be purchased in accordance with the “Acceptance Priority Level” (in numerical priority order) as set forth in the above table. Any Maximum Offer Notes of series in the last Acceptance Priority Level accepted for purchase in accordance with the terms of the Maximum Offer may be subject to proration so that the Company will only accept for purchase Maximum Offer Notes having an aggregate purchase price up to the Early Tender Maximum Offer Amount (in the case of Holders tendering Maximum Offer Notes on or prior to the Early Tender Deadline) or the Late Tender Maximum Offer Amount (in the case of Holders tendering Maximum Offer Notes following the Early Tender Deadline but on or prior to the Expiration Date). Subject to the Early Tender Maximum Offer Amount, all Maximum Offer Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn before the Early Tender Deadline having a higher Acceptance Priority Level will be accepted before any validly tendered and not validly withdrawn Maximum Offer Notes having a lower Acceptance Priority Level, and, subject to the Late Tender Maximum Offer Amount, all Maximum Offer Notes validly tendered after the Early Tender Deadline having a higher Acceptance Priority Level will be accepted before any Maximum Offer Notes tendered after the Early Tender Deadline having a lower Acceptance Priority Level. However (subject to the Early Tender Maximum Offer Amount), if Maximum Offer Notes are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn as of the Early Tender Deadline, Maximum Offer Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn before the Early Tender Deadline will be accepted for purchase in priority to Maximum Offer Notes tendered after the Early Tender Deadline, even if such Maximum Offer Notes tendered after the Early Tender Deadline have a higher Acceptance Priority Level than Maximum Offer Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn before the Early Tender Deadline. Furthermore, if Maximum Offer Notes are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn having an aggregate purchase price equal to or greater than the Early Tender Maximum Offer Amount as of the Early Tender Deadline, Holders who validly tender Notes after the Early Tender Deadline but before the Expiration Date will not have any of their Notes accepted for purchase.

If the Maximum Offer is fully subscribed as of the Early Tender Deadline, Holders who validly tender Maximum Offer Notes following the Early Tender Deadline but on or prior to the Expiration Date will not have any of their Maximum Offer Notes accepted for purchase, regardless of the Acceptance Priority Level of their tendered Maximum Offer Notes.

There are no guaranteed delivery provisions provided for by the Company in conjunction with the Offers under the terms of the Offer to Purchase. Holders must tender their Notes in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Offer to Purchase.

The Company’s obligation to accept for purchase, and to pay for, the Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn in the Offers is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions as described in the Offer to Purchase. The Company reserves the absolute right, subject to applicable law, to: (i) waive any and all conditions applicable to any of the Offers; (ii) extend or terminate any of the Offers; (iii) increase or decrease the Maximum Offer Reference Amount for purposes of determining the Early Tender Maximum Offer Amount or the Late Tender Maximum Offer Amount, in either case, without extending the Early Tender Deadline or the Withdrawal Deadline; or (iv) otherwise amend any of the Offers in any respect.

TD Securities (USA) LLC, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC are the Lead Dealer Managers and Solicitation Agents for the Tender Offer. Global Bondholder Services Corporation is the Tender Agent and Information Agent. Persons with questions regarding the Tender Offer should contact TD Securities (USA) LLC (toll-free) at (866) 584-2096, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. (toll free) at (888) HSBC-4LM, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (toll-free) at (866) 834-4666 or (collect) at (212) 834-4818, and Wells Fargo Securities (toll-free) at (866) 309-6316 or (collect) at (704) 410-4235. Requests for copies of the Offer to Purchase, the related Letter of Transmittal and related materials should be directed to Global Bondholder Services Corporation at (+1) (212) 430-3774, (toll-free) (855) 654-2015 or contact@gbsc-usa.com. Questions regarding the tendering of Notes may be directed to Global Bondholder Services Corporation (toll-free) at (855) 654-2015.

This news release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell the Notes. The Offers and Consent Solicitations are made only by the Offer to Purchase and the information in this news release is qualified by reference to the Offer to Purchase and related Letter of Transmittal, dated Nov. 25, 2024. None of ConocoPhillips or its affiliates, their respective boards of directors, the Dealer Managers, the Solicitation Agents, the Tender Agent and Information Agent or the trustees with respect to any Notes is making any recommendation as to whether holders should tender any Notes in response to the Offers, and neither ConocoPhillips nor any such other person has authorized any person to make any such recommendation. Holders must make their own decision as to whether to tender any of their Notes, and, if so, the principal amount of Notes to tender.

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About ConocoPhillips

ConocoPhillips is one of the world’s leading exploration and production companies based on both production and reserves, with a globally diversified asset portfolio. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, ConocoPhillips had operations and activities in 13 countries, $97 billion of total assets, and approximately 10,300 employees at Sept. 30, 2024. Production averaged 1,921 MBOED for the nine months ended Sept. 30, 2024, and proved reserves were 6.8 BBOE as of Dec. 31, 2023.

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