Kosmos Energy - 2011-01-14

Filed to raise as much as $500 million in an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange as KOS. Credit Suisse, Citigroup and Barclays Capital are joint book-running managers.

Financial backers Blackstone Group and Warburg Pincus plan to use proceeds to help fund Kosmos' capital spending, which is set at $400 million for 2011, according to the SEC filing. The filing did not reveal how many shares the company plans to IPO.