UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM F-X
APPOINTMENT OF AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS AND
UNDERTAKING
A. Name of issuer or person filing ("Filer"): InterOil
Corporation
B. (1) This is (check one):
[ X ] an original filing for the Filer
[ ] an amended filing for the Filer
(2) Check the following box if you are filing the Form F-X in
paper in accordance with Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(9) [ ]
C. Identify the filing in conjunction with which this Form is
being filed:
Name of registrant: InterOil Corporation
Form type: Form 40-F
File number (if known):_______________________________________
Filed by: InterOil Corporation
Date filed (if filed concurrently, so indicate): Filed
concurrently
D. The Filer is incorporated or organized under the laws of
Canada and has its principal place of business at:
Suite 5300, Commerce Court West, 199 Bay St.
Toronto, Ontario, M5L 1B9
(416) 869-5500
E. The Filer designates and appoints Gary M. Duvall ("Agent")
located at 25025 I-45 North, Suite 420, The Woodlands, Texas 77380, telephone
no. (281) 292-1800, as the agent of the Filer upon whom may be served any
process, pleadings, subpoenas, or other papers in:
(a) Any investigation or administrative proceeding
conducted by the Commission; and
(b) Any civil suit or action brought against the Filer or
to which the Filer has been joined as defendant or respondent, in any
appropriate court in any place subject to the jurisdiction of any state or of
the United States or of any of its territories or possessions or of the District
of Columbia, where the investigation, proceeding or cause of action arises out
of or relates to or concerns any offering made or purported to be made in
connection with the securities registered or qualified by the Filer on Form 40-F
on the date hereof or any purchases or sales of any security in connection
therewith. The Filer stipulates and agrees that any such civil suit or action or
administrative proceeding may be commenced by the service of process upon, and
that service of an administrative subpoena shall be effected by service upon
such agent for service of process, and that service as aforesaid shall be taken
and held in all courts and administrative tribunals to be valid and binding as
if personal service thereof had been made.
F. The Filer stipulates and agrees to appoint a successor agent
for service of process and file an amended Form F-X if the Filer discharges the
Agent or the Agent is unwilling or unable to accept service on behalf of the
Filer at any time until six years have elapsed from the date the issuer of the
securities to which such Forms and Schedules relate has ceased reporting under
the Exchange Act;
The Filer further undertakes to advise the Commission promptly of any
change to the Agent's name or address during the applicable period by amendment
of this Form, referencing the file number of the relevant form in conjunction
with which the amendment is being filed.
G. The Filer undertakes to make available, in person or by
telephone, representatives to respond to inquiries made by the Commission staff,
and to furnish promptly, when requested to do so by the Commission staff,
information relating to: the forms, schedules and offering statements described
in General Instructions I.(a), I.(b), I.(c), I.(d) and I.(f) of this Form, as
applicable; the securities to which such forms, schedules and offering
statements relate; and the transactions in such securities.
The Filer certifies that it has duly caused this power of attorney,
consent, stipulation and agreement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in The Woodlands, Texas, on this 7th
day of May, 2004.
InterOil Corporation
By: /s/ Phil E. Mulacek
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Phil E. Mulacek
Chairman, CEO & President
This statement has been signed by the following person in the capacity
and on the date indicated.
Date: May 7, 2004 /s/ Gary M. Duvall
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Gary M. Duvall
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