HALISTER: Maersk Oil Sold to Total for $7.45b in Combined Share, Debt Deal

Maersk Oil Sold to Total for $7.45b in Combined Share, Debt Deal

(Bloomberg) -- Maersk to get 97.5m shares in Total S.A. with a value of $4.95b, equal to approx. 3.76% of Total. Total is also assuming a short term debt of $2.5b via debt push down from Maersk group into Maersk Oil.
  • Subject to meeting its investment grade objective, Maersk plans to return a material portion of the value of the received Total shares to shareholders in 2018/19 in the form of extraordinary dividend, share buyback and/or distribution of Total shares
  • Transaction gain after tax for Maersk amounts to $2.8b
  • Deal completion expected Q1 2018
Link to Statement: Sale of Mærsk Olie og Gas A/S To contact the reporter on this story: Gelu Sulugiuc in Copenhagen at gsulugiuc@bloomberg.net

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