Maurel & Prom Sells Congolese Assets to Eni for US $1.434 Billion
The total transaction price, payable in cash, amounts to US $1.434 billion. This agreement will have a retroactive economic effect at January 1, 2007, after approval from the Congolese authorities and compliance with our partners' pre-emption rights. Interest will accrue on this amount until the closing of the deal.
The transaction concerns 45% of the Group's reserves (proven and probable) at January 1, 2006, as determined by DeGolyer & MacNaughton, corresponding to EUR9.1 per share[1].
This deal was approved by Maurel & Prom's Supervisory Board and Eni's Board of Directors.
Following this transaction, Maurel & Prom's for sale production share (entitlement) should amount to approximately 15,000 b/d in 2007. The current development portfolio should allow Maurel & Prom to attain its 2006 sale level (30,000 b/d) by 2009.
This transaction gives value to a significant proportion of the reserves the Group has discovered in recent years and is in line with its value-creation strategy in the Exploration & Production business. This transaction will provide Maurel & Prom with large financial resources and will hasten its exploration program in its current and future mineral rights portfolio, specifically in Colombia, the Congo, Gabon, Sicily, Syria and in Tanzania.
Following final closing of the deal, the Company will determine the allocation of the deal consideration, in order to provide :
- A return to shareholder (in the form of a dividend and/or a share buy back);
- Repayment of debt (including operating debt);
- Acceleration of the exploration and development program as well as financing of any external growth opportunity.
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