Harbour Energy plans to acquire Santos for $13.5bn

New takeover bid for Santos

New takeover bid for Santos

Leading Australian oil and gas company Santos has announced that it has received an offer from Harbour Energy regarding the acquisition of the company in a deal worth $13.5bn.

The offer price represents a premium of 28 per cent to the last closing price of Santos of A$5.07 per share on 29 March 2018; and 30 per cent to the one month volume weighted average share price of Santos of A$5.00 per share up to 29 March 2018.

Santos said it was Harbour Energy's fourth unsolicited bid for the Adelaide-based company, which has stakes in several liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in a region where gas demand is soaring. The bid consist of 6.13 Dollars per share in cash and a 0.37 USD per share in dividend.

On Tuesday, it revealed Harbour had returned with proposals at $6.25 a share on March 22 and $6.37 a share on March 27.

Harbour has indicated that funding for the transaction is to be provided in the form of US$7.75 billion of debt that is to be underwritten by J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley and the balance in equity from Harbour, other EIG managed funds and Mercuria Global Energy. The board had decided at the current price of $6.50, it was now in shareholders' best interests to engage further with Harbour.

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As part of this effort, the companies have signed a confidentiality agreement to give an opportunity for Harbour to undertake confirmatory due diligence.

The deal has not been finalised and is still subject to a number of conditions, including completion of due diligence, regulatory approvals and the allocation of 15-20 per cent of outstanding Santo shares to be used for the formation of a special objective company called Harbour RollCo.

Santos has advised its shareholders to take no action in response to the offer.

Santos has granted due diligence to Harbour - whose first proposal in August previous year was for $4.55 per share - but warned shareholders the proposal may still not result in an acceptable offer.

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