Stockholm, 2016-07-29 08:16 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Following the completion of the acquisition by Lundin Norway AS from Statoil Petroleum AS of an additional 15 percent interest in the Edvard Grieg field, PL338 and interests in associated pipeline assets on 30 June 2016, Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) has issued 27,580,806 new shares to Statoil ASA as consideration for the transaction. In addition, Lundin Petroleum has transferred 2,000,000 shares held in treasury and issued 1,735,309 new shares to Statoil ASA in exchange for a cash consideration of approximately USD 64 million (SEK 544 million). The share issues have been registered with the Swedish Companies Registration Office in July which has resulted in the following change in number of shares and votes in Lundin Petroleum. Prior to the share issues, there were in total 311,070,330 shares and votes in Lundin Petroleum. As a result of the share issues, the number of shares and votes increased by 29,316,115. Thus, following the share issues, there are 340,386,445 shares and votes in Lundin Petroleum. The share capital of Lundin Petroleum now amounts to SEK 3,478,713.38. All shares are of the same share class and each share entitles to one vote at general meetings of shareholders. Lundin Petroleum further holds no more own shares.
Lundin Petroleum is a Swedish independent oil and gas exploration and production company with a well balanced portfolio of worldclass assets primarily located in Europe and South East Asia. The Company is listed on NASDAQ Stockholm (ticker "LUPE"). Lundin Petroleum has proven and probable reserves of 716.2 million barrels of oil equivalents (MMboe) as at 1 January 2016.
For further information, please contact:
| Maria Hamilton Head of Corporate Communications E-mail: maria.hamilton@lundin.ch Tel: +41 22 595 10 00 Tel: +46 8 440 54 50 | Teitur Poulsen VP Corporate Planning & Investor Relations Tel: + 41 22 595 10 00 |
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