Last week, DryShips announced that it had agreed to acquire, from George Economou and other third party interests, the remaining 25% minority interest in Primelead Shareholders, Inc., the holding company and operating platform for DryShips ultra deepwater drilling rig assets including two owned and operational ultra deepwater semisubmersibles and 4 newbuilding drillship contracts as well as the commercial operating company, Ocean Rig ASA.
The transaction was structured to minimize the cash outlay and leverage with the price being dilution. Consideration for the transaction included $50 million in cash and the issuance of $280 million in face value of mandatorily
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