The on-going saga of the merger between BW Offshore (“BWO”) and Prosafe Production may have reached its denouement. Back in July, BWO made a voluntary exchange offer for all the shares of Prosafe it did not own. The offer was conditioned on the outcome of the sale of Prosafe’s turret and swivel business to National Oilwell Varco (“NOV”) for $165 million. If the business were unsold the BWO would offer 1.2 shares in BWO plus NOK 2 in cash for each share of Prosafe.
This is only an excerpt of Lots of Moving Parts, But a Pure Play at the End – BW Offshore to Merge and Divest
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Tags: · Advanced Production & Loading Plc, BW Group, BW Offshore, Carnegie, DnB NOR, Ingolf Gillesdal, Lars-Daniel Westby, National Oilwell Varco, Nordea Markets, Prosafe Production
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