Today
LUKOIL Finance Ltd. (a 100% subsidiary of OAO LUKOIL) signed a stock purchuse
agreement with Springtime Holdings Ltd. (an affiliate of ConocoPhillips) to
purchase 64,638,729 OAO LUKOIL ordinary shares (7.6%) at USD
53.25 per share for the total amount of USD
3,442,012,319.25.
The
transaction completion is scheduled for August 16, 2010. The stock
purchuse agreement also envisages an option to purchase up to 98,728,900 OAO LUKOIL ordinary shares (11.61%) in the form of depositary
receipts prior to September 26, 2010.