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Fusion of Maritime the shipowning companies DHT and Tankers Saga
From the operation, of the value of 87 million dollars, a fleet of 16 oil tankers will be born, of which 15 of entire property
June 1, 2011
Maritime shipowning society American DHT, that it has a fleet of 12 tankers, will buy the Norwegian Tankers Saga, company quoted to the Stock exchange of Oslo that possesses a fleet constituted from four oil tankers VLCC of about 300.000 gross constructing and capacities in tons each, of which three constructed in 2000 in 1995.
The transaction is agreed by the boards of directors of the two societies and previews that the American company you anticipate an offer for the acquisition of all the actions of the Saga that will presee the offer of 0,25 sets in action of the DHT in order to acquire each action of the Norwegian company. Such offer corresponds to a value of about 5,44 Norwegian crowns for each action of the Saga for a total of about 472,4 million Norwegian crowns (87,0 million dollars).
From the fusion a fleet of 16 oil tankers will be born, of which 15 of entire property, constituted from ten Very Large Raw Carrier, two Suezmax and four Aframax.
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