Fortune Oil Plc.Big 400 Miollionen US$al mit China

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Fortune Oil to sell natural gas business to China Gas

Mon, 17th Dec 2012 10:46

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Dec 17 (Reuters) - Fortune Oil Plc said it woul


Fortune Oilk sell its natural gas business to China Gas Holdings Ltd for $400 million, giving it the option to raise its stake in China Gas and remain invested in the high-demand energy sector in the world's second largest economy.

Fortune Oil held an 18.4 percent stake in China Gas as of Nov. 16, primarily through a joint venture formed last year with one of the company's founders.

China Gas, which sells liquefied petroleum gas and piped gas to residential and commercial users in China, will pay Fortune Oil $200 million in cash on completion of the deal and a further $200 million as deferred consideration.

Fortune Oil said it could elect to receive the deferred consideration in China Gas shares. A higher stake in China Gas could also potentially give it a say in the management of the company.

China is moving to double the share of gas in its overall energy supply to more than 8 percent by 2015, when consumption is forecast to reach 260 billion cubic metres (bcm).

'The company intends to be a long-term shareholder in China Gas so as to benefit from the potential growth in this sector in China over the medium term,' Fortune Oil said.

The deal is part of an asset restructuring at China Gas, sources with knowledge of the deal said on Monday. They declined to be identified as they were not authorised to speak to the media.

Net proceeds from the deal would be used to reduce debt, Fortune Oil said in a statement.

Revenue from Fortune Oil's natural gas business was 59 million pounds (about $95 million) for the year ended Dec. 31, 2011.

Shares in Fortune Oil were trading up 26 percent at 11.35 pence at 0955 GMT on the London Stock Exchange. Trading in China Gas shares were suspended in Hong Kong on Monday.

($1 = 0.6204 British pounds)

(Reporting by Alison Lui in Hong Kong and Shilpa Hinduja in Bangalore, Writing by Brenton Cordeiro,; Editing by Alison Leung, Roshni Menon) Keywords: CHINAGAS FORTUNE/

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China Gas to Buy Fortune Oil Gas Unit for $400 Million

By Aibing Guo & Benjamin Haas - Dec 17, 2012 12:13 PM GMT+0100.
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China Gas Holdings Ltd. (384), the supplier of natural gas to 172 Chinese cities, will buy Fortune Oil Plc’s Chinese natural gas operations for $400 million, expanding its service territory across China.

Fortune Oil will receive $200 million in cash and either a $200 million deferred payment or 250 million shares of China Gas, the Hong Kong-based company said today in a statement. The deferred amount will earn an annual interest of 6 percent from the date the transaction is completed. Fortune Oil had a 181 million pound ($293 million) market value as of Dec. 14.

The deal will give China Gas pipelines across Beijing, Tianjin, Chongqing and seven Chinese provinces, a coal bed methane block in Shanxi and compressed and liquefied natural gas operations. China Gas, which blocked a $2 billion bid from China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (600028) and ENN Energy Holdings Ltd. (2688) with Fortune’s backing in October, is looking at acquisitions to expand after interim profit doubled, Chief Financial Officer Eric Leung said in a Bloomberg TV interview last month.

“This will be very good for China Gas,” said Yan Shi, an analyst at UOB-Kay Hian Ltd. in Shanghai. “They’re increasing their customer base and they’ve worked with Fortune Oil before to fend off the Sinopec takeover attempt, so it’ll be easy to integrate the businesses.”

Fortune Oil surged as much as 48 percent in London to 13.50 pence, the biggest jump since May 21, 1993, and traded up 21 percent at 11 pence as of 11:10 a.m. local time. China Gas shares were suspended from trading today in Hong Kong.

Higher Bid

Fortune Oil had teamed up with investors including China Gas Founder Liu Minghui to buy China Gas shares at prices higher than the HK$3.50 Sinopec and ENN Energy offered in December 2011.

Fortune Oil and China Gas Group held 18.4 percent of the total issued shares in China Gas, the company said in its third- quarter statement on Nov. 19. It didn’t mention the stake owned by Minghui, who was reinstated as managing director on Aug. 20 after being arrested in December 2010 on suspicion of embezzling company assets.

“Fortune Oil will continue to have access, through its shareholding in China Gas, into the fastest growing natural gas market in the world with an even larger platform,” Fortune Chief Executive Officer Tee Kiam Poo said in the statement. “Together we aim to accelerate China Gas’s share of the China natural gas market.”

Wilmar Stake

Wilmar International Ltd. (WIL), a Singapore-based edible oil refiner and processor, will transfer its 15 percent stake in Fortune’s gas unit to China Gas.

As part of the deal, Fortune Oil can nominate two directors to China Gas, including the managing director, the company said in the statement. The deal is subject to approval by shareholders of both companies and Chinese regulators. Fortune’s board said it would recommend shareholder approve the deal, according to the statement.

The money raised in the sale will be used to pay down Fortune Oil’s debt. BNP Paribas SA and Oriel Securities Ltd. advised Fortune Oil on the deal.

To contact the reporters on this story: Aibing Guo in Hong Kong at aguo10@bloomberg.net; Benjamin Haas in Hong Kong at bhaas7@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Andrew Hobbs at ahobbs4@bloomberg.net  

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December 17, 2012, 6:43 a.m. ET
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China Gas to Buy Fortune Oil's Gas Assets in China .

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China Gas Holdings Ltd. agreed to buy the Chinese gas assets of Fortune Oil PLC for $400 million, part of an effort to tap rising demand for cleaner energy sources.

The deal also helps cement a relationship between China Gas and U.K.-based Fortune, which helped China Gas fend off a takeover bid this year from state oil company China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.

China Gas, which controls pipelines serving more than six million customers in the country, will pay for the transaction using cash and options in its shares, which are listed in Hong Kong.

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