OREANDA-NEWS. July 29, 2010. 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.