OREANDA-NEWS. August 20, 2012. On behalf of Statoil, DNB has purchased 547,500 shares for use in the group's Share saving plan, reported the press-centre Statoil.   

The shares have been acquired at a price of NOK 149.70 per share.

Before distribution to the employees, the Share saving plan has 7,812,514shares.

This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.