Marathon Stockholders Give $17.1B ConocoPhillips Merger Thumbs Up

Hart Energy Staff
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ConocoPhillips path to acquiring Marathon Oil Corp. has passed another mile stone, with Marathon shareholders voting to approve an all-stock transaction for approximately $17.1 billion, the companies said on Aug.  29.

The deal, which is valued at $22.5 billion including $5.4 billion of net debt, was first announced in May.  The merger is still under review by the Federal Trade Commission after it sought a second request for information from the companies in July.

ConocoPhillips-Marathon merger pro forma
ConocoPhillips said the Marathon acquisition is adjacent to its own assets across the Lower 48, adding significant scale to its positions in the Eagle Ford, Bakken and the Delaware Basin. (Source: ConocoPhillips)

Marathon Oil will file the vote results of the special stockholder meeting in an 8-K form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Marathon Oil and ConocoPhillips said they continue to expect the transaction to close late in fourth-quarter 2024, subject to regulatory clearance and other customary closing conditions.

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