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I think final clearance came friday evening, plenty of reports on web, see one example below.

So its just down to completion now, any one with any ideas on price action tomorrow morning?

Russia clears Imperial Energy deal with ONGC Videsh
MOSCOW: Russia's anti-trust watchdog yesterday cleared the acquisition of UK-listed Imperial Energy by ONGC Videsh Ltd allowing the Indian energy major to close the $2.58 billion deal.

The Federal Anti-monopoly Service (FAS) has given a positive response to the Jarpeno Ltd, controlled by the ONGC, which had applied for the acquisition of 100 percent equity in the Imperial Energy, leading business daily Kommersant reported.

Quoting FAS spokesman the paper reported that permission, which come into immediate effect was given yesterday after the Natural Resources Ministry clarified that Imperial Energy's Russian assets in Tomsk region of Siberia are not of strategic importance .

The daily noted that anti-trust watchdog cleared the deal after the Petroleum Minister Mr Murli Deora had met the Prime Minister Mr Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.

There are contradictory news items coming out which are clouding the issue a bit.
Where did your report come from, tf? (Not Kommersant but the news agency)
The last RNS is as I posted #715, which stated that approval had NOT yet been given. Sorry to doubt your post, who released the news?

clearly a bundle of stops hit this morning as the news is the same as friday .... have just bought back my top slice at 925

and a few more at 900 as i am a greedy bastard

a useful extract (below) from the latest RNS ..... seems to me all is chugging along quite satisfactorily, though as always, with the parties involved (perceived racist comment avoided!), nothing should be taken for granted until all is signed.


Anti-monopoly approval
Further to an announcement earlier today, OVL has now received the approvals from the FAS in respect of the anti-monopoly regulations. Therefore, Pre-Condition (ii) referred to above has been satisfied.
As announced by OVL on 7 November 2008, in connection with Pre-Condition (i), OVL has applied for the approval in respect of the ownership of Russian entities by entities controlled by a foreign government. Such approval has, as yet, not been received and OVL has sought clarification from the FAS regarding the status of this approval. Accordingly, at the time of this announcement Pre-Condition (i) remains to be satisfied and a further announcement regarding this Pre-Condition will be made in due course.

Assuming this takes a while longer to complete, sp may well drift sub 900p again, imo. Worth taking profits for all those 'greedy b*stards' out there! ;o)

have just banked my "bought back topslice" at 981 ...... +/-65p in a couple of hours is very satisfactory thank you ...... therefore still hold the "greedy bastard" bit + those left from friday

given that sales go on first in first out basis, not quite sure what my averaged purchase price now is.

BE CAREFUL!!!

"LONDON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - ONGC Videsh spokesman:

* ONGC Videsh is working towards 'quickly and efficiently' closing Imperial takeover

* ONGC Videsh declines comment on report they want to renegotiate Imperial bid

more importantly, just appeared, if it is actually correct this time!!!


Russia's anti-trust service has decided the acquisition of Imperial Energy by ONGC needs no approval from the Russian government's commission on foreign investment, an official at the service said on Monday.
'Since the company does not have strategic assets, we decided preliminary control is not needed and we have sent ONGC our decision,' the head of the service's foreign investment control department Svetlana Levchenko told Reuters.

What worried me a little is just the mention of a renegotiated bid price.

Indian state-owned oil company ONGC has not tried to renegotiate its takeover bid price for UK-listed Imperial Energy, sources close to both sides said on Monday, despite a report that New Delhi may try and cut the price.

Would not surprise me if there were not some crafty longs and shorts going on with these announcements,....persons or people knowing before trading...."insider dealing" possibly !.

insider dealing - oh yes - buy this bargain & sell!!

Always suspect the worse...comes as less of a surprise !.

have been happy to hold a core and trade others and shall continue to do so ..... i assume you do not suspect so much evil that you have gone short here!

Not very good at CFD's I'm afraid !....you have to watch them night and day....cannot be in front of the computer so much, but I have a small holding and I'm just waiting !.

there is always an element of uncertainty involved in these things, but all the right noises now seem to be emanating from the various parties and sources

i do so like politico's double-speak!!

NEW DELHI, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Indian state-owned oil company ONGC has not sought government approval to cut its $2.6 billion bid for UK-listed Imperial Energy, despite a newspaper report that the government was concerned ONGC was overpaying.
'So far ONGC Videsh has not approached us for any reconsideration of the deal. They have to come to us if they decide to renegotiate it,' a senior India oil ministry official said.

And they wonder why we we treat hedgefunds with contempt:
"'There's absolutely no wiggle room with this,' one hedge fund manager said commenting on the possibility of ONGC reducing it's offer."
Smoke & mirrors spring to mind reading all these conflicting RNS's!

this is what we wanted to hear, and one must assume it is actually correct this time!


LONDON, Nov 11 (Reuters) - ONGC Videsh, the overseas arm of India's ONGC, said all conditions for its $2.6 billion bid for Imperial Energy had been met, effectively sealing a deal investors feared might be scuppered by falling oil prices.

ONGC Videsh said in a statement that the Russian authorities had provided the last of the necessary regulatory approvals, and a spokesman said the Indian company would send offer documents to Imperial shareholders within 28 days.

i am sure i am correct to say that the offer is 12.50 cash, but i am sure someone will swiftly correct me if that is not so.

the docs will apparently be posted within 28 days, so i take it that completion will be in no more than say 90 days.

sp is currently still only 11.60 which would seem to leave a rock solid free ride of 90p which is about 8% ...... pretty good return if you ask me