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AP Interview: CNOOC chairman says Unocal bid going ahead
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 29 - 06 - 2005


CNOOC Ltd. will press ahead with its
takeover bid for Unocal Corp. despite a planned shareholder
vote on a competing offer by Chevron Corp., which Unocal
says should be accepted, the Chinese firm's chairman said
Thursday.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Fu Chengyu
expressed confidence that the state-controlled oil firm
will persuade Washington the proposed US$18.5 billion
(¤15.3 billion) deal for the ninth-largest U.S. oil company
doesn't pose any risks to American national security.
«We'll continue to talk in negotiations, and we will meet
with government figures for the (security) review,» Fu
said. «I believe that our superior offer, which will help
shareholders, this will convince the U.S. government this
is a good offer.»
Fu's comments came after Unocal sent shareholders proxy
materials Wednesday with a letter reiterating its board's
recommendation to accept the US$16.6 billion (¤13.8
billion) offer by Chevron.
CNOOC says its all-cash offer will benefit the United
States by paying Unocal shareholders more and causing fewer
job losses. Chevron has countered that its offer already
has received regulatory approval and a switch to CNOOC
could require lengthy new reviews.
Fu wouldn't say whether CNOOC might raise its offer.
«I think this is a kind of strategy that shouldn't be
discussed,» he said. «We don't have firm plans as to what
we'll do. But we do have something that we are
developing.»
Fu rejected suggestions that CNOOC, which is based in Hong
Kong but 70 percent of whose shares are owned by a Chinese
government oil company, was acting on behalf of China's
government.
«This company is driven purely by economics,» he said.
«If there's a good market, the more we can supply, the
more value we can add for shareholders. Not because the
government asked us to do it, but because we believe it's
the profitable thing to do.»
He said that although CNOOC's parent company is promising
to supply US$7 billion (¤5.5 billion) of the proposed
purchase price, none of that money would come from the
Chinese government.
«Not a cent,» he said.
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