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Heritage Oil(LON:HOIL.L) report: Uganda Approval

July 7, 2010, Wednesday, 11:35 GMT | 06:35 EST | 15:05 IST | 17:35 SGT
Contributed by Daniel Stewart & Company


By Daniel Stewart & Co

 

- The government of Uganda has provided conditional consent to dispose of the company’s Uganda assets


- The transaction is expected to complete within five working days following finalisation of a government mechanism to deal with arbitration and any taxes that may be owed from the disposal fo the transaction


- Heritage has taken legal advice and expects the transaction to be tax free


- Following the transaction heritage will receive US$1.35bn from Tullow and a deferred US$150m in cash or mutually agreed asset


- Following the transaction, heritage will update the market with regards to dividends