STAVANGER, NORWAY--(Marketwire - Nov 16, 2012) - On behalf of Statoil (OSLO: STL) (NYSE: STO), DNB has on 15 November 2012 purchased 618,750 shares for use in the group's Share saving plan.
The shares have been acquired at a price of NOK 137.37 per share.
Before distribution to the employees, the Share saving plan has 8,691,603 shares.
This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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Source: Statoil via Thomson Reuters ONE
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