General Electric said today it would buy British oilfield services company Wellstream Holdings for about £800 million (€982 million), in a deal that would expand the US conglomerate's subsea equipment and services portfolio.
GE said as per the deal, Wellstream shareholders would receive 780 pence in cash and a special dividend of 6p per Wellstream share.
Shares of Wellstream closed at 747p on Friday on the London Stock Exchange.
The deal will also help enhance GE's ability to capitalise on growth in Brazil, Africa and Asia, the company said in a statement.
The Wellstream deal will further extend GE's reach into the floating production, storage and offloading offshore segment, the company said.
Wellstream reported a sales backlog of £250 million as of November 16th, GE said.
Reuters