Santos rejects Harbour Energy's $14.4b takeover bid
Oil and gas company Santos has rejected the $14.4 billion takeover proposal from United States giant Harbour Energy and terminated all discussions with the group.
Santos said in a statement to the ASX on Tuesday evening that the final proposal from Harbour was a "highly leveraged private equity-backed structure" that prior to implementation would have required Santos to provide significant support for Harbour's debt raising and to hedge a significant proportion of oil-linked production.
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