Occidental Petro discloses it received a request for additional information and documentary material from the FTC regarding merger with CrownRock Holdings (56.42)
- As previously disclosed, on December 10, 2023, OXY entered into a Partnership Interest Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") with CrownRock Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Limited Partner"), CrownRock GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("General Partner" and, together with the Limited Partner, the "Sellers"), Coral Holdings LP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Occidental ("LP Purchaser"), and Coral Holdings GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Occidental ("GP Purchaser," together with the LP Purchaser, the "Purchasers"). Subject to the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement, the Purchasers will purchase 100% of the issued and outstanding partner interests of CrownRock, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("CrownRock"), from the Sellers (such transaction, the "Acquisition" and, together with the other transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the "Transactions").
- The Acquisition is conditioned on, among other things, the expiration or termination of the waiting period (and any extensions thereof) under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the "HSR Act"). Pursuant to the HSR Act, Occidental and the Sellers filed notification and report forms with the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (the "FTC").
- On January 19, 2024, Occidental and the Sellers each received a request for additional information and documentary material (each, a "Second Request") from the FTC in connection with the FTC's review of the Acquisition. A Second Request extends the waiting period imposed by the HSR Act until 30 days after each of Occidental and the Sellers have substantially complied with the Second Request issued to them, unless that period is extended voluntarily by Occidental and the Sellers or terminated sooner by the FTC. Occidental and the Sellers continue to work constructively with the FTC in its review of the Acquisition.