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AED Oil Buys Asset In Brunei In Cash, Share Deal



SYDNEY -(Dow Jones)- AED Oil Ltd. (AED.AU) said Wednesday that it has agreed to buy a subsidiary of Brunei-based Nations Petroleum Co. for a combination of cash and shares.

The subsidiary owns 50% of the Brunei Block L oil and gas permit, which covers about 2,200 square kilometers both onshore and offshore, AED said.

AED will pay Nations US$3 million cash and issue 24 million new AED shares, which, based on AED's current share price of 57 Australian cents, values the deal at about A$16.9 million.

AED said Nations will end up with a 14.5% holding in the company at the deal's completion.

-By Ross Kelly, Dow Jones Newswires; 61-2-8235-2957; ross.kelly@dowjones.com


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