Filed pursuant to Rule 425
of the Securities Act of 1933
Filer: Statoil ASA
Filer’s Exchange Act File No.: 1-15200
Norsk Hydro’s Exchange Act File No.: 1-9159
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rules 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Dated January 19, 2007
STATOIL ASA
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
FORUSBEEN 50, N-4035, STAVANGER, NORWAY
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes No X
If "Yes"is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82______________
This Report on Form 6-K contains a press release issued by Statoil ASA on January 19, 2007, entitled "Statoil’s share saving plan allocates shares".
Disclaimer:
This document does not constitute an offer to exchange or sell or an offer to exchange or buy any securities.
An offer of securities in the United States pursuant to a business combination transaction will only be made through a prospectus which is part of an effective registration statement filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Norsk Hydro shareholders who are US persons or are located in the United States are advised to read the registration statement when and if it is declared effective by the US Securities and Exchange Commission because it will contain important information relating to the proposed transaction. You will be able to inspect and copy the registration statement relating to the proposed transaction and documents incorporated by reference at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. Statoil’s SEC filings are also available to the public at the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, Statoil will make the effective registration statement available for free to Norsk Hydro’s shareholders in the United States.
The shares purchased by DnB NOR on behalf of Statoil (OSE:STL, NYSE:STO) on 15 January 2007 for use in the group’s share saving plan have on 17 January 2006 been distributed to the employees in accordance with their savings amount and bonus shares for the 2004 share saving plan. Following this, the share saving plan has 1,028,828 shares.
As participants in Statoil’s share saving plan , the primary insiders below have been allocated shares in accordance with their share saving plan 2004 an average price of NOK 161,15.
Name |
Bonus 2004 |
New shares holding |
Eldar Sætre |
82 |
1675 |
Jon Arnt Jacobsen |
114 |
2026 |
Margareth Øvrum |
275 |
2418 |
Inge Eivind Sørvik |
40 |
912 |
Ola Morten Aanestad |
40 |
710 |
Lars Troen Sørensen |
186 |
925 |
Torgrim Reitan |
80 |
702 |
Kåre Thomsen |
243 |
2426 |
May-Marie Thomsen |
104 |
677 |
Stein Egil Næss |
40 |
792 |
Morten Svaan |
40 |
523 |
Runar T Tjersland |
222 |
1288 |
| STATOIL ASA (Registrant) |
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| Dated: January 19, 2007 | By: | /S/ Eldar Sætre Eldar Sætre Chief Financial Officer |