Arctic Directory: Nabors announces agreement with C&J Energy Services

Nabors Industries Ltd. announced that the company has signed a definitive agreement to combine its completion and production services businesses in the U.S. and Canada with C&J Energy Services Inc., an independent oilfield services and manufacturing company.

Following the completion of this transaction, Nabors will own approximately 53 percent of the combined company, which will be incorporated in Bermuda and listed on the NYSE as C&J Energy Services Ltd. In addition to the 62.54 million shares of the combined company, Nabors will also receive approximately $937 million cash, to be paid from proceeds of a public debt placement by the combined company. The new C&J Energy Services Ltd. will be managed by the current C&J Energy Services management team, supplemented by Nabors’ completion and production services workforce. The transaction will roughly triple the C&J stimulation fleet, which should then rank as the fifth largest fleet in North America. The combined company will also operate the largest fluids management fleet and the second largest workover and well-servicing fleet in North America. In addition, prospects for international expansion should be enhanced through a global alliance agreement with Nabors.

The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies and is subject to approval by C&J shareholders and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. It is anticipated shares in C&J Energy Services Ltd. will be publicly traded under the symbol CJES, pending approval from regulatory authorities. Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Lazard Ltd. advised Nabors on the transaction. Citigroup and Tudor, Pickering, Holt, & Co. represented C&J Energy Services.