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Exhibit 99.1
NEWS RELEASE
MURPHY OIL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES PRICING OF $550 MILLION OF NOTES DUE 2025
EL DORADO, Arkansas, August 4, 2017 Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR) announced it has priced an offering of $550 million of 5.750 percent Notes that will mature in 2025 (2025 notes), pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The Company expects to close the offering on August 18, 2017, subject to customary closing conditions, and expects to use the net proceeds from the offering of the 2025 notes in order to redeem the Companys 2.500 percent Notes due 2017 in accordance with the indenture governing such notes. This news release does not constitute a notice of redemption under such indenture.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is acting as joint physical book-running manager for the offering. The offering is being made under an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-207463) filed by Murphy with the SEC and only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus. An investor may obtain free copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus related to the offering by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website, www.sec.gov, or by contacting:
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions
1155 Long Island Avenue
Edgewood, NY 11717
1-866-803-9204
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
P.O. Box 7000, El Dorado, Arkansas 71731-7000
ABOUT MURPHY OIL CORPORATION
Murphy Oil Corporation is a global independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company. The companys diverse resource base includes offshore production in Southeast Asia, Canada and Gulf of Mexico, as well as, North America onshore plays in the Eagle Ford Shale, Kaybob Duvernay and Montney.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are generally identified through the inclusion of words such as aim, anticipate, believe, drive, estimate, expect, expressed confidence, forecast, future, goal, guidance, intend, may, objective, outlook, plan, position, potential, project, seek, should, strategy, target, will or variations of such words and other similar expressions. These statements, which express managements current views concerning future events or results are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the volatility and level of crude oil and natural gas prices, the level and success rate of Murphys exploration programs, the companys ability to maintain production rates and replace reserves, customer demand for Murphys products, adverse foreign exchange movements, political and regulatory instability, adverse developments in the U.S. or global capital markets, credit markets or economies generally and uncontrollable natural hazards, as well as those contained under the caption Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016. For further discussion of risk factors, see Murphys 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K, on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Murphy undertakes no duty to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.
Investor Contacts:
Kelly Whitley, kelly_whitley@murphyoilcorp.com, 281-675-9107
Amy Garbowicz, amy_garbowicz@murphyoilcorp.com, 281-675-9201
Emily McElroy, emily_mcelroy@murphyoilcorp.com, 870-864-6324
P.O. Box 7000, El Dorado, Arkansas 71731-7000