HALLIBURTON AND BAKER HUGHES REACH AGREEMENT TO COMBINE IN STOCK AND CASH TRANSACTION VALUED AT $34.6 BILLION

HOUSTON – November 17, 2014 - Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) and Baker 

Hughes Incorporated (NYSE: BHI) today announced a definitive agreement under which 

Halliburton will acquire all the outstanding shares of Baker Hughes in a stock and cash 

transaction. The transaction is valued at $78.62 per Baker Hughes share, representing 

an equity value of $34.6 billion and enterprise value of $38.0 billion, based on 

Halliburton’s closing price on November 12, 2014, the day prior to public confirmation by 

Baker Hughes that it was in talks with Halliburton regarding a transaction. Upon the 

completion of the transaction, Baker Hughes stockholders will own approximately 36

percent of the combined company. The agreement has been unanimously approved by 

both companies’ Boards of Directors. 



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