6-K 1 sto1205010_6-k.htm PRESS RELEASE

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

May 10, 2012
Commission File Number 1-15200

Statoil ASA

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
FORUSBEEN 50, N-4035, STAVANGER, NORWAY
(Address of principal executive offices )

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This Report on Form 6-K contains a press release issued by Statoil ASA on May 10, 2012, entitled "Notifiable trading".

Notifiable trading

The following managers in Statoil ASA have on May 9, bought Statoil ASA shares at a price of NOK 148.40 per share.

Number of acquired shares and their new total share holding is listed in the table below.
The trade has been made through DNB Markets.

Name

Bought

New share holding

Dodson, Timothy

2 377

14 946

Gjærum, Reidar

1 458

15 277

Klouman, Hans Henrik

2 432

10 714

Knight, John Nicholas

10 704

39 174

Lund, Helge

6 355

50 656

Mellbye, Peter

1 847

24 132

Michelsen, Øystein

2 572

18 292

Reitan, Torgrim

2 242

15 467

Sjøblom, Tove Stuhr

2 040

7 917

Skeie, Svein

1 219

11 985

Sætre, Eldar

2 510

20 844

Thomsen, Kåre

1 104

14 292

Øvrum, Margareth

2 836

25 792

This information is subject of the disclosure requirements acc. to §5-12 vphl (Norwegian Securities Trading Act)

The Statoil Fuel & Retail primary insider, Jon Arnt Jacobsen, has today 09 May bought Statoil ASA shares at a price of NOK 148.40 per share.

Number of acquired shares and new total share holding is listed in the table below.

Name

Bought

New share holding

Jacobsen, Jon Arnt

1 881

22 106

This information is subject of the disclosure requirements acc. to § 4-1 vphl (Norwegian Securities Trading Act)

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

STATOIL ASA
(Registrant)
 

Dated: May 10, 2012

By:

___/s/ Torgrim Reitan
Name: Torgrim Reitan
Title:     Chief Financial Officer