Jakarta (ANTARA News) - PT Medco Energi Internasional Tbk. announced here on Thursday that it has entered an agreement with PT Amman Mineral Internasional (AMI) to acquire 82.2 percent of its shares in PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (NNT) worth US$2.6 billion. In a press release, MedcoEnergi said the settlement for the final transaction in the acquisition of AMI shares would be done following an approval from the Indonesian government and MedcoEnergis stakeholders. The acquisition of AMI shares will be carried out in cooperation between MedcoEnergi Group and AP Investment and will be supported by state-owned banks: Bank Mandiri, BNI and BRI. AMI also announced it has bought NNT shares from Newmont Mining Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation making it one of the biggest financial transactions in Southeast Asia in 2016. AP Investment is led by Agus Projosasmito, an investment banker and former president director of Danareksa Securities.