Saturn Oil & Gas Agrees to Acquire Corex Resources for C$302 Million
Saturn Oil & Gas agreed to acquire all issued and outstanding shares of Corex Resources for C$6.31 per share, valuing the transaction at approximately C$302 million. The agreement includes reciprocal C$15 million termination fees payable in specified circumstances.
The Reuters wire explicitly reports a newly announced agreement under which Saturn Oil & Gas will acquire all issued and outstanding Corex Resources shares for $6.31 per share, implying approximately C$302 million of consideration, with reciprocal $15 million termination fees in specified circumstances. This is a material control transaction with clear forward implications for the buyer and target, so merger_acquisition is the appropriate type and the development is approved. The available timestamp is the wire publication time rather than the signing time, so occurrence_timestamp is an estimate with moderate confidence. The prior deduplication and new-event decision is retained because this is a distinct Saturn-Corex transaction. Only Saturn is approved as a stakeholder because its exact exchange-qualified identifier, TSX:SOIL, is explicitly provided and it is directly affected; the suggested oilfield-service, pipeline, and competitor impacts are conditional, indirect, and uncontracted, while no explicit tradable symbol for Corex is provided.
COREX ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO BE ACQUIRED BY SATURN OIL & GAS INC.
COREX RESOURCES: SATURN WILL ACQUIRE ALL OF ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING COREX SHARES AT A PRICE OF $6.31 PER COREX SHARE
COREX RESOURCES: PROPOSED DEAL FOR C$302 MILLION