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Gotrade News - Greenfire Resources (GFR) agreed on Sunday, November 8, 2026, to be acquired by Strathcona Resources, according to the companies' official release. Greenfire shareholders can elect 0.25 Strathcona shares or C$11.00 in cash per share, in a deal valued at approximately C$2.7 billion to C$2.9 billion including net debt.
Regular-session close on November 6, 2026, New York time. Prices and changes: Yahoo Finance, cross-checked against the closing price on Nasdaq.com.
What Greenfire Resources Announced
Under the arrangement agreement, Greenfire shareholders may elect either 0.25 Strathcona shares for each Greenfire share, which the release says equates to C$9.09 per share or a 15% premium to Greenfire's closing price on November 6, 2026, or C$11.00 in cash per share, a 39% premium to that close or a 26% premium to the trailing 30-day volume-weighted average price. Neither option is subject to proration.
Waterous Energy Fund (WEF), which holds 72% of Greenfire's shares and 57% of Strathcona's, signed a support agreement and will elect the share option. Depending on elections, Strathcona expects to issue approximately 43 million to 60 million shares, or 17% to 22% of the pro forma business, and pay up to approximately C$740 million in cash. Strathcona expects Greenfire's leadership team to keep running its assets within a new business unit, SCR Central Athabasca, with Greenfire President Colin Germaniuk as its President.
The deal needs at least two-thirds of the votes cast at each company's special meeting, minority approval under MI 61-101, and Competition Act, TSX and Alberta court approvals. The release says the meetings are expected in January 2027, with closing expected shortly after.
Why It Matters for GFR
According to the companies, the deal brings together two long-life oil sands and heavy oil businesses. The release says the combined business would hold over 3.0 billion barrels of proved plus probable (2P) reserves, a 54-year reserves life index, and would be the 4th largest SAGD operator in Canada. Year-to-date 2026 production was 34 Mbbls/d for Greenfire and 119 Mbbls/d for Strathcona, or 153 Mbbls/d combined. Strathcona said it expects approximately C$75 million of annual run-rate synergies within the first year.
For Greenfire holders, the companies said the share exchange ratio is in line with the two companies' relative standalone 2P net asset value, and that the share option is expected to be approximately 3% accretive to Greenfire's standalone 2P NAV including synergies. Greenfire's special committee determined the deal is fair to non-WEF Greenfire shareholders, the release said.
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