secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SM Energy Co (SM)
CIK:        0000893538
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000893538-25-000144
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 1.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

SM Energy to acquire Civitas Resources in all-stock merger at 1.45x exchange ratio
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- Each Civitas share will be exchanged for 1.45 shares of SM Energy common stock.
- Post-merger board will have 11 directors – 6 from SM Energy, 5 from Civitas.
- Termination fees: $85M from Civitas, $79M from SM; $26M/$24M expense reimbursement if stockholder vote fails.
- Closing conditions include stockholder approvals and antitrust clearance; expected close by August 3, 2026.
- SM Energy board unanimously approved and recommends stockholders approve the stock issuance and charter amendment.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893538/000089353825000144/0000893538-25-000144-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893538/000089353825000144/sm-20251102.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000893538-25-000144

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