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Magnolia Oil & Gas acquires WildFire Energy for ~$4.06B; raises dividend 9% to $0.18/share
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp
- Total consideration: $2.65B cash, 32.2M MGY shares, assumption of $600M WildFire notes due 2029.
- Adds ~810,000 net acres in Giddings; pro forma >1.25M net acres; adds ~53 Mboe/d production (70% oil).
- Magnolia increases quarterly dividend by 9% to $0.18/share, payable in Q3 2026.
- Q2 2026 production averaged 106.1 Mboe/d (oil 41.9 Mbo/d); full-year production growth guidance raised to 6%.
- Amended RBL facility to $2.25B commitments, $2B borrowing base; bridge facility up to $1.5B committed.
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