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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-084859"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MGY"
cik: "0001698990"
company_name: "Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp"
filed_at: "2026-07-20T11:12:06+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-20T11:15:38.673747+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.95
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.95
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Magnolia Oil & Gas acquires WildFire Energy for ~$4.06B; raises dividend 9% to $0.18/share

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-084859
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MGY
- cik: 0001698990
- company_name: Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp
- filed_at: 2026-07-20T11:12:06+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.95
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.95
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698990/000110465926084859/0001104659-26-084859-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698990/000110465926084859/tm2620557d2_8k.htm

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