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Issuer:     California Resources Corp (CRC)
CIK:        0001609253
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-02-09T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001609253-24-000020
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 1.01, 3.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

CRC to acquire energy companies for 21.17M shares plus $500M bridge loan
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- Aggregate consideration of 21,170,357 CRC common shares; additional shares for dividends declared Jan 1 to closing.
- Bridge loan of $500M from Citi to refinance acquired companies' debt and pay transaction costs.
- Closing conditions include CRC stockholder approval, HSR clearance, FERC authorization; no financing condition.
- Post-closing, IKAV and CPP members get one board nomination each while holding ≥5% shares; standstill caps ownership at 14.9%.
- Termination fee of $50M or $100M if CRC changes recommendation or pursues a superior proposal.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1609253/000160925324000020/0001609253-24-000020-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1609253/000160925324000020/crc-20240207.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001609253-24-000020

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