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Baytex Energy Corp. Announces Filing of the Management Information Circular for 2023 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders
Calgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - April 10, 2023) - Baytex Energy Corp. (TSX: BTE) (NYSE: BTE) ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Baytex Energy Corp. Announces Filing of the Management Information Circular for 2023 Annual and Special Meeting of ShareholdersCalgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - April 10, 2023) - Baytex Energy Corp. (TSX: BTE) (NYSE: BTE) (\"Baytex\", the \"Company\" or \"we\") today announced that it has filed the information circular and proxy statement (\"Information Circular\"), along with the related meeting and proxy materials (together with the management Information Circular, \"Meeting Materials\") for the Company's Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held virtually only at https://web.lumiagm.com/#/287416586 on Monday, May 15, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. MST (the \"Meeting\"). The Meeting Materials will be mailed to Baytex's shareholders shortly following the release of this communication. Shareholders of record as of the close of business on April 3, 2023, are entitled to receive notice of and vote at the Meeting.At the Meeting, in addition to the annual routine business to be conducted, Baytex is seeking approval (the \"Merger Resolution\") from its shareholders to issue common shares of Baytex (\"Baytex Shares\") in connection with the previously announced merger (the \"Merger\") with Ranger Oil Corporation (\"Ranger\"). With this transaction, Baytex is building a quality, scaled North American oil-weighted exploration and production company with a portfolio across the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin and the Eagle Ford.The closing of the Merger is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including, among other things, the approval by Baytex's shareholders of the Merger Resolution, approval by the holders of Ranger's common stock of the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 27, 2023, by and between Ranger and Baytex, the expiration of the waiting period under the U.S. Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, Baytex's Registration Statement on Form F-4 (filed on April 7, 2023 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) becoming effective under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Baytex Shares issued pursuant to the Merger being approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance, and the Toronto Stock Exchange, subject to customary listing conditions. If the requisite shareholder a...