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CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On June 27, 2024, Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (“NOG”) entered into an Acquisition and Cooperation Agreement (the “Cooperation Agreement”) with an unaffiliated third party, SM Energy Company (“SM”), in connection with SM’s entry (along with NOG, solely for the purposes of ratifying certain provisions therein) into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with XCL AssetCo, LLC, XCL Marketing, LLC, Wasatch Water Logistics, LLC, XCL Resources, LLC and XCL SandCo, LLC (collectively, “XCL”), pursuant to which SM and NOG will acquire certain Uinta Basin oil and gas properties and other assets located in Utah (the “Assets”) from XCL. Pursuant to the Cooperation Agreement and the Purchase Agreement, NOG has agreed to acquire an undivided 20% interest in the Assets in exchange for consideration of approximately $510.0 million in cash, subject to certain customary purchase price adjustments.
The foregoing descriptions of the Cooperation Agreement and the Purchase Agreement do not purport to be complete and are subject to and qualified in their entirety by reference to the copies of the Cooperation Agreement and Purchase Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 and Exhibit 2.2, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.
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| 2.1* | Acquisition and Cooperation Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2024, by and between SM Energy Company and Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to SM Energy Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-31539) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2024 | ||
| 2.2* | Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2024, by and among XCL AssetCo, LLC, XCL Marketing, LLC, Wasatch Water Logistics, LLC, XCL Resources, LLC and XCL SandCo, LLC, as seller, SM Energy Company, as purchaser, and Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (solely for the purposes of ratifying certain provisions therein). | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to SM Energy Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-31539) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2024 | ||
| 104 | The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in inline XBRL | Filed herewith | ||
| * | Certain schedules and exhibits have been omitted in accordance with Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule and/or exhibit will be furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: June 28, 2024 | NORTHERN OIL AND GAS, INC. | |||||
| By | /s/ Erik J. Romslo | |||||
| Erik J. Romslo | ||||||
| Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | ||||||