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Activist investor pushing for sale of Obsidian Energy: source

Published Wed, Dec 13, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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ACTIVIST investor FrontFour Capital Group is urging Obsidian Energy Ltd to explore a sale, arguing that the company could fetch twice as much as its current share price, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The decision to push for a sale comes four years after FrontFour started to build its position in the embattled Calgary-based oil and gas producer, which was formerly known as Penn West Petroleum Ltd. It is now Fro…

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