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BATTALION OIL CORP

NYSE:BATL
US$1.00Close 7 Oct 2026 · delayed

Past year: ▼ 14%(1.00 – 5.52 USD)

Market cap
A$55.0m
Shares on issue
38.9m
In-ground value
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Risked multiple
0.00×
Story beats
87 since 2013
Last event
7 Aug 2026

Announcements, explained

Each one in plain English, with the numbers worked through for a shareholder.

7 Aug 2026capital raising announcement▲ GoodMajor

Battalion bought out preferred holder Gen IV Investment Opportunities entirely: it repurchased Gen IV's Series A and Series A-1 preferred shares for $19.0 million cash, while Gen IV converted its remaining Series A-1/A-2/A-3/A-4 preferred into about 3.49 million common shares - after which Gen IV holds no preferred stock at all. Gen IV also agreed to a 12-month voting-support and lock-up commitment, meaningfully simplifying Battalion's capital structure.

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1 July 2026material agreement● NeutralMajor

Battalion refinanced again, entering a Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Fortress Credit Corp for a $162.5 million term loan that continues and re-evidences its existing secured debt under updated terms.

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30 June 2026auditor change● Neutral

Battalion dismissed Deloitte & Touche as its auditor after a competitive selection process by its audit committee; Deloitte's prior reports carried no adverse opinions or disagreements over accounting.

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5 May 2026material agreement● Neutral

Battalion set up an at-the-market equity program letting it sell up to $150 million of common stock through Roth Capital Partners as needed, with no obligation to actually sell any.

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31 Mar 2026capital raising announcement● Neutral

Luminus converted 7,803 shares of its Series A-2 Preferred (issued Dec. 2023) into 1.8 million common shares at a $6.21 conversion price, mechanically shrinking the preferred overhang from the 2023-2024 insider financing rounds.

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19 Mar 2026asset acquisition disposition▲ GoodMajor

Battalion closed an all-stock deal to acquire about 7,090 net acres in Ward County from RoadRunner Resource Holding (formerly its joint-venture partner Sundown Energy), issuing 485,000 shares; the acreage adjoins its Monument Draw position, adds roughly 30 drilling locations, and is supported by a new sour-gas treating arrangement with Targa Resources.

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13 Mar 2026capital raising announcement▲ GoodMajor

Battalion agreed to buy about 7,090 net acres in Ward County, Texas from RoadRunner Resource Holding (formerly its JV partner Sundown Energy), paying entirely in stock - 485,000 restricted shares - rather than cash.

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9 Mar 2026capital raising announcement▲ GoodMajor

Battalion raised $15.0 million from an outside institutional investor (via placement agent Roth Capital Partners) - 1.8 million shares plus pre-funded warrants at $5.50/share - its first real outside-investor capital raise since the Fury Resources deal collapsed, signaling renewed market access beyond the insider-preferred lifeline.

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25 Feb 2026asset acquisition disposition▼ BadMajor

Battalion closed the West Quito Draw sale to MCM Delaware Resources for a cash-adjusted $60.1 million - less than a third of what it paid Shell for the same acreage in 2018 - using $40 million of the proceeds for a mandatory paydown on its Fortress credit facility.

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23 Jan 2026production update▲ GoodMajor

Battalion terminated its gas-treating agreement with Wink Amine Treater after that facility sat offline since August 2025, shifting its Monument Draw gas to an alternate large-cap midstream provider whose recently expanded capacity is now processing over 30 MMcf/d (versus 17.4 MMcf/d in December) - lifting oil production by about 1,200 barrels a day month-to-date.

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22 Dec 2025material agreement▼ BadMajor

Battalion agreed to sell substantially all of its West Quito Draw properties in Ward County, Texas - the same acreage it paid Shell $200 million for in 2018 - to MCM Delaware Resources for about $62.6 million, with proceeds earmarked to pay down its Fortress credit facility.

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25 Aug 2025listing compliance notice▲ GoodMajor

NYSE American accepted Battalion's plan to fix its stockholders'-equity shortfall, giving the company until November 30, 2026 to execute it and stay listed.

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2 June 2025listing compliance notice▼ BadMajor

NYSE American warned Battalion it no longer meets minimum stockholders'-equity listing standards, after the company reported negative equity of $1.8 million and losses in three of its last four fiscal years; Battalion must submit a compliance plan.

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17 Jan 2025business combination▲ GoodMajor

The final amendment closing out the Fury going-private filing confirmed the merger's termination and disclosed strong operating results in its place: a new Monument Draw drilling program running ahead of budget, two Vermejo wells producing above type-curve at 1,211 Boe/d, and its acid-gas-injection facility having processed over 5.1 billion cubic feet of sour gas.

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10 Jan 2025material agreement▲ GoodMajor

Battalion drew an additional $63 million under its new Fortress-led credit facility just two weeks after closing it, adding Meritz and Fortress-affiliated lenders to the syndicate.

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27 Dec 2024material agreement▲ GoodMajor

One week after the Fury deal collapsed, Battalion refinanced again, replacing its Macquarie term loan with a new $162 million (plus incremental capacity) facility from Fortress Credit Corp - moving quickly to secure its standalone financial footing.

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20 Dec 2024material agreement termination▼ BadMajor

A year to the week after signing, Battalion formally terminated the Fury Resources merger agreement after Fury again failed to close - ending a saga of seven amendments, three financing defaults and one price cut (from $9.80 to $7.00/share) without the deal ever completing.

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26 Nov 2024business combination▼ BadMajor

Battalion waived its right to walk away over a November 29, 2024 deadline so Fury could keep chasing 'Alternative Financing' - which, as of this filing, Fury still hadn't lined up.

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18 Nov 2024business combination▼ BadMajor

Fury told Battalion it would miss yet another set of deadlines under the (by now seven-times-amended) merger agreement - the third round of financing defaults since the deal was first signed nearly a year earlier.

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21 Oct 2024business combination▼ BadMajor

Battalion filed its definitive proxy for a Nov 19, 2024 stockholder vote on the Fury merger, now at $7.00 per share in cash instead of the original $9.80, after the Seventh Amendment of Sept 19, 2024. The $7.00 is 32.6% above the Dec 14, 2023 close of $5.28 and 129.5% above the $3.05 close on Sept 18, 2024. Gen IV Investment Opportunities joined Luminus and Oaktree as a party rolling over preferred stock, and the Lion Point preferred purchase agreement was terminated. The stock closed at $6.57 on Oct 18, 2024. This continues the deal, at a lower price than originally agreed.

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17 Oct 2024business combination● Neutral

The going-private disclosure was amended again to add The Bralina Group as another filing person tied to the Fury transaction.

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11 Oct 2024business combination● Neutral

A further amendment to the going-private disclosure updated the transaction statement as the repriced Fury deal's paperwork continued to be finalized.

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3 Oct 2024business combination● NeutralMajor

The going-private disclosure was updated to reflect the repriced $7.00 deal and its new participants; separately, financing exhibits show Fury's acquisition vehicle lining up a $200 million secured term loan, with AI Partners Asset Management committing half of it - real financing progress, at the lower price.

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19 Sept 2024business combination▼ BadMajor

Fury came back with a materially worse offer, and Battalion's special committee accepted it: the cash merger price was cut from $9.80 to $7.00 per share, a roughly 29% reduction, with the preferred-stock rollover structure also reworked to add Gen IV Investment Opportunities as another insider rolling equity into the buyer.

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11 Sept 2024business combination▼ BadMajor

Battalion granted Fury yet another extension, pushing the merger's outside date from September 12 to December 31, 2024 - the sixth amendment to a deal that was supposed to close by mid-2024.

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28 Aug 2024material agreement▼ BadMajor

Separately from the stalled merger, Battalion amended its Macquarie term loan to relax its current-ratio covenant to 0.90-to-1.00 for the third quarter of 2024 - a sign of tightening liquidity while the Fury deal remained unresolved.

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11 June 2024business combination▼ BadMajor

Rather than terminate after two missed financing deadlines, Battalion's board (on its special committee's recommendation) again extended Fury's runway, pushing the merger's outside date from June 12 to September 12, 2024 to give Fury more time to complete its equity financing.

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14 May 2024capital raising announcement▼ BadMajor

The insider group bought yet another $19.5 million of new Series A-4 Preferred Stock on the same terms, the fourth such round in eight months, underscoring how dependent Battalion had become on its three largest shareholders for liquidity while the Fury Resources take-private talks dragged on.

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3 May 2024business combination● NeutralMajor

A week after missing its financing deadline, Fury had still not fully documented its financing but had lined up $160 million in equity-financing commitments (with $10 million already drawn into escrow) - real progress, though still short of what the merger agreement required.

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29 Apr 2024business combination▼ BadMajor

Fury missed its financing deadline again, failing to deliver binding equity-financing agreements by April 26, 2024 as required - a second real default giving Battalion another contractual right to terminate the merger.

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