
US$4.5 Billion Deal Reached: Suncor to Acquire Canadian Oil Sands
SU, COS Come to Terms on Sweetened Offer After months of posturing and wrestling for shareholder approval, the boards of Suncor (ticker: SU) and Canadian Oil Sands (ticker: COS) have reached a merger agreement. The joint announcement, released on January 18, 2015, includes a sweetened transaction value of CN$6.6 billion (about US$4.5 billion) for COS, inclusive of an estimated CN$2.4