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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Royal Gold (RGLD)

Royal Gold completes Sandstorm and Horizon acquisitions; issues 18.6 million shares

Mixed Impact 4 of 5 m&a Written later

Royal Gold closed its acquisitions of Sandstorm Gold and Horizon Copper on October 20, 2025. Sandstorm shareholders received 0.0625 Royal Gold shares per share, raising the share count to about 84.4 million, and Royal Gold drew $450 million on its $1.4 billion revolving credit facility to repay Sandstorm debt and fund Horizon cash payments. The deals add scale and diversification, but they increase borrowings and dilute existing holders, who will own about 77.5% of the combined company.

Key points

  • Sandstorm shareholders received 0.0625 Royal Gold share per Sandstorm share; about 18.6 million shares were issued.
  • Horizon shareholders (other than Sandstorm) received C$2.00 in cash per share, or C$127.0 million in aggregate.
  • As of October 20, 2025, $1.225 billion was drawn on the revolving credit facility, leaving $175 million available.
  • Former Royal Gold shareholders own about 77.5% of the combined company on a fully diluted basis.

The filing

CompanyRoyal Gold (RGLD)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECOct 21, 2025, 5:14 PM ET
Accession number0000085535-25-000149

Items reported: 2.01 Acquisition or Disposition Completed3.02 Unregistered Equity Sale7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 12:42 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on October 21, 2025.

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