Singer’s Elliott Scores Victory as Suncor Explores Retail Sale

  • Oil firm to review ‘wide range of alternatives’ for division
  • Former Talisman, BHP executives become directors immediately

Suncor Energy headquarters in Calgary.

Photographer: Gavin Bryan John/Bloomberg
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Suncor Energy Inc. will review its retail business for a possible sale and add three new directors as part of a deal with Elliott Investment Management LP, bowing to pressure from the activist investment firm.

The revised board will form a committee to oversee the review of the downstream assets, Calgary-based Suncor said Monday in a statementBloomberg Terminal. The retail group includes one of Canada’s largest networks of gas stations with convenience stores attached -- more than 1,500 locations operating under the Petro-Canada brand.