April 9, 2018 / 11:54 AM / Updated 21 minutes ago

SandRidge says will evaluate buyout offers, including Icahn's

(Reuters) - SandRidge Energy Inc (SD.N), which is in the middle of a proxy fight with top shareholder Carl Icahn, said on Monday it would evaluate buyout offers, including one from Icahn.

FILE PHOTO - An electronic display identifies the post that trades SandRidge Energy stock on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, January 11, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Phoro

    The activist investor, who offered to buy the company last week, said he planned to nominate directors who would push for a sale of SandRidge Energy.

    Reporting by Karan Nagarkatti in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber