MEG Energy's Christina Lake oilsands facility near Fort McMurray. Photo by MEG Energy

MEG Energy Corp. shareholders have approved Cenovus Energy Inc.’s $8.6-billion takeover offer.

More than 86 per cent of the votes were cast in favour of the deal, MEG chairman James McFarland said Thursday morning.

The deal also passed a minority approval test, with 83 per cent of votes cast — excluding shares controlled by the oilsands producer’s largest shareholder Strathcona Resources Ltd. — voting in favour of the transaction.

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