# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001279495
**File Stem:** 0001279495-23-000012
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
**Character Count:** 5313
**Document Hash:** b45a4ecea0f74319df2a2cce6dafbbe1
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001279495-23-000012.hdr.sgml**: 20230221

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001279495-23-000012

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-A12B

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230221

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230217

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** BAYTEX ENERGY CORP.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001279495
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** DRILLING OIL & GAS WELLS [1381]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 981035204

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-A12B
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-32754
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23644516

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 2800, 520 3RD AVE SW
- **CITY:** CALGARY
- **STATE:** A0
- **ZIP:** T2P 0R3
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 587-952-3000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 2800, 520 3RD AVE SW
- **CITY:** CALGARY
- **STATE:** A0
- **ZIP:** T2P 0R3

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** BAYTEX ENERGY TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20040210

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**UNITED STATES** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Washington, D.C. 20549** |
| **FORM 8-A** |
| **FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES** |
| **PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE** |
| **SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934** |

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| **Baytex Energy Corp.** | **Baytex Energy Corp.** |
| (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) | (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
| **Alberta, Canada** | **N/A** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(State of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Centennial Place, East Tower**<br>**2800, 520 – 3**<sup>rd</sup> **Avenue SW**<br>**Calgary, Alberta, Canada** | **T2P 0R3** |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
| <br>Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: | <br>Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: |
| Title of each class<br>to be so registered | Name of each exchange on which<br>each class is to be registered |
| **Common Shares, no par value** | **New York Stock Exchange** |
| <br>If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. <br>If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), please check the following box. <br>If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box.  | <br>If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. <br>If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), please check the following box. <br>If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box.  |
| Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: | (if applicable) |
| Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: **None** | Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: **None** |

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**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT**

**Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.**

The securities to be registered consist of common shares, no par value ("Common Shares") of Baytex Energy Corp., an Alberta corporation (the "Registrant"). The description of the Registrant's Common Shares under the headings "Dividends", "Description of Capital Structure – Share Capital" and "Description of Capital Structure – Share Capital – Common Shares" in the Registrant's Annual Information Form for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, attached as Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 40-F for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Commission on March 1, 2022, is incorporated herein by reference.

**Item 2. Exhibits.**

Not applicable.

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**SIGNATURE**

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

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| | **BAYTEX ENERGY CORP.** | **BAYTEX ENERGY CORP.** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Date: February 17, 2023 | By: | *<u>/s/ James R. Maclean</u>* |
|  | Name: | James R. Maclean |
|  | Title: | Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |

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