** Shares of energy producer SilverBow Resources SBOW.N
rise 3.4% to $29.36
** Co says its top shareholder Kimmeridge Energy Management
has nominated three candidates to its board
** SBOW says board will review the nominations, adding that
some of the nominations "appear to have close ties with
Kimmeridge"
** Nominations are a part of Kimmeridge's nearly two-year
effort to force a merger with Kimmeridge Texas Gas on terms
unfavorable to SilverBow and its shareholders - SBOW
** Kimmeridge made an attempt to take SilverBow private last
February, but its proposal fell through
** Stock rose 2.8% in 2023
(Reporting by Vallari Srivastava in Bengaluru)
((Srivastava.Vallari@thomsonreuters.com;))