secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CALERES INC (CAL)
CIK:        0000014707
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000014707-25-000049
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.01, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Caleres completes $108.7M acquisition of Stuart Weitzman from Tapestry on Aug 4, 2025
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- Purchase price of $120.2M gross, net $108.7M after $11.5M cash received; subject to working capital adjustments.
- Stuart Weitzman generated ~$220M in trailing 12-month sales; Caleres expects to return brand to profitability.
- Jonathan Lelonek appointed Stuart Weitzman brand president; previously SVP of global wholesale at the brand.
- Acquisition funded via Caleres' revolving credit agreement; BofA Securities served as financial advisor.
- Brand Portfolio segment to represent nearly half of total revenue post-acquisition.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14707/000001470725000049/0000014707-25-000049-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14707/000001470725000049/cal-20250804x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000014707-25-000049

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