secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MIDDLEBY Corp (MIDD)
CIK:        0000769520
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000769520-25-000013
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Middleby Q1 adj EBITDA $182M; Board adds 7.5M shares to buyback (21% of equity)
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- Net sales down 2.2% YoY; adjusted EBITDA $182.1M vs $185.8M prior year.
- Operating income $141M; operating cash flow $141.1M; net leverage 2.0x.
- Board authorized additional 7.5M shares repurchase; total 11.4M shares available (21% of equity).
- Targets vast majority of free cash flow for buybacks; YTD repurchased ~$50M.
- Tariff impact estimated $150M-$200M annual cost; expects full offset by year-end via pricing/initiatives.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769520/000076952025000013/0000769520-25-000013-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769520/000076952025000013/midd-20250507.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000769520-25-000013

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