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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-105253"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BXC"
cik: "0001301787"
company_name: "BlueLinx Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2022-10-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T05:52:13.652181+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BlueLinx acquires Vandermeer Forest Products for $67M; expects immediate EPS accretion

## Summary
- Purchase price $67.0M ($63.4M for business + $3.6M for real estate), funded with cash on hand.
- Vandermeer's trailing twelve-month sales ~$150M; purchase price multiple ~3.3x adjusted EBITDA.
- Acquisition aligns with specialty product growth strategy and provides a Pacific Northwest platform.
- No operational overlap; robust integration plan in place to drive commercial and operational synergies.
- After funding, BlueLinx's net leverage did not materially change; ample liquidity remains.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-105253
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BXC
- cik: 0001301787
- company_name: BlueLinx Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-10-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1301787/000110465922105253/0001104659-22-105253-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1301787/000110465922105253/tm2227236d1_8k.htm

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