---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-002199"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JBI"
cik: "0001839839"
company_name: "Janus International Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:15:02.313484+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Janus acquires Kiwi II Construction for ~$97.2M cash; adds self-storage building services

## Summary
- Acquired substantially all assets of Kiwi II Construction, Kiwi East, and Metal Tech for $97.2M cash.
- Kiwi II expects ~$90M net sales in fiscal 2025; deal valued at ~5x adjusted EBITDA including synergies.
- Post-acquisition net leverage ratio expected within target range of 2.0x to 3.0x.
- Two beneficial owners received total of 1,806,571 RSUs vesting over 3 years in 2027–2029.
- Kiwi II CEO and COO remain with the business; operations based in Temecula, CA.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-002199
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JBI
- cik: 0001839839
- company_name: Janus International Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839839/000110465926002199/0001104659-26-002199-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839839/000110465926002199/tm262443d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-002199.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Janus International Group, Inc. entered into Asset Purchase Agreement with Kiwi II Construction Inc., Kiwi II East Inc., Metal Tech, Inc., certain individuals, and Wayne Woolsey valued at approximately $97.2 million in cash (effective 2026-01-08).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: asset purchase
  - Counterparty: Kiwi II Construction Inc., Kiwi II East Inc., Metal Tech, Inc., certain individuals, and Wayne Woolsey
  - Value: approximately $97.2 million in cash
  - Effective: 2026-01-08
  source text: On January 8, 2026, Janus International Group, LLC (“Janus Core”), a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Janus International Group, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into, and closed the transaction contemplated by, that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 8, 2026 (the “Agreement”) with Kiwi II Construction Inc., a California corporation (“Kiwi Construction”), Kiwi II East Inc., a Tennessee corporation (“Kiwi East”), Metal Tech, Inc., a California corporation (“Metal Tech” and, together with Kiwi Construction and Kiwi East, the “Sellers”), certain individuals (the “Beneficial Owners” and, together with the Sellers, the “Seller Parties”) that owned all of the outstanding equity interests of the Sellers, and Wayne Woolsey, an individual, in his capacity as representative of the Seller Parties.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839839/000110465926002199/0001104659-26-002199-index.htm

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