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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-035639"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001753706"
company_name: "Whole Earth Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T13:11:17.036130+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Whole Earth Brands completed acquisition by Sweet Oak Parent LLC at $4.875 per share on August 5, 2024

## Summary
- Shareholders received $4.875 per share in cash for each share of common stock held immediately prior to Merger.
- New $800M term loan and $75M revolver from Silver Point Finance credit agreement.
- Common stock (FREE) and warrants (FREEW) delisted from Nasdaq; Form 15 to suspend SEC reporting.
- All directors (Irwin D. Simon, Anuraag Agarwal, etc.) resigned; Company now wholly owned subsidiary.
- Outstanding stock awards and warrants vested or converted per Merger Agreement terms.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-035639
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001753706
- company_name: Whole Earth Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-08-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 1.02, 2.01, 2.03, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1753706/000114036124035639/0001140361-24-035639-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1753706/000114036124035639/ef20033420_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-035639.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Anuraag Agarwal resigned as Director at Whole Earth Brands, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: each of the following directors of the Company (Irwin D. Simon, Anuraag Agarwal, Steven M. Cohen, Denise M. Faltischek, Michael F. Goss and Ira J. Lamel) resigned as a member of the board of directors of the Company as of the Effective Time.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1753706/000114036124035639/0001140361-24-035639-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael F. Goss resigned as Director at Whole Earth Brands, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: each of the following directors of the Company (Irwin D. Simon, Anuraag Agarwal, Steven M. Cohen, Denise M. Faltischek, Michael F. Goss and Ira J. Lamel) resigned as a member of the board of directors of the Company as of the Effective Time.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1753706/000114036124035639/0001140361-24-035639-index.htm
- Executive change
  Irwin D. Simon resigned as Director at Whole Earth Brands, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: each of the following directors of the Company (Irwin D. Simon, Anuraag Agarwal, Steven M. Cohen, Denise M. Faltischek, Michael F. Goss and Ira J. Lamel) resigned as a member of the board of directors of the Company as of the Effective Time.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1753706/000114036124035639/0001140361-24-035639-index.htm
- Executive change
  Steven M. Cohen resigned as Director at Whole Earth Brands, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: each of the following directors of the Company (Irwin D. Simon, Anuraag Agarwal, Steven M. Cohen, Denise M. Faltischek, Michael F. Goss and Ira J. Lamel) resigned as a member of the board of directors of the Company as of the Effective Time.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1753706/000114036124035639/0001140361-24-035639-index.htm
- Executive change
  Denise M. Faltischek resigned as Director at Whole Earth Brands, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: each of the following directors of the Company (Irwin D. Simon, Anuraag Agarwal, Steven M. Cohen, Denise M. Faltischek, Michael F. Goss and Ira J. Lamel) resigned as a member of the board of directors of the Company as of the Effective Time.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1753706/000114036124035639/0001140361-24-035639-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ira J. Lamel resigned as Director at Whole Earth Brands, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: each of the following directors of the Company (Irwin D. Simon, Anuraag Agarwal, Steven M. Cohen, Denise M. Faltischek, Michael F. Goss and Ira J. Lamel) resigned as a member of the board of directors of the Company as of the Effective Time.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1753706/000114036124035639/0001140361-24-035639-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.