---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-25-007385"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLFD"
cik: "0000796505"
company_name: "Clearfield, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-11-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T19:32:29.195122+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Clearfield divests Nestor Cables business via management buyout; expects accretive impact

## Summary
- Sold Clearfield Finland Oy (Nestor Cables) for $1 cash + contribution of $5.8M inter-company receivables.
- Business employs ~100 in Finland & Estonia; Nestor Cables will continue as a Clearfield supplier.
- Expects one-time loss in fiscal Q4 2025 (minimal cash impact); transaction accretive to margins going forward.
- Divestiture sharpens focus on core Community Broadband fiber connectivity; supports BABA vertical integration.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-25-007385
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLFD
- cik: 0000796505
- company_name: Clearfield, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796505/000117184325007385/0001171843-25-007385-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796505/000117184325007385/f8k_111725.htm

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