---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-174063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMWD"
cik: "0000794619"
company_name: "AMERICAN WOODMARK CORP"
filed_at: "2025-08-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T20:13:42.888374+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# American Woodmark to merge with MasterBrand in all-stock deal; AMWD shareholders get 5.150 MBC shares each

## Summary
- Pro forma equity value ~$2.4B, enterprise value ~$3.6B; MasterBrand 63%, American Woodmark 37% ownership.
- Anticipated run-rate cost synergies ~$90M by year three; expected accretion to MBC adjusted EPS in year two.
- Termination fees: $25M (AMWD to MBC), $30M (MBC to AMWD), plus $35M reverse fee for antitrust failure.
- Transaction requires approvals from both sets of shareholders and antitrust clearance; target close by Aug 2026.
- Preliminary AMWD Q1 FY2026 results included in press release; specific numbers not available in truncated text.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-174063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMWD
- cik: 0000794619
- company_name: AMERICAN WOODMARK CORP
- filed_at: 2025-08-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/794619/000119312525174063/0001193125-25-174063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/794619/000119312525174063/d97766d8k.htm

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