---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-019610"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACU"
cik: "0000002098"
company_name: "ACME UNITED CORP"
filed_at: "2026-01-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T09:03:33.746129+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Acme United acquires assets of My Medic for $18.7M; My Medic had $19M revenue in 2025

## Summary
- Paid $14.6M cash at closing; up to $4.1M additional based on 2027 revenue milestones and indemnification holdback.
- My Medic is a leading supplier of tactical, trauma, and emergency response products, primarily DTC, with 500k social media followers.
- My Medic generated ~$19M revenue in 2025 and employs 40 in North Salt Lake, Utah.
- Acme plans to keep operations in Utah and expand product offering and distribution in U.S. and Canada.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-019610
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACU
- cik: 0000002098
- company_name: ACME UNITED CORP
- filed_at: 2026-01-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000119312526019610/0001193125-26-019610-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000119312526019610/acu-20260122.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 8c0555bfda7ed4f288b833bdb962fccf61ffd24a
  claim: ACME UNITED CORP completed an acquisition involving SLED Distribution, LLC d/b/a My Medic and Rapid Medical, LLC for $18,700,000 (closed 2026-01-15).
  evidence_excerpt: of the Sellers, including liabilities related to excluded assets, pre-closing operations, or pre-closing taxes. The maximum purchase price for the Purchased Assets is $18,700,000. At closing, the Company paid $14.6 million in cash to the Sellers. The $4.1 million balance of the purchase price is subject to certain contingencies as follows: (a) $1,000,000,
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000119312526019610/0001193125-26-019610-index.htm

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