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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-227887"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALOT"
cik: "0000008146"
company_name: "AstroNova, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-18T11:20:01+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T11:25:50.124102+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AstroNova settles MTEX acquisition dispute, acquires Porto property valued at €2.5M

## Summary
- Settlement with Eloi Ferreira, Effort, and Atlantiprestigio resolves all claims from May 2024 MTEX acquisition.
- Atlantiprestigio transfers industrial property in Porto, Portugal, valued at €2.5 million to AstroNova Portugal.
- Lease obligations waived; personal guarantees for MTEX loans by Ferreira released.
- Mutual release of all claims; pending arbitration and preventive seizure proceeding terminated.
- Property received free of encumbrances except existing seizures in favor of AstroNova Portugal.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-227887
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALOT
- cik: 0000008146
- company_name: AstroNova, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-18T11:20:01+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8146/000119312526227887/0001193125-26-227887-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8146/000119312526227887/d139961d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  AstroNova, Inc. entered into Settlement with Eloi Serafim Alves Ferreira, Effort Premier Solutions, LDA., Atlantiprestigio – Imobiliaria, S.A. valued at €2.5 million (effective 2026-05-15).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: settlement
  - Counterparty: Eloi Serafim Alves Ferreira, Effort Premier Solutions, LDA., Atlantiprestigio – Imobiliaria, S.A.
  - Value: €2.5 million
  - Effective: 2026-05-15
  source text: On May 15, 2026 we, together with our subsidiaries AstroNova Portugal, Unipessoal (“AstroNova Portugal”) and MTEX New Solution, S.A. (“MTEX”) entered into a settlement (the “Settlement”) with Eloi Serafim Alves Ferreira, Effort Premier Solutions, LDA. (“Effort”) and Atlantiprestigio – Imobiliaria, S.A. (“Atlantiprestigio”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8146/000119312526227887/0001193125-26-227887-index.htm

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