---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001530950-25-000133"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "POST"
cik: "0001530950"
company_name: "Post Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-04-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T18:16:36.482534+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Post Holdings to close two cereal plants; expects $63.5-$67.5M pre-tax charges

## Summary
- Closure of Cobourg, Ontario and Sparks, Nevada facilities; ~300 employees affected; expected by end of Dec 2025.
- Pre-tax charges of $63.5-67.5M, including cash severance ($20-22M), facility closure ($4-6M), and non-cash accelerated depreciation ($39.5M).
- Annual cost savings of ~$21-23M starting in fiscal 2026; additional capex of $5-7M in FY2025.
- Charges timing: ~$45.5M in FY2025 and ~$20M in FY2026.
- Reason: decline in ready-to-eat cereal category; capacity reduction needed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001530950-25-000133
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: POST
- cik: 0001530950
- company_name: Post Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-04-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530950/000153095025000133/0001530950-25-000133-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530950/000153095025000133/post-20250326.htm

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