secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Post Holdings, Inc. (POST)
CIK:        0001530950
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001530950-25-000238
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Post Holdings sells pasta business to Richardson for $375M cash; new $500M buyback authorized
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- Richardson will pay $375M cash and assume ~$80M in leaseback liabilities for 8th Avenue's pasta business.
- Transaction expected to close in Post's fiscal Q1 2026, subject to customary conditions.
- Post retains 8th Avenue's nut butters, fruit/nut and granola businesses, expected to contribute $45-50M in Adj. EBITDA in FY2026.
- Post expects ~$15M annual cost synergies from retained businesses by end of FY2026, yielding a synergized multiple below 7x.
- New $500M share repurchase authorization approved; $304.8M had been used under previous authorization since Feb 2025.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530950/000153095025000238/0001530950-25-000238-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530950/000153095025000238/post-20250827.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001530950-25-000238

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