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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-26-001682"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LWAY"
cik: "0000814586"
company_name: "Lifeway Foods, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T15:19:25.221956+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lifeway Foods adopts standard deferred cash award forms under 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan

## Summary
- Compensation Committee approved form notice for Deferred Time-Vested Cash Awards on March 6, 2026.
- Approved separate form for Deferred Performance-Based Cash Awards with vesting tied to future performance criteria.
- Awards vest over scheduled dates; accelerated vesting upon death or disability; forfeited for cause.
- Payment in cash; if Danone's consent is not required, stock payment is allowed at Company's discretion.
- No specific grants or dollar amounts disclosed; forms are templates for future awards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-26-001682
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LWAY
- cik: 0000814586
- company_name: Lifeway Foods, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814586/000168316826001682/0001683168-26-001682-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814586/000168316826001682/lifeway_8k.htm

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