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Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Company acquired Cullgen in an all-stock transaction that valued Cullgen at\n approximately $300 million. 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After giving effect to the\ntransactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the aggregate consideration consisted of (i) 220,007 shares (the “Mikytuck\nRollover Securities”) of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (“Class A Common Stock”)\nissued to Mr. Mikytuck, (ii) 69,511","comparable_evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2094433/000110465926050956/0001104659-26-050956-index.htm"}},{"accession":"0001437749-26-012942","ticker":"LSF","company_name":"Laird Superfood, Inc.","filed_at":"2026-04-21T23:59:59+00:00","headline":"Laird Superfood acquires Terrasoul for $48M cash plus $5M earnout; Nexus invests $60M in preferred stock","event_type":"m_and_a","sec_items":["1.01","2.01","3.02","5.02","7.01","9.01"],"materiality_score":0.85,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.85,"match_reasons":["same fact type: ma_transaction","same SEC item: 2.01, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01","same event type: m_and_a","similar materiality"],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-012942","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-012942.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-012942.md","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1650696/000143774926012942/0001437749-26-012942-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1650696/000143774926012942/lsf20260421_8k.htm"},"side_by_side_evidence":{"fact_type":"ma_transaction","source_excerpt":"and heavy rare earth permanent magnet metals and alloys at scale in its facility in Cheshire, U.K. Pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, the purchase price paid by Buyer was $100,000,000 in cash and 6.54 million shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Acquisition Shares”), subject to the deposit of 1,010,782 shares of the Company’s common stock into escrow and","source_evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1970622/000197062225000081/0001970622-25-000081-index.htm","comparable_excerpt":"Interests (as defined in the Terrasoul Acquisition Agreement) which constitute all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Terrasoul, for a purchase price of (i) $48.0 million in cash, subject to customary purchase price adjustments, including adjustments for working capital, cash, debt and transaction expenses and (ii) potential earnout consideration","comparable_evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1650696/000143774926012942/0001437749-26-012942-index.htm"}}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). 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