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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001999371-25-013500"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LWAY"
cik: "0000814586"
company_name: "Lifeway Foods, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-09-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T06:18:37.223738+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Danone withdraws proposal to acquire Lifeway; Lifeway reports record Q2 sales

## Summary
- Danone has withdrawn its unsolicited acquisition proposal for Lifeway Foods (LWAY).
- Lifeway's Board formed a Strategic Review Committee; engaged extensively with Danone.
- Q2 2025 net sales hit record $53.9M, up 18% YoY on a comparable basis.
- First two months of Q3 unaudited net sales $39.1M, up 20% YoY through August 31.
- Lifeway delivered 22 consecutive quarters of growth, reiterating commitment to value creation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001999371-25-013500
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LWAY
- cik: 0000814586
- company_name: Lifeway Foods, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-09-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814586/000199937125013500/0001999371-25-013500-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814586/000199937125013500/lifeway-8k_091825.htm

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