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Weis Markets Purchases Private Transaction 2.15M Shares, No Par Value For Aggregate Purchase Price Of $140M Or About $65.00/Shr Per Share

Benzinga·06/06/2025 12:50:19
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Weis Markets, Inc. (the "Company") announced effective June 6, 2025 that it has purchased in a private transaction 2,153,846 shares (the "Shares") of the Company's Common Stock, no par value ("Common Stock") for an aggregate purchase price of $140,000,000, or approximately $65.00 per share, pursuant to a Share Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") among the trustees of The Patricia R. Weis Marital Trust and The Patricia G. Ross Weis Revocable Trust (collectively, the "Sellers") and the Company. The Sellers are affiliated with Jonathan H. Weis, the Chairman, President, and CEO of the Company, and other members of the Weis family (collectively, the "Weis Family").  The Sellers will use the proceeds from the sale principally to satisfy estate tax obligations of the estate of Patricia R. Weis.  Following the sale, the Sellers continue to own 4,051,383 shares of Common Stock, and members of the Weis Family remain owners of approximately 61% of the outstanding Common Stock.

The approximate $65.00 per share purchase price represents a 12.3% discount to the closing price of the Common Stock as of June 5, 2025, a 15.6% discount to the 30-day volume weighted average trading price of the Common Stock as of June 5, 2025, a 12.8% discount to the 180-day volume weighted average trading price of the Common Stock as of June 5, 2025, and a 8.4% discount to the 1-year volume weighted average trading price of the Common Stock as of June 5, 2025. The Company funded the purchase by a combination of cash on hand and cash from the sale of marketable securities.  The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, and covenants of the parties.