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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · WD-40 (WDFC)

WD-40 sells UK 1001 homecare brands to Supreme Imports for up to $7.5 million

Neutral Impact 3 of 5 m&a Written later

WD-40 Company and its UK subsidiary agreed on August 29, 2025 to sell their U.K. homecare and cleaning businesses, including the 1001 and 1001 Carpet Fresh brands, to Supreme Imports Ltd. The company said the all-cash deal, including inventory consideration, is valued up to £5.6 million ($7.5 million), and it expects to use most of the up-front proceeds to pay down short-term high-interest rate debt.

Key points

  • Buyer is Supreme Imports Ltd; the asset purchase agreement is dated August 29, 2025 and the transaction closed simultaneously with signing.
  • Cash at closing is £1,300,000 (about $1.8 million), with a further £350,000 (about $0.5 million) due 12 months after closing.
  • The businesses generated net sales of about $9.0 million in fiscal 2024 and about $6.5 million in the nine months ended May 31, 2025.
  • Earn-out payments are capped at £2,920,000 (about $3.9 million) in aggregate, and no facilities or employees transfer to the buyer.

The filing

CompanyWD-40 (WDFC)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECSep 2, 2025, 9:15 AM ET
Accession number0000105132-25-000031

Items reported: 1.01 Material Definitive Agreement7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:49 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on September 02, 2025.

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