Lifeway Foods affiliate proposes sale of 40,000 shares

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Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY) is named in a notice by affiliate Ludmila Smolyansky proposing to sell 40,000 common shares. The notice lists an approximate aggregate market value of $839,160 and an approximate sale date of November 12, 2026. The shares are to be sold pursuant to the Ludmila Smolyansky Trust U/A dated February 1, 2005, through broker RBC Capital Markets LLC. They were acquired by inheritance from Michael Smolyansky on January 1, 2002.

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Shares proposed for sale: 40,000 shares Approximate aggregate market value: $839,160 Shares outstanding: 15,106,747 shares +1 more

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Shares proposed for sale 40,000 shares Proposed sale by affiliate Ludmila Smolyansky

Approximate aggregate market value $839,160 Shares proposed for sale

Shares outstanding 15,106,747 shares Lifeway Foods common shares outstanding, as stated in the notice

Approximate sale date November 12, 2026 Date listed for the proposed sale

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How many LWAY shares does Ludmila Smolyansky plan to sell?

The notice reports a proposed sale of 40,000 common shares for the account of affiliate Ludmila Smolyansky. The approximate aggregate market value is $839,160, and the approximate sale date is November 12, 2026.

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Form 144 Filer Information	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 144 NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FORM 144

144: Filer Information

Filer CIK	0001227848
Filer CCC	XXXXXXXX
Is this a LIVE or TEST Filing?	LIVE TEST
Submission Contact Information
Name
Phone
E-Mail Address

144: Issuer Information

Name of Issuer	Lifeway Foods, Inc.
SEC File Number	001-42398
Address of Issuer	6431 W OAKTON MORTON GROVE ILLINOIS 60053
Phone	847-967-1010
Name of Person for Whose Account the Securities are To Be Sold	SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA
See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.
Relationship to Issuer	AFFILIATE

144: Securities Information

Title of the Class of Securities To Be Sold	Name and Address of the Broker	Number of Shares or Other Units To Be Sold	Aggregate Market Value	Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding	Approximate Date of Sale	Name the Securities Exchange
COMMON	RBC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC 250 NICOLLET MALL, SUITE 1700 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55401	40000	839160.00	15106747	11/12/2026	NASDAQ

Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:

144: Securities To Be Sold

Title of the Class	Date you Acquired	Nature of Acquisition Transaction	Name of Person from Whom Acquired	Is this a Gift?	Date Donor Acquired	Amount of Securities Acquired	Date of Payment	Nature of Payment *
COMMON	01/01/2002	INHERITANCE	MICHAEL SMOLYANSKY			40000	01/01/2002	N/A

* If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.

144: Securities Sold During The Past 3 Months

Nothing to Report

144: Remarks and Signature

Remarks	SHARES SOLD PURSUANT TO THE LUDMILA SMOLYANSKY TRUST U/A DTD 02/01/2005
Date of Notice	11/12/2026
ATTENTION:
The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed. If such person has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date.
Signature	POA / JEFFREY EISCHENS
ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)