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Lifeway Foods Inc. filings document the regulatory record for an Illinois operating company whose common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol LWAY. Its Form 8-K reports cover operating results, sales estimates, Regulation FD disclosures, material agreements, director appointments and resignations, and compensatory arrangements under the company's 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
Proxy materials describe annual shareholder meeting matters, board and committee governance, executive compensation and equity-plan administration. The filing record also identifies the company's registered securities, including common stock and preferred stock purchase rights, and includes formal disclosures related to financial reporting, governance changes and capital-structure matters.
Lifeway Foods, Inc. insider Ludmila Smolyansky, through the Ludmila Smolyansky Trust dated 2/1/05, reported an open-market sale of 20,000 shares of common stock. The weighted average sale price was $24.64 per share, with individual trades between $24.00 and $24.99 per share.
After this transaction, the trust’s indirect holdings reported for Smolyansky totaled 712,823 shares of Lifeway Foods common stock.
Divisadero Street Partners, L.P., a private investment fund, reported open-market purchases of 165,045 shares of Lifeway Foods, Inc. common stock. The buys occurred on May 14–15, 2026 at weighted average prices between $22.9794 and $26.3251 per share.
After these transactions, the filing shows 2,101,540 shares of Lifeway Foods common stock indirectly owned. The securities are held directly by Divisadero Street Partners, L.P. and may be deemed indirectly beneficially owned by related Divisadero entities and William Zolezzi, as described in the footnotes.
Divisadero Street Partners, L.P., a private investment fund, reported an existing indirect holding of 1,936,495 shares of Lifeway Foods, Inc. common stock on a Form 3. The fund is managed by Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP, and several related entities may be deemed indirect beneficial owners.
Lifeway Foods, Inc. ownership disclosure: a group of related reporting persons led by Divisadero Street reports beneficial ownership of 2,101,540 shares of common stock, representing 13.8% of the class. The filing names Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP; Divisadero Street Partners, L.P.; Divisadero Street Partners GP, LLC; Divisadero Street Capital, LLC; and William Zolezzi as reporting persons and shows shared voting and dispositive power over the same 2,101,540 shares. Signatures are dated 05/18/2026 and the cover indicates an amendment.
Lifeway Foods, Inc. insider Edward Smolyansky, identified as a ten percent owner, reported open-market sales of a total of 49,000 shares of common stock over two days. On May 14–15, 2026, he sold shares at weighted average prices ranging from about $23.73 to $26.99 per share, according to price-range footnotes. After these sales, he continues to hold a substantial position in Lifeway Foods both directly and indirectly through a trust and an LLC, while formally disclaiming beneficial ownership of shares held by his son and limiting beneficial ownership claims on certain LLC-held shares.
Lifeway Foods, Inc. registers 3,454,756 shares of its common stock for resale by the Selling Stockholder, Danone USA Public Benefit Corporation, under a prospectus supplement to its Form S-3.
The prospectus supplement states the company will receive no proceeds from these resales, the shares are offered at a public offering price of $19.50 per share, and the underwriter will purchase the shares from the Selling Stockholder at $18.425 per share. The document also discloses that, as of April 30, 2026, there were 15,281,888 shares outstanding, that the Selling Stockholder beneficially owned 22.61% prior to the offering, and that the company has agreed, subject to completion of the offering, to repurchase up to $5 million of offered shares from the underwriter.
LWAY insider sale reports: Form 144 filings list multiple open-market sales of Common Stock by Edward Smolyansky, including transactions of 25,000 shares on 05/14/2026 and smaller lots in March 2026. The filing also notes a prior gift of 50,000 shares on 05/19/2023.
LifeWay Foods disclosure shows a proposed sale of 20,000 common shares by Michael Smolyansky, indicated as received by inheritance on 01/01/2002. The Form 144 names RBC Capital Markets LLC as broker. The filing also records recent sales by Ludmila Smolyansky: 10,000 shares sold on 03/18/2026 for $188,000 and 15,000 shares sold on 04/20/2026 for $397,500.
LWAY reported reported Form 144 sale notices for Common Stock by related parties. The filing lists a gift of 50,000 shares on 05/19/2023 to Ludmila Smolyansky and a series of sales by Edward Smolyansky in March 2026 totaling several transactions: 22,313, 13,334, 7,343 and 14,353 shares with reported proceeds shown alongside each trade.
The notices identify Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as the broker and include per‑trade proceeds in dollars for each sale. The filing is administrative disclosure of insider dispositions under Form 144.
LWAY reported reported Form 144 sale notices for Common Stock by related parties. The filing lists a gift of 50,000 shares on 05/19/2023 to Ludmila Smolyansky and a series of sales by Edward Smolyansky in March 2026 totaling several transactions: 22,313, 13,334, 7,343 and 14,353 shares with reported proceeds shown alongside each trade.
The notices identify Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as the broker and include per‑trade proceeds in dollars for each sale. The filing is administrative disclosure of insider dispositions under Form 144.
Lifeway Foods, Inc. disclosed that Danone USA Public Benefit Corporation is conducting a secondary underwritten public offering of 3,454,756 shares of Lifeway common stock at $19.50 per share. All shares are being sold by the selling stockholder, so Lifeway will not receive offering proceeds.
Lifeway has agreed to repurchase approximately $5.0 million of these shares at the same price, with the repurchase conditioned on the closing of the offering, which is expected on May 19, 2026 subject to customary conditions. The transaction is being made under an effective Form S-3 shelf registration, with BTIG, LLC acting as sole underwriter and book-running manager.
Lifeway Foods, Inc. disclosed that Danone USA Public Benefit Corporation is conducting a secondary underwritten public offering of 3,454,756 shares of Lifeway common stock at $19.50 per share. All shares are being sold by the selling stockholder, so Lifeway will not receive offering proceeds.
Lifeway has agreed to repurchase approximately $5.0 million of these shares at the same price, with the repurchase conditioned on the closing of the offering, which is expected on May 19, 2026 subject to customary conditions. The transaction is being made under an effective Form S-3 shelf registration, with BTIG, LLC acting as sole underwriter and book-running manager.