Philadelphia, January 31, 2024 — Cozen O’Connor advised Utz Brands, Inc. (NYSE: UTZ), a leading U.S. manufacturer of branded salty snacks, and certain of its subsidiaries, including Utz Quality Foods, LLC, in its definitive purchase agreement for the sale of certain assets and brands to Our Home, an operating company of Better-for-You brands. Under the agreement, Our Home will purchase Utz’s Good Health® and R.W. Garcia® brands as well as Utz’s Lincolnton, NC, and Lititz, PA, manufacturing facilities and related assets, including the lease for Utz’s Las Vegas manufacturing facility. Following the transaction’s close, Utz and Our Home will operate under a Transition Services Agreement (TSA) and Our Home will co-manufacture certain Utz products and Utz will co-manufacture certain Good Health products. The total consideration for the transactions is $182.5 million, subject to customary adjustments.
The transactions are expected to close on February 5, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions.
Utz Brands, Inc. is a publicly traded manufacturer and seller of a diverse portfolio of savory snacks under brands that include Utz®, Zapp’s®, Golden Flake®, Good Health®, Boulder Canyon®, Hawaiian® Brand, and Tortiyahs! ®, among others.
Our Home provides delicious, wholesome snacks to communities at a great value. The company strives to create nourishing, flavorful snacks that offer a warm and welcoming sense of familiarity and satisfy every occasion and craving. This mission is shown through its portfolio of snack brands that include Food Should Taste Good, Popchips, Real Food From The Ground Up, and YOU NEED THIS.
Cozen O’Connor is serving as legal adviser and RBC Capital Markets LLC is serving as exclusive financial adviser to Utz Brands, Inc. Winston & Strawn LLP is serving as legal adviser to Our Home.
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