Lifeway Foods (LWAY) 10% Owner Divisadero Street Buys Stock

What Happened Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP (reporting as a 10% owner via related entities) made three open-market purchases of Lifeway Foods (LWAY) stock on Aug 13, Aug 14 and Aug 17, 2026. The transactions totaled 246,568 shares for approximately $6.13 million: 195,616 shares on 2026-08-13 at a weighted avg $24.87 ($4.87M); 15,000 shares on 2026-08-14 at a weighted avg $24.69 ($370K); and 35,952 shares on 2026-08-17 at a weighted avg $24.78 (~$891K). These were purchases (transaction code P).

Key Details

• Transaction dates and reported amounts:
  • 2026-08-13: 195,616 shares @ $24.87 (weighted avg) = $4,865,537. (F1 notes the underlying trades ranged $24.5375–$25.4022.)
  • 2026-08-14: 15,000 shares @ $24.69 = $370,352.
  • 2026-08-17: 35,952 shares @ $24.78 = $890,923. (F3 notes underlying trades ranged $24.6705–$24.8293.)
• Total purchased: 246,568 shares for ~ $6,126,812.
• Shares owned after the transactions: Not specified in the excerpt provided.
• Ownership structure (F2): reported securities are owned directly by Divisadero Street Partners, L.P. (the Fund), managed by Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP (the Adviser); indirect beneficial ownership is also attributed to Divisadero Street Capital, LLC (Adviser GP), Divisadero Street Partners GP, LLC (Fund GP) and William Zolezzi.
• Filing: Form filed Aug 17, 2026 and covers trades from Aug 13–17; no indication in the provided data that the filing was late.

Context

• These are institutional open-market purchases by a 10% owner (a private fund and its adviser), not an individual officer/director trade. Purchases by large shareholders can be informative to investors, but the filing itself does not state the reporting persons' motivations. Footnotes show the reported prices are weighted averages across multiple executions and provide price ranges for those trades.