SUJA (SUJA) Paine Schwartz GP Buys 525,000 Shares

What Happened

• Paine Schwartz Food Chain Fund V GP, Ltd. (a reporting 10% owner) acquired 525,000 shares of Suja Life, Inc. Class A common stock across three open‑market purchases. The trades were: 175,000 shares on 2026-08-31 at a weighted avg price of $10.10 ($1,767,500); 175,000 shares on 2026-09-01 at $10.44 ($1,827,000); and 175,000 shares on 2026-09-02 at $10.26 ($1,795,500). Total consideration for the three purchases was about $5.39 million. These were purchases (buying activity), which many investors view as a more informative/“bullish” signal than sales, though no motive is stated.

Key Details

• Transaction dates and reported weighted-average prices:
  • 2026-08-31 — 175,000 shares @ $10.10 (total $1,767,500)
  • 2026-09-01 — 175,000 shares @ $10.44 (total $1,827,000)
  • 2026-09-02 — 175,000 shares @ $10.26 (total $1,795,500)
• Shares acquired in total: 525,000; aggregate value ≈ $5.39M.
• Shares owned after the transactions: not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
• Notable footnotes:
  • The reported prices are weighted averages; actual purchases were executed by PSP Suja Life Aggregator, L.P. across multiple trades at price ranges of roughly $9.65–$10.62 (see footnotes for exact ranges per block).
  • The securities reported are held across several Paine Schwartz-affiliated funds and aggregators; the GP may be deemed a beneficial owner but disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent of its pecuniary interest.
  • The reporting person offers to provide a full breakdown of how many shares were bought at each price upon request.
• Timeliness: Form filed 2026-09-02 for trades from 2026-08-31 to 2026-09-02; the filing does not state a late-filing exception in the excerpt provided.

Context

• This disclosure reflects institutional/investment-fund buying (a 10% owner through multiple affiliated funds/aggregators), not an individual executive’s personal trade. Institutional purchases can reflect portfolio allocation decisions rather than direct executive sentiment.
• Footnotes indicate the purchases were made in multiple underlying transactions by an aggregator vehicle; the filing structure and disclaimers are standard for fund-of-funds or multi‑entity holdings.