Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
The Company also announced on February 25, 2025 that its
Board has approved a new $500 million share repurchase program.
The share repurchase program authorizes
the Company, in management’s discretion,
to repurchase Common Shares from time
to
time for an aggregate purchase
price up to $500
million (exclusive of any fees,
taxes, commissions or other expenses related
to
such repurchases),
subject to
market conditions
and other
factors. The
actual timing,
number and
value of
shares repurchased
under the program will be
determined by management in its
discretion and will depend on
a number of factors, including,
but not
limited to, the market price of the Common Shares and general market and economic conditions.
The Company expects to strategically and opportunistically repurchase shares from time to time through solicited or unsolicited
transactions in the
open market, in
privately negotiated transactions
or by other
means in accordance
with securities laws.
It is
also possible
that the
Company could
use a
portion of
its new
share repurchase
program to
repurchase some
of the
Members’
Common Shares
as
part of
the Potential
Portfolio Diversification.
Any repurchases
from
the
Members would
require special
approval from the Special Committee. The Company expects that share repurchases under the program will be funded from one
or a
combination of
existing cash
balances and
future free
cash flow.
The share
repurchase program
does not
obligate the
Company
to repurchase any specific amount of shares, does not
have an expiration date, and may be suspended, modified
or discontinued
at any time without prior notice.
Cal-Maine
Foods
issued
a
press
release,
dated
February 25,
2025,
titled
“Cal-Maine
Foods,
Inc. Announces Agreement
with
Company’s Founder’s Family and Also Announces New $500 Million Share
Repurchase Program.” A copy of the press release
is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.4 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information included
in this Item 7.01,
including Exhibit 99.4 furnished
herewith, is being
furnished and shall
not be deemed
to be
filed for purposes
of Section 18 of
the Exchange Act, or
otherwise subject to
the liabilities of
that section, nor
shall it be
deemed incorporated by reference into
any filing under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, or
the Exchange Act, except as
shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
Certain statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K may contain “forward-looking statements” within
the meaning
of Section 27A
of the
Securities
Act of
1933, as
amended, and
Section 21E of
the Exchange
Act.
Such forward-looking
statements
are
identified
by
the
use
of
words
such
as
“believes,”
“intends,”
“expects,”
“hopes,”
“may,”
“should,”
“plans,”
“projected,”
“contemplates,” “anticipates,” or
similar words.
Actual outcomes or
results could differ
materially from those
projected in the
forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking
statements are
based on
management’s current
intent, belief,
expectations,
estimates, and projections
regarding the Company
and its industry.
These statements are
not guarantees of
future performance
and involve risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other
factors that are difficult to predict
and may be beyond our
control.
The
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in
the forward-looking statements include, among
others,
(i) the
risk
factors
set
forth
in
Part I
Item 1A
Risk
Factors
of
our Annual
Report
on
Form 10-K
for
the
year
ended
June 1, 2024, as well as those included in other reports we file from time to time with the SEC (including our Quarterly Reports
on Form 10-Q and Current
Reports on Form 8-K), (ii) the
occurrence of any event,
change or other circumstances
that could give
rise to the Board’s decision to abandon
the Restated Charter or to the termination
of the Conversion Agreement,
(iii) the effect of
the announcement of the Conversion Agreement on the Common Shares’ trading price, the ability of the Company to retain and
hire
key
personnel
and
maintain
relationships
with
its
customers
and
suppliers,
and
on
the
Company’s
operating
results
and
business generally, (iv) the impact on the Common Shares’ trading price of the sale or marketing, or potential sale or marketing,
of a significant number of
Common Shares as part of the
family’s portfolio diversification, (v) the risks and
hazards inherent in
the shell egg business (including disease, pests, weather conditions, and potential
for product recall), including but not limited to
the current outbreak
of HPAI affecting
poultry in the
U.S., Canada and
other countries that
was first detected
in commercial flocks
in the
U.S. in
February 2022 and
that first
impacted our
flocks in
December 2023, (vi) changes
in the
demand for
and market
prices of shell eggs and
feed costs, (vii) our ability
to predict and meet
demand for cage-free and
other specialty eggs, (viii) risks,
changes, or obligations
that could result
from our recent
or future acquisition
of new flocks
or businesses and
risks or changes
that may cause conditions
to completing a pending
acquisition not to
be met, (ix) risks relating
to changes in
inflation and interest
rates, (x) our
ability to
retain existing
customers, acquire
new customers
and grow
our product
mix, (xi) adverse
results in
pending
litigation matters, and (xii) global
instability, including as a
result of the war
in Ukraine, the conflicts
in Israel and surrounding
areas and attacks on shipping in the
Red Sea.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on forward-looking statements
because, while we
believe the assumptions
on which
the forward-looking statements
are based are
reasonable, there can
be no
assurance that these forward-looking statements will prove
to be accurate.
Further, forward-looking statements included herein
are only made as
of the respective dates
thereof, or if no
date is stated, as
of the date hereof.
Except as otherwise required
by law,
we disclaim any intent
or obligation to update publicly
these forward-looking statements, whether because
of new information,
future events, or otherwise.