WisdomTree Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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| Item 1.01. | Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Equity Purchase Agreement
On July 31, 2025, WisdomTree, Inc. (the “Company”) and WisdomTree Farmland Holdings, Inc. (the “Purchaser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into an Equity Purchase Agreement with Ceres Partners, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company (“Ceres”), the members of Ceres (together, the “Sellers”), and an individual acting as the Sellers’ representative, pursuant to which the Purchaser agreed to acquire from the Sellers all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Ceres (the “Acquisition”).
On October 1, 2025, the Purchaser completed the Acquisition for aggregate consideration consisting of (i) $275.0 million in cash, subject to customary post-closing adjustments, including adjustments to cash, indebtedness and working capital, and (ii) earnout consideration of up to $225.0 million, payable in 2030, contingent upon Ceres achieving a compound annual growth rate in revenue of 12% to 22% during the earnout measurement period of January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2029.
| Item 2.01. | Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets. |
Please see the disclosure set forth under “Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement” regarding the completion of the Acquisition, which is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits:
| Exhibit 99.1 | Press Release, dated October 2, 2025 |
| Exhibit 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| WisdomTree, Inc. | |||
| Date: October 2, 2025 | By: |
/s/ Bryan Edmiston
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| Bryan Edmiston | |||
| Chief Financial Officer | |||