Kanen Wealth Management Issues Letter To Real Good Food Company, Inc.’s Board of Directors
December 22 2023 - 12:48PM
Kanen Wealth Management, LLC, owner of approximately 9.2% of the
Real Good Food Company, Inc.’s (NASDAQ: RGF) (the “Company”) Class
A Common Stock outstanding, issued a letter to the Company’s board
of directors warning against a potential “take private” offer and
transaction that would deprive long-suffering shareholders of the
appropriate premium for their shares.
The full text of the letter is below:
Dear Mr. Bryan Freeman and RGF Directors,
Kanen Wealth Management, LLC (“KWM”) is one of
the largest shareholders of the Real Good Food Company, Inc.
(NASDAQ: RGF) (“RGF” or the “Company”), owning over 1.8 million
shares, representing approximately 9.2% of the Company’s
outstanding Class A Common Stock. Given our ownership of the
Company, we recently requested representation on the Company’s
board of directors (the “Board”) but were rejected. We remain
extremely displeased with your decision and feel that it was made
to protect the control that Mr. Freeman, Mr. Law, and Mr. Chappelle
currently have over the Company, rather than for the best interest
of non-insider shareholders.
We note that the current Board has served since
2020 and during that time over 85% of shareholder value has
been destroyed! Based on our interaction with Mr. Bryan
Freeman, we feel it’s appropriate to warn the current management
and Board against conducting a potential management
buyout of remaining shares not owned by management and the
Board. It is our strong opinion that the Board has attempted to
keep KWM off of the Board because it potentially plans on buying
RGF shares at a premium, but nonetheless a deep discount to the
peer group multiples of 3-3.5x revenue. We base this assertion on
commentary directly from Mr. Freeman that implied as such.
In this case, a management buyout, or “take
private” transaction, would disproportionately benefit management
despite paying a premium to remaining shareholders, as management
would essentially be afforded the opportunity to “re-skin” and or
roll their equity, and sell the Company for a significantly higher
price at a later date, likely fetching near 3-3.5x of RGF’s revenue
(we estimate $600-$750 million). This would in effect short-change
long suffering shareholders and reward greedy insiders for a job
poorly done. We are writing to the Board to put you on
notice and to strongly discourage you from allowing this egregious
betrayal of your fiduciary duties to the Company’s
shareholders.
As the Company’s largest shareholder, we believe
in the long-term prospects of this brand. We feel that the
Company’s low-glycemic, high-protein, and healthy products fill an
unmet need in the refrigerated/frozen marketplace.
RGF Board – if you have nefarious
intentions of taking any actions in this manner, receive our
message and know that we will be watching and will oppose you. We
will not allow shareholders to be taken advantage of.
Sincerely,
/s/ David Kanen
David Kanen
President & CEO
Kanen Wealth Management
dkanen@kanenadvisory.com
About Kanen Wealth Management, LLC
Kanen Wealth Management, LLC is a value-oriented investment
management company that focuses on unlocking shareholder value at
small-cap companies.
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