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Spin-offs/Kellanova (formerly Kellogg Company)WK Kellogg Co

WK Kellogg CoKLG

Spin-off from Kellanova (formerly Kellogg Company) (K) · Oct 2, 2023 · NYSE

Announced
Jun 21, 2022
Form 10 filed
Jul 24, 2023
Record date
Sep 21, 2023
Distributed
Oct 2, 2023
Ratio
1 : 4
Debt loaded
$500M
Cash to parent
Latest filing
Sep 11, 2023

one share of WK Kellogg Co for every four shares of Kellogg

Documents

Both companies today

The new company
WK Kellogg CoKLG

Not in MoatScope's coverage yet — numbers appear once the shares trade and the first filings land.

The parent
Kellanova (formerly Kellogg Company)K
Market cap
Moat
Pending
Quality
Price
$83.44
Fair value
Price / FV

Moat ratings, quality scores and fair value estimates are MoatScope research opinions and refresh with the data pipeline. Price / FV below 1.00× means the shares trade under our base-case estimate.

What is being separated

WK Kellogg Co is the North American ready-to-eat cereal business of Kellogg, manufacturing, marketing and distributing branded cereal in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.

Stated rationaleKellogg said separating the cereal business would let the remaining company, renamed Kellanova, focus on global snacking while WK Kellogg pursues its own strategy for North American cereal.

The four questions

The four-question write-up for WK Kellogg Co is pending. Terms, documents and both companies’ numbers above are live; the checklist is added once the information statement has been worked through.

Not investment advice. Terms are as stated in the latest filing; spin-off shares are often thinly covered and volatile in their first months.