Champion Homes Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Iseman Homes, Inc.

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27-05-2025

TROY, Mich., May 27, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Champion Retail Housing, a subsidiary of Champion Homes, Inc. (NYSE: SKY) (together, "Champion" or the "Company") today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Iseman Homes, Inc. and certain affiliated companies ("Iseman Homes") including its 10 retail sales centers in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska and Wyoming. This acquisition enhances Champion's ability to strengthen distribution from its nearby manufacturing facilities, furthering the Company's commitment to integrated growth.
"We are excited to welcome the Iseman Homes team to the Champion family," said Tim Larson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Champion Homes. "Iseman has been a valued retail customer of Champion for many years. This acquisition underscores our long-term strategy to expand our retail footprint, deliver timely, market-relevant products and elevate the homebuying experience for our customers."
Iseman Homes has operated successfully for years as an independent retailer, generating approximately $40 million in annual revenue. Its experienced management team will stay on, working closely with Champion to drive business growth. By aligning Iseman's strong local presence with Champion's captive retail best practices, the combined organization aims to deliver more seamless product integration and operational efficiencies.
"Our experienced retail team is excited to join Champion," said Ken Ward, President of Iseman Homes. "We share a commitment to customer service and innovation and are excited to contribute to Champion's mission of advancing offsite construction and improving access to high-quality, affordable housing."
The acquisition aligns with Champion's strategy to grow its vertically integrated model – connecting factory and customer through a stronger, streamlined retail channel. The completion of the acquisition is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain customary closing conditions and is expected to close during Champion's fiscal first quarter ending June 30, 2025.
About Champion Homes, Inc.:
Champion Homes, Inc. (NYSE: SKY) is a leading producer of factory-built housing in North America and employs approximately 9,000 people. With more than 70 years of homebuilding experience and 48 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and western Canada, Champion Homes is well positioned with an innovative portfolio of manufactured and modular homes, ADUs, park-models and modular buildings for the single-family, multi-family, and hospitality sectors.
In addition to its core home building business, Champion Homes provides construction services to install and set-up factory-built homes, operates a factory-direct retail business with 72 retail locations across the United States, and operates Star Fleet Trucking, providing transportation services to the manufactured housing and other industries from several dispatch locations across the United States.
Champion Homes builds homes under some of the most well-known brand names in the factory-built housing industry including Skyline Homes, Champion Homes, Genesis Homes, Regional Homes, Athens Park Models, Dutch Housing, Atlantic Homes, Excel Homes, Homes of Merit, New Era, Redman Homes, ScotBilt Homes, Shore Park, Silvercrest, Titan Homes in the U.S. and Moduline and SRI Homes in western Canada.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release, including certain statements regarding Champion Homes' strategic initiatives, and future market demand are intended to be covered by the safe harbor for "forward-looking statements" provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements generally can be identified by use of words such as "believe," "expect," "future," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "foresee," "may," "could," "should," "will," "potential," "continue," or other similar words or phrases. Similarly, statements that describe objectives, plans, or goals also are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and are generally beyond the control of Champion Homes. We caution readers that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in, implied, or projected by such forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties include regional, national and international economic, financial, public health and labor conditions, and the following: supply-related issues, including prices and availability of materials; changes in U.S. trade policies, including tariffs or other trade protection measures; labor-related issues; inflationary pressures in the North American economy; the cyclicality and seasonality of the housing industry and its sensitivity to changes in general economic or other business conditions; demand fluctuations in the housing industry, including as a result of actual or anticipated increases in homeowner borrowing rates; the possible unavailability of additional capital when needed; competition and competitive pressures; changes in consumer preferences for our products or our failure to gauge those preferences; quality problems, including the quality of parts sourced from suppliers and related liability and reputational issues; data security breaches, cybersecurity attacks, and other information technology disruptions; the potential disruption of operations caused by the conversion to new information systems; the extensive regulation affecting the production and sale of factory-built housing and the effects of possible changes in laws with which we must comply; the potential impact of natural disasters on sales and raw material costs; the risks associated with mergers and acquisitions, including integration of operations and information systems; periodic inventory adjustments by, and changes to relationships with, independent retailers; changes in interest and foreign exchange rates; insurance coverage and cost issues; the possibility that all or part of our intangible assets, including goodwill, might become impaired; the possibility that all or part of our investment in ECN Capital Corp. ("ECN") might become impaired; the possibility that our risk management practices may leave us exposed to unidentified or unanticipated risks; the potential disruption to our business caused by public health issues, such as an epidemic or pandemic, and resulting government actions; and other risks set forth in the "Risk Factors" section, the "Legal Proceedings" section, the "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" section, and other sections, as applicable, in our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 29, 2025 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), as well as in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with or furnished to the SEC.
If any of these risks or uncertainties materializes or if any of the assumptions underlying such forward-looking statements proves to be incorrect, then the developments and future events concerning Champion Homes set forth in this press release may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our expectations and beliefs to change. Champion Homes assumes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this document or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, unless obligated to do so under the federal securities laws.
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