Teamshares

NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Teamshares (NASDAQ:TMS, the “Company”), a tech-enabled acquiror of high-quality SMEs, announced a significant investment by accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. (“TRPIM”). Teamshares has closed a $225 million preferred equity investment, structured as a newly designated Series A perpetual, non-voting, non-convertible preferred stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”). The investment proceeds are primarily intended to fund additional acquisitions, core to Teamshares’ programmatic acquisition growth strategy.

The definitive documents include the Company’s ability to issue up to an additional $75 million to other institutional investors. Teamshares’ strategic rationale for the financing includes: Teamshares CEO Michael Brown said, “We are grateful to attract top-tier investors like TRPIM as we set out to scale in the public markets. Teamshares has a vast inbound funnel of high-quality SMEs, with over 15,000 size-qualified, actively-for-sale companies per year through our software. We have subsequently signed additional LOIs beyond the $30 million of EBITDA under LOI disclosed on our recent earnings call, and we plan to start deploying this fresh balance sheet capital quickly into high-quality acquisitions with durable cash flow at attractive returns on invested capital.

We are pleased that our recent public market entry is bearing fruit, with a wider array of tools to deliver shareholder value and a resilient, flexible balance sheet. ” Teamshares CFO Brian Gaebe added, “The returns on our acquisitions are attractive relative to our blended financing cost and we believe that spread can drive meaningful earnings growth and incremental cash flow. Also, this investment strengthens our capital position and provides an important foundation for optimizing our capital structure over time, including enhancing our ability to access debt financing on attractive terms."

Key terms of the Series A Preferred Stock include: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC acted as exclusive financial advisor and Mayer Brown LLP served as legal counsel to Teamshares in connection with the transaction. Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP served as legal counsel to TRPIM. S. com/. About Teamshares Teamshares is a tech-enabled acquiror of high-quality businesses, intending to be a permanent home for businesses. 5 to $5 million of EBITDA from retiring owners, integrates them with the Teamshares platform, and helps employees earn operating company stock.

Founded in 2019, Teamshares operates subsidiaries with consolidated revenue of over $500 million for the trailing twelve month period as of June 30, 2026 across over 40 industries and 30 states. com/. Forward Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this press release are forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terms such as "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "predicts," "projects," "seeks," "future," "outlook," "prospects," "will," "would," "should," "could," "may," "can have" or similar words.

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