[8-K] AEON Biopharma, Inc. Reports Material Event

Central Retail Corporation (CRC) said, in a Stock Exchange of Thailand filing, that its unit Central Food Retail (CFR) will buy AEON (Thailand) Co Ltd, which operates 30 MaxValu supermarkets and has 890 million baht registered capital. CRC plans to fund the deal with internal cash flow, rebrand stores as Tops, and add 900,000+ customers, plus land and a ready-to-eat processing center.

Nichirei Corp said a system failure tied to unauthorized access began disrupting its frozen food shipments and refrigerated warehouse operations. The company, serving about 5,000 business clients, plans a gradual restart from Friday but gave no full recovery timeline and flagged possible personal data exposure. KFC Japan, Kura Sushi, Aeon subsidiaries, Don Quijote operator Pan Pacific, Ezaki Glico, and Imuraya reported ingredient shortages.

AEON Biopharma (AEON) priced an upsized underwritten public offering. It will raise about $13.75M in immediate gross proceeds, with total gross proceeds up to $43.3M if milestone warrants tied to ABP-450 are exercised for cash. The offering includes 42.69M shares at $0.3221 each. Proceeds fund ABP-450 development and working capital. Closing expected around July 15, 2026.

AEON Biopharma said it will present analytical and functional data supporting biosimilarity of its ABP-450 to BOTOX® at the American Headache Society’s 68th Annual Scientific Meeting in Orlando (June 4-7). The poster (abstract 2349958) by CMO Chad K. Oh cites 93%-99% LC-MS peptide sequence coverage with no variant peptides and LD50 potency results within predefined equivalence criteria.

Albertsons Companies said it is voluntarily recalling four ready-to-eat products containing jalapeños supplied by Taylor Farms, including items sold at Randalls in Texas. The recall followed a supplier recall tied to an ongoing federal investigation and an FDA probe of a Salmonella Javiana outbreak. FDA reported 345 illnesses in 27 states, 36 hospitalizations, no deaths.

U.S. health authorities are investigating a Salmonella outbreak linked to Mexican jalapeño peppers. The CDC and FDA say 345 people are ill across 27 states, with 36 hospitalizations and no deaths. The supplier, Coast Citrus Distributors, recalled peppers sent to restaurants including Chipotle and QDOBA. Chipotle removed jalapeños from some outlets and shares fell over 8% on Aug. 4.