Yesway is seeking up to $321m in a Nasdaq IPO to fund a planned expansion of about 130 new stores over the next five years. The Fort Worth convenience-store operator filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposing to sell roughly 14 million Class A shares at $20–$23 each.

Offer size and structure Yesway said in a registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it plans to offer about 14 million shares of its Class A common stock at a proposed price range of $20 to $23 per share. Underwriters will have a 30‑day option to buy up to 2 million additional shares at the IPO price, minus the underwriting discount. The company has applied to list its Class A shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol YSWY. If the top of the range is met and the greenshoe option is exercised in full, the headline figure for the deal would be near $321 million. The filing does not disclose a final timetable for pricing. Where the money would go The registration statement emphasises expansion capital. Yesway says it plans to open about 130 new convenience stores over the next five years, with six to eight new stores scheduled for 2026. The filing does not provide a precise split of proceeds between new-store investment, debt repayment or other corporate purposes, but growth capital is a central feature of the offering. Company background and scale Yesway is based in Fort Worth, Texas, and owns the Allsup's convenience‑store brand. As of 31 December, the company operated 419 stores across seven states. An industry ranking cited in the filing put Yesway tied at No. 19 on a 2026 Top 40 update to a 2025 Top 202 listing, placing it among the larger regional convenience‑store operators. History of public offering attempts Yesway previously filed for an IPO in September 2021 but halted that process in December 2022, citing market conditions. The new registration statement, filed on 27 March, restarts the attempt to list publicly. Private equity firm Brookwood Financial Partners is a noted investor backing the company. What the filing tells investors The prospectus sets out the headline numbers — the shares, the price range and the greenshoe — and refreshes Yesway's public narrative: a mid‑hundreds store operator with private equity backing and a measured expansion target. The filing gives investors visibility on scale, the growth pipeline and the basic economics of the proposed share sale. Why this matters The filing restarts an IPO attempt that was paused in late 2022 and, if completed, would supply growth capital explicitly intended to back the roughly 130-store expansion the company has outlined. That combination — private equity backing and a focused roll‑out plan — frames the offering as a scaling play ahead of a public listing.

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The registration, filed on 27 March, did not set a pricing timetable; the next concrete milestone for the company and investors will be the pricing of the shares and any exercise of the underwriters' 30‑day greenshoe option.

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