MIDD: Company disclosure

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure. A copy of the presentation slides to be used by The Middleby Corporation (the “Company”) at its Investor Day presentation on May 12, 2026, is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the presentation slides to be used by Midera Food Processing, Inc. (the current subsidiary of the Company which will own and operate the Company’s food processing business (the “Food Processing Business”) following the Company’s previously announced transaction to separate the Food Processing Business into a standalone public company) at its Investor Day presentation on May 12, 2026, is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the press release issued by the Company regarding, among other things, its Investor Day is furnished as Exhibit 99.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The information set forth in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, Exhibit 99.2 and Exhibit 99.3, is deemed to be “furnished” and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information set forth in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, Exhibit 99.2 and Exhibit 99.3, shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. (d) Exhibits Exhibit No. Description 99.1 Presentation, dated May 12, 2026, i