UFP Industries : closes on purchase of PalletOne

UFP Industries, Inc. closes on purchase of PalletOne,
bolstering its position as the nation's preferred supplier of
industrial packaging and pressure-treated lumber

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Monday, December 28, 2020 - UFP Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: UFPI) today announced that UFP Industrial, LLC, closed on its agreement to purchase 100 percent of the equity of PalletOne, Inc. for approximately $232 million. This price assumes a cash-free, debt-free balance sheet and an agreement to pay $21 million for PalletOne's recent capital expenditures and other investments. The PalletOne management team, including President Howe Wallace, will continue to lead the company.

Scott Worthington, president of UFP Industrial, commented, 'We are excited to welcome the PalletOne team to the UFP family of companies and look forward to executing PalletOne's strategy while realizing the operating benefits and synergies of our respective organizations.'

UFP Industries, Inc.

UFP Industries is a holding company whose operating subsidiaries - UFP Industrial, UFP Construction and UFP Retail Solutions - manufacture, distribute and sell a wide variety of value-added products used in residential and commercial construction, packaging and other industrial applications worldwide. Founded in 1955, the company is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Mich., with affiliates in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. For more about UFP Industries, go towww.ufpi.com.

PalletOne, Inc.

Organized in 2001,PalletOneoperates 17 locations in nine states that manufacture new pallets, provide pallet repair programs, recycle used pallets and produce a variety of other wood products. With headquarters in Bartow, Florida, PalletOne's operations also include Sunbelt Forest Products Corporation, one of the largest producers of pressure-treated lumber and residential fencing in the Southeast, and SunOne Logistics, a Southeast regional truckload carrier. Through its combined operations, PalletOne employs more than 1,500 people across 22 locations.