---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000947871-22-000383"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ADV"
cik: "0001776661"
company_name: "Advantage Solutions Inc."
filed_at: "2022-03-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T21:45:21.397186+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Advantage Solutions appoints Adam Nebesar to board, replaces Ryan Cotton

## Summary
- Ryan Cotton resigned from the Board and Nominating Committee on March 18, 2022, not due to any disagreement.
- Adam Nebesar (Managing Director at Bain Capital) appointed as Class II director effective March 18, 2022.
- Nebesar will serve on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee; he will not receive standard director compensation.
- Appointment follows the stockholders agreement with Bain Capital, which has the right to nominate a director based on ownership levels.
- No material transactions between Nebesar and the company exceeding $120,000.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000947871-22-000383
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ADV
- cik: 0001776661
- company_name: Advantage Solutions Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-03-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776661/000094787122000383/0000947871-22-000383-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776661/000094787122000383/ss875849_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947871-22-000383.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ryan Cotton resigned as Director at Advantage Solutions Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: accepted the resignation of Ryan Cotton from the Board and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776661/000094787122000383/0000947871-22-000383-index.htm
- Executive change
  Adam Nebesar was appointed as Director at Advantage Solutions Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: The Board appointed Adam Nebesar, effective as of March 18, 2022, as a Class II director to fill the vacancy left by Mr. Cotton’s resignation
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776661/000094787122000383/0000947871-22-000383-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.