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For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 156,049,712 2,914,960 3,311,260 3,461,901","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821806/000095017023008462/0000950170-23-008462-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"say on pay"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-03-16"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"310650e64d0dd25d30c53397ed67b8f8d6fa71f1","claim":"Leslie's, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2023 at the 2023-03-16 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Ratification of Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2023. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 162,469,208 3,247,439 21,186 —","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821806/000095017023008462/0000950170-23-008462-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"auditor ratification"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-03-16"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"e00e09766b02b504e89b0b114bd34048e3b0b65e","claim":"Leslie's, Inc. shareholders approved Adoption of Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Leslie's, Inc., which declassifies the Company's Board of Directors at the 2023-03-16 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Adoption of Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Leslie’s, Inc. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 162,164,452 98,568 12,912 3,461,901","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821806/000095017023008462/0000950170-23-008462-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"charter amendment"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-03-16"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"fc0b61679bc2a88dec0bb51142d7ab3217974a0a","claim":"Leslie's, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class II Directors at the 2023-03-16 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Election of Class II Directors. 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