secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Leslie's, Inc. (LESL)
CIK:        0001821806
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-12-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-23-071491
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Leslie's board succession: Chairman Ortega to retire at March 2024 meeting; Ray resigns; Strain named chairman-elect
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- Chairman Steven L. Ortega will not stand for re-election and retires at the March 2024 annual meeting after nearly 20 years with the company.
- James Ray, Jr. resigns as lead independent director effective Dec 18, 2023, due to becoming CEO of another public company.
- John Strain appointed lead independent director immediately and named chairman-elect ahead of the 2024 annual meeting.
- Board size reduced from nine to eight directors effective Dec 19, 2023, and to seven directors at the 2024 annual meeting.
- All departures are not due to any disagreement with the company's operations, policies, or practices.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821806/000095017023071491/0000950170-23-071491-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821806/000095017023071491/lesl-20231218.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-071491

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