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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-126737"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LESL"
cik: "0001821806"
company_name: "Leslie's, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T08:40:56.083542+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Leslie's shareholder meeting: directors elected, supermajority removal fails, incentive plan approved

## Summary
- Elected Class II directors Seth Estep, Lorna Nagler, John Strain and Class III director John Hartmann.
- Ratified Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditor for FY ending Oct 3, 2026 (6.58M for, 191K against).
- Non-binding advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed (4.27M for, 455K against).
- Proposed amendments to remove supermajority voting requirements failed to pass (4.52M for, 205K against).
- Approved Leslie's Amended and Restated 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (4.36M for, 361K against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-126737
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LESL
- cik: 0001821806
- company_name: Leslie's, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821806/000119312526126737/0001193125-26-126737-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821806/000119312526126737/lesl-20260324.htm

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