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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-412502"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KLC"
cik: "0001873529"
company_name: "KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-02T20:41:40+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:40:03.661121+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# KinderCare director Mike Nuzzo resigns; David Barse to chair Audit Committee, Preston Grasty rejoins board

## Summary
- Mike Nuzzo resigned from the Board effective Sept. 29, 2026; he also left the Audit and Compensation Committees, citing other personal and professional commitments, not any disagreement.
- David Barse, a director since Aug. 3, 2026, was named Audit Committee chair and a Compensation Committee member; the Board deems him an audit committee financial expert.
- Preston Grasty, 36, Senior Investment Leader at Partners Group since 2018, rejoins as a Class II director until the 2029 annual meeting and joins the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
- Grasty is a PG Stockholders' Designee under the Oct. 8, 2024 Stockholders Agreement; he will not receive director compensation and previously served on the board from Sept. 2024 to June 2025.
- CEO Tom Wyatt thanked Nuzzo for his service and welcomed Grasty back; changes were announced in a press release dated Oct. 2, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-412502
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KLC
- cik: 0001873529
- company_name: KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-02T20:41:40+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1873529/000119312526412502/0001193125-26-412502-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1873529/000119312526412502/d120154d8k.htm

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