{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001193125-26-419080","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"POOL","cik":"0000945841","company_name":"POOL CORP","filed_at":"2026-10-09T20:05:36+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-10-09T20:07:01.221281+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T15:11:59.163710+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.25,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.25,"confidence":"high","headline":"Pool Corp sets SVP Ken St. Romain's retirement for Dec 31, 2026; will stay as CEO advisor","bullets":["Kenneth G. St. Romain, Senior Vice President, will retire effective December 31, 2026, per the October 5, 2026 announcement.","After retirement, St. Romain will serve in an advisory role to Pool Corporation's Chief Executive Officer.","The retirement was first disclosed in the company's Form 8-K filed January 12, 2026, at which time the date was unspecified during 2026.","No successor for the Senior Vice President role was named in this filing."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-419080","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-419080.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-419080.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-419080.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945841/000119312526419080/0001193125-26-419080-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945841/000119312526419080/pool-20261005.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T15:11:59.163710+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"9f3677efc0","claim":"Kenneth G. St. Romain departed as Senior Vice President at POOL CORP.","evidence_excerpt":"As previously disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Pool Corporation (“the Company”) on January 12, 2026, Kenneth G. St. Romain informed the company of his decision to retire as Senior Vice President at a future unspecified date during 2026. On October 5, 2026, the Company announced the effective date of Mr. St. Romain’s retirement as Senior Vice President as December 31, 2026.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945841/000119312526419080/0001193125-26-419080-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"retire"},{"label":"Role","value":"Senior Vice President"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}