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accession: "0001193125-26-424675"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ADV"
cik: "0001776661"
company_name: "Advantage Solutions Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-19T11:43:58+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-19T11:45:05.188108+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Advantage Solutions adopts Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws with universal-proxy and nomination rules

## Summary
- Board approved the Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws on October 15, 2026, replacing the Third Amended and Restated Bylaws in their entirety.
- New bylaws require additional background information and disclosures on director candidates and bar stockholders from nominating more candidates than are up for election.
- Codifies SEC Rule 14a-19 universal proxy compliance: no solicitation for non-Board nominees without meeting notice and solicitation requirements.
- Remaining changes described as technical, conforming, modernizing and clarifying amendments; full text attached as Exhibit 3.1.
- Signed by Chief Financial Officer Christopher Growe; no changes to charter, fiscal year, or capital structure disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-424675
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ADV
- cik: 0001776661
- company_name: Advantage Solutions Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-19T11:43:58+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776661/000119312526424675/0001193125-26-424675-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776661/000119312526424675/adv-20261015.htm

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