---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001314727-26-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SONO"
cik: "0001314727"
company_name: "Sonos Inc"
filed_at: "2026-03-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T14:42:30.468980+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sonos shareholders approve board declassification and eliminate supermajority voting

## Summary
- Shareholders voted to amend certificate of incorporation to phase in board declassification starting 2026.
- Shareholders also approved elimination of supermajority voting requirements from the certificate.
- Three Class II directors elected: Carmine Arabia, Tom Conrad, Julius Genachowski (all with >84.8M for).
- KPMG ratified as independent auditor for FY ending Oct 3, 2026 (106.7M votes for).
- Advisory say-on-pay proposal passed with 84.9M for, 8.3M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001314727-26-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SONO
- cik: 0001314727
- company_name: Sonos Inc
- filed_at: 2026-03-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1314727/000131472726000050/0001314727-26-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1314727/000131472726000050/sono-20260305.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001314727-26-000050.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: c58ee522e607cfcbe8a640e8ffdc5f95544bea7a
  claim: Sonos Inc: Amendment to Restated Bylaws to make conforming changes with respect to phased in declassification of the Board (effective 2026-03-10).
  evidence_excerpt: on March 10, 2026, the Board approved an amendment to the Company's restated bylaws (the "Restated Bylaws") to make conforming changes to the Restated Bylaws with respect to phased in declassification of the Board, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1314727/000131472726000050/0001314727-26-000050-index.htm
- claim_id: d6722a02fd77aa0f7418d9ca08987eb7958501b4
  claim: Sonos Inc: Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation to phase in declassification of the Board and eliminate supermajority voting requirements (effective 2026-03-10).
  evidence_excerpt: On March 10, 2026, the Company filed an amendment to the Restated Certification of Incorporation to effect these changes, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1314727/000131472726000050/0001314727-26-000050-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.