---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001424929-26-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FOXF"
cik: "0001424929"
company_name: "FOX FACTORY HOLDING CORP"
filed_at: "2026-02-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T03:52:09.649658+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fox Factory and Engine Capital agree to board refresh: adds 2 directors, forms Transformation Committee

## Summary
- Two new independent directors added: Alan L. Bazaar and a director with manufacturing ops experience identified by Engine Capital.
- Formation of Transformation Committee chaired by Sidney Johnson to oversee cost-cutting and margin improvement initiatives.
- Dudley Mendenhall (Chairman) and Ted Waitman will retire at the 2026 annual meeting.
- Board size capped at seven members until Termination Date without Engine Capital's written consent.
- Cooperation agreement includes standstill, voting commitments, mutual non-disparagement until 30 days before 2027 annual meeting deadline.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001424929-26-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FOXF
- cik: 0001424929
- company_name: FOX FACTORY HOLDING CORP
- filed_at: 2026-02-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1424929/000142492926000002/0001424929-26-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1424929/000142492926000002/foxf-20260208.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001424929-26-000002
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001424929-26-000002.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  FOX FACTORY HOLDING CORP entered into Cooperation Agreement with Engine Capital L.P. and certain of its affiliates (effective 2026-02-08).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: Engine Capital L.P. and certain of its affiliates
  - Effective: 2026-02-08
  source text: On February 8, 2026, Fox Factory Holding Corp. (the “Company”) entered into a cooperation agreement (the “Cooperation Agreement”) with Engine Capital L.P. and certain of its affiliates (collectively, “Engine Capital”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1424929/000142492926000002/0001424929-26-000002-index.htm

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