---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001590976-26-000031"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MBUU"
cik: "0001590976"
company_name: "MALIBU BOATS, INC."
filed_at: "2026-08-24T13:26:05+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-24T13:27:13.229616+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Malibu Boats director Connolly won't stand for re-election; board to shrink to 8

## Summary
- Michael J. Connolly notified board Aug 18, 2026 he won't stand for re-election at 2026 annual meeting.
- Connolly serves until term expires at 2026 annual meeting; no disagreement with company cited.
- Board reduced from nine to eight directors, effective upon Connolly's term expiration at the 2026 meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001590976-26-000031
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MBUU
- cik: 0001590976
- company_name: MALIBU BOATS, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-08-24T13:26:05+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590976/000159097626000031/0001590976-26-000031-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590976/000159097626000031/mbuu-20260818.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001590976-26-000031
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001590976-26-000031.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001590976-26-000031.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael J. Connolly departed as Director at MALIBU BOATS, INC..
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 18, 2026, Michael J. Connolly notified the board of directors (the “Board”) of Malibu Boats, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), that he does not intend to stand for re-election at the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2026 Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590976/000159097626000031/0001590976-26-000031-index.htm

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