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8-K filed June 5, 2025, 7:59 PM ET ticker ASO CIK 0001817358
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Academy Sports shareholders approve board declassification, remove supermajority voting

Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.

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Governance Changes SEC 8-K Item 5.03/5.05/5.06 confidence 0.9

Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.: Stockholders approved amendments to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to remove supermajority voting requirements, declassify the Board with phase-in of annual director elections, and add officer exculpation provision (effective 2025-06-05).

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charter amendment
Effective
2025-06-05
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On June 5, 2025, as described below, upon the recommendation of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (the “Company”), the Company’s stockholders approved amendments to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to (i) remove the supermajority voting requirements for stockholders to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws and certain provisions of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Supermajority Voting Amendment”), (ii) declassify the Board and phase-in annual director elections starting with the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Board Declassification Amendment”), and (iii) add a provision exculpating certain officers of the Company from liability in specific circumstances, as permitted by Delaware law (the “Officer Exculpation Amendment,” and, collectively with the Supermajority Voting Amendment and the Board Declassification Amendment, the “Amendments”).
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