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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001817358-26-000099"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASO"
cik: "0001817358"
company_name: "Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-04T20:37:00+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T21:07:45.940989+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Academy Sports annual meeting: directors Hicks, Raff, Tweedy elected; auditor ratified; say-on-pay approved

## Summary
- Ken Hicks, Beryl Raff, Jeff Tweedy elected as Class III directors with >56M votes each (4M broker non-votes).
- Deloitte & Touche LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY2027: 59.7M for, 1.0M against, 32.7K abstain.
- Say-on-pay approved on advisory basis: 56.1M for, 533.7K against, 45.6K abstain, 4.1M broker non-votes.
- Board appointed Shannon Hennessy to Compensation Committee and Clay Johnson to Audit Committee, effective June 4, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001817358-26-000099
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASO
- cik: 0001817358
- company_name: Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-04T20:37:00+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817358/000181735826000099/0001817358-26-000099-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817358/000181735826000099/aso-20260604.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-06-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-04
  source text: Auditor Ratification 59,714,421 1,025,028 32,718
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817358/000181735826000099/0001817358-26-000099-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class III Directors at the 2026-06-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-04
  source text: Election of Class III Directors Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Ken Hicks 56,212,506 503,348 4,056,313 Beryl Raff 56,390,582 325,272 4,056,313 Jeff Tweedy 56,416,017 299,837 4,056,313
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817358/000181735826000099/0001817358-26-000099-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on fiscal year 2025 compensation paid to named executive officers at the 2026-06-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-04
  source text: Say-on-Pay 56,136,547 533,746 45,561 4,056,313
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817358/000181735826000099/0001817358-26-000099-index.htm

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