---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001834622-22-000030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HAYW"
cik: "0001834622"
company_name: "Hayward Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-03-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T12:35:41.845248+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hayward Holdings SVP and Chief Supply Chain Officer Don Smith plans retirement

## Summary
- Don Smith will retire after over 15 years; will stay through successor transition.
- Smith led manufacturing expansion; increased global production capacity >75% since pandemic onset.
- He oversaw moves to Clemmons, NC, Wuxi, China, and Phoenix, AZ distribution center.
- Successor to be announced later; Smith remains an employee to facilitate handoff.
- No immediate financial impact; CEO thanked Smith for building high-performance culture.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001834622-22-000030
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HAYW
- cik: 0001834622
- company_name: Hayward Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-03-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834622/000183462222000030/0001834622-22-000030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834622/000183462222000030/hayw-20220331.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001834622-22-000030
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001834622-22-000030.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001834622-22-000030.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Donald Smith retired as Senior Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Hayward Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer
  source text: On March 28, 2022, Donald Smith, Senior Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer of Hayward Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of his intention to retire, with the expectation that he will continue to serve as an employee through a date to be determined by the Company to facilitate the transition of his responsibilities to his successor.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834622/000183462222000030/0001834622-22-000030-index.htm

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