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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001834622-24-000081"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HAYW"
cik: "0001834622"
company_name: "Hayward Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-06-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T01:50:22.162376+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hayward acquires ChlorKing for ~$61M to expand commercial pool water treatment

## Summary
- Purchase price ~$61 million in cash, subject to closing adjustments.
- ChlorKing is a U.S. leader in commercial saline chlorinators and UV disinfection systems.
- Acquisition adds ChlorKing's NEXGEN pH-neutral chlorine generators and SENTRY UV systems.
- ChlorKing has over 17,000 commercial pool and water park installations worldwide.
- ChlorKing to continue operating from Atlanta, GA; all manufacturing and support remain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001834622-24-000081
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HAYW
- cik: 0001834622
- company_name: Hayward Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-06-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834622/000183462224000081/0001834622-24-000081-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834622/000183462224000081/hayw-20240626.htm

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