---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001834622-25-000045"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HAYW"
cik: "0001834622"
company_name: "Hayward Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T10:44:55.298078+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hayward Holdings expands board to 10, appoints former Evoqua CEO Ron Keating as independent director

## Summary
- Board expanded from 9 to 10 directors; Keating elected effective March 20, 2025.
- Keating is former CEO of Evoqua (led sale to Xylem at 25x EBITDA) and current CEO of Excelitas Technologies.
- Keating deemed independent under NYSE rules; appointed to Compensation Committee.
- Director compensation: $85,000 annual cash retainer plus $130,000 RSU grant, prorated.
- Keating also serves on EnPro Industries board and Manufacturers Alliance board of trustees.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001834622-25-000045
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HAYW
- cik: 0001834622
- company_name: Hayward Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-20T23:59:59+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/1834622/000183462225000045/0001834622-25-000045-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834622/000183462225000045/hayw-20250320.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001834622-25-000045
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001834622-25-000045.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001834622-25-000045.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ronald C. Keating was elected as Director at Hayward Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: elected Ronald C. Keating as a director to fill the vacancy created by the expansion in the size of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834622/000183462225000045/0001834622-25-000045-index.htm

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