{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001834622-26-000049","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"HAYW","cik":"0001834622","company_name":"Hayward Holdings, Inc.","filed_at":"2026-10-02T20:05:34+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-10-02T20:07:00.317056+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:35:40.573830+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.25,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.25,"confidence":"high","headline":"Hayward names Jared Arrowood Chief Accounting Officer; CFO Eifion Jones drops PAO role","bullets":["Board appointed Jared Arrowood, 42, as Chief Accounting Officer and principal accounting officer effective October 1, 2026.","Eifion Jones ceased serving as Chief Accounting Officer/principal accounting officer but remains SVP, CFO, Treasurer and principal financial officer.","Arrowood joined Hayward in August 2023 as Assistant Corporate Controller, promoted to VP, Corporate Controller in July 2024; earlier finance roles at SPX FLOW.","New CAO compensation: $300,000 base salary, 35% target annual cash bonus, and annual long-term equity award with $120,000 target grant value.","Company states no arrangements or understandings with any other person regarding the appointment and no Item 404(a) related-party transactions."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001834622-26-000049","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001834622-26-000049.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001834622-26-000049.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001834622-26-000049.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834622/000183462226000049/0001834622-26-000049-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834622/000183462226000049/hayw-20260930.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:35:40.573830+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}