secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Hayward Holdings, Inc. (HAYW)
CIK:        0001834622
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-02T20:05:34+00:00
Accession:  0001834622-26-000049
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.25
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Hayward names Jared Arrowood Chief Accounting Officer; CFO Eifion Jones drops PAO role
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- 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.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834622/000183462226000049/0001834622-26-000049-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834622/000183462226000049/hayw-20260930.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001834622-26-000049

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