---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001865107-23-000064"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AKA"
cik: "0001865107"
company_name: "A.K.A. BRANDS HOLDING CORP."
filed_at: "2023-10-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T06:33:08.163145+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# a.k.a. Brands removes director Simon Beard by shareholder written consent

## Summary
- Majority shareholder removed Simon Beard as director without cause, effective Oct 2, 2023.
- Board to reduce size from 9 to 8, eliminating the Class II vacancy left by Beard's removal.
- Beard also removed from boards of all Company subsidiaries.
- No replacement director named; vacancy resolved by reducing board size.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001865107-23-000064
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AKA
- cik: 0001865107
- company_name: A.K.A. BRANDS HOLDING CORP.
- filed_at: 2023-10-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865107/000186510723000064/0001865107-23-000064-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865107/000186510723000064/aka-20231002.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001865107-23-000064.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Simon Beard was removed as Director at A.K.A. BRANDS HOLDING CORP..
  - Action: removed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 2, 2023, the holder of a majority of the outstanding shares of the common stock of a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. (the “Company”), by written consent, removed Simon Beard, without cause, as a director from the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865107/000186510723000064/0001865107-23-000064-index.htm

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