Academy Sports and Outdoors Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 4, 2026, Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (the “Company” or “Academy”) held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders (i) elected three Class III directors, whose names appear below, to serve for a term of two years expiring at the Company’s 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors shall be elected and qualified (the “Election of Class III Directors”), (ii) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the fiscal year ending January 30, 2027 (“Auditor Ratification”), and (iii) approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the fiscal year 2025 compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers (“Say-on-Pay”). The final voting results for each of the matters submitted to a stockholder vote at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.
| Election of Class III Directors | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| Ken Hicks | 56,212,506 | 503,348 | 4,056,313 | |||||||||||||||||
| Beryl Raff | 56,390,582 | 325,272 | 4,056,313 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jeff Tweedy | 56,416,017 | 299,837 | 4,056,313 | |||||||||||||||||
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | ||||||||||||||||||
| Auditor Ratification | 59,714,421 | 1,025,028 | 32,718 | |||||||||||||||||
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Say-on-Pay | 56,136,547 | 533,746 | 45,561 | 4,056,313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Item 8.01 Other Events.
Committee Appointments
Also on June 4, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) appointed Shannon Hennessy to serve as a member of the Compensation Committee of the Board and Clay Johnson to serve as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board, in each case effective immediately.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ACADEMY SPORTS AND OUTDOORS, INC. | ||
| Date: June 4, 2026 | By: | /s/ | Brandy Treadway | |||||||||||
| Name: | Brandy Treadway | |||||||||||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary | |||||||||||||