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Advantage Solutions adds director nomination rules

Director nominations require additional candidate disclosures and cannot exceed the number of seats up for election.

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Advantage Solutions Inc. (ADV) approved and adopted amended and restated bylaws, effective as of October 15, 2026. The changes add procedural and disclosure requirements for stockholder director nominations and other meeting proposals, including additional background information about director candidates and a limit of no more candidates than seats up for election.

The bylaws also address the universal proxy rules: anyone soliciting proxies for director nominees other than the Board’s nominees must comply with Rule 14a-19, including its applicable notice and solicitation requirements.

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year Governance
The company amended its charter documents, bylaws, or changed its fiscal year.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits Exhibits
Financial statements, pro forma financial information, or exhibit attachments filed with this report.
universal proxy rules regulatory
"address the universal proxy rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission"
Universal proxy rules require that when shareholders vote to elect directors in a contested election, the proxy card mailed to investors can include candidates nominated by both the company and dissident shareholders, letting investors mix and match their choices on a single ballot. This matters to investors because it makes their vote more flexible and easier to use, like replacing separate lists with one common ballot, which can influence who controls the board and the company’s future direction.
Rule 14a-19 regulatory
"has complied with Rule 14a-19"
Rule 14a-19 is a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule that governs how independent proxy advisory firms produce and distribute voting recommendations for shareholders. It requires these advisers to provide companies with notice of their recommendations and a chance to respond, and to disclose certain conflicts; think of it as a referee ensuring both sides see a game plan before fans cast votes. Investors care because proxy advisers influence voting outcomes and corporate governance, so the rule affects transparency, potential bias, and the reliability of guidance that many investors rely on when voting shares.
solicit proxies regulatory
"may solicit proxies in support of director nominees"

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What changed in ADV's bylaws?

The amended bylaws add nomination and proposal procedures, require additional background information about director candidates, and limit nominations to no more candidates than seats up for election. They also require compliance with Rule 14a-19 when soliciting proxies for non-Board director nominees.

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 15, 2026

 

 

Advantage Solutions Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-38990

83-4629508

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

7676 Forsyth Boulevard, Fifth Floor

 

St. Louis, Missouri

 

63105

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (314) 655-9333

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 


Name of each exchange on which registered

Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share

 

ADV

 

NASDAQ Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 


 

 

Item 5.03

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

On and effective as of October 15, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Advantage Solutions Inc. (the “Company”) approved and adopted the Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws”), which amend and restate the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Bylaws in their entirety. The Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws, among other things:

 

1.
clarify and enhance procedural mechanics and disclosure requirements in connection with stockholder nominations of directors and submissions of proposals regarding other business at stockholder meetings, including by requiring additional background information and disclosures regarding director candidates, and prohibiting a stockholder from nominating a greater number of director candidates than are subject to election by stockholders at the applicable meeting;
2.
address the universal proxy rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, by clarifying that no person may solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than the Board’s nominees unless such person has complied with Rule 14a-19 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including applicable notice and solicitation requirements; and
3.
make other technical, conforming, modernizing and clarifying amendments.

The foregoing description of the Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.

Description

 

 

 

3.1

 

Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of Advantage Solutions Inc.

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Date:

October 19, 2026

 

ADVANTAGE SOLUTIONS INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Christopher Growe

 

 

 

Christopher Growe
Chief Financial Officer

 


Filing Exhibits & Attachments

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