# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001368458
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-022747
**Filing Date:** 2026-1
**Character Count:** 6949
**Document Hash:** 61a6977d5baf489bf936364c4d1eb082
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-022747.hdr.sgml**: 20260126

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-022747

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 10

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260122

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260126

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260126

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001368458
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** RETAIL-RETAIL STORES, NEC [5990]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 07 Trade & Services
- **EIN:** 362257936
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0930

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-33145
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26561195

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 7900 WINDROSE AVENUE
- **CITY:** PLANO
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 75024
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (940) 898-7500

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 7900 WINDROSE AVENUE
- **CITY:** PLANO
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 75024

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** New Sally Holdings, Inc.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20060707

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

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## FORM 8-K

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**CURRENT REPORT**

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

**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):** January 22, 2026<br>

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SALLY BEAUTY HOLDINGS, INC.

**(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)**

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| Delaware | 1-33145 | 36-2257936 |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction<br>of Incorporation)** | **(Commission File Number)** | **(IRS Employer<br>Identification No.)** |
| 7900 Windrose Avenue |  |  |
| Plano**,** Texas |  | 75024 |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** |  | **(Zip Code)** |

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**Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (**800**)** 777-5706<br>

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| 3001 Colorado Boulevard |
| **Denton**, Texas 76210 |

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

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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:

☐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:**

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| **<br>Title of each class** | **Trading<br>Symbol(s)** | **<br>Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Common Stock, $0.01 par value | SBH | New York Stock Exchange |

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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. ☐

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## Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On January 22, 2026, Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). There were 98,266,491 shares of the Company's common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, and each share of common stock was entitled to one vote. The holders of 89,239,188 shares of common stock were present at the Annual Meeting, either in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum.

At the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders acted upon the following matters:

(i) the election of ten directors to the Board of Directors to hold office until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders;

(ii) the approval of an advisory (non-binding) resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, including the Company's compensation practices and principles and their implementation; and

(iii) the ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year.

The voting results reported below are final.

<u>Proposal 1 – Election of Directors</u>

Each of the individuals listed below was duly elected as a director of the Company to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. The results of the election were as follows:

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| Nominee | For | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
| Rachel R. Bishop | 84358928 | 501327 | 27001 | 4351932 |
| Jeffrey Boyer | 84625299 | 255268 | 6689 | 4351932 |
| Diana S. Ferguson (Board Chair) | 83847242 | 1035045 | 4969 | 4351932 |
| Dorlisa K. Flur | 83940185 | 803648 | 143423 | 4351932 |
| James M. Head | 84372880 | 393057 | 121319 | 4351932 |
| Lawrence "Chip" Molloy | 84264489 | 616083 | 6684 | 4351932 |
| Erin Nealy Cox | 84043727 | 838448 | 5081 | 4351932 |
| Denise Paulonis | 84437875 | 329193 | 120188 | 4351932 |
| Debra Perelman | 79199946 | 5660465 | 26845 | 4351932 |
| Max Rangel | 84721210 | 159461 | 6585 | 4351932 |

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<u>Proposal 2 – Approval of Non-Binding Resolution Regarding Executive Officer Compensation</u>

The compensation of the Company's named executive officers, including the Company's compensation practices and principles and their implementation, was approved on an advisory (non-binding) basis. The results of the advisory vote were as follows:

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| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
| 75,355,571 | 9,292,917 | 238,768 | 4,351,932 |

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<u>Proposal 3 – Ratification of Selection of Auditors</u>

The Board of Directors' selection of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year was ratified. The results of the ratification were as follows:

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| For | Against | Abstain |
| 86,845,312 | 2,383,449 | 10,427 |

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**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 hereunto duly authorized.

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|  |  |  | SALLY BEAUTY HOLDINGS, INC. |
| Date: | January 26, 2026 | By:  | /s/ Denise Paulonis |
|  |  |  | Name: Denise Paulonis<br>Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |

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