8-K - VSTS - Equibles

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

February 18, 2026

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

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Vestis Corporation

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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Delaware	001-41783	92-2573927
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1035 Alpharetta Street, Suite 2100,
Roswell, Georgia		30075
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(470) 226-3655

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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

Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of Each Exchange on which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	VSTS	New York Stock Exchange

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 o

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. o

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Vestis Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2026 Annual Meeting on February 18, 2026. At the meeting, shareholders voted on the matters disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed on January 8, 2026. Set forth below are the final voting results with respect to each matter voted upon by the Company’s shareholders:

Election of each of the following three director nominees to the Company’s Board to serve until the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting or until their respective successor has been duly elected and qualified:

Nominees for Director	For	Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
Tracy Jokinen	103,095,382	231,199	13,751	8,291,956
Mary Anne Whitney	103,136,955	189,553	13,824	8,291,956
Ena Williams	101,004,339	2,293,927	42,066	8,291,956

Approval, on a non-binding, advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed January 8, 2026:

For	Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
100,489,423	2,650,098	200,811	8,291,956

Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending October 2, 2026.

For	Against	Abstentions
110,186,736	1,431,038	14,514

SIGNATURE

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.

		Vestis Corporation
Date:	February 24, 2026	By:	/s/ André C. Bouchard
		Name:	André C. Bouchard
		Title:	Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Secretary