Filing Details

Accession Number:
0001398344-24-002811
Form Type:
13G Filing
Publication Date:
2024-02-12 19:00:00
Filed By:
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management Llc
Company:
Leslie's Inc. (NASDAQ:LESL)
Filing Date:
2024-02-13
SEC Url:
13G Filing
Ownership Summary

Please notice the below summary table is generated without human intervention and may contain errors. Please refer to the complete filing displayed below for exact figures.

Name Sole Voting Power Shared Voting Power Sole Dispositive Power Shared Dispositive Power Aggregate Amount Owned Power Percent of Class
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management 10,723,760 3,531,024 13,492,985 3,531,024 17,024,009 9.24%
Filing

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13G

 

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT

TO RULE 13d-1(b), (c), AND (d) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED

PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(b)

 

(AMENDMENT NO. 2)*

 

LESLIE’S INC.

 

(Name of Issuer)

 

Common Stock

 

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

527064109

 

(CUSIP Number)

 

December 31, 2023

 

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

 

[X] Rule 13d-1(b)

[  ] Rule 13d-1(c)

[  ] Rule 13d-1(d)

 

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

 

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

CUSIP No. 527064109   13G   Page 2 of 5 Pages

 

1.

NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS OR

I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

 

Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC

95-4575414

 
2.

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(see instructions)

 

(a) [ ]

(b) [ ]

3.

SEC USE ONLY

 

 
4.

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

A California Limited Liability Company

 

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON WITH

5.

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

10,723,760 

6.

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

3,531,024

7.

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

13,492,985

8.

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

3,531,024 

9.

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

17,024,009 

 
10.

CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

(see instructions) [  ]

 

 
11.

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

 

9.24%

 
12.

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (see instructions)

 

IA 

 


 

 

CUSIP No. 527064109   13G   Page 3 of 5 Pages

 

Item 1. (a)

Name of Issuer

Leslie’s Inc.

     
  (b)

Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices

2005 East Indian School Road, Phoenix, AZ 85016

 

Item 2. (a)

Name of Person Filing

Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC 

     
  (b)

Address of the Principal Office or, if none, residence

2000 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1110, Los Angeles, CA 90067 

     
  (c)

Citizenship

A California Limited Liability Company 

     
  (d)

Title of Class of Securities

Common Stock

     
  (e)

CUSIP Number

527064109

 

Item 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to §§240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:

 

  (a) [  ] Broker or dealer registered under section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o).
       
  (b) [  ] Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).
       
  (c) [  ] Insurance company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).
       
  (d) [  ] Investment company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8).
       
  (e) [X] An investment adviser in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);
       
  (f) [  ] An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);
       
  (g) [  ] A parent holding company or control person in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);
       
  (h) [  ] A savings associations as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);
       
  (i) [  ] A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3);
       
  (j) [  ] Group, in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).

 

 

CUSIP No. 527064109   13G   Page 4 of 5 Pages

 

Item 4. Ownership.

 

Provide the following information regarding the aggregate number and percentage of the class of securities of the issuer identified in Item 1.

 

(a) Amount beneficially owned: 17,024,009
(b) Percent of class: 9.24%
(c) Number of shares as to which the person has:  
  (i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 10,723,760
  (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 3,531,024
  (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 13,492,985
  (iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 3,531,024

 

Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

 

If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following [ ] .

Instruction. Dissolution of a group requires a response to this item.

 

N/A

 

Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

 

N/A

 

Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company.

 

N/A

 

Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.

 

N/A

 

Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group.

 

N/A 

 

 

CUSIP No. 527064109   13G   Page 5 of 5 Pages

 

Item 10. Certification.

 

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.

 

Signature

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

  Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC
     
  By:  /s/ Michael Shoemaker
  Name:  Michael Shoemaker
  Title:  Chief Compliance Officer
  Date:  February 13, 2024