SEC Form SC 13G/A filed by Hayward Holdings Inc. (Amendment)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G/A

Information Statement Pursuant to Rules 13d-1 and 13d-2

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 1)*

Hayward Holdings, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

(Title of Class of Securities)

421298 100

(CUSIP Number)

December 31, 2022

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

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

¨ Rule 13d-1(b)

¨ Rule 13d-1(c)

x Rule 13d-1(d)

The information required in 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).

Item 1(a) Name of Issuer

Hayward Holdings, Inc. (the “Issuer”)

Item 1(b) Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices

1415 Vantage Park Drive, Suite 400, Charlotte, NC 28203

Item 2(a) Name of Person Filing

This statement is filed by the entities listed below, all of whom together are referred to herein as the “Reporting Persons”:

(i) CCMP Capital Investors III, L.P. (“CCMP Capital Investors”)

(ii) CCMP Capital Investors III (Employee), L.P. (“CCMP Employee”)

(iii) CCMP Capital Associates III, L.P. (“CCMP Capital Associates”)

(iv) CCMP Capital Associates III GP, LLC (“CCMP Capital Associates GP”)

(v) CCMP Capital, LP (“CCMP Capital”)

(vi) CCMP Capital GP, LLC (“CCMP Capital GP”)

The Reporting Persons have entered into a Joint Filing Agreement, dated February 4, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A to the Schedule 13G/A filed by the Reporting Persons with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) with respect to the Issuer on February 9, 2022, pursuant to which the Reporting Persons have agreed to file this statement jointly in accordance with the provisions of Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Act.

Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office

All Reporting Persons: c/o CCMP Capital Advisors, LP, 1 Rockefeller Plaza, 16^th Floor, New York, NY 10020

Item 2(c) Citizenship

All Reporting Persons: Delaware

Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”)

Item 2(e) CUSIP Number

421298 100

Item 3 Statements filed pursuant to §§ 240.13d-1(b), or 240.13d-2(b) or (c)

Item 4. Ownership

(a) Amount beneficially owned

As of December 31, 2022, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own in the aggregate 41,908,145 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock, representing, in the aggregate, approximately 19.8% of the Issuer’s total Common Stock outstanding.

The percentage of the Issuer’s outstanding shares of Common Stock held by the Reporting Persons is based on 211,276,558 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 31, 2022, as reported in the Issuer’s Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended October 1, 2022 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 2, 2022.

The Common Stock reported herein is directly held by CCMP Capital Investors and CCMP Employee (together, the “Funds”). The general partner of each of the Funds is CCMP Capital Associates. The general partner of CCMP Capital Associates is CCMP Capital Associates GP. CCMP Capital Associates GP is wholly owned by CCMP Capital. The general partner of CCMP Capital is CCMP Capital GP.

CCMP Capital GP ultimately exercises voting and dispositive power over the securities held by the Funds. As a result of these relationships, each of CCMP Capital Associates, CCMP Capital Associates GP, CCMP Capital and CCMP Capital GP may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the Common Stock held by the Funds.

Each of CCMP Capital Associates, CCMP Capital Associates GP, CCMP Capital and CCMP Capital GP may be deemed to beneficially own in the aggregate 41,908,145 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock, consisting of 39,471,656 shares held by CCMP Capital Investors and 2,436,489 shares held by CCMP Employee.

In connection with the consummation of the initial public offering of the Common Stock, the Funds entered into an Amended and Restated Stockholders’ Agreement (“Stockholders’ Agreement”) with the Issuer and certain affiliates of MSD Partners, L.P. (“MSD”) and Alberta Investment Management Corporation (“AIMCo”) pursuant to which the CCMP Investors and MSD have agreed to coordinate with respect to the timing and manner of disposition of shares of the Common Stock held by them, and AIMCo has also agreed to certain restrictions on the transfer of its shares of Common Stock. By virtue of the Stockholders’ Agreement, the CCMP Investors, MSD and AIMCo may be deemed to be members of a group for the purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Based a Schedule 13G/A filed by MSD with the SEC on March 21, 2022 and a Form 4 filed by AIMCo with the SEC on November 17, 2022, such a “group” would be deemed to beneficially own an aggregate of 136,347,866 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 64.5% of the Common Stock of the Issuer outstanding, as of December 31, 2022. The Reporting Persons expressly disclaim beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock that they may be deemed to beneficially own solely by reason of the Stockholders’ Agreement. Certain entities affiliated with MSD and AIMCo are separately making Schedule 13G filings reporting their beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock.

(b) Percent of Class

The responses of the Reporting Persons to Row 11 of each of the cover pages to this Schedule 13G are hereby incorporated by reference. The percentages represent the percentage of the Issuer’s Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons.

(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

(i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: The responses of the Reporting Persons to Row 5 of each of the cover pages to this Schedule 13G are hereby incorporated by reference.

(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: The responses of the Reporting Persons to Row 6 of each of the cover pages to this Schedule 13G are hereby incorporated by reference. See also Item 4(a) above.

(iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: The responses of the Reporting Persons to Row 7 of each of the cover pages to this Schedule 13G are hereby incorporated by reference.

(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: The responses of the Reporting Persons to Row 8 of each of the cover pages to this Schedule 13G are hereby incorporated by reference. See also Item 4(a) above.

Item 5 Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class

Not applicable

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

Not applicable

Item 7 Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company or Control Person

Not applicable

Item 8 Identification and Classification of Members of the Group

Not applicable

Item 9 Notice of Dissolution of Group

Not applicable

Item 10 Certification

Not applicable

SIGNATURES

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

Dated: February 13, 2023