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) ~~December 27~~February 11, ~~2025~~2026

LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Missouri

001-07845

44-0324630

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1 Leggett Road, Carthage, MO		64836
1 Leggett Road
Carthage, MO		64836
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 417-358-8131

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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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, $.01 par value

LEG

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).

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Item 52.02 ~~Departure~~Results of ~~Directors~~Operations orand ~~Certain~~Financial ~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Condition.

~~Approval~~On ofFebruary 11, ~~Retention~~2026, ~~Agreements~~Leggett & Platt, Incorporated (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ending December 31, 2025 and related matters. The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

OnThis ~~December 27,~~information ~~2025,~~is ~~the~~being ~~Human~~furnished ~~Resources~~ and ~~Compensation~~shall ~~Committee~~not ~~and~~be ~~the~~deemed ~~Board~~“filed” for purposes of ~~Directors~~Section 18 of the ~~Company~~Securities ~~approved~~Exchange ~~retention~~Act ~~agreements for a limited group~~ of ~~key management personnel~~1934, ~~including~~as amended (the ~~below~~“Exchange ~~named~~Act”), ~~executive~~or ~~officers.~~otherwise ~~The~~subject ~~retention agreements were approved~~ to ~~ensure~~the ~~continuity~~liabilities ~~in leadership and ongoing success~~ of ~~the~~that ~~Company~~section. ~~The~~This ~~dollar~~information ~~amounts~~shall tonot be ~~paid~~incorporated toby ~~each~~reference ~~named~~into ~~executive~~any ~~officer~~document ~~and~~filed ~~the~~under ~~multiple of those payments compared to~~ the ~~named~~Securities ~~executive~~Act ~~officers’~~of ~~base~~1933, ~~salaries~~as ~~are~~amended, ~~found~~or in the ~~following~~Exchange ~~table. Karl G. Glassman~~Act, ~~the~~except ~~Company’s~~as ~~President~~shall ~~and~~be ~~Chief~~expressly ~~Executive~~set ~~Officer,~~forth ~~did~~by ~~not~~specific ~~receive~~reference ain ~~retention~~such ~~agreement~~filing.

Named Executive Officers	RetentionDollarAmount		RetentionMultiple ofBase Salary
Benjamin M. Burns, EVP & CFO	$	618,000	103%
J. Tyson Hagale, EVP, President – Bedding Products	$	618,000	103%
R. Samuel Smith, Jr., EVP, President – Specialized Products and Furniture, Flooring & Textile Products	$	540,750	103%
Jennifer J. Davis, EVP & General Counsel	$	630,875	128.8%

On February 12, 2026, the Company will hold an investor conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and year-end 2025 results, annual earnings guidance, market conditions, Company initiatives, and related matters.

The ~~retention~~press ~~agreements~~release ~~contain~~contains the ~~following~~Company’s ~~terms~~(i) Net Debt/Adjusted EBITDA (trailing twelve months) ratio; (ii) Adjusted EPS; (iii) Adjusted EBIT; (iv) Adjusted EBIT Margin; (v) EBITDA; (vi) EBITDA Margin; (vii) Adjusted EBITDA; (viii) Adjusted EBITDA Margin; (ix) Adjusted EBITDA (trailing twelve months); and ~~conditions:~~(x) change in Organic Sales.

The press release also contains Segments’ (i) ~~The~~Adjusted ~~retention~~EBIT; ~~payments~~(ii) Adjusted ~~will~~EBIT beMargin; ~~paid~~(iii) Adjusted inEBITDA; ~~2025,~~(iv) Adjusted ~~but~~EBITDA ~~are~~Margin; ~~subject~~and to(v) change ~~continued~~in ~~employment~~Organic ~~through~~Sales. ~~December 23, 2026;~~

Company management believes the presentation of Net Debt/Adjusted EBITDA (iitrailing twelve months) ~~The~~provides ~~retention~~investors ~~payments~~a ~~are~~useful ~~subject~~way to aassess ~~100%~~the ~~clawback~~time ifit ~~the~~would ~~executive~~take ~~voluntarily~~the ~~terminates~~Company ~~employment~~to ~~(other~~pay ~~than~~off ~~for~~its ~~death~~debt, ~~Disability~~ignoring orvarious ~~Good~~factors ~~Reason)~~including orinterest ~~the~~and ~~Company~~taxes. ~~terminates~~Management ~~employment~~uses ~~(for~~these ~~Cause)~~ratios onas orsupplemental ~~before~~information ~~May~~to ~~29,~~assess ~~2026,~~its ~~and~~ability ato ~~50%~~pay ~~clawback~~off ~~after~~its ~~May~~incurred ~~29,~~debt. ~~2026~~Because ~~but~~we ~~terminating~~may onnot orbe ~~before~~able ~~December~~to ~~23,~~use ~~2026~~our earnings to reduce our debt on a dollar-for-dollar basis, the ~~same~~presentation ~~terms;~~of ~~and~~Net Debt/Adjusted EBITDA (trailing twelve months) may have material limitations.

Company management believes the presentation of Company Adjusted EPS, Adjusted EBIT, Adjusted EBIT Margin, EBITDA, EBITDA Margin, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted EBITDA (~~iii~~trailing twelve months), ~~The~~and ~~clawback~~Segment ~~provisions~~Adjusted ~~will~~EBIT, ~~terminate~~Adjusted ~~upon~~EBIT aMargin, ~~Change~~Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin is useful to investors in ~~Control~~that it aids investors’ understanding of underlying operational profitability. Management uses these non-GAAP measures as supplemental information to assess the Company’s operational performance.

~~The~~Organic ~~retention~~Sales ~~agreements~~is ~~have~~calculated ~~customary~~as ~~confidentiality~~trade sales excluding sales attributable to acquisitions and ~~non-competition~~divestitures ~~covenants~~consummated within the last twelve months. Company management believes the presentation of change in Organic Sales is useful to investors and is used by management as supplemental information to analyze our underlying sales performance from period to period in our legacy businesses.

The ~~foregoing~~above isnon-GAAP ~~only~~measures amay ~~summary~~not ~~and~~be iscomparable ~~qualified in its entirety by reference~~ to ~~the~~similarly ~~Form~~titled ofmeasures ~~Retention~~used ~~Bonus Award Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein~~ by ~~reference.~~other ~~The~~companies ~~definitions of Cause~~ and ~~Good~~should ~~Reason~~not ~~are~~be ~~contained~~considered ina ~~the~~substitute ~~Company’s~~for, ~~standard~~or ~~Severance~~more ~~Benefit~~meaningful ~~Agreement~~than, ~~which~~their isGAAP ~~attached as Exhibit 10~~counterparts.2 toFor ~~the Company’s Form 8~~non-KGAAP ~~filed May 21~~reconciliations, ~~2024,~~please ~~and~~refer ~~the~~to ~~definition~~pages of9 ~~Disability~~and is10 ~~contained in the Form~~ of ~~Retention Bonus Award Agreement. Change in Control is defined in~~ the ~~Company’s~~press ~~Flexible Stock Plan filed as an Appendix to the Company’s Proxy Statement on March 26, 2025~~release.

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

The information provided in Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

EXHIBIT INDEX

ExhibitNo.		Description
10.1,*		Form of Retention Bonus Award Agreement
99.1*		Press Release dated February 11, 2026
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the inline XBRL document)

* Denotes ~~filed~~furnished herewith.

** Denotes management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

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.

LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED

Date: December 29, 2025

/s/ JENNIFER J. DAVIS

Date: February 11, 2026

/s/ Jennifer J. Davis

Jennifer J. Davis

Executive Vice President –

General Counsel

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