FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: December 31, 2014 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * SMITH KURTIS MATTHEW (Last) (First) (Middle) 5830 GRANITE PARKWAY, 3RD FLOOR (Street) PLANO TX 75024 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol European Wax Center, Inc. [ EWCZ ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/08/2026
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock	05/08/2026		D		95,000	D	$ 5.8 (1) (2) (3)	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$ 4.69	05/08/2026		D			150,000	(4)	(4)	Class A Common Stock	150,000	(4)	0	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$ 9	05/08/2026		D			100,000	(5)	(5)	Class A Common Stock	100,000	(5)	0	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$ 12	05/08/2026		D			100,000	(5)	(5)	Class A Common Stock	100,000	(5)	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents securities disposed of under the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated February 9, 2026, by and among (i) Glow Midco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Parent"), (ii) Glow Merger Sub 1, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub Inc."), (iii) Glow Merger Sub 2, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub LLC"), (iv) European Wax Center, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") and (v) EWC Ventures, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Opco"), under which (i) Merger Sub Inc. was merged with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation and (ii) Merger Sub LLC was merged with and into Opco, with Opco continuing as the surviving limited liability company. At the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective Time"),

2. (Continued from footnote 1) each issued and outstanding share of Class A Common Stock was automatically converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to $5.80, without interest thereon (the "Class A Per Share Price"). Each share of Class B Common Stock that was outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time was cancelled and extinguished and automatically converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to $0.00001 per share (the "Class B Per Share Price"). Under the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, each restricted stock unit ("Company RSU") that was not vested was automatically cancelled and converted into the contingent right to receive an amount (without interest) in cash (a "Converted Cash Award") equal in value to the product of (A) the total number of shares of Class A Common Stock subject to such Unvested Company RSU immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by (B) the Class A Per Share Price.

3. (Continued from footnote 2) Each such Converted Cash Award so assumed and converted continues to have, and is subject to, the same vesting conditions as the corresponding Company RSU immediately prior to the Effective Time, including "double trigger" termination protection.

4. Under the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, each option to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock (a "Company Option") reported in this row was automatically cancelled and converted into the contingent right to receive a Converted Cash Award equal in value to (A) the total number of shares of Class A Common Stock subject to such unvested Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by (B) the excess, if any, of the Class A Per Share Price over the exercise price per share of Class A Common Stock under such Company Option. Each such Converted Cash Award so assumed and converted continues to have, and is subject to, the terms and conditions as the applicable Company Option (including vesting conditions).

5. Under the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, each Company Option that was reported in this row had an exercise price per share of Class A Common Stock that was greater than or equal to the Class A Per Share Price and was therefore cancelled at the Effective Time for no consideration.

	/s/ Thomas Kim, Attorney-in-Fact	05/12/2026
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