secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (SPB)
CIK:        0000109177
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-08-11T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000109177-23-000037
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Spectrum Brands closes $4.3B HHI sale, Q3 adj EBITDA up 23% to $98.5M
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- Completed sale of HHI for $4.3B cash; net proceeds $3.8B after tax and fees.
- Ended Q3 with net cash: $2.9B cash vs $2.1B debt; repaid $1.55B debt, entered $500M ASR.
- Net sales $735.5M, down 10.1% YoY; organic sales down 9.7%.
- Net loss from continuing ops $172.2M vs prior year income $3.0M; adjusted EPS $0.75 vs $0.54.
- Guidance: FY23 net sales decline mid single-digits; adj EBITDA excl investment income down low to mid single-digits.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109177/000010917723000037/0000109177-23-000037-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109177/000010917723000037/spb-20230811.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000109177-23-000037

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