---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916789-21-000056"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HELE"
cik: "0000916789"
company_name: "HELEN OF TROY LTD"
filed_at: "2021-07-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T06:46:30.642893+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Helen of Troy appoints Matt Osberg as CFO, effective Nov 1, 2021

## Summary
- Matt Osberg, age 45, appointed CFO; current CFO Brian Grass to continue until Nov 1.
- Osberg joined Helen of Troy in 2016 as SVP Corporate Finance; previously CFO at Best Buy Mexico.
- CFO compensation: $550K base salary, 75% target annual bonus, $800K LTIP target for FY2023.
- Osberg will enter standard indemnification agreement; no family or related-party transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916789-21-000056
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HELE
- cik: 0000916789
- company_name: HELEN OF TROY LTD
- filed_at: 2021-07-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678921000056/0000916789-21-000056-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678921000056/hele-20210708.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matt Osberg was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at HELEN OF TROY LTD.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On July 8, 2021, Helen of Troy Limited (the “Company”) announced the appointment by the Company’s Board of Directors of Matt Osberg, age 45, to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective as of November 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678921000056/0000916789-21-000056-index.htm

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