---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916789-22-000065"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HELE"
cik: "0000916789"
company_name: "HELEN OF TROY LTD"
filed_at: "2022-08-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T19:53:53.772662+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Helen of Troy amends credit agreements, adjusts leverage covenants and adds $100M receivables financing capacity

## Summary
- Seventh Amendment to Guaranty Agreement sets max leverage ratio at 4.25x through May 2022, stepping down to 3.50x thereafter.
- Permitted Receivables Financing added with capacity up to $100M; interest rate benchmark changed from eurodollar to Term SOFR.
- Sixth Supplemental Trust Indenture replaces eurodollar rate with Term SOFR plus margin of 1.0%-2.0% and 0.10% credit spread.
- All nine director nominees elected at AGM; advisory vote on executive compensation and ratification of Grant Thornton LLP approved.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916789-22-000065
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HELE
- cik: 0000916789
- company_name: HELEN OF TROY LTD
- filed_at: 2022-08-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678922000065/0000916789-22-000065-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678922000065/hele-20220824.htm

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