---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916789-22-000076"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HELE"
cik: "0000916789"
company_name: "HELEN OF TROY LTD"
filed_at: "2022-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T07:29:51.553391+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 agreement to permit supply chain financing programs

## Summary
- Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated Nov 2, 2022 with Bank of America as administrative agent.
- Amendment permits Helen of Troy and subsidiaries to enter supply chain financing programs.
- Obligations under permitted supply chain programs excluded from leverage ratio calculation.
- No financial impact disclosed; existing covenants, terms, and guarantees remain unchanged.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916789-22-000076
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HELE
- cik: 0000916789
- company_name: HELEN OF TROY LTD
- filed_at: 2022-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678922000076/0000916789-22-000076-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678922000076/hele-20221102.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  HELEN OF TROY LTD amended Fifth Amendment with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other lenders party thereto (effective 2022-11-02).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: credit facility
  - Counterparty: Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other lenders party thereto
  - Effective: 2022-11-02
  source text: On November 2, 2022, Helen of Troy Limited (the “Company”) and Helen of Troy Texas Corporation, a subsidiary of the Company and the borrower (“Borrower”), entered into that certain Fifth Amendment (the “Amendment”) to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”) with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other lenders party thereto.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678922000076/0000916789-22-000076-index.htm

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