---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916789-23-000040"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HELE"
cik: "0000916789"
company_name: "HELEN OF TROY LTD"
filed_at: "2023-08-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T05:54:46.703910+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Helen of Troy shareholders elect all nine directors, approve say-on-pay and annual vote frequency

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected; votes ranged from 20.9M (Meeker) to 21.6M (Berry).
- Julien Mininberg to retire as CEO on Feb 29, 2024; cease as director upon retirement.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 20,928,290 for, 721,660 against.
- Shareholders voted 21,294,189 for 1-year frequency of say-on-pay; board adopts annual frequency.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as auditor approved: 22,778,781 for, 96,988 against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916789-23-000040
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HELE
- cik: 0000916789
- company_name: HELEN OF TROY LTD
- filed_at: 2023-08-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678923000040/0000916789-23-000040-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678923000040/hele-20230816.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  HELEN OF TROY LTD shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2023-08-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-16
  source text: The proposal to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers was approved, having received the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 20,928,290 721,660 17,625 1,221,149
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678923000040/0000916789-23-000040-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HELEN OF TROY LTD shareholders approved Advisory vote on the frequency of conducting the advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-08-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-16
  source text: Votes for 1 year Votes for 2 years Votes for 3 years Abstain 21,294,189 7,088 351,074 15,224
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678923000040/0000916789-23-000040-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HELEN OF TROY LTD shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's auditor and independent registered public accounting firm and authorization of the Audit Committee to set the auditor's remuneration at the 2023-08-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-16
  source text: The proposal to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP to serve as the Company's auditor and independent registered public accounting firm and to authorize the Company's Audit Committee of the Board of Directors to set the auditor's remuneration was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678923000040/0000916789-23-000040-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HELEN OF TROY LTD shareholders approved Election of the nine nominees to the Company's Board of Directors at the 2023-08-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-16
  source text: The Company's nine nominees for director were each elected to serve on the Board until the next annual general meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678923000040/0000916789-23-000040-index.htm

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