secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HELEN OF TROY LTD (HELE)
CIK:        0000916789
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-11-21T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000916789-24-000039
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Helen of Troy to acquire nail care brand Olive & June for $240M
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- Total purchase price $240M: $225M cash at closing + $15M earnout; multiple <11x CY2025 adj. EBITDA.
- Olive & June CY2024 net sales expected ~$92M; deal expected to close before year-end 2024.
- Acquisition expected to be immediately accretive to revenue growth, gross margin, adj. EBITDA margin, adj. diluted EPS, and FCF conversion.
- Pro forma net leverage ratio expected 3x or less at closing; founder/CEO Sarah Gibson Tuttle to remain.
- Helen of Troy also executed $250M notional interest rate swaps in Sept 2024, fixing avg SOFR at 3.7%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678924000039/0000916789-24-000039-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678924000039/hele-20241121.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916789-24-000039

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