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Issuer:     HELEN OF TROY LTD (HELE)
CIK:        0000916789
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000916789-25-000015
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

CEO Noel Geoffroy departs; Brian Grass named interim CEO, Tracy Scheuerman interim CFO
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- CEO Noel Geoffroy departed effective May 2, 2025; expects severance per employment agreement for termination without cause.
- CFO Brian Grass appointed interim CEO; Tracy Scheuerman appointed interim CFO until November 2, 2025.
- Board engaged an executive search firm to identify a permanent CEO; Grass serves until permanent appointment.
- Grass interim CEO compensation: $1M base salary, 125% bonus target, $4.8M in long-term incentive awards (equity).
- Scheuerman interim CFO compensation: $287,500 base for term, $650K RSU sign-on, and FY2026 bonus eligibility.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678925000015/0000916789-25-000015-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678925000015/hele-20250502.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916789-25-000015

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