---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001024305-21-000082"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COTY"
cik: "0001024305"
company_name: "COTY INC."
filed_at: "2021-11-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T13:37:44.784338+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# KKR designee Nancy Ford will not stand for re-election at Coty's 2022 annual meeting

## Summary
- KKR Rainbow no longer meets the First Fall Away Threshold under the Investment Agreement.
- One of two KKR-designated directors, Nancy Ford, will not stand for re-election at the Nov 4, 2021 annual meeting.
- Votes cast for Ms. Ford at that meeting will not be counted; board size to be reduced by one.
- KKR Rainbow notified Coty on November 2, 2021 of Ford's decision.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001024305-21-000082
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COTY
- cik: 0001024305
- company_name: COTY INC.
- filed_at: 2021-11-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024305/000102430521000082/0001024305-21-000082-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024305/000102430521000082/coty-20211102.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001024305-21-000082
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001024305-21-000082.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001024305-21-000082.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nancy Ford departed as Director at COTY INC..
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 2, 2021 KKR Rainbow notified the Company that Nancy Ford, one of the directors designated by KKR Rainbow pursuant to the terms of the Investment Agreement, will not stand for re-election at the Company’s next annual stockholders meeting for fiscal year 2022 which is scheduled to take place on November 4, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024305/000102430521000082/0001024305-21-000082-index.htm

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