---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001024305-24-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COTY"
cik: "0001024305"
company_name: "COTY INC."
filed_at: "2024-02-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T04:39:22.152896+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Coty separates CTO Gordon von Bretten; appoints him to Board effective April 1

## Summary
- Gordon von Bretten to remain CTO until March 31, 2024; severance of EUR 325,000 plus 193,574 vested shares.
- Board expanded to 12 members; von Bretten appointed as director effective April 1, 2024.
- Separation agreement includes no other supplemental severance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001024305-24-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COTY
- cik: 0001024305
- company_name: COTY INC.
- filed_at: 2024-02-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024305/000102430524000009/0001024305-24-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024305/000102430524000009/coty-20240205.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001024305-24-000009.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gordon von Bretten was appointed as Director at COTY INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company increased its size to twelve (12) directors and appointed Gordon von Bretten as a member of the Board, effective as of April 1, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024305/000102430524000009/0001024305-24-000009-index.htm
- Executive change
  Gordon von Bretten departed as Chief Transformation Officer at COTY INC..
  - Action: separated
  - Role: Chief Transformation Officer
  source text: On February 6, 2024, Coty Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a separation agreement with Gordon von Bretten, who has been serving as Chief Transformation Officer since June 2020.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024305/000102430524000009/0001024305-24-000009-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.