---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001024305-26-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COTY"
cik: "0001024305"
company_name: "COTY INC."
filed_at: "2026-08-20T21:15:21+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-20T21:16:06.833409+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Coty appoints Soraya Benchikh as CFO effective Sept 1, succeeding Laurent Mercier

## Summary
- Benchikh becomes CFO Sept 1, 2026; Mercier departs amicably after 5 years at Coty.
- New CFO comp: €1.165M salary, 150% target bonus, $2.5M RSUs, 1.5M options, €860k sign-on bonus.
- Interim CEO Markus Strobel: base salary raised to $1.6M (from $1.25M), target bonus 170%, annual equity $3M.
- Chief Legal Officer Kristin Blazewicz awarded $1.275M retention bonus payable July 2027 and July 2028.
- Benchikh previously CFO at British American Tobacco; also held roles at Diageo, GE, and Gillette.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001024305-26-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COTY
- cik: 0001024305
- company_name: COTY INC.
- filed_at: 2026-08-20T21:15:21+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024305/000102430526000050/0001024305-26-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024305/000102430526000050/coty-20260816.htm

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