---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-085702"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HLF"
cik: "0001180262"
company_name: "HERBALIFE LTD."
filed_at: "2026-08-05T20:24:08+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-05T20:25:47.012917+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Herbalife Q2 net sales up 5.4% to $1.3B; CFO DeSimone to retire, Schaefer named successor

## Summary
- Net sales $1.3B (+5.4% YoY); net loss $(26.3)M includes $94.6M debt extinguishment loss; adjusted EPS $0.51.
- Adjusted EBITDA $166.6M toward upper end of guidance; FY2026 EBITDA guidance narrowed to $670-690M from $675-705M on FX.
- CFO John DeSimone to retire Dec 31, 2026; Scott Schaefer (ex-Zappos CEO/CFO) to succeed as CFO effective Jan 1, 2027.
- Launched Bioniq GO personalized nutrition in 11 EMEA markets and North America; also Helio and Activate Energy under Life I/O.
- Q3 2026 guidance provided; full-year constant currency guidance raised.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-085702
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HLF
- cik: 0001180262
- company_name: HERBALIFE LTD.
- filed_at: 2026-08-05T20:24:08+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1180262/000121390026085702/0001213900-26-085702-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1180262/000121390026085702/ea0300593-8k_herbalife.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Scott Schaefer was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at HERBALIFE LTD..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective January 1, 2027, Scott Schaefer, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Finance and Transformation, will succeed Mr. DeSimone as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (the “Transition”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1180262/000121390026085702/0001213900-26-085702-index.htm
- Executive change
  John DeSimone retired as Chief Financial Officer at HERBALIFE LTD..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On July 30, 2026, John DeSimone, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, notified the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) of his intention to retire, effective December 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1180262/000121390026085702/0001213900-26-085702-index.htm

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