---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001530950-21-000225"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "POST"
cik: "0001530950"
company_name: "Post Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-07-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T07:16:20.259932+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Post Holdings appoints Howard Friedman as EVP/COO; Nico Catoggio to lead Post Consumer Brands

## Summary
- Howard Friedman promoted from Post Consumer Brands CEO to new EVP/COO role at Post Holdings, effective September 2021.
- Nicolas Catoggio, Managing Director at BCG, named President and CEO of Post Consumer Brands, starting September 2021.
- Friedman's FY2021 compensation unchanged; new COO role focuses on collaboration, cost reduction, and M&A synergy across Post's portfolio.
- Board approved a new form of cliff-vesting RSU award agreement under the 2019 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001530950-21-000225
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: POST
- cik: 0001530950
- company_name: Post Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-07-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530950/000153095021000225/0001530950-21-000225-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530950/000153095021000225/post-20210701.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001530950-21-000225
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001530950-21-000225.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001530950-21-000225.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nicolas Catoggio was named as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s Post Consumer Brands segment at Post Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: named
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s Post Consumer Brands segment
  source text: the Company has named Nicolas Catoggio as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s Post Consumer Brands segment.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530950/000153095021000225/0001530950-21-000225-index.htm
- Executive change
  Howard A. Friedman was named as Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer at Post Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: named
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer
  source text: Howard A. Friedman, current President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s Post Consumer Brands segment, has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer for Post Holdings.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530950/000153095021000225/0001530950-21-000225-index.htm

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