---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-037865"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SBH"
cik: "0001368458"
company_name: "Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-07-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T02:31:14.746582+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sally Beauty Holdings appoints former U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox to board

## Summary
- Erin Nealy Cox elected to board on July 21, 2021; term runs until 2022 annual meeting.
- Previously served as independent director from Aug 2016 to Nov 2017 before becoming U.S. Attorney.
- Cybersecurity expert and trial attorney; was U.S. Attorney for Northern District of Texas until Jan 2021.
- Board determined she is independent under NYSE standards; no family or related-party transactions.
- Compensation will follow the company's Amended and Restated Independent Director Compensation Policy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-037865
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SBH
- cik: 0001368458
- company_name: Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-07-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368458/000156459021037865/0001564590-21-037865-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368458/000156459021037865/sbh-8k_20210721.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-037865
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-037865.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Erin Nealy Cox was elected as Director at Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 21, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Erin Nealy Cox as a director to serve until the 2022 annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders or until her earlier resignation or removal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368458/000156459021037865/0001564590-21-037865-index.htm

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