Edgewell sells Feminine Care business to Essity for $340M; close expected Q1 2026

EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE Co

Sale includes Playtex, Stayfree, Carefree, o.b. brands for $340M in cash.
Net proceeds to strengthen balance sheet and fund core business growth.
Transaction expected to close in Q1 2026, subject to regulatory approvals.
Annualized impact: ~$0.40–$0.50 adjusted EPS dilution and $35–$45M adjusted EBITDA impact, net of transition services income.
Feminine Care to be classified as discontinued operations from Q1 fiscal 2026.

item 1.01 item 7.01 item 9.01

Machine-readable event card

schema_version: secwatch.filing_event.v1
accession: 0001628280-25-051814
form_type: 8-K
ticker: EPC
cik: 0001096752
company_name: EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE Co
filed_at: 2025-11-13T23:59:59+00:00
discovered_at: 2026-05-14T18:02:38.787228+00:00
generated_at: 2026-05-16T20:07:51.024630+00:00
sec_items: ["1.01", "7.01", "9.01"]
event_type: m_and_a
sentiment: positive
materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: high
secwatch_canonical_url: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-051814
json_url: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-051814.json
markdown_url: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-051814.md
text_url: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-051814.txt
edgar_index_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096752/000162828025051814/0001628280-25-051814-index.htm
edgar_primary_document_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096752/000162828025051814/epc-20251112.htm
generated_by_model: deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2
review_status: machine_generated
human_reviewed: false
corrected: false
correction_note: null
correction_timestamp: null
superseded_by: null

JSON Markdown Plain text

Source: SEC EDGAR

accession 0001628280-25-051814

view filing index on sec.gov

view primary document

This headline and bullets were generated automatically by deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2 from the public filing. Read the source on SEC.gov before relying on any specific claim. Not investment advice. See methodology for how this pipeline works.