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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"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T20:07:51.024630+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

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

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096752/000162828025051814/0001628280-25-051814-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096752/000162828025051814/epc-20251112.htm

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