---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001632790-21-000084"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ENR"
cik: "0001632790"
company_name: "ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2021-08-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T23:58:09.343421+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Energizer appoints Sara B. Hampton as CAO; declares regular quarterly dividends

## Summary
- Sara B. Hampton appointed Chief Accounting Officer, effective Oct 1, 2021.
- Hampton previously VP, Global Controller; succeeds John J. Drabik.
- Board declared $0.30/share common dividend, payable Sept 14, 2021 to holders of record Aug 24.
- Preferred dividend of $1.875/share on Series A mandatory convertible preferred stock, payable Oct 15.
- No compensation changes in connection with Hampton's appointment; she is a CPA.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001632790-21-000084
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ENR
- cik: 0001632790
- company_name: ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1632790/000163279021000084/0001632790-21-000084-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1632790/000163279021000084/enr-20210802.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001632790-21-000084.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John J. Drabik was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Ms. Hampton will succeed John J. Drabik, who, as previously announced, has been appointed as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective October 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1632790/000163279021000084/0001632790-21-000084-index.htm
- Executive change
  Sara B. Hampton was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On August 2, 2021, the Board of Directors of Energizer Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Sara B. Hampton as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer), effective October 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1632790/000163279021000084/0001632790-21-000084-index.htm

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