---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001709164-24-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HBB"
cik: "0001709164"
company_name: "Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co"
filed_at: "2024-09-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T02:05:52.559472+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hamilton Beach CEO Gregory Trepp retiring; R. Scott Tidey named CEO effective Oct 1

## Summary
- Gregory Trepp resigns as CEO and board member effective Sept 30, 2024; will remain advisor until retirement Dec 31, 2024.
- R. Scott Tidey, currently President since Feb 2024, appointed CEO and board member effective Oct 1, 2024.
- Tidey has 31 years at Hamilton Beach; previously SVP Global Sales, SVP Consumer Sales & Marketing.
- No disagreements between Trepp and company; transition part of long-standing succession plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001709164-24-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HBB
- cik: 0001709164
- company_name: Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co
- filed_at: 2024-09-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/1709164/000170916424000037/0001709164-24-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1709164/000170916424000037/hbb-20240920.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001709164-24-000037
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001709164-24-000037.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001709164-24-000037.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  R. Scott Tidey was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On September 20, 2024, the Board appointed R. Scott Tidey as Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective as of October 1, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1709164/000170916424000037/0001709164-24-000037-index.htm
- Executive change
  Gregory H. Trepp resigned as Chief Executive Officer at Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On September 20, 2024, Gregory H. Trepp, the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company (the “Company”), informed the Company of his intention to retire on December 31, 2024, indicating that he has decided to resign as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and as a member of the Board, effective September 30, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1709164/000170916424000037/0001709164-24-000037-index.htm

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