---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001868726-25-000030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OLPX"
cik: "0001868726"
company_name: "OLAPLEX HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2025-03-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T10:49:07.090140+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Olaplex elects Pamela Edwards to Board, appoints Stephen Bacica as CAO

## Summary
- Pamela Edwards elected Class II director, effective March 19, 2025; also joins Audit Committee.
- Edwards receives $100K annual board retainer plus $15K for Audit Committee, and ~$150K annual RSU grant.
- Stephen J. Bacica appointed Chief Accounting Officer, effective March 19, 2025, succeeding interim CAO Kenneth F. Egan.
- Bacica's compensation: $350K base salary, 35% target bonus, and ~$300K RSU award vesting over 4 years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001868726-25-000030
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OLPX
- cik: 0001868726
- company_name: OLAPLEX HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-03-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1868726/000186872625000030/0001868726-25-000030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1868726/000186872625000030/olpx-20250318.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001868726-25-000030.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen J. Bacica was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at OLAPLEX HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: the Board appointed Stephen J. Bacica as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, effective as of March 19, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1868726/000186872625000030/0001868726-25-000030-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kenneth F. Egan departed as Interim Chief Accounting Officer at OLAPLEX HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: succeeded
  - Role: Interim Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Mr. Bacica succeeds Kenneth F. Egan, who served as Interim Chief Accounting Officer of the Company from November 5, 2024 until March 19, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1868726/000186872625000030/0001868726-25-000030-index.htm
- Executive change
  Pamela Edwards was elected as Class II Director at OLAPLEX HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Class II Director
  source text: the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Olaplex Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Pamela Edwards to serve as a Class II director of the Board, with a term expiring at the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and appointed Ms. Edwards as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board (the “Audit Committee”), each effective as of March 19, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1868726/000186872625000030/0001868726-25-000030-index.htm

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