Edgewell (NYSE: EPC) outlines portfolio focus, capital returns and 2026 shareholder votes
Edgewell Personal Care Company is asking shareholders to vote at its 2026 Annual Meeting on four items: electing nine directors to one-year terms, ratifying PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor for fiscal 2026, approving executive pay on an advisory basis, and approving the 3rd Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan, which would add 2,100,000 shares to the equity pool.
Management highlights fiscal 2025 as a year of both challenge and transformation. The company chose to divest its Feminine Care business, targeting closing in the first calendar quarter of 2026, to focus on Shave, Sun and Skin Care, and Grooming. Edgewell returned $119.5 million to shareholders, including $90.2 million of share repurchases and $29.3 million of dividends. Sun and Skin Care net sales were $743.1 million, up 0.3%, and international markets delivered 3.5% organic growth.
For fiscal 2026, the company plans a transition year in North America while investing behind five focus brands and further productivity savings, aiming to stabilize the U.S. business and build toward growth in 2027 and beyond.
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Edgewell pairs a focused portfolio strategy with capital returns and more equity capacity.
Edgewell describes fiscal 2025 as a transformational year, anchored by the planned divestiture of its Feminine Care business with an anticipated closing in the first calendar quarter of
From a capital allocation standpoint, Edgewell returned
The proxy also seeks approval of a 3rd Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan that would increase authorized shares available for awards by 2,100,000 shares. This supports ongoing use of equity in compensation and may have dilution implications over time, depending on future grant levels and overall shares outstanding. The strategic execution around the Feminine Care divestiture and North America turnaround will be key themes discussed in future company communications.
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from our President and Chief Executive Officer
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John C. Hunter
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Election of the 9 directors named in this Proxy Statement to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
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Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2026
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Approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, of the executive compensation paid to our named executive officers
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Approval of the Company’s 3rd Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan
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FORBES AMERICA’S BEST MIDSIZE EMPLOYERS
Ranked in the top 25 of companies listed on Forbes America’s Best Midsize Employers in 2025 — and ranked #1 among those in the packaged goods industry. This recognition is a testament to our dedication to creating a workplace and culture where team members feel valued, supported and empowered in their roles.
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USA TODAY’S AMERICA’S CLIMATE LEADERS
Recognized as one of America’s Climate Leaders by USA Today based on its ranking of American companies that have achieved the greatest reductions in core GHG emissions intensity.
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NEWSWEEK & STATISTA’S AMERICA’S MOST RESPONSIBLE COMPANY
Ranked one of America’s Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek, in partnership with Statista, for the sixth year in a row. This distinction reflects our deep commitment to responsible business practices, continuous improvement and creating a meaningful, lasting impact.
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CHINA’S 51JOB NAMES EDGEWELL A TOP EMPLOYER
The Edgewell China Commercial team was recognized as a 2025 Top Employer by 51job — one of the most respected job boards in China. The selection process was rigorous, evaluating everything from employer brand and talent development to business performance and teammate wellbeing. Out of thousands of companies, only 10 in the consumer goods industry received this distinction.
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GREAT PLACE TO WORK® CERTIFIES EDGEWELL
We’re excited to share that Edgewell has been recognized as a Great Place to Work in 13 regions around the world! Achieving this certification in multiple locations highlights our People First culture and the core values demonstrated by our teammates everywhere. It reflects the collective spirit, trust, and collaboration that make Edgewell a great place to work. This recognition is driven by our teammates whose voices, ideas, and dedication continue to shape an inclusive and inspiring workplace!
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Returned $119.5 million to shareholders in the form of $90.2 million in share repurchases and $29.3 million of dividends in the fiscal year.
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Sun and Skin Care net sales for fiscal 2025 were $743.1 million, an increase of $2.3 million, or 0.3%.
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From a geographic perspective, our international markets delivered organic growth1 of 3.5%, which represent approximately 40% of our global sales, delivered strong growth for the fourth consecutive year, with strengthening share across Shave and Sun. Europe generated its third straight year of growth, and greater China delivered double-digit growth.
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Ranked one of America’s Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek in partnership with Statista for the sixth year in a row, we proudly placed #4 in our industry in 2025. This distinction reflects our deep commitment to responsible business practices, continuous improvement and creating a meaningful, lasting impact.
Recognized as one of America’s Climate Leaders by USA Today based on its ranking of American companies that have achieved the greatest reductions in core GHG emissions intensity.
Ranked in the top 25 of companies listed on Forbes’ America’s Best Midsize Employers in 2025 — and ranked #1 among those in the packaged goods industry. This recognition is a testament to our dedication to creating a workplace and culture where team members feel valued, supported and empowered in their roles.
The Edgewell China Commercial team was recognized as a 2025 Top Employer by 51job — one of the most respected job boards in China. The selection process was rigorous, evaluating everything from employer brand and talent development to business performance and teammate wellbeing. Out of thousands of companies, only 10 in the consumer goods industry received this distinction.
Edgewell was certified as a Great Place To Work® across Europe in France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and the U.K. Additionally, in the U.K., we were named one of the U.K.’s Best Workplaces in Manufacturing, Production & Transportation by Great Place To Work®.
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In FY25, we expanded Billie to Australia; Bulldog® entered premium skincare across Europe; in Japan we took Schick into premium skincare with the launch of Progista; and we broadened Cremo’s range in the U.S. and Europe, driving significant sales growth.
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| | ASC | | | Accounting Standards Codification | |
| | Board | | | Edgewell Board of Directors | |
| | CEO | | | Chief Executive Officer | |
| | CFO | | | Chief Financial Officer | |
| | CIC | | | Change in Control Plan | |
| | CPG | | | Consumer Packaged Goods | |
| | EBITDA | | | Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization | |
| | EPS | | | Earnings Per Share | |
| | ESIP | | | Executive Savings Investment Plan | |
| | FASB | | | Financial Accounting Standards Board | |
| | FY | | | Fiscal Year | |
| | HC&CC | | | Human Capital & Compensation Committee | |
| | NEO | | | Named Executive Officer | |
| | NYSE | | | New York Stock Exchange | |
| | PRSE | | | Performance Restricted Stock Equivalents | |
| | PwC | | | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | |
| | RSE | | | Restricted Stock Equivalents | |
| | SEC | | | Securities and Exchange Commission | |
| | SERP | | | Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan | |
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Fiscal 2025 Performance Highlights
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Principles of the Edgewell Compensation Program
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SUMMARY AND KEY ELEMENTS OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION IN FISCAL 2025
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Item 3. Approval, on an Advisory (Non-Binding) basis, of Executive Compensation
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Item 4. Approval of 3rd Amended & Restated 2018 Stock Incentive Plan
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PROXY STATEMENT — VOTING PROCEDURES & MEETING FAQs
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Shareholder Proposals for 2027 Annual Meeting
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EXHIBIT 1 — 3rd AMENDED & RESTATED 2018 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
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The director nominees have a diverse set of backgrounds, characteristics, and skills relevant to the leadership of the Board and oversight of the Company.
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Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2026
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Equity continues to be an important component of Edgewell’s compensation program and is designed to attract and retain talent while aligning with shareholder value.
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Robert W. Black
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Edgewell | 2025 Proxy Statement
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LEADERSHIP
Executive leaders have an understanding of organizations and the drivers of individual and team growth and development. Directors with experience serving as a CEO or senior executive enhance the Board’s perspective of our Company’s operations and challenges. They understand strategy, productivity, and risk management, and how these factors impact the Company’s operations and controls. Further, their own significant leadership skills and experiences enable them to help identify and develop other successful leaders.
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EXTENSIVE INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE
The categories in which we operate are largely mature and highly competitive, both in the U.S. and globally, as a number of companies compete for consumer acceptance, limited retail shelf space, and e-commerce opportunities. Directors with experience serving consumers, brand perceptions, and product performance and innovation, provide valuable insights to the Company. Based on their experience and tenure on our Board, our directors provide us with a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing our business.
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INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
We are a global company with a footprint in over 20 countries and our products are widely available in more than 50 countries. The quality of our Board’s oversight and strategic guidance is enhanced by directors whose understanding of diverse business environments, economic conditions and cultures has been informed by service as a director or senior leader at one or more companies with international operations. Our directors bring valuable knowledge to the Company, including exposure to different cultural perspectives and practices, and provide critical insight in light of the Company’s global scope and significant international revenues.
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OPERATIONS
Directors with “hands-on” experience developing and implementing operating plans and business strategies at companies with similarly sophisticated business operations have a practical understanding of how such companies operate in increasingly sophisticated and disruptive competitive environments. Our directors provide valuable insight and leadership into distribution, e-commerce, logistics, innovation, marketing, and sales for a global organization.
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DIGITAL COMMERCE
Our directors have significant knowledge of how to anticipate technological trends, generate disruptive innovation, and extend or create new business models. Further, our directors provide oversight into the selection and implementation of new technologies to leverage competitive strengths and give valuable insights related to the digital commerce sector that are relevant to our evolving strategy, business, and operations.
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STRATEGY
Because of the highly competitive environment in which we operate, our directors play a pivotal role in overseeing strategy, productivity, and risk management. Moreover, as we continue to identify and complete strategic acquisitions and divestitures and integrate acquired companies, directors with experience leading business value creation through acquisitions, divestitures, and other business transactions are invaluable.
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FINANCIAL
The Company’s business is multifaceted and involves complex financial transactions in many countries and in many currencies. Directors with an understanding of accounting and financial reporting processes, particularly in large, global businesses, provide important oversight of our financial statements and strategy and financial reporting to investors and other stakeholders. Directors with proficiency in finance, capital allocation, and financial reporting processes gained from experience acting as, or actively supervising, a principal financial officer are essential for ensuring effective oversight of the Company’s financial measures and processes.
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MARKETING
We depend on the continuing reputation and success of our brands. Directors with experience identifying, developing, and marketing new products, as well as identifying new areas for existing products which can positively impact the Company’s operational results, are crucial to helping the Company understand and anticipate evolving marketing platforms and practices. Our directors oversee our brand strategy ensuring it aligns with the overall business objectives and values, while providing guidance on brand purpose, positioning, messaging, brand identity, creative platform, and in-market communications.
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RISK/CORPORATE GOVERNANCE/CYBERSECURITY
As a public company, our accounting, financial reporting, and information security functions are subject to a rigorous program of controls and procedures and our directors play an important role in oversight of our robust audit, enterprise risk management, and information security organizations. Directors with experience in these areas are critical to evaluating and providing effective oversight of our consolidated financial statements and financial reporting and our management of the risks inherent in our business operations. Likewise, as a Company deeply committed to our Purpose, Values and Behaviors, directors who are well-informed with respect to today’s dynamic governance and ethics environment are crucial to our success. We believe our directors are suitably qualified to guide our Company through the challenges posed by the dynamic regulatory and geopolitical environments we operate in, guide in the execution of our strategic priorities, and provide effective oversight of management.
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Robert W. Black
Mr. Black brings extensive international business, digital commerce, strategy, operations, and innovation experience to our Board. At Kimberly-Clark, he reconfigured the enterprise strategy, business portfolio and innovation pipelines, as well as led the re-structuring and subsequent rapid growth of International. Mr. Black led the transformation of the Steelcase International business through acquisitions, rationalized branding, reconfiguration of the organization and the launch of new products. Mr. Black is the Chair of RTIC Outdoors, a direct-to-consumer retailer of outdoor gear. Mr. Black does not currently serve on any other public company board.
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George R. Corbin
Mr. Corbin brings extensive disruptive innovation, digital commerce, technology, business transformation, marketing, and operations experience to our Board. He has served as Chief Digital Officer and top digital executive for some of the world’s most iconic brands, including Mars, Incorporated, where he served as both Chief Digital Officer and in a non-director capacity on the Board’s Digital Subcommittee. Prior to Mars, Incorporated, he was Senior Vice President of Digital at Marriott International, where he built a $14 billion digital business and led the company’s global-scale digital transformation. Mr. Corbin serves as a venture partner at NextGen Venture Partners. He also served as Chief Operating Officer for travel technology startup, MyRiva. Mr. Corbin was named to the NACD Directorship 100 in 2024. He serves on the faculty of the National Association of Corporate Directors, where he also holds a Professional Director Certification. Mr. Corbin does not currently serve on any other public company board.
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Board Committees:
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Carla C. Hendra
Ms. Hendra brings to our Board extensive experience in marketing, advertising and strategic consulting which gives her insights into commercial issues such as brand strategy, digital marketing, data and analytics, and long-term planning. Ms. Hendra previously served as Global Chief Executive Officer of Ogilvy Consulting, the global strategy consulting and innovation arm of the Ogilvy Group, before her retirement in January 2024. Ms. Hendra does not currently serve on any other public company board.
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The Ogilvy Group (1996-2024), an advertising, marketing, and public relations agency
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Global Chief Executive Officer, Ogilvy Consulting (2011-2024)
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Chief Digital Officer, Ogilvy Worldwide (2016-2020)
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CEO, Ogilvy North America (2005-2010)
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President, OgilvyOne North America (1999-2005)
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Past Public Company Boards
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Caleres, Inc. (2005-2024)
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Nominating & Governance Committee
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Technology Committee
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Unica (2007-2010)
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Governance Committee
Education
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BA, Humanities, University of Chicago
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Textile Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City
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Graduate Diploma in Art & Design, Royal College of Art
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Director since 2005
Non-Executive Chairman
since March 2019
Board Committees:
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John C. Hunter, III
Mr. Hunter was elected as our Non-Executive Chairman of the Board in March 2019. He brings to our Board insightful risk management experience and his extensive experience as a director also provides him with insight into effective compensation plan design and a thorough understanding of current issues, trends, and concerns in executive compensation. Mr. Hunter retired from Solutia, Inc. in 2004. During his career with Solutia, he gained many years of experience in the specialty chemicals business and obtained an in-depth knowledge of environmental, regulatory and sustainability issues. Mr. Hunter does not currently serve on any other public company board.
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Previous Experience
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Solutia, Inc. (1999-2004), a manufacturer of materials and specialty chemicals
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Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer
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Past Public Company Boards
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KMG Chemicals, Inc. (2014-2019)
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Penford, Inc. (2014-2019)
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Hercules/Ashland (2008-2016)
Education
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BSChE, Georgia Institute of Technology
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MBA, University of Houston
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Rod R. Little
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Edgewell Personal Care Company
Mr. Little has been our President and Chief Executive Officer since March 2019. From March 2018 to March 2019, Mr. Little served as our Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Little brings more than 20 years of global experience in CPG organizations to our Board, significant public company experience, and a strong track record of driving results. As our CFO, he was responsible for the global finance and IT organizations. This combination of experience and deep industry knowledge allow Mr. Little to bring unique insights and perspectives to our Board.
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Previous Experience
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HSN, Inc. (2017), a live social shopping company
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Chief Financial Officer
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Elizabeth Arden (2014-2016), a cosmetics, skin care, and fragrance company
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Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
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Procter & Gamble (1997-2014), a consumer goods corporation
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Various Finance positions
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Public Company Boards
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Victoria’s Secret & Co. (since 2023)
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Human Capital & Compensation Committee
Education
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BS, Business Management, United States Air Force Academy
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MBA, Finance, University of Pittsburgh
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Director since 2015
Board Committees:
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Corporate Governance
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HC&CC (Chair)
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Rakesh Sachdev
Mr. Sachdev brings experience as both a chief executive officer and a chief financial officer to our Board. As a previous CEO of two public companies, he brings skills and valuable expertise in global management, mergers and acquisitions, and finance. His knowledge of operations, finance, accounting principles and financial reporting rules and regulations, his experience in evaluating financial results and generally overseeing the financial reporting processes of a large public company, provide substantial insights to our Board. Mr. Sachdev acts as an advisor to New Mountain Capital and certain of their portfolio companies. In the past, Mr. Sachdev has served as the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
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Previous Experience
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Platform Specialty Products Corporation (now Element Solutions, Inc.) (2016-2019), a specialty chemicals company
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Chief Executive Officer
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Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (2008-2015), a science, and technology company
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer
Past Public Company Boards
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Element Solutions, Inc. (2019-2020)
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Platform Specialty Products Corporation (2016-2019)
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Sigma Aldrich Corporation (2010-2015)
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Avantor, Inc. (2019-2021)
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Public Company Boards
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HERC Holding (since 2021)
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Audit Committee
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Axalta Coating Systems (since 2020)
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Chairman of the Board
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Regal Rexnord Corporation (since 2007)
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Compensation Committee
Education
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B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
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MBA, Business, Indiana University
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MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Board Committees:
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Corporate Governance
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HC&CC
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Swan Sit
Ms. Sit brings extensive experience in digital transformation, digital strategy, marketing, and disruptive innovation to our Board. Ms. Sit currently acts as an independent business consultant to a number of private and public companies on various digital, marketing, and strategic initiatives. She is also a public speaker and content creator in the areas of business and technology. In her prior roles, Ms. Sit has built front-end consumer experiences across ecommerce, omnichannel, mobile, media, social, apps and innovation as well as integrated back-end operations.
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Current and Previous Experience
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Swan Co., LLC (since 2019), a consulting business
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Nike (2018-2019), a global sports and athleticwear brand
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Vice President, Global Digital Marketing
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Vice President, Digital Capabilities, Business Operations & Service
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Revlon & Elizabeth Arden (2015-2017), a cosmetics, skin care, and fragrance company
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Vice President, Global Digital
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Public Company Boards
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Novabay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (since 2019)
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Corporate Governance Committee
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Compensation Committee
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Audit Committee
Education
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BA, Economics, Harvard University
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MBA, Columbia Business School
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Director since 2024
Board Committees:
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Corporate Governance
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HC&CC
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Stephanie Stahl
Ms. Stahl brings significant marketing and strategy experience to our Board. She has significant business transformation, post-merger integration and public board leadership including M&A and activist expertise. Ms. Stahl was formerly Executive Vice President, Marketing & Strategy Officer at Coach, Inc. and Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer at Revlon, Inc. and a partner and managing director at Boston Consulting Group. At Coach, Ms. Stahl led the creation of global brand strategy, messaging, marketing planning, development, and implementation. She is the Co-Founder and former CEO of Ace of Air, a circular beauty and wellness brand, and is a Senior Advisor to Boston Consulting Group, Consumer & Climate. Ms. Stahl serves on three public company boards: Dollar Tree, Inc., where she chairs the Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, Carters, Inc., and Newell Brands Inc. She previously served on the boards of Knoll, Inc., where she chaired the Nominating, Governance and ESG Committee, and Founders Table, an L Catterton portfolio company.
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Studio Pegasus LLC (since 2015), an investment, and advisory company
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Boston Consulting Group, a consulting firm
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Senior Advisor & Executive Coach (since 2022)
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Partner & Managing Director (1992-2003)
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Coach, Inc. (2012-2015), a fashion house
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Executive Vice President, Global Marketing & Strategy
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Ace of Air (2017-2021), a beauty and wellness brand
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Chief Executive Officer
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Revlon (2003-2006), a cosmetics, skin care, and fragrance company
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Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer
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Public Company Boards
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Dollar Tree, Inc. (since 2018)
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Sustainability & Corp Social Responsibility Committee (Chair)
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Carter’s Inc. (since 2022)
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Business Transformation Committee
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Newell Brands Inc. (since 2023)
Past Public Company Boards
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Knoll (2013-2021)
Education
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BS, Quantitative Economics, Stanford University
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MBA, Harvard Business School
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Masters, Sustainability, Harvard University
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Board Committees:
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Audit (Chair)
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Corporate Governance
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Gary Waring
Mr. Waring brings to our Board extensive knowledge of financial accounting and reporting and the development of internal controls over financial reporting, as well as experience in strategic consulting and advising with acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, and regulatory matters. Mr. Waring retired from Ernst & Young LLP in 2017 after serving more than 35 years with the firm in various positions including coordinating audit and business advisory services for more than 200 clients in the consumer products, retail, distribution, manufacturing, and technology industries. Mr. Waring does not currently serve on any other public company board.
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Ernst & Young LLP (1981-2017), a professional services company
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Assurance Partner
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BA, Accounting, Wittenberg University
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Retired CPA
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Former Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
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Former Member, California Society of Certified Public Accountants
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The Board has determined that all members of the Audit Committee meet heightened independence and qualification criteria and are financially literate as defined in the listing standards of the NYSE and SEC rules. Additionally, Mr. Waring qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by the SEC.
The Audit Committee met 7 times during fiscal 2025.
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Review and discuss with management and the independent auditor our annual and quarterly financial statements and related disclosures.
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Oversee the Company’s independent auditor’s qualifications, independence and performance and the performance of the Company’s internal audit function.
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Establish, monitor, and review procedures for the receipt, retention, and treatment of complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting controls, or audit matters.
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Oversee management’s development and adherence to guidelines and procedures for risk and compliance management as it relates to cybersecurity, data protection, and financial risk, and routinely discuss the Company’s risk profile, risk management, and risk exposures with management and the Board.
RECENT ACTIVITIES AND KEY FOCUS AREAS
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As part of a systemic approach to Board oversight of enterprise risk management, continued its oversight of the Company’s key strategic, enterprise and cybersecurity risks and reviewed management’s evaluation of strategic and operating risks, including risk concentrations, mitigating measures, and the types and levels of risk.
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Discussed the Board’s governance practices around cyber risk, in light of important new developments in the cyber landscape, including Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy, and Emerging Technologies.
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Reviewed various best practice cybersecurity governance processes and structures, in the context of the Committee’s current process, as well as additional or alternative approaches.
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Discussed emerging domestic and global tax policy and reporting requirements, including opportunities, risks, priorities, and potential legislative and policy changes globally.
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Reviewed data and relevant metrics related to the Company’s employee relations center of excellence to identify trends, patterns and emerging risks, enabling proactive HR and employee relations strategies in connection with its review of the Company’s policies on internal controls, and ethical and responsible business conduct and review the results and adequacy of programs and procedures for determining compliance with such policies.
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Our Board has determined that all members of our HC&CC are non-employee directors and are independent, as defined in the listing standards of the NYSE. No member of the HC&CC is or has been an officer or employee of our Company or any of our subsidiaries. No member has had any relationship with our Company or any other entity that requires disclosure under the proxy rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC.
The HC&CC met 5 times during fiscal 2025.
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Review and set the compensation of the CEO (subject to approval by the other independent directors) and other members of the executive leadership team.
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Review executive compensation practices and policies of the Company to ensure that they adequately and appropriately align executive and shareholder interests.
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Annually conduct a risk assessment of the Company’s compensation policies and practices and assess whether any risks arising from compensation practices, policies and programs for employees are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company.
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Administer our stock incentive plans and grant equity-based awards, including the establishment and determination of the satisfaction of performance goals for performance-based incentive compensation.
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Review the Company’s strategies, initiatives and programs related to human capital management, including talent acquisition, development and retention, workplace environment, and safety.
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Oversee plans for leadership development and succession.
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Review and consider the results of the Company’s most recent shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation (“Say on Pay”), if any, and any other feedback garnered through the Company’s ongoing shareholder outreach that may be in effect from time-to-time and recommend to the Board whether and, if so, how the Company should respond to Say on Pay vote outcomes and other shareholder feedback.
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The HC&CC has full authority to form and delegate authority to one or more subcommittees consisting solely of one or more members of the Committee as it deems appropriate from time to time, subject to applicable laws, rules, and regulations. The Committee may delegate, as appropriate, authority to the CEO or any other executive officer, subject to such limitations as the HC&CC may determine.
RECENT ACTIVITIES AND KEY FOCUS AREAS
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As part of a systemic approach to Board oversight of human capital management topics, the HC&CC continued formal oversight of the development, implementation, and effectiveness of the Company’s policies and strategies related to its human capital management, including matters related to inclusion and belonging, and talent management.
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Conducted an in-depth review of the Company’s annual employee engagement survey, the key findings, opportunities for improvement, plans to address lower scores, as well as the key engagement drivers identified as items which would generate the greatest return on enhancing employee engagement.
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Monitored, evaluated, and determined appropriate fiscal 2025 short-term incentive plan performance goals and results.
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Performed an in-depth review and analysis of the Company’s incentive compensation plans in order to further align interests with those of our shareholders.
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Provided oversight and guidance during the Company’s recent executive leadership changes in order to position the Company for continued growth.
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Conducted an in-depth review of top next generation talent across business units, markets, and functions to ensure a strong leadership pipeline and appropriate growth and development of the Company’s current and future leaders.
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Our Board has determined that all members of our Corporate Governance Committee are non-employee directors, and are independent, as defined in the listing standards of the NYSE.
The Corporate Governance Committee met 4 times during fiscal 2025.
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Identify individuals qualified to become Directors and recommend to our Board nominees for election as directors, as well as committee assignments and compensation and benefits for directors.
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Oversee our stock ownership guidelines for executive officers and non-employee directors.
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Conduct the annual self-assessment process of our Board and committees and oversee new director orientation and continuing director education.
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Review at least annually our Corporate Governance Principles.
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Monitor our Company’s positions and responses to significant public policy issues, including our compliance with applicable laws, and actions in furtherance of our corporate social responsibility objectives.
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Oversee the Company’s sustainability matters and human rights practices, including our response to climate change, our ongoing efforts in ethical and responsible sourcing, and the embedding of human rights policies in our supply chain and global operations.
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Review corporate governance developments and trends, including evolving shareholder expectations and key benchmarking data across similarly situated companies, and where appropriate, make recommendations to the Board.
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Periodically review the Company’s contributions to charitable, educational, and other tax-exempt organizations involved in the arts, civic and community affairs, education, and health and human services, political spending and lobbying activities, and direct and indirect political spending and lobbying activities from corporate officers responsible for such activities.
RECENT ACTIVITIES AND KEY FOCUS AREAS
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As part of a systemic approach to Board oversight, the Committee continued formal oversight of the development, implementation, and effectiveness of the Company’s policies and strategies related to sustainability goals, human rights and responsible sourcing, community impact efforts, and the impact on corporate reputation.
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Continued ongoing review of short-term and long-term Board refreshment needs and ideal candidate skill, experience, and background profiles.
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| | | Our Code of Conduct and Insider Trading Policy prohibit inappropriate trading activities, including hedging and pledging arrangements | | |
| | | We have stock ownership requirements for executive leadership team members and our non-employee directors | | |
| | | Our Board engages in managing talent and long-term succession planning | | |
| | | Our Board has an independent non-executive chairman | | |
| | | Each of our Board members is elected annually | | |
| | | We have majority voting for our director elections | | |
| | | 8 of our 9 Board nominees are independent | | |
| | | We have adopted proxy notice and access, allowing shareholders access to our proxy materials online | | |
| | | Our independent directors meet regularly in executive session | | |
| | | Our Board and committees engage in annual self-assessments and individual peer reviews | | |
| | | Our Board continuously assesses refreshment | | |
| | | We engage with our shareholders on key issues | | |
| | | We post a Sustainability Report on our website | | |
| | | We have articulated on our website our commitment to sustainability, inclusion and belonging, and human rights | | |
| | | We have adopted a “Whistleblower” policy prohibiting Company employees from retaliating or taking adverse action against anyone for raising a concern and we have an employee relations center of excellence that provides high quality, timely and objective investigations into HR-related and other business conduct issues raised through our ethics hotline and elsewhere, alleging violations of the law, Company policies, or principles of integrity, ethics and fairness | | |
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| | | Annual Retainer (1) | | | | | $ | 105,000 | | | |
| | | Chair of the Board Additional Annual Retainer | | | | | $ | 115,000 | | | |
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HC&CC
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| | | Annual Restricted Stock Equivalent Award (2) | | | | | $ | 160,000 | | | |
| | | New Director Restricted Stock Equivalent Award (3) | | | | | $ | 100,000 | | | |
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George R. Corbin
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Carla C. Hendra
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John C. Hunter, III
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| | | | $ | 218,750 | | | | | | $ | 160,000 | | | | | | $ | 0 | | | | | | $ | 378,750 | | | |
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James C. Johnson
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Rakesh Sachdev
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| | | | $ | 123,750 | | | | | | $ | 160,000 | | | | | | $ | 0 | | | | | | $ | 283,750 | | | |
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Swan Sit
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Stephanie Stahl
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| | | | $ | 103,750 | | | | | | $ | 160,000 | | | | | | $ | 0 | | | | | | $ | 263,750 | | | |
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Gary K. Waring
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| | | | $ | 123,750 | | | | | | $ | 160,000 | | | | | | $ | 0 | | | | | | $ | 283,750 | | | |
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Joseph O’Leary (5)
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NEO Snapshot
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Principles of the Edgewell Compensation Program
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Elements of Compensation
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Short-Term Incentive Program – Annual Cash Bonus
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Historical Pay-for-Performance Table
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Long-Term Incentive Program – Equity Awards
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Executive Officer Stock Ownership Requirements
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Insider Trading Policy.
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Summary Compensation Table
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The HC&CC of our Board of Directors consists entirely of non-employee directors that are independent under the NYSE listing standards. The HC&CC has reviewed and discussed our Company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis with management. Based on these reviews and discussions, the HC&CC recommended to our Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this Proxy Statement and in our Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025.
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Rakesh Sachdev, Chair
Robert W. Black George R. Corbin Carla C. Hendra Swan Sit Stephanie Stahl |
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| | | No portion of this HC&CC Report shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or through any general statement incorporating by reference in its entirety the Proxy Statement in which this report appears, except to the extent that the Company specifically incorporates this report or a portion of it by reference. In addition, this report shall not be deemed to be filed under either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act. None of the current members of the HC&CC, nor James C. Johnson, who served on the HC&CC during the fiscal year, is or has been an officer or employee of our Company. None of our executive officers currently serves, or in the past year has served, as a member of the board of directors or compensation committee (or other board committees performing equivalent functions) of any entity that has one or more of its executive officers serving on our board of directors or HC&CC. | | | |||
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NEO
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Role
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| | | Rod R. Little | | | |
President and Chief Executive Officer since March 2019
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| | | Francesca Weissman | | | |
Chief Financial Officer since December 2024
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| | | Jessica Spence | | | |
President, North America since October 2024
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| | | Paul R. Hibbert | | | |
Chief Supply Chain Officer since June 2020
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| | | LaTanya Langley | | | |
Chief People Officer, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary since November 2023
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| | | Daniel J. Sullivan | | | |
Former Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer departed October 2025
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Pay-for-Performance
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| | CEO Target Pay Mix | | | Other NEO Target Pay Mix | |
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Competitive Total Compensation Packages
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Alignment with Shareholder Interests
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WHAT
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✓ Deliver executive compensation primarily through performance-based at-risk pay, with a balance of annual and longer-term incentives.
✓ Maintain a peer group for benchmarking executive pay.
✓ Place a cap on payout levels for bonuses and performance awards.
✓ Tie certain performance metrics for the executive compensation program to key, auditable measures.
✓ Set performance goals at levels that are sufficiently high to encourage strong performance, but within reasonably attainable parameters intended to discourage pursuit of excessively risky business strategies.
✓ When appropriate, exercise negative discretion to reduce incentive payments in certain circumstances when determining performance-based compensation.
✓ Maintain a recoupment (clawback) policy, as well as an anti-hedging/pledging policy.
✓ Require share ownership and retention guidelines for executive officers.
✓ Use “double-trigger” change in control arrangements (rather than “single-trigger” benefits).
✓ Use an independent consultant to advise on compensation levels, trends and practices and assist the board in assessing the level of risk created by or embedded in our various compensation and benefit plans.
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WHAT WE
DO NOT DO |
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✘ Guarantee annual salary increases or bonuses.
✘ Allow directors or executives to engage in hedging or pledging of securities.
✘ Reward executives for excessive, inappropriate, or unnecessary risk-taking.
✘ Provide tax gross ups.
✘ Allow repricing of stock options without shareholder approvals.
✘ Allow excessive perquisites.
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■ Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
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| | ■ Helen of Troy Limited | | | ■ Sleep Number Corporation | |
| | ■ Coty Inc. | | | ■ Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. | | |
■ Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
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| | ■ Energizer Holdings, Inc. | | | ■ Oxford Industries, Inc. | | | ■ The Clorox Company | |
| | ■ e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. | | |
■ Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.
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| | ■ The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. | |
| | ■ HanesBrands, Inc. | | | ■ Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. | | | ■ USANA Health Sciences | |
| | ■ Hasbro, Inc. | | | | | | | |
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Base Salary
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Annual Cash
Bonus |
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Long-term Incentives
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RSE Awards
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PRSE Awards
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Purpose
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Attract and retain key individuals while reflecting contribution, background, knowledge, skills, and performance
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Incentivize achievement of Company financial goals and individual performance
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Align NEO and shareholder interests by tying a significant portion of compensation to the value and performance of our common stock
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Align NEO and shareholder interests by promoting achievement of longer-term company-wide performance goals
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Performance
Period |
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– – – – –
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One Year
10/1/2024 – 9/30/2025 |
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Three Year
Vesting Ratably |
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Three Year
Cliff Vesting 10/1/2024 – 9/30/2027 |
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Performance
Metrics |
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– – – – –
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• Adjusted EBITDA
• Adjusted Net Sales
• Strategic Priorities
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Time-vesting RSE awards will vest in equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date
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Relative Total
Shareholder Return |
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Fiscal 2024
($) |
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Effective
November 1, 2024 ($) |
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Increase
($ / %) |
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Mr. Little
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| | | | $ | 1,100,000 | | | | | | $ | 1,100,000 | | | | | $0 | | |
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Ms. Weissman (1)
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| | | | $ | 465,000 | | | | | | $ | 550,000 | | | | | $85,000 (18.3%) | | |
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Ms. Spence (2)
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| | | | | N/A | | | | | | $ | 730,000 | | | | | N/A | | |
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Mr. Hibbert
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| | | | $ | 483,600 | | | | | | $ | 510,000 | | | | | $26,400 (5.5%) | | |
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Ms. Langley
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| | | | $ | 500,000 | | | | | | $ | 525,000 | | | | | $25,000 (5%) | | |
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Mr. Sullivan
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| | | | $ | 800,000 | | | | | | $ | 835,000 | | | | | $35,000 (4.4%) | | |
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Name
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Bonus Target as
a Percentage of Base Salary |
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Mr. Little
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| | | | | 125% | | | |
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Ms. Weissman
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| | | | | 65% | | | |
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Ms. Spence
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| | | | | 80% | | | |
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Mr. Hibbert
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| | | | | 75% | | | |
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Ms. Langley
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| | | | | 75% | | | |
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Mr. Sullivan
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| | | | | 90% | | | |
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% of
Bonus |
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Performance Range
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Award
Percentage Payout |
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Threshold
(% of Target) |
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Target
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Stretch
(% of Target) |
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H12025 Actual
Performance Achievement |
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Adjusted EBITDA
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40%
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$138 million
(94%) |
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$146 million
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$154 million
(106%) |
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$145.2 million
(95.8%) |
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38.3%
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Adjusted Net Sales
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40%
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$1,067 million
(98%) |
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$1,085 million
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$1,139 million
(105%) |
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$1,079.6 million
(85.1%) |
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34.0%
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% of
Bonus |
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Performance Range
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Award
Percentage Payout |
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Threshold
(% of Target) |
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Target
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Stretch
(% of Target) |
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H22025 Actual
Performance Achievement |
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Adjusted EBITDA
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40%
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$173 million
(80%) |
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$216 million
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$259 million
(120%) |
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$156.8 million
(0%) |
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0%
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Adjusted Net Sales
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40%
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$1,026 million
(85%) |
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$1,207 million
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$1,388 million
(115%) |
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$1,161.7 million
(81.2%) |
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32.5%
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% of
Bonus |
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Performance Range
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Priority
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Weighting
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FY25 Actual
Performance Achievement |
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Award
Percentage Payout |
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Strategic
Priorities |
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20%
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Optimization of
Supply Chain |
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33.3%
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100%
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100%
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Improvement of Innovation Capability
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33.3%
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100%
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Successful Execution of North America
Transformation (replaced Effective Cash Flow Management) |
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33.3%
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100%
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Adjusted
Net Sales |
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Adjusted
EBITDA |
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Strategic
Priorities |
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Payout %
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| | | | | 83.1% | | | | | | | 47.9% | | | | | | | 100% | | | |
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Weighting
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| | | | | 40% | | | | | | | 40% | | | | | | | 20% | | | |
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Weighted Payout
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| | | | | 33.3% | | | | | | | 19.2% | | | | | | | 20% | | | |
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Total Adjusted Payout
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| | | | | 72.4% | | | | | | | | | | | |||
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Name and Principal Position
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Year
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Salary
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Bonus Target
Percentage |
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Bonus Available
at Target |
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Bonus Paid
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Rod R. Little
President and Chief Executive Officer |
| | | | | 2025 | | | | | | $ | 1,100,000 | | | | | | | 125% | | | | | | $ | 1,375,000 | | | | | | $ | 907,500 | | | |
| | | | 2024 | | | | | | $ | 1,100,000 | | | | | | | 125% | | | | | | $ | 1,375,000 | | | | | | $ | 1,338,563 | | | | |||||
| | | | 2023 | | | | | | $ | 1,100,000 | | | | | | | 125% | | | | | | $ | 1,375,000 | | | | | | $ | 1,727,770 | | | | |||||
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Francesca Weissman
Chief Financial Officer |
| | | | | 2025 | | | | | | $ | 550,000 | | | | | | | 65% | | | | | | $ | 357,500 | | | | | | $ | 235,950 | | | |
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Jessica Spence
President, North America |
| | | | | 2025 | | | | | | $ | 730,000 | | | | | | | 80% | | | | | | $ | 584,000 | | | | | | $ | 361,157 | | | |
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Paul R. Hibbert
Chief Supply Chain Officer |
| | | | | 2025 | | | | | | $ | 510,000 | | | | | | | 75% | | | | | | $ | 382,500 | | | | | | $ | 252,450 | | | |
| | | | 2024 | | | | | | $ | 483,600 | | | | | | | 70% | | | | | | $ | 338,520 | | | | | | $ | 329,549 | | | | |||||
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LaTanya Langley
Chief People Officer, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary |
| | | | | 2025 | | | | | | $ | 525,000 | | | | | | | 75% | | | | | | $ | 393,750 | | | | | | $ | 259,875 | | | |
| | | | 2024 | | | | | | $ | 500,000 | | | | | | | 70% | | | | | | $ | 350,000 | | | | | | $ | 340,725 | | | | |||||
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Daniel J. Sullivan
Former Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer (1) |
| | | | | 2025 | | | | | | $ | 835,000 | | | | | | | 90% | | | | | | $ | 751,500 | | | | | | $ | 495,990 | | | |
| | | | 2024 | | | | | | $ | 800,000 | | | | | | | 75% | | | | | | $ | 600,000 | | | | | | $ | 584,100 | | | | |||||
| | | | 2023 | | | | | | $ | 750,000 | | | | | | | 75% | | | | | | $ | 562,500 | | | | | | $ | 706,680 | | | | |||||
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Andersons, Inc.
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Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.
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PriceSmart, Inc.
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B&G Foods, Inc.
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HanesBrands Inc.
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■
Reynolds Consumer Products Inc.
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■
BellRing Brands, Inc.
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■
Hasbro, Inc.
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■
Simply Good Foods Company
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■
BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.
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■
Helen of Troy Limited
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Sleep Number Corporation
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■
Boston Beer Company, Inc.
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■
Ingredion Incorporated
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■
SpartanNash Company
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■
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
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■
Inter Parfums, Inc.
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■
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
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■
Casey’s General Stores, Inc.
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■
J&J Snack Foods Corp.
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■
The Clorox Company
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■
Celsius Holdings, Inc.
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■
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.
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■
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.
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■
Central Garden & Pet Co.
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■
Lancaster Colony Corp.
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■
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.
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■
Chef’s Warehouse, Inc.
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■
MGP Ingredients, Inc.
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■
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
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■
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
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■
National Beverage Corp.
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■
United Natural Foods, Inc.
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■
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.
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■
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.
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■
Universal Corporation
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■
Coty, Inc.
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■
Oxford Industries, Inc.
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■
U.S. Foods Holding Corp.
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■
Darling Ingredients, Inc.
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■
Performance Food Group Co.
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■
USANA Health Sciences, Inc.
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■
e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.
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■
Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation
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■
Vector Group Ltd.
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■
Energizer Holdings, Inc.
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■
Post Holdings, Inc.
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■
WD-40 Company
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■
Flowers Foods, Inc.
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■
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.
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■
WK Kellogg Co.
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■
Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.
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■
Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.
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Percentile
Ranking |
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Payout
(% of Target) |
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Below Threshold
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| | | | | <25th | | | | | | | 0% | | | |
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Threshold
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| | | | | 25th | | | | | | | 50% | | | |
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Target
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| | | | | 50th | | | | | | | 100% | | | |
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Max or Above
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| | | | | 75th | | | | | | | 200% | | | |
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Group
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Ownership Level
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5X base salary
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3X base salary
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Name and
Principal Position |
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Year
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Salary ($)
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Bonus ($)
(1) |
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Stock
Awards ($) (2) |
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Option
Awards ($) (3) |
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Non-
Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($) (4) |
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All Other
Compensation ($) (5) |
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Total ($)
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Rod R. Little
President and Chief Executive Officer |
| | | | | 2025 | | | | | | $ | 1,100,000 | | | | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 7,576,100 | | | | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 907,500 | | | | | | $ | 170,766 | | | | | | $ | 9,754,366 | | | | ||||||
| | | | 2024 | | | | | | $ | 1,100,000 | | | | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 6,267,970 | | | | | | $ | 1,200,003 | | | | | | $ | 1,338,563 | | | | | | $ | 172,377 | | | | | | $ | 10,078,913 | | | | ||||||||
| | | | 2023 | | | | | | $ | 1,095,833 | | | | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 6,360,768 | | | | | | $ | 1,200,006 | | | | | | $ | 1,727,440 | | | | | | $ | 133,081 | | | | | | $ | 10,157,128 | | | | ||||||||
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Francesca Weissman
Chief Financial Officer |
| | | | | 2025 | | | | | | $ | 535,833 | | | | | | $ | 1,550 | | | | | | $ | 767,479 | | | | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 235,950 | | | | | | $ | 50,661 | | | | | | $ | 1,591,473 | | | | |||
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Jessica Spence
President, North America |
| | | | | 2025 | | | | | | $ | 684,375 | | | | | | $ | 100,000 | | | | | | $ | 1,418,277 | | | | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 361,157 | | | | | | $ | 23,510 | | | | | | $ | 2,587,319 | | | | |||
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Paul R. Hibbert
Chief Supply Chain Officer |
| | | | | 2025 | | | | | | $ | 507,800 | | | | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 1,327,426 | | | | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 252,450 | | | | | | $ | 76,946 | | | | | | $ | 2,164,622 | | | | ||||||
| | | | 2024 | | | | | | $ | 482,050 | | | | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 680,087 | | | | | | $ | 140,003 | | | | | | $ | 329,549 | | | | | | $ | 58,608 | | | | | | $ | 1,690,297 | | | | ||||||||
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LaTanya Langley
Chief People Officer, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary |
| | | | | 2025 | | | | | | $ | 512,126 | | | | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 1,181,864 | | | | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 259,875 | | | | | | $ | 58,210 | | | | | | $ | 2,012,075 | | | | ||||||
| | | | 2024 | | | | | | $ | 496,667 | | | | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 777,291 | | | | | | $ | 160,008 | | | | | | $ | 340,725 | | | | | | $ | 54,126 | | | | | | $ | 1,828,817 | | | | ||||||||
| | |
Daniel J. Sullivan
Former Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer |
| | | | | 2025 | | | | | | $ | 832,084 | | | | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 1,891,021 | | | | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 495,990 | | | | | | $ | 21,567 | | | | | | $ | 3,240,662 | | | | ||||||
| | | | 2024 | | | | | | $ | 795,834 | | | | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 1,360,174 | | | | | | $ | 280,007 | | | | | | $ | 584,100 | | | | | | $ | 20,293 | | | | | | $ | 3,040,408 | | | | ||||||||
| | | | 2023 | | | | | | $ | 748,334 | | | | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 1,451,162 | | | | | | $ | 280,002 | | | | | | $ | 706,680 | | | | | | $ | 19,785 | | | | | | $ | 3,205,963 | | | | ||||||||
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Name
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Company
Matching Contributions 401(k) Plan (i) |
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Company
Matching Contributions ESIP (i) |
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Term Life
Insurance Premiums (ii) |
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Executive
Financial Planning & Wealth Benefit (iii) |
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HSA
Employer Contribution (iv) |
| | |
Wellness
Credit (v) |
| | |
AD&D
and LTD Insurance Premiums (vi) |
| | |
Total
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Mr. Little
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| | | | $ | 21,000 | | | | | | $ | 125,614 | | | | | | $ | 102 | | | | | | $ | 22,347 | | | | | | $ | 1,500 | | | | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 203 | | | | | | $ | 170,766 | | | | |||
| | |
Ms. Weissman
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| | | | $ | 25,890 | | | | | | $ | 21,298 | | | | | | $ | 102 | | | | | | $ | 3,168 | | | | |
$0
|
| | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 203 | | | | | | $ | 50,661 | | | | ||||||
| | |
Ms. Spence
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| | | | $ | 2,920 | | | | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 102 | | | | | | $ | 20,285 | | | | |
$0
|
| | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 203 | | | | | | $ | 23,510 | | | | |||||||||
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Mr. Hibbert
|
| | | | $ | 21,598 | | | | | | $ | 28,352 | | | | | | $ | 102 | | | | | | $ | 25,066 | | | | | | $ | 1,500 | | | | | | $ | 125 | | | | | | $ | 203 | | | | | | $ | 76,946 | | | |
| | |
Ms. Langley
|
| | | | $ | 21,073 | | | | | | $ | 13,192 | | | | | | $ | 102 | | | | | | $ | 23,640 | | | | |
$0
|
| | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 203 | | | | | | $ | 58,210 | | | | ||||||
| | |
Mr. Sullivan
|
| | | | $ | 19,762 | | | | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 102 | | | | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 1,500 | | | | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 203 | | | | | | $ | 21,567 | | | | |||||||||
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Name
|
| | |
Type of Award
|
| | |
Grant
Date |
| | |
Meeting
Date |
| | |
Estimated Future Payouts
Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards |
| | |
Estimated Future Payouts
Under Equity Incentive Plan Awards (#) |
| | |
All Other
Stock Awards: Number of Shares of Stock (#) |
| | |
Grant
Date Fair Value Of Stock And Option Awards (1) |
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Threshold
|
| | |
Target
|
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Maximum
|
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Threshold
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Target
|
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Maximum
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Mr. Little
|
| | |
Bonus: Annl. Perf. (2)
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 687,500 | | | | | | $ | 1,375,000 | | | | | | $ | 2,750,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Perf Awd: RSE (3) | | | | | | 11/8/2024 | | | | | | | 10/31/2024 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 51,138 | | | | | | $ | 1,875,004 | | | | |||||
| | Perf Awd: PRSE (4) | | | | | | 11/8/2024 | | | | | | | 10/31/2024 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 60,496 | | | | | | | 120,991 | | | | | | | 241,982 | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 5,701,096 | | | | |||||
| | |
Ms. Weissman
|
| | |
Bonus: Annl. Perf. (2)
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 178,750 | | | | | | $ | 357,500 | | | | | | $ | 715,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Perf.Awd: RSE (3) | | | | | | 12/2/2024 | | | | | | | 10/31/2024 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6,886 | | | | | | $ | 260,015 | | | | |||||
| | Perf.Awd: PRSE (4) | | | | | | 12/2/2024 | | | | | | | 10/31/2024 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5,165 | | | | | | | 10,329 | | | | | | | 20,658 | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 507,464 | | | | |||||
| | |
Ms. Spence
|
| | |
Bonus: Annl. Perf. (2)
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 292,000 | | | | | | $ | 584,000 | | | | | | $ | 1,168,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Perf Awd: RSE (3) | | | | | | 11/8/2024 | | | | | | | 10/31/2024 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13,275 | | | | | | $ | 480,024 | | | | |||||
| | Perf Awd: PRSE (4) | | | | | | 11/8/2024 | | | | | | | 10/31/2024 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9,956 | | | | | | | 19,912 | | | | | | | 39,824 | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 938,253 | | | | |||||
| | |
Mr. Hibbert
|
| | |
Bonus: Annl. Perf. (2)
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 191,250 | | | | | | $ | 382,500 | | | | | | $ | 765,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Perf Awd: RSE (3) | | | | | | 11/8/2024 | | | | | | | 10/31/2024 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13,275 | | | | | | $ | 480,024 | | | | |||||
| | Perf Awd: PRSE (4) | | | | | | 11/8/2024 | | | | | | | 10/31/2024 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9,956 | | | | | | | 19,912 (5) | | | | | | | 39,824 | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 847,402 | | | | |||||
| | |
Ms. Langley
|
| | |
Bonus: Annl. Perf. (2)
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 196,875 | | | | | | $ | 393,750 | | | | | | $ | 787,500 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Perf Awd: RSE (3) | | | | | | 11/8/2024 | | | | | | | 10/31/2024 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11,062 | | | | | | $ | 400,002 | | | | |||||
| | Perf Awd: PRSE (4) | | | | | | 11/8/2024 | | | | | | | 10/31/2024 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8,297 | | | | | | | 16,593 | | | | | | | 33,186 | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 781,862 | | | | |||||
| | |
Mr. Sullivan (6)
|
| | |
Bonus: Annl. Perf. (2)
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 375,750 | | | | | | $ | 751,500 | | | | | | $ | 1,503,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Perf Awd: RSE (3) | | | | | | 11/8/2024 | | | | | | | 10/31/2024 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17,700 | | | | | | $ | 640,032 | | | | |||||
| | Perf Awd: PRSE (4) | | | | | | 11/8/2024 | | | | | | | 10/31/2024 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13,275 | | | | | | | 26,549 | | | | | | | 53,098 | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 1,250,989 | | | | |||||
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40
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Name
|
| | |
Option Awards
|
| | |
Stock Awards
|
| | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |
Number of
Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Exercisable |
| | |
Number of
Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Unexercisable |
| | |
Option
Exercise Price ($) |
| | |
Option
Expiration Date |
| | |
Number of
Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (#) |
| | |
Market Value
of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested ($) (1) |
| | |
Equity
Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested (#) |
| | |
Equity
Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested ($) (1) |
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| | |
Mr. Little
|
| | | | | 15,421 | | | | | | | 0 (2) | | | | | | $ | 42.71 | | | | | | | 11/15/2028 | | | | | | | 12,578 (10) | | | | | | $ | 256,088 | | | | | | | 58,612 (14) | | | | | | $ | 1,193,340 | | | |
| | | | 18,561 | | | | | | | 0 (3) | | | | | | | 44.74 | | | | | | | 3/1/2029 | | | | | | | 29,223 (11) | | | | | | | 594,980 | | | | | | | 103,741 (15) | | | | | | | 2,112,167 | | | | |||||
| | | | 96,464 | | | | | | | 0 (4) | | | | | | | 31.44 | | | | | | | 11/14/2029 | | | | | | | 51,853 (12) | | | | | | | 1,055,727 | | | | | | | 60,496 (16) | | | | | | | 1,231,688 | | | | |||||
| | | | 81,719 | | | | | | | 0 (5) | | | | | | | 38.91 | | | | | | | 11/13/2030 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
| | | | 39,050 | | | | | | | 0 (6) | | | | | | | 35.37 | | | | | | | 11/13/2030 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
| | | | 75,291 | | | | | | | 0 (7) | | | | | | | 43.29 | | | | | | | 11/12/2031 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
| | | | 52,563 | | | | | | | 26,281 (8) | | | | | | | 39.75 | | | | | | | 11/11/2032 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
| | | | 29,674 | | | | | | | 59,347 (9) | | | | | | | 34.22 | | | | | | | 11/10/2033 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
| | |
Ms. Weissman
|
| | | | | 6,431 | | | | | | | 0 (4) | | | | | | $ | 31.44 | | | | | | | 11/14/2029 | | | | | | | 780 (10) | | | | | | $ | 15,880 | | | | | | | 2,754 (14) | | | | | | $ | 56,071 | | | |
| | | | 5,476 | | | | | | | 0 (5) | | | | | | | 38.91 | | | | | | | 11/13/2030 | | | | | | | 2,046 (11) | | | | | | | 41,657 | | | | | | | 5,114 (15) | | | | | | | 104,121 | | | | |||||
| | | | 2,617 | | | | | | | 0 (6) | | | | | | | 35.37 | | | | | | | 11/13/2030 | | | | | | | 6,886 (13) | | | | | | | 140,199 | | | | | | | 5,165 (17) | | | | | | | 105,149 | | | | |||||
| | | | 4,550 | | | | | | | 0 (7) | | | | | | | 43.29 | | | | | | | 11/12/2031 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
| | | | 2,716 | | | | | | | 1,358 (8) | | | | | | | 39.75 | | | | | | | 11/11/2032 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
| | | | 1,731 | | | | | | | 3,462 (9) | | | | | | | 34.22 | | | | | | | 11/10/2033 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
| | |
Ms. Spence
|
| | | | | 0 | | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | 13,275 (12) | | | | | | $ | 270,279 | | | | | | | 9,956 (16) | | | | | | $ | 202,704 | | | |
| | |
Mr. Hibbert
|
| | | | | 4,627 | | | | | | | 0 (2) | | | | | | $ | 42.71 | | | | | | | 11/15/2028 | | | | | | | 1,635 (10) | | | | | | $ | 33,289 | | | | | | | 4,149 (14) | | | | | | $ | 84,474 | | | |
| | | | 9,647 | | | | | | | 0 (4) | | | | | | | 31.44 | | | | | | | 11/14/2029 | | | | | | | 4,091 (11) | | | | | | | 83,293 | | | | | | | 10,228 (15) | | | | | | | 208,242 | | | | |||||
| | | | 8,425 | | | | | | | 0 (5) | | | | | | | 38.91 | | | | | | | 11/13/2030 | | | | | | | 13,275 (12) | | | | | | | 270,279 | | | | | | | 9,956 (16) | | | | | | | 202,704 | | | | |||||
| | | | 4,026 | | | | | | | 0 (6) | | | | | | | 35.37 | | | | | | | 11/13/2030 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
| | | | 8,214 | | | | | | | 0 (7) | | | | | | | 43.29 | | | | | | | 11/12/2031 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
| | | | 5,695 | | | | | | | 2,847 (8) | | | | | | | 39.75 | | | | | | | 11/11/2032 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
| | | | 3,462 | | | | | | | 6,924 (9) | | | | | | | 34.22 | | | | | | | 11/10/2033 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
| | |
Ms. Langley
|
| | | | | 5,031 | | | | | | | 0 (7) | | | | | | $ | 36.77 | | | | | | | 4/1/2032 | | | | | | | 1,635 (10) | | | | | | $ | 33,289 | | | | | | | 5,773 (14) | | | | | | $ | 117,538 | | | |
| | | | 5,695 | | | | | | | 2,847 (8) | | | | | | | 39.75 | | | | | | | 11/11/2032 | | | | | | | 4,676 (11) | | | | | | | 95,203 | | | | | | | 11,690 (15) | | | | | | | 238,008 | | | | |||||
| | | | 3,957 | | | | | | | 3,957 (9) | | | | | | | 34.22 | | | | | | | 11/10/2033 | | | | | | | 11,062 (12) | | | | | | | 225,222 | | | | | | | 8,297 (16) | | | | | | | 168,927 | | | | |||||
| | |
Mr. Sullivan
|
| | | | | 23,580 | | | | | | | 0 (4) | | | | | | $ | 31.44 | | | | | | | 11/14/2029 | | | | | | | 3,522 (10) | | | | | | $ | 71,708 | | | | | | | 20,456 (15) | | | | | | $ | 416,484 | | | |
| | | | 18,535 | | | | | | | 0 (5) | | | | | | | 38.91 | | | | | | | 11/13/2030 | | | | | | | 8,182 (11) | | | | | | | 166,586 | | | | | | | 13,275 (16) | | | | | | | 270,279 | | | | |||||
| | | | 8,857 | | | | | | | 0 (6) | | | | | | | 35.37 | | | | | | | 11/13/2030 | | | | | | | 17,700 (12) | | | | | | | 360,372 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
| | | | 16,428 | | | | | | | 0 (7) | | | | | | | 43.29 | | | | | | | 11/12/2031 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
| | | | 12,265 | | | | | | | 6,132 (8) | | | | | | | 39.75 | | | | | | | 11/11/2032 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
| | | | 6,924 | | | | | | | 13,848 (9) | | | | | | | 34.22 | | | | | | | 11/10/2033 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
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Edgewell | 2025 Proxy Statement
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42
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Option Awards
|
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Stock Awards
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Name
|
| | |
Number of Shares
Acquired on Exercise (#) |
| | |
Value Realized
on Exercise ($) |
| | |
Number of Shares
Acquired on Vesting (#) (1) |
| | |
Value Realized
on Vesting ($) |
| | ||||||||||||
| | |
Mr. Little
|
| | | | | 0 | | | | | | $ | 0 | | | | | | | 107,517 | | | | | | $ | 3,876,331 | | | |
| | |
Ms. Weissman
|
| | | | | 0 | | | | | | $ | 0 | | | | | | | 6,301 | | | | | | $ | 227,069 | | | |
| | |
Ms. Spence
|
| | | | | 0 | | | | | | $ | 0 | | | | | | | 0 | | | | |
$0
|
| | |||
| | |
Mr. Hibbert
|
| | | | | 0 | | | | | | $ | 0 | | | | | | | 11,985 | | | | | | $ | 431,937 | | | |
| | |
Ms. Langley
|
| | | | | 0 | | | | | | $ | 0 | | | | | | | 9,269 | | | | | | $ | 334,199 | | | |
| | |
Mr. Sullivan
|
| | | | | 0 | | | | | | $ | 0 | | | | | | | 24,220 | | | | | | $ | 872,906 | | | |
| | |
Name
|
| | |
Plan
|
| | |
Executive
Contributions In last FY ($) (1) |
| | |
Edgewell
Contributions In last FY ($) (2) |
| | |
Aggregate
Earnings In last FY ($) (3) |
| | |
Aggregate
Withdrawals/ Distributions ($) |
| | |
Aggregate
Balance At FYE ($) |
| | |||||||||||||||
| | |
Mr. Little
|
| | | ESIP | | | | | $ | 121,928 | | | | | | $ | 125,614 | | | | | | $ | 280,097 | | | | | | $ | 0 | | | | | | $ | 2,160,559 | | | |
| | |
Ms. Weissman
|
| | | ESIP | | | | | $ | 111,494 | | | | | | $ | 21,298 | | | | | | $ | 109,645 | | | | | | $ | 0 | | | | | | $ | 899,376 | | | |
| | |
Ms. Spence
|
| | | ESIP | | | | | $ | 109,500 | | | | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 10,440 | | | | | | $ | 0 | | | | | | $ | 119,940 | | | | |||
| | |
Mr. Hibbert
|
| | | ESIP | | | | | $ | 167,470 | | | | | | $ | 28,352 | | | | | | $ | 190,142 | | | | | | $ | 0 | | | | | | $ | 1,678,304 | | | |
| | |
Ms. Langley
|
| | | ESIP | | | | | $ | 85,285 | | | | | | $ | 13,192 | | | | | | $ | 55,698 | | | | | | $ | 0 | | | | | | $ | 412,546 | | | |
| | |
Mr. Sullivan
|
| | | ESIP | | | |
$0
|
| | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 25,521 | | | | | | $ | 0 | | | | | | $ | 310,401 | | | | ||||||
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Long-Term Incentive Award
|
| | |
Involuntary
Termination or Voluntary Termination |
| | |
Death
|
| | |
Permanent
Disability |
| | |
Retirement
After Age 55 with 10 years of Service |
| |
| | | Three-year time-based restricted stock equivalent and stock options granted 11/11/2022, 11/10/2023 and 11/8/2024. | | | |
Forfeited
|
| | |
Accelerated
|
| | |
Accelerated
|
| | |
Pro Rata Vesting
|
| |
| | | Three-year performance-based restricted stock equivalent awards granted 11/11/2022, 11/10/2023 and 11/8/2024. | | | |
Forfeited
|
| | |
Accelerated
|
| | |
Pro Rata Vesting
|
| | |
Pro Rata Vesting
|
| |
| |
44
|
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| |
Edgewell | 2025 Proxy Statement
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|
| | | | | | |
Accelerated Restricted Stock Equivalents and
Stock Option Awards |
| | |||||||||||||||||
| | |
Name
|
| | |
Death
|
| | |
Permanent
Disability |
| | |
Retirement
After Age 55 With 10 years of Service |
| | |||||||||
| | |
Mr. Little
|
| | | | $ | 6,741,480 | | | | | | $ | 4,305,281 | | | | | | $ | 0 | | | |
| | |
Ms. Weissman
|
| | | | $ | 530,727 | | | | | | $ | 349,644 | | | | | | $ | 0 | | | |
| | |
Ms. Spence
|
| | | | $ | 695,600 | | | | | | $ | 417,363 | | | | | | $ | 0 | | | |
| | |
Mr. Hibbert
|
| | | | $ | 1,036,964 | | | | | | $ | 685,222 | | | | | | $ | 0 | | | |
| | |
Ms. Langley
|
| | | | $ | 964,906 | | | | | | $ | 649,034 | | | | | | $ | 0 | | | |
| | |
Mr. Sullivan
|
| | | | $ | 1,615,463 | | | | | | $ | 1,097,475 | | | | | | $ | 0 | | | |
| |
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Edgewell | 2025 Proxy Statement
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|
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Name
|
| | |
Severance
Salary Payment |
| | |
Severance
Bonus Payment |
| | |
Health &
Welfare Benefits |
| | |
Total
|
| | ||||||||||||
| | |
Mr. Little
|
| | | | $ | 2,200,000 | | | | | | $ | 2,750,000 | | | | | | $ | 88,299 | | | | | | $ | 5,038,299 | | | |
| | |
Ms. Weissman
|
| | | | $ | 825,000 | | | | | | $ | 536,250 | | | | | | $ | 51,184 | | | | | | $ | 1,412,434 | | | |
| | |
Ms. Spence
|
| | | | $ | 1,095,000 | | | | | | $ | 876,000 | | | | | | $ | 58,886 | | | | | | $ | 2,029,886 | | | |
| | |
Mr. Hibbert
|
| | | | $ | 765,000 | | | | | | $ | 573,750 | | | | | | $ | 65,746 | | | | | | $ | 1,404,496 | | | |
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Ms. Langley
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| | | | $ | 787,500 | | | | | | $ | 590,625 | | | | | | $ | 48,649 | | | | | | $ | 1,426,774 | | | |
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Mr. Sullivan
|
| | | | $ | 1,252,500 | | | | | | $ | 1,127,250 | | | | | | $ | 71,703 | | | | | | $ | 2,451,453 | | | |
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Benefits |
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Restricted
Stock Equivalents, Three-Year Performance Awards, Stock Option Awards |
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Excise Tax
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Mr. Little
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| | | | $ | 8,800,000 | | | | | | $ | 445,500 | | | | | | $ | 6,741,480 | | | | | | $ | 76,564 | | | | |
$0
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| | | | $ | 16,063,544 | | | | |||
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Ms. Weissman
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| | | | $ | 2,172,500 | | | | | | $ | 108,900 | | | | | | $ | 530,727 | | | | | | $ | 33,757 | | | | | | $ | (260,112) | | | | | | $ | 2,585,772 | | | |
| | |
Ms. Spence
|
| | | | $ | 3,212,000 | | | | | | $ | 160,972 | | | | | | $ | 695,600 | | | | | | $ | 37,873 | | | | |
$0
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| | | | $ | 4,106,445 | | | | |||
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Mr. Hibbert
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| | | | $ | 2,167,500 | | | | | | $ | 107,100 | | | | | | $ | 1,036,964 | | | | | | $ | 51,043 | | | | |
$0
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| | | | $ | 3,362,607 | | | | |||
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Ms. Langley
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| | | | $ | 2,231,250 | | | | | | $ | 135,788 | | | | | | $ | 964,906 | | | | | | $ | 32,734 | | | | | | $ | (60,269) | | | | | | $ | 3,304,409 | | | |
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Mr. Sullivan
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| | | | $ | 3,924,500 | | | | | | $ | 190,380 | | | | | | $ | 1,615,463 | | | | | | $ | 51,150 | | | | |
$0
|
| | | | $ | 5,781,493 | | | | |||
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Plan Category
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Number of
Securities to be Issued upon Exercise of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights (a) |
| | |
Weighted-Average
Exercise Price of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights (b) |
| | |
Number of
Securities Remaining Available for Future Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans (Excluding Securities Reflected in Column (1), and as Noted Below) (c) |
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| | | Equity compensation plans approved by security holders | | | | | | 2,667,034 | | | | | | $ | 40.36 | | | | | | | 2,350,788 | | | |
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Equity compensation plans not
approved by security holders |
| | | | | None | | | | | | | N/A | | | | | | | None | | | |
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Total
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| | | | | 2,667,034 | | | | | | $ | 40.36 | | | | | | | 2,350,788 | | | |
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| | Total shareholder return | | | | Peer group total shareholder return (5) | | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | | 2025 | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | ( | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | |||||||
| | | 2024 | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | ||||||||
| | | 2023 | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | ||||||||
| | | 2022 | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | ||||||||
| | | 2021 | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | | | $ | | | | ||||||||
| | | | Fiscal Year 2025 | | |||
| Total Compensation for CEO as reported SCT for the covered year | | | | $ | | | |
| Deduct pension values reported in SCT for the covered year | | | | $ | | | |
| Deduct grant date fair value of equity awards reported in SCT for the covered year | | | | $ | ( | | |
| Add pension value attributable to current year’s service and any change in pension value attributable to plan amendments made in the covered year | | | | $ | | | |
| Add fair values as of the end of the covered year of all equity awards granted during the covered year that are outstanding and unvested as of the end of such covered year | | | | $ | | | |
| Add fair value as of the vesting date of any awards granted in the covered year that vested during the covered year | | | | $ | | | |
| Add dividends paid on unvested shares/share units and stock options | | | | $ | | | |
| Add the change in fair value (whether positive or negative) as of the end of the covered year of any equity awards granted in any prior year that are outstanding and unvested as of the end of such covered year | | | | $ | ( | | |
| Add the change in fair value (whether positive or negative) as of the vesting date of any equity awards granted in any prior year for which all applicable vesting conditions were satisfied during the covered year | | | | $ | ( | | |
| Subtract the fair value of any equity awards granted in any prior year that fail to meet the applicable vesting conditions during the covered fiscal year | | | | $ | | | |
| Compensation Actually Paid to CEO | | | | $ | ( | | |
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| Average Total Compensation for other NEOs as reported SCT for the covered year | | | | $ | | | |
| Deduct average pension values reported in SCT for the covered year | | | | $ | | | |
| Deduct average grant date fair value of equity awards reported in SCT for the covered year | | | | $ | ( | | |
| Add average pension value attributable to current year’s service and any change in pension value attributable to plan amendments made in the covered year | | | | $ | | | |
| Add average fair values as of the end of the covered year of all equity awards granted during the covered year that are outstanding and unvested as of the end of such covered year | | | | $ | | | |
| Add average fair value as of the vesting date of any awards granted in the covered year that vested during the covered year | | | | $ | | | |
| Add average dividends paid on unvested shares/share units and stock options | | | | $ | | | |
| Add the average change in fair value (whether positive or negative) as of the end of the covered year of any equity awards granted in any prior year that are outstanding and unvested as of the end of such covered year | | | | $ | ( | | |
| Add the average change in fair value (whether positive or negative) as of the vesting date of any equity awards granted in any prior year for which all applicable vesting conditions were satisfied during the covered year | | | | $ | ( | | |
| Subtract the fair value of any equity awards granted in any prior year that fail to meet the applicable vesting conditions during the covered fiscal year | | | | $ | ( | | |
| Average Compensation Actually Paid to Other NEOs | | | | $ | | | |
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Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
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Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership |
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Percent of Class
Outstanding (1) |
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| | |
BlackRock, Inc.
50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001 |
| | | | | 7,233,068 (2) | | | | | | | 14.9% | | | |
| | |
The Vanguard Group
100 Vanguard Blvd., Malvern, PA 19355 |
| | | | | 6,066,471 (3) | | | | | | | 12.6% | | | |
| | |
Brandes Investment Partners, LP
4275 Executive Sq., 5th Floor, La Jolla, CA 92037 |
| | | | | 5,063,875 (4) | | | | | | | 10.9% | | | |
| | |
American Century Companies, Inc.
4500 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64111 |
| | | | | 3,950,190 (5) | | | | | | | 8.5% | | | |
| | |
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
6300 Bee Cave Road, Bldg., 1, Austin, TX 78746 |
| | | | | 3,575,710 (6) | | | | | | | 7.1% | | | |
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Directors and
Executive Officers |
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Shares
Beneficially Owned |
| | |
% of Shares
Outstanding (1) (*denotes less than 1%) |
| | ||||||
| | |
Robert W. Black (2)
|
| | | | | 23,965 | | | | | | | * | | | |
| | |
George R. Corbin (3)
|
| | | | | 23,965 | | | | | | | * | | | |
| | |
Carla C. Hendra (4)
|
| | | | | 18,501 | | | | | | | * | | | |
| | |
John C. Hunter, III (5)
|
| | | | | 51,448 | | | | | | | * | | | |
| | |
James C. Johnson (6)
|
| | | | | 32,261 | | | | | | | * | | | |
| | |
Rakesh Sachdev (7)
|
| | | | | 28,176 | | | | | | | * | | | |
| | |
Swan Sit (8)
|
| | | | | 19,352 | | | | | | | * | | | |
| | |
Stephanie Stahl (9)
|
| | | | | 1,340 | | | | | | | * | | | |
| | |
Gary K. Waring (10)
|
| | | | | 24,285 | | | | | | | * | | | |
| | |
Rod R. Little (11)
|
| | | | | 830,516 | | | | | | | 1.8% | | | |
| | |
Francesca Weissman (12)
|
| | | | | 50,584 | | | | | | | * | | | |
| | |
Daniel J. Sullivan (13)
|
| | | | | 177,007 | | | | | | | * | | | |
| | |
Jessica Spence (14)
|
| | | | | 2,035 | | | | | | | * | | | |
| | |
Paul Hibbert (15)
|
| | | | | 98,969 | | | | | | | * | | | |
| | |
LaTanya Langley (16)
|
| | | | | 41,154 | | | | | | | * | | | |
| | |
All Executive Officers and Directors as a Group
(16 persons) |
| | | | | 1,423,558 | | | | | | | 3.0% | | | |
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RECOMMEND A VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE NINE DIRECTOR NOMINEES
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AUDITOR
RECOMMEND A VOTE FOR RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF
PWC AS OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026
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Fees Paid to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
(in thousands) |
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Type
|
| | |
FY 2024
|
| | |
FY 2025
|
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| | | Audit Fees | | | | | $ | 2,759 | | | | | | $ | 3,069 | | | |
| | | Audit-Related Fees | | | | | $ | 20 | | | | | | $ | 0 | | | |
| | | Tax Fees | | | | | $ | 3 | | | | | | $ | 4 | | | |
| | | Other Fees | | | | | $ | 0 | | | | | | $ | 2 | | | |
| | |
Total Fees
|
| | | | $ | 2,782 | | | | | | $ | 3,075 | | | |
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THE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PAID TO OUR
NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
RECOMMEND A VOTE FOR THE APPROVAL, ON AN ADVISORY (NON-BINDING) BASIS, OF
THE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PAID TO OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
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2018 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
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Element
|
| | |
Fiscal 2025
|
| | |
Fiscal 2024
|
| | |
Fiscal 2023
|
| | |
Three-Year
Average |
| | ||||||||||||
| | | Stock options granted | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | | 100,000 | | | | | | | 100,000 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Time-based restricted stock, RSUs and deferred stock units granted (a) | | | | | | 500,000 | | | | | | | 500,000 | | | | | | | 500,000 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Performance share units (PSUs) earned (b) | | | | | | 100,000 | | | | | | | 100,000 | | | | | | | 100,000 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Total full-value awards ((a) + (b)) | | | | | | 600,000 | | | | | | | 600,000 | | | | | | | 600,000 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | |
Weighted-average basic number of shares of common
stock outstanding as of fiscal-year end |
| | | | | 47,500,000 | | | | | | | 49,700,000 | | | | | | | 51,200,000 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Burn Rate | | | | | | 1.26% | | | | | | | 1.41% | | | | | | | 1.37% | | | | | | | 1.35% | | | |
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| | | Total number of stock options outstanding (1) | | | |
961,224
|
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| | | Total number of full value awards outstanding (includes restricted stock, restricted stock units (RSUs) and performance share units (PSUs)) (2) | | | |
2,410,620
|
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| | | Total number of shares remaining available for future grant under the 2nd A&R 2018 Plan (3) | | | |
131,313
|
| |
| | | Total number of shares of common stock outstanding as of the Record Date | | | |
46,715,107
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Number of Shares
Underlying Options |
| | |
Number of Shares
Underlying Time- Based Restricted Stock Equivalents |
| | |
Number of Shares
Underlying Performance-Based Restricted Stock Equivalents |
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Rod R. Little
|
| | | | | 494,371 | | | | | | | 396,998 | | | | | | | 829,408 | | | |
| | |
Francesca Weissman
|
| | | | | 28,241 | | | | | | | 59,683 | | | | | | | 72,917 | | | |
| | |
Jessica Spence
|
| | | | | 0 | | | | | | | 39,751 | | | | | | | 59,626 | | | |
| | |
Paul R. Hibbert
|
| | | | | 53,867 | | | | | | | 74,886 | | | | | | | 94,041 | | | |
| | |
LaTanya Langley
|
| | | | | 25,443 | | | | | | | 59,423 | | | | | | | 77,284 | | | |
| | |
Daniel J. Sullivan
|
| | | | | 106,569 | | | | | | | 95,100 | | | | | | | 139,882 | | | |
| | |
All current executive officers as a group
|
| | | | | 708,491 | | | | | | | 725,841 | | | | | | | 1,273,158 | | | |
| | |
Robert W. Black
|
| | | | | 0 | | | | | | | 28,964 | | | | | | | 0 | | | |
| | |
George R. Corbin
|
| | | | | 0 | | | | | | | 28,964 | | | | | | | 0 | | | |
| | |
Carla C. Hendra
|
| | | | | 0 | | | | | | | 27,668 | | | | | | | 0 | | | |
| | |
John C. Hunter, III
|
| | | | | 0 | | | | | | | 26,444 | | | | | | | 0 | | | |
| | |
Rakesh Sachdev
|
| | | | | 0 | | | | | | | 26,444 | | | | | | | 0 | | | |
| | |
James C. Johnson
|
| | | | | 0 | | | | | | | 26,444 | | | | | | | 0 | | | |
| | |
Swan Sit
|
| | | | | 0 | | | | | | | 24,351 | | | | | | | 0 | | | |
| | |
Stephanie Stahl
|
| | | | | 0 | | | | | | | 9,112 | | | | | | | 0 | | | |
| | |
Gary K. Waring
|
| | | | | 0 | | | | | | | 29,284 | | | | | | | 0 | | | |
| | |
All current directors who are not executive officers as a group
|
| | | | | 0 | | | | | | | 227,675 | | | | | | | 0 | | | |
| | |
All current officers who are not executive officers, as a group
|
| | | | | 0 | | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | | 0 | | | |
3rd AMENDED AND RESTATED 2018 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT
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Voting by MAIL. If you received a paper copy of the proxy materials, and if you choose to vote by mail, then complete a proxy card, date and sign it, and return it in the postage-paid envelope provided.
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| | | | | By Order of the Board of Directors, | |
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LaTanya Langley
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| | December 22, 2025 | | |
Chief People Officer, Chief Legal Officer
and Corporate Secretary |
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3rd AMENDED AND RESTATED 2018 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
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For the Fiscal Year Ended
September 30, 2025 |
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| | | Net sales | | | | | $ | 2,223.5 | | | |
| | | Impact of currency versus plan | | | | | | 17.8 | | | |
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Adjusted Net Sales
|
| | | | $ | 2,241.3 | | | |
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For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025
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| | | Net earnings | | | | | $ | 25.4 | | | |
| | | Income tax provision | | | | | | (1.8) | | | |
| | | Interest expense, net | | | | | | 71.1 | | | |
| | | Depreciation and amortization | | | | | | 88.8 | | | |
| | |
EBITDA
|
| | | | $ | 183.5 | | | |
| | | Restructuring and related costs• | | | | | | 51.3 | | | |
| | | Acquisition and integration costs | | | | | | 0.5 | | | |
| | | Sun Care reformulation costs | | | | | | 3.5 | | | |
| | | Gain on investment | | | | | | (0.9) | | | |
| | | Commercial realignment | | | | | | 2.9 | | | |
| | | Vendor bankruptcy | | | | | | 2.1 | | | |
| | | Impairment charges | | | | | | 51.1 | | | |
| | | Other project and related costs | | | | | | 7.0 | | | |
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| | | GAAP – Reported | | | | | $ | 924.9 | | | | | | $ | 425.0 | | | | | | $ | 96.6 | | | | | | $ | 23.6 | | | | | | $ | (1.8) | | | | | | $ | 25.4 | | | | | | $ | 0.53 | | | |
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| | | | | 3.5 | | | | | | | (1.7) | | | | | | | 53.1 | | | | | | | 53.1 | | | | | | | 13.1 | | | | | | | 40.0 | | | | | | | 0.84 | | | |
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| | | | | 2.9 | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | 2.9 | | | | | | | 2.9 | | | | | | | 0.9 | | | | | | | 2.0 | | | | | | | 0.04 | | | |
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FAQ
What is Edgewell Personal Care Company (EPC) asking shareholders to vote on at the 2026 Annual Meeting?
Shareholders are being asked to vote on four items: 1) election of nine directors to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting, 2) ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2026, 3) approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, of executive compensation for named executive officers, and 4) approval of the Company’s 3rd Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan, which would increase authorized shares available by 2,100,000 shares.
When and where is the Edgewell (EPC) 2026 Annual Meeting and what is the record date?
The 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, February 5, 2026, at Edgewell’s offices at 780 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017. Shareholders of record at the close of business on November 28, 2025 are entitled to vote at the meeting.
How did Edgewell (EPC) deploy capital to shareholders in fiscal 2025?
In fiscal 2025, Edgewell reports returning a total of $119.5 million to shareholders. This consisted of $90.2 million in share repurchases and $29.3 million in dividends. These figures are highlighted in the fiscal 2025 performance section of the proxy materials.
What are the key strategic moves Edgewell (EPC) highlights, including the Feminine Care divestiture?
Edgewell states that it has decided to divest its Feminine Care business, with an anticipated closing in the first calendar quarter of 2026. The company frames this as a strategic step to focus resources on categories where it believes it has clear competitive advantages and momentum: Shave, Sun and Skin Care, and Grooming. The proxy also describes restructuring of the U.S. commercial organization and continued supply-chain optimization.
How did Edgewell’s Sun and Skin Care and international businesses perform in fiscal 2025?
The filing notes that Sun and Skin Care net sales for fiscal 2025 were $743.1 million, an increase of $2.3 million or 0.3%. International markets delivered 3.5% organic growth and represent approximately 40% of global sales, with Europe achieving a third consecutive year of growth and greater China delivering double-digit growth.
What does the new stock incentive plan proposal mean for Edgewell (EPC) shareholders?
Item 4 seeks approval of the Company’s 3rd Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan. The plan is described as keeping equity as an important element of compensation to attract and retain talent and align with shareholder value. The proposal would increase the number of authorized shares available by 2,100,000 shares for equity awards made under the plan.
What governance and board structure features does Edgewell (EPC) emphasize in the proxy?
Edgewell highlights that it has an independent non-executive chairman, that 8 of 9 director nominees are independent, directors are elected annually with majority voting, and the board and its committees conduct annual self-assessments and individual peer reviews. The company also notes stock ownership requirements for non-employee directors and executive leaders.
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