Helen of Troy (HELE) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Brian L. Grass, Interim Chief Executive Officer, was paid $2.5M in 2025, down 13% from $2.9M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 67:1, on median employee pay of $79,802.

Filed
June 20, 2025
Annual meeting
August 20, 2025
Pay year
2025
Named executives
3
CEO total pay
$2.5M-13% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
67:1median $79,802
CEO pay in equity
75%$1.9M in awards
CEO target equity award
$3.8MFormer CEO employment agreement
CEO target annual bonus
125%Percentage of base salary
Annual incentive payout
$0Fiscal 2025
Performance RSA payout
$0Fiscal 2025 vesting
Adjusted diluted EPS
$7.17Fiscal 2025

How Grass was paid

$2.5M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary25%Stock awards75%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Noel M. GeoffroyFormer CEO$5,311,324
Brian L. GrassCFO$2,537,355
Tessa N. JudgeCLO$1,471,103

What changed and why

  • 0 payouts were made under the fiscal 2025 annual incentive plan.
  • 0 payouts were made under Performance RSAs vesting in fiscal 2025.
  • $3.8M$3.8M was Noel Geoffroy’s fiscal 2025 target equity award under her employment agreement.
  • 125%125% was Noel Geoffroy’s fiscal 2025 target annual incentive bonus as a percentage of base salary.
  • May 2, 2025 marked Brian Grass’s appointment as interim CEO and Noel Geoffroy’s departure as CEO.
  • $5.37$5.37 was fiscal 2025 diluted EPS, while adjusted diluted EPS was $7.17.

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About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.