Helen of Troy (HELE) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

G. Scott Uzzell, CEO, was paid $4.4M in fiscal year 2026. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 112:1, on median employee pay of $79,149.

Filed
June 24, 2026
Annual meeting
August 25, 2026
Pay year
fiscal year 2026
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$4.4Mfiscal year 2026
CEO to median employee
112:1median $79,149
CEO pay in equity
73%$3.3M in awards
CEO target incentive
125% of base salaryAnnual incentive target
CEO maximum incentive
200% of base salaryAnnual incentive maximum
Performance RSA payout
No payoutFiscal year 2026 vesting
Adjusted diluted EPS
$3.55Fiscal year 2026
Net sales
$1,786.3 millionFiscal year 2026

How Uzzell was paid

$4.4M in total for fiscal year 2026, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary12%Bonus11%Stock awards73%Non-equity incentive2%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
G. Scott UzzellCEO$4,433,124
Brian L. GrassCFO$5,799,794
Tessa N. JudgeFormer CLO$1,497,647
Tracy L. ScheuermanFormer Interim CFO$1,507,127
Noel M. GeoffroyFormer CEO$4,070,466

What changed and why

  • 16.3%16.3% was the blended annual incentive payout against target measures for fiscal year 2026.
  • No payout occurred under Performance RSAs vesting in fiscal year 2026, based on adjusted diluted EPS and relative TSR.
  • $3.25M$3.25 million was CEO Uzzell’s stock-award value, including $2.25 million sign-on performance RSAs.
  • $500K$500,000 was CEO Uzzell’s one-time cash bonus after joining September 1, 2025.
  • Tariffs, lower demand and competition drove results; the Committee made no in-flight changes or discretionary incentive increases.

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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.