AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · e.l.f. Beauty (ELF)

e.l.f. Beauty appoints Matthew Farrell, former Church & Dwight CEO, to its board

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 leadership Written later

e.l.f. Beauty's board appointed Matthew Farrell as a Class I director effective February 12, 2026. He will stand for election at the 2026 annual meeting, and the filing says he will receive the same director compensation as the company's other non-employee directors.

Key points

  • Matthew Farrell appointed to the Board as a Class I director, effective February 12, 2026
  • Farrell was CEO of Church & Dwight from January 2016 until April 2025 and Chairman until September 2025
  • Company expects Farrell to enter its standard indemnification agreement; filing reports no related party transactions

The filing

Companye.l.f. Beauty (ELF)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECFeb 13, 2026, 4:05 PM ET
Accession number0001600033-26-000009

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 12:57 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on February 13, 2026.

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