The Edgewell Personal Care Company is an American multinational

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company headquartered in

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. It was formed in 2015 following the

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from

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. Edgewell Personal Care was formed by the renaming of the original Energizer Holdings; Energizer's battery business was then spun-off as Energizer Household Products and then renamed Energizer Holdings.

Brands

The company owns a number of brands, including:

Feminine hygiene

* Carefree * O.B. *

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* Stayfree

Grooming

* Billie * Cremo *

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* Schick *

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* Jack Black (men's grooming)

Skin care

* Wet Ones

Sun care

* Banana Boat *

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History

In February 2015,

announced that it would split into two companies. The original entity, Energizer Holdings, Inc, would be converted to a personal care company and renamed Edgewell Personal Care. The household products and assets would be transferred to a new entity, Energizer SpinCo, Inc, that would then be renamed to (new) Energizer Holdings, Inc. David Hatfield, who was president and CEO of Energizer Personal Care at the time was named CEO of the Edgewell brand. In January 2018, Edgewell announced it had entered an agreement to acquire luxury men's skincare brand Jack Black for an undisclosed sum. The deal closed in March 2018. In May 2019, Edgewell announced it would purchase the razor company

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, including their female-focused Flamingo brand, for $1.37 billion. In October 2019, Edgewell announced that they were selling their diaper and cat litter disposal businesses to Le Holding Angelcare Inc. for $122.5 million. The FTC announced on February 3, 2020 that it would seek to block Edgewell from purchasing the startup razor company Harry's on concerns of price manipulation. Edgewell announced on February 10, 2020 that it is terminating its merger agreement with Harry's after the FTC sued to block the $1.37 billion deal. In September 2020, Edgewell announced it was acquiring the shaving products brand CREMO for an all-cash transaction of $235 million. The acquisition was completed in September 2020. In November 2021, Edgewell announced it had acquired women's body brand Billie in an all-cash transaction at a purchase price $310 million. In 2022 and 2023, Edgewell issued a recall of some of its Banana Boat sunscreen due to the presence of

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, a known

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Brands

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* {{Authority control Personal care companies of the United States American companies established in 2015 Manufacturing companies established in 2015 Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange Corporate spin-offs Shelton, Connecticut Manufacturing companies based in Connecticut Companies based in Fairfield County, Connecticut 2015 establishments in Connecticut