EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE Co

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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At Edgewell, we believe in operating our business responsibly and view our sustainability efforts as an enabler of our growth strategy. Our Sustainable Care 2030 strategy continues to guide us forward as we pursue our ambitious goals and explore new ways to create a positive impact, such as taking action to help conserve natural resources.

Letter to our Shareholders

from our President and Chief Executive Officer

and our Non-Executive Chairman of the Board

December 19, 2024

Dear Fellow Shareholders,

You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Edgewell Personal Care Company to be held on February 6, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time at the Renaissance Daytona Beach Oceanfront Hotel, 640 North Atlantic Avenue, Daytona Beach, Florida.

Fiscal 2024 Accomplishments

As we exit the year, and at a macro level, the external environment in which we are operating is mixed. The consumer remains cautious, and in the U.S., consumption across our categories slowed through the year. Inflation, though moderating, remains, and the currency environment continues to be volatile.

Despite these factors, and in a year where top-line growth was below our expectations, our broader strategies continue to yield good results and the strength of our business model remains clear.

Our results in fiscal 2024 further demonstrate the progress we are making in transforming our business, and the effectiveness of the strategy and business model we launched just under four years ago.

Strengthening our Executive Leadership Team

While we remain on track to deliver on our goal of transforming Edgewell into a growing, sustainable, and consumer-centric personal care company, we understand that our journey is still ongoing. In 2024, we continued to refine our leadership team and organization, bringing in a new President of North America, Jessica Spence, and promoting Dan Sullivan to Chief Operating Officer and Francesca Weissman to Chief Financial Officer.

Jessica is a seasoned and accomplished leader with an impressive brand-building and operational background, balanced with a strong track record of driving revenue and profit growth. We are confident that she will strengthen our North America business and position us as a key innovator, partner, and disruptor within the industry. Jessica’s expertise and results-based approach aligns perfectly with Edgewell’s goals of operating with agility and becoming even more consumer-centric, all while continuing to deliver on commercial execution as we move towards the future.

Dan has been with Edgewell since 2019, first as Chief Financial Officer and most recently combining that role with the role of President of Europe and Latin America. Dan’s appointment will streamline and strengthen the Company’s leadership structure, narrow spans of control, enhance the speed of decision-making and improve enterprise execution against critical business priorities to maximize performance.

As part of Dan’s expanded role, we announced in August 2024 that we would be streamlining all our international markets under Dan’s leadership. International now makes up to 44% of our business, so this leadership change effectively simplifies our operating structure to allow for greater focus on commercial innovation and operational execution and better position Edgewell for sustainable top- and bottom-line growth. Our local leadership teams have a broader voice in innovation, and investment and are now executing on the strategies that they have developed.

Francesca assumed her role as Chief Financial Officer on December 1, formerly serving as the Senior Vice President of Finance and Business Strategy. She will report to Dan and continue to lead all aspects of corporate FP&A and commercial and operational finance. Her additional responsibilities as CFO will include oversight of Controllership and Accounting, Investor Relations, Internal Audit, Tax and Treasury.

We are confident these changes will better position us to deliver on our overarching strategy to drive sustainable top- and bottom-line growth.

Board Leadership and Refreshment

Our Board plays a key role in helping Edgewell execute our strategic plan, manage risk, and create shareholder value. We believe our Board has the right mix of backgrounds, skills, and experiences to do this while representing the diverse interests of our stakeholders — consumers, customers, employees, shareholders, and the communities where our employees work and live.

We also understand that a strong Board must anticipate the needs and demands of the future, and we remain committed to a Board that provides diverse perspectives and broad backgrounds. In September, we welcomed Stephanie Stahl to the Board. As a consumer-driven and sustainability-focused business leader, brand builder, board member and advisor, Stephanie has extensive marketing and strategy experience in high-growth, turnaround, and early-stage operating environments. We believe Stephanie’s consumer goods background is particularly relevant as we continue to execute our near- and long-term strategic priorities. We would also like to recognize Joe O’Leary and thank him for his years of service and the contributions he has made to the Company, and we wish him the best in the future.

Looking Ahead

Overall, we exit fiscal 2024 a stronger, more capable business, one that is better equipped to continue to get closer to our consumers and to build brands people love.

Our outlook for 2025 is underpinned by five overarching priorities:

Strengthen our Right to Play categories in the U.S. to better compete for the long term;

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Fortify and accelerate our consumer-centric innovation platform;

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Strengthen and leverage growth across our International business;

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Improve service levels and our broader execution across the business as we continue on our path to becoming a world class supply chain organization and ultimately, a preferred partner to retailers; and

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Strengthen critical, underlying commercial capabilities across the enterprise to drive continued organic top-line growth.

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While the external environment remains extremely challenging, and while there is always more to do, the fundamental improvements we’ve made across our business are delivering the expected results and give us confidence that the strategic priorities and choices we’ve made are driving the desired outcomes.

We encourage you to review this Proxy Statement to learn more about the Board, our governance practices, compensation programs and philosophy, and other important developments and priorities at Edgewell. Your vote at the Annual Meeting is important. Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, we urge you to vote as soon as possible. There are several ways to vote prior to the Annual Meeting. You can vote online or by phone by following the instructions on the enclosed proxy, or you can complete, sign, date and return the enclosed proxy in the envelope provided.

We would like to thank you for your continued interest and investment in Edgewell and for your ongoing engagement with our Company.

EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE COMPANY

6 Research Drive

Shelton, Connecticut 06484

NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

The 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Edgewell Personal Care Company (the “Annual Meeting”) will be held at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, February 6, 2025 at the Renaissance Daytona Beach Oceanfront Hotel, 640 North Atlantic Avenue, Daytona Beach, Florida.

The purpose of the meeting is:

Important Notice Regarding the Internet Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting. We are mailing to many of our shareholders a notice of availability over the Internet of the proxy materials, rather than mailing the proxy materials. The notice of availability contains instructions on how to access our proxy materials on the Internet, as well as instructions on obtaining a paper copy. This process will reduce our costs to print and distribute our proxy materials. All shareholders who do not receive such a notice of availability, and any shareholders who request to receive a paper copy of the proxy materials, will receive a full set of paper proxy materials by U.S. mail.

How to Cast Your Vote. You may vote if you were a shareholder of record on November 29, 2024. It is important that your shares be represented and voted at the Annual Meeting. Please vote in one of the following ways:

This Notice, the Proxy Statement, and our 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K have also been posted atwww.proxyvote.com.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

LaTanya Langley

Chief People Officer & Chief Legal Officer

and Corporate Secretary

December 19, 2024

Awards

Fiscal 2024 Performance Highlights

Our Purpose and Values

Make useful things joyful — this is our purpose, our north star that guides everything we do. We infuse joy into our daily interactions, and we create products that are functional and bring happiness to people. Our values are core to our purpose and inspire our collaborations with teammates, our partnerships with customers, and our connection to consumers. As we innovate for the future, these values are the beacon that keep us on course. They aren’t just words on a page, we live them. They define our expectations — of our products, our company, and ourselves.