UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
(Rule 13d-101)
INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED
IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT
TO § 240.13d-1(a)
AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO
§ 240.13d-2(a)
(Amendment No. 2)1
e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.
(Name
of Issuer)
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
(Title of Class of Securities)
26856L103
(CUSIP Number)
MARIO D. CIBELLI
C/O MARATHON PARTNERS EQUITY MANAGEMENT, LLC
One Grand Central Place
60 East 42nd Street, Suite 2306
New York, New York 10165
(212) 490-0399
ANDREW FREEDMAN, ESQ.
OLSHAN FROME WOLOSKY LLP
1325 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019
(212) 451-2300
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices
and Communications)
July 1, 2020
(Date of Event Which Requires
Filing of This Statement)
If
the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule
13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§ 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following
box ¨.
Note: Schedules
filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See
§ 240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
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The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to
the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided
in a prior cover page.
The information required
on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject
to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
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NAME OF REPORTING PERSON |
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Marathon Partners L.P. |
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SEC USE ONLY |
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1,250,000* |
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1,250,000* |
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1,250,000* |
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) |
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2.5%* |
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON |
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* Includes 100,000 Shares underlying certain call options.
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NAME OF REPORTING PERSON |
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Marathon Focus Fund L.P. |
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SEC USE ONLY |
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160,000* |
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160,000* |
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160,000* |
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Less than 1%* |
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* Includes 10,000 Shares underlying certain call options.
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NAME OF REPORTING PERSON |
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Marathon Partners LUX Fund, L.P. |
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SEC USE ONLY |
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1,175,000* |
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1,175,000* |
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2.3%* |
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* Includes 125,000 Shares underlying certain call options.
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NAME OF REPORTING PERSON |
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Cibelli Research & Management, LLC |
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SEC USE ONLY |
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AF |
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION |
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REPORTING |
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1,335,000* |
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1,335,000* |
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1,335,000* |
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2.7%* |
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* Includes 135,000 Shares underlying certain call options.
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NAME OF REPORTING PERSON |
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Marathon Partners Equity Management, LLC |
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AF |
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DELAWARE |
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REPORTING |
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2,585,000* |
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2,585,000* |
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2,585,000* |
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5.2%* |
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* Includes 235,000 Shares underlying certain call options.
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NAME OF REPORTING PERSON |
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Mario D. Cibelli |
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PF, AF |
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USA |
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NUMBER OF |
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10,200 |
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10,200 |
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2,585,000* |
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2,595,200* |
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5.2%* |
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NAME OF REPORTING PERSON |
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Beth Birnbaum |
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USA |
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REPORTING |
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- 0 - |
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) |
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0% |
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IN |
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NAME OF REPORTING PERSON |
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Dhiren Fonseca |
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The following
constitutes Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D filed by the undersigned (“Amendment No. 2”). This Amendment No.
2 amends the Schedule 13D as specifically set forth herein.
| Item 2. | Identity and Background. |
Item 2 is hereby
amended to add the following:
Following the
Agreement defined and described in Item 4 below, Beth Birnbaum and Dhiren Fonseca are no longer members of the Section 13(d)
group and shall cease to be Reporting Persons immediately after the filing of this Amendment No. 2. The remaining Reporting
Persons will continue filing as a group statements on Schedule 13D with respect to their beneficial ownership of securities
of the Issuer to the extent required by applicable law. Each of the remaining Reporting Persons is party to the Joint Filing
Agreement defined and described in Item 6 below.
| Item 4. | Purpose of Transaction. |
Item 4 is hereby
amended to add the following:
On July 1, 2020, Marathon
Partners Equity Management, LLC, Marathon Partners L.P., Marathon Focus Fund L.P., Marathon Partners LUX Fund, L.P., Cibelli Research
& Management, LLC and Mario Cibelli (collectively, the “Marathon Parties”) entered into a cooperation agreement
with the Issuer (the “Agreement”) regarding the composition of the Issuer’s Board of Directors (the “Board”)
and certain other matters. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Issuer agreed, among other things, that, within two business
days following the execution of the Agreement, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board (the “Nominating
Committee”) will take all necessary action to (i) increase the size of the Board from eight to nine directors, with
such new Board seat to be in Class III, (ii) appoint Lori Keith (the “New Director”) as a Class III director on
the Board and (iii) appoint the New Director to the Nominating Committee. The New Director may also attend as a non-voting observer
any meeting of the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”) held during the Support Period
(as defined below), and shall receive copies of any materials disseminated to Compensation Committee members in connection with
such meeting.
In addition, the
Agreement provides that the Board will take all necessary action to include in the proposals to be voted on at the Issuer’s
2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2020 Annual Meeting”) a “say-on-pay” proposal and a vote
as to the frequency at which “say-on-pay” proposals will be presented to and voted on by the shareholders at future
annual meetings of the Issuer, which will include a recommendation by the Board that shareholders vote for annual “say-on-pay”
proposals. The Agreement further provides that the Board will take all necessary action to amend Section 3.1(a) of
the Issuer’s 2016 Equity Incentive Award Plan (the “2016 Incentive Plan”) to reduce the maximum automatic annual
percentage increase of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the 2016 Incentive Plan from 4% to 2%, and that, during
the Support Period, the Board will not adopt a new equity incentive award plan or otherwise seek to amend the 2016 Incentive Plan
to increase the Share Limit or issue Awards in excess of the Share Limit (as such terms are defined in the 2016 Incentive Plan).
Annual grants of equity awards to the Issuer’s executive officers in 2021 will take place during the open trading window
following the Issuer’s fourth quarter earnings call in 2021, and the Issuer’s proxy statement for the 2020 Annual
Meeting will include language describing the obligation of the Issuer as relates to annual grants of equity awards to executive
officers of the Issuer. In the Agreement, the Issuer represented and warranted to the Marathon Parties that, since March 2, 2019,
the Issuer has not granted any performance equity awards to any named executive officers other than those disclosed or referenced
by the Issuer in its Forms 4 filed with the SEC in June 2020.
Pursuant to the Agreement,
the Marathon Parties agreed to certain customary covenants and standstill provisions lasting from the date of the Agreement until
the date that is 30 days prior to the expiration of the advance notice period for the submission by shareholders of director nominations
for consideration at the Issuer’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2021 Annual Meeting”) (such period,
the “Support Period”), including to appear in person or by proxy for quorum purposes at the 2020 Annual Meeting and
any other meeting of shareholders of the Issuer, including any adjournment or postponement thereof, to vote all shares of Common
Stock beneficially owned by the Marathon Parties on the record date for such meeting (i) in favor of all persons nominated
by the Board to serve as directors of the Issuer and against any shareholder nominated candidate not endorsed by the Board, (ii) to
ratify the appointment of the Issuer’s independent registered public accounting firm, (iii) in accordance with the Board’s
recommendation with respect to the Issuer’s “say-on-pay” proposal and compensation plans and any amendments thereto
and (iv) in favor of any other proposals recommended by the Board, provided, that with respect to any extraordinary matter,
including any merger, acquisition, recapitalization, restructuring, financing, disposition, distribution, spin-off, asset sale,
joint venture or other business combination involving the Issuer or its subsidiaries which requires a vote of the Issuer’s
shareholders, the Marathon Parties shall have the right to vote such shares of Common Stock in their sole discretion.
The Agreement further
provides that the Support Period will automatically be extended until the date that is 30 days prior to the expiration of the
advance notice period for the submission by shareholders of director nominations for consideration at the Issuer’s 2022
Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2022 Annual Meeting”) if either (A) at any time between the date of the Agreement
and the date that is thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the advance notice period for the submission by shareholders
of director nominations for consideration at the 2021 Annual Meeting as determined by applicable law and set forth in the Bylaws
(such date, the “2021 Annual Meeting Nomination Window Date”), the Marathon Parties do not meet the Minimum Ownership
Threshold (as defined below), or (B) as of the 2021 Annual Meeting Nomination Window Date, all of the following conditions have
been met: (i) if the New Director or her Replacement is a director on the Board as of the 2021 Annual Meeting Nomination
Window Date, the New Director or her Replacement (as applicable) is a member of the Nominating Committee as of such
date, (ii) between the date of the Agreement and the 2021 Annual Meeting Nomination Window Date, Tarang Amin has not entered into
a voting agreement or similar agreement that would subject any securities of the Issuer beneficially owned by Mr. Amin to any
arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting thereof with any other person that is a holder of any securities of the Issuer
and that is not affiliated with Mr. Amin or his estate planning, or that would give Mr. Amin the power to vote or direct the voting
of any securities of the Issuer beneficially owned by any other person that is not affiliated with Mr. Amin or his estate planning,
(iii) between the date of the Agreement and the 2021 Annual Meeting Nomination Window Date, the Issuer has not issued shares of
Common Stock (and/or securities of the Issuer convertible into, or exercisable for, shares of Common Stock) in any transaction
that represents more than 20% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (including any securities of the Issuer convertible
into, or exercisable for, shares of Common Stock) immediately prior to such issuance, (iv) the Issuer has confirmed that the proxy
statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting will include language describing the obligation of the Issuer as relates to annual grants
of equity awards to executive officers of the Issuer in 2022, and (v) the Issuer has confirmed that any director(s) or officer(s)
of the Issuer who beneficially owned 3% or more of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock as of the record date for
the 2020 Annual Meeting voted all such shares at the 2020 Annual Meeting in favor of annual “say-on-pay” proposal
frequency. If the Support Period is so extended, the Marathon Parties will be permitted to vote in accordance with the recommendation
of Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”) with respect to the Issuer’s “say-on-pay” proposal
or any proposal relating to any compensation plan submitted for shareholder approval at the 2021 Annual Meeting, including any
amendments thereto.
The standstill provisions
in the Agreement provide that, during the Support Period, the Marathon Parties and certain of their affiliates cannot, among other
things: (i) solicit proxies regarding certain matters being voted on by shareholders of the Issuer, including the removal or election
of directors of the Issuer; (ii) enter into a voting agreement or form any “group” with respect to any securities of
the Issuer; (iii) submit or encourage any person to submit nominees in furtherance of a contested solicitation for the election
or removal of directors; (iv) submit any proposal for consideration by shareholders of the Issuer at any meeting of shareholders;
or (v) acquire any securities of the Issuer or rights that would result in the Marathon Parties owning more than 12.5% of the Issuer’s
outstanding shares of Common Stock.
The Agreement provides
that the “Minimum Ownership Threshold” is beneficial ownership equal to or greater than 2% of the issued and outstanding
shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock. The Marathon Parties must provide notice to the Issuer within two business days following
the date on which the Marathon Parties no longer meet the Minimum Ownership Threshold. If at any time during the Support Period
(x) the New Director is unable to serve out her term as a Class III Director on the Board for any reason, and (y) as of such time,
the Marathon Parties have maintained since the date of the Agreement the Minimum Ownership Threshold, and the Marathon Parties
have provided evidence of such ownership, together with a certification of such ownership, to the Issuer, then the Marathon Parties
and the Issuer will negotiate in good faith to propose a mutually-agreed upon replacement director (the “Replacement”)
to be appointed to the Board to serve as her successor for the remainder of her term as a Class III Director in accordance with
the Bylaws, provided such Replacement (i) qualifies as “independent” pursuant to the rules and listing standards of
the NYSE and applicable SEC rules and regulations, (ii) has provided the Issuer with the Information (as defined in the Agreement),
(iii) has cooperated with a background check and (iv) has executed all documents required to be executed by directors of the Issuer.
The Replacement shall be promptly appointed to the Board and at least one standing committee of the Board, subject to the approval
by each of the Nominating Committee and the Board, after conducting a good faith customary due diligence process and consistent
with the Board’s fiduciary duties.
The Agreement further
provides that, during the Support Period, so long as the Marathon Parties have maintained the Minimum Ownership Threshold since
the date of the Agreement, (i) management of the Issuer (together with the Issuer’s Lead Independent Director, should such
director elect to participate) will hold a customary investor conference call, for up to 45 minutes, with Mr. Cibelli and other
representatives of the Marathon Parties following each of the Issuer’s quarterly and annual earnings calls, and (ii) promptly
following such call, the Lead Independent Director (together with any other independent directors of the Issuer selected by the
Lead Independent Director to attend such meeting) will participate in a call with Mr. Cibelli and other representatives of the
Marathon Parties without management of the Issuer present for up to 15 minutes.
The foregoing description
of the Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 99.2 hereto and is incorporated
herein by reference.
| Item 6. | Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer. |
Item 6 is hereby
amended to add the following:
On July 6, 2020, the
Marathon Parties entered into a Joint Filing Agreement in which they agreed to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of statements
on Schedule 13D with respect to the securities of the Issuer to the extent required by applicable law. The Joint Filing Agreement
is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
On July 1, 2020,
the Marathon Parties and the Issuer entered into the Agreement defined and described in Item 4 above and attached as Exhibit 99.2
hereto.
| Item 7. | Material to be Filed as Exhibits. |
Item 7 is hereby amended
to add the following exhibits:
| 99.1 | Joint Filing Agreement by and between Marathon Partners L.P., Marathon Focus Fund L.P., Marathon
Partners LUX Fund, L.P., Cibelli Research & Management, LLC, Marathon Partners Equity Management, LLC and Mario D. Cibelli,
dated July 6, 2020. |
| 99.2 | Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2020, among e.l.f. Beauty, Inc., Marathon Partners L.P., Marathon
Focus Fund L.P., Marathon Partners LUX Fund, L.P., Cibelli Research & Management, LLC, Marathon Partners Equity Management,
LLC and Mario D. Cibelli. |
SIGNATURES
After reasonable inquiry
and to the best of his knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.
Dated: July 6, 2020
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Marathon Partners L.P |
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By: |
Marathon Partners Equity
Management, LLC, its General Partner |
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By: |
/s/ Mario D. Cibelli |
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Name: |
Mario D. Cibelli |
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Title: |
Managing Member |
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Marathon Focus Fund L.P. |
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By: |
Cibelli Research & Management, LLC,
its General Partner |
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By: |
/s/ Mario D. Cibelli |
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Name: |
Mario D. Cibelli |
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Title: |
Managing Member |
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Marathon Partners LUX Fund, L.P. |
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By: |
Cibelli Research & Management, LLC,
its General Partner |
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By: |
/s/ Mario D. Cibelli |
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Name: |
Mario D. Cibelli |
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Title: |
Managing Member |
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Cibelli Research & Management, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Mario D. Cibelli |
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Name: |
Mario D. Cibelli |
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Title: |
Managing Member |
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Marathon Partners Equity Management, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Mario D. Cibelli |
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Name: |
Mario D. Cibelli |
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Title: |
Managing Member |
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/s/ Mario D. Cibelli |
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MARIO D. CIBELLI
Individually and as attorney-in-fact for Beth Birnbaum and Dhiren
Fonseca |
EX-99.1
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ex991to13da208009006_070120.htm
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 99.1
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
In accordance with
Rule 13d-1(k)(1)(iii) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the persons named below agree to the joint filing
on behalf of each of them of a Statement on Schedule 13D (including additional amendments thereto) with respect to the shares of
common stock, par value $0.01, of e.l.f. Beauty, Inc., a Delaware corporation. This Joint Filing Agreement shall be filed as an
Exhibit to such Statement.
Dated: July 6, 2020
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Marathon Partners L.P |
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By: |
Marathon Partners Equity
Management, LLC, its General Partner |
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By: |
/s/ Mario D. Cibelli |
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Name: |
Mario D. Cibelli |
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Title: |
Managing Member |
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Marathon Focus Fund L.P. |
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By: |
Cibelli Research & Management, LLC,
its General Partner |
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By: |
/s/ Mario D. Cibelli |
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Name: |
Mario D. Cibelli |
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Title: |
Managing Member |
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Marathon Partners LUX Fund, L.P. |
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By: |
Cibelli Research & Management, LLC,
its General Partner |
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By: |
/s/ Mario D. Cibelli |
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Name: |
Mario D. Cibelli |
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Title: |
Managing Member |
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Cibelli Research & Management, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Mario D. Cibelli |
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Name: |
Mario D. Cibelli |
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Title: |
Managing Member |
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Marathon Partners Equity Management, LLC |
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By: |
/s/ Mario D. Cibelli |
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Name: |
Mario D. Cibelli |
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Title: |
Managing Member |
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/s/ Mario D. Cibelli |
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MARIO D. CIBELLI |
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