Report of Foreign Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 (6-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 or 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of September 2022

Commission File Number: 001-40207

Waldencast plc

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

10 Bank Street, Suite 560

White Plains, New York, 10606

(Address of principal executive office)

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WALDENCAST PLC

On September 16, 2022, the Board of Directors of Waldencast plc (the “Company”) appointed Philippe Gautier as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, with such appointment to be effective as of October 19, 2022. In connection with such appointment, Hind Sebti, the Company’s Chief Growth Officer, will step down from her additional role as Chief Operating Officer. In this position, Mr. Gautier will also serve as the principal financial officer of the Company. The role of principal financial officer was previously held by Michel Brousset, Chief Executive Officer, and the principal executive and accounting officer, of the Company.

Mr. Gautier, age 55, most recently served as Group Chief Financial Officer at Selecta, a KKR portfolio company. Prior to this, he spent five years as Group Chief Financial Officer and Operations, for SMCP, previously a KKR portfolio company and parent company of Parisian fashion labels Sandro, Maje, Claudie Pierlot and De Fursac. For more than a decade, Mr. Gautier served as Chief Financial Officer within the Kering Group for global brands Sergio Rossi and Puma in North America. Mr. Gautier began his career at HSBC asset management in Tokyo. Mr. Gautier holds a Master of Science in Management from HEC Paris.

Mr. Gautier has no family relationships with any current director, executive officer, or person nominated to become a director or executive officer, of the Company, and there are no transactions or proposed transactions, to which the Company is a party, or intended to be a party, in which Mr. Gautier has, or will have, a material interest subject to disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

A copy of the press release announcing Mr. Gautier’s appointment is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form 6-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NO.		DESCRIPTION
99.1		Waldencast plc press release, dated September 27, 2022

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Waldencast plc has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.