HELEN OF TROY LTD

Major Shareholding Notification • Feb 11, 2012

SC 13G/A 1 d297125dsc13ga.htm SCHEDULE 13G AMENDMENT NO. 4 Schedule 13G Amendment No. 4

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Amendment No. 4)*

HELEN OF TROY LTD

(Name of Issuer)

COMMON STOCK

(Title of Class of Securities)

G4388N106

(CUSIP Number)

December 31, 2011

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

Check the appropriate box to designate the Rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

x Rule 13d – 1(b)

¨ Rule 13d – 1(c)

¨ Rule 13d – 1(d)

• 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 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 .)

1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY): Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC 04-3519872
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A
MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) ¨ (b) ¨
3	SEC USE
ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR
PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware
NUMBER OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH	5	SOLE VOTING POWER 1,610,000
	6	SHARED VOTING POWER 0
	7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,660,000
	8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,660,000
10	CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN
ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ¨
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY
AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 5.2%
12	TYPE OF REPORTING
PERSON* IA

Item 1(a).	Name of Issuer:
	HELEN OF TROY LTD
Item 1(b).	Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:
	One Helen of Troy Plaza
	El Paso, TX 79912
Item 2(a).	Name of Person Filing:
	Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC
Item 2(b).	Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:
	227 West Monroe Street, Suite 3000, Chicago, IL 60606.
Item 2(c).	Citizenship:
	Delaware
Item 2(d).	Title of Class of Securities:
	Common Stock

Item 2(e).	CUSIP Number:
	G4388N106
Item 3.	If This Statement is Filed Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b) or (c), Check Whether the Person Filing is a:
	(a) ¨ Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Exchange
Act.
	(b) ¨ Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Exchange Act.
	(c) ¨ Insurance company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Exchange
Act.
	(d) ¨ Investment company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company
Act.
	(e) x An investment adviser in accordance with
Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E).
	(f) ¨ An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with
Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F).
	(g) ¨ A parent holding company or control person in accordance with Rule
13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G).
	(h) ¨ A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act.
	(i) ¨ A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company
under Section 3(c)(14) of the
	Investment Company Act.
	(j) ¨ Group, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).
	If this statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(c), check this box. ¨
Item 4.	Ownership:
	With respect to the beneficial ownership of the reporting person, see Items 5 through 11 of the cover pages to this Schedule 13G, which are incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 5.	Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:
	If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class
of securities, check the following ¨ .
Item 6.	Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person:
	The shares reported herein include the shares held by Columbia Acorn Trust (CAT), a Massachusetts business trust that is advised by the reporting person. CAT holds 5.0% of the
shares of the Issuer.

Item 7.	Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company or Control Person:
	Not applicable.
Item 8.	Identification and Classification of Members of the Group:
	Not applicable.
Item 9.	Notice of Dissolution of Group:
	Not applicable.

| Item 10. |
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| By signing below each of the undersigned certifies that, to the best of such undersigned’s knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held
in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a
participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect. |

SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: February 10, 2012
Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC
By:	/s/ Bruce H. Lauer
	Bruce H. Lauer,
	Chief Operating Officer