Form 8-K/A
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K/A

 

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 10, 2020 (February 4, 2020)

 

NEWELL BRANDS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-9608

 

36-3514169

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

6655 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd.

Atlanta, GA 30328

(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

(770) 418 - 7000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol

 

Name of exchange

on which registered

Common stock, $1 par value per share

 

NWL

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  

 

 


Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

This amendment corrects the target payouts as a percentage of base salary disclosed in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed earlier today.

Bonus Program

On February 4, 2020, the Organizational Development & Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) used its discretion under the Newell Brands Inc. Management Bonus Plan (the “Bonus Plan”) under the shareholder approved 2013 Incentive Plan to establish the performance criteria for the 2020 bonus awards. For each named executive officer, 2020 bonus awards will be tied to corporate performance goals previously approved by the Company’s shareholders, including adjusted operating cashflow, core sales growth and adjusted earnings per share. Following completion of 2020, named executive officers are eligible to receive a bonus equal to such named executive officer’s base salary multiplied by the product of the target payout percentage described below and the Aggregate Corporate Performance Bonus Multiplier (as defined below), in each case based on attainment of applicable corporate performance goals, and subject to adjustment up or down, based on individual performance, quality of results or other factors deemed relevant by the Committee.

The “Aggregate Corporate Performance Bonus Multiplier” is a percentage from 0% to 200% determined by the Committee based on specified performance criteria for each applicable 2020 bonus award. The named executive officers participate in the 2020 Bonus Plan with a target payout equal to the percentage of their respective base salary as set forth below. In order to receive their bonuses, participants are generally required to continue to be employed by the Company through the date of payment of the bonus. The amount awarded to a named executive officer under the Bonus Plan will range between 0% and 200% of the target payout indicated below, based on the extent to which applicable performance criteria are met.

Name

 

Target Payout as a

Percentage of

Base Salary

 

Ravichandra K. Saligram

   

150

%

Christopher H. Peterson

   

120

%

Bradford R. Turner

   

100

%

Russ Torres will not be eligible for a 2020 bonus award because he will be leaving the Company effective March 8, 2020.


SIGNATURES

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

Date: February 10, 2020

 

 

 

NEWELL BRANDS INC.

             

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Bradford R. Turner

 

 

 

Bradford R. Turner

 

 

 

Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary