UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 7, 2021 (
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
Newell Brands Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 5, 2021. For more information on the proposals presented at the meeting, please see the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 25, 2021 (the “Proxy Statement”), the relevant portions of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The number of shares of common stock voted on matters presented at the Annual Meeting was 379,089,747 of the 425,331,082 shares outstanding as of the March 9, 2021 record date for the Annual Meeting. Below is a summary of the items voted on by the stockholders at the Annual Meeting.
The stockholders elected each of the following ten nominees to the Board of Directors for a one-year term by a majority vote:
| DIRECTOR |
FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | BROKER NON-VOTE |
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| BRIDGET RYAN BERMAN |
286,144,678 | 62,291,668 | 284,289 | 30,369,112 | ||||||||||||
| PATRICK D. CAMPBELL |
315,854,493 | 31,741,485 | 1,124,657 | 30,369,112 | ||||||||||||
| JAMES R. CRAIGIE |
336,213,896 | 12,202,365 | 304,374 | 30,369,112 | ||||||||||||
| BRETT M. ICAHN |
342,289,054 | 5,850,633 | 580,948 | 30,369,112 | ||||||||||||
| JAY L. JOHNSON |
346,501,110 | 1,845,258 | 374,267 | 30,369,112 | ||||||||||||
| GERARDO I. LOPEZ |
286,451,089 | 61,899,909 | 369,637 | 30,369,112 | ||||||||||||
| COURTNEY R. MATHER |
344,182,622 | 4,020,231 | 517,782 | 30,369,112 | ||||||||||||
| RAVICHANDRA K. SALIGRAM |
344,577,888 | 3,831,902 | 310,845 | 30,369,112 | ||||||||||||
| JUDITH A. SPRIESER |
266,948,385 | 81,477,741 | 294,509 | 30,369,112 | ||||||||||||
| ROBERT A. STEELE |
334,687,566 | 13,720,080 | 312,989 | 30,369,112 | ||||||||||||
The stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year 2021:
| For |
377,949,096 | |||
| Against |
695,295 | |||
| Abstain |
445,356 |
The stockholders approved the advisory resolution to approve executive compensation:
| For |
314,651,476 | |||
| Against |
32,592,736 | |||
| Abstain |
1,476,423 | |||
| Broker Non-Votes |
30,369,112 |
The stockholders did not approve a stockholder proposal to amend the stockholder right to act by written consent:
| For |
150,921,205 | |||
| Against |
190,425,742 | |||
| Abstain |
7,373,688 | |||
| Broker Non-Votes |
30,369,112 |
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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.
| Dated: May 7, 2021 | NEWELL BRANDS INC. | |||||||
| By: | /s/ Bradford R. Turner |
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| Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary | ||||||||
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