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| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On October 15, 2021, Newell Brands Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) instructed The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the trustee (the “Trustee”) for the Company’s 4.000% Notes due 2022 (the “Notes”), to deliver a notice of redemption to the holders of the Notes. Pursuant to the notice of redemption, the Company will redeem the entire current outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued and outstanding under the Indenture dated as of June 14, 2012, between the Company and the Trustee (the “Indenture”), in accordance with the terms for redemption contained in the Indenture. The Company will redeem the Notes, subject to a customary make-whole premium, on November 22, 2021, for a redemption price set forth in the redemption notice.
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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.
| NEWELL BRANDS INC. | ||||||
| Dated: October 15, 2021 | By: | /s/ Bradford R. Turner | ||||
| Bradford R. Turner | ||||||
| Chief Legal & Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary | ||||||
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