---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000109177-21-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPB"
cik: "0000109177"
company_name: "Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T23:04:35.619476+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spectrum Brands shareholders approve board declassification; all proposals pass

## Summary
- Shareholders approved de-classifying the Board of Directors with 99.90% of votes cast (37.2M for).
- Charter Amendment filed Aug 3, 2021, ending staggered three-year terms for directors.
- Class III directors Maura (96.5%) and Polistina (95.0%) re-elected; two-year term from 2022 onward.
- KPMG ratified as auditor (99.54%), and executive compensation received 97.05% advisory approval.
- Turnout was 92.28% of outstanding shares (39.3M shares present).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000109177-21-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPB
- cik: 0000109177
- company_name: Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109177/000010917721000034/0000109177-21-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109177/000010917721000034/spb-20210803.htm

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