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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-21-013749"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPB"
cik: "0000109177"
company_name: "Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-09-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T04:44:05.542561+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spectrum Brands sells Hardware & Home Improvement unit to ASSA ABLOY for $4.3B cash

## Summary
- Purchase price of $4.3 billion in cash, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.
- Business includes Kwikset, Weiser, Baldwin, Pfister, National Hardware, and other brands.
- Closing subject to regulatory approvals, antitrust clearance, and other customary conditions.
- Seller expects to use net proceeds to reduce leverage, invest in organic growth, and return capital to shareholders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-21-013749
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPB
- cik: 0000109177
- company_name: Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-09-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109177/000095010321013749/0000950103-21-013749-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109177/000095010321013749/dp157618_8k.htm

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