---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-023865"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FBIN"
cik: "0001519751"
company_name: "Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-03-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T05:29:01.586891+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fortune Brands appoints Karen Ries as SVP and Chief Accounting Officer effective March 1

## Summary
- Karen Ries, 41, appointed SVP and Chief Accounting Officer, effective March 1, 2024.
- Previously served as VP and Global Controller since August 2023; before that Univar Solutions and AbbVie.
- Compensation includes base salary, annual bonus, and long-term incentive awards; 2024 award set per market data for CAO role.
- No family relationships with directors/officers; no reportable transactions under Item 404(a).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-023865
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FBIN
- cik: 0001519751
- company_name: Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519751/000095017024023865/0000950170-24-023865-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519751/000095017024023865/fbin-20240227.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-023865.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Karen Ries was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On February 27, 2024, the Board of Directors of Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Karen Ries to serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer and the Company’s principal accounting officer, effective March 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519751/000095017024023865/0000950170-24-023865-index.htm

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