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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-143659"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NWL"
cik: "0000814453"
company_name: "NEWELL BRANDS INC."
filed_at: "2022-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T23:11:25.610685+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Newell Brands promotes CFO Chris Peterson to President & CFO; annual meeting results

## Summary
- Chris Peterson, CFO since 2018, appointed President & CFO, effective immediately; continues to report to CEO Ravi Saligram.
- New compensation: base salary raised to $900,000 and $500,000 equity award (PRSUs, options, TRSUs).
- Shareholders elected all 10 director nominees; ratified PwC as auditor; approved 2022 Incentive Plan and advisory executive compensation.
- Stockholder proposal to amend special meeting right defeated with 67% against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-143659
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NWL
- cik: 0000814453
- company_name: NEWELL BRANDS INC.
- filed_at: 2022-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814453/000119312522143659/0001193125-22-143659-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814453/000119312522143659/d350738d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-143659
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-143659.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-143659.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christopher H. Peterson was appointed as President and Chief Financial Officer at NEWELL BRANDS INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On May 5, 2022, Newell Brands Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Christopher H. Peterson, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer and President, Business Operations has been appointed President of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814453/000119312522143659/0001193125-22-143659-index.htm

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