---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-302341"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NWL"
cik: "0000814453"
company_name: "NEWELL BRANDS INC."
filed_at: "2022-12-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T06:31:26.035367+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Newell Brands appoints Mark Erceg as CFO; Chris Peterson remains President

## Summary
- Mark Erceg appointed CFO effective Jan 9, 2023; succeeds Chris Peterson who continues as President.
- Erceg was previously CFO of Cerner, Tiffany & Co., Canadian Pacific Railway, and Masonite.
- Compensation: $800k base, 120% target bonus, $3.6M LTIP target, $1M sign-on stock options (cliff vest 5 yrs).
- No changes to Peterson's compensation or role as President.
- Erceg reports to Peterson; both report to CEO Ravi Saligram.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-302341
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NWL
- cik: 0000814453
- company_name: NEWELL BRANDS INC.
- filed_at: 2022-12-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814453/000119312522302341/0001193125-22-302341-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814453/000119312522302341/d434473d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-302341
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-302341.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-302341.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark J. Erceg was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at NEWELL BRANDS INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: appointed Mark J. Erceg as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective January 9, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814453/000119312522302341/0001193125-22-302341-index.htm
- Executive change
  Christopher H. Peterson changed role as President at NEWELL BRANDS INC..
  - Role: President
  source text: As of the Effective Date, Christopher H. Peterson, will serve as President of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814453/000119312522302341/0001193125-22-302341-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.