secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NEWELL BRANDS INC. (NWL)
CIK:        0000814453
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-03-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-23-071330
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Newell Brands appoints David Willetts to board replacing Brett Icahn
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- Brett Icahn resigned from Board on March 13, 2023; resignation not due to any disagreement.
- David Willetts elected director effective March 15, 2023, as Icahn designee per Nomination Agreement.
- Willetts will serve on Nominating/Governance and Compensation Committees; receives pro-rated RSU valued at ~$23,000.
- Per exhibit, Gaoxiang (Gary) Hu named as replacement for Courtney Mather as Icahn designee; Mather to become New Independent Director after 2023 annual meeting.
- Willetts to cease serving on other public boards except Icahn Enterprises L.P. and Newell.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814453/000119312523071330/0001193125-23-071330-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814453/000119312523071330/d467545d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-071330

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