secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NEWELL BRANDS INC. (NWL)
CIK:        0000814453
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-24-042851
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Newell Brands adds James Keane to board; names Bridget Ryan Berman Chair, three directors exiting
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- James Keane, retired Steelcase CEO, elected to board effective Feb 15; board size increased to 11.
- Robert Steele, Courtney Mather, and Jay Johnson will not seek re-election at 2024 annual meeting; board to shrink to 8.
- Bridget Ryan Berman designated next Board Chair, effective May 8, 2024, succeeding Robert Steele.
- Bylaws amended to reduce minimum number of directors from nine to eight.
- Keane will serve on Compensation Committee immediately and Audit Committee starting May 8, 2024.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814453/000119312524042851/0001193125-24-042851-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814453/000119312524042851/d760670d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-042851

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