---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-108635"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FBIN"
cik: "0001519751"
company_name: "Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T11:38:54.345215+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fortune Brands CEO search launched; Banati steps aside, Barry interim CEO; CFO Baksht departs

## Summary
- Amit Banati will no longer assume CEO role in May and has stepped down from the Board.
- David Barry, President of Security & Connected Products, appointed Interim CEO effective immediately.
- CFO Jonathan Baksht resigned; Ashley George named Interim CFO.
- Ed Garden, Founding Partner of Garden Investments, appointed to Board as part of cooperation agreement.
- Company will propose declassification of Board at 2026 annual meeting; full-year 2026 outlook update expected on Q1 earnings call.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-108635
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FBIN
- cik: 0001519751
- company_name: Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519751/000119312526108635/0001193125-26-108635-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519751/000119312526108635/d64013d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-108635
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-108635.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-108635.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. entered into Cooperation Agreement with Garden Investment Management, L.P. (effective 2026-03-16).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: Garden Investment Management, L.P.
  - Effective: 2026-03-16
  source text: On March 16, 2026, Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. (the “ Company ”) entered into a Cooperation Agreement (the “ Cooperation Agreement ”) with Garden Investment Management, L.P. (“ GI ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519751/000119312526108635/0001193125-26-108635-index.htm

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