secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. (FBIN)
CIK:        0001519751
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-108635
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 1.01, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519751/000119312526108635/0001193125-26-108635-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519751/000119312526108635/d64013d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-108635

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