---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-212065"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FBIN"
cik: "0001519751"
company_name: "Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T21:37:16.994292+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fortune Brands shareholders approve removal of supermajority voting, board declassification

## Summary
- Shareholders approved charter amendments removing all supermajority vote provisions (99.6% for).
- Approved declassification of Board over three years; first fully declassified election expected by 2029.
- All three Class III director nominees elected: Foley, Mackay, Pugliese (majority for each).
- Advisory say-on-pay passed with 73% support; stockholder declassification proposal passed 75% (board no recommendation).
- PricewaterhouseCoopers ratified as auditor with over 99% for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-212065
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FBIN
- cik: 0001519751
- company_name: Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519751/000119312526212065/0001193125-26-212065-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519751/000119312526212065/fbin-20260505.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-212065.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 053172bf8a5491bd69d2f9b18431f8798498851d
  claim: Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.: Stockholders approved and company filed an Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate the classified Board structure over a three-year period (effective 2026-05-06).
  evidence_excerpt: On May 6, 2026, the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware an Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the form of which was included as Appendix B to the Company's definitive Proxy Statement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519751/000119312526212065/0001193125-26-212065-index.htm
- claim_id: 521f41066ff2dde9d652ab3de4e75dcd7c278b55
  claim: Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.: Board approved an amendment to the Bylaws to eliminate the supermajority vote requirement for shareholders to amend the Bylaws and replaced it with the default voting standard under the Delaware General Corporation Law (effective 2026-05-06).
  evidence_excerpt: Our Board also approved a corresponding amendment to the Bylaws to eliminate the supermajority vote requirement for shareholders to amend the Bylaws and replaced that provision with the default voting standard under the Delaware General Corporation Law, which became effective on May 6, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519751/000119312526212065/0001193125-26-212065-index.htm
- claim_id: a288864a2c4718c6a50813f84f80aa147f25e653
  claim: Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.: Stockholders approved and company filed an Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to remove all supermajority voting provisions (effective 2026-05-06).
  evidence_excerpt: On May 6, 2026, the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware an Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the form of which was included as Appendix B to the Company's definitive Proxy Statement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519751/000119312526212065/0001193125-26-212065-index.htm

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