---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-453599"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FBIN"
cik: "0001519751"
company_name: "Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-11-09T21:10:22+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-11-09T21:11:03.630915+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fortune Brands elects ex-Armstrong CEO Victor Grizzle to board; Mackay, Hackett to retire

## Summary
- Victor Grizzle elected Class I director effective January 1, 2027, term running to the 2027 annual meeting; named to Nominating/Governance and Compensation committees.
- Grizzle is Executive Chair of Armstrong World Industries after 10 years as its President and CEO; earlier held senior roles at Valmont Industries and GE, and is a Franklin Electric director.
- David Mackay retires from the board December 9, 2026 after 15 years of service; the company said the move is not due to any disagreement.
- Ann Fritz Hackett will retire immediately following the 2027 annual meeting; she is reclassified as a Class III director effective December 9, 2026 to rebalance board classes.
- Mackay and Hackett both joined the board in 2011 when Fortune Brands began trading as a standalone company after its spin-off; Chair Susan Kilsby thanked both.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-453599
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FBIN
- cik: 0001519751
- company_name: Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-11-09T21:10:22+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519751/000119312526453599/0001193125-26-453599-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519751/000119312526453599/fbin-20261106.htm

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