secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. (FBIN)
CIK:        0001519751
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-11-09T21:10:22+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-453599
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519751/000119312526453599/0001193125-26-453599-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519751/000119312526453599/fbin-20261106.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-453599

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