<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000814453-16-000212.txt : 20160513
<SEC-HEADER>0000814453-16-000212.hdr.sgml : 20160513
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20160513102205
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000814453-16-000212
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160511
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160513
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160513

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NEWELL BRANDS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000814453
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PLASTICS PRODUCTS, NEC [3089]
		IRS NUMBER:				363514169
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6655 PEACHTREE DUNWOODY ROAD
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30328
		BUSINESS PHONE:		770-418-7000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6655 PEACHTREE DUNWOODY ROAD
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30328

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19990329

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NEWELL CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NEW NEWELL CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19870713

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Turner Bradford R
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001633076

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09608
		FILM NUMBER:		161646465

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC.
		STREET 2:		3 GLENLAKE PKWY.
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30328
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    <periodOfReport>2016-05-11</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000814453</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>NEWELL BRANDS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NWL</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001633076</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Turner Bradford R</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O NEWELL BRANDS INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>6655 PEACHTREE DUNWOODY ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ATLANTA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>GA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>30328</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Legal Officer &amp; Corp Sec</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable></nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Restricted Stock Units</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2016-05-11</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>9165</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
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                    <value>9165</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Newell Brands Inc. common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The reporting person shall become fully vested in his or her award upon the third anniversary of the date of the grant award, but the award may vest earlier in the event of death, disability or retirement. Prior to the vesting of the award, if the Company pays a dividend on its common stock, the reporting person will receive an amount in cash equal in value to the dividends that the reporting person would have received had the reporting person been the actual owner of the number of shares of Newell Brands Inc. common stock represented by the restricted stock units.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Leah Lower, Attorney-in-Fact for Bradford R. Turner</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-05-12</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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