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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-043394
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190218
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190219
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190219

FILER:

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09608
		FILM NUMBER:		19613264

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		221 RIVER STREET
		CITY:			HOBOKEN
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07030
		BUSINESS PHONE:		770.418.7000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		221 RIVER STREET
		CITY:			HOBOKEN
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07030

	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
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Current
Report </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February&nbsp;18, 2019 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NEWELL BRANDS INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">36-3514169</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of Incorporation)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification Number)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>221 River Street </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Hoboken, New Jersey 07030 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices including zip code) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(201) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">610-6600</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below if the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of
the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Written communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Written communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;14d-2(b)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14d-2(b))</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;14d-2(b)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14d-2(b))</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405
of this chapter) or Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(&#167;240.12b-2</FONT> of this chapter). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Emerging growth company&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging
growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange
Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;
Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On February&nbsp;18, 2019, Newell Brands
Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) announced that William A. Burke, its Chief Operating Officer, will be retiring from the Company effective May&nbsp;1, 2019 (the &#147;Retirement Date&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company also announced that effective immediately, (i)&nbsp;Russ Torres, Group President, will take on responsibility for the
Consumer&nbsp;&amp; Commercial Solutions and Food Divisions as well as oversight responsibility for the Home&nbsp;&amp; Outdoor Living segment, which includes Outdoor&nbsp;&amp; Recreation, Home Fragrance and Connected Home&nbsp;&amp; Security, and
(ii)&nbsp;Laurel Hurd, Division CEO - Writing, has been promoted to the position of President of the Learning&nbsp;&amp; Development segment, leading the Baby and Writing divisions. Ms.&nbsp;Hurd will also join the Management Committee of the
Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In connection with Mr.&nbsp;Burke&#146;s retirement, the Company and Mr.&nbsp;Burke have entered into
a Retirement Agreement and General Release (the &#147;Retirement Agreement&#148;) pursuant to which Mr.&nbsp;Burke agreed to a customary release and restrictive covenants. The Retirement Agreement entitles Mr.&nbsp;Burke to, among other things,
(1)&nbsp;a lump sum severance payment of $875,000 payable no later than 30 days after the Retirement Date; (2)&nbsp;his <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pro-rated</FONT> annual cash incentive award through the Retirement Date under the 2019
Management Bonus Plan, at the actual corporate performance level without an individual performance modifier, payable no later than March&nbsp;15, 2020 subject to certain limitations in the Retirement Agreement (3)&nbsp;continued vesting of unvested
performance-based restricted stock units that would have otherwise vested in May 2019, February 2020 and February 2021 (subject to satisfaction of any applicable performance conditions); and 4) certain other benefits including but not limited to
continued medical coverage at active employee rates for 52 weeks and executive outplacement services. The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Retirement Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is
incorporated herein by reference. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Bradford R. Turner</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">February&nbsp;18, 2019 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">William A. Burke </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Retirement Agreement and General Release </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Bill: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Once you sign this letter, it will be the full
agreement between you and Newell Brands Inc. (&#147;the <B>Company</B>&#148;) on the terms of your retirement from employment (&#147;<B>Agreement</B>&#148;). By entering into this Agreement, neither you nor the Company makes any admission of any
failing or wrongdoing. Rather, we have merely agreed to resolve amicably any existing or potential disputes arising out of your employment with the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Your employment with the Company will be terminated due to your retirement on May&nbsp;1, 2019 (&#147;<B>Separation
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">consideration of your acceptance of this Agreement, you will be entitled to the following items:
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">You will be eligible to receive severance pay, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, equal to 12 months
of pay at your present base salary, less ordinary and necessary payroll deductions and tax withholdings and offsets, to be paid in a lump sum by May&nbsp;31, 2019 provided you have signed and not revoked this Agreement. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the Company discovers that you committed acts that may justify a termination for Good Cause, the Company may terminate this Agreement upon
written notice and/or may require you to reimburse the Company for all severance payments, above, made to you under this Agreement. This Agreement incorporates by reference the definition of Good Cause as set forth in your May 2016 offer letter.
Moreover, subject to the reasonable discretion and approval of the Board and consistently applied to other senior executives, the Company may require reimbursement and/or cancellation of any bonus or other incentive compensation, including
equity-based compensation, where all of the following factors are present: (i)&nbsp;the award was predicated upon the achievement of certain financial results that were subsequently the subject of a material restatement, (ii)&nbsp;you engaged in
fraud or willful misconduct that was a significant contributing cause to the need for the restatement, and (iii)&nbsp;a lower award would have been made to you based upon the restated financial results. In each such instance, the Company will, to
the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the fiduciary duties of the Board, seek to recover your bonus award or other incentive compensation paid or issued to you in excess of the amount that would have been paid or issued based on the
restated financial results. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Your eligibility to participate in the Company&#146;s benefits program will cease as of your Separation Date.
If you are enrolled in medical, dental, and/or vision coverage on your Separation Date, the coverage under these benefits will continue through to the end of the calendar month of your last day of employment. The last day of the month of your
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Separation Date shall be considered a &#147;qualifying event&#148; for purposes of triggering your right to continue your group health insurance pursuant to federal law (commonly referred to as
&#147;<B>COBRA</B>&#148;). However, as additional consideration for your acceptance of this Agreement, the Company will continue to offer group health, Health Care Flexible Spending Account, dental and vision insurance continuation coverage to you
and, if applicable, your dependents, at the same cost it charges its active employees (which is less than the established COBRA premiums) if you elect COBRA; pay the applicable premiums in a timely manner; and remain eligible for COBRA continuation
coverage. You will remain eligible for COBRA continuation coverage at the active employee rate until the earliest of: (i) 12 months after your COBRA qualifying event date; (ii)&nbsp;you become eligible for Medicare; or (iii)&nbsp;you become eligible
for coverage under health and/or dental insurance plans of another employer through future employment. Thereafter, you will have the right (at your sole cost) to continue COBRA coverage (if still eligible) by paying the full amount of the
established COBRA premiums for the duration of the applicable COBRA period, if any. You will receive, under separate cover from the Newell Brands Benefit Center, information regarding your rights to such continuation coverage. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">You will be eligible to retain your Company-issued mobile phone, laptop and iPad. The full value of this
benefit will be imputed to you as income and will be subject to all applicable tax withholdings. You agree that you will coordinate with the Company&#146;s IT team to ensure that all Company data and confidential information is removed from the
device prior to retention. You may decline this benefit if you so choose to do so. You understand and agree that you remain solely liable for any service-related expenses and charges associated with operating the device. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">You will be provided outplacement services through a service set up by the Company. The scope of said services
is within the sole discretion of the Company. In order to be eligible for outplacement services, you must elect to participate in such services within sixty (60)&nbsp;days of the Separation Date. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">You are eligible for a prorated 2019 Management Bonus under the terms of the Management Bonus Plan. Your
prorated Management Bonus will not be subject to any individual performance, and the Company performance modifier will be applied (including the impact of any discretionary adjustment by the Board or its authorized delegates which is generally
applicable to employees of the Company or the applicable business unit);<I> provided</I>, the Company may exercise negative discretion to reduce the amount payable to a target payout level where the payout based upon achievement of Company actual
performance levels exceeds the target payout; <I>provided further</I>, the application of the Company performance multiplier and any such exercise of negative discretion shall be made on a basis consistent with 2019 Management Bonuses made to other
senior executives. Your Management Bonus will be paid at the same time bonuses are paid to active employees, but no later than March&nbsp;15, 2020. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Your <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-vested</FONT> restricted stock units and other awards granted under
the Newell 2013 Incentive Plan that would have otherwise vested in May 2019, February 2020 and February 2021 will vest on their original vesting dates (subject to the satisfaction of any applicable performance conditions) as if you had continued to
remain employed by the </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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Company. You remain eligible to exercise any vested stock options throughout the Options Exercise Period (52 weeks from the Separation Date) provided that no stock option will be exercisable
after the earlier of: (i)&nbsp;the end of the Option Exercise Period, (ii) the latest date the option could have expired under its original terms and (iii)&nbsp;the 10<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> anniversary of the date of
the original grant. No further equity awards will be granted. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Except as stated above, all other benefits, bonuses, and compensation end on the Separation Date. However, this
Agreement does not affect any existing vested rights that you may have in the Company&#146;s bonus, deferred compensation, pension, retirement, and/or 401(k) plans. You will receive payment for your accrued but unused vacation in your last paycheck.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Benefits provided under this Agreement are intended to be exempt from, or comply with, Section&nbsp;409A of the
Internal Revenue Code (the &#147;<B>Code</B>&#148;), which is the law that regulates severance pay. This Agreement shall be construed, administered, and governed in a manner that effects such intent, and the Company shall not take any action that
would be inconsistent with such intent. Without limiting the foregoing, the payments and benefits provided under this Agreement may not be deferred, accelerated, extended, paid out, or modified in a manner that would result in the imposition of
additional tax under Code Section&nbsp;409A. Although the Company shall use its best efforts to avoid the imposition of taxation, interest, and penalties under Code Section&nbsp;409A, the tax treatment of the benefits provided under this Agreement
is not warranted or guaranteed. Neither the Company nor its affiliates nor its or their directors, officers, employees, or advisers shall be held liable for any taxes, interest, penalties, or other monetary amounts owed by you or any other taxpayer
as a result of this Agreement. All &#147;nonqualified deferred compensation&#148; (within the meaning of Code Section&nbsp;409A), including without limitation any vested deferred compensation, will be payable in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the applicable plan based upon your Code 409A Separation from Service in accordance with Code Section&nbsp;409A and the regulatory and other guidance promulgated thereunder. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In consideration of the payments and benefits provided to you above, to which you are not otherwise entitled and the sufficiency of
which you hereby acknowledge, you do, on behalf of yourself and your heirs, administrators, executors, and assigns, hereby fully, finally, and unconditionally waive, release and forever discharge the Company and its parent, subsidiary, and
affiliated entities and its and their former and present officers, directors, shareholders, employees, trustees, fiduciaries, administrators, attorneys, consultants, agents, and other representatives, and all their respective predecessors,
successors, and assigns (collectively &#147;<B>Released Parties</B>&#148;), in their corporate, personal, and representative capacities, from any and all obligations, rights, claims, damages, costs, attorneys&#146; fees, suits, and demands, of any
and every kind, nature and character, known or unknown, liquidated or unliquidated, absolute or contingent, in law and in equity, waivable and/or enforceable under any local, state, federal, or foreign common law, constitution, statute, or ordinance
which arise from or relate to your employment with the Company or the termination thereof, or any past actions or omissions of the Company or any of the Released Parties through the date you sign this Agreement. Specifically included in this waiver
and release is a general release which releases the Released Parties from any claims, including without limitation claims under: (1)&nbsp;Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991 (race, color, religion,
sex, and national origin discrimination); (2) the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended (disability discrimination); (3) 42 U.S.C. &#167; 1981 (race discrimination); (4) </P>
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the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (29 U.S.C. &#167;&#167; <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">621-624)</FONT> (age discrimination); (5) 29 U.S.C. &#167; 206(d)(1) (equal pay); (6) Executive
Order 11246 (race, color, religion, sex and national origin discrimination); (7) Executive Order 11141 (age discrimination); (8) Section&nbsp;503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (disability discrimination); (9) Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended; (10)&nbsp;the Occupational Safety and Health Act; (11)&nbsp;the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act; (12)&nbsp;the Family and Medical Leave Act; (13)&nbsp;the Genetic Information and
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Discrimination</FONT> Act; (14)&nbsp;the Uniformed Service Employment and Reemployment Rights Act; (15)&nbsp;the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act; and (16)&nbsp;other similar federal, state, and
local anti-discrimination and other employment laws, and where applicable, any rights and claims arising under the law and regulations administered by California&#146;s Department of Fair Employment and Housing. You further acknowledge that you are
releasing, in addition to all other claims, any and all claims based on any retaliation, tort, whistle-blower, personal injury, defamation, invasion of privacy, retaliatory discharge, constructive discharge, or wrongful discharge theory; any and all
claims based on any oral, written, or implied contract or on any contractual theory; any and all claims based on any public policy theory; any and all claims for severance pay, supplemental unemployment pay, or other separation pay, including but
not limited to claims under any offer letter, a retention letter, the Newell Rubbermaid Severance Plan, Newell Rubbermaid Supplemental Unemployment Pay Plan, or the Newell Rubbermaid Excess Severance Plan; any and all claims related to the
Company&#146;s use of your image, likeness, or photograph; and any and all claims based on any other federal, state, or local Constitution, regulation, law (statutory or common), or other legal theory, as well as any and all claims for punitive,
compensatory, and/or other damages, back pay, front pay, fringe benefits, and attorneys&#146; fees, costs, or expenses. Nothing in this Agreement and Release, however, is intended to waive your entitlement to vested benefits under any 401(k) plan or
other benefit plan provided by the Company. Finally, the above release does not waive claims that you could make, if available, for unemployment compensation, workers&#146; compensation, or claims that cannot be released by private agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">You further acknowledge and agree that you have not filed, assigned to others the right to file, nor are there pending, any complaints,
charges, or lawsuits by or on your behalf against the Company or any Released Party with any governmental agency or any court. Nothing herein is intended to or shall preclude you from filing a complaint and/or charge with any appropriate federal,
state, or local government agency (including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)),
reporting or providing information to any agency, or cooperating with any agency in its investigation or other proceeding. You understand and agree that you shall not be entitled to and expressly waive any right to personally recover against any
Released Party in any action brought against any Released Party by any governmental agency, you give up the opportunity to obtain monetary damages, without regard as to who brought said complaint or charge and whether the monetary damages are
recovered directly or indirectly on your behalf, and you understand and agree that this Agreement shall serve as a full and complete defense by the Company and the Released Parties to any such claims. This Agreement, however, does not limit your
right to receive a reward for information provided to any government agencies. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You understand and agree that this Agreement
contemplates and memorializes an unequivocal, complete, and final dissolution of your employment relationship with the Company, and that, therefore, you have no automatic right to be reinstated to employment with or rehired by the Company, and that
in the future, the Company and its affiliated and related entities and their successors and assigns shall have no obligation to consider you for employment, although it may voluntarily choose to do so. </P>
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without limit, any electronic or paper documents and records and copies thereof that you received or acquired during your employment containing confidential Company information and/or regarding the Company&#146;s practices, procedures, trade
secrets, customer lists, or product marketing, and that you will not use the same for your own purpose. You further agree to return to Brad Turner any and all hard copies of any documents which are the subject of a document preservation notice or
other legal hold and to notify Brad Turner of the location of any electronic documents which are subject to a legal hold. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Nothing herein is intended to or shall preclude you from filing a complaint and/or charge with any appropriate federal, state, or
local government agency (including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)), reporting
or providing information to any agency, or cooperating with any agency in its investigation or other proceeding. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;When permitted
by applicable law, you agree that in the event that you breach any of your obligations under this Agreement, the Company is entitled to stop any of the payments or other consideration to be provided to you pursuant to Paragraph 2 of this Agreement,
including but not limited your severance pay and/or your COBRA subsidy and to recover any payments or other consideration already paid you. This includes, when allowed by applicable law, the return by you of any severance pay and the value of other
benefits already paid to you pursuant to this Agreement prior to your proceeding with any claim in court against any of the Released Parties. You further agree that in the event you breach this Agreement, the Company shall be entitled to obtain any
and all other relief provided by law or equity including the payment of its attorneys&#146; fees and costs. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It is agreed that
neither you nor the Company, nor any of its officers, directors, or employees, make any admission of any failing or wrongdoing or violation of any local, state, or federal law by entering into this Agreement, and that the parties have entered into
this Agreement simply to resolve your employment relationship in an amicable manner. While considering this Agreement and at all times thereafter, you agree to act in a professional manner and not unlawfully make any defamatory, malicious or
deliberately untruthful statements regarding the Company or its affiliated companies and its and their officers, directors, and employees, or its and their products or to otherwise act in any manner that would damage their business reputation.
Nothing in this <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-disparagement</FONT> provision is intended to limit your ability to provide truthful information to any governmental or regulatory agency or to cooperate with any such agency in any investigation.
The Company will instruct its Management Committee members and Board of Directors not to unlawfully make any defamatory, malicious or deliberately untruthful statements about you or to otherwise act in any manner that would damage your business
reputation </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You agree, upon reasonable notice, to advise and assist the Company and its counsel in preparing such operational,
financial, and other reports, or other filings and documents, as the Company may reasonably request, and otherwise cooperate with the Company and its affiliates with any request for information. You also agree to assist the Company and its counsel
in prosecuting or defending against any litigation, complaints, or claims against or involving the Company or its affiliates. The Company shall pay your necessary travel costs and expenses in the event it requires you to assist it under this
Paragraph. </P>
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forth the entire understanding between the parties concerning the matters discussed herein, that no promise or inducement has been offered to you to enter into this Agreement except as expressly set forth herein, that the provisions of this
Agreement are severable such that if any part of the Agreement is found to be unenforceable, the other parts shall remain fully valid and enforceable, and that a court is authorized to amend the relevant provisions of the Agreement to carry out the
intent of the parties to the extent legally permissible. Nothing in this Agreement impacts your rights to indemnification from the Company or coverage under the Company&#146;s director and officer liability insurance policy. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">11.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The provisions of any agreement that you have previously entered into with the Company or its affiliated or related entities that
by its terms extends past your Separation Date, including the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-competition,</FONT> confidentiality, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-disparagement</FONT> and
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-solicitation</FONT> provisions in your Employment Security Agreement and equity grant agreements, remain in full force and effect. Otherwise, any Employment Security Agreement or Change in Control Agreement or
its remaining provisions, Retention Agreement or other agreement, policy, or practice relating to severance benefits or monies to be paid to you upon your termination from employment with the Company is expressly rendered null and void by this
Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">12.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You agree to submit all outstanding expenses no later than May&nbsp;7, 2019. The Company agrees to reimburse you
for qualified, reimbursable expenses incurred by you through the Separation Date which have not yet been reimbursed and which are submitted within this time period and permitted pursuant to the Company&#146;s standard policies and procedures
relating to reimbursement of expenses. You understand and agree that failure to submit your expenses per this Paragraph will result in denial of your claim for reimbursement and that you will be personally responsible for any charges not covered.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">13.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You acknowledge and agree that: (i)&nbsp;you have been paid in full for all hours that you have worked through the date you
sign this Agreement; (ii)&nbsp;it is your responsibility to make a timely report of any work-related injury or illness and that you have reported to HR any work-related injury or illness that occurred up to and including through your last day of
employment. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">14.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You acknowledge and agree that the releases set forth above are in accordance with and shall be applicable to,
without limitation, any rights and/or claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Older Workers&#146; Benefit Protection Act, and that in accordance with these laws, you are hereby advised in writing to consult an attorney prior to
accepting and executing this Agreement. You have <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">twenty-one</FONT> (21)&nbsp;days from your receipt of this letter to accept the terms of this Agreement. You may accept and execute this Agreement within those <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">twenty-one</FONT> (21)&nbsp;days. You agree that if you elect to sign this Agreement before the end of this <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">twenty-one</FONT> (21)&nbsp;day period, it is because you freely chose to do so
after carefully considering its terms. You are not waiving any rights or claims that may arise after the date this Agreement, including the waiver, is executed. You waive rights and claims only in exchange for consideration in addition to anything
of value to which you are already entitled. For a period of seven (7)&nbsp;days following execution of this Agreement, you may revoke the Agreement, and the Agreement shall not become effective and enforceable until the revocation period has
expired. </P>
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