0000814453-20-000168.txt : 20200513 0000814453-20-000168.hdr.sgml : 20200513 20200513163229 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000814453-20-000168 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20200511 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200513 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200513 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SPRIESER JUDITH A CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001206994 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09608 FILM NUMBER: 20873634 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: USG CORPORATION STREET 2: 125 SOUTH FRANKLIN STREET CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 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: 2Q ZIP: 30328 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-424-1941 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6655 PEACHTREE DUNWOODY ROAD CITY: ATLANTA STATE: 2Q ZIP: 30328 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NEWELL BRANDS, INC. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20191017 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NEWELL BRANDS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20160415 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990329 4 1 wf-form4_158940193148371.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2020-05-11 0 0000814453 NEWELL BRANDS INC. NWL 0001206994 SPRIESER JUDITH A C/O NEWELL BRANDS INC. 6655 PEACHTREE DUNWOODY ROAD ATLANTA GA 30328 1 0 0 0 Deferred RSU phantom stock 2020-05-11 4 A 0 12053 0 A Common Stock 12053.0 12053 D Deferred RSU phantom stock Common Stock 5830.4148 5830.4148 D On the transaction date (the "RSU Grant Date"), the reporting person received an award of 12,053 restricted stock units ("RSUs"), which, pursuant to her grant agreement with the Company, is scheduled to vest on the earlier of: (i) the first anniversary of the date of the RSU Grant Date; or (ii) the date immediately preceding the date of the Company's 2021 annual meeting of its stockholders (as applicable, the "RSU Vesting Date"), provided she remains in continuous service on the Board until such date. Pursuant to the grant agreement, the award may vest as common stock of the Company, on a one-for-one basis, earlier than the RSU Vesting Date in the event of the death, disability or retirement of the reporting person. Pursuant to the Company's 2008 Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended (the "DCP"), the reporting person elected to defer vesting of the RSUs as shares until the end of her service on the Company's Board. As a result, on the RSU Vesting Date, the reporting person will receive, in lieu of shares: (i) 12,053 phantom stock units and (ii) cash equal to the value of dividends paid on 12,053 shares of the Company's Common Stock between the RSU Grant Date and the RSU Vesting Date. The phantom stock units received on the RSU Vesting Date will be settled after the end of the reporting person's service on the Board of the Company on a one-for-one basis for shares of the Company's Common Stock. During the deferral period, additional phantom stock units will continue to accrue pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the DCP. At the end of the deferral period, the reporting person will also have the right to receive the cash equivalent of the additional phantom stock units accrued. Before the RSU Vesting Date, each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one phantom stock unit. On and after the RSU Vesting Date, each phantom stock unit will represent the right to receive one share of Common Stock of the Company at the end of the deferral period. The RSUs will be exchanged for an equal number of phantom stock units on the RSU Vesting Date. The 12,053 phantom stock units acquired on the RSU Vesting Date will be settled on a one-for-one basis for shares of the Company's Common Stock after the end of the reporting person's service on the Board. On the settlement date, all additional phantom stock units acquired during the deferral period through reinvested dividends will also be payable to the reporting person in cash. The cash value will be calculated based on the closing stock price for the Company's Common Stock on the settlement date. N/A Represents a vested award of 5,504 RSUs first made on May 15, 2018. The reporting person elected to defer settlement on the scheduled vesting date and the RSUs instead converted to an equal number of phantom stock units, in accodrance with the DCP. The 5,504 phantom stock units will settle on a one-for-one basis for shares of the Company's Common Stock after the end of the reporting person's service on the Company's Board. During the deferral period, additional phantom stock units will continue to accrue pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the DCP. At the end of the deferral period, the reporting person will also have the right to receive the cash equivalent of the additional phantom stock units accrued. The reporting person's 5,504 phantom stock units will convert to shares of the Company's Common Stock on a one-for-one basis after the end of the reporting person's service on the Company's Board, in accordance with the DCP. The reported total includes 326.4148 phantom stock units accrued pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the DCP during the period May 6, 2019, through the date hereof in transactions exempt from Section 16 pursuant to Rule 16a-11. Dividend reinvestment accruals were calculated based on the Company's closing stock price on each of the following dates on which a dividend was paid to holders of the Company's Common Stock: June 14, 2019, September 13, 2019, December 13, 2019, and March 13, 2020. /s/ Raj Dave, attorney-in-fact for Judith Sprieser 2020-05-13