0001193125-18-326708.txt : 20181114 0001193125-18-326708.hdr.sgml : 20181114 20181114160626 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-18-326708 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20181109 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement FILED AS OF DATE: 20181114 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20181114 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: 181183636 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 8-K 1 d656301d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November 14, 2018 (November 9, 2018)

 

 

NEWELL BRANDS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-9608   36-3514169
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification Number)

221 River Street

Hoboken, New Jersey 07030

(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

(201) 610-6600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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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 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On January 26, 2016, Newell Rubbermaid Inc., now known as Newell Brands Inc., (the “Company”) entered into a five-year revolving credit agreement (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Revolving Credit Agreement”) with a syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Lenders”).

On November 9, 2018, the Company and Lenders entered into a letter agreement (the “Letter”) amending certain requirements under the Revolving Credit Agreement that the aggregate book value of dispositions during specified periods not exceed in the aggregate 15% of the Company’s total consolidated assets on a pro forma basis as of the most recently completed fiscal year. Pursuant to the Letter, specified dispositions, if consummated in the quarter ending December 31, 2018, will be excluded from these limitations set forth in Section 6.04(a) of the Revolving Credit Agreement, subject to certain terms and restrictions contained in the Letter.

SIGNATURES

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 the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

      NEWELL BRANDS INC.
Dated: November 14, 2018     By:   /s/ Bradford R. Turner
       

Bradford R. Turner

Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary