NEWELL BRANDS INC. — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2018

Apr 23, 2018

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NEWELL BRANDS INC.
(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
STARBOARD VALUE LP STARBOARD VALUE AND OPPORTUNITY MASTER FUND
LTD STARBOARD VALUE AND OPPORTUNITY S LLC STARBOARD VALUE AND OPPORTUNITY C LP STARBOARD LEADERS QUEBEC LLC STARBOARD LEADERS SELECT FUND LP STARBOARD T FUND LP STARBOARD LEADERS SELECT N MASTER FUND LP STARBOARD VALUE R LP STARBOARD VALUE R GP LLC STARBOARD LEADERS FUND LP STARBOARD LEADERS SELECT V GP LLC STARBOARD VALUE A LP STARBOARD VALUE A GP LLC STARBOARD VALUE GP LLC STARBOARD PRINCIPAL CO LP STARBOARD PRINCIPAL CO GP LLC JEFFREY C. SMITH MARK R. MITCHELL PETER A. FELD PAULINE J. BROWN GERARDO I. LOPEZ BRIDGET RYAN BERMAN ROBERT A. STEELE
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Starboard Value LP, together with its affiliates (collectively, “Starboard”), has filed a definitive proxy statement and accompanying BLUE proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission to be used to solicit proxies for the election of its slate of director nominees at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Newell Brands Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

On April 23, 2018, in connection with the entry into a settlement agreement with the Company, Starboard withdrew its slate of nominees for election to the Board of Directors of the Company at the Annual Meeting. Starboard will not vote any proxies received from stockholders of the Company at the Annual Meeting .