Newell Brands shareholders elect nine directors, approve 13 million share plan increase
At its May 8, 2025 annual meeting, Newell Brands stockholders re-elected all nine board nominees to one-year terms, ratified PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for 2025, and approved an amendment adding 13,000,000 shares to the 2022 Incentive Plan. They also approved the advisory say-on-pay vote and rejected a stockholder proposal on executive stock retention requirements. The filing reports no change in officers or directors.
Key points
- Annual meeting held May 8, 2025; 383,969,944 of 417,676,055 shares outstanding as of the March 12, 2025 record date were voted.
- Incentive Plan amendment approved with 336,467,118 for and 16,085,069 against, adding 13,000,000 shares to the share reserve.
- Say-on-pay approved with 297,871,146 for and 54,548,725 against.
- Stockholder proposal on executive stock retention requirements not approved: 113,009,379 for and 239,351,439 against.
The filing
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