SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2019-11-04

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<div><a name="s6038918CD40E8028ADA11F18EA69DDA3"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Exhibit 10.1</font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">SECOND AMENDMENT TO</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC. 2013 INCENTIVE PLAN</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#32;<br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Newell Brands Inc. (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Company</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;) hereby adopts this Second Amendment (this &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Amendment</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;) to the Newell Rubbermaid Inc. 2013 Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Plan</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;), effective as of July 26, 2019 (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Amendment Effective Date</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;). This Amendment will be effective as described herein.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS,</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#32;it is the desire of the Company to amend the Plan, effective as of the Amendment Effective Date, to (i) modify the definition of &#8220;Fair Market Value&#8221; to reflect the transfer of the Company&#8217;s listing from the New York Stock Exchange to the Nasdaq Global Select Market and (ii) specify that the Board has the discretion to accelerate the date as of which any Stock Option shall become exercisable in the event of termination of employment or service with the Company for Good Reason; and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS,</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#32;the Board of Directors of the Company (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Board</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;) may amend the Plan for this purpose pursuant to Section 16 of the Plan without obtaining the approval of the Company&#8217;s stockholders.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">NOW, THEREFORE,</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#32;effective as of the Amendment Effective Date, the Board hereby amends the Plan as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">I.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Section 2.15 of the Plan is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8220;&#8216;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Fair Market Value</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8217; means, on a particular date, the closing sales price of a share of Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (as reported in The Wall Street Journal), or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, on any other national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed, or if no sales of Common Stock occur on such date, on the last preceding date on which there was a sale of Common Stock on such exchange.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">II.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Section 6.3(b) of the Plan is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8220;Each Stock Option shall become exercisable as set forth in the Stock Option Agreement; provided that in the case of Stock O