FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
                                                                                  
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
                      

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

FRANKLIN MARTIN E
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

NEWELL BRANDS INC [ NWL ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

__ X __ Director                      _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)      _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)          (First)          (Middle)

C/O NEWELL BRANDS, 221 RIVER STREET
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY)

3/17/2017
(Street)

HOBOKEN, NJ 07030
(City)        (State)        (Zip)
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

 
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Trans. Date 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any 3. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock   3/17/2017     J/K (1) (2)    2653699   D   (1) (2) 2047227   D    

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Trans. Date 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any 4. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Call Option (obligation to sell)     (1) (2) 3/17/2017     J/K   (1) (2)       2979961    3/17/2017   3/17/2017   Common Stock   2979961   $0.00   0   D    
Put option (right to sell)     (1) (2) 3/17/2017     J/K   (1) (2)       2979961    3/17/2017   3/17/2017   Common Stock   2979961   $0.00   0   D    

Explanation of Responses:
( 1)  On March 17, 2017, the reporting person settled collar arrangements entered into the second quarter of 2016 pursuant to which he wrote a covered call option and purchased a put option. The collar arrangements obligated the reporting person to deliver to unaffiliated third party purchasers up to 2,979,961 shares of NWL common stock on the expiration date of the contracts. In exchange for assuming this obligation, the reporting person received a cash payment of $182.7 million as of the date of settlement of the contracts. The reporting person pledged 2,979,961 shares of NWL common stock (the "Pledged Shares") to secure his obligation under the contracts, and retained dividend and voting rights in the Pledged Shares during the term of the pledge. On March 17, 2017, the settlement price of the NWL common stock was $48.51.
( 2)  (continued from Footnote 1) Accordingly, the reporting person transferred to the purchasers 2,653,699 of the Pledged Shares, and the purchasers returned to the reporting person the remaining 326,262 Pledged Shares.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address
Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
FRANKLIN MARTIN E
C/O NEWELL BRANDS
221 RIVER STREET
HOBOKEN, NJ 07030
X



Signatures
/s/ Michael Peterson, attorney-in-fact for Martin E. Franklin 3/21/2017
** Signature of Reporting Person Date


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