10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒ Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

for the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2022

Commission File Number 1-9608

NEWELL BRANDS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	36-3514169
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

6655 Peachtree Dunwoody Road,

Atlanta, Georgia 30328

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (770) 418-7000

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

TITLE OF EACH CLASS	TRADING SYMBOL	NAME OF EXCHANGE ON WHICH REGISTERED
Common stock, $1 par value per share	NWL	Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:    None

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes ☒  No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes ☒  No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

Large Accelerated Filer	☒	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☐
Emerging growth company	☐

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. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

Number of shares of common stock outstanding (net of treasury shares) as of October 24, 2022: 413.6 million.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION	2
Item 1. Financial Statements	2
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	29
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	44
Item 4. Controls and Procedures	44
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION	44
Item 1. Legal Proceedings	44
Item 1A. Risk Factors	45
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	45
Item 6. Exhibits	46
SIGNATURES	47

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

NEWELL BRANDS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)

(Amounts in millions, except per share data)

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended  September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Net sales	$	2,252	$	2,787	$	7,174	$	7,784
Cost of products sold	1,599		1,939		4,956		5,323
Gross profit	653		848		2,218		2,461
Selling, general and administrative expenses	467		561		1,489		1,667
Restructuring costs, net	3		6		12		16
Impairment of goodwill, intangibles and other assets	148		—		148		—
Operating income	35		281		569		778
Non-operating expenses:
Interest expense, net	57		65		171		197
Other (income) expense, net	8		1		(108)		(3)
Income (loss) before income taxes	(30)		215		506		584
Income tax provision (benefit)	(61)		25		37		108
Net income	$	31	$	190	$	469	$	476
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	413.6		425.4		416.4		425.2
Diluted	414.6		428.5		418.3		427.9
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	0.07	$	0.45	$	1.13	$	1.12
Diluted	$	0.07	$	0.44	$	1.12	$	1.11

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited).

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NEWELL BRANDS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (Unaudited)

(Amounts in millions)

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Comprehensive income (loss):
Net income	$	31	$	190	$	469	$	476
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(110)		(55)		(207)		(65)
Pension and postretirement costs	8		6		20		15
Derivative financial instruments	8		15		19		23
Total other comprehensive loss, net of tax	(94)		(34)		(168)		(27)
Comprehensive income (loss)	(63)		156		301		449
Total comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		2
Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to parent	$	(63)	$	156	$	301	$	447

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited).

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NEWELL BRANDS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited)

(Amounts in millions, except par values)

	September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	636	$	440
Accounts receivable, net	1,502		1,500
Inventories	2,527		1,997
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	483		325
Total current assets	5,148		4,262
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,124		1,204
Operating lease assets	585		558
Goodwill	3,300		3,504
Other intangible assets, net	2,869		3,370
Deferred income taxes	778		814
Other assets	874		467
Total assets	$	14,678	$	14,179
Liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	1,437	$	1,680
Accrued compensation	123		270
Other accrued liabilities	1,470		1,364
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt	1,078		3
Total current liabilities	4,108		3,317
Long-term debt	4,762		4,883
Deferred income taxes	641		405
Operating lease liabilities	519		500
Other noncurrent liabilities	872		983
Total liabilities	10,902		10,088
Commitments and contingencies (Footnote 17)
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock (10.0 authorized shares, $1.00 par value, no shares issued at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021)	—		—
Common stock (800.0 authorized shares, $1.00 par value, 438.6 shares and 450.0 shares issued at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively)	439		450
Treasury stock, at cost (25.0 shares and 24.5 shares at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively)	(623)		(609)
Additional paid-in capital	7,143		7,734
Retained deficit	(2,133)		(2,602)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(1,050)		(882)
Total stockholders’ equity	3,776		4,091
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	14,678	$	14,179

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited).

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NEWELL BRANDS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)

(Amounts in millions)

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	469	$	476
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	222		244
Impairment of goodwill, intangibles and other assets	148		—
(Gain) loss from sale of businesses	(136)		2
Deferred income taxes	211		(17)
Stock based compensation expense	8		37
Other, net	(2)		(1)
Changes in operating accounts excluding the effects of divestitures:
Accounts receivable	(165)		(44)
Inventories	(738)		(488)
Accounts payable	(143)		194
Accrued liabilities and other	(441)		87
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	(567)		490
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sale of divested business	616		—
Capital expenditures	(221)		(181)
Other investing activities, net	25		1
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	420		(180)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	990		—
Payments on current portion of long-term debt	(2)		(447)
Payments on long-term debt	—		(6)
Repurchase of shares of common stock	(325)		—
Cash dividends	(290)		(296)
Acquisition of noncontrolling interests	—		(26)
Equity compensation activity and other, net	(29)		(25)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	344		(800)
Exchange rate effect on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(13)		(14)
Increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	184		(504)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period	477		1,021
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	$	661	$	517
Supplemental disclosures:
Restricted cash at beginning of period	$	37	$	40
Restricted cash at end of period	25		23

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited).

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NEWELL BRANDS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (Unaudited)

(Amounts in millions)

	Common Stock		Treasury Stock		Additional Paid-In Capital		Retained Earnings (Deficit)		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss		Total Stockholders' Equity
Balance at June 30, 2022	$	439	$	(623)	$	7,251	$	(2,164)	$	(956)	$	3,947
Comprehensive income (loss)	—		—		—		31		(94)		(63)
Dividends declared on common stock - $0.23 per share	—		—		(93)		—		—		(93)
Equity compensation, net of tax	—		—		(15)		—		—		(15)
Balance at September 30, 2022	$	439	$	(623)	$	7,143	$	(2,133)	$	(1,050)	$	3,776
Balance at December 31, 2021	$	450	$	(609)	$	7,734	$	(2,602)	$	(882)	$	4,091
Comprehensive income (loss)	—		—		—		469		(168)		301
Dividends declared on common stock - $0.69 per share	—		—		(285)		—		—		(285)
Equity compensation, net of tax	2		(14)		7		—		—		(5)
Common stock purchased and retired	(13)		—		(312)		—		—		(325)
Other	—		—		(1)		—		—		(1)
Balance at September 30, 2022	$	439	$	(623)	$	7,143	$	(2,133)	$	(1,050)	$	3,776

	Common Stock		Treasury Stock		Additional Paid-In Capital		Retained Earnings (Deficit)		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss		Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent		Noncontrolling Interests		Total Stockholders' Equity
Balance at June 30, 2021	$	450	$	(609)	$	7,906	$	(2,888)	$	(873)	$	3,986	$	25	$	4,011
Comprehensive income (loss)	—		—		—		190		(33)		157		(1)		156
Dividends declared on common stock - $0.23 per share	—		—		(99)		—		—		(99)		—		(99)
Equity compensation, net of tax	—		—		12		—		—		12		—		12
Acquisition of noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—		—		—		(23)		(23)
Other changes attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—		(1)		(1)		1		—
Balance at September 30, 2021	$	450	$	(609)	$	7,819	$	(2,698)	$	(907)	$	4,055	$	2	$	4,057
Balance at December 31, 2020	$	448	$	(598)	$	8,078	$	(3,174)	$	(880)	$	3,874	$	26	$	3,900
Comprehensive income (loss)	—		—		—		476		(27)		449		—		449
Dividends declared on common stock - $0.69 per share	—		—		(299)		—		—		(299)		—		(299)
Equity compensation, net of tax	2		(11)		40		—		—		31		—		31
Acquisition of noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—		—		—		(26)		(26)
Other changes attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—		—		—		2		2
Balance at September 30, 2021	$	450	$	(609)	$	7,819	$	(2,698)	$	(907)	$	4,055	$	2	$	4,057

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited).

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NEWELL BRANDS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)

Footnote 1 — Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Newell Brands Inc. (collectively with its subsidiaries, the “Company”) have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments (including normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair statement of the financial position and the results of operations of the Company. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements, and the footnotes thereto, included in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2021 has been derived from the audited financial statements as of that date, but it does not include all the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for a complete financial statement. Certain reclassifications have been made in the Company's financial statements of the prior year to conform to current year presentation.

On March 31, 2022, the Company sold its Connected Home & Security (“CH&S”) business unit to Resideo Technologies, Inc. See Footnotes 2 and 16 for further information.

Use of Estimates and Risks

Management’s application of U.S. GAAP in preparing the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements requires the pervasive use of estimates and assumptions. The Company, which has been impacted in recent years by inflationary and supply chain pressures, labor shortages, and logistical challenges across its businesses, and more recently by the indirect macroeconomic impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, is also experiencing additional headwinds due to softening global demand and an increased focus by retailers to rebalance inventory levels in light of continued inflationary pressures on consumers. The segments most impacted by the softening global demand are Home Appliances and Home Solutions. These collective macroeconomic trends, the duration or severity of which are highly uncertain, are rapidly changing the retail landscape and have negatively impacted the Company’s operating results, cash flows and financial condition in 2022 and are expected to persist for the remainder of the year and into 2023. The high level of uncertainty of these factors has resulted in estimates and assumptions that have the potential for more variability and are more subjective. In addition, some of the other inherent estimates and assumptions used in the Company’s forecasted results of operations and cash flows that form the basis of the determination of the fair value of the reporting units for goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment testing are outside the control of management, including interest rates, cost of capital, tax rates, industry growth, credit ratings, foreign exchange rates and labor inflation. Although management has made its best estimates and assumptions based upon current information, actual results could materially differ given the uncertainty of these factors and may require future changes to such estimates and assumptions, including reserves, which may result in future expense or impairment charges.

During the third quarter of 2022, the Company concluded that a triggering event had occurred for its Home Fragrance reporting unit, in the Home Solutions segment, an indefinite-lived tradename in the Home Appliances reporting unit, and two indefinite-lived tradenames for the Baby reporting unit, in the Learning and Development segment. The Company performed a quantitative impairment test and determined that the Home Fragrance reporting unit goodwill, and the indefinite-lived tradenames in the Home Appliances and Baby reporting units noted above were impaired. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recorded an aggregate non-cash impairment charge of $148 million, as the carrying values exceeded their fair values. A quantitative impairment test was also performed for the indefinite-lived tradename and long-lived assets in the Home Fragrance reporting unit resulting in no impairment. See Footnote 7 for further information.

Seasonal Variations

Sales of the Company’s products tend to be seasonal, with sales, operating income and operating cash flow in the first quarter generally lower than any other quarter during the year, driven principally by reduced volume and the mix of products sold in the first quarter. The seasonality of the Company’s sales volume combined with the accounting for fixed costs, such as depreciation, amortization, rent, personnel costs and interest expense, impacts the Company’s results on a quarterly basis. In addition, the Company typically tends to generate the majority of its operating cash flow in the third and fourth quarters of the year due to seasonal variations in operating results, the timing of annual performance-based compensation payments, customer program payments, working capital requirements and credit terms provided to customers. Accordingly, the Company’s results of

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operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, may not necessarily be indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2022.

The Company's sales and operating results, previously disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, reverted back to historical patterns in 2021, however, uncertainty still remains due to the significant volatility and direction of future consumer and customer demand patterns, as well as inflationary and supply chain pressures.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Changes to U.S. GAAP are established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) in the form of accounting standards updates (“ASUs”) to the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification. The Company considers the applicability and impact of all ASUs.

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting.” In January 2021, the FASB clarified the scope of this guidance with the issuance of ASU 2021-01, Reference Rate Reform: Scope. ASU 2020-04 provides optional expedients and exceptions to account for contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions that reference the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or another reference rate if certain criteria are met. ASU 2020-04 may be applied prospectively to contract modifications made and hedging relationships entered into or evaluated on or before December 31, 2024. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2020-04 to have a material impact to its consolidated financial statements.

In October 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-04, “Supplier Finance Programs (Subtopic 405-50): Disclosure of Supplier Finance Program Obligations.” This ASU requires that a buyer in a supplier finance program disclose sufficient information about the program to allow a user of financial statements to better consider the effect of the programs on an entity’s working capital, liquidity, and cash flows. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, except for the amendment on roll forward information which is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023. The Company is evaluating the effect of adopting this new accounting guidance.

Sales of Accounts Receivables

Factored receivables at September 30, 2022 associated with the Company's existing factoring agreement (the “Customer Receivables Purchase Agreement”) were approximately $375 million, a decrease of approximately $125 million from December 31, 2021. During the second quarter of 2022, the Company amended the Customer Receivables Purchase Agreement to (1) increase the amount of certain customer receivables that may be sold under the agreement, (2) add new customers to the agreement and (3) change the reference rate from LIBOR to Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”). Transactions under this agreement are accounted for as sales of accounts receivable, and the receivables sold are removed from the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at the time of the sales transaction. The Company classifies the proceeds received from the sales of accounts receivable as an operating cash flow in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows. The Company records the discount as other (income) expense, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and collections of accounts receivables not yet submitted to the financial institution as a financing cash flow.

Footnote 2 — Divestiture Activity

On March 31, 2022, the Company sold its CH&S business unit to Resideo Technologies, Inc., for approximately $593 million, subject to customary working capital and other post-closing adjustments. As a result, during the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recorded a pretax gain of $136 million, which was included in other (income) expense, net in its Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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Footnote 3 — Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The following table displays the changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (“AOCL”) by component, net of tax, for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 (in millions):

	Cumulative Translation Adjustment		Pension and  Postretirement Costs		Derivative Financial Instruments		AOCL
Balance at December 31, 2021	$	(575)	$	(292)	$	(15)	$	(882)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	(213)		10		27		(176)
Amounts reclassified to earnings	6		10		(8)		8
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)	(207)		20		19		(168)
Balance at September 30, 2022	$	(782)	$	(272)	$	4	$	(1,050)

Reclassifications from AOCL to the results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were pretax (income) expense of (in millions):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended  September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Cumulative translation adjustment (1)	$	—	$	—	$	6	$	—
Pension and postretirement benefit plans (2)	4		5		11		16
Derivative financial instruments (3)	(7)		8		(10)		19

(1)See Footnote 2 for further information.

(2)See Footnote 11 for further information.

(3)See Footnote 10 for further information.

The income tax provision allocated to the components of AOCL for the periods indicated are as follows (in millions):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended  September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	26	$	7	$	46	$	16
Pension and postretirement benefit costs	1		1		2		3
Derivative financial instruments	3		4		6		7
Income tax provision related to AOCL	$	30	$	12	$	54	$	26

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Footnote 4 — Restructuring Costs

Restructuring costs, net incurred by reportable business segments for all restructuring activities for the periods indicated are as follows (in millions):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended  September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Commercial Solutions	$	1	$	1	$	2	$	1
Home Appliances	—		—		1		4
Home Solutions	—		—		1		3
Learning and Development	1		—		3		1
Outdoor and Recreation	1		2		3		3
Corporate	—		3		2		4
	$	3	$	6	$	12	$	16

Accrued restructuring costs activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 are as follows (in millions):

	Balance at December 31, 2021		Restructuring Costs, Net		Payments		Balance at  September 30, 2022
Severance and termination costs	$	8	$	11	$	(11)	$	8
Contract termination and other costs	2		1		(3)		—
	$	10	$	12	$	(14)	$	8

2020 Restructuring Plan

The Company’s 2020 restructuring program, which was substantially complete at the end of 2021, was designed to reduce overhead costs, streamline certain underperforming operations and improve future profitability. The restructuring costs, which impacted all segments, include employee-related costs such as severance and other termination benefits. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recorded restructuring charges of $9 million under the 2020 restructuring program.

Other Restructuring and Restructuring-Related Costs

The Company regularly incurs other restructuring and restructuring-related costs in connection with various discrete initiatives, including certain costs associated with Project Ovid, the multi-year, customer centric supply chain initiative to transform the Company’s go-to-market capabilities in the U.S., improve customer service levels and drive operational efficiencies. Restructuring-related costs are recorded in cost of products sold and selling, general and administrative expenses (“SG&A”) in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations based on the nature of the underlying costs incurred. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recorded restructuring charges of $3 million and $12 million, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recorded other restructuring charges of $6 million and $7 million, respectively.

Footnote 5 — Inventories

Inventories are comprised of the following (in millions):

	September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Raw materials and supplies	$	310	$	310
Work-in-process	205		167
Finished products	2,012		1,520
	$	2,527	$	1,997

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Footnote 6 — Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

Property, plant and equipment, net, is comprised of the following (in millions):

	September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Land	$	73	$	82
Buildings and improvements	620		678
Machinery and equipment	2,327		2,387
	3,020		3,147
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(1,896)		(1,943)
	$	1,124	$	1,204

Depreciation expense was $50 million for both the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 and $146 million and $153 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

In 2022, the Company took possession of two right of use operating lease assets associated with Project Ovid, with future obligations of approximately $119 million at September 30, 2022.

Footnote 7 — Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net

Goodwill activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 is as follows (in millions):

Segments	Net Book Value at December 31, 2021		Impairment Charges		Foreign Exchange		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Impairment Charges		Net Book Value at September 30, 2022
Commercial Solutions	$	747	$	—	$	—	$	916	$	(169)	$	747
Home Appliances	—		—		—		569		(569)		—
Home Solutions	164		(108)		—		2,567		(2,511)		56
Learning and Development	2,593		—		(96)		3,343		(846)		2,497
Outdoor and Recreation	—		—		—		788		(788)		—
	$	3,504	$	(108)	$	(96)	$	8,183	$	(4,883)	$	3,300

During the third quarter of 2022, the Company concluded that a triggering event had occurred for the Home Fragrance reporting unit in the Home Solutions segment, as a result of a downward revision of forecasted cash flows due to softening global demand, as retailers significantly pulled back on orders in an effort to rebalance inventory, and rising interest rates. The decline in global demand is driven primarily by inflationary pressures which are impacting the discretionary spending behavior of consumers. The Company performed a quantitative impairment test and determined that the Home Fragrance reporting unit goodwill was impaired. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 the Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $108 million, as the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeded its fair value. A hypothetical 10% reduction in the forecasted earnings before interest, taxes and amortization used in the discounted cash flows to estimate the fair value of the Home Fragrance reporting unit would have resulted in an additional goodwill impairment charge for the remaining carrying value of $56 million. See Footnote 1 for further information.

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Other intangible assets, net, are comprised of the following (in millions):

	September 30, 2022						December 31, 2021
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value
Trade names — indefinite life	$	1,898	$	—	$	1,898	$	2,219	$	—	$	2,219
Trade names — other	158		(75)		83		159		(65)		94
Capitalized software	594		(473)		121		631		(495)		136
Patents and intellectual property	22		(16)		6		22		(14)		8
Customer relationships and distributor channels	1,063		(302)		761		1,216		(303)		913
	$	3,735	$	(866)	$	2,869	$	4,247	$	(877)	$	3,370

Amortization expense for intangible assets for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 was $25 million and $28 million, respectively and $76 million and $91 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

During the third quarter of 2022, the Company concluded that a triggering event had occurred for an indefinite-lived tradename in the Home Appliances reporting unit and an indefinite-lived tradename in the Home Fragrance reporting unit in the Home Solutions segment, as a result of a downward revision of forecasted cash flows due to softening global demand, as retailers significantly pulled back on orders in an effort to rebalance inventory and rising interest rates. The decline in global demand is driven primarily by inflationary pressures which are impacting the discretionary spending behavior of consumers. The Company also concluded that a triggering event had occurred for two indefinite-lived tradenames for the Baby reporting unit, in the Learning and Development segment, as a result of rising interest rates and inflationary pressures. The Company performed a quantitative impairment test and determined that the indefinite-lived tradename in the Home Appliances reporting unit and two indefinite-lived tradenames in the Baby reporting unit were impaired. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recorded an aggregate non-cash impairment charge of $40 million, as the carrying values of these tradenames exceeded their fair values. A hypothetical 10% reduction in forecasted revenue used in the relief from royalty method to determine the fair value of these indefinite-lived intangibles would have resulted in incremental impairment charges in the Home Appliances and Learning and Development segments of $4 million and $5 million, respectively. A quantitative impairment test was also performed for the indefinite-lived tradename in the Home Fragrance reporting unit in the Home Solutions segment, which resulted in no impairment. A hypothetical 10% reduction in the forecasted debt-free cash flows used in the excess earnings method to determine the fair value of the tradename would have resulted in an impairment charge of $21 million.

As further described in Footnote 1, the Company has experienced headwinds due to softening global demand and an increased focus by retailers to rebalance inventory levels in light of continued inflationary pressures on consumers, most notably in the Home Appliances and Home Solutions segments. As a result, the Company may identify future triggering events for these segments, other segments or other indefinite-lived tradenames, including the Baby reporting unit goodwill in the Learning and Development segment, which had a carrying value of $645 million and an indefinite-lived tradename in the Outdoor and Recreation reporting unit which had a carrying value of $58 million. Additional impairment testing may be required based on further deterioration of global demand and/or the macroeconomic environment, continued disruptions to the Company’s business, further declines in operating results of the Company’s reporting units and/or tradenames, further sustained deterioration of the Company’s market capitalization, and other factors, which may necessitate changes to estimates or valuation assumptions used in the fair value of the reporting units for goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible tradenames. Although management cannot predict when improvements in macroeconomic conditions will occur, if consumer confidence and consumer spending decline significantly in the future or if commercial and industrial economic activity experiences a sustained deterioration from current levels, it is possible the Company will be required to record impairment charges in the future. See Footnote 1 for further information on use of estimates and risks.

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Footnote 8 — Other Accrued Liabilities

Other accrued liabilities are comprised of the following (in millions):

	September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Customer accruals	$	675	$	715
Accrued self-insurance liabilities, contingencies and warranty	193		125
Operating lease liabilities	122		122
Accrued interest expense	113		56
Accrued marketing and freight expenses	81		59
Accrued income taxes	54		43
Other	232		244
	$	1,470	$	1,364

Footnote 9 — Debt

Debt is comprised of the following at the dates indicated (in millions):

	September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
3.85% senior notes due 2023	$	1,088	$	1,086
4.00% senior notes due 2024	196		203
4.875% senior notes due 2025	495		494
3.90% senior notes due 2025	47		47
4.20% senior notes due 2026	1,977		1,975
6.375% senior notes due 2027	480		—
6.625% senior notes due 2029	479		—
5.375% senior notes due 2036	417		417
5.50% senior notes due 2046	658		658
Other debt	3		6
Total debt	5,840		4,886
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt	(1,078)		(3)
Long-term debt	$	4,762	$	4,883

Senior Notes

On September 19, 2022, the Company delivered a notice of redemption to the holders of the Company's 3.85% senior notes due April 2023 (the “April 2023 Notes”), and the Company redeemed the April 2023 Notes on October 19, 2022. The redemption price was 100.002% of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. The total consideration paid was approximately $1.09 billion, and the Company will recognize a nominal debt extinguishment loss in the fourth quarter of 2022.

On September 14, 2022, the Company completed a registered public offering of $500 million principal amount of 6.375% senior notes that mature in September 2027 (the “September 2027 Notes”) and $500 million principal amount of 6.625% senior notes that mature in September 2029 (the “September 2029 Notes”). The Company received proceeds of approximately $990 million, net of fees and expenses paid. The September 2027 Notes and the September 2029 Notes are subject to similar restrictive and financial covenants as the Company's existing senior notes, however, they are not subject to the interest rate adjustment or coupon step up provisions of certain other notes described below. The September 2027 Notes and the September 2029 Notes are redeemable in whole or in part, at the option of the Company (1) at any time prior to three months before the stated maturity dates at a redemption price equal to or greater of (a) the principal amount of the notes being redeemed or (b) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the notes being redeemed, discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis, plus the applicable make-whole amount of 50 basis points, plus in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the notes being redeemed to, but not including, the redemption date; or (2) at any time on or after three months prior to

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respective maturity dates, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption dates. The Company used the net proceeds from the September 2027 and September 2029 Notes, together with available cash, to redeem the April 2023 Notes during the fourth quarter of 2022. The Company was in compliance with all of its debt covenants at September 30, 2022.

On February 11, 2022, S&P Global Inc. (“S&P”) upgraded the Company’s debt rating to “BBB-” from “BB+”. Since the S&P upgrade, the Company has been in a position to access the commercial paper market. The Company can currently issue commercial paper up to a maximum of $1.5 billion, provided there is a sufficient amount available for borrowing under the Credit Revolver (defined hereafter). In addition, the interest rate on the relevant senior notes decreased by 25 basis points due to the upgrade, reducing the Company’s interest expense by approximately $10 million on an annualized basis (approximately $8 million in 2022). However, certain of the Company’s outstanding senior notes aggregating to approximately $4.2 billion are still subject to an interest rate adjustment of 25 basis points in connection with the Moody’s Corporation (“Moody’s”) downgrade of the Company's debt rating in 2020.

Receivables Facility

The Company maintains an Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility (the “Securitization Facility”). During the second quarter of 2022, the Company amended the Securitization Facility. This amendment (1) reduced the aggregate commitment under the Securitization Facility to $375 million from $600 million, (2) extended its maturity by one year to October 2023 and (3) changed the reference rate under the Securitization Facility from LIBOR to SOFR. The Securitization Facility bears interest at a margin over a variable interest rate. The maximum availability under the Securitization Facility fluctuates based on eligible accounts receivable balances. At September 30, 2022, the Company did not have any amounts outstanding under the Securitization Facility.

Revolving Credit Facility and Commercial Paper

On August 31, 2022, the Company entered into a $1.5 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Revolver”) that matures in August 2027. The Credit Revolver refinanced the Company’s previous $1.25 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility that was scheduled to mature in December 2023.

Under the Credit Revolver, the Company may borrow funds on a variety of interest rate terms. The Credit Revolver provides committed back-up liquidity for the issuance of commercial paper, in each case, to the extent there is sufficient availability for borrowing under the Credit Revolver. At September 30, 2022 there were no borrowings outstanding under the Credit Revolver and no commercial paper borrowings.

The Credit Revolver provides for the issuance of up to $150 million of letters of credit, so long as there is sufficient availability for borrowing under the Credit Revolver. At September 30, 2022, the Company had approximately $22 million of outstanding standby letters of credit issued against the Credit Revolver, with a net availability of approximately $1.48 billion.

Other

The fair value of the Company’s senior notes are based upon prices of similar instruments in the marketplace and are as follows (in millions):

	September 30, 2022				December 31, 2021
	Fair Value		Book Value		Fair Value		Book Value
Senior notes	$	5,503	$	5,837	$	5,477	$	4,880

The carrying amounts of all other significant debt approximates fair value.

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Footnote 10 —Derivatives

From time to time, the Company enters into derivative transactions to hedge its exposures to interest rate, foreign currency rate and commodity price fluctuations. The Company does not enter into derivative transactions for trading purposes.

Interest Rate Contracts

The Company manages its fixed and floating rate debt mix using interest rate swaps. The Company may use fixed and floating rate swaps to alter its exposure to the impact of changing interest rates on its consolidated results of operations and future cash outflows for interest. Floating rate swaps would be used, depending on market conditions, to convert the fixed rates of long-term debt into short-term variable rates. Fixed rate swaps would be used to reduce the Company’s risk of the possibility of increased interest costs. The cash paid and received from the settlement of interest rate swaps is included in interest expense.

Fair Value Hedges

At September 30, 2022, the Company had approximately $1.1 billion notional amount of interest rate swaps that exchange a fixed rate of interest for a variable rate of interest plus a weighted average spread. These floating rate swaps are designated as fair value hedges against $500 million of principal on the 6.375% senior notes due 2027, $500 million of principal on the 6.625% senior notes due 2029 and $100 million of principal on the 4.00% senior notes due 2024 for the remaining life of the notes. The effective portion of the fair value gains or losses on these swaps is offset by fair value adjustments in the underlying debt.

Cross-Currency Contracts

The Company uses cross-currency swaps to hedge foreign currency risk on certain financing arrangements. The Company previously entered into three cross-currency swaps, maturing in January 2025, February 2025 and September 2027, respectively, with an aggregate notional amount of $1.3 billion. Each of these cross-currency swaps were designated as net investment hedges of the Company's foreign currency exposure of its net investment in certain Euro-functional currency subsidiaries with Euro-denominated net assets, and the Company pays a fixed rate of Euro-based interest and receives a fixed rate of U.S. dollar interest. During the third quarter of 2022, the Company entered into two cross-currency swaps with notional amounts of $500 million each, one maturing in September 2027 and the other in September 2029. These swaps were also designated as net investment hedges of the Company's foreign currency exposure of its net investment in certain Euro-functional currency subsidiaries with Euro-denominated net assets, and the Company pays a floating rate of Euro-based interest and receives a floating rate of U.S. dollar interest. The Company has elected the spot method for assessing the effectiveness of these contracts. During the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized income of $8 million and $4 million, respectively, and income of $19 million and $11 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, in interest expense, net, related to the portion of cross-currency swaps excluded from hedge effectiveness testing.

Foreign Currency Contracts

The Company uses forward foreign currency contracts to mitigate the foreign currency exchange rate exposure on the cash flows related to forecasted inventory purchases and sales with maturity dates through September 2023. The derivatives used to hedge these forecasted transactions that meet the criteria for hedge accounting are accounted for as cash flow hedges. The effective portion of the gains or losses on these derivatives is deferred as a component of AOCL until it is recognized in earnings at the same time that the hedged item affects earnings and is included in the same caption in the statements of operations as the underlying hedged item. At September 30, 2022, the Company had approximately $370 million notional amount outstanding of forward foreign currency contracts that are designated as cash flow hedges of forecasted inventory purchases and sales.

The Company also uses foreign currency contracts, primarily forward foreign currency contracts, to mitigate the foreign currency exposure of certain other foreign currency transactions. At September 30, 2022, the Company had approximately $1.57 billion notional amount outstanding of these foreign currency contracts that are not designated as effective hedges for accounting purposes and have maturity dates through August 2023. Fair market value gains or losses are included in the results of operations and are classified in other (income) expense, net in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.

The following table presents the fair value of derivative financial instruments at the dates indicated (in millions):

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		Fair Value of Derivatives
		Assets (Liabilities)
	Balance Sheet Location	September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Derivatives designated as effective hedges:
Cash Flow Hedges
Foreign currency contracts	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	20	$	12
Foreign currency contracts	Other accrued liabilities	(2)		(2)
Fair Value Hedges
Interest rate swaps	Other assets	—		3
Interest rate swaps	Other accrued liabilities	(11)		—
Interest rate swaps	Other noncurrent liabilities	(23)		—
Net Investment Hedges
Cross-currency swaps	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	37		18
Cross-currency swaps	Other assets	130		—
Cross-currency swaps	Other noncurrent liabilities	—		(41)
Derivatives not designated as effective hedges:
Foreign currency contracts	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	50		7
Foreign currency contracts	Other accrued liabilities	(28)		(14)
Total		$	173	$	(17)

The following table presents gain and (loss) activity (on a pretax basis) related to derivative financial instruments designated or previously designated, as effective hedges (in millions):

		Three Months  Ended September 30, 2022				Three Months  Ended September 30, 2021
		Gain/(Loss)				Gain/(Loss)
	Location of gain/(loss) recognized in income	Recognized in OCI (effective portion)		Reclassified from AOCL to Income		Recognized in OCI (effective portion)		Reclassified from AOCL to Income
Interest rate swaps	Interest expense, net	$	—	$	(2)	$	—	$	(1)
Foreign currency contracts	Net sales and cost of products sold	20		9		11		(7)
Cross-currency swaps	Other (income) expense, net	108		—		25		—
Total		$	128	$	7	$	36	$	(8)
		Nine Months  Ended September 30, 2022				Nine Months  Ended September 30, 2021
		Gain/(Loss)				Gain/(Loss)
	Location of gain/(loss) recognized in income	Recognized in OCI (effective portion)		Reclassified from AOCL to Income		Recognized in OCI (effective portion)		Reclassified from AOCL to Income
Interest rate swaps	Interest expense, net	$	—	$	(5)	$	—	$	(4)
Foreign currency contracts	Net sales and cost of products sold	39		15		11		(15)
Cross-currency swaps	Other (income) expense, net	190		—		53		—
Total		$	229	$	10	$	64	$	(19)

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At September 30, 2022, net deferred gains of approximately $31 million within AOCL are expected to be reclassified to earnings over the next twelve months.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recognized expense of $6 million and $7 million respectively, and income of $7 million and $11 million, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively, in other (income) expense, net, related to derivatives that are not designated as hedging instruments. Gains and losses on these derivatives are mostly offset by foreign currency movement in the underlying exposure.

The Company is not a party to any derivatives that require collateral to be posted prior to settlement.

Footnote 11 — Employee Benefit and Retirement Plans

The components of pension and postretirement benefit (income) expense for the periods indicated, are as follows (in millions):

	Pension Benefits
	U.S.				International				U.S.				International
	Three Months Ended September 30,								Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021		2022		2021		2022		2021
Service cost	$	—	$	—	$	1	$	1	$	—	$	—	$	3	$	3
Interest cost	6		5		1		2		19		15		6		5
Expected return on plan assets	(12)		(13)		(1)		(1)		(36)		(38)		(4)		(3)
Amortization	4		5		1		1		12		16		2		3
Total (income) expense	$	(2)	$	(3)	$	2	$	3	$	(5)	$	(7)	$	7	$	8

	Postretirement Benefits
	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Amortization	$	(1)	$	(1)	$	(3)	$	(3)
Total income	$	(1)	$	(1)	$	(3)	$	(3)

U.K. Defined Benefit Plan

In February 2022, the Company entered into an agreement with an insurance company for a bulk annuity purchase or “buy-in” for one of its U.K. defined benefit pension plans, resulting in an exchange of plan assets for an annuity that matches the plan’s future projected benefit obligations to covered participants. The Company anticipates the “buy-out” for the plan to be completed by the end of 2022 or 2023. The non-cash settlement charge associated with the transaction is expected to be approximately £50 million to £70 million.

Footnote 12 — Income Taxes

The Company’s effective income tax rates for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 was a benefit of 203.3% as compared to a provision of 11.6%, respectively, reflecting increased discrete tax benefits combined with pretax losses associated with impairment charges in the three months ended September 30, 2022. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 the income tax rates were 7.3% and 18.5%, respectively, reflecting a lower effective income tax rate associated with increased tax benefits.

The differences between the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate of 21.0% and the Company’s effective income tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were impacted by a variety of factors, primarily resulting from the geographic mix of where the income was earned, as well as certain taxable income inclusion items in the U.S. based on foreign earnings.

The three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 were also impacted by certain discrete items. Income tax expense for the three months ended September 30, 2022 included a discrete benefit of $58 million associated with a change in the Company's indefinite reinvestment assertion regarding certain earnings within its Irish operations, $6 million associated with tradename

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impairments, $4 million associated with the reduction of a valuation allowance related to operations in the state of Georgia and $2 million associated with the approval of certain state tax credits. The nine months ended September 30, 2022 also included a discrete benefit of $11 million associated with the reduction in valuation allowance related to the integration of certain Brazilian operations and $4 million associated with the approval of certain state tax credits, offset by $16 million of income tax expense related to the divestiture of the CH&S business unit.

The three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 were also impacted by certain discrete items. Income tax expense for the three months ended September 30, 2021 included a discrete benefit of $37 million associated with a reduction in valuation allowance related to the integration of certain Luxembourg operations. Income tax expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 also included discrete benefits of $13 million associated with a reduction in valuation allowance related to the integration of certain U.K. operations and $9 million related to a statute of limitation expiration in France.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company amended its 2017 U.S. federal income tax return to carryback foreign tax credits generated in 2018 and capital losses generated in 2018 and 2020. This resulted in an increase in noncurrent income taxes receivable of approximately $261 million, a decrease in income taxes payable of approximately $95 million, and an increase in deferred tax liabilities of approximately $356 million.

The Company’s U.S. federal income tax returns for 2011 to 2015 and 2017 to 2019, as well as certain state and non-U.S. income tax returns for various years, are under examination.

On June 18, 2019, the U.S. Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released temporary regulations under IRC Section 245A (“Section 245A”) as enacted by the 2017 U.S. Tax Reform Legislation (“2017 Tax Reform”) and IRC Section 954(c)(6) (the “Temporary Regulations”) to apply retroactively to the date the 2017 Tax Reform was enacted. On August 21, 2020, the U.S. Treasury and IRS released finalized versions of the Temporary Regulations (collectively with the Temporary Regulations, the “Regulations”). The Regulations seek to limit the 100% dividends received deduction permitted by Section 245A for certain dividends received from controlled foreign corporations and to limit the applicability of the look-through exception to foreign personal holding company income for certain dividends received from controlled foreign corporations. Before the retroactive application of the Regulations, the Company benefited in 2018 from both the 100% dividends received deduction and the look-through exception to foreign personal holding company income. The Company analyzed the Regulations and concluded the relevant Regulations were not validly issued. Therefore, the Company has not accounted for the effects of the Regulations in its Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the period ending September 30, 2022. The Company believes it has strong arguments in favor of its position and believes it has met the more likely than not recognition threshold that its position will be sustained. However, due to the inherent uncertainty involved in challenging the validity of regulations, as well as a potential litigation process, there can be no assurances that the relevant Regulations will be invalidated or that a court of law will rule in favor of the Company. If the Company’s position on the Regulations is not sustained, the Company would be required to recognize an income tax expense of approximately $180 million to $220 million related to an income tax benefit from fiscal year 2018 that was recorded based on regulations in existence at the time. In addition, the Company may be required to pay any applicable interest and penalties. On April 4, 2022, in a case not involving the Company, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado granted the taxpayer's motion for summary judgment that the Temporary Regulations were not validly issued on the basis of improper promulgation. The Company is monitoring the impact of this decision and intends to continue to vigorously defend its position.

Footnote 13 — Earnings Per Share

The computations of the weighted average shares outstanding for the periods indicated are as follows (in millions):

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended  September 30,
	2022	2021	2022	2021
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	413.6	425.4	416.4	425.2
Dilutive securities	1.0	3.1	1.9	2.7
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	414.6	428.5	418.3	427.9

At September 30, 2022, there were 0.1 million potentially dilutive restricted stock awards with performance-based targets that were not met and as such, have been excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share. At September 30, 2021, there were no potentially dilutive restricted stock awards with performance-based targets that were not met.

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Footnote 14 — Stockholders' Equity and Share-Based Compensation

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company granted 1.1 million performance-based restricted stock units (“RSUs”), which had an aggregate grant date fair value of $30 million and entitle the recipients to shares of the Company’s common stock primarily at the end of a three-year vesting period. The actual number of shares that will ultimately vest is dependent on the level of achievement of the specified performance conditions.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company also granted 0.8 million time-based RSUs with an aggregate grant date fair value of $21 million. These time-based RSUs entitle recipients to shares of the Company’s common stock and primarily vest either at the end of a three-year period or in equal installments over a three-year period.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company also granted 2.2 million time-based stock options with an aggregate grant date fair value of $14 million. These stock options entitle recipients to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the underlying shares as of the grant date and vest in equal installments over a three-year period.

The weighted average assumptions used to determine the fair value of stock options granted for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, is as follows:

Risk-free interest rates	1.9	%
Expected volatility	42.0	%
Expected dividend yield	5.1	%
Expected life (in years)	6
Exercise price	$25.63

Share Repurchase Program

On February 6, 2022, the Company's Board of Directors authorized a $375 million Share Repurchase Program (“SRP”), effective immediately through the end of 2022. Under the SRP, the Company may purchase its common shares in the open market, in negotiated transactions or in other manners, as permitted by federal securities laws and other legal requirements. On February 25, 2022, the Company repurchased $275 million of its shares of common stock beneficially owned by Carl C. Icahn and certain of his affiliates (collectively, “Icahn Enterprises”), at a purchase price of $25.86 per share, the closing price of the Company's common shares on February 18, 2022. During the three months ended June 30, 2022, the Company repurchased approximately $50 million of its shares of common stock at an average purchase price of $22.01 per share. The Company did not repurchase any of its shares of common stock during the three months ended September 30, 2022. At September 30, 2022, the Company has remaining authority to repurchase approximately $50 million of its shares of common stock under the SRP.

Footnote 15 — Fair Value Disclosures

Recurring Fair Value Measurements

The following table presents the Company’s non-pension financial assets and liabilities, which are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in millions):

	September 30, 2022								December 31, 2021
	Fair value Asset (Liability)								Fair value Asset (Liability)
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Derivatives:
Assets	$	—	$	237	$	—	$	237	$	—	$	40	$	—	$	40
Liabilities	—		(64)		—		(64)		—		(57)		—		(57)
Investment securities, including mutual funds	16		—		—		16		13		—		—		13

For publicly traded investment securities, including mutual funds, fair value is determined on the basis of quoted market prices and, accordingly, such investments are classified as Level 1. The Company determines the fair value of its derivative instruments

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using standard pricing models and market-based assumptions for all significant inputs, such as yield curves and quoted spot and forward exchange rates. Accordingly, the Company’s derivative instruments are classified as Level 2.

Financial Instruments

The Company’s financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, derivative instruments, notes payable and short and long-term debt. The carrying values for current financial assets and liabilities, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and short-term debt approximate fair value due to the short maturity of such instruments. The fair values of the Company’s debt and derivative instruments are disclosed in Footnote 9 and Footnote 10, respectively.

Nonrecurring Fair Value Measurements

The Company’s nonfinancial assets, which are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis, include property, plant and equipment, goodwill, intangible assets and certain other assets.

The Company’s goodwill and indefinite-lived intangibles are fair valued using discounted cash flows. Goodwill impairment testing requires significant use of judgment and assumptions including the identification of reporting units; the assignment of assets and liabilities to reporting units; and the estimation of future cash flows, business growth rates, terminal values and discount rates. The testing of indefinite-lived intangibles under established guidelines for impairment also requires significant use of judgment and assumptions, such as the estimation of cash flow projections, terminal values, royalty rates, contributory cross charges, where applicable, and discount rates. Accordingly, these fair value measurements fall in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. These assets and certain liabilities are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis as part of the Company’s annual impairment testing and as circumstances require.

At September 30, 2022, goodwill for the Home Fragrance reporting unit in the Home Solutions segment, one tradename within the Home Appliances segment and two tradenames within the Baby reporting unit in the Learning and Development segment were fair valued at $56 million, $39 million, $40 million and $8 million, respectively, on a non-recurring basis in connection with triggering events that occurred during the third quarter of 2022. The most significant unobservable input (Level 3) used to estimate the fair value of the Home Fragrance reporting unit goodwill is the discount rate, which was 10.0%. The most significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) used to estimate the fair value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset for the Home Appliances reporting unit is the discount rate, which was 12.5%. The most significant unobservable input (Level 3) used to estimate the fair value of the two indefinite-lived intangible assets for the Baby reporting unit is the discount rate, which was 8.5%. See Footnotes 1 and 7 for further information.

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Footnote 16 — Segment Information

On March 31, 2022, the Company sold its CH&S business unit to Resideo Technologies, Inc. The results of operations for CH&S continued to be reported in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as part of the Commercial Solutions segment through March 31, 2022.

The Company's five primary reportable segments are:

Segment	Key Brands	Description of Primary Products
Commercial Solutions	Mapa, Quickie, Rubbermaid, Rubbermaid Commercial Products and Spontex	Commercial cleaning and maintenance solutions; closet and garage organization; hygiene systems and material handling solutions
Home Appliances	Calphalon, Crockpot, Mr. Coffee, Oster and Sunbeam	Household products, including kitchen appliances
Home Solutions	Ball(1), Calphalon, Chesapeake Bay Candle, FoodSaver, Rubbermaid, Sistema, WoodWick and Yankee Candle	Food and home storage products; fresh preserving products; vacuum sealing products; gourmet cookware, bakeware and cutlery and home fragrance products
Learning and  Development	Aprica, Baby Jogger, Dymo, Elmer’s, EXPO, Graco, Mr. Sketch, NUK, Paper Mate, Parker, Prismacolor, Sharpie, Tigex, Waterman and X-Acto	Baby gear and infant care products; writing instruments, including markers and highlighters, pens and pencils; art products; activity-based adhesive and cutting products and labeling solutions
Outdoor and Recreation	Campingaz, Coleman, Contigo, ExOfficio and Marmot	Products for outdoor and outdoor-related activities

(1) and Ball® TM of Ball Corporation, used under license.

This structure reflects the manner in which the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) regularly assesses information for decision-making purposes, including the allocation of resources. The Company also provides general corporate services to its segments which is reported as a non-operating segment, Corporate.

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Selected information by segment is presented in the following tables (in millions):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended  September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Net sales (1)
Commercial Solutions (3)	$	397	$	486	$	1,336	$	1,450
Home Appliances	305		443		991		1,197
Home Solutions	510		598		1,477		1,627
Learning and Development	751		869		2,266		2,330
Outdoor and Recreation	289		391		1,104		1,180
	$	2,252	$	2,787	$	7,174	$	7,784
Operating income (loss) (2)
Commercial Solutions (3)	$	28	$	18	$	126	$	111
Home Appliances (4)	(20)		19		(23)		35
Home Solutions (4)	(88)		75		(22)		189
Learning and Development	120		195		497		522
Outdoor and Recreation	8		27		99		90
Corporate	(13)		(53)		(108)		(169)
	$	35	$	281	$	569	$	778
					September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Segment assets
Commercial Solutions (3)					$	1,896	$	2,522
Home Appliances					1,013		1,055
Home Solutions					2,986		3,109
Learning and Development					4,574		4,401
Outdoor and Recreation					948		907
Corporate					3,261		2,185
					$	14,678	$	14,179

(1)All intercompany transactions have been eliminated.

(2)Operating income (loss) by segment is net sales less cost of products sold, SG&A, restructuring and impairment of goodwill, intangibles and other assets. Certain Corporate expenses of an operational nature are allocated to business segments primarily on a net sales basis. Corporate depreciation and amortization is allocated to the segments on a percentage of net sales basis and included in segment operating income.

(3)Commercial Solutions net sales, operating income and segment assets exclude the CH&S business as a result of the sale of this business starting from the end of the first quarter of 2022.

(4)During the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company concluded that triggering events had occurred for goodwill in the Home Solutions segment and indefinite-lived intangible assets in the Home Appliances and Learning and Development segments. The Company recorded non-cash impairment charges of $108 million related to goodwill and $40 million related to three indefinite-lived intangible assets. See Footnote 7 for further information.

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The following tables disaggregate revenue by major product grouping source and geography for the periods indicated (in millions):

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2022
	Commercial Solutions		Home Appliances		Home Solutions		Learning and Development		Outdoor and Recreation		Total
Commercial	$	397	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	397
Home Appliances	—		305		—		—		—		305
Food	—		—		299		—		—		299
Home Fragrance	—		—		211		—		—		211
Baby	—		—		—		297		—		297
Writing	—		—		—		454		—		454
Outdoor and Recreation	—		—		—		—		289		289
Total	$	397	$	305	$	510	$	751	$	289	$	2,252
North America	$	284	$	136	$	415	$	559	$	159	$	1,553
International	113		169		95		192		130		699
Total	$	397	$	305	$	510	$	751	$	289	$	2,252
	Three Months Ended September 30, 2021
	Commercial Solutions		Home Appliances		Home Solutions		Learning and Development		Outdoor and Recreation		Total
Commercial	$	381	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	381
Connected Home Security	105		—		—		—		—		105
Home Appliances	—		443		—		—		—		443
Food	—		—		330		—		—		330
Home Fragrance	—		—		268		—		—		268
Baby	—		—		—		359		—		359
Writing	—		—		—		510		—		510
Outdoor and Recreation	—		—		—		—		391		391
Total	$	486	$	443	$	598	$	869	$	391	$	2,787
North America	$	363	$	249	$	480	$	651	$	236	$	1,979
International	123		194		118		218		155		808
Total	$	486	$	443	$	598	$	869	$	391	$	2,787

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	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022
	Commercial Solutions		Home Appliances		Home Solutions		Learning and Development		Outdoor and Recreation		Total
Commercial	$	1,227	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	1,227
Connected Home Security	109		—		—		—		—		109
Home Appliances	—		991		—		—		—		991
Food	—		—		905		—		—		905
Home Fragrance	—		—		572		—		—		572
Baby	—		—		—		901		—		901
Writing	—		—		—		1,365		—		1,365
Outdoor and Recreation	—		—		—		—		1,104		1,104
Total	$	1,336	$	991	$	1,477	$	2,266	$	1,104	$	7,174
North America	$	994	$	470	$	1,209	$	1,683	$	606	$	4,962
International	342		521		268		583		498		2,212
Total	$	1,336	$	991	$	1,477	$	2,266	$	1,104	$	7,174
	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021
	Commercial Solutions		Home Appliances		Home Solutions		Learning and Development		Outdoor and Recreation		Total
Commercial	$	1,162	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	1,162
Connected Home Security	288		—		—		—		—		288
Home Appliances	—		1,197		—		—		—		1,197
Food	—		—		927		—		—		927
Home Fragrance	—		—		700		—		—		700
Baby	—		—		—		959		—		959
Writing	—		—		—		1,371		—		1,371
Outdoor and Recreation	—		—		—		—		1,180		1,180
Total	$	1,450	$	1,197	$	1,627	$	2,330	$	1,180	$	7,784
North America	$	1,071	$	650	$	1,306	$	1,703	$	669	$	5,399
International	379		547		321		627		511		2,385
Total	$	1,450	$	1,197	$	1,627	$	2,330	$	1,180	$	7,784

Footnote 17 — Litigation and Contingencies

The Company is subject to various claims and lawsuits in the ordinary course of business, including from time to time, contractual disputes, employment and environmental matters, product and general liability claims, claims that the Company has infringed on the intellectual property rights of others, and consumer and employment class actions. Some of the legal proceedings include claims for punitive as well as compensatory damages. In the ordinary course of business, the Company is also subject to legislative requests, regulatory and governmental examinations, information requests and subpoenas, inquiries, investigations, and threatened legal actions and proceedings. In connection with such formal and informal inquiries, the Company receives numerous requests, subpoenas, and orders for documents, testimony and information in connection with various aspects of its activities. The Company previously disclosed that it had received a subpoena and related informal document requests from the SEC primarily relating to its sales practices and certain accounting matters for the time period beginning from January 1, 2016. The Company has cooperated with the SEC in connection with its investigation and ongoing requests for documents, testimony and information and intends to continue to do so. The Company cannot predict the timing or outcome of this investigation. Further, on June 30,

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2021, the Company received a subpoena from the SEC requesting the production of documents related to its disclosure of the potential impact of the U.S. Treasury regulations described in Footnote 12 - Income Taxes.

Securities Litigation

Certain of the Company’s current and former officers and directors have been named in shareholder derivative lawsuits. On October 29, 2018, a shareholder filed a putative derivative complaint, Streicher v. Polk, et al., in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (the “Streicher Derivative Action”), purportedly on behalf of the Company against certain of the Company's current and former officers and directors. On October 30, 2018, another shareholder filed a putative derivative complaint, Martindale v. Polk, et al., in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (the “Martindale Derivative Action”), asserting substantially similar claims purportedly on behalf of the Company against the same defendants. The complaints allege, among other things, violations of the federal securities laws, breaches of fiduciary duties, unjust enrichment, and waste of corporate assets. The factual allegations underlying these claims are similar to the factual allegations made in the In re Newell Brands, Inc. Securities Litigation that was previously pending in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. That matter was dismissed by the District Court on January 10, 2020, and the dismissal was affirmed by the United States District Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on December 1, 2020. The complaints seek damages and restitution for the Company from the individual defendants, the payment of costs and attorneys’ fees, and that the Company be directed to reform certain governance and internal procedures. The Streicher Derivative Action and the Martindale Derivative Action have been consolidated and the case is now known as In re Newell Brands Inc. Derivative Litigation (the “Newell Brands Derivative Action”), which is pending in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. On March 22, 2021, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware stayed the Newell Brands Derivative Action pending the resolution of any motions for summary judgment filed in Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System v. Newell Brands Inc., et al. (described below). On December 30, 2020, two shareholders filed a putative derivative complaint, Weber, et al. v. Polk, et al., in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (the “Weber Derivative Action”), purportedly on behalf of the Company against certain of the Company’s current and former officers and directors. The complaint in the Weber Derivative Action alleges, among other things, breaches of fiduciary duty and waste of corporate assets. The factual allegations underlying these claims are similar to the factual allegations made in the Newell Brands Derivative Action. On March 19, 2021, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware stayed the Weber Derivative Action pending final disposition of Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System v. Newell Brands Inc., et al. (described below).

The Company and certain of its current and former officers and directors have been named as defendants in a securities class action lawsuit filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Hudson County, on behalf of all persons who acquired Company common stock pursuant to the S-4 registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the April 2016 acquisition of Jarden Corporation (the “Registration Statement”). The action was filed on September 6, 2018 and is captioned Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System v. Newell Brands Inc., et al., Civil Action No. HUD-L-003492-18. The operative complaint alleges certain violations of the securities laws, including, among other things, that the defendants made certain materially false and misleading statements and omissions in the Registration Statement regarding the Company’s financial results, trends, and metrics. In October 2022, the Company entered into a settlement agreement to resolve the claims asserted in this lawsuit. Under the settlement, the Company agreed to create a settlement fund of approximately $103 million for the benefit of the class, subject to certain exclusions, which will be predominantly funded by insurance proceeds. Both the settlement and the insurance receivable were recorded in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at September 30, 2022. The amount not to be funded by available insurance proceeds, which is not material to the Company, was expensed during the third quarter of 2022. In October 2022, a motion for preliminary approval of the settlement was filed with the Superior Court of New Jersey, Hudson County. The settlement is subject to certain conditions, including preliminary and final court approval.

Environmental Matters

The Company is involved in various matters concerning federal and state environmental laws and regulations, including matters in which the Company has been identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“U.S. EPA”) and certain state environmental agencies as a potentially responsible party (“PRP”) at contaminated sites under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) and equivalent state laws. In assessing its environmental response costs, the Company has considered several factors, including the extent of the Company’s volumetric contribution at each site relative to that of other PRPs; the kind of waste; the terms of existing cost sharing and other applicable agreements; the financial ability of other PRPs to share in the payment of requisite costs; the Company’s prior experience with similar sites; environmental studies and cost estimates available to the Company; the effects of inflation on cost estimates; and the extent to which the Company’s, and other parties’ status as PRPs is disputed.

The Company’s estimate of environmental remediation costs associated with these matters at September 30, 2022 was $33 million which is included in other accrued liabilities and other noncurrent liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. No

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insurance recovery was taken into account in determining the Company’s cost estimates or reserves, nor do the Company’s cost estimates or reserves reflect any discounting for present value purposes, except with respect to certain long-term operations and maintenance CERCLA matters. Because of the uncertainties associated with environmental investigations and response activities, the possibility that the Company could be identified as a PRP at sites identified in the future that require the incurrence of environmental response costs and the possibility that sites acquired in business combinations may require environmental response costs, actual costs to be incurred by the Company may vary from the Company’s estimates.

Lower Passaic River Matter

Background

The U.S. EPA has issued General Notice Letters to over 100 entities, including the Company and its subsidiary, Berol Corporation (together, the “Company Parties”), alleging that they are PRPs at the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site (the “Site”) pursuant to CERCLA. The Site is the subject of investigation and remedial activities (the “CERCLA Administrative Actions”) and related settlement negotiations with the U.S. EPA. In addition, the Company Parties are defendants in related litigation, and the Site is also subject to a Natural Resource Damage Assessment.

CERCLA Administrative Actions

The Site is divided into four “operable units,” and the Company Parties have received General Notice Letters in connection with operable unit 2, which comprises the lower 8.3 miles of the Lower Passaic River and its tributaries (“Unit 2”), and operable Unit 4, which comprises a 17-mile stretch of the Lower Passaic River and its tributaries (“Unit 4”). Unit 2 is geographically subsumed within Unit 4.

Unit 4 Investigation

The Company received its first general notice letter pertaining to Unit 4 in 2003. Beginning in 2004, the Company Parties, together with numerous other PRPs, entered into several administrative agreements with the U.S. EPA to fund and perform various investigation and clean-up activities in Unit 4. Pursuant to a 2007 Administrative Order on Consent, over 70 PRPs, including the Company Parties, have been performing or funding the remedial investigation and feasibility study for Unit 4. The parties performing the remedial investigation and feasibility study submitted the results of their remedial investigation to the U.S. EPA in July 2019. They also submitted an interim remedy feasibility study focused on the upper 9 miles of Unit 4 in September 2021. Activity under the remedial investigation and feasibility study for Unit 4 is not yet complete and remains underway.

In October 2021, the U.S. EPA issued a Record of Decision for an interim remedy for the upper 9 miles of Unit 4, selecting a combination of dredging and capping as the remedial alternative, which the U.S. EPA estimates will cost $441 million in the aggregate.

Unit 2 Investigation

Concurrent with activities under the remedial investigation and feasibility study for Unit 4, the U.S. EPA performed a Source Control Early Action Focused Feasibility Study for Unit 2, which culminated in a Record of Decision in 2016. The U.S. EPA estimates that the selected remedy for Unit 2 set forth in its Record of Decision will cost $1.4 billion in the aggregate. The U.S. EPA then issued a General Notice Letter for Unit 2 to the Company Parties and over 100 other entities, including those that received a General Notice Letter in connection with Unit 4. The Unit 2 General Notice Letter requested that Occidental Chemical Corporation (“OCC”) perform the remedial design for Unit 2, which OCC subsequently agreed to perform. The General Notice Letter indicated that, following execution of a remedial design consent decree, the U.S. EPA would begin negotiating a remedial action consent decree for Unit 2 with OCC and other major PRPs.

2016 Record of Decision and 2021 Record of Decision Remedy Performance

In March 2022, U.S. EPA issued a Notice of Potential Liability and Notice of Consent Decree Negotiations to OCC and several other entities, excluding the Company Parties, encouraging those parties to finance and perform the remedies selected in the 2016 and 2021 Records of Decision. The U.S. EPA specifically identified OCC and four other companies as “work parties” in connection with Units 2 and 4. The Company Parties were not recipients of this notice and were not identified as work parties.

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The U.S. EPA Settlement

In September 2017, the U.S. EPA announced an allocation process involving roughly 80 Unit 2 General Notice Letter recipients, with the intent of offering cash-out settlements to a number of parties (the “U.S. EPA Settlement”). The PRPs responsible for release of dioxin, furans, and/or polychlorinated biphenyls would be expected to perform the remedial action for Unit 2 and would be excluded from the U.S. EPA Settlement. The allocation process has concluded. In February 2022, the U.S. EPA and certain parties to the allocation, including the Company Parties, reached an agreement in principle concerning a cash-out settlement for both Unit 2 and Unit 4. U.S. EPA and the parties participating in the U.S. EPA Settlement are in the process of finalizing a consent decree, which will be subject to court entry.

The OCC Litigation

In June 2018, OCC sued over 100 parties, including the Company Parties, in the U.S. District Court in New Jersey pursuant to CERCLA, requesting cost recovery, contribution, and a declaratory judgement. The defendants, in turn, filed claims against 42 third-party defendants, and filed counterclaims against OCC (collectively, the “OCC Litigation”). The primary focus of the OCC Litigation has been certain past and future costs for investigation, design and remediation of Units 2 and 4. However, OCC has stated that it anticipates asserting claims against defendants regarding Newark Bay, which is also part of the Site, after the U.S. EPA has selected the Newark Bay remedy. OCC has also stated that it may broaden its claims in the future after completion of the Natural Resource Damage Assessment described below.

In a Motion for Stay of Proceedings filed in January 2022, certain defendants and all third-party defendants in the OCC Litigation moved to stay the case for a six-month period to allow the final stage of the parallel allocation proceedings and resulting settlement negotiations in the U.S. EPA Settlement to conclude. The U.S. District Court denied the motion in March 2022.

The Company Parties continue to vigorously defend the OCC Litigation. At this time, the Company cannot predict the eventual outcome.

The Natural Resource Damage Assessment

In 2007, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”), acting as the lead administrative trustee on behalf of itself and the U.S. Department of the Interior, issued a Notice of Intent to Perform a Natural Resource Damage Assessment to the Company Parties, along with numerous other entities, identifying the recipients as PRPs. The federal trustees (who now include the United States Department of Commerce, represented by NOAA, and the Department of the Interior, represented by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service) are presently undertaking the Natural Resource Damage Assessment.

As of the date of filing of this Quarterly Report, based on the agreement in principle noted above, the Company does not expect that its allocation in the U.S. EPA Settlement relating to Unit 2 and Unit 4, if the settlement is finalized, will be material to the Company. With respect to the OCC Litigation and Natural Resource Damage Assessment, the Company is currently unable to reasonably estimate the range of possible losses.

Based on currently known facts and circumstances, the Company does not believe that the Lower Passaic River matter is reasonably likely to have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations. However, in the event of one or more adverse determinations related to this matter, it is possible that the ultimate liability resulting from this matter and the impact on the Company’s results of operations could be material.

Because of the uncertainties associated with environmental investigations and response activities, the possibility that the Company could be identified as a PRP at sites identified in the future that require the incurrence of environmental response costs and the possibility that sites acquired in business combinations may require environmental response costs, actual costs to be incurred by the Company may vary from the Company’s estimates.

Other Matters

In the normal course of business and as part of its acquisition and divestiture strategy, the Company may provide certain representations and indemnifications related to legal, environmental, product liability, tax or other types of issues. Based on the nature of these representations and indemnifications, it is not possible to predict the maximum potential payments under all of these agreements due to the conditional nature of the Company’s obligations and the unique facts and circumstances involved in each particular agreement. Historically, payments made by the Company under these agreements did not have a material effect on the Company’s business, financial condition or results of operations. In connection with the 2018 sale of The Waddington Group, Novolex Holdings, Inc. (the “Buyer”) filed suit against the Company in October 2019 in the Superior Court of Delaware. The

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Buyer generally alleged that the Company fraudulently breached certain representations in the Equity Purchase Agreement between the Company and Buyer, dated May 2, 2018, resulting in an inflated purchase price for The Waddington Group. In the year ended December 31, 2021 the Company recorded an immaterial reserve to continuing operations in its Consolidated Financial Statements based on its best estimate of probable loss associated with this matter. Further, in connection with the Company’s sale of The United States Playing Card Company (“USPC”), Cartamundi, Inc. and Cartamundi España, S.L., (the “Buyers”) have notified the Company of their contention that certain representations and warranties in the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated June 4, 2019, were inaccurate and/or breached, and have sought indemnification to the extent that the Buyers are required to pay related damages arising out of a third party lawsuit that was recently filed against USPC.

Although management of the Company cannot predict the ultimate outcome of other proceedings with certainty, it believes that the ultimate resolution of the Company’s proceedings, including any amounts it may be required to pay in excess of amounts reserved, will not have a material effect on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, except as otherwise described in this Footnote 17.

At September 30, 2022, the Company had approximately $41 million in standby letters of credit primarily related to the Company’s self-insurance programs, including workers’ compensation, product liability and medical expenses.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis provides information which management believes is relevant to an assessment and understanding of Newell Brands Inc.’s (“Newell Brands,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) consolidated financial condition and results of operations. The discussion should be read in conjunction with the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto.

Forward-Looking Statements

Forward-looking statements in this Report are made in reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements generally can be identified by the use of words such as “intend,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “target,” “plan,” “expect,” “setting up,” “beginning to,” “will,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “resume,” “are confident that,” “remain optimistic that,” “seek to,” or similar statements. The Company cautions that forward-looking statements are not guarantees because there are inherent difficulties in predicting future results. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:

•the Company’s ability to optimize costs and cash flow and mitigate the impact of retailer inventory rebalancing through discretionary and overhead spend management, advertising and promotion expense optimization, demand forecast and supply plan adjustments and actions to improve working capital;

•the Company’s dependence on the strength of retail and consumer demand and commercial and industrial sectors of the economy in various countries around the world;

•the Company’s ability to improve productivity, reduce complexity and streamline operations;

•the Company's ability to manage the actual or perceived effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including as a result of any additional variants of the virus or the efficacy and distribution of vaccines;

•competition with other manufacturers and distributors of consumer products;

•major retailers’ strong bargaining power and consolidation of the Company’s customers;

•supply chain and operational disruptions in the markets in which we operate, whether as a result of the actual or perceived effects of the COVID-19 pandemic or broader geopolitical and macroeconomic conditions, including the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine;

•changes in the prices and availability of labor, transportation, raw materials and sourced products, including significant inflation, and the Company's ability to offset cost increases through pricing and productivity in a timely manner;

•the cost and outcomes of governmental investigations, inspections, lawsuits, legislative requests or other actions by third parties, including but not limited to those described in Footnote 17 of the Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, the potential outcomes of which could exceed policy limits, to the extent insured;

•the Company’s ability to develop innovative new products, to develop, maintain and strengthen end-user brands and to realize the benefits of increased advertising and promotion spend;

•the Company's ability to consistently maintain effective internal control over financial reporting;

•the risks inherent to the Company’s foreign operations, including currency fluctuations, exchange controls and pricing restrictions;

•future events that could adversely affect the value of the Company’s assets and/or stock price and require additional impairment charges;

•unexpected costs or expenses associated with dispositions;

•the Company's ability to effectively execute its turnaround plan, including Project Ovid;

•risks related to the Company’s substantial indebtedness, potential increases in interest rates or changes in the Company’s credit ratings;

•a failure or breach of one of the Company’s key information technology systems, networks, processes or related controls or those of the Company’s service providers;

•the impact of United States and foreign regulations on the Company’s operations, including the impact of tariffs and environmental remediation costs and legislation and regulatory actions related to data privacy and climate change;

•the potential inability to attract, retain and motivate key employees;

•changes in tax laws and the resolution of tax contingencies resulting in additional tax liabilities;

•product liability, product recalls or related regulatory actions;

•the Company’s ability to protect its intellectual property rights;

•significant increases in the funding obligations related to the Company’s pension plans; and

•other factors listed from time to time in our SEC filings, including but not limited to our Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other filings.

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The information contained in this Report is as of the date indicated. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this Report as a result of new information or future events or developments. In addition, there can be no assurance that the Company has correctly identified and assessed all of the factors affecting the Company or that the publicly available and other information the Company receives with respect to these factors is complete or correct.

Overview

Newell Brands is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Rubbermaid, FoodSaver, Calphalon, Sistema, Sharpie, Paper Mate, Dymo, EXPO, Elmer’s, Yankee Candle, Graco, NUK, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Spontex, Coleman, Campingaz, Contigo, Oster, Sunbeam and Mr. Coffee. Newell Brands' beloved brands enhance and brighten consumers lives at home and outside by creating moments of joy, building confidence and providing peace of mind. The Company sells its products in nearly 200 countries around the world and has operations on the ground in over 40 of these countries, excluding third-party distributors.

Business Strategy

The Company continues to execute on its turnaround strategy of building a global, next generation consumer products company that can unleash the full potential of its brands in a fast-moving omni-channel environment. The strategy, developed in 2019, is designed to:

•Drive sustainable top line growth by focusing on innovation, sharpening brand positioning, strengthening the international businesses, enhancing digital marketing and omni-channel capabilities, and building customer relationships;

•Improve operating margins by driving productivity and overhead savings, while reinvesting in the business;

•Accelerate cash conversion cycle by focusing on cash efficiency and improving key working capital metrics;

•Strengthen the portfolio by investing in attractive categories that are aligned with its capabilities and strategy and optimizing product mix; and

•Strengthen organizational capabilities and employee engagement by building a winning team and focusing the best people on the right things.

The Company is implementing this strategy while addressing key challenges such as shifting consumer preferences and behaviors; a highly competitive operating environment; a rapidly changing retail landscape; continued macroeconomic and geopolitical volatility; a softening macro backdrop; significant inflationary and supply chain pressures, and an evolving regulatory landscape.

Continued execution of these strategic imperatives, in combination with new initiatives aimed to build operational excellence, will better position the Company for long-term sustainable growth. One such initiative is Project Ovid, a multi-year, customer centric supply chain initiative to transform the Company's go-to-market capabilities in the U.S., improve customer service levels and drive operational efficiencies. This initiative, which commenced its first phase go-live during the third quarter of 2022, is expected to leverage technology to further simplify the organization by harmonizing and automating processes. Project Ovid is designed to optimize the Company’s distribution network by creating a single integrated supply chain from 23 business-unit-centric supply chains. The initiative is intended to reduce administrative complexity, improve inventory and invoicing workflow for our customers and enhance product availability for consumers through omni-channel enablement. This new operating model is also expected to drive efficiencies by better utilizing the Company's transportation and distribution network.

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Organizational Structure

On March 31, 2022, the Company sold its Connected Home & Security (“CH&S”) business unit to Resideo Technologies, Inc. The results of operations for CH&S continued to be reported in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as part of the Commercial Solutions segment through March 31, 2022.

The Company's five primary reportable segments are the following:

Segment	Key Brands	Description of Primary Products
Commercial Solutions	Mapa, Quickie, Rubbermaid, Rubbermaid Commercial Products and Spontex	Commercial cleaning and maintenance solutions; closet and garage organization; hygiene systems and material handling solutions
Home Appliances	Calphalon, Crockpot, Mr. Coffee, Oster and Sunbeam	Household products, including kitchen appliances
Home Solutions	Ball(1), Calphalon, Chesapeake Bay Candle, FoodSaver, Rubbermaid, Sistema, WoodWick and Yankee Candle	Food and home storage products; fresh preserving products; vacuum sealing products; gourmet cookware, bakeware and cutlery and home fragrance products
Learning and  Development	Aprica, Baby Jogger, Dymo, Elmer’s, EXPO, Graco, Mr. Sketch, NUK, Paper Mate, Parker, Prismacolor, Sharpie, Tigex, Waterman and X-Acto	Baby gear and infant care products; writing instruments, including markers and highlighters, pens and pencils; art products; activity-based adhesive and cutting products and labeling solutions
Outdoor and Recreation	Campingaz, Coleman, Contigo, ExOfficio and Marmot	Products for outdoor and outdoor-related activities

(1) and Ball® TM of Ball Corporation, used under license.

This structure reflects the manner in which the chief operating decision maker regularly assesses information for decision-making purposes, including the allocation of resources. The Company also provides general corporate services to its segments which is reported as a non-operating segment, Corporate. See Footnote 16 of the Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

Recent Developments

Current Macroeconomic Conditions

The Company, which has been impacted in recent years by inflationary and supply chain pressures, labor shortages, and logistical challenges across its businesses, and more recently by the indirect macroeconomic impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, is also experiencing additional headwinds due to softening global demand and an increased focus by retailers to rebalance inventory levels in light of continued inflationary pressures on consumers. The segments most impacted by the softening global demand are Home Appliances and Home Solutions. These collective macroeconomic trends, the duration or severity of which are highly uncertain, are rapidly changing the retail landscape and have negatively impacted the Company’s operating results, cash flows and financial condition in 2022 and are expected to persist for the remainder of the year and into 2023.

To help mitigate the negative impact of these conditions to the operating performance of its businesses, the Company has secured selective pricing increases, accelerated productivity initiatives, optimized advertising and promotion expenses, deployed overhead cost containment efforts, adjusted demand forecasts and supply plans, and taken actions designed to improve working capital. The Company will continue to evaluate other opportunities to improve its financial performance both in the short and long term.

Although management has made its best estimates and assumptions based upon current information, actual results could materially differ given the uncertainty of these factors and may require future changes to such estimates and assumptions, including reserves, which may result in future expense or impairment charges. See Footnote 1 of the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on use of estimates and risks

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

The global economy has been negatively impacted by the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine. While the Company does not expect the conflict to have a material impact on its results of operations, it has experienced shortages in raw materials and increased costs for transportation, energy, and commodities due in part to the negative impact of the Russia-Ukraine military conflict on the global economy. Further escalation of geopolitical tensions related to the conflict, including increased trade barriers and restrictions on global trade could result in, among other things, supply disruptions, lower consumer demand, and changes to foreign exchange rates and financial markets, any of which may adversely affect our business and supply chain. Additionally, if the military conflict escalates beyond its current scope, the Company could be negatively impacted by economic recessions in certain neighboring European countries or globally.

Goodwill and Other Indefinite-Lived Intangible Asset Impairment

During the third quarter of 2022, the Company concluded that a triggering event had occurred for its Home Fragrance reporting unit, in the Home Solutions segment, an indefinite-lived tradename in the Home Appliances reporting unit, and two indefinite-lived tradenames for the Baby reporting unit, in the Learning and Development segment. The Company performed an impairment test and determined that the Home Fragrance reporting unit goodwill, and the indefinite-lived tradenames in the Home Appliances and Baby reporting units noted above were impaired. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recorded an aggregate non-cash impairment charge of $148 million, as the carrying values exceeded their fair values. A quantitative impairment test was also performed for the indefinite-lived tradename and long-lived assets in the Home Fragrance reporting unit resulting in no impairment. See Footnotes 1 and 7 of the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Significant Accounting Policies and Critical Estimates for information.

Revolving Credit Facility Refinancing

On August 31, 2022, the Company entered into a $1.5 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Revolver”) that matures in August 2027. The Credit Revolver refinanced the Company’s previous $1.25 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility that was scheduled to mature in December 2023. See Footnote 9 of the Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

Senior Notes Due 2027 and 2029

On September 14, 2022, the Company completed a registered public offering of $500 million principal amount of 6.375% senior notes that mature in September 2027 (the “September 2027 Notes”) and $500 million principal amount of 6.625% senior notes that mature in September 2029 (the “September 2029 Notes”). The Company received proceeds of approximately $990 million, net of fees and expenses paid. The Company used the net proceeds from the September 2027 and September 2029 Notes, together with available cash, to redeem the Company's outstanding April 2023 Notes (defined below) during the fourth quarter of 2022. See Footnote 9 of the Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

Redemption of Senior Notes Due 2023

On September 19, 2022, the Company delivered a notice of redemption to the holders of the Company's 3.85% senior notes due April 2023 (the “April 2023 Notes”), and the Company redeemed the April 2023 Notes on October 19, 2022. The redemption price was 100.002% of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. The total consideration paid was approximately $1.09 billion, and the Company will recognize a nominal debt extinguishment loss in the fourth quarter of 2022. See Footnote 9 of the Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

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Results of Operations

Three Months Ended September 30, 2022 vs. Three Months Ended September 30, 2021

Consolidated Operating Results

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions)	2022			2021			$ Change		% Change
Net sales	$	2,252		$	2,787		$	(535)	(19.2)%
Gross profit	653			848			(195)		(23.0)%
Gross margin	29.0		%	30.4		%
Operating income	35			281			(246)		(87.5)%
Operating margin	1.6		%	10.1		%
Interest expense, net	57			65			(8)		(12.3)%
Other expense, net	8			1			7		NM
Income (loss) before income taxes	(30)			215			(245)		NM
Income tax provision (benefit)	(61)			25			(86)		NM
Income tax rate	NM			11.6		%
Net income	$	31		$	190		$	(159)	(83.7)%
Diluted earnings per share attributable to common shareholders	$	0.07		$	0.44

NM - NOT MEANINGFUL

Net sales for the three months ended September 30, 2022 decreased 19%, as pricing actions by the Company were more than offset by softening global demand, as retailers significantly pulled back on orders in an effort to rebalance inventory, a negative impact on sales of approximately 4% due to the sale of the CH&S business at the end of the first quarter of 2022, certain category exits in the Home Appliances and Outdoor and Recreation segments and the impact of a shift in order timing to the first half of 2022 primarily in the Learning and Development and Outdoor and Recreation segments. The net sales performance also reflected the lapping of elevated levels of demand in certain categories during the prior year. Changes in foreign currency unfavorably impacted net sales by $100 million, or 4%.

Gross profit decreased 23% and gross margin decreased to 29.0% as compared with 30.4% in the prior year period. Gross margin performance reflected higher absorption costs associated with lower sales volume and significant input cost inflation for commodities, sourced finished goods, transportation and labor, which had a negative high-single-digit-percentage impact to costs of products sold, partially offset by favorable net pricing and gross productivity. The gross profit decline also reflected the unfavorable impact of the sale of the CH&S business. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates unfavorably impacted gross profit by $32 million or 4%.

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In addition to the change in gross profit noted above, notable items impacting operating income for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 are as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		$ Change
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets (See Footnotes 1 and 7)	$	148	$	—	$	148
Restructuring (See Footnote 4) and restructuring-related costs (a)	12		13		(1)
Transactions and other costs (b)	18		4		14

(a)Restructuring-related costs reported in cost of goods sold and selling, general and administrative expenses (“SG&A”) for the three months ended September 30, 2022 were $7 million and $2 million, respectively, primarily related to facility closures. For the three months ended September 30, 2021, restructuring-related costs reported in cost of sales and SG&A were $6 million and $1 million, respectively, and primarily relate to facility closures. Restructuring costs were $3 million and $6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

(b)Transactions and other costs for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 primarily relate to costs for certain legal proceedings and completed divestitures.

Operating income decreased to $35 million as compared to $281 million in the prior year period. The decrease in operating income reflects impact of lower gross profit, partially offset by lower incentive compensation expense, advertising and promotion costs and overhead spending. Operating income was also negatively impacted by the non-cash impairment charges relating to goodwill and indefinite-lived assets and the sale of the CH&S business.

Interest expense, net decreased primarily due to higher interest income. The weighted average interest rates for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were approximately 4.1% and 4.7%, respectively. See Footnote 9 of the Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

Other expense, net for three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 includes the following items:

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021
Foreign exchange losses, net	$	10	$	3
Gain on disposition of businesses (See Footnote 2)	(3)		—
Other (gains) losses, net	1		(2)
	$	8	$	1

Income tax benefit for the three months ended September 30, 2022 was $61 million as compared to $25 million of income tax expense for the three months ended September 30, 2021. The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2022 was 203.3%, due to increased discrete tax benefits combined with pretax losses associated with impairment charges, as compared to 11.6% for the three months ended September 30, 2021. The change in effective tax provision was impacted by a variety of factors including certain discrete items. Income tax expense for the three months ended September 30, 2022 included a discrete benefit of $58 million associated with a change in the Company's indefinite reinvestment assertion regarding certain earnings within its Irish operations, $6 million associated with tradename impairments, $4 million associated with the reduction of a valuation allowance related to operations in the state of Georgia and $2 million associated with the approval of certain state tax credits. Income tax expense for the three months ended September 30, 2021 included a discrete benefit of $37 million associated with a reduction in valuation allowance related to the integration of certain Luxembourg operations.

See Footnote 12 of the Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for information regarding income taxes, including the inherent uncertainty associated with the Company's position on recently enacted U.S. Treasury Regulations.

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Business Segment Operating Results

Commercial Solutions

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions)	2022			2021			$ Change		% Change
Net sales	$	397		$	486		$	(89)	(18.3)%
Operating income	28			18			10		55.6%
Operating margin	7.1		%	3.7		%

Commercial Solutions net sales for the three months ended September 30, 2022 decreased 18%, primarily due to the sale of the CH&S business at the end of the first quarter of 2022, which unfavorably impacted net sales by approximately 22%, partially offset by growth in the Commercial business unit driven primarily by pricing actions and improved order fulfillment resulting from the easing of supply chain constraints. Changes in foreign currency unfavorably impacted net sales by $20 million, or 4%.

Operating income for the three months ended September 30, 2022 was $28 million as compared to $18 million in the prior year period. This performance reflected gross profit leverage and gross productivity, offset by significant input cost inflation for commodities, sourced finished goods, transportation and labor. Operating income was also negatively impacted by the CH&S sale.

Home Appliances

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions)	2022			2021			$ Change		% Change
Net sales	$	305		$	443		$	(138)	(31.2)%
Operating income (loss)	(20)			19			(39)		NM
Operating margin	(6.6)		%	4.3		%
Notable items impacting operating income (loss) comparability:
Impairment of intangible asset (See Footnote 7)	$	15		$	—
NM - NOT MEANINGFUL

Home Appliances net sales for the three months ended September 30, 2022 decreased 31%, reflecting softening global demand, certain category exits and the lapping of elevated levels of demand during the prior year, partially offset by pricing actions. Changes in foreign currency unfavorably impacted net sales by $10 million, or 2%.

Operating loss for the three months ended September 30, 2022 was $20 million as compared to operating income of $19 million in the prior year period. The decrease in operating income was primarily due to lower gross profit leverage, higher absorption costs associated with lower sales volume and significant input cost inflation associated with transportation costs and sourced finished goods, partially offset by gross productivity as well as lower incentive compensation expense and advertising and promotion costs. Operating income was also negatively impacted by the non-cash impairment charge related to an indefinite-lived tradename.

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Home Solutions

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions)	2022			2021			$ Change		% Change
Net sales	$	510		$	598		$	(88)	(14.7)%
Operating income (loss)	(88)			75			(163)		NM
Operating margin	(17.3)		%	12.5		%
Notable items impacting operating income (loss) comparability:
Impairment of goodwill (See Footnote 7)	$	108		$	—
NM - NOT MEANINGFUL

Home Solutions net sales for the three months ended September 30, 2022 decreased 15%, reflecting decreases in both the Food and Home Fragrance business units. The Food business unit decline reflects softening global demand, lost distribution in one product line at a key customer and an order timing shift into the fourth quarter, partially offset by pricing actions. The decline in Home Fragrance business unit sales reflects softening global demand, as well as the exit of approximately 42 Yankee Candle retail stores during the year. Changes in foreign currency unfavorably impacted net sales by $16 million, or 3%.

Operating loss for the three months ended September 30, 2022 was $88 million as compared to operating income of $75 million in the prior year period. The decline in operating income was driven by the non-cash goodwill impairment charge in the Home Fragrance reporting unit, lower gross profit leverage, higher absorption costs associated with lower sales volume, and significant input cost inflation for commodities, primarily metals and wax, transportation, labor and sourced finished goods. This was partially offset by gross productivity and lower incentive compensation expense.

Learning and Development

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions)	2022			2021			$ Change		% Change
Net sales	$	751		$	869		$	(118)	(13.6)%
Operating income	120			195			(75)		(38.5)%
Operating margin	16.0		%	22.4		%
Notable items impacting operating income comparability:
Impairment of intangible assets (See Footnote 7)	$	25		$	—

Learning and Development net sales for the three months ended September 30, 2022 decreased 14% due to decline in the Writing and Baby business units. The Writing business unit performance reflected logistical constraints and supply chain shortages, particularly in labelling, a shift in order timing to the first half of 2022 ahead of the back to school season, and softening demand in certain categories in the U.S., partially offset by pricing actions. Pricing actions in the Baby business unit were more than offset by softening demand in certain categories in the U.S., as the business lapped elevated levels of demand during the prior year. Changes in foreign currency unfavorably impacted net sales by $31 million, or 4%.

Operating income for the three months ended September 30, 2022 decreased to $120 million as compared to $195 million in the prior-year period. The decrease in operating income reflected lower gross profit leverage, higher absorption costs associated with lower sales volume and input cost inflation for sourced finished goods, transportation and labor, partially offset by gross productivity and lower incentive compensation costs. Operating income was also negatively impacted by non-cash impairment charges related to indefinite-lived tradenames in the Baby reporting unit.

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Outdoor and Recreation

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions)	2022			2021			$ Change		% Change
Net sales	$	289		$	391		$	(102)	(26.1)%
Operating income	8			27			(19)		(70.4)%
Operating margin	2.8		%	6.9		%

Outdoor and Recreation net sales for the three months ended September 30, 2022 decreased 26%, reflecting softening demand primarily in the U.S. and Asia Pacific, certain category exits and a shift in order timing to the first half of 2022 ahead of the outdoor season, partially offset by pricing actions. Changes in foreign currency unfavorably impacted net sales by $23 million or 6%.

Operating income for the three months ended September 30, 2022 was $8 million as compared to $27 million in the prior-year period. The decline was due to lower gross profit leverage, higher absorption costs associated with lower sales volume and significant input cost inflation for sourced finished goods and transportation, partially offset by gross productivity and lower incentive compensation costs.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 vs. Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021

Consolidated Operating Results

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions)	2022			2021			$ Change		% Change
Net sales	$	7,174		$	7,784		$	(610)	(7.8)%
Gross profit	2,218			2,461			(243)		(9.9)%
Gross margin	30.9		%	31.6		%
Operating income	569			778			(209)		(26.9)%
Operating margin	7.9		%	10.0		%
Interest expense, net	171			197			(26)		(13.2)%
Other income, net	(108)			(3)			(105)		NM
Income before income taxes	506			584			(78)		(13.4)%
Income tax provision	37			108			(71)		(65.7)%
Income tax rate	7.3		%	18.5		%
Net income	$	469		$	476		$	(7)	(1.5)%
Diluted earnings per share attributable to common shareholders	$	1.12		$	1.11

NM - NOT MEANINGFUL

Net sales decreased 8%, as pricing actions by the Company were more than offset by softening global demand, as retailers significantly pulled back on orders in an effort to rebalance inventory, the impact of the sale of the CH&S business at the end of the first quarter of 2022, which negatively impacted net sales by approximately 3%, and category exits in the Home Appliances and Outdoor and Recreation segments. The net sales performance also reflected the lapping of elevated levels of demand in certain categories during the prior year. Changes in foreign currency unfavorably impacted net sales by $221 million, or 3%.

Gross profit decreased 10% compared to prior year. Gross profit margin declined to 30.9% as compared with 31.6% in the prior year period. The decrease in gross margin was driven by higher absorption costs associated with lower sales volume, as well as significant input cost inflation for commodities, sourced finished goods, transportation and labor, which had a negative high-

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single-digit-percentage impact to costs of products sold. The gross margin decline was partially offset by favorable net pricing and gross productivity. The gross profit decline also reflected the unfavorable impact of the sale of CH&S. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates unfavorably impacted gross profit by $77 million, or 3%.

In addition to the change in gross profit noted above, notable items impacting operating income for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 are as follows:

	Nine Months Ended  September 30,
	2022		2021		$ Change
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets (See Footnote 7)	$	148	$	—	$	148
Restructuring (See Footnote 4) and restructuring-related costs (a)	29		34		(5)
Transactions and other costs (b)	30		17		13

(a)Restructuring-related costs reported in cost of goods sold and SG&A for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was $15 million and $2 million, respectively, and primarily relate to facility closures. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, restructuring-related costs reported in cost of sales and SG&A were $13 million and $5 million, respectively, and primarily relate to facility closures. Restructuring costs were $12 million and $16 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

(b)Transactions and other costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 primarily relate to completed divestitures and costs for certain legal proceedings.

Operating income decreased to $569 million as compared to $778 million in the prior year period. The decline reflects lower gross profit, partially offset by gross productivity, as well as lower incentive compensation expense, advertising and promotion costs and overhead spending. Operating income was also negatively impacted by the non-cash impairment charges relating to goodwill and indefinite-lived tradenames.

Interest expense, net decreased primarily due to lower long-term debt levels during the first half of the year, and higher interest income. The weighted average interest rates for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were approximately 4.3% and 4.7%, respectively. See Footnote 9 of the Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

Other income, net for nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 includes the following items:

	Nine Months Ended  September 30,
	2022		2021
Foreign exchange losses, net	$	26	$	5
(Gain) loss on disposition of business (See Footnote 2)	(136)		2
Other (gains) losses, net	2		(10)
	$	(108)	$	(3)

The income tax provision for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was $37 million as compared to $108 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was 7.3%, reflecting an increase in discrete tax benefits, as compared to 18.5% for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. The nine months ended September 30, 2022 included discrete benefits of $58 million associated with a change in the Company's indefinite reinvestment assertion regarding certain earnings within it Irish operations, $11 million associated with the reduction in valuation allowance related to the integration of certain Brazilian operations and $4 million associated with the approval of certain state tax credits, offset by $16 million of income tax expense related to the divestiture of the CH&S business unit. Income tax expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 included a discrete benefit of $37 million associated with a reduction in valuation allowance related to the integration of certain Luxembourg operations, $13 million associated with a reduction of in valuation allowance related to the integration of certain U.K. operations and $9 million related to a statute of limitation expiration in France.

See Footnote 12 of the Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for information regarding income taxes, including the inherent uncertainty associated with the Company's position on recently enacted U.S. Treasury Regulations.

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Business Segment Operating Results

Commercial Solutions

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions)	2022			2021			$ Change		% Change
Net sales	$	1,336		$	1,450		$	(114)	(7.9)%
Operating income	126			111			15		13.5%
Operating margin	9.4		%	7.7		%

Commercial Solutions net sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 decreased 8%, which primarily reflected the sale of the CH&S business at the end of the first quarter of 2022, which unfavorably impacted net sales by approximately 14%, partially offset by growth in the Commercial business unit, primarily driven by pricing actions and improved order fulfillment resulting from the easing of supply chain constraints. Changes in foreign currency unfavorably impacted net sales by $41 million, or 3%.

Operating income for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was $126 million as compared to $111 million in the prior year. The increase in operating income is due to gross profit leverage, gross productivity and lower advertising and promotion costs, partially offset by significant input cost inflation, primarily resin, energy and metals, sourced finished goods, transportation and labor, as well as the unfavorable impact of the CH&S sale.

Home Appliances

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions)	2022			2021			$ Change		% Change
Net sales	$	991		$	1,197		$	(206)	(17.2)%
Operating income (loss)	(23)			35			(58)		NM
Operating margin	(2.3)		%	2.9		%
Notable items impacting operating income (loss) comparability:
Impairment of intangible asset (See Footnote 7)	$	15		$	—
NM - NOT MEANINGFUL

Home Appliances net sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 decreased approximately 17%, which reflects softening global demand, certain category exits and the lapping of elevated levels of demand during the prior year, partially offset by pricing actions. Changes in foreign currency unfavorably impacted net sales by $21 million, or 2%.

Operating loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was $23 million as compared to operating income of $35 million in the prior year period. The decline in operating income is primarily due to lower gross profit leverage, higher absorption costs associated with lower sales volume and significant input cost inflation associated with transportation costs and sourced finished goods, partially offset by gross productivity and lower incentive compensation expense. Operating income was also negatively impacted by the non-cash impairment charge related to an indefinite-lived asset.

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Home Solutions

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions)	2022			2021			$ Change		% Change
Net sales	$	1,477		$	1,627		$	(150)	(9.2)%
Operating income (loss)	(22)			189			(211)		NM
Operating margin	(1.5)		%	11.6		%
Notable items impacting operating income (loss) comparability:
Impairment of goodwill (See Footnote 7)	$	108		$	—
NM - NOT MEANINGFUL

Home Solutions net sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 decreased 9%, reflecting decreases in both the Food and Home Fragrance business units. The Food business unit decline reflects softening global demand, lost distribution in one product line at a key customer and an order timing shift into the fourth quarter, partially offset by pricing actions. The decline in Home Fragrance business unit sales reflects softening global demand, as well as the exit of approximately 42 Yankee Candle retail stores during the year. The net sales performance for the segment also reflected the lapping of elevated demand during the prior year. Changes in foreign currency unfavorably impacted net sales by $30 million, or 2%.

Operating loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was $22 million as compared to operating income of $189 million in the prior year period. The decrease in operating income is primarily due to the non-cash goodwill impairment charge in the Home Fragrance reporting unit, lower gross profit leverage, higher absorption costs associated with lower sales volume and significant input cost inflation for commodities, primarily metals and wax, transportation, labor and sourced finished goods. This decrease was partially offset by gross productivity and lower incentive compensation expense.

Learning and Development

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions)	2022			2021			$ Change		% Change
Net sales	$	2,266		$	2,330		$	(64)	(2.7)%
Operating income	497			522			(25)		(4.8)%
Operating margin	21.9		%	22.4		%
Notable items impacting operating income comparability:
Impairment of intangible assets (See Footnote 7)	$	25		$	—

Learning and Development net sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 decreased 3%, reflecting decreases in both the Writing and Baby business units. The Writing business unit performance reflected pricing actions, which were more than offset by logistical constraints and supply chain shortages, particularly in labelling, and softening demand in certain categories in the U.S. Pricing actions in the Baby business unit were more than offset by softening demand in certain categories in the U.S., as the business lapped elevated levels of demand during the prior year. Changes in foreign currency unfavorably impacted net sales by $68 million, or 3%.

Operating income for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 decreased to $497 million as compared to $522 million in the prior-year period. The decrease in operating income is primarily due to the non-cash impairment charges related to indefinite-lived assets in the Baby reporting unit. In addition, gross productivity and lower compensation costs were offset by lower gross profit leverage and significant input cost inflation for sourced finished goods, transportation and labor.

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Outdoor and Recreation

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions)	2022			2021			$ Change		% Change
Net sales	$	1,104		$	1,180		$	(76)	(6.4)%
Operating income	99			90			9		10.0%
Operating margin	9.0		%	7.6		%

Outdoor and Recreation net sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 decreased 6% primarily reflecting softening U.S. demand and certain category exits. The net sales performance for this segment also reflects the lapping of elevated levels of demand in the prior year, partially offset by pricing actions and improved product availability. Changes in foreign currency unfavorably impacted net sales by $61 million or 5%.

Operating income for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was $99 million as compared to $90 million in the prior-year period. This improvement was primarily due to lower overhead spending and incentive compensation costs, partially offset by input cost inflation for commodities, sourced finished goods and transportation, and higher advertising and promotional costs.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity

The Company believes that its cash generating capability, together with its borrowing capacity and available cash and cash equivalents, provide continued financial viability and adequate liquidity to fund its operations, support its growth platforms, pay down debt and debt maturities as they come due and execute its ongoing business initiatives. The Company regularly assesses its cash requirements and the available sources to fund these needs. At September 30, 2022, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $636 million, of which approximately $238 million was held by the Company’s non-U.S. subsidiaries.

The Company believes the extent of the impact of this rapidly changing retail landscape, which reflects an increased focus by retailers to rebalance inventory levels in light of continued inflationary pressures on consumers, as well as the supply chain disruptions, inflationary pressures and uncertainty over the volatility and direction of future demand patterns on the Company's future sales, operating results, cash flows, liquidity and financial condition will continue to be driven by numerous evolving factors the Company cannot accurately predict and which will vary. For further information, refer to Risk Factors in Part I - Item 1A and Recent Developments in Part II - Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on February 14, 2022.

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash increased (decreased) as follows for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 (in millions):

	2022		2021		Increase (Decrease)
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	(567)	$	490	$	(1,057)
Cash provided by (used in) investing activities	420		(180)		600
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities	344		(800)		1,144
Exchange rate effect on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(13)		(14)		1
Increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	184	$	(504)	$	688

The Company has historically generated the majority of its operating cash flow in the third and fourth quarters of the year due to seasonal variations in operating results, the timing of annual performance-based compensation payments, customer program payments, working capital requirements and credit terms provided to customers. See below for further information on the Company's recent operating cash flow performance.

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Cash Flows from Operating Activities

The change in net cash used in operating activities reflects the impact of a significantly greater than expected pullback in retailer orders as retailers rebalance inventory in the light of continued inflationary pressures on consumers, which resulted in lower sales volume and unfavorable working capital associated with inventory build to support sales and the Project Ovid go-live, the timing of customer collections and vendor payments, and lower accounts receivable sold under the Customer Receivables Purchase Agreement. See Capital Resources for further information.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

The change in cash provided by investing activities was primarily due to proceeds from the sale of CH&S and sale of property, plant and equipment, partially offset by higher capital expenditures, primarily associated with Project Ovid.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

The change in net cash provided by financing activities was primarily due to the period-over-period change in debt, offset by repurchase of shares of the Company's common stock in the current-year. See Footnotes 1, 9 and 14 of the Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

Capital Resources

On August 31, 2022, the Company entered into a $1.5 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Revolver”) that matures in August 2027. The Credit Revolver refinanced the Company’s previous $1.25 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility that was scheduled to mature in December 2023.

Under the Credit Revolver, the Company may borrow funds on a variety of interest rate terms. The Credit Revolver provides committed back-up liquidity for the issuance of commercial paper, in each case, to the extent there is sufficient availability for borrowing under the Credit Revolver. At September 30, 2022 there were no borrowings outstanding under the Credit Revolver and no commercial paper borrowings.

The Credit Revolver provides for the issuance of up to $150 million of letters of credit, so long as there is sufficient availability for borrowing under the Credit Revolver. At September 30, 2022, the Company had approximately $22 million of outstanding standby letters of credit issued against the Credit Revolver, with a net availability of approximately $1.48 billion. The Company was in compliance with all of its debt covenants at September 30, 2022.

Factored receivables at September 30, 2022 associated with the Company's existing factoring agreement (the “Customer Receivables Purchase Agreement”) were approximately $375 million, a decrease of approximately $125 million from December 31, 2021. During the second quarter of 2022, the Company amended the Customer Receivables Purchase Agreement to (1) increase the amount of certain customer receivables that may be sold under the agreement, (2) add new customers to the agreement and (3) change the reference rate from London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) to Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”). Transactions under this agreement are accounted for as sales of accounts receivable, and the receivables sold are removed from the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at the time of the sales transaction. The Company classifies the proceeds received from the sales of accounts receivable as an operating cash flow in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows. The Company records the discount as other (income) expense, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and collections of accounts receivables not yet submitted to the financial institution as a financing cash flow.

The Company maintains an Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility (the “Securitization Facility”). During the second quarter of 2022, the Company amended the Securitization Facility. This amendment (1) reduced the aggregate commitment under the Securitization Facility to $375 million from $600 million, (2) extended its maturity by one year to October 2023 and (3) changed the reference rate under the Securitization Facility from LIBOR to SOFR. The Securitization Facility bears interest at a margin over a variable interest rate. The maximum availability under the Securitization Facility fluctuates based on eligible accounts receivable balances. At September 30, 2022, the Company did not have any amounts outstanding under the Securitization Facility.

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Risk Management

From time to time, the Company enters into derivative transactions to hedge its exposures to interest rate, foreign currency rate and commodity price fluctuations. The Company does not enter into derivative transactions for trading purposes.

See Footnote 10 of the Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on the Company's derivative instruments.

Significant Accounting Policies and Critical Estimates

Goodwill and Indefinite-Lived Intangibles

Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangibles are tested and reviewed for impairment annually during the fourth quarter (on December 1), or more frequently if facts and circumstances warrant.

Goodwill

Goodwill is tested for impairment at a reporting unit level, and all of the Company’s goodwill is assigned to its reporting units. Reporting units are determined based upon the Company’s organizational structure in place at the date of the goodwill impairment testing and generally one level below the operating segment level. The Company’s operations are comprised of seven reporting units, within its five primary operating segments.

During the third quarter of 2022, the Company concluded that a triggering event had occurred for the Home Fragrance reporting unit in the Home Solutions segment, which reflected a downward revision of forecasted cash flows due to softening global demand, as retailers significantly pulled back on orders in an effort to rebalance inventory. The decline in global demand is driven primarily by inflationary pressures which are impacting the discretionary spending behavior of consumers. The Company bypassed the qualitative approach to testing goodwill and used a quantitative approach, which involves comparing the fair value of the reporting unit to its carrying value. If the carrying value of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, an impairment loss would be calculated as the differences between these amounts, limited to the amount of reporting unit goodwill allocated to the reporting unit.

The quantitative goodwill impairment testing requires significant use of judgment and assumptions, such as the identification of reporting units; the assignment of assets and liabilities to reporting units; and the estimation of future cash flows, business growth rates, terminal values, discount rates and total enterprise value. The income approach used is the discounted cash flow methodology and is based on five-year cash flow projections. The cash flows projected are analyzed on a debt-free basis (before cash payments to equity and interest-bearing debt investors) in order to develop an enterprise value from operations for the reporting unit. A provision is made, based on these projections, for the value of the reporting unit at the end of the forecast period, or terminal value. The present value of the finite-period cash flows and the terminal value are determined using a selected discount rate. The Company estimated the fair values of its reporting units based on discounted cash flow methodology reflecting its latest projections which included, among other things, the impact of significant input cost inflation for commodities, primarily resin, sourced finished goods, transportation and labor on its operations at the time the Company performed its impairment testing.

The Company performed an impairment test and determined that the Home Fragrance reporting unit goodwill was impaired. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 the Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $108 million, as the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeded its fair value.

See Footnotes 1 and 7 of the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

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Indefinite-lived intangibles

The testing of indefinite-lived intangibles (primarily trademarks and tradenames) under established guidelines for impairment also requires significant use of judgment and assumptions (such as cash flow projections, royalty rates, terminal values and discount rates). An indefinite-lived intangible asset is impaired by the amount its carrying value exceeds its estimated fair value. For impairment testing purposes, the fair value of indefinite-lived intangibles is determined using either the relief from royalty method or the excess earnings method. The relief from royalty method estimates the value of a tradename by discounting the hypothetical avoided royalty payments to their present value over the economic life of the asset. The excess earnings method estimates the value of the intangible asset by quantifying the residual (or excess) cash flows generated by the asset and discounts those cash flows to the present. The excess earnings methodology requires the application of contributory asset charges. Contributory asset charges typically include assumed payments for the use of working capital, tangible assets and other intangible assets. Changes in forecasted operations and other assumptions could materially affect the estimated fair values. Changes in business conditions could potentially require adjustments to these asset valuations.

During the third quarter of 2022, the Company concluded that a triggering event had occurred for an indefinite-lived tradename in its Home Fragrance reporting unit, in the Home Solutions segment, an indefinite-lived tradename in the Home Appliances reporting unit, and two indefinite-lived tradenames for the Baby reporting unit, in the Learning and Development segment. The Company performed a quantitative impairment test and determined that the indefinite-lived tradenames in the Home Appliances and Baby reporting units noted above were impaired. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recorded an aggregate non-cash impairment charge of $40 million, as the carrying values exceeded their fair values. A quantitative impairment test was also performed for the indefinite-lived tradename and long-lived assets in the Home Fragrance reporting unit resulting in no impairment.

See Footnotes 1 and 7 of the Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

There have been no material changes from the information previously reported under Part II, Item 7A. in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information, which is required to be disclosed by the issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating such controls and procedures, the Company recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.

As required by Rule 13a-15(b) of the Exchange Act, the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2022.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2022, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

Information required under this Item is contained above in Part I. Financial Information, Item 1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

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Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed in Part I, Item 1A. of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table provides information about the Company’s purchases of equity securities during the three months ended September 30, 2022:

Calendar Month	Total Number of Shares Purchased (2)	Average Price Paid Per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs	Maximum Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (1)
July	—	$	—	—	$	50,000,231
August	—	—		—	50,000,231
September	2,014	18.60		—	50,000,231
Total	2,014	$	18.60	—

(1)On February 6, 2022, the Company's Board of Directors authorized a $375 million Share Repurchase Program (“SRP”), effective immediately through the end of 2022. The Company’s common shares may be purchased by the Company in the open market, in negotiated transactions or in other manners, as permitted by federal securities laws and other legal requirements See Footnote 14 of the Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on shares repurchased during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022.

(2)Shares purchased during the three months ended September 30, 2022 were acquired to satisfy employees’ tax withholding and payment obligations in connection with the vesting of awards of restricted stock units and were purchased by the Company based on their fair market value on the vesting date.

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Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibit Number	Description of Exhibit
10.1	Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2022, among Newell Brands Inc., the Subsidiary Borrowers party there, the Guarantors from time to time party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 6, 2022, File No. 001-09608).
10.2	Form of 6.375% note due 2027 issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of November 19, 2014, between Newell Brands Inc. (formerly known as “Newell Rubbermaid Inc.”) and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (formerly known as “U.S. Bank National Association”), as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 14, 2022, File No. 001-09608) Newell Brands Inc. 2022 Incentive Plan, (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Company's Proxy Statement dated March 23, 2022, File No. 001-09608).
10.3	Form of 6.625% note due 2029 issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of November 19, 2014, between Newell Brands Inc. (formerly known as “Newell Rubbermaid Inc.”) and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (formerly known as “U.S. Bank National Association”), as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 14, 2022, File No. 001-09608). Newell Brands Inc. 2022 Incentive Plan, (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Company's Proxy Statement dated March 23, 2022, File No. 001-09608).
10.4*†	Fifth Amendment to the Newell Rubbermaid Inc. 2008 Deferred Compensation Plan effective August 10, 2022.
31.1†	Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a), as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2†	Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a), as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1†	Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2†	Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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† Filed herewith.

* Represents management contracts and compensatory plans and arrangements.

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

		NEWELL BRANDS INC. Registrant
Date:	October 28, 2022	/s/ Christopher H. Peterson
		Christopher H. Peterson
		President and Chief Financial Officer
Date:	October 28, 2022	/s/ Jeffrey M. Sesplankis
		Jeffrey M. Sesplankis
		Chief Accounting Officer

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EX-10.4

EXHIBIT 10.4

FIFTH AMENDMENT
TO THE
NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC.
2008 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT (this “Fifth Amendment”) to the Newell Rubbermaid Inc. 2008 Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), as amended, is made effective as of August 10, 2022 by the Board of Directors of Newell Brands Inc. (the “Board”). All capitalized terms used but not defined herein, shall have the same meaning set forth in the Plan.

W I T N E S S E T H:

    WHEREAS, Newell Brands Inc. (the “Corporation”) maintains the Plan to, in part, provide certain eligible employees and directors with the opportunity to defer portions of their base salary, incentive compensation, and director fees and to receive certain other retirement benefits, all in accordance with the provisions of the Plan; and

WHEREAS, under Section 8.1 of the Plan, the Corporation has reserved the right to amend the Plan, in whole or in part, at any time by action of the Board or, so long as the amendment does not materially increase the benefit costs of the Plan to the Corporation, by action of the Committee; and

WHEREAS, the Corporation adopted the First Amendment to the Plan on August 9, 2017, allowing directors to defer receipt of the Corporation’s common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Common Stock”) that such directors may otherwise receive on settlement of any Stock Units (as defined under the Newell Rubbermaid Inc. 2013 Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”)) that such directors may be granted under the Incentive Plan or any similar compensatory plan or arrangement of the Company or any Subsidiary, which amendment defined fair market value of such Common Stock with reference to the closing price of Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange; and

    WHEREAS, the Corporation adopted the Newell Brands Inc. 2022 Incentive Plan on May 5, 2022 (the “2022 Incentive Plan”); and

WHEREAS, the Corporation now desires to amend the Plan to (i) reflect the transfer of the Corporation’s listing from the New York Stock Exchange to the Nasdaq Global Select Market; (ii) clarify that, on any particular date since the First Amendment to the Plan, fair market value of the Corporation’s Common Stock for purposes of the Plan is determined with reference to the national securities exchange on which such Common Stock is then listed, as has always been the intent of the Board and the Corporation; and (iii) add a specific reference to the 2022 Incentive Plan;

EXHIBIT 10.4

NOW, THEREFORE, the Board hereby amends the Plan as set forth herein.

1.The following sentence shall be added to the end of Section 11.1 of the Plan:

For the avoidance of doubt, the Newell Brands Inc. 2022 Incentive Plan (the “2022 Incentive Plan”) constitutes a similar compensatory plan or arrangement for purposes of the preceding sentence, and any reference to the “Incentive Plan” and awards issued thereunder shall include the 2022 Incentive Plan and awards issued thereunder from and after the effective date of such 2022 Incentive Plan.

2.Section 11.5(d) of the Plan defining fair market value is amended to read, in its entirety, as follows below:

For purposes of this Article XI, the fair market value of the Common Stock means, on any 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.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board has caused this Fifth Amendment to be executed as of the date set forth above.

NEWELL BRANDS INC.

By: /s/ Bradford R. Turner

                Title: Chief Legal & Administrative Officer

EX-31.1

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Ravichandra K. Saligram, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for Newell Brands Inc.;
2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.	The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a)		designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)		designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c)		evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)		disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
5.	The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a)		all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)		any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: October 28, 2022

/s/ Ravichandra K. Saligram

Ravichandra K. Saligram

Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Christopher H. Peterson, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for Newell Brands Inc.;
2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.	The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a)		designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)		designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c)		evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)		disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
5.	The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a)		all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)		any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: October 28, 2022

/s/ Christopher H. Peterson

Christopher H. Peterson

President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-32.1

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the quarterly report of Newell Brands Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2022 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Ravichandra K. Saligram, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Ravichandra K. Saligram

Ravichandra K. Saligram

Chief Executive Officer

October 28, 2022

EX-32.2

EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the quarterly report of Newell Brands Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2022 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Christopher H. Peterson, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Christopher H. Peterson

Christopher H. Peterson

President and Chief Financial Officer

October 28, 2022

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Operating lease assets	585	558
Goodwill	3,300	3,504
Other intangible assets, net	2,869	3,370
Deferred income taxes	778	814
Other assets	874	467
Total assets	14,678	14,179
Liabilities:
Accounts payable	1,437	1,680
Accrued compensation	123	270
Other accrued liabilities	1,470	1,364
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt	1,078	3
Total current liabilities	4,108	3,317
Long-term debt	4,762	4,883
Deferred income taxes	641	405
Operating lease liabilities	519	500
Other noncurrent liabilities	872	983
Total liabilities	10,902	10,088
Commitments and contingencies (Footnote 17)
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock (10.0 authorized shares, $1.00 par value, no shares issued at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021)	0	0
Common stock (800.0 authorized shares, $1.00 par value, 438.6 shares and 450.0 shares issued at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively)	439	450
Treasury stock, at cost (25.0 shares and 24.5 shares at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively)	(623)	(609)
Additional paid-in capital	7,143	7,734
Retained deficit	(2,133)	(2,602)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(1,050)	(882)
Total stockholders’ equity	3,776	4,091
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$ 14,678	$ 14,179

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Preferred stock, authorized shares (in shares)	10,000,000.0	10,000,000.0
Preferred stock, par value (in USD per share)	$ 1.00	$ 1.00
Preferred stock, issued shares (in shares)	0	0
Common stock, authorized shares (in shares)	800,000,000.0	800,000,000.0
Common stock, par value (in USD per share)	$ 1.00	$ 1.00
Common stock, issued shares (in shares)	438,600,000	450,000,000.0
Treasury stock, at cost (in shares)	25,000,000.0	24,500,000

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$ 469	$ 476
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	222	244
Impairment of goodwill, intangibles and other assets	148	0
(Gain) loss from sale of businesses	(136)	2
Deferred income taxes	211	(17)
Stock based compensation expense	8	37
Other, net	(2)	(1)
Changes in operating accounts excluding the effects of divestitures:
Accounts receivable	(165)	(44)
Inventories	(738)	(488)
Accounts payable	(143)	194
Accrued liabilities and other	(441)	87
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	(567)	490
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from sale of divested business	616	0
Capital expenditures	(221)	(181)
Other investing activities, net	25	1
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	420	(180)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	990	0
Payments on current portion of long-term debt	(2)	(447)
Payments on long-term debt	0	(6)
Repurchase of shares of common stock	(325)	0
Cash dividends	(290)	(296)
Acquisition of noncontrolling interests	0	(26)
Equity compensation activity and other, net	(29)	(25)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	344	(800)
Exchange rate effect on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(13)	(14)
Increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	184	(504)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period	477	1,021
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	661	517
Supplemental disclosures:
Restricted cash at beginning of period	37	40
Restricted cash at end of period	$ 25	$ 23

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Total	Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent	Common Stock	Treasury Stock	Additional Paid-In Capital	Retained Earnings (Deficit)	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	Noncontrolling Interests
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2020	$ 3,900	$ 3,874	$ 448	$ (598)	$ 8,078	$ (3,174)	$ (880)	$ 26
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Comprehensive income (loss)	449	449				476	(27)
Dividends declared on common stock	(299)	(299)			(299)
Equity compensation, net of tax	31	31	2	(11)	40
Acquisition of noncontrolling interests	(26)							(26)
Other changes attributable to noncontrolling interests	2							2
Ending balance at Sep. 30, 2021	4,057	4,055	450	(609)	7,819	(2,698)	(907)	2
Beginning balance at Jun. 30, 2021	4,011	3,986	450	(609)	7,906	(2,888)	(873)	25
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Comprehensive income (loss)	156	157				190	(33)	(1)
Dividends declared on common stock	(99)	(99)			(99)
Equity compensation, net of tax	12	12			12
Acquisition of noncontrolling interests	(23)							(23)
Other changes attributable to noncontrolling interests	0	(1)					(1)	1
Ending balance at Sep. 30, 2021	4,057	$ 4,055	450	(609)	7,819	(2,698)	(907)	$ 2
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2021	4,091		450	(609)	7,734	(2,602)	(882)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Comprehensive income (loss)	301					469	(168)
Dividends declared on common stock	(285)				(285)
Equity compensation, net of tax	(5)		2	(14)	7
Common stock purchased and retired	(325)		(13)		(312)
Other	(1)				(1)
Ending balance at Sep. 30, 2022	3,776		439	(623)	7,143	(2,133)	(1,050)
Beginning balance at Jun. 30, 2022	3,947		439	(623)	7,251	(2,164)	(956)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Comprehensive income (loss)	(63)					31	(94)
Dividends declared on common stock	(93)				(93)
Equity compensation, net of tax	(15)				(15)
Ending balance at Sep. 30, 2022	$ 3,776		$ 439	$ (623)	$ 7,143	$ (2,133)	$ (1,050)

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Statement of Stockholders' Equity [Abstract]
Dividends declared on common stock (in USD per share)	$ 0.23	$ 0.23	$ 0.69	$ 0.69

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Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Newell Brands Inc. (collectively with its subsidiaries, the “Company”) have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments (including normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair statement of the financial position and the results of operations of the Company. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements, and the footnotes thereto, included in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2021 has been derived from the audited financial statements as of that date, but it does not include all the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for a complete financial statement. Certain reclassifications have been made in the Company's financial statements of the prior year to conform to current year presentation.

On March 31, 2022, the Company sold its Connected Home & Security (“CH&S”) business unit to Resideo Technologies, Inc. See Footnotes 2 and 16 for further information.

Use of Estimates and Risks

Management’s application of U.S. GAAP in preparing the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements requires the pervasive use of estimates and assumptions. The Company, which has been impacted in recent years by inflationary and supply chain pressures, labor shortages, and logistical challenges across its businesses, and more recently by the indirect macroeconomic impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, is also experiencing additional headwinds due to softening global demand and an increased focus by retailers to rebalance inventory levels in light of continued inflationary pressures on consumers. The segments most impacted by the softening global demand are Home Appliances and Home Solutions. These collective macroeconomic trends, the duration or severity of which are highly uncertain, are rapidly changing the retail landscape and have negatively impacted the Company’s operating results, cash flows and financial condition in 2022 and are expected to persist for the remainder of the year and into 2023. The high level of uncertainty of these factors has resulted in estimates and assumptions that have the potential for more variability and are more subjective. In addition, some of the other inherent estimates and assumptions used in the Company’s forecasted results of operations and cash flows that form the basis of the determination of the fair value of the reporting units for goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment testing are outside the control of management, including interest rates, cost of capital, tax rates, industry growth, credit ratings, foreign exchange rates and labor inflation. Although management has made its best estimates and assumptions based upon current information, actual results could materially differ given the uncertainty of these factors and may require future changes to such estimates and assumptions, including reserves, which may result in future expense or impairment charges.

During the third quarter of 2022, the Company concluded that a triggering event had occurred for its Home Fragrance reporting unit, in the Home Solutions segment, an indefinite-lived tradename in the Home Appliances reporting unit, and two indefinite-lived tradenames for the Baby reporting unit, in the Learning and Development segment. The Company performed a quantitative impairment test and determined that the Home Fragrance reporting unit goodwill, and the indefinite-lived tradenames in the Home Appliances and Baby reporting units noted above were impaired. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recorded an aggregate non-cash impairment charge of $148 million, as the carrying values exceeded their fair values. A quantitative impairment test was also performed for the indefinite-lived tradename and long-lived assets in the Home Fragrance reporting unit resulting in no impairment. See Footnote 7 for further information.

Seasonal Variations

Sales of the Company’s products tend to be seasonal, with sales, operating income and operating cash flow in the first quarter generally lower than any other quarter during the year, driven principally by reduced volume and the mix of products sold in the first quarter. The seasonality of the Company’s sales volume combined with the accounting for fixed costs, such as depreciation, amortization, rent, personnel costs and interest expense, impacts the Company’s results on a quarterly basis. In addition, the Company typically tends to generate the majority of its operating cash flow in the third and fourth quarters of the year due to seasonal variations in operating results, the timing of annual performance-based compensation payments, customer program payments, working capital requirements and credit terms provided to customers. Accordingly, the Company’s results of

operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, may not necessarily be indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2022.

The Company's sales and operating results, previously disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, reverted back to historical patterns in 2021, however, uncertainty still remains due to the significant volatility and direction of future consumer and customer demand patterns, as well as inflationary and supply chain pressures.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Changes to U.S. GAAP are established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) in the form of accounting standards updates (“ASUs”) to the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification. The Company considers the applicability and impact of all ASUs.

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting.” In January 2021, the FASB clarified the scope of this guidance with the issuance of ASU 2021-01, Reference Rate Reform: Scope. ASU 2020-04 provides optional expedients and exceptions to account for contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions that reference the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or another reference rate if certain criteria are met. ASU 2020-04 may be applied prospectively to contract modifications made and hedging relationships entered into or evaluated on or before December 31, 2024. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2020-04 to have a material impact to its consolidated financial statements.

In October 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-04, “Supplier Finance Programs (Subtopic 405-50): Disclosure of Supplier Finance Program Obligations.” This ASU requires that a buyer in a supplier finance program disclose sufficient information about the program to allow a user of financial statements to better consider the effect of the programs on an entity’s working capital, liquidity, and cash flows. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, except for the amendment on roll forward information which is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023. The Company is evaluating the effect of adopting this new accounting guidance.

Sales of Accounts Receivables

Factored receivables at September 30, 2022 associated with the Company's existing factoring agreement (the “Customer Receivables Purchase Agreement”) were approximately $375 million, a decrease of approximately $125 million from December 31, 2021. During the second quarter of 2022, the Company amended the Customer Receivables Purchase Agreement to (1) increase the amount of certain customer receivables that may be sold under the agreement, (2) add new customers to the agreement and (3) change the reference rate from LIBOR to Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”). Transactions under this agreement are accounted for as sales of accounts receivable, and the receivables sold are removed from the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at the time of the sales transaction. The Company classifies the proceeds received from the sales of accounts receivable as an operating cash flow in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows. The Company records the discount as other (income) expense, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and collections of accounts receivables not yet submitted to the financial institution as a financing cash flow.

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Divestiture Activity	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]
Divestiture Activity	Divestiture ActivityOn March 31, 2022, the Company sold its CH&S business unit to Resideo Technologies, Inc., for approximately $593 million, subject to customary working capital and other post-closing adjustments. As a result, during the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recorded a pretax gain of $136 million, which was included in other (income) expense, net in its Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Equity [Abstract]

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The following table displays the changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (“AOCL”) by component, net of tax, for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 (in millions):

	Cumulative Translation Adjustment		Pension and  Postretirement Costs		Derivative Financial Instruments		AOCL
Balance at December 31, 2021	$	(575)	$	(292)	$	(15)	$	(882)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	(213)		10		27		(176)
Amounts reclassified to earnings	6		10		(8)		8
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)	(207)		20		19		(168)
Balance at September 30, 2022	$	(782)	$	(272)	$	4	$	(1,050)

Reclassifications from AOCL to the results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were pretax (income) expense of (in millions):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended  September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Cumulative translation adjustment (1)	$	—	$	—	$	6	$	—
Pension and postretirement benefit plans (2)	4		5		11		16
Derivative financial instruments (3)	(7)		8		(10)		19

(1)See Footnote 2 for further information.

(2)See Footnote 11 for further information.

(3)See Footnote 10 for further information.

The income tax provision allocated to the components of AOCL for the periods indicated are as follows (in millions):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended  September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	26	$	7	$	46	$	16
Pension and postretirement benefit costs	1		1		2		3
Derivative financial instruments	3		4		6		7
Income tax provision related to AOCL	$	30	$	12	$	54	$	26

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Restructuring Costs

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Restructuring Costs

Restructuring Costs

Restructuring costs, net incurred by reportable business segments for all restructuring activities for the periods indicated are as follows (in millions):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended  September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Commercial Solutions	$	1	$	1	$	2	$	1
Home Appliances	—		—		1		4
Home Solutions	—		—		1		3
Learning and Development	1		—		3		1
Outdoor and Recreation	1		2		3		3
Corporate	—		3		2		4
	$	3	$	6	$	12	$	16

Accrued restructuring costs activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 are as follows (in millions):

	Balance at December 31, 2021		Restructuring Costs, Net		Payments		Balance at  September 30, 2022
Severance and termination costs	$	8	$	11	$	(11)	$	8
Contract termination and other costs	2		1		(3)		—
	$	10	$	12	$	(14)	$	8

2020 Restructuring Plan

The Company’s 2020 restructuring program, which was substantially complete at the end of 2021, was designed to reduce overhead costs, streamline certain underperforming operations and improve future profitability. The restructuring costs, which impacted all segments, include employee-related costs such as severance and other termination benefits. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recorded restructuring charges of $9 million under the 2020 restructuring program.

Other Restructuring and Restructuring-Related Costs

The Company regularly incurs other restructuring and restructuring-related costs in connection with various discrete initiatives, including certain costs associated with Project Ovid, the multi-year, customer centric supply chain initiative to transform the Company’s go-to-market capabilities in the U.S., improve customer service levels and drive operational efficiencies. Restructuring-related costs are recorded in cost of products sold and selling, general and administrative expenses (“SG&A”) in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations based on the nature of the underlying costs incurred. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recorded restructuring charges of $3 million and $12 million, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recorded other restructuring charges of $6 million and $7 million, respectively.

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Inventories

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories

Inventories

Inventories are comprised of the following (in millions):

	September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Raw materials and supplies	$	310	$	310
Work-in-process	205		167
Finished products	2,012		1,520
	$	2,527	$	1,997

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Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

Property, plant and equipment, net, is comprised of the following (in millions):

	September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Land	$	73	$	82
Buildings and improvements	620		678
Machinery and equipment	2,327		2,387
	3,020		3,147
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(1,896)		(1,943)
	$	1,124	$	1,204

Depreciation expense was $50 million for both the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 and $146 million and $153 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

In 2022, the Company took possession of two right of use operating lease assets associated with Project Ovid, with future obligations of approximately $119 million at September 30, 2022.

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net

Goodwill activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 is as follows (in millions):

Segments	Net Book Value at December 31, 2021		Impairment Charges		Foreign Exchange		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Impairment Charges		Net Book Value at September 30, 2022
Commercial Solutions	$	747	$	—	$	—	$	916	$	(169)	$	747
Home Appliances	—		—		—		569		(569)		—
Home Solutions	164		(108)		—		2,567		(2,511)		56
Learning and Development	2,593		—		(96)		3,343		(846)		2,497
Outdoor and Recreation	—		—		—		788		(788)		—
	$	3,504	$	(108)	$	(96)	$	8,183	$	(4,883)	$	3,300

During the third quarter of 2022, the Company concluded that a triggering event had occurred for the Home Fragrance reporting unit in the Home Solutions segment, as a result of a downward revision of forecasted cash flows due to softening global demand, as retailers significantly pulled back on orders in an effort to rebalance inventory, and rising interest rates. The decline in global demand is driven primarily by inflationary pressures which are impacting the discretionary spending behavior of consumers. The Company performed a quantitative impairment test and determined that the Home Fragrance reporting unit goodwill was impaired. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 the Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $108 million, as the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeded its fair value. A hypothetical 10% reduction in the forecasted earnings before interest, taxes and amortization used in the discounted cash flows to estimate the fair value of the Home Fragrance reporting unit would have resulted in an additional goodwill impairment charge for the remaining carrying value of $56 million. See Footnote 1 for further information.

Other intangible assets, net, are comprised of the following (in millions):

	September 30, 2022						December 31, 2021
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value
Trade names — indefinite life	$	1,898	$	—	$	1,898	$	2,219	$	—	$	2,219
Trade names — other	158		(75)		83		159		(65)		94
Capitalized software	594		(473)		121		631		(495)		136
Patents and intellectual property	22		(16)		6		22		(14)		8
Customer relationships and distributor channels	1,063		(302)		761		1,216		(303)		913
	$	3,735	$	(866)	$	2,869	$	4,247	$	(877)	$	3,370

Amortization expense for intangible assets for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 was $25 million and $28 million, respectively and $76 million and $91 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

During the third quarter of 2022, the Company concluded that a triggering event had occurred for an indefinite-lived tradename in the Home Appliances reporting unit and an indefinite-lived tradename in the Home Fragrance reporting unit in the Home Solutions segment, as a result of a downward revision of forecasted cash flows due to softening global demand, as retailers significantly pulled back on orders in an effort to rebalance inventory and rising interest rates. The decline in global demand is driven primarily by inflationary pressures which are impacting the discretionary spending behavior of consumers. The Company also concluded that a triggering event had occurred for two indefinite-lived tradenames for the Baby reporting unit, in the Learning and Development segment, as a result of rising interest rates and inflationary pressures. The Company performed a quantitative impairment test and determined that the indefinite-lived tradename in the Home Appliances reporting unit and two indefinite-lived tradenames in the Baby reporting unit were impaired. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recorded an aggregate non-cash impairment charge of $40 million, as the carrying values of these tradenames exceeded their fair values. A hypothetical 10% reduction in forecasted revenue used in the relief from royalty method to determine the fair value of these indefinite-lived intangibles would have resulted in incremental impairment charges in the Home Appliances and Learning and Development segments of $4 million and $5 million, respectively. A quantitative impairment test was also performed for the indefinite-lived tradename in the Home Fragrance reporting unit in the Home Solutions segment, which resulted in no impairment. A hypothetical 10% reduction in the forecasted debt-free cash flows used in the excess earnings method to determine the fair value of the tradename would have resulted in an impairment charge of $21 million.

As further described in Footnote 1, the Company has experienced headwinds due to softening global demand and an increased focus by retailers to rebalance inventory levels in light of continued inflationary pressures on consumers, most notably in the Home Appliances and Home Solutions segments. As a result, the Company may identify future triggering events for these segments, other segments or other indefinite-lived tradenames, including the Baby reporting unit goodwill in the Learning and Development segment, which had a carrying value of $645 million and an indefinite-lived tradename in the Outdoor and Recreation reporting unit which had a carrying value of $58 million. Additional impairment testing may be required based on further deterioration of global demand and/or the macroeconomic environment, continued disruptions to the Company’s business, further declines in operating results of the Company’s reporting units and/or tradenames, further sustained deterioration of the Company’s market capitalization, and other factors, which may necessitate changes to estimates or valuation assumptions used in the fair value of the reporting units for goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible tradenames. Although management cannot predict when improvements in macroeconomic conditions will occur, if consumer confidence and consumer spending decline significantly in the future or if commercial and industrial economic activity experiences a sustained deterioration from current levels, it is possible the Company will be required to record impairment charges in the future.

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Other Accrued Liabilities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]

Other Accrued Liabilities

Other Accrued Liabilities

Other accrued liabilities are comprised of the following (in millions):

	September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Customer accruals	$	675	$	715
Accrued self-insurance liabilities, contingencies and warranty	193		125
Operating lease liabilities	122		122
Accrued interest expense	113		56
Accrued marketing and freight expenses	81		59
Accrued income taxes	54		43
Other	232		244
	$	1,470	$	1,364

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Debt

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Debt

Debt

Debt is comprised of the following at the dates indicated (in millions):

	September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
3.85% senior notes due 2023	$	1,088	$	1,086
4.00% senior notes due 2024	196		203
4.875% senior notes due 2025	495		494
3.90% senior notes due 2025	47		47
4.20% senior notes due 2026	1,977		1,975
6.375% senior notes due 2027	480		—
6.625% senior notes due 2029	479		—
5.375% senior notes due 2036	417		417
5.50% senior notes due 2046	658		658
Other debt	3		6
Total debt	5,840		4,886
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt	(1,078)		(3)
Long-term debt	$	4,762	$	4,883

Senior Notes

On September 19, 2022, the Company delivered a notice of redemption to the holders of the Company's 3.85% senior notes due April 2023 (the “April 2023 Notes”), and the Company redeemed the April 2023 Notes on October 19, 2022. The redemption price was 100.002% of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. The total consideration paid was approximately $1.09 billion, and the Company will recognize a nominal debt extinguishment loss in the fourth quarter of 2022.

On September 14, 2022, the Company completed a registered public offering of $500 million principal amount of 6.375% senior notes that mature in September 2027 (the “September 2027 Notes”) and $500 million principal amount of 6.625% senior notes that mature in September 2029 (the “September 2029 Notes”). The Company received proceeds of approximately $990 million, net of fees and expenses paid. The September 2027 Notes and the September 2029 Notes are subject to similar restrictive and financial covenants as the Company's existing senior notes, however, they are not subject to the interest rate adjustment or coupon step up provisions of certain other notes described below. The September 2027 Notes and the September 2029 Notes are redeemable in whole or in part, at the option of the Company (1) at any time prior to three months before the stated maturity dates at a redemption price equal to or greater of (a) the principal amount of the notes being redeemed or (b) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the notes being redeemed, discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis, plus the applicable make-whole amount of 50 basis points, plus in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the notes being redeemed to, but not including, the redemption date; or (2) at any time on or after three months prior to

respective maturity dates, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption dates. The Company used the net proceeds from the September 2027 and September 2029 Notes, together with available cash, to redeem the April 2023 Notes during the fourth quarter of 2022. The Company was in compliance with all of its debt covenants at September 30, 2022.

On February 11, 2022, S&P Global Inc. (“S&P”) upgraded the Company’s debt rating to “BBB-” from “BB+”. Since the S&P upgrade, the Company has been in a position to access the commercial paper market. The Company can currently issue commercial paper up to a maximum of $1.5 billion, provided there is a sufficient amount available for borrowing under the Credit Revolver (defined hereafter). In addition, the interest rate on the relevant senior notes decreased by 25 basis points due to the upgrade, reducing the Company’s interest expense by approximately $10 million on an annualized basis (approximately $8 million in 2022). However, certain of the Company’s outstanding senior notes aggregating to approximately $4.2 billion are still subject to an interest rate adjustment of 25 basis points in connection with the Moody’s Corporation (“Moody’s”) downgrade of the Company's debt rating in 2020.

Receivables Facility

The Company maintains an Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility (the “Securitization Facility”). During the second quarter of 2022, the Company amended the Securitization Facility. This amendment (1) reduced the aggregate commitment under the Securitization Facility to $375 million from $600 million, (2) extended its maturity by one year to October 2023 and (3) changed the reference rate under the Securitization Facility from LIBOR to SOFR. The Securitization Facility bears interest at a margin over a variable interest rate. The maximum availability under the Securitization Facility fluctuates based on eligible accounts receivable balances. At September 30, 2022, the Company did not have any amounts outstanding under the Securitization Facility.

Revolving Credit Facility and Commercial Paper

On August 31, 2022, the Company entered into a $1.5 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Revolver”) that matures in August 2027. The Credit Revolver refinanced the Company’s previous $1.25 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility that was scheduled to mature in December 2023.

Under the Credit Revolver, the Company may borrow funds on a variety of interest rate terms. The Credit Revolver provides committed back-up liquidity for the issuance of commercial paper, in each case, to the extent there is sufficient availability for borrowing under the Credit Revolver. At September 30, 2022 there were no borrowings outstanding under the Credit Revolver and no commercial paper borrowings.

The Credit Revolver provides for the issuance of up to $150 million of letters of credit, so long as there is sufficient availability for borrowing under the Credit Revolver. At September 30, 2022, the Company had approximately $22 million of outstanding standby letters of credit issued against the Credit Revolver, with a net availability of approximately $1.48 billion.

Other

The fair value of the Company’s senior notes are based upon prices of similar instruments in the marketplace and are as follows (in millions):

	September 30, 2022				December 31, 2021
	Fair Value		Book Value		Fair Value		Book Value
Senior notes	$	5,503	$	5,837	$	5,477	$	4,880

The carrying amounts of all other significant debt approximates fair value.

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Derivatives

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Derivatives

Derivatives

From time to time, the Company enters into derivative transactions to hedge its exposures to interest rate, foreign currency rate and commodity price fluctuations. The Company does not enter into derivative transactions for trading purposes.

Interest Rate Contracts

The Company manages its fixed and floating rate debt mix using interest rate swaps. The Company may use fixed and floating rate swaps to alter its exposure to the impact of changing interest rates on its consolidated results of operations and future cash outflows for interest. Floating rate swaps would be used, depending on market conditions, to convert the fixed rates of long-term debt into short-term variable rates. Fixed rate swaps would be used to reduce the Company’s risk of the possibility of increased interest costs. The cash paid and received from the settlement of interest rate swaps is included in interest expense.

Fair Value Hedges

At September 30, 2022, the Company had approximately $1.1 billion notional amount of interest rate swaps that exchange a fixed rate of interest for a variable rate of interest plus a weighted average spread. These floating rate swaps are designated as fair value hedges against $500 million of principal on the 6.375% senior notes due 2027, $500 million of principal on the 6.625% senior notes due 2029 and $100 million of principal on the 4.00% senior notes due 2024 for the remaining life of the notes. The effective portion of the fair value gains or losses on these swaps is offset by fair value adjustments in the underlying debt.

Cross-Currency Contracts

The Company uses cross-currency swaps to hedge foreign currency risk on certain financing arrangements. The Company previously entered into three cross-currency swaps, maturing in January 2025, February 2025 and September 2027, respectively, with an aggregate notional amount of $1.3 billion. Each of these cross-currency swaps were designated as net investment hedges of the Company's foreign currency exposure of its net investment in certain Euro-functional currency subsidiaries with Euro-denominated net assets, and the Company pays a fixed rate of Euro-based interest and receives a fixed rate of U.S. dollar interest. During the third quarter of 2022, the Company entered into two cross-currency swaps with notional amounts of $500 million each, one maturing in September 2027 and the other in September 2029. These swaps were also designated as net investment hedges of the Company's foreign currency exposure of its net investment in certain Euro-functional currency subsidiaries with Euro-denominated net assets, and the Company pays a floating rate of Euro-based interest and receives a floating rate of U.S. dollar interest. The Company has elected the spot method for assessing the effectiveness of these contracts. During the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized income of $8 million and $4 million, respectively, and income of $19 million and $11 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, in interest expense, net, related to the portion of cross-currency swaps excluded from hedge effectiveness testing.

Foreign Currency Contracts

The Company uses forward foreign currency contracts to mitigate the foreign currency exchange rate exposure on the cash flows related to forecasted inventory purchases and sales with maturity dates through September 2023. The derivatives used to hedge these forecasted transactions that meet the criteria for hedge accounting are accounted for as cash flow hedges. The effective portion of the gains or losses on these derivatives is deferred as a component of AOCL until it is recognized in earnings at the same time that the hedged item affects earnings and is included in the same caption in the statements of operations as the underlying hedged item. At September 30, 2022, the Company had approximately $370 million notional amount outstanding of forward foreign currency contracts that are designated as cash flow hedges of forecasted inventory purchases and sales.

The Company also uses foreign currency contracts, primarily forward foreign currency contracts, to mitigate the foreign currency exposure of certain other foreign currency transactions. At September 30, 2022, the Company had approximately $1.57 billion notional amount outstanding of these foreign currency contracts that are not designated as effective hedges for accounting purposes and have maturity dates through August 2023. Fair market value gains or losses are included in the results of operations and are classified in other (income) expense, net in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.

The following table presents the fair value of derivative financial instruments at the dates indicated (in millions):

		Fair Value of Derivatives
		Assets (Liabilities)
	Balance Sheet Location	September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Derivatives designated as effective hedges:
Cash Flow Hedges
Foreign currency contracts	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	20	$	12
Foreign currency contracts	Other accrued liabilities	(2)		(2)
Fair Value Hedges
Interest rate swaps	Other assets	—		3
Interest rate swaps	Other accrued liabilities	(11)		—
Interest rate swaps	Other noncurrent liabilities	(23)		—
Net Investment Hedges
Cross-currency swaps	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	37		18
Cross-currency swaps	Other assets	130		—
Cross-currency swaps	Other noncurrent liabilities	—		(41)
Derivatives not designated as effective hedges:
Foreign currency contracts	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	50		7
Foreign currency contracts	Other accrued liabilities	(28)		(14)
Total		$	173	$	(17)

The following table presents gain and (loss) activity (on a pretax basis) related to derivative financial instruments designated or previously designated, as effective hedges (in millions):

		Three Months  Ended September 30, 2022				Three Months  Ended September 30, 2021
		Gain/(Loss)				Gain/(Loss)
	Location of gain/(loss) recognized in income	Recognized in OCI (effective portion)		Reclassified from AOCL to Income		Recognized in OCI (effective portion)		Reclassified from AOCL to Income
Interest rate swaps	Interest expense, net	$	—	$	(2)	$	—	$	(1)
Foreign currency contracts	Net sales and cost of products sold	20		9		11		(7)
Cross-currency swaps	Other (income) expense, net	108		—		25		—
Total		$	128	$	7	$	36	$	(8)
		Nine Months  Ended September 30, 2022				Nine Months  Ended September 30, 2021
		Gain/(Loss)				Gain/(Loss)
	Location of gain/(loss) recognized in income	Recognized in OCI (effective portion)		Reclassified from AOCL to Income		Recognized in OCI (effective portion)		Reclassified from AOCL to Income
Interest rate swaps	Interest expense, net	$	—	$	(5)	$	—	$	(4)
Foreign currency contracts	Net sales and cost of products sold	39		15		11		(15)
Cross-currency swaps	Other (income) expense, net	190		—		53		—
Total		$	229	$	10	$	64	$	(19)

At September 30, 2022, net deferred gains of approximately $31 million within AOCL are expected to be reclassified to earnings over the next twelve months.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recognized expense of $6 million and $7 million respectively, and income of $7 million and $11 million, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively, in other (income) expense, net, related to derivatives that are not designated as hedging instruments. Gains and losses on these derivatives are mostly offset by foreign currency movement in the underlying exposure.

The Company is not a party to any derivatives that require collateral to be posted prior to settlement.

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Employee Benefit and Retirement Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Employee Benefit and Retirement Plans

Employee Benefit and Retirement Plans

The components of pension and postretirement benefit (income) expense for the periods indicated, are as follows (in millions):

	Pension Benefits
	U.S.				International				U.S.				International
	Three Months Ended September 30,								Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021		2022		2021		2022		2021
Service cost	$	—	$	—	$	1	$	1	$	—	$	—	$	3	$	3
Interest cost	6		5		1		2		19		15		6		5
Expected return on plan assets	(12)		(13)		(1)		(1)		(36)		(38)		(4)		(3)
Amortization	4		5		1		1		12		16		2		3
Total (income) expense	$	(2)	$	(3)	$	2	$	3	$	(5)	$	(7)	$	7	$	8

	Postretirement Benefits
	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Amortization	$	(1)	$	(1)	$	(3)	$	(3)
Total income	$	(1)	$	(1)	$	(3)	$	(3)

U.K. Defined Benefit Plan

In February 2022, the Company entered into an agreement with an insurance company for a bulk annuity purchase or “buy-in” for one of its U.K. defined benefit pension plans, resulting in an exchange of plan assets for an annuity that matches the plan’s future projected benefit obligations to covered participants. The Company anticipates the “buy-out” for the plan to be completed by the end of 2022 or 2023. The non-cash settlement charge associated with the transaction is expected to be approximately £50 million to £70 million.

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Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

The Company’s effective income tax rates for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 was a benefit of 203.3% as compared to a provision of 11.6%, respectively, reflecting increased discrete tax benefits combined with pretax losses associated with impairment charges in the three months ended September 30, 2022. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 the income tax rates were 7.3% and 18.5%, respectively, reflecting a lower effective income tax rate associated with increased tax benefits.

The differences between the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate of 21.0% and the Company’s effective income tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were impacted by a variety of factors, primarily resulting from the geographic mix of where the income was earned, as well as certain taxable income inclusion items in the U.S. based on foreign earnings.

The three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 were also impacted by certain discrete items. Income tax expense for the three months ended September 30, 2022 included a discrete benefit of $58 million associated with a change in the Company's indefinite reinvestment assertion regarding certain earnings within its Irish operations, $6 million associated with tradename

impairments, $4 million associated with the reduction of a valuation allowance related to operations in the state of Georgia and $2 million associated with the approval of certain state tax credits. The nine months ended September 30, 2022 also included a discrete benefit of $11 million associated with the reduction in valuation allowance related to the integration of certain Brazilian operations and $4 million associated with the approval of certain state tax credits, offset by $16 million of income tax expense related to the divestiture of the CH&S business unit.

The three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 were also impacted by certain discrete items. Income tax expense for the three months ended September 30, 2021 included a discrete benefit of $37 million associated with a reduction in valuation allowance related to the integration of certain Luxembourg operations. Income tax expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 also included discrete benefits of $13 million associated with a reduction in valuation allowance related to the integration of certain U.K. operations and $9 million related to a statute of limitation expiration in France.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company amended its 2017 U.S. federal income tax return to carryback foreign tax credits generated in 2018 and capital losses generated in 2018 and 2020. This resulted in an increase in noncurrent income taxes receivable of approximately $261 million, a decrease in income taxes payable of approximately $95 million, and an increase in deferred tax liabilities of approximately $356 million.

The Company’s U.S. federal income tax returns for 2011 to 2015 and 2017 to 2019, as well as certain state and non-U.S. income tax returns for various years, are under examination.

On June 18, 2019, the U.S. Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released temporary regulations under IRC Section 245A (“Section 245A”) as enacted by the 2017 U.S. Tax Reform Legislation (“2017 Tax Reform”) and IRC Section 954(c)(6) (the “Temporary Regulations”) to apply retroactively to the date the 2017 Tax Reform was enacted. On August 21, 2020, the U.S. Treasury and IRS released finalized versions of the Temporary Regulations (collectively with the Temporary Regulations, the “Regulations”). The Regulations seek to limit the 100% dividends received deduction permitted by Section 245A for certain dividends received from controlled foreign corporations and to limit the applicability of the look-through exception to foreign personal holding company income for certain dividends received from controlled foreign corporations. Before the retroactive application of the Regulations, the Company benefited in 2018 from both the 100% dividends received deduction and the look-through exception to foreign personal holding company income. The Company analyzed the Regulations and concluded the relevant Regulations were not validly issued. Therefore, the Company has not accounted for the effects of the Regulations in its Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the period ending September 30, 2022. The Company believes it has strong arguments in favor of its position and believes it has met the more likely than not recognition threshold that its position will be sustained. However, due to the inherent uncertainty involved in challenging the validity of regulations, as well as a potential litigation process, there can be no assurances that the relevant Regulations will be invalidated or that a court of law will rule in favor of the Company. If the Company’s position on the Regulations is not sustained, the Company would be required to recognize an income tax expense of approximately $180 million to $220 million related to an income tax benefit from fiscal year 2018 that was recorded based on regulations in existence at the time. In addition, the Company may be required to pay any applicable interest and penalties. On April 4, 2022, in a case not involving the Company, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado granted the taxpayer's motion for summary judgment that the Temporary Regulations were not validly issued on the basis of improper promulgation. The Company is monitoring the impact of this decision and intends to continue to vigorously defend its position.

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Earnings Per Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share

Earnings Per Share

The computations of the weighted average shares outstanding for the periods indicated are as follows (in millions):

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended  September 30,
	2022	2021	2022	2021
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	413.6	425.4	416.4	425.2
Dilutive securities	1.0	3.1	1.9	2.7
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	414.6	428.5	418.3	427.9

At September 30, 2022, there were 0.1 million potentially dilutive restricted stock awards with performance-based targets that were not met and as such, have been excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share. At September 30, 2021, there were no potentially dilutive restricted stock awards with performance-based targets that were not met.

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Stockholders' Equity and Share-Based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity and Share-Based Compensation

Stockholders' Equity and Share-Based Compensation

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company granted 1.1 million performance-based restricted stock units (“RSUs”), which had an aggregate grant date fair value of $30 million and entitle the recipients to shares of the Company’s common stock primarily at the end of a three-year vesting period. The actual number of shares that will ultimately vest is dependent on the level of achievement of the specified performance conditions.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company also granted 0.8 million time-based RSUs with an aggregate grant date fair value of $21 million. These time-based RSUs entitle recipients to shares of the Company’s common stock and primarily vest either at the end of a three-year period or in equal installments over a three-year period.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company also granted 2.2 million time-based stock options with an aggregate grant date fair value of $14 million. These stock options entitle recipients to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the underlying shares as of the grant date and vest in equal installments over a three-year period.

The weighted average assumptions used to determine the fair value of stock options granted for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, is as follows:

Risk-free interest rates	1.9	%
Expected volatility	42.0	%
Expected dividend yield	5.1	%
Expected life (in years)	6
Exercise price	$25.63

Share Repurchase Program

On February 6, 2022, the Company's Board of Directors authorized a $375 million Share Repurchase Program (“SRP”), effective immediately through the end of 2022. Under the SRP, the Company may purchase its common shares in the open market, in negotiated transactions or in other manners, as permitted by federal securities laws and other legal requirements. On February 25, 2022, the Company repurchased $275 million of its shares of common stock beneficially owned by Carl C. Icahn and certain of his affiliates (collectively, “Icahn Enterprises”), at a purchase price of $25.86 per share, the closing price of the Company's common shares on February 18, 2022. During the three months ended June 30, 2022, the Company repurchased approximately $50 million of its shares of common stock at an average purchase price of $22.01 per share. The Company did not repurchase any of its shares of common stock during the three months ended September 30, 2022. At September 30, 2022, the Company has remaining authority to repurchase approximately $50 million of its shares of common stock under the SRP.

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Fair Value Disclosures

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value Disclosures

Fair Value Disclosures

Recurring Fair Value Measurements

The following table presents the Company’s non-pension financial assets and liabilities, which are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in millions):

	September 30, 2022								December 31, 2021
	Fair value Asset (Liability)								Fair value Asset (Liability)
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Derivatives:
Assets	$	—	$	237	$	—	$	237	$	—	$	40	$	—	$	40
Liabilities	—		(64)		—		(64)		—		(57)		—		(57)
Investment securities, including mutual funds	16		—		—		16		13		—		—		13

For publicly traded investment securities, including mutual funds, fair value is determined on the basis of quoted market prices and, accordingly, such investments are classified as Level 1. The Company determines the fair value of its derivative instruments

using standard pricing models and market-based assumptions for all significant inputs, such as yield curves and quoted spot and forward exchange rates. Accordingly, the Company’s derivative instruments are classified as Level 2.

Financial Instruments

The Company’s financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, derivative instruments, notes payable and short and long-term debt. The carrying values for current financial assets and liabilities, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and short-term debt approximate fair value due to the short maturity of such instruments. The fair values of the Company’s debt and derivative instruments are disclosed in Footnote 9 and Footnote 10, respectively.

Nonrecurring Fair Value Measurements

The Company’s nonfinancial assets, which are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis, include property, plant and equipment, goodwill, intangible assets and certain other assets.

The Company’s goodwill and indefinite-lived intangibles are fair valued using discounted cash flows. Goodwill impairment testing requires significant use of judgment and assumptions including the identification of reporting units; the assignment of assets and liabilities to reporting units; and the estimation of future cash flows, business growth rates, terminal values and discount rates. The testing of indefinite-lived intangibles under established guidelines for impairment also requires significant use of judgment and assumptions, such as the estimation of cash flow projections, terminal values, royalty rates, contributory cross charges, where applicable, and discount rates. Accordingly, these fair value measurements fall in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. These assets and certain liabilities are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis as part of the Company’s annual impairment testing and as circumstances require.

At September 30, 2022, goodwill for the Home Fragrance reporting unit in the Home Solutions segment, one tradename within the Home Appliances segment and two tradenames within the Baby reporting unit in the Learning and Development segment were fair valued at $56 million, $39 million, $40 million and $8 million, respectively, on a non-recurring basis in connection with triggering events that occurred during the third quarter of 2022. The most significant unobservable input (Level 3) used to estimate the fair value of the Home Fragrance reporting unit goodwill is the discount rate, which was 10.0%. The most significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) used to estimate the fair value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset for the Home Appliances reporting unit is the discount rate, which was 12.5%. The most significant unobservable input (Level 3) used to estimate the fair value of the two indefinite-lived intangible assets for the Baby reporting unit is the discount rate, which was 8.5%. See Footnotes 1 and 7 for further information.

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Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

Segment Information

On March 31, 2022, the Company sold its CH&S business unit to Resideo Technologies, Inc. The results of operations for CH&S continued to be reported in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as part of the Commercial Solutions segment through March 31, 2022.

The Company's five primary reportable segments are:

Segment	Key Brands	Description of Primary Products
Commercial Solutions	Mapa, Quickie, Rubbermaid, Rubbermaid Commercial Products and Spontex	Commercial cleaning and maintenance solutions; closet and garage organization; hygiene systems and material handling solutions
Home Appliances	Calphalon, Crockpot, Mr. Coffee, Oster and Sunbeam	Household products, including kitchen appliances
Home Solutions	Ball(1), Calphalon, Chesapeake Bay Candle, FoodSaver, Rubbermaid, Sistema, WoodWick and Yankee Candle	Food and home storage products; fresh preserving products; vacuum sealing products; gourmet cookware, bakeware and cutlery and home fragrance products
Learning and  Development	Aprica, Baby Jogger, Dymo, Elmer’s, EXPO, Graco, Mr. Sketch, NUK, Paper Mate, Parker, Prismacolor, Sharpie, Tigex, Waterman and X-Acto	Baby gear and infant care products; writing instruments, including markers and highlighters, pens and pencils; art products; activity-based adhesive and cutting products and labeling solutions
Outdoor and Recreation	Campingaz, Coleman, Contigo, ExOfficio and Marmot	Products for outdoor and outdoor-related activities

(1) and Ball® TM of Ball Corporation, used under license.

This structure reflects the manner in which the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) regularly assesses information for decision-making purposes, including the allocation of resources. The Company also provides general corporate services to its segments which is reported as a non-operating segment, Corporate.

Selected information by segment is presented in the following tables (in millions):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended  September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Net sales (1)
Commercial Solutions (3)	$	397	$	486	$	1,336	$	1,450
Home Appliances	305		443		991		1,197
Home Solutions	510		598		1,477		1,627
Learning and Development	751		869		2,266		2,330
Outdoor and Recreation	289		391		1,104		1,180
	$	2,252	$	2,787	$	7,174	$	7,784
Operating income (loss) (2)
Commercial Solutions (3)	$	28	$	18	$	126	$	111
Home Appliances (4)	(20)		19		(23)		35
Home Solutions (4)	(88)		75		(22)		189
Learning and Development	120		195		497		522
Outdoor and Recreation	8		27		99		90
Corporate	(13)		(53)		(108)		(169)
	$	35	$	281	$	569	$	778
					September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Segment assets
Commercial Solutions (3)					$	1,896	$	2,522
Home Appliances					1,013		1,055
Home Solutions					2,986		3,109
Learning and Development					4,574		4,401
Outdoor and Recreation					948		907
Corporate					3,261		2,185
					$	14,678	$	14,179

(1)All intercompany transactions have been eliminated.

(2)Operating income (loss) by segment is net sales less cost of products sold, SG&A, restructuring and impairment of goodwill, intangibles and other assets. Certain Corporate expenses of an operational nature are allocated to business segments primarily on a net sales basis. Corporate depreciation and amortization is allocated to the segments on a percentage of net sales basis and included in segment operating income.

(3)Commercial Solutions net sales, operating income and segment assets exclude the CH&S business as a result of the sale of this business starting from the end of the first quarter of 2022.

(4)During the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company concluded that triggering events had occurred for goodwill in the Home Solutions segment and indefinite-lived intangible assets in the Home Appliances and Learning and Development segments. The Company recorded non-cash impairment charges of $108 million related to goodwill and $40 million related to three indefinite-lived intangible assets. See Footnote 7 for further information.

The following tables disaggregate revenue by major product grouping source and geography for the periods indicated (in millions):

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2022
	Commercial Solutions		Home Appliances		Home Solutions		Learning and Development		Outdoor and Recreation		Total
Commercial	$	397	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	397
Home Appliances	—		305		—		—		—		305
Food	—		—		299		—		—		299
Home Fragrance	—		—		211		—		—		211
Baby	—		—		—		297		—		297
Writing	—		—		—		454		—		454
Outdoor and Recreation	—		—		—		—		289		289
Total	$	397	$	305	$	510	$	751	$	289	$	2,252
North America	$	284	$	136	$	415	$	559	$	159	$	1,553
International	113		169		95		192		130		699
Total	$	397	$	305	$	510	$	751	$	289	$	2,252
	Three Months Ended September 30, 2021
	Commercial Solutions		Home Appliances		Home Solutions		Learning and Development		Outdoor and Recreation		Total
Commercial	$	381	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	381
Connected Home Security	105		—		—		—		—		105
Home Appliances	—		443		—		—		—		443
Food	—		—		330		—		—		330
Home Fragrance	—		—		268		—		—		268
Baby	—		—		—		359		—		359
Writing	—		—		—		510		—		510
Outdoor and Recreation	—		—		—		—		391		391
Total	$	486	$	443	$	598	$	869	$	391	$	2,787
North America	$	363	$	249	$	480	$	651	$	236	$	1,979
International	123		194		118		218		155		808
Total	$	486	$	443	$	598	$	869	$	391	$	2,787

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022
	Commercial Solutions		Home Appliances		Home Solutions		Learning and Development		Outdoor and Recreation		Total
Commercial	$	1,227	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	1,227
Connected Home Security	109		—		—		—		—		109
Home Appliances	—		991		—		—		—		991
Food	—		—		905		—		—		905
Home Fragrance	—		—		572		—		—		572
Baby	—		—		—		901		—		901
Writing	—		—		—		1,365		—		1,365
Outdoor and Recreation	—		—		—		—		1,104		1,104
Total	$	1,336	$	991	$	1,477	$	2,266	$	1,104	$	7,174
North America	$	994	$	470	$	1,209	$	1,683	$	606	$	4,962
International	342		521		268		583		498		2,212
Total	$	1,336	$	991	$	1,477	$	2,266	$	1,104	$	7,174
	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021
	Commercial Solutions		Home Appliances		Home Solutions		Learning and Development		Outdoor and Recreation		Total
Commercial	$	1,162	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	1,162
Connected Home Security	288		—		—		—		—		288
Home Appliances	—		1,197		—		—		—		1,197
Food	—		—		927		—		—		927
Home Fragrance	—		—		700		—		—		700
Baby	—		—		—		959		—		959
Writing	—		—		—		1,371		—		1,371
Outdoor and Recreation	—		—		—		—		1,180		1,180
Total	$	1,450	$	1,197	$	1,627	$	2,330	$	1,180	$	7,784
North America	$	1,071	$	650	$	1,306	$	1,703	$	669	$	5,399
International	379		547		321		627		511		2,385
Total	$	1,450	$	1,197	$	1,627	$	2,330	$	1,180	$	7,784

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Litigation and Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Litigation and Contingencies

Litigation and ContingenciesThe Company is subject to various claims and lawsuits in the ordinary course of business, including from time to time, contractual disputes, employment and environmental matters, product and general liability claims, claims that the Company has infringed on the intellectual property rights of others, and consumer and employment class actions. Some of the legal proceedings include claims for punitive as well as compensatory damages. In the ordinary course of business, the Company is also subject to legislative requests, regulatory and governmental examinations, information requests and subpoenas, inquiries, investigations, and threatened legal actions and proceedings. In connection with such formal and informal inquiries, the Company receives numerous requests, subpoenas, and orders for documents, testimony and information in connection with various aspects of its activities. The Company previously disclosed that it had received a subpoena and related informal document requests from the SEC primarily relating to its sales practices and certain accounting matters for the time period beginning from January 1, 2016. The Company has cooperated with the SEC in connection with its investigation and ongoing requests for documents, testimony and information and intends to continue to do so. The Company cannot predict the timing or outcome of this investigation. Further, on June 30,

2021, the Company received a subpoena from the SEC requesting the production of documents related to its disclosure of the potential impact of the U.S. Treasury regulations described in Footnote 12 - Income Taxes.

Securities Litigation

Certain of the Company’s current and former officers and directors have been named in shareholder derivative lawsuits. On October 29, 2018, a shareholder filed a putative derivative complaint, Streicher v. Polk, et al., in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (the “Streicher Derivative Action”), purportedly on behalf of the Company against certain of the Company's current and former officers and directors. On October 30, 2018, another shareholder filed a putative derivative complaint, Martindale v. Polk, et al., in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (the “Martindale Derivative Action”), asserting substantially similar claims purportedly on behalf of the Company against the same defendants. The complaints allege, among other things, violations of the federal securities laws, breaches of fiduciary duties, unjust enrichment, and waste of corporate assets. The factual allegations underlying these claims are similar to the factual allegations made in the In re Newell Brands, Inc. Securities Litigation that was previously pending in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. That matter was dismissed by the District Court on January 10, 2020, and the dismissal was affirmed by the United States District Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on December 1, 2020. The complaints seek damages and restitution for the Company from the individual defendants, the payment of costs and attorneys’ fees, and that the Company be directed to reform certain governance and internal procedures. The Streicher Derivative Action and the Martindale Derivative Action have been consolidated and the case is now known as In re Newell Brands Inc. Derivative Litigation (the “Newell Brands Derivative Action”), which is pending in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. On March 22, 2021, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware stayed the Newell Brands Derivative Action pending the resolution of any motions for summary judgment filed in Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System v. Newell Brands Inc., et al. (described below). On December 30, 2020, two shareholders filed a putative derivative complaint, Weber, et al. v. Polk, et al., in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (the “Weber Derivative Action”), purportedly on behalf of the Company against certain of the Company’s current and former officers and directors. The complaint in the Weber Derivative Action alleges, among other things, breaches of fiduciary duty and waste of corporate assets. The factual allegations underlying these claims are similar to the factual allegations made in the Newell Brands Derivative Action. On March 19, 2021, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware stayed the Weber Derivative Action pending final disposition of Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System v. Newell Brands Inc., et al. (described below).

The Company and certain of its current and former officers and directors have been named as defendants in a securities class action lawsuit filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Hudson County, on behalf of all persons who acquired Company common stock pursuant to the S-4 registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the April 2016 acquisition of Jarden Corporation (the “Registration Statement”). The action was filed on September 6, 2018 and is captioned Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System v. Newell Brands Inc., et al., Civil Action No. HUD-L-003492-18. The operative complaint alleges certain violations of the securities laws, including, among other things, that the defendants made certain materially false and misleading statements and omissions in the Registration Statement regarding the Company’s financial results, trends, and metrics. In October 2022, the Company entered into a settlement agreement to resolve the claims asserted in this lawsuit. Under the settlement, the Company agreed to create a settlement fund of approximately $103 million for the benefit of the class, subject to certain exclusions, which will be predominantly funded by insurance proceeds. Both the settlement and the insurance receivable were recorded in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at September 30, 2022. The amount not to be funded by available insurance proceeds, which is not material to the Company, was expensed during the third quarter of 2022. In October 2022, a motion for preliminary approval of the settlement was filed with the Superior Court of New Jersey, Hudson County. The settlement is subject to certain conditions, including preliminary and final court approval.

Environmental Matters

The Company is involved in various matters concerning federal and state environmental laws and regulations, including matters in which the Company has been identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“U.S. EPA”) and certain state environmental agencies as a potentially responsible party (“PRP”) at contaminated sites under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) and equivalent state laws. In assessing its environmental response costs, the Company has considered several factors, including the extent of the Company’s volumetric contribution at each site relative to that of other PRPs; the kind of waste; the terms of existing cost sharing and other applicable agreements; the financial ability of other PRPs to share in the payment of requisite costs; the Company’s prior experience with similar sites; environmental studies and cost estimates available to the Company; the effects of inflation on cost estimates; and the extent to which the Company’s, and other parties’ status as PRPs is disputed.

The Company’s estimate of environmental remediation costs associated with these matters at September 30, 2022 was $33 million which is included in other accrued liabilities and other noncurrent liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. No

insurance recovery was taken into account in determining the Company’s cost estimates or reserves, nor do the Company’s cost estimates or reserves reflect any discounting for present value purposes, except with respect to certain long-term operations and maintenance CERCLA matters. Because of the uncertainties associated with environmental investigations and response activities, the possibility that the Company could be identified as a PRP at sites identified in the future that require the incurrence of environmental response costs and the possibility that sites acquired in business combinations may require environmental response costs, actual costs to be incurred by the Company may vary from the Company’s estimates.

Lower Passaic River Matter

Background

The U.S. EPA has issued General Notice Letters to over 100 entities, including the Company and its subsidiary, Berol Corporation (together, the “Company Parties”), alleging that they are PRPs at the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site (the “Site”) pursuant to CERCLA. The Site is the subject of investigation and remedial activities (the “CERCLA Administrative Actions”) and related settlement negotiations with the U.S. EPA. In addition, the Company Parties are defendants in related litigation, and the Site is also subject to a Natural Resource Damage Assessment.

CERCLA Administrative Actions

The Site is divided into four “operable units,” and the Company Parties have received General Notice Letters in connection with operable unit 2, which comprises the lower 8.3 miles of the Lower Passaic River and its tributaries (“Unit 2”), and operable Unit 4, which comprises a 17-mile stretch of the Lower Passaic River and its tributaries (“Unit 4”). Unit 2 is geographically subsumed within Unit 4.

Unit 4 Investigation

The Company received its first general notice letter pertaining to Unit 4 in 2003. Beginning in 2004, the Company Parties, together with numerous other PRPs, entered into several administrative agreements with the U.S. EPA to fund and perform various investigation and clean-up activities in Unit 4. Pursuant to a 2007 Administrative Order on Consent, over 70 PRPs, including the Company Parties, have been performing or funding the remedial investigation and feasibility study for Unit 4. The parties performing the remedial investigation and feasibility study submitted the results of their remedial investigation to the U.S. EPA in July 2019. They also submitted an interim remedy feasibility study focused on the upper 9 miles of Unit 4 in September 2021. Activity under the remedial investigation and feasibility study for Unit 4 is not yet complete and remains underway.

In October 2021, the U.S. EPA issued a Record of Decision for an interim remedy for the upper 9 miles of Unit 4, selecting a combination of dredging and capping as the remedial alternative, which the U.S. EPA estimates will cost $441 million in the aggregate.

Unit 2 Investigation

Concurrent with activities under the remedial investigation and feasibility study for Unit 4, the U.S. EPA performed a Source Control Early Action Focused Feasibility Study for Unit 2, which culminated in a Record of Decision in 2016. The U.S. EPA estimates that the selected remedy for Unit 2 set forth in its Record of Decision will cost $1.4 billion in the aggregate. The U.S. EPA then issued a General Notice Letter for Unit 2 to the Company Parties and over 100 other entities, including those that received a General Notice Letter in connection with Unit 4. The Unit 2 General Notice Letter requested that Occidental Chemical Corporation (“OCC”) perform the remedial design for Unit 2, which OCC subsequently agreed to perform. The General Notice Letter indicated that, following execution of a remedial design consent decree, the U.S. EPA would begin negotiating a remedial action consent decree for Unit 2 with OCC and other major PRPs.

2016 Record of Decision and 2021 Record of Decision Remedy Performance

In March 2022, U.S. EPA issued a Notice of Potential Liability and Notice of Consent Decree Negotiations to OCC and several other entities, excluding the Company Parties, encouraging those parties to finance and perform the remedies selected in the 2016 and 2021 Records of Decision. The U.S. EPA specifically identified OCC and four other companies as “work parties” in connection with Units 2 and 4. The Company Parties were not recipients of this notice and were not identified as work parties.

The U.S. EPA Settlement

In September 2017, the U.S. EPA announced an allocation process involving roughly 80 Unit 2 General Notice Letter recipients, with the intent of offering cash-out settlements to a number of parties (the “U.S. EPA Settlement”). The PRPs responsible for release of dioxin, furans, and/or polychlorinated biphenyls would be expected to perform the remedial action for Unit 2 and would be excluded from the U.S. EPA Settlement. The allocation process has concluded. In February 2022, the U.S. EPA and certain parties to the allocation, including the Company Parties, reached an agreement in principle concerning a cash-out settlement for both Unit 2 and Unit 4. U.S. EPA and the parties participating in the U.S. EPA Settlement are in the process of finalizing a consent decree, which will be subject to court entry.

The OCC Litigation

In June 2018, OCC sued over 100 parties, including the Company Parties, in the U.S. District Court in New Jersey pursuant to CERCLA, requesting cost recovery, contribution, and a declaratory judgement. The defendants, in turn, filed claims against 42 third-party defendants, and filed counterclaims against OCC (collectively, the “OCC Litigation”). The primary focus of the OCC Litigation has been certain past and future costs for investigation, design and remediation of Units 2 and 4. However, OCC has stated that it anticipates asserting claims against defendants regarding Newark Bay, which is also part of the Site, after the U.S. EPA has selected the Newark Bay remedy. OCC has also stated that it may broaden its claims in the future after completion of the Natural Resource Damage Assessment described below.

In a Motion for Stay of Proceedings filed in January 2022, certain defendants and all third-party defendants in the OCC Litigation moved to stay the case for a six-month period to allow the final stage of the parallel allocation proceedings and resulting settlement negotiations in the U.S. EPA Settlement to conclude. The U.S. District Court denied the motion in March 2022.

The Company Parties continue to vigorously defend the OCC Litigation. At this time, the Company cannot predict the eventual outcome.

The Natural Resource Damage Assessment

In 2007, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”), acting as the lead administrative trustee on behalf of itself and the U.S. Department of the Interior, issued a Notice of Intent to Perform a Natural Resource Damage Assessment to the Company Parties, along with numerous other entities, identifying the recipients as PRPs. The federal trustees (who now include the United States Department of Commerce, represented by NOAA, and the Department of the Interior, represented by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service) are presently undertaking the Natural Resource Damage Assessment.

As of the date of filing of this Quarterly Report, based on the agreement in principle noted above, the Company does not expect that its allocation in the U.S. EPA Settlement relating to Unit 2 and Unit 4, if the settlement is finalized, will be material to the Company. With respect to the OCC Litigation and Natural Resource Damage Assessment, the Company is currently unable to reasonably estimate the range of possible losses.

Based on currently known facts and circumstances, the Company does not believe that the Lower Passaic River matter is reasonably likely to have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations. However, in the event of one or more adverse determinations related to this matter, it is possible that the ultimate liability resulting from this matter and the impact on the Company’s results of operations could be material.

Because of the uncertainties associated with environmental investigations and response activities, the possibility that the Company could be identified as a PRP at sites identified in the future that require the incurrence of environmental response costs and the possibility that sites acquired in business combinations may require environmental response costs, actual costs to be incurred by the Company may vary from the Company’s estimates.

Other Matters

In the normal course of business and as part of its acquisition and divestiture strategy, the Company may provide certain representations and indemnifications related to legal, environmental, product liability, tax or other types of issues. Based on the nature of these representations and indemnifications, it is not possible to predict the maximum potential payments under all of these agreements due to the conditional nature of the Company’s obligations and the unique facts and circumstances involved in each particular agreement. Historically, payments made by the Company under these agreements did not have a material effect on the Company’s business, financial condition or results of operations. In connection with the 2018 sale of The Waddington Group, Novolex Holdings, Inc. (the “Buyer”) filed suit against the Company in October 2019 in the Superior Court of Delaware. The

Buyer generally alleged that the Company fraudulently breached certain representations in the Equity Purchase Agreement between the Company and Buyer, dated May 2, 2018, resulting in an inflated purchase price for The Waddington Group. In the year ended December 31, 2021 the Company recorded an immaterial reserve to continuing operations in its Consolidated Financial Statements based on its best estimate of probable loss associated with this matter. Further, in connection with the Company’s sale of The United States Playing Card Company (“USPC”), Cartamundi, Inc. and Cartamundi España, S.L., (the “Buyers”) have notified the Company of their contention that certain representations and warranties in the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated June 4, 2019, were inaccurate and/or breached, and have sought indemnification to the extent that the Buyers are required to pay related damages arising out of a third party lawsuit that was recently filed against USPC.

Although management of the Company cannot predict the ultimate outcome of other proceedings with certainty, it believes that the ultimate resolution of the Company’s proceedings, including any amounts it may be required to pay in excess of amounts reserved, will not have a material effect on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, except as otherwise described in this Footnote 17.

At September 30, 2022, the Company had approximately $41 million in standby letters of credit primarily related to the Company’s self-insurance programs, including workers’ compensation, product liability and medical expenses.

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Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Seasonal Variations

Seasonal Variations

Sales of the Company’s products tend to be seasonal, with sales, operating income and operating cash flow in the first quarter generally lower than any other quarter during the year, driven principally by reduced volume and the mix of products sold in the first quarter. The seasonality of the Company’s sales volume combined with the accounting for fixed costs, such as depreciation, amortization, rent, personnel costs and interest expense, impacts the Company’s results on a quarterly basis. In addition, the Company typically tends to generate the majority of its operating cash flow in the third and fourth quarters of the year due to seasonal variations in operating results, the timing of annual performance-based compensation payments, customer program payments, working capital requirements and credit terms provided to customers. Accordingly, the Company’s results of

operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, may not necessarily be indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2022.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Changes to U.S. GAAP are established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) in the form of accounting standards updates (“ASUs”) to the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification. The Company considers the applicability and impact of all ASUs.

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting.” In January 2021, the FASB clarified the scope of this guidance with the issuance of ASU 2021-01, Reference Rate Reform: Scope. ASU 2020-04 provides optional expedients and exceptions to account for contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions that reference the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or another reference rate if certain criteria are met. ASU 2020-04 may be applied prospectively to contract modifications made and hedging relationships entered into or evaluated on or before December 31, 2024. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2020-04 to have a material impact to its consolidated financial statements.

In October 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-04, “Supplier Finance Programs (Subtopic 405-50): Disclosure of Supplier Finance Program Obligations.” This ASU requires that a buyer in a supplier finance program disclose sufficient information about the program to allow a user of financial statements to better consider the effect of the programs on an entity’s working capital, liquidity, and cash flows. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, except for the amendment on roll forward information which is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023. The Company is evaluating the effect of adopting this new accounting guidance.

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Equity [Abstract]

Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The following table displays the changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (“AOCL”) by component, net of tax, for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 (in millions):

	Cumulative Translation Adjustment		Pension and  Postretirement Costs		Derivative Financial Instruments		AOCL
Balance at December 31, 2021	$	(575)	$	(292)	$	(15)	$	(882)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	(213)		10		27		(176)
Amounts reclassified to earnings	6		10		(8)		8
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)	(207)		20		19		(168)
Balance at September 30, 2022	$	(782)	$	(272)	$	4	$	(1,050)

Schedule of Reclassification from AOCL to Results of Operations

Reclassifications from AOCL to the results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were pretax (income) expense of (in millions):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended  September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Cumulative translation adjustment (1)	$	—	$	—	$	6	$	—
Pension and postretirement benefit plans (2)	4		5		11		16
Derivative financial instruments (3)	(7)		8		(10)		19

(1)See Footnote 2 for further information.

(2)See Footnote 11 for further information.

(3)See Footnote 10 for further information.

Schedule of Income Tax (Provision) Benefit Allocated to Components of OCI

The income tax provision allocated to the components of AOCL for the periods indicated are as follows (in millions):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended  September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	26	$	7	$	46	$	16
Pension and postretirement benefit costs	1		1		2		3
Derivative financial instruments	3		4		6		7
Income tax provision related to AOCL	$	30	$	12	$	54	$	26

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Restructuring Costs (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Schedule of Restructuring Costs Incurred by Reportable Business Segment

Restructuring costs, net incurred by reportable business segments for all restructuring activities for the periods indicated are as follows (in millions):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended  September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Commercial Solutions	$	1	$	1	$	2	$	1
Home Appliances	—		—		1		4
Home Solutions	—		—		1		3
Learning and Development	1		—		3		1
Outdoor and Recreation	1		2		3		3
Corporate	—		3		2		4
	$	3	$	6	$	12	$	16

Schedule of Accrued Restructuring Costs Activity

Accrued restructuring costs activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 are as follows (in millions):

	Balance at December 31, 2021		Restructuring Costs, Net		Payments		Balance at  September 30, 2022
Severance and termination costs	$	8	$	11	$	(11)	$	8
Contract termination and other costs	2		1		(3)		—
	$	10	$	12	$	(14)	$	8

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Inventories (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Inventories

Inventories are comprised of the following (in millions):

	September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Raw materials and supplies	$	310	$	310
Work-in-process	205		167
Finished products	2,012		1,520
	$	2,527	$	1,997

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Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Schedule of Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

Property, plant and equipment, net, is comprised of the following (in millions):

	September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Land	$	73	$	82
Buildings and improvements	620		678
Machinery and equipment	2,327		2,387
	3,020		3,147
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(1,896)		(1,943)
	$	1,124	$	1,204

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Changes in Goodwill by Reportable Business Segment

Goodwill activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 is as follows (in millions):

Segments	Net Book Value at December 31, 2021		Impairment Charges		Foreign Exchange		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Impairment Charges		Net Book Value at September 30, 2022
Commercial Solutions	$	747	$	—	$	—	$	916	$	(169)	$	747
Home Appliances	—		—		—		569		(569)		—
Home Solutions	164		(108)		—		2,567		(2,511)		56
Learning and Development	2,593		—		(96)		3,343		(846)		2,497
Outdoor and Recreation	—		—		—		788		(788)		—
	$	3,504	$	(108)	$	(96)	$	8,183	$	(4,883)	$	3,300

During the third quarter of 2022, the Company concluded that a triggering event had occurred for the Home Fragrance reporting unit in the Home Solutions segment, as a result of a downward revision of forecasted cash flows due to softening global demand, as retailers significantly pulled back on orders in an effort to rebalance inventory, and rising interest rates. The decline in global demand is driven primarily by inflationary pressures which are impacting the discretionary spending behavior of consumers. The Company performed a quantitative impairment test and determined that the Home Fragrance reporting unit goodwill was impaired. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 the Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $108 million, as the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeded its fair value. A hypothetical 10% reduction in the forecasted earnings before interest, taxes and amortization used in the discounted cash flows to estimate the fair value of the Home Fragrance reporting unit would have resulted in an additional goodwill impairment charge for the remaining carrying value of $56 million. See Footnote 1 for further information.

Schedule of Other Intangible Assets and Related Amortization Periods

Other intangible assets, net, are comprised of the following (in millions):

	September 30, 2022						December 31, 2021
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value
Trade names — indefinite life	$	1,898	$	—	$	1,898	$	2,219	$	—	$	2,219
Trade names — other	158		(75)		83		159		(65)		94
Capitalized software	594		(473)		121		631		(495)		136
Patents and intellectual property	22		(16)		6		22		(14)		8
Customer relationships and distributor channels	1,063		(302)		761		1,216		(303)		913
	$	3,735	$	(866)	$	2,869	$	4,247	$	(877)	$	3,370

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Other Accrued Liabilities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Other Accrued Liabilities

Other accrued liabilities are comprised of the following (in millions):

	September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Customer accruals	$	675	$	715
Accrued self-insurance liabilities, contingencies and warranty	193		125
Operating lease liabilities	122		122
Accrued interest expense	113		56
Accrued marketing and freight expenses	81		59
Accrued income taxes	54		43
Other	232		244
	$	1,470	$	1,364

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Debt (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Debt

Debt is comprised of the following at the dates indicated (in millions):

	September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
3.85% senior notes due 2023	$	1,088	$	1,086
4.00% senior notes due 2024	196		203
4.875% senior notes due 2025	495		494
3.90% senior notes due 2025	47		47
4.20% senior notes due 2026	1,977		1,975
6.375% senior notes due 2027	480		—
6.625% senior notes due 2029	479		—
5.375% senior notes due 2036	417		417
5.50% senior notes due 2046	658		658
Other debt	3		6
Total debt	5,840		4,886
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt	(1,078)		(3)
Long-term debt	$	4,762	$	4,883

Schedule of Fair Value of Senior Notes

The fair value of the Company’s senior notes are based upon prices of similar instruments in the marketplace and are as follows (in millions):

	September 30, 2022				December 31, 2021
	Fair Value		Book Value		Fair Value		Book Value
Senior notes	$	5,503	$	5,837	$	5,477	$	4,880

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Derivatives (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Fair Value of Derivative Financial Instruments

The following table presents the fair value of derivative financial instruments at the dates indicated (in millions):

		Fair Value of Derivatives
		Assets (Liabilities)
	Balance Sheet Location	September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Derivatives designated as effective hedges:
Cash Flow Hedges
Foreign currency contracts	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	20	$	12
Foreign currency contracts	Other accrued liabilities	(2)		(2)
Fair Value Hedges
Interest rate swaps	Other assets	—		3
Interest rate swaps	Other accrued liabilities	(11)		—
Interest rate swaps	Other noncurrent liabilities	(23)		—
Net Investment Hedges
Cross-currency swaps	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	37		18
Cross-currency swaps	Other assets	130		—
Cross-currency swaps	Other noncurrent liabilities	—		(41)
Derivatives not designated as effective hedges:
Foreign currency contracts	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	50		7
Foreign currency contracts	Other accrued liabilities	(28)		(14)
Total		$	173	$	(17)

Schedule of Pretax Effects of Derivative Financial Instruments Designated or Previously Designated as Effective Hedges

The following table presents gain and (loss) activity (on a pretax basis) related to derivative financial instruments designated or previously designated, as effective hedges (in millions):

		Three Months  Ended September 30, 2022				Three Months  Ended September 30, 2021
		Gain/(Loss)				Gain/(Loss)
	Location of gain/(loss) recognized in income	Recognized in OCI (effective portion)		Reclassified from AOCL to Income		Recognized in OCI (effective portion)		Reclassified from AOCL to Income
Interest rate swaps	Interest expense, net	$	—	$	(2)	$	—	$	(1)
Foreign currency contracts	Net sales and cost of products sold	20		9		11		(7)
Cross-currency swaps	Other (income) expense, net	108		—		25		—
Total		$	128	$	7	$	36	$	(8)
		Nine Months  Ended September 30, 2022				Nine Months  Ended September 30, 2021
		Gain/(Loss)				Gain/(Loss)
	Location of gain/(loss) recognized in income	Recognized in OCI (effective portion)		Reclassified from AOCL to Income		Recognized in OCI (effective portion)		Reclassified from AOCL to Income
Interest rate swaps	Interest expense, net	$	—	$	(5)	$	—	$	(4)
Foreign currency contracts	Net sales and cost of products sold	39		15		11		(15)
Cross-currency swaps	Other (income) expense, net	190		—		53		—
Total		$	229	$	10	$	64	$	(19)

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Employee Benefit and Retirement Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Schedule Of Company's Pension Cost And Supplemental Retirement Plans

The components of pension and postretirement benefit (income) expense for the periods indicated, are as follows (in millions):

	Pension Benefits
	U.S.				International				U.S.				International
	Three Months Ended September 30,								Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021		2022		2021		2022		2021
Service cost	$	—	$	—	$	1	$	1	$	—	$	—	$	3	$	3
Interest cost	6		5		1		2		19		15		6		5
Expected return on plan assets	(12)		(13)		(1)		(1)		(36)		(38)		(4)		(3)
Amortization	4		5		1		1		12		16		2		3
Total (income) expense	$	(2)	$	(3)	$	2	$	3	$	(5)	$	(7)	$	7	$	8

	Postretirement Benefits
	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Amortization	$	(1)	$	(1)	$	(3)	$	(3)
Total income	$	(1)	$	(1)	$	(3)	$	(3)

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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Computations of Weighted Average Shares Outstanding

The computations of the weighted average shares outstanding for the periods indicated are as follows (in millions):

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended  September 30,
	2022	2021	2022	2021
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	413.6	425.4	416.4	425.2
Dilutive securities	1.0	3.1	1.9	2.7
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	414.6	428.5	418.3	427.9

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Stockholders' Equity and Share-Based Compensation (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Schedule of Fair Valuation Assumptions for Stock Options

The weighted average assumptions used to determine the fair value of stock options granted for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, is as follows:

Risk-free interest rates	1.9	%
Expected volatility	42.0	%
Expected dividend yield	5.1	%
Expected life (in years)	6
Exercise price	$25.63

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Fair Value Disclosures (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Summary of Non-Pension Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis

The following table presents the Company’s non-pension financial assets and liabilities, which are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in millions):

	September 30, 2022								December 31, 2021
	Fair value Asset (Liability)								Fair value Asset (Liability)
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Derivatives:
Assets	$	—	$	237	$	—	$	237	$	—	$	40	$	—	$	40
Liabilities	—		(64)		—		(64)		—		(57)		—		(57)
Investment securities, including mutual funds	16		—		—		16		13		—		—		13

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Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

The Company's five primary reportable segments are:

Segment	Key Brands	Description of Primary Products
Commercial Solutions	Mapa, Quickie, Rubbermaid, Rubbermaid Commercial Products and Spontex	Commercial cleaning and maintenance solutions; closet and garage organization; hygiene systems and material handling solutions
Home Appliances	Calphalon, Crockpot, Mr. Coffee, Oster and Sunbeam	Household products, including kitchen appliances
Home Solutions	Ball(1), Calphalon, Chesapeake Bay Candle, FoodSaver, Rubbermaid, Sistema, WoodWick and Yankee Candle	Food and home storage products; fresh preserving products; vacuum sealing products; gourmet cookware, bakeware and cutlery and home fragrance products
Learning and  Development	Aprica, Baby Jogger, Dymo, Elmer’s, EXPO, Graco, Mr. Sketch, NUK, Paper Mate, Parker, Prismacolor, Sharpie, Tigex, Waterman and X-Acto	Baby gear and infant care products; writing instruments, including markers and highlighters, pens and pencils; art products; activity-based adhesive and cutting products and labeling solutions
Outdoor and Recreation	Campingaz, Coleman, Contigo, ExOfficio and Marmot	Products for outdoor and outdoor-related activities

(1) and Ball® TM of Ball Corporation, used under license.

Selected information by segment is presented in the following tables (in millions):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended  September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Net sales (1)
Commercial Solutions (3)	$	397	$	486	$	1,336	$	1,450
Home Appliances	305		443		991		1,197
Home Solutions	510		598		1,477		1,627
Learning and Development	751		869		2,266		2,330
Outdoor and Recreation	289		391		1,104		1,180
	$	2,252	$	2,787	$	7,174	$	7,784
Operating income (loss) (2)
Commercial Solutions (3)	$	28	$	18	$	126	$	111
Home Appliances (4)	(20)		19		(23)		35
Home Solutions (4)	(88)		75		(22)		189
Learning and Development	120		195		497		522
Outdoor and Recreation	8		27		99		90
Corporate	(13)		(53)		(108)		(169)
	$	35	$	281	$	569	$	778
					September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Segment assets
Commercial Solutions (3)					$	1,896	$	2,522
Home Appliances					1,013		1,055
Home Solutions					2,986		3,109
Learning and Development					4,574		4,401
Outdoor and Recreation					948		907
Corporate					3,261		2,185
					$	14,678	$	14,179

(1)All intercompany transactions have been eliminated.

(2)Operating income (loss) by segment is net sales less cost of products sold, SG&A, restructuring and impairment of goodwill, intangibles and other assets. Certain Corporate expenses of an operational nature are allocated to business segments primarily on a net sales basis. Corporate depreciation and amortization is allocated to the segments on a percentage of net sales basis and included in segment operating income.

(3)Commercial Solutions net sales, operating income and segment assets exclude the CH&S business as a result of the sale of this business starting from the end of the first quarter of 2022.

(4)During the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company concluded that triggering events had occurred for goodwill in the Home Solutions segment and indefinite-lived intangible assets in the Home Appliances and Learning and Development segments. The Company recorded non-cash impairment charges of $108 million related to goodwill and $40 million related to three indefinite-lived intangible assets. See Footnote 7 for further information.

Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue by Major Product Grouping Source and Geography

The following tables disaggregate revenue by major product grouping source and geography for the periods indicated (in millions):

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2022
	Commercial Solutions		Home Appliances		Home Solutions		Learning and Development		Outdoor and Recreation		Total
Commercial	$	397	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	397
Home Appliances	—		305		—		—		—		305
Food	—		—		299		—		—		299
Home Fragrance	—		—		211		—		—		211
Baby	—		—		—		297		—		297
Writing	—		—		—		454		—		454
Outdoor and Recreation	—		—		—		—		289		289
Total	$	397	$	305	$	510	$	751	$	289	$	2,252
North America	$	284	$	136	$	415	$	559	$	159	$	1,553
International	113		169		95		192		130		699
Total	$	397	$	305	$	510	$	751	$	289	$	2,252
	Three Months Ended September 30, 2021
	Commercial Solutions		Home Appliances		Home Solutions		Learning and Development		Outdoor and Recreation		Total
Commercial	$	381	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	381
Connected Home Security	105		—		—		—		—		105
Home Appliances	—		443		—		—		—		443
Food	—		—		330		—		—		330
Home Fragrance	—		—		268		—		—		268
Baby	—		—		—		359		—		359
Writing	—		—		—		510		—		510
Outdoor and Recreation	—		—		—		—		391		391
Total	$	486	$	443	$	598	$	869	$	391	$	2,787
North America	$	363	$	249	$	480	$	651	$	236	$	1,979
International	123		194		118		218		155		808
Total	$	486	$	443	$	598	$	869	$	391	$	2,787

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022
	Commercial Solutions		Home Appliances		Home Solutions		Learning and Development		Outdoor and Recreation		Total
Commercial	$	1,227	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	1,227
Connected Home Security	109		—		—		—		—		109
Home Appliances	—		991		—		—		—		991
Food	—		—		905		—		—		905
Home Fragrance	—		—		572		—		—		572
Baby	—		—		—		901		—		901
Writing	—		—		—		1,365		—		1,365
Outdoor and Recreation	—		—		—		—		1,104		1,104
Total	$	1,336	$	991	$	1,477	$	2,266	$	1,104	$	7,174
North America	$	994	$	470	$	1,209	$	1,683	$	606	$	4,962
International	342		521		268		583		498		2,212
Total	$	1,336	$	991	$	1,477	$	2,266	$	1,104	$	7,174
	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021
	Commercial Solutions		Home Appliances		Home Solutions		Learning and Development		Outdoor and Recreation		Total
Commercial	$	1,162	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	1,162
Connected Home Security	288		—		—		—		—		288
Home Appliances	—		1,197		—		—		—		1,197
Food	—		—		927		—		—		927
Home Fragrance	—		—		700		—		—		700
Baby	—		—		—		959		—		959
Writing	—		—		—		1,371		—		1,371
Outdoor and Recreation	—		—		—		—		1,180		1,180
Total	$	1,450	$	1,197	$	1,627	$	2,330	$	1,180	$	7,784
North America	$	1,071	$	650	$	1,306	$	1,703	$	669	$	5,399
International	379		547		321		627		511		2,385
Total	$	1,450	$	1,197	$	1,627	$	2,330	$	1,180	$	7,784

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Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) tradename	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Number of indefinite-lived intangible assets | tradename	3
Impairment of goodwill, intangibles and other assets	$ 148	$ 0	$ 148	$ 0
Sale of accounts receivable			$ 375
Increase in sale of accounts receivable					$ (125)
Baby Unit | Learning and Development
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Number of indefinite-lived intangible assets | tradename	2

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Divestiture Activity (Details) - CH&S - Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received for disposed business		$ 593
Gain (loss) on disposition of business	$ (136)

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) - Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
AOCI Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 3,947	$ 4,011	$ 4,091	$ 3,900
Total other comprehensive loss, net of tax	(94)	(34)	(168)	(27)
Ending balance	3,776	4,057	3,776	4,057
Cumulative Translation Adjustment
AOCI Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance			(575)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications			(213)
Amounts reclassified to earnings			6
Total other comprehensive loss, net of tax			(207)
Ending balance	(782)		(782)
Pension and  Postretirement Costs
AOCI Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance			(292)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications			10
Amounts reclassified to earnings			10
Total other comprehensive loss, net of tax			20
Ending balance	(272)		(272)
Derivative Financial Instruments
AOCI Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance			(15)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications			27
Amounts reclassified to earnings			(8)
Total other comprehensive loss, net of tax			19
Ending balance	4		4
AOCL
AOCI Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	(956)	(873)	(882)	(880)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications			(176)
Amounts reclassified to earnings			8
Total other comprehensive loss, net of tax			(168)
Ending balance	$ (1,050)	$ (907)	$ (1,050)	$ (907)

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) -Reclassifications from AOCL to Results of Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Loss before income taxes	$ (30)	$ 215	$ 506	$ 584
Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | Cumulative Translation Adjustment
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Loss before income taxes	0	0	6	0
Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | Derivative Financial Instruments
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Loss before income taxes	(7)	8	(10)	19
Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | Pension and  Postretirement Costs
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Loss before income taxes	$ 4	$ 5	$ 11	$ 16

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) - Schedule of Income Tax (Provision) Benefit Allocated to Components of OCI (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Equity [Abstract]
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$ 26	$ 7	$ 46	$ 16
Pension and postretirement benefit costs	1	1	2	3
Derivative financial instruments	3	4	6	7
Income tax provision related to AOCL	$ 30	$ 12	$ 54	$ 26

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Restructuring Costs - Schedule of Restructuring Costs Incurred by Reportable Business Segment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring costs, net	$ 3	$ 6	$ 12	$ 16
Corporate
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring costs, net	0	3	2	4
Commercial Solutions | Operating Segments
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring costs, net	1	1	2	1
Home Appliances | Operating Segments
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring costs, net	0	0	1	4
Home Solutions | Operating Segments
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring costs, net	0	0	1	3
Learning and Development | Operating Segments
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring costs, net	1	0	3	1
Outdoor and Recreation | Operating Segments
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring costs, net	$ 1	$ 2	$ 3	$ 3

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Restructuring Costs - Schedule of Accrued Restructuring Costs Activity (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance			$ 10
Restructuring costs, net	$ 3	$ 6	12	$ 16
Payments			(14)
Ending balance	8		8
Severance and termination costs
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance			8
Restructuring costs, net			11
Payments			(11)
Ending balance	8		8
Contract termination and other costs
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance			2
Restructuring costs, net			1
Payments			(3)
Ending balance	$ 0		$ 0

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Restructuring Costs - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring costs, net	$ 3	$ 6	$ 12	$ 16
2020 Restructuring Plan
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring costs, net				9
Other Restructuring And Restructuring-Related Costs
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring costs, net	$ 3	$ 6	$ 12	$ 7

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Inventories (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]
Raw materials and supplies	$ 310	$ 310
Work-in-process	205	167
Finished products	2,012	1,520
Total inventories	$ 2,527	$ 1,997

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Property, Plant and Equipment, Net - Schedule of Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, gross	$ 3,020	$ 3,147
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(1,896)	(1,943)
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,124	1,204
Land
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, gross	73	82
Buildings and improvements
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, gross	620	678
Machinery and equipment
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, gross	$ 2,327	$ 2,387

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Property, Plant and Equipment, Net - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) asset	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]
Depreciation expense	$ 50	$ 50	$ 146	$ 153
Increase in operating lease asset			$ 119
Number of right of use operating lease assets | asset			2

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net - Summary of Changes in Goodwill by Reportable Business Segment (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Net book value, beginning balance		$ 3,504
Impairment Charges		(108)
Foreign Exchange		(96)
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 8,183	8,183
Accumulated Impairment Charges	(4,883)	(4,883)
Net book value, ending balance	3,300	3,300
Commercial Solutions
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Net book value, beginning balance		747
Impairment Charges		0
Foreign Exchange		0
Gross Carrying Amount	916	916
Accumulated Impairment Charges	(169)	(169)
Net book value, ending balance	747	747
Home Appliances
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Net book value, beginning balance		0
Impairment Charges		0
Foreign Exchange		0
Gross Carrying Amount	569	569
Accumulated Impairment Charges	(569)	(569)
Net book value, ending balance	0	0
Home Solutions
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Net book value, beginning balance		164
Impairment Charges	(108)
Foreign Exchange		0
Gross Carrying Amount	2,567	2,567
Accumulated Impairment Charges	(2,511)	(2,511)
Net book value, ending balance	56	56
Learning and Development
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Net book value, beginning balance		2,593
Impairment Charges		0
Foreign Exchange		(96)
Gross Carrying Amount	3,343	3,343
Accumulated Impairment Charges	(846)	(846)
Net book value, ending balance	2,497	2,497
Outdoor and Recreation
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Net book value, beginning balance		0
Impairment Charges		0
Foreign Exchange		0
Gross Carrying Amount	788	788
Accumulated Impairment Charges	(788)	(788)
Net book value, ending balance	$ 0	$ 0

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net - Schedule of Other Intangible Assets and Related Amortization Periods (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 3,735	$ 4,247
Accumulated Amortization	(866)	(877)
Net Book Value	2,869	3,370
Trade Names
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	158	159
Accumulated Amortization	(75)	(65)
Net Book Value	83	94
Capitalized software
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	594	631
Accumulated Amortization	(473)	(495)
Net Book Value	121	136
Patents and intellectual property
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	22	22
Accumulated Amortization	(16)	(14)
Net Book Value	6	8
Customer relationships and distributor channels
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	1,063	1,216
Accumulated Amortization	(302)	(303)
Net Book Value	761	913
Trade Names
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite life, net book value	$ 1,898	$ 2,219

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) tradename	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization of intangible assets	$ 25	$ 28	$ 76	$ 91
Number of indefinite-lived intangible assets | tradename	3
Impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets	$ 40		40
Hypothetical impairment charge	21
Goodwill	3,300		3,300		$ 3,504
Learning and Development
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Hypothetical impairment charge	5
Goodwill	$ 2,497		2,497		2,593
Learning and Development | Baby Unit
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Number of indefinite-lived intangible assets | tradename	2
Goodwill	$ 645		645
Learning and Development | Outdoor and Recreation
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived intangible assets	58		58
Home Appliances
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Hypothetical impairment charge	4
Goodwill	$ 0		$ 0		$ 0

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Other Accrued Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]
Customer accruals	$ 675	$ 715
Accrued self-insurance liabilities, contingencies and warranty	193	125
Operating lease liabilities	122	122
Accrued interest expense	113	56
Accrued marketing and freight expenses	81	59
Accrued income taxes	54	43
Other	232	244
Other accrued liabilities	$ 1,470	$ 1,364

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Debt - Summary of Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 14, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Other debt	$ 3		$ 6
Total debt	5,840		4,886
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt	(1,078)		(3)
Long-term debt	$ 4,762		4,883
3.85% senior notes due 2023 | Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	3.85%
Senior notes	$ 1,088		1,086
4.00% senior notes due 2024 | Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	4.00%
Senior notes	$ 196		203
4.875% senior notes due 2025 | Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	4.875%
Senior notes	$ 495		494
3.90% senior notes due 2025 | Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	3.90%
Senior notes	$ 47		47
4.20% senior notes due 2026 | Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	4.20%
Senior notes	$ 1,977		1,975
6.375% senior notes due 2027 | Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	6.375%	6.375%
Senior notes	$ 480		0
6.625% senior notes due 2029 | Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	6.625%	6.625%
Senior notes	$ 479		0
5.375% senior notes due 2036 | Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	5.375%
Senior notes	$ 417		417
5.50% senior notes due 2046 | Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	5.50%
Senior notes	$ 658		$ 658

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Debt - Additional Information (Details)			9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 19, 2022	Feb. 11, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 14, 2022 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Net proceeds from issuance of long-term debt			$ 990,000,000	$ 0
Expected interest rate adjustment		$ 10,000,000
Interest rate adjustment, annualized amount			8,000,000
Standby letters of credit outstanding			41,000,000
Commercial paper
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Standby letters of credit outstanding			0
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity			1,250,000,000
Long-term Line of credit			0
Credit revolver, net availability			1,480,000,000					$ 1,500,000,000
Proceeds from Lines of Credit			150,000,000
Standby letters of credit outstanding			$ 22,000,000
3.85% senior notes due 2023 | Forecast
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of senior debt					$ 1,090,000,000.00
Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price percentage			100.00%
Net proceeds from issuance of long-term debt			$ 990,000,000
Interest rate adjustment		(0.0025)	0.0050			(0.0025)
Senior notes subject to interest rate adjustment			$ 4,200,000,000
Senior notes | 3.85% senior notes due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage			3.85%
Redemption price percentage	100.002%
Senior notes | 6.375% senior notes due 2027
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage			6.375%				6.375%
Debt instrument, face amount			$ 500,000,000				$ 500,000,000
Senior notes | 6.625% senior notes due 2029
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage			6.625%				6.625%
Debt instrument, face amount			$ 500,000,000				$ 500,000,000
Commercial paper
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity		$ 1,500,000,000
Receivables facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity			375,000,000						$ 600,000,000
Long-term Line of credit			$ 0

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Debt - Schedule of Fair Value of Senior Notes (Details) - Senior notes - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fair Value	$ 5,503	$ 5,477
Book Value	$ 5,837	$ 4,880

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Derivatives - Additional Information (Details)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 swap	Sep. 30, 2022 segment	Sep. 14, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Derivative [Line Items]
Fair value of derivatives, liability									$ 17,000,000
Cash flow hedge gain (loss) to be reclassified within twelve months			$ 31,000,000
Derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments, income (expense), net	$ (6,000,000)	$ 7,000,000	$ (7,000,000)	$ 11,000,000
6.375% senior notes due 2027 | Senior notes
Derivative [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount					$ 500,000,000			$ 500,000,000
Interest rate	6.375%		6.375%					6.375%
6.625% senior notes due 2029 | Senior notes
Derivative [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount					500,000,000			$ 500,000,000
Interest rate	6.625%		6.625%					6.625%
4.00% senior notes due 2024 | Senior notes
Derivative [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount					100,000,000
Interest rate	4.00%		4.00%
Interest rate swaps
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount					1,100,000,000
Cross-currency swaps
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount					500,000,000
Number of cross currency swaps (in swaps)						3	2
Fair value of derivatives, liability					1,300,000,000
Gain on derivative	$ 8,000,000	$ 4,000,000	$ 19,000,000	$ 11,000,000
Foreign currency contracts
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount					370,000,000
Foreign currency contracts | Derivatives not designated as effective hedges:
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount					1,570,000,000
Fair value of derivatives, liability					$ 28,000,000				$ 14,000,000

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Derivatives - Schedule of Fair Value of Derivative Financial Instruments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value of derivatives, asset	$ 173
Fair value of derivatives, liability		$ (17)
Derivatives designated as effective hedges: | Cash Flow Hedges | Foreign currency contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value of derivatives, asset	20	12
Fair value of derivatives, liability	(2)	(2)
Derivatives designated as effective hedges: | Fair Value Hedges | Interest rate swaps
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value of derivatives, asset	0	3
Derivatives designated as effective hedges: | Fair Value Hedges | Interest rate swaps | Other accrued liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value of derivatives, liability	(11)	0
Derivatives designated as effective hedges: | Fair Value Hedges | Interest rate swaps | Other noncurrent liabilities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value of derivatives, liability	(23)	0
Derivatives designated as effective hedges: | Net Investment Hedges | Cross-currency swaps
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value of derivatives, liability	0	(41)
Derivatives designated as effective hedges: | Net Investment Hedges | Cross-currency swaps | Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value of derivatives, asset	37	18
Derivatives designated as effective hedges: | Net Investment Hedges | Cross-currency swaps | Other assets
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value of derivatives, asset	130	0
Derivatives not designated as effective hedges: | Foreign currency contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value of derivatives, asset	50	7
Fair value of derivatives, liability	$ (28)	$ (14)

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Derivatives - Schedule of Pretax Effects of Derivative Financial Instruments Designated or Previously Designated as Effective Hedges (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Recognized in OCI (effective portion)	$ 128	$ 36	$ 229	$ 64
Reclassified from AOCL to Income	7	(8)	10	(19)
Interest rate swaps
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Recognized in OCI (effective portion)	0	0	0	0
Reclassified from AOCL to Income	(2)	(1)	(5)	(4)
Foreign currency contracts
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Recognized in OCI (effective portion)	20	11	39	11
Reclassified from AOCL to Income	9	(7)	15	(15)
Cross-currency swaps
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Recognized in OCI (effective portion)	108	25	190	53
Reclassified from AOCL to Income	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0

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Employee Benefit and Retirement Plans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Pension Benefits | U.S.
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Service cost	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Interest cost	6	5	19	15
Expected return on plan assets	(12)	(13)	(36)	(38)
Amortization	4	5	12	16
Total (income) expense	(2)	(3)	(5)	(7)
Pension Benefits | International
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Service cost	1	1	3	3
Interest cost	1	2	6	5
Expected return on plan assets	(1)	(1)	(4)	(3)
Amortization	1	1	2	3
Total (income) expense	2	3	7	8
Postretirement Benefits
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Amortization	(1)	(1)	(3)	(3)
Total (income) expense	$ (1)	$ (1)	$ (3)	$ (3)

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Employee Benefit and Retirement Plans - Narrative (Details) £ in Millions	1 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2022 GBP (£)
Minimum
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Benefit obligation settlement	£ 50
Maximum
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Benefit obligation settlement	£ 70

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Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 18, 2019	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Effective income tax rate		203.30%	11.60%	7.30%	18.50%
Federal statutory income tax rate		21.00%	21.00%	21.00%	21.00%
Tax exempt income		$ 58	$ 37	$ 11	$ 37
Discrete benefit associated with tradename impairments		6
Tax benefit for state and local income tax adjustments		2		4
Sale of business unit				16
Increase in income taxes receivable, noncurrent				261
Decrease in income taxes payable				95
Increase in deferred tax liabilities				$ 356
Minimum | Internal Revenue Service | 2018 Tax Year
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Unrecognized income tax expense due to change in tax regulations	$ 180
Maximum | Internal Revenue Service | 2018 Tax Year
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Unrecognized income tax expense due to change in tax regulations	$ 220
GEORGIA
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Tax exempt income		$ 4
UNITED KINGDOM
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Tax exempt income					13
FRANCE
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Tax exempt income					$ 9

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Earnings Per Share (Details) - shares shares in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Basic weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)	413.6	425.4	416.4	425.2
Dilutive securities (in shares)	1.0	3.1	1.9	2.7
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)	414.6	428.5	418.3	427.9

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Earnings Per Share - Additional Information (Details) - shares shares in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Performance Shares
Earnings Per Share, Diluted, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]
Potentially dilutive restricted share awards excluded from computation of diluted EPS (in shares)	0.1	0.0

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Stockholders' Equity and Share-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Feb. 25, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Feb. 06, 2022
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock repurchased (in shares)	275.0	50.0
Purchase price per share (in USD per share)	$ 25.86	$ 22.01
Remaining authorized repurchase amount			$ 50,000,000
Share Repurchase Program
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock repurchase program, authorized amount				$ 375,000,000
Performance Based Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award grants in period (in shares)			1.1
Aggregate grant date fair value of stock-based compensation arrangement			$ 30,000,000
Share-based awards vesting period			3 years
Time-based Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award grants in period (in shares)			0.8
Aggregate grant date fair value of stock-based compensation arrangement			$ 21,000,000
Share-based awards vesting period			3 years
Time-based Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award grants in period (in shares)			2.2
Aggregate grant date fair value of stock-based compensation arrangement			$ 14,000,000
Share-based awards vesting period			3 years

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Stockholders' Equity and Share-Based Compensation - Fair Value Assumptions for Stock Options (Details) - Employee Stock Option	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022 $ / shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Risk-free interest rates	1.90%
Expected volatility	42.00%
Expected dividend yield	5.10%
Expected life (in years)	6 years
Exercise price (in usd per share)	$ 25.63

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Fair Value Disclosures - Summary of Non-Pension Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Assets	$ 173
Liabilities		$ (17)
Fair Value Measurements on Recurring Basis
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Assets	237	40
Liabilities	(64)	(57)
Investment securities, including mutual funds	16	13
Level 1 | Fair Value Measurements on Recurring Basis
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Assets	0	0
Liabilities	0	0
Investment securities, including mutual funds	16	13
Level 2 | Fair Value Measurements on Recurring Basis
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Assets	237	40
Liabilities	(64)	(57)
Investment securities, including mutual funds	0	0
Level 3 | Fair Value Measurements on Recurring Basis
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Assets	0	0
Liabilities	0	0
Investment securities, including mutual funds	$ 0	$ 0

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Fair Value Disclosures - Level 3 Fair Value Nonrecurring (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) tradename	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) tradename	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 01, 2021 USD ($)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Number of indefinite-lived intangible assets | tradename	3
Goodwill	$ 3,300	$ 3,300	$ 3,504
Home Solutions Segment
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Number of indefinite-lived intangible assets | tradename		1
Learning Segment | Baby Unit
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Number of indefinite-lived intangible assets | tradename		2
Fair Value, Nonrecurring | Level 3 | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Home Fragrance
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Goodwill, measurement input	0.100	0.100
Fair Value, Nonrecurring | Level 3 | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Home Appliances
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived intangible assets, measurement input	0.125	0.125
Fair Value, Nonrecurring | Level 3 | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Baby Unit
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived intangible assets, measurement input	0.085	0.085
Fair Value, Nonrecurring | Level 3 | Home Solutions Segment
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Goodwill				$ 56
Fair Value, Nonrecurring | Level 3 | Home Appliance Segment | Trade Names
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived intangible assets (excluding goodwill)				39
Fair Value, Nonrecurring | Level 3 | Learning Segment | Trade Names
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived intangible assets (excluding goodwill)				40
Fair Value, Nonrecurring | Level 3 | Development Segment | Trade Names
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived intangible assets (excluding goodwill)				$ 8

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Segment Information - Additional Information (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022 segment
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of primary reportable segments (in segments)	5

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Segment Information - Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) tradename	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 2,252	$ 2,787	$ 7,174	$ 7,784
Operating income (loss)	35	281	569	778
Segment assets	14,678		14,678		$ 14,179
Impairment charges			108
Impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets	$ 40		40
Number of indefinite-lived intangible assets | tradename	3
Corporate
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating income (loss)	$ (13)	(53)	(108)	(169)
Segment assets	3,261		3,261		2,185
Commercial Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	397	486	1,336	1,450
Operating income (loss)	28	18	126	111
Segment assets	1,896		1,896		2,522
Impairment charges			0
Home Appliances
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	305	443	991	1,197
Operating income (loss)	(20)	19	(23)	35
Segment assets	1,013		1,013		1,055
Impairment charges			0
Home Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	510	598	1,477	1,627
Operating income (loss)	(88)	75	(22)	189
Segment assets	2,986		2,986		3,109
Impairment charges	108
Learning and Development
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	751	869	2,266	2,330
Operating income (loss)	120	195	497	522
Segment assets	4,574		4,574		4,401
Impairment charges			0
Outdoor and Recreation
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	289	391	1,104	1,180
Operating income (loss)	8	$ 27	99	$ 90
Segment assets	$ 948		948		$ 907
Impairment charges			$ 0

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Segment Information - Summary of Disaggregation of Revenue by Major Product Grouping Source and Geography (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 2,252	$ 2,787	$ 7,174	$ 7,784
North America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	1,553	1,979	4,962	5,399
International
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	699	808	2,212	2,385
Commercial Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	397	486	1,336	1,450
Commercial Solutions | North America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	284	363	994	1,071
Commercial Solutions | International
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	113	123	342	379
Home Appliances
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	305	443	991	1,197
Home Appliances | North America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	136	249	470	650
Home Appliances | International
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	169	194	521	547
Home Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	510	598	1,477	1,627
Home Solutions | North America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	415	480	1,209	1,306
Home Solutions | International
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	95	118	268	321
Learning and Development
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	751	869	2,266	2,330
Learning and Development | North America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	559	651	1,683	1,703
Learning and Development | International
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	192	218	583	627
Outdoor and Recreation
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	289	391	1,104	1,180
Outdoor and Recreation | North America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	159	236	606	669
Outdoor and Recreation | International
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	130	155	498	511
Commercial
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	397	381	1,227	1,162
Commercial | Commercial Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	397	381	1,227	1,162
Commercial | Home Appliances
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Commercial | Home Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Commercial | Learning and Development
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Commercial | Outdoor and Recreation
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Connected Home Security
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales		105	109	288
Connected Home Security | Commercial Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales		105	109	288
Connected Home Security | Home Appliances
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales		0	0	0
Connected Home Security | Home Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales		0	0	0
Connected Home Security | Learning and Development
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales		0	0	0
Connected Home Security | Outdoor and Recreation
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales		0	0	0
Home Appliances
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	305	443	991	1,197
Home Appliances | Commercial Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Home Appliances | Home Appliances
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	305	443	991	1,197
Home Appliances | Home Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Home Appliances | Learning and Development
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Home Appliances | Outdoor and Recreation
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Food
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	299	330	905	927
Food | Commercial Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Food | Home Appliances
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Food | Home Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	299	330	905	927
Food | Learning and Development
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Food | Outdoor and Recreation
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Home Fragrance
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	211	268	572	700
Home Fragrance | Commercial Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Home Fragrance | Home Appliances
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Home Fragrance | Home Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	211	268	572	700
Home Fragrance | Learning and Development
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Home Fragrance | Outdoor and Recreation
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Baby
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	297	359	901	959
Baby | Commercial Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Baby | Home Appliances
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Baby | Home Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Baby | Learning and Development
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	297	359	901	959
Baby | Outdoor and Recreation
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Writing
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	454	510	1,365	1,371
Writing | Commercial Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Writing | Home Appliances
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Writing | Home Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Writing | Learning and Development
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	454	510	1,365	1,371
Writing | Outdoor and Recreation
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Outdoor and Recreation
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	289	391	1,104	1,180
Outdoor and Recreation | Commercial Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Outdoor and Recreation | Home Appliances
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Outdoor and Recreation | Home Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Outdoor and Recreation | Learning and Development
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Outdoor and Recreation | Outdoor and Recreation
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 289	$ 391	$ 1,104	$ 1,180

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Litigation and Contingencies (Details) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended				9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2020 segment	Jan. 31, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021 mi	Jun. 30, 2018 defendant segment	Sep. 30, 2017 recipient	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) entity segment mi	Dec. 31, 2007 recipient	Oct. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Settlement agreement, accrued						$ 103
Environmental remediation expense						$ 33
Number of general notice letter recipients | entity						100
Number of operable units | segment						4
Miles of river included in the remedial investigation and feasibility study | mi			9
Number of PRPs (in recipients) | recipient							70
Loss contingency, estimate of possible loss								$ 441
Number of parties sued (in parties) | segment				100
Number of defendants | defendant				42
Stay period		6 months
Standby letters of credit outstanding						$ 41
Lower Passaic River Matter
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Miles of river included in the remedial investigation and feasibility study | mi						8.3
Number of general notice letter recipients involved in remedial investigation and feasibility study | recipient					80
Lower Passaic River Matter - Selected Remedy for the Preferred Alternative
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Settlement amount						$ 1,400
Lower Half of River
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Miles of river included in the remedial investigation and feasibility study | mi						17
Pending Litigation | Weber Et Al V Polk Et Al
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of plaintiffs | segment	2