On March 23, 2022, Newell Brands Inc. filed a definitive proxy statement soliciting proxies and urged the shareholders to vote against a shareholder proposal, asking the board to take the steps necessary to amend the appropriate Company governing documents to give the owners of a combined 10% of the outstanding common stock the power to call a special shareholder meeting, submitted by John Chevedden at the Company's annual shareholders meeting scheduled to be held on May 5, 2022.