On April 6, 2018, Newell Brands Inc. announced that it has mailed a letter to the Company shareholders and urged the shareholders to vote for the election of its nominees: David L. Atchison, Patrick D. Campbell, James R. Craigie, Debra A. Crew, Brett M. Icahn, Andrew R. Langham, Courtney R. Mather, Michael B. Polk, Judith A. Sprieser, Steven J. Strobel, and Michael A. Todman as directors of the Company at the Company’s 2018 annual meeting of shareholders scheduled to be held on May 15, 2018. In addition, the Company expressed its views that it is disappointed that even with a new board in place at the Company, Starboard has decided to continue pursuing its disruptive proxy fight in order to elect directors to a board that already has eight new directors and Starboard has no plan.