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SUPPLEMENTARY ITEM — EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
Name Age Present Position with the Company
Michael B. Polk 52 President and Chief Executive Officer
William A. Burke 52 Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Mark S. Tarchetti 37 Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer
Douglas L. Martin 50 Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
John K. Stipancich 44 Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and EMEA Executive
Leader
James M. Sweet 60 Executive Vice President, Human Resources & Corporate Communications (Chief Human
Resources Officer)
Michael B. Polk has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since July 2011. He joined the Company’s Board
of Directors in November 2009 and served as a member of the Audit Committee prior to assuming his current role. Prior thereto,
he was President, Global Foods, Home & Personal Care, Unilever (a consumer packaged goods manufacturer and marketer) since
2010. He joined Unilever in 2003 as Chief Operating Officer, Unilever Foods USA and subsequently became President, Unilever
USA in 2005. From 2007 to 2010, he served as President, Unilever Americas. Prior to joining Unilever, he spent 16 years at Kraft
Foods Inc. and three years at The Procter & Gamble Company. At Kraft Foods, he was President, Kraft Foods Asia Pacific,
President, Biscuits and Snacks Sector, and was a member of the Kraft Foods Management Committee.
William A. Burke has been Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since October 2012. He served as President,
Newell Professional from January 2012 to September 2012, having previously served as President, Tools, Hardware & Commercial
Products from January 2009 through 2011, and President, Tools and Hardware from December 2007 to January 2009. Prior thereto,
he was President, North American Tools from 2004 through 2006. He served as President of the Company’s Lenox division from
2003 through 2004. From 1992 through 2002, he served in a variety of positions with The Black & Decker Corporation (a
manufacturer and marketer of power tools and accessories), culminating as Vice President and General Manager of Product Service.
Mark S. Tarchetti has been Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer since January 2013. From September 2011
to December 2012, Mr. Tarchetti was the Director of Tarchetti & Co. Ltd., a consulting firm he founded where he advised clients,
including the Company, on business strategy and change management. From 1997 to 2011, he served in a variety of senior strategic,
business and finance roles at Unilever, including as Head of Corporate Strategy from 2009 to 2011, Vice President of Corporate
Strategy in 2008, Finance Director of the UK Home & Personal Care business from 2007 to 2008, and Global Head of Financial
Planning & Analysis from 2004 to 2007.
Douglas L. Martin has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since September 2012. He has been employed
by the Company since 1987, and has served in a variety of senior financial roles, including Deputy Chief Financial Officer from
February 2012 to September 2012, Vice President of Finance - Newell Consumer from November 2011 to February 2012, Vice
President of Finance - Office Products from December 2007 to November 2011, and Vice President and Treasurer from June 2002
to December 2007.
John K. Stipancich has been Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and EMEA Executive Leader
since October 2012. Prior thereto, he served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary from January
2010 to October 2012. From November 2004 through December 2009, he served as Vice President and General Counsel to several
of the Company’s businesses.
James M. Sweet has been Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Communications since May 2007. Prior
thereto, he served as the Company’s Chief Human Resources Officer from May 2004 through May 2007. He was Group Vice
President, Human Resources for the Sharpie/Calphalon Group from January 2004 to April 2004. From 2001 to 2004, he was
President of Capital H, Inc., a human resource services company that Mr. Sweet co-founded. From 1999 to 2001, he was Vice
President of Human Resources for the Industrial Automation Systems and Rexnord divisions of Invensys PLC (an industrial
manufacturing company). Prior thereto, he held executive human resource positions at Kohler Co., Keystone International and
Brady Corp.