Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (Form: 8-K)  

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

     
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):   January 29, 2007

Newell Rubbermaid Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware 001-09608 363514169
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
10B Glenlake Parkway, Suite 300, Atlanta, Georgia   30328
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   770-407-3800

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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On January 29, 2007, Michael A. Todman was elected to serve on the Board of Directors of Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (the "Company"). Mr. Todman has been appointed to serve on the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors.

Mr. Todman, age 49, has been President, Whirlpool International, and a member of the Board of Directors of Whirlpool Corporation (a manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances) since January 1, 2006. Prior to this assignment, Mr. Todman had served as Executive Vice President and President of Whirlpool Europe since October 2001. From March 2001 to October 2001, he served as Executive Vice President, North America of Whirlpool Corporation. From 1993 to 1999, Mr. Todman served in a number of roles at Whirlpool, including Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, North America; Vice President, Sears Sales and Marketing; Vice President Product Management; Controller of North America; Vice President, Consumer Services, Whirlpool Europe; General Manager, Northern Europe; and Director, Finance, United Kingdom. Prior to joining Whirlpool, Mr. Todman held a variety of leadership positions at Wang Laboratories, Inc. and Price Waterhouse and Co.

Mr. Todman was not selected pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between him and any other person. There has been no transaction, or proposed transaction, since January 1, 2006 to which the Company was or is to be a party, and in which Mr. Todman or any member of his immediate family had or is to have a direct or indirect material interest. There are no family relationships between Mr. Todman and any of the Company’s other directors, executive officers or persons nominated or chosen by the Company to become directors or executive officers.

The Corporation also announced that Allan P. Newell has elected to retire at the conclusion of his current term as a director, which expires at the Corporation’s 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Newell therefore will not stand for re-election in 2007.





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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 hereunto duly authorized.

         
    Newell Rubbermaid Inc.
          
January 29, 2007   By:   /s/ Dale L. Matschullat
       
        Name: Dale L. Matschullat
        Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary