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Form 10-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-K

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013

Commission file number 1-35166

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

62-1411546

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

520 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield, IL 60015-5611

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (847) 484-4400

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


Title of each class		Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share		New York Stock Exchange

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

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ¨ No x

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 x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K or any amendment to this Annual Report on Form 10-K. x

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

Large accelerated filer x Accelerated filer ¨ Non-accelerated filer ¨ Smaller reporting company ¨

(Do not check if a smaller

reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).

Yes ¨ No x

The aggregate market value of the registrant’s voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant at June 30, 2013 (the last day of our most recent second quarter) was $6,395,146,591. The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at February 7, 2014, was 165,663,884.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Certain information contained in the registrant’s proxy statement for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on April 28, 2014 (to be filed not later than 120 days after the end of the registrant’s fiscal year) (the “2014 Proxy Statement”) is incorporated by reference into Part III hereof.

Form 10-K Table of Contents


		Page
PART I
Item 1.	Business		1
Item 1A.	Risk Factors		8
Item 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments		17
Item 2.	Properties		17
Item 3.	Legal Proceedings		17
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures		17
Executive Officers of the Registrant			18

PART II
Item 5.	Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities		20
Item 6.	Selected Financial Data		22
Item 7.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation		23
	Results of Operations		26
	2013 Compared to 2012		28
	2012 Compared to 2011		31
	Liquidity and Capital Resources		35
	Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates		39
Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk		44
Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data		46
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements		51
Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure		86
Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures		86
Item 9B.	Other Information		86

PART III
Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance		87
Item 11.	Executive Compensation		87
Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters		87
Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence		87
Item 14.	Principal Accountant Fees and Services		87

PART IV
Item 15.	Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules		88
Signatures			92
Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts			93

PART I

Item 1. Business.

Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains certain “forward-looking statements” made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), regarding business strategies, market potential, future financial performance and other matters. Statements that include the words “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “projects,” “estimates,” “plans” and similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “should,” “would,” “may” and “could” are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts. Where, in any forward-looking statement, we express an expectation or belief as to future results or events, such expectation or belief is based on the current plans and expectations at the time this report is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or, with respect to any documents incorporated by reference, available at the time such document was prepared or filed with the SEC. Although we believe that these statements are based on reasonable assumptions, they are subject to numerous factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to be materially different from those indicated in such statements. These factors include those listed in the section below entitled “Risk Factors.” Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events, new information or changes to future results over time or otherwise.

Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to (i) “Home & Security,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us” refer to Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, after giving effect to the spin-off of Home & Security from Fortune Brands, Inc. and (ii) “Former Parent” refer to Fortune Brands, Inc.

Our Company

We are a leading home and security products company that competes in attractive long-term growth markets in our categories. With a foundation of market-leading brands across a diversified mix of channels, and lean and flexible supply chains, as well as a tradition of strong product innovation and customer service, we are focused on outperforming our markets in both growth and returns, and driving increased shareholder value. We sell our products through a wide array of sales channels, including kitchen and bath dealers, wholesalers oriented toward builders or professional remodelers, industrial and locksmith distributors, “do-it-yourself” remodeling-oriented home centers and other retail outlets. We believe the Company’s track record reflects the long-term attractiveness and potential of our categories and our leading brands. Our performance over the past two years demonstrates the strength of our operating model and our ability to generate profitable growth as volume returns and we leverage our competitive advantages to gain share in our categories.

Our Strategy

Build on leading business and brand positions in attractive growth and return categories. We believe that we have leading market positions and brands in many of our product categories. We are continuing to invest in targeted advertising and other strategic initiatives aimed at enhancing brand awareness and educating consumers regarding the breadth, features and benefits of certain product lines. We also strive to leverage our brands to expand into adjacent product categories.

Continue to develop innovative products for customers, designers, installers and consumers. Sustained investments in consumer-driven product innovation and customer service, along with our lower cost structures, have contributed to our success in winning significant new

business in the marketplace and creating consumer demand. MasterBrand Cabinets launched innovative new door designs, color palettes and features in a range of styles that allows consumers to create a custom kitchen look at an affordable price. MasterBrand Cabinets launched a new award-winning website that enables homeowners to navigate their cabinet purchase in one convenient place. We have emerged as an industry leader in promoting energy efficiency and “green” products. Moen offers an extensive line of eco-friendly faucets and showerheads that carry the EPA’s WaterSense designation. Moen’s track record of continued innovation includes offerings such as finishes that incorporate Microban anti-microbial protection, market-leading Spot Resist finish and our touchless Motionsense electronic faucet. Therma-Tru and Simonton have leveraged advanced materials to deliver products that combine aesthetic beauty and energy efficiency. Therma-Tru has introduced the Classic Craft Canvas Collection line of smooth fiberglass doors, as well as the new Pulse line of modern style entry doors. Simonton’s Asure windows feature a narrow frame design that provides expansive views and more natural light. Master Lock has long been an innovative leader in security products, such as the easy-to-use Dial Speed combination padlocks, and has continued to grow by entering adjacent security categories such as life safety and commercial electronic access control solutions designed to secure high value sites such as cellular telephone towers and other facilities.

Expand in international markets. We have opportunities to expand sales by further penetrating international markets, which represented approximately 16% of net sales in 2013. Moen has continued to expand in China. Kitchen Craft is a leading cabinetry brand in Canada. Master Lock has continued to expand its presence in Europe, while Therma-Tru has made inroads in Canada as consumers transition from traditional entry door materials to more advanced and energy-efficient fiberglass doors.

Leverage our global supply chains. We are using lean manufacturing, design-to-manufacture and distributive assembly techniques to make our supply chains more flexible and improve supply chain quality, cost, response times and asset efficiency. We view our supply chains as a strategic asset not only to support strong operating leverage as volumes recover, but also to enable the profitable growth of new products, adjacent market expansion and international growth.

Enhance returns and deploy our cash flow to high-return opportunities. We believe our most attractive opportunities are to invest in profitable organic growth initiatives, pursue accretive strategic acquisitions and return cash to shareholders through a combination of dividends and repurchases of shares of our common stock under our share repurchase programs. Both add-on acquisitions and share repurchase opportunities may be particularly attractive in the next few years. In June 2013, our Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry business acquired Woodcrafters Home Products Holding, LLC (“WoodCrafters”), a manufacturer of bathroom vanities and tops. In addition, in the second quarter of 2013, our Board of Directors declared our first dividend since becoming a publicly-traded company in October 2011, declaring a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share of our common stock. In December 2013, our Board of Directors increased the quarterly cash dividend by 20% to $0.12 per share of our common stock.

Our Competitive Strengths

We believe our competitive strengths include the following:

Leading brands. We have leading brands in many of our product categories. We believe that established brands are meaningful to both consumers and trade customers in their respective categories and that we have the opportunity to, among other things, expand many of our brands into adjacent product categories and international markets.

Strategic focus on attractive consumer-facing categories. We believe we operate in categories that, while very competitive, are among the more attractive categories in the home products and security products markets. Some of the key characteristics that make these categories attractive in our view include the following:

>	product quality, innovation, fashion, finish, durability and functionality, which are key determinants of product selection in addition to price;

>	established brands, which are meaningful to both consumers and trade customers;

>	the opportunity to add value to a complex consumer purchasing decision with excellent service propositions, reliability of products, ease of installation and superior delivery lead times;

>	the value our products add to a home, particularly with kitchen and bath remodeling and additions, the curb appeal offered by stylish entry door systems and the potential energy efficiency benefits of advanced materials windows and doors;

>	favorable long-term trends that benefit the outlook for our markets over time;

>	the relatively stable demand for plumbing and security products; and

>	the opportunity to expand into adjacent categories.

Operational excellence. During the housing downturn, we reduced the number of our manufacturing facilities and employees and we restructured our supply chains, while maintaining substantial supply chain flexibility and brand investment. As a result, we believe we have positioned the Company well to absorb additional volume and drive strong growth in sales, profits and cash flows as the U.S. housing market continues to recover and demand improves. We believe our investments in lean manufacturing and productivity initiatives have resulted in supply chain flexibility and the ability to cost-effectively add capacity in order to match demand levels. In addition, our supply chains and lower cost structures are creating favorable operating leverage as volumes grow without sacrificing customer service levels or lead times. We believe that margin improvement will continue to be driven predominantly by organic volume growth that can be readily accommodated by additional production shifts and equipment as necessary. In 2014, we plan to begin to invest in incremental capacity to support long-term growth potential.

Commitment to innovation. The Company has a long track record of successful product and process innovations that introduce valued new products and services to our customers and consumers. The Company is committed to continuing its investments in new product development and enhancing customer service to strengthen our leading brands and penetrate adjacent markets.

Diverse sales end-use mix. We sell in a variety of product categories in the U.S. home and security products market. In addition, our exposure to changing levels of U.S. residential new home construction activity is counteracted by repair-and-remodel activity, which comprises a substantial majority of the overall U.S. home products market and about two-thirds of our U.S. home products sales. We also benefit from a stable market for plumbing and security products and international sales growth opportunities.

Diverse sales channels. We sell through a wide array of sales channels, including kitchen and bath dealers, wholesalers oriented to builders or professional remodelers, industrial and locksmith distributors, “do-it-yourself” remodeling-oriented home centers and other retail outlets. We also sell security products to locksmiths, industrial distributors and mass merchants. We are able to leverage existing sales channels to expand into adjacent product categories. In 2013, sales to our top ten customers represented less than half of total sales.

Decentralized business model. Our business segments are focused on distinct product categories and are responsible for their own performance. This structure enables each of our

segments to independently best position itself within each category in which it competes and reinforces strong accountability for operational and financial performance. Each of our segments focus on its unique set of consumers, customers, competitors and suppliers, while also sharing best practices.

Strong capital structure. We exited 2013 with a strong balance sheet, even as we completed the approximately $302 million acquisition of WoodCrafters, repurchased $52.1 million of our shares and initiated a quarterly dividend during the year. As of December 31, 2013, we had $241.4 million of cash and cash equivalents and total debt was $356.0 million, resulting in a net debt position of $114.6 million. In addition, we had $650 million available under our credit facilities.

Business Segments

We have four business segments: Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry, Plumbing & Accessories, Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems, and Security & Storage. The following table shows net sales for each of these segments, including key brands within each segment:



Segment	2013 Net Sales (in millions)		Percentage of Total 2013 Net Sales			Key Brands
Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry	$	1,642		39	%	Aristokraft, Kitchen Craft, Kitchen Classics, Omega, Schrock, Homecrest, Decorá, Diamond, Kemper, Thomasville^(a), Martha Stewart Living^(a)

Plumbing & Accessories		1,287		31	%	Moen, Cleveland Faucet Group (CFG)

Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems		658		16	%	Therma-Tru, Simonton, Fypon

Security & Storage		570		14	%	Master Lock, American Lock, Waterloo
Total	$	4,157		100	%

^(a)	Thomasville is a registered trademark of Hhg Global Designs LLC and Martha Stewart Living is a registered trademark of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc.

Our segments compete on the basis of innovation, fashion, quality, price, service and responsiveness to distributor, retailer and installer needs, as well as end-user consumer preferences. Our markets are very competitive. Approximately 16% of 2013 net sales were to international markets, and sales to two of the Company’s customers, The Home Depot, Inc. (“The Home Depot”) and Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (“Lowe’s”), each accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s net sales in 2013. Sales to all U.S. home centers in the aggregate were approximately 29% of net sales in 2013.

Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry. Our Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry segment manufactures custom, semi-custom and stock cabinetry for the kitchen, bath and other parts of the home. This segment sells a portfolio of brands that enables our customers to differentiate themselves against competitors. This portfolio includes brand names such as Aristokraft, Kitchen Craft, Kitchen Classics, Omega, Schrock, Homecrest, Decorá, Diamond, Kemper, Thomasville and Martha Stewart Living. Substantially all of this segment’s sales are in North America. This segment sells directly to kitchen and bath dealers, home centers, wholesalers and large builders. Sales to The Home Depot and Lowe’s comprised approximately 37% of net sales of the Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry segment in 2013. This segment’s competitors include Masco and American Woodmark, as well as a large number of smaller suppliers.

Plumbing & Accessories. Our Plumbing & Accessories segment manufactures or assembles and sells faucets, accessories and kitchen sinks in North America and China, predominantly under the Moen brand. Although this segment sells Plumbing & Accessories products principally in the U.S. and Canada, this segment also sells in China, Mexico, Southeast Asia and South America. Approximately 26% of 2013 net sales were to international markets. This segment sells directly through its own sales force and indirectly through independent manufacturers’ representatives, primarily to wholesalers, home centers, mass merchandisers and industrial distributors. Sales to The Home Depot and Lowe’s comprised approximately 26% of net sales of the Plumbing & Accessories segment in 2013. This segment’s chief competitors include Delta (owned by Masco), Kohler, Pfister (owned by Spectrum Brands), American Standard (owned by LIXIL Group) and imported private-label brands.

Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems. Our Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems segment manufactures and sells fiberglass and steel entry door systems, vinyl-framed window and patio doors, and urethane millwork product lines. This segment benefits from the long-term trend away from traditional materials, such as wood, steel and aluminum, toward more energy-efficient and durable synthetic materials. Therma-Tru products include fiberglass and steel residential entry door and patio door systems, primarily for sale in the U.S. and Canada. Simonton Windows is a leading national brand of vinyl-framed windows and patio doors. Simonton products are mainly manufactured and sold in the U.S. This segment’s principal customers are home centers, millwork building products and wholesale distributors, and specialty dealers that provide products to the residential new construction market, as well as to the remodeling and renovation markets. Sales to The Home Depot and Lowe’s comprised approximately 15% of net sales of the Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems segment in 2013. This segment’s competitors include Masonite, JELD-WEN, Plastpro, Silverline (owned by Andersen Windows), Pella, Atrium and Milgard (owned by Masco).

Security & Storage. Our Security & Storage segment consists of locks, safety and security devices, and electronic security products manufactured, sourced and distributed by Master Lock and tool storage and garage organization products manufactured by Waterloo. This segment sells products principally in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Central America and Australia. Approximately 22% of 2013 net sales were to international markets. Master Lock manufactures and sells key-controlled and combination padlocks, bicycle and cable locks, built-in locker locks, door hardware, automotive, trailer and towing locks, electronic access control solutions, and other specialty safety and security devices. Master Lock sells products designed for consumer use to hardware and other retail outlets, wholesale distributors and home centers, and Master Lock sells lock systems to locksmiths, industrial and institutional users, and original equipment manufacturers. Sales to The Home Depot and Lowe’s comprised approximately 16% of the net sales of the Security & Storage segment in 2013. Master Lock competes with Abus, W.H. Brady, Hampton, Kwikset (owned by Spectrum Brands), Schlage (owned by Allegion), Assa Abloy and various imports.

Waterloo manufactures tool storage and garage organization products, principally high-quality steel toolboxes, tool chests, workbenches and related products. Waterloo primarily sells to Sears retail stores for resale under the Craftsman brand owned by Sears Brands, LLC. In addition, Waterloo sells under the Waterloo and private-label brand names to specialty industrial and automotive dealers, mass merchandisers, home centers and hardware stores. Waterloo competes with Asian importers, Homak, Stanley Black & Decker, Snap-On, Kennedy, Stack-On and others in the metal storage category and with Stanley Black & Decker, Keter, Newell Rubbermaid and others in the plastic hand box category.

Annual net sales for each of the last three fiscal years for each of our business segments were as follows:



(In millions)		2013		2012		2011
Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry	$	1,642.2	$	1,326.6	$	1,256.3
Plumbing & Accessories		1,287.0		1,100.7		962.8
Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems		657.8		587.2		552.9
Security & Storage		570.4		576.6		556.6
Total	$	4,157.4	$	3,591.1	$	3,328.6

For additional financial information for each of our business segments, refer to Note 18, “Information on Business Segments,” to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Separation

On September 27, 2011, the board of directors of our Former Parent approved the spin-off of Home & Security into an independent, publicly-traded company (the “Separation”). On October 3, 2011, the Separation was completed, with the stockholders of our Former Parent receiving one share of Home & Security common stock for each share of Former Parent common stock held on September 20, 2011. Following the Separation, our Former Parent changed its name to Beam Inc. and retained no ownership interest in Home & Security. On October 4, 2011, our common stock began trading “regular-way” on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “FBHS”.

Other Information

Raw materials. The table below indicates the principal raw materials used by each of our segments. These materials are available from a number of sources. Volatility in the prices of commodities and energy used in making and distributing our products impacts the cost of manufacturing our products.



Segment		Raw Materials
Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry		Hardwoods (maple, cherry and oak), plywood and particleboard
Plumbing & Accessories		Brass, zinc, copper, resins and stainless steel
Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems		Glass, resins and steel
Security & Storage		Rolled steel and brass

Intellectual property. Product innovation and branding are important to the success of our business. In addition to the brand protection offered by our trademarks, patent protection helps distinguish our unique product features in the market by preventing copying and making it more difficult for competitors to benefit unfairly from our design innovation. We hold U.S. and foreign patents covering various features used in products sold within all of our business segments. Although each of our segments relies on a number of patents and patent groups that, in the aggregate, provide important protections to the Company, no single patent or patent group is material to any of the Company’s segments.

Employees. As of December 31, 2013, we had approximately 19,500 full-time employees. Approximately 19% of these employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements, approximately half of which are subject to agreements that will expire within one year. Employee relations are generally good.

Information about geographic areas. For additional information, refer to Note 18, “Information on Business Segments,” to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Seasonality. All of our operating segments traditionally experience lower sales in the first quarter of the year when new home construction, repair-and-remodel activity and security and storage buying are lowest. As a result of sales seasonality and associated timing of working capital fluctuations, our cash flow from operating activities is typically higher in the second half of the year.

Environmental matters. We are involved in remediation activities to clean up hazardous wastes as required by federal and state laws. Liabilities for remediation costs of each site are based on our best estimate of undiscounted future costs, excluding possible insurance recoveries or recoveries from other third parties. Uncertainties about the status of laws, regulations, technology and information related to individual sites make it difficult to develop estimates of environmental remediation exposures. Some of the potential liabilities relate to sites we own, and some relate to sites we no longer own or never owned. Several of our subsidiaries have been designated as potentially responsible parties (“PRP”) under “Superfund” or similar state laws. As of December 31, 2013, eight such instances have not been dismissed, settled or otherwise resolved. In the calendar year 2013, we were identified as a PRP in one new instance, which we settled in 2013. In most instances where our subsidiaries are named as a PRP, we enter into cost-sharing arrangements with other PRPs. We give notice to insurance carriers of potential PRP liability, but very rarely, if ever, receive reimbursement from insurance for PRP costs. We believe that the cost of complying with the present environmental protection laws, before considering estimated recoveries either from other PRPs or insurance, will not have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows or financial condition. At December 31, 2013 and 2012, we had accruals of $5.6 million and $6.8 million, respectively, relating to environmental compliance and clean up including, but not limited to, the above mentioned Superfund sites.

Legal proceedings. We are defendants in lawsuits associated with the normal conduct of our businesses and operations. It is not possible to predict the outcome of the pending actions and, as with any litigation, it is possible that some of these actions could be decided unfavorably to us. We believe that there are meritorious defenses to these actions and that these actions will not have a material adverse effect upon our results of operations, cash flows or financial condition, and, where appropriate, these actions are being vigorously contested.

Legal structure. Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. is a holding company that was organized as a Delaware corporation in 1988. Wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company include MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc., Moen Incorporated, Fortune Brands Windows & Doors, Inc. and Fortune Brands Storage & Security LLC. As a holding company, Home & Security is a legal entity separate and distinct from our subsidiaries. Accordingly, the rights of the Company, and thus the rights of our creditors (including holders of debt securities and other obligations) and stockholders to participate in any distribution of the assets or earnings of any subsidiary is subject to the claims of creditors of the subsidiary, except to the extent that claims of the Company itself as a creditor of such subsidiary may be recognized, in which event the Company’s claims may in certain circumstances be subordinate to certain claims of others. In addition, as a holding company, the source of our unconsolidated revenues and funds is dividends and other payments from subsidiaries. Our subsidiaries are not limited by long-term debt or other agreements in their abilities to pay cash dividends or to make other distributions with respect to their capital stock or other payments to the Company.

Available Information. The Company’s website address is www.FBHS.com. The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to these reports are available free of charge on the Company’s website as soon as

reasonably practicable after the reports are filed or furnished electronically with the SEC. These documents also are made available to read and copy at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information about the Public Reference Room by contacting the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Reports filed with the SEC are also made available on its website at www.sec.gov. We also make available on our website, or in printed form upon request, free of charge, our Corporate Governance Principles, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers, Charters for the Committees of our Board of Directors and certain other information related to the Company.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Risks Relating to Our Business

Our business primarily relies on North American home improvement, repair and remodel and new home construction activity levels, all of which are impacted by risks associated with fluctuations in the housing market.

Our business primarily relies on home improvement, repair and remodel, and new home construction activity levels, principally in North America. The new home construction market, which is generally cyclical in nature, is recovering from a major downturn that was marked by substantial declines in the demand for new homes and a reduction in the availability of financing for homebuyers. While improving, the new home construction market remains below historical levels.

Although we continue to believe that the long-term outlook for the home products markets is favorable, we cannot predict the timing, strength, or shape of a recovery. A continued recovery will largely be dependent upon improving employment levels, stable or rising home prices, increased levels of consumer confidence, mortgage rates, and stable credit markets. Reduced levels of consumer spending on home improvements and new home construction may adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Consumers may have been adversely impacted long-term by the global economic recession, negatively impacting our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Stable economic conditions, including strong employment, consumer confidence and credit availability, are important not only to the basic health of our consumer markets, but also to our own results of operations, cash flows and financial condition. While the major economic disruptions of the 2008-2009 recession have largely subsided, significant economic and consumer challenges remain, including higher unemployment, record budget deficits and levels of government debt, significant uncertainties regarding spending cuts, tax increases and the U.S. federal debt ceiling, and tight credit markets. As a result, consumers may reduce discretionary spending or may prefer lower-priced value-oriented products even as demand recovers. In addition, consumer price consciousness may intensify resulting in the delay or decrease in home ownership and household formation, as well as cause a shift in demand to smaller, less expensive homes. These factors may adversely impact our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

We operate in very competitive consumer and trade brand categories.

The markets in which we operate are very competitive. Although we believe that competition in our businesses is based largely on product quality, consumer and trade brand reputation, customer service and product features, as well as fashion, innovation and ease of installation, price is a significant factor for consumers as well as our trade customers. Price sensitive customers may be more likely to trade down to lower-priced products during challenging economic times or if economic

conditions worsen. In addition, some of our competitors may resort to price competition to sustain market share and manufacturing capacity utilization. Also, certain large customers continue to offer private-label brands that compete with some of our product offerings as a lower-cost alternative. The strong competition that we face in all of our businesses may adversely affect our profitability and revenue levels, as well as our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

We may not successfully develop new products or improve existing products.

Our success depends on meeting consumer needs and anticipating changes in consumer preferences with successful new products and product improvements. We aim to introduce products and new or improved production processes proactively to offset obsolescence and decreases in sales of existing products. While we devote significant focus to the development of new products, we may not be successful in product development and our new products may not be commercially successful. In addition, it is possible that competitors may improve their products more rapidly or effectively, which could adversely affect our sales. Furthermore, market demand may decline as a result of consumer preferences trending away from our categories or trending down within our brands or product categories, which could adversely impact our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Risks associated with our ability to improve organizational productivity and global supply chain efficiency and flexibility could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

We regularly evaluate our organizational productivity and global supply chains and assess opportunities to increase capacity, reduce costs and enhance quality. We strive to enhance quality, speed and flexibility to meet changing and uncertain market conditions, as well as manage cost inflation, including wages, pension and medical costs. Our success depends in part on refining our cost structure and supply chains to promote consistently flexible and low cost supply chains that can respond to market changes to protect profitability and cash flow or ramp up quickly and effectively to meet demand. Failure to achieve the desired level of quality, capacity or cost reductions could impair our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Risks associated with global commodity and energy availability and price and volatility, as well as the possibility of sustained inflation could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

We are exposed to risks associated with global commodity price volatility arising from restricted or uneven supply conditions, the sustained expansion and volatility of demand from emerging markets, potentially unstable geopolitical and economic variables, weather and other unpredictable external factors. We buy raw materials that contain commodities such as copper, zinc, steel, glass, wood and petroleum-based products such as resins. In addition, our distribution costs are significantly impacted by the price of oil and diesel fuel. Decreased availability and increased or volatile prices for these commodities, as well as energy used in making, distributing and transporting our products, could increase the costs of our products. While in the past we have been able to mitigate the impact of these cost increases through productivity improvements and passing on increasing costs to our customers over time, there is no assurance that we will be able to offset such cost increases in the future, and the risk of potentially sustained high levels of inflation could adversely impact our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition. While we may use derivative contracts to limit our short-term exposure to commodity price volatility, the exposures under these contracts could still be material to our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition. In addition, in periods of declining commodity prices, these derivative contracts may have the short-term effect of increasing our expenditures for these raw materials.

Consolidation of our customers could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

The consolidation of customers in North America has increased the size and importance of individual customers and creates risk of exposure to potential volume loss. Furthermore, larger customers have greater leverage and can better control the prices we receive for our products and services, our costs of doing business with them and the terms and conditions on which we do business. The loss of certain larger customers could have an adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Our failure to attract and retain qualified personnel could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Our success depends in part on the efforts and abilities of qualified personnel at all levels, including our senior management team and other key employees. Their motivation, skills, experience, contacts and industry knowledge significantly benefit our operations and administration. The failure to attract, motivate and retain members of our senior management team and key employees could have a negative effect on our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Risks associated with strategic acquisitions could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

We consider acquisitions and joint ventures as a means of enhancing shareholder value. Acquisitions and joint ventures involve risks and uncertainties, including difficulties integrating acquired companies and operating joint ventures; difficulties retaining the acquired businesses’ customers and brands; the inability to achieve the expected financial results and benefits of transactions; the loss of key employees from acquired companies; implementing and maintaining consistent standards, controls, policies and information systems; and diversion of management’s attention from other business matters. Future acquisitions could cause us to incur additional debt or issue shares, resulting in dilution in earnings per share and return on capital.

We manufacture, source and sell products internationally and are exposed to risks associated with doing business globally.

We manufacture, source or sell our products in a number of locations throughout the world, predominantly in the U.S., Canada, China, Europe and Mexico. Accordingly, we are subject to risks associated with potential disruption caused by changes in political, economic and social environments, including civil and political unrest, terrorism, possible expropriation, local labor conditions, changes in laws, regulations and policies of foreign governments and trade disputes with the U.S., and U.S. laws affecting activities of U.S. companies abroad. Risks inherent to international operations include: potentially adverse tax laws, uncertainty regarding clearance and enforcement of intellectual property rights, risks associated with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and difficulty enforcing contracts. While we hedge certain foreign currency transactions, a change in the value of the currencies will impact our financial statements when translated into U.S. dollars. In addition, fluctuations in currency can adversely impact the cost position of our products in local currency, making it more difficult for us to compete. Our success will depend, in part, on our ability to effectively manage our businesses through the impact of these potential changes. In addition, we source certain raw materials, components and finished goods from China where we have experienced higher manufacturing costs and longer lead times due to currency fluctuations, higher wage rates, labor shortages and higher raw material costs.

Changes in government and industry regulatory standards could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Government regulations pertaining to health and safety (including protection of employees as well as consumers) and environmental concerns continue to emerge domestically, as well as internationally. It is necessary for us to comply with current requirements (including requirements that do not become effective until a future date), and even more stringent requirements could be imposed on our products or processes in the future. Compliance with these regulations (such as the restrictions on lead content in plumbing products and on volatile organic compounds and formaldehyde emissions that are applicable to many of our businesses) may require us to alter our manufacturing and installation processes and our sourcing. Such actions could increase our capital expenditures and adversely impact our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition, and our inability to effectively and timely meet such regulations could adversely impact our competitive position.

The inability to secure and protect our intellectual property rights could negatively impact revenues and brand reputation.

We have many patents, trademarks, brand names and trade names that are important to our business. Unauthorized use of these intellectual property rights may not only erode sales of our products, but may also cause significant damage to our brand name and reputation, interfere with our ability to effectively represent the Company to our customers, contractors and suppliers, and increase litigation costs. There can be no assurance that our efforts to protect our brands and trademark rights will prevent violations. In addition, existing patent, trade secret and trademark laws offer only limited protection, and the laws of some countries in which our products are or may be developed, manufactured or sold may not fully protect our intellectual property from infringement by others. There can be no assurance that our efforts to assess possible third party intellectual property rights will ensure that Company’s ability to manufacture, distribute, market or sell in any given country or territory. Furthermore, others may assert intellectual property infringement claims against us or our customers.

Our businesses rely on the performance of wholesale distributors, dealers and other marketing arrangements and could be adversely affected by poor performance or other disruptions in our distribution channels and customers.

We rely on a distribution network comprised of consolidating customers. Any disruption to the existing distribution channels could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition. The consolidation of distributors or the financial instability or default of a distributor or one of its major customers could potentially cause such a disruption. In addition to our own sales force, we offer our products through a variety of third-party distributors, representatives and retailers. Certain of our distributors, representatives or retailers may also market other products that compete with our products. The loss or termination of one or more of our major distributors, representatives or retailers, the failure of one or more of our distributors or representatives to effectively promote our products, or changes in the financial or business condition of these distributors or representatives could affect our ability to bring products to market.

Our pension costs and funding requirements could increase as a result of volatility in the financial markets, changes in interest rates and actuarial assumptions.

Increases in the costs of pension benefits may continue and negatively affect our business as a result of: the effect of potential declines in the stock and bond markets on the performance of our pension plan assets; potential reductions in the discount rate used to determine the present value of our benefit obligations; and changes to our investment strategy that may impact our expected return on

pension plan assets assumption. U.S. generally accepted accounting principles require that we calculate income or expense for the plans using actuarial valuations. These valuations reflect assumptions about financial markets and interest rates, which may change based on economic conditions. Our accounting policy for defined benefit plans may subject earnings to volatility due to the recognition of actuarial gains and losses and amortization of liability savings, particularly those due to the change in the fair value of pension assets and interest rates. Funding requirements for our U.S. pension plans may become more significant. However, the ultimate amounts to be contributed are dependent upon, among other things, interest rates, underlying asset returns and the impact of legislative or regulatory changes related to pension funding obligations.

Risks associated with the disruption of operations could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

We manufacture a significant portion of the products we sell. Any prolonged disruption in our operations, whether due to technical or labor difficulties, lack of raw material or component availability, startup inefficiencies for new operations, disputes with strategic joint venture partners, destruction of or damage to any facility (as a result of natural disasters, fires and explosions, use and storage of hazardous materials or other events) or other reasons, could negatively impact our profitability and competitive position and adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

The inability to obtain raw materials and finished goods in a timely manner from suppliers would adversely affect our ability to manufacture and market our products.

We purchase raw materials to be used in manufacturing our products and also rely on third-party manufacturers as a source for finished goods. We typically do not enter into long-term contracts with our suppliers or sourcing partners. Instead, most raw materials and sourced goods are obtained on a “purchase order” basis. In addition, in some instances we maintain single-source or limited-source sourcing relationships, either because multiple sources are not available or the relationship is advantageous due to performance, quality, support, delivery, capacity or price considerations. Financial, operating or other difficulties encountered by our suppliers or sourcing partners or changes in our relationships with them could result in manufacturing or sourcing interruptions, delays and inefficiencies, and prevent us from manufacturing or obtaining the finished goods necessary to meet customer demand. If we are unable to meet customer demand, there could be an adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

We are dependent upon suppliers for a portion of raw materials used in the manufacturing of our products and new regulations related to conflict-free minerals could require us to incur significant additional expenses in connection with procuring these raw materials.

Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the SEC requires companies to disclose the use of certain minerals, known as ‘conflict minerals’, in their products. Companies that are subject to the rules must perform supply chain diligence and disclose whether or not such minerals originate from the Democratic Republic of Congo and adjoining countries. Assuming the rules remain effective, these new requirements will require on-going due diligence efforts, and annual disclosure requirements beginning in May 2014. There may be significant costs associated with complying with these disclosure requirements, including identifying the sources of any ‘conflict minerals’ that may be used in our products. In addition, the implementation of these rules could adversely affect the sourcing, supply and pricing of materials used in our products.

Future tax law changes or the interpretation of existing tax laws may materially impact our effective income tax rate, the resolution of unrecognized tax benefits and cash tax payments.

Our businesses are subject to income taxation in the U.S., as well as internationally. Due to the high U.S. federal budget deficit, it is possible that future income tax legislation may be enacted that could have a material adverse impact on our worldwide income tax provision. We are routinely audited by income tax authorities in many jurisdictions. Although we believe that the recorded tax estimates are reasonable and appropriate, there are significant uncertainties in these estimates. As a result, the ultimate outcome from any audit could be materially different from amounts reflected in our income tax provisions and accruals. Future settlements of income tax audits may have a material adverse effect on earnings between the period of initial recognition of tax estimates in our financial statements and the point of ultimate tax audit settlement.

Potential liabilities and costs from claims and litigation could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

We are, from time to time, involved in various claims, litigation matters and regulatory proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of our business and that could have an adverse effect on us. These matters may include contract disputes, intellectual property disputes, personal injury claims, warranty disputes, environmental claims or proceedings, other tort claims, employment and tax matters and other proceedings and litigation, including class actions. It is not possible to predict the outcome of pending or future litigation, and, as with any litigation, it is possible that some of the actions could be decided unfavorably and could have an adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

We maintain insurance against some, but not all, of these risks of loss resulting from claims and litigation. We may elect not to obtain insurance if we believe the cost of available insurance is excessive relative to the risks presented. The levels of insurance we maintain may not be adequate to fully cover any and all losses or liabilities. If any significant accident, judgment, claim or other event is not fully insured or indemnified against, it could have an adverse impact on our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

We are subject to product safety regulations, recalls and direct claims for product liability that can result in significant liability and, regardless of the ultimate outcome, can be costly to defend. As a result of the difficulty of controlling the quality of products or components sourced from other manufacturers, we are exposed to risks relating to the quality of such products and to limitations on our recourse against such suppliers. Increasingly, homebuilders, including our customers, are subject to construction defect and home warranty claims in the ordinary course of their business. Our contractual arrangements with these customers typically include the obligation to defend and indemnify them against liability for the performance of our products or services or the performance of other products that we install. These claims, often asserted several years after completion of construction, frequently result in lawsuits against the homebuilders and many of their subcontractors, including us, and require us to incur defense costs even when our products or services are not the principal basis for the claims.

An impairment in the carrying value of goodwill or other acquired intangible assets could negatively affect our results of operations and financial condition.

The carrying value of goodwill represents the fair value of acquired businesses in excess of identifiable assets and liabilities as of the acquisition date. The carrying value of other intangible assets represents the fair value of trademarks, tradenames and other acquired intangible assets as of the acquisition date. Goodwill and other acquired intangible assets expected to contribute indefinitely

to our cash flows are not amortized, but must be evaluated for impairment by our management at least annually. If the carrying value exceeds the implied fair value of goodwill, the goodwill is considered impaired and is reduced to fair value via a non-cash charge to earnings. If the carrying value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset is greater than its fair value, the intangible asset is considered impaired and is reduced to fair value via a non-cash charge to earnings. Events and/or circumstances that could have a potential negative effect on the estimated fair value of our reporting units and indefinite-lived tradenames include: actual new construction and repair and remodel growth rates that lag our assumptions, actions of key customers, volatility of discount rates, continued economic uncertainty, higher levels of unemployment, weak consumer confidence, and lower levels of discretionary consumer spending. If the value of goodwill or other acquired intangible assets is impaired, our results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.

We may experience delays or outages in our information technology system and computer networks.

We, like most companies, may be subject to information technology system failures and network disruptions. These may be caused by delays or disruptions due to system updates, natural disasters, malicious attacks, accidents, power disruptions, telecommunications failures, acts of terrorism or war, computer viruses, physical or electronic break-ins, or similar events or disruptions. Our businesses may implement enterprise resource planning systems or add applications to replace outdated systems and to operate more efficiently. Predictions regarding benefits resulting from the implementation of these projects are subject to uncertainties. We may not be able to successfully implement the projects without experiencing difficulties. In addition, any expected benefits of implementing projects might not be realized or the costs of implementation might outweigh the benefits realized.

We may be subject to breaches of our information technology systems, which could damage our reputation and consumer relationships. Such breaches could subject us to significant reputational, financial, legal, and operational consequences.

Information security risks have generally increased in recent years because of the proliferation of new technologies and the increased sophistication and activities of perpetrators of cyber-attacks. In particular, the Security & Storage business is increasingly utilizing digital elements that allow third parties to use and store personally identifiable information and other information pertaining to their customers and their employees and businesses through online services operated by Master Lock. Such information may include names, passwords, addresses, phone numbers, access to facilities, email addresses, contact preferences, tax identification numbers and payment account information. We devote appropriate resources to network security, data encryption, and other security measures to protect our systems and data, but these security measures cannot provide absolute security. In the event of a breach, we would be exposed to a risk of loss or litigation and possible liability, which could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flows, and financial condition.

We are subject to credit risk on our accounts receivable.

Our outstanding trade receivables are generally not covered by collateral or credit insurance. While we have procedures to monitor and limit exposure to credit risk on our trade and non-trade receivables, there can be no assurance that such procedures will effectively limit our credit risk and avoid losses, which could have an adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition. In addition, it is possible that weak economic conditions may cause significantly higher levels of customer defaults and bad debt expense in future periods than is contemplated by our current allowances for doubtful accounts.

There can be no assurance that we will have access to the capital markets on terms acceptable to us.

From time to time we may need to access the long-term and short-term capital markets to obtain financing. Although we believe that the sources of capital currently in place permit us to finance our operations for the foreseeable future on acceptable terms and conditions, our access to, and the availability of, financing on acceptable terms and conditions in the future will be impacted by many factors, including, but not limited to: (i) our financial performance, (ii) our credit ratings or absence of a credit rating, (iii) the liquidity of the overall capital markets and (iv) the state of the economy, including the U.S. housing market. There can be no assurance that we will have access to the capital markets on terms acceptable to us. In addition, a prolonged global economic downturn may also adversely impact our access to long-term capital markets, result in increased interest rates on our corporate debt, and weaken operating cash flow and liquidity. Decreased cash flow and liquidity could potentially adversely impact our ability to pay dividends, fund acquisitions and repurchase shares in the future.

Provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws and of Delaware law may prevent or delay an acquisition of us, even if that change may be considered beneficial by some of our stockholders.

The existence of some provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our amended and restated bylaws and Delaware law may discourage a future takeover attempt not approved by our Board of Directors but which some stockholders may deem to be in their best interests or in which stockholders may receive a substantial premium for their shares over then current market prices. These provisions include but are not limited to a classified board of directors with three-year staggered terms, the right of our Board of Directors to issue preferred stock without stockholder approval, no stockholder ability to fill director vacancies, elimination of the rights of our stockholders to act by written consent and call special stockholder meetings, super-majority vote requirements for certain amendments to our certificate of incorporation and stockholder proposals for amendments to our bylaws, prohibition against stockholders from removing directors other than “for cause” and rules regarding how stockholders may present proposals or nominate directors for election at stockholder meetings.

In addition, we are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which may have an anti-takeover effect with respect to transactions not approved in advance by our Board of Directors, including discouraging takeover attempts that might result in a premium over the market price for shares of our common stock.

We believe these provisions protect our stockholders from coercive or otherwise unfair takeover tactics by requiring potential acquirers to negotiate with our Board of Directors and by providing our Board of Directors with more time to assess any acquisition proposal. However, these provisions apply even if the offer may be considered beneficial by some stockholders and could delay or prevent an acquisition that our Board of Directors determines is not in our best interests or the best interests of our stockholders.

We may be limited in our ability to pay dividends on our stock.

Although we established a dividend program in 2013, we cannot provide assurance that we will declare or pay such dividends in the future at the same rate or at all. All decisions regarding our payment of dividends will be made by our Board of Directors from time to time in accordance with applicable law. There can be no assurance that we will have sufficient surplus under Delaware law to be able to pay any dividends. This may result from extraordinary cash expenses, actual expenses exceeding contemplated costs, funding of capital expenditures or increases in reserves. If we do not

pay dividends, the price of our common stock must appreciate for stockholders to receive a gain on their investment. This appreciation may not occur. Further, stockholders may have to sell some or all of their shares of our common stock in order to generate cash flow from their investment.

Risks Relating to the Separation

We must abide by certain restrictions to preserve the tax treatment of the distribution of our common stock by our Former Parent and we must indemnify our Former Parent for taxes resulting from certain actions if they were to cause the Distribution (as defined below) to fail to qualify as a tax-free transaction.

Our Former Parent has received a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) that, based on certain representations and qualifications, the distribution of all the shares of our common stock owned by our Former Parent to stockholders of our Former Parent as of September 20, 2011 (the “Distribution”) was tax-free to our Former Parent’s stockholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes (except for cash received in lieu of fractional shares of our stock). These representations include satisfaction of certain requirements that must be met in order for the distribution to qualify for tax-free treatment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and state law. In addition to obtaining the private letter ruling, our Former Parent has received an opinion from a law firm confirming the tax-free status of the Distribution for U.S. federal income tax purposes, including confirming the satisfaction of the requirements under Section 355 of the Code not specifically addressed in the IRS private letter ruling. Notwithstanding the private letter ruling and the opinion, the IRS could determine on audit that the Distribution or the internal transactions should be treated as taxable transactions if it determines that any of these facts, assumptions, representations or undertakings is not correct or has been violated, or that the Distribution or the internal transactions should be taxable for other reasons, including as a result of a significant change in stock or asset ownership after the Distribution. Under the terms of the Tax Allocation Agreement we entered into in connection with the Distribution, in the event that the Distribution or the internal transactions were determined to be taxable and such determination was the result of actions taken after the Distribution by us, any of our affiliates or our stockholders, we would be responsible for all taxes imposed on our Former Parent as a result thereof. Such tax amounts could be significant.

Our historical financial information for periods prior to the Separation is not necessarily representative of the results we would have achieved as an independent, publicly-traded company.

The historical financial information we have included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for periods prior to the Separation may not reflect what our results of operations, financial position and cash flows would have been had we been an independent, publicly-traded company during the periods presented before the Separation.

The indemnification arrangements we entered into with our Former Parent in connection with the Separation may require us to divert cash to satisfy indemnification obligations to our Former Parent and may not be sufficient to cover the full amount of losses for which our Former Parent indemnifies us.

Pursuant to the Separation and Distribution Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement and certain other agreements, our Former Parent agreed to indemnify us from certain liabilities and we agreed to indemnify our Former Parent from certain liabilities. Indemnities that we may be required to provide our Former Parent may be significant and could negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

A court could deem the Distribution to be a fraudulent conveyance and void the transaction or impose substantial liabilities upon us.

A court could deem the Distribution or certain internal restructuring transactions undertaken by our Former Parent in connection with the Separation to be a fraudulent conveyance or transfer. Fraudulent conveyances or transfers are defined to include transfers made or obligations incurred with the actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud current or future creditors or transfers made or obligations incurred for less than reasonably equivalent value when the debtor was insolvent, or that rendered the debtor insolvent, inadequately capitalized or unable to pay its debts as they become due. A court could void the transactions or impose substantial liabilities upon us, which could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition. Among other things, the court could require our stockholders to return to our Former Parent, for the benefit of its creditors, some or all of the shares of our common stock issued in the Distribution, or require us to fund liabilities of other companies involved in the restructuring transaction. Whether a transaction is a fraudulent conveyance or transfer under applicable state law may vary depending upon the jurisdiction whose law is being applied.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.

None.

Item 2. Properties.

Our principal executive office is located at 520 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield, Illinois 60015. We operate 30 U.S. manufacturing facilities in 14 states and have 12 in international locations (7 in Mexico, 3 in Asia and 2 in Canada). In addition, we have 24 distribution centers and warehouses worldwide, of which 22 are leased. The following table provides additional information with respect to these properties.


	Manufacturing Facilities						Distribution Centers and Warehouses
Segment	Owned		Leased		Total		Owned		Leased		Total
Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry		16		5		21		1		3		4
Plumbing & Accessories		3		2		5		1		7		8
Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems		9		3		12		—		4		4
Security & Storage		4		—		4		—		8		8
Totals		32		10		42		2		22		24

We are of the opinion that the properties are suitable to our respective businesses and have production capacities adequate to meet the current needs of our businesses.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings.

We are defendants in lawsuits associated with the normal conduct of our businesses and operations. It is not possible to predict the outcome of the pending actions and, as with any litigation, it is possible that some of these actions could be decided unfavorably to us. We believe that there are meritorious defenses to these actions and that these actions will not have a material adverse effect upon our results of operations, cash flows or financial condition, and, where appropriate, these actions are being vigorously contested.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

Executive Officers of the Registrant.



Name	Age		Position
Christopher J. Klein		50	Chief Executive Officer
E. Lee Wyatt, Jr.		61	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Terrence P. Horan		49	President and Chief Executive Officer, Fortune Brands Storage & Security LLC
David B. Lingafelter		49	President, Moen Incorporated
David M. Randich		52	President, MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc.
Mark Savan		49	President, Fortune Brands Windows & Doors, Inc.
Robert K. Biggart		59	Senior Vice President — General Counsel and Secretary
Charles E. Elias, Jr.		49	Senior Vice President — Strategy and Corporate Development
Elizabeth R. Lane		47	Senior Vice President — Human Resources
Edward A. Wiertel		44	Senior Vice President — Finance

Christopher J. Klein has served as Chief Executive Officer of Home & Security since January 2010. From April 2009 to December 2009, Mr. Klein served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Home & Security. From February 2009 through April 2009, Mr. Klein served as Senior Vice President of Fortune Brands, Inc. and, from April 2003 to February 2009, Mr. Klein served as Senior Vice President — Strategy & Corporate Development of Fortune Brands, Inc.

E. Lee Wyatt, Jr. has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Home & Security since July 2011. Mr. Wyatt served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Hanesbrands Inc., a global consumer goods company, from September 2006 to June 2011.

Terrence P. Horan has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Fortune Brands Storage & Security LLC, a subsidiary of Home & Security, since July 2013. From April 2005 through January 2013, Mr. Horan worked at Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, a power and tool accessory manufacturer, where he served as President of Rotary Tools from April 2005 to March 2011 and served as President and CEO- North American Operations from March 2011 to June 2013.

David B. Lingafelter has served as President of Moen Incorporated, a subsidiary of Home & Security, since October 2007.

David M. Randich has served as President of MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc., a subsidiary of Home & Security, since October 2012. From November 2007 to October 2012, Mr. Randich served as President of Therma-Tru Corp., a subsidiary of Home & Security.

Mark Savan has served as President, Fortune Brands Windows & Doors, Inc., a subsidiary of Home & Security, since January 2013. Mr. Savan also served as President of Therma-Tru Corp. since October 2012 and President of Fortune Brands Windows, Inc. since October 2006.

Robert K. Biggart has served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Home & Security since December 2013. From March 2005 through December 2013, Mr. Biggart served as Senior Vice President — General Counsel of PepsiCo Americas Beverages, a business division of PepsiCo, Inc., a global food and beverage company.

Charles E. Elias, Jr. has served as Senior Vice President — Strategy and Corporate Development of Home & Security since January 2013. From August 2011 through November 2012, Mr. Elias served as Senior Vice President- Retail Operations of Supervalu Inc., a grocery and pharmacy company. From August 2010 through August 2011, Mr. Elias served as Senior Vice President Strategic Planning

and Business Transformation of Supervalu Inc. From January 2010 to August 2010, Mr. Elias served as Group Vice President — Strategic Planning of Supervalu Inc. From January 2007 through January 2010, Mr. Elias served as Managing Director, Portfolio Operations of Ridgeview Capital LLC, an investment banking firm.

Elizabeth R. Lane has served as Senior Vice President — Human Resources of Home & Security since October 2011. Ms. Lane served as Vice President — Human Resources of Fortune Brands, Inc. from January 2009 to September 2011.

Edward A. Wiertel has served as Senior Vice President — Finance for Home & Security since October 2011. Mr. Wiertel served as Vice President and Corporate Controller of Fortune Brands, Inc. from April 2007 to September 2011.

PART II

Item 5.

Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Market Information, Dividends and Holders of Record

Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the ticker symbol “FBHS”. The following table presents the high and low prices for our common stock as reported on the NYSE.



	2013				2012
	High		Low		High		Low
First Quarter	$	38.16	$	29.91	$	22.32	$	16.72
Second Quarter		44.04		33.20		24.11		19.27
Third Quarter		43.69		35.80		29.12		20.20
Fourth Quarter		46.08		37.75		30.50		26.32

In the second quarter of 2013, our Board of Directors declared our first dividend since becoming a publicly-traded company in October 2011, declaring a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share of our common stock. In December 2013, our Board of Directors increased the quarterly cash dividend by 20% to $0.12 per share of our common stock. We currently expect to pay quarterly cash dividends in the future, but such payments are dependent upon our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements and other factors, including those set forth under “Item 1A. Risk Factors.”

On February 7, 2014, there were 14,056 record holders of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share.

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

On July 25, 2012, our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program that authorizes the Company to repurchase up to $150,000,000 of shares of our outstanding common stock over the three years ending July 25, 2015. On February 25, 2014, our Board of Directors approved a second repurchase program that authorizes the Company to repurchase up to $150,000,000 of shares of our outstanding common stock over the two years ending February 25, 2016. The share repurchase programs do not obligate the Company to repurchase any specific dollar amount or number of shares and may be suspended or discontinued at any time.

Below are the repurchases of common stock by the Company or any “affiliated purchaser” (as defined in Rule 10b-18(a)(3) under the Exchange Act) for the three months ended December 31, 2013:



Three Months Ended December 31, 2013	Total number of shares purchased^(a)(b)		Average price paid per share		Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs^(a)		Approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs^(a)
October 1 – October 31		—	$	—		—	$	98,131,405
November 1 – November 30		—		—		—		98,131,405
December 1 – December 31		209,053		43.27		207,000		89,171,858
Total		209,053	$	43.27		207,000		—

^(a)

The Company purchased 207,000 shares between December 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013 pursuant to the Company’s share repurchase program approved by the Company’s Board of Directors on July 25, 2012 and publicly announced through the filing of a Current Report on Form 8-K on July 26, 2012. The share repurchase program authorizes the Company to repurchase up to $150,000,000 of shares of our outstanding common stock from July 25, 2012 to July 25, 2015.

^(b)

The Company purchased 2,053 shares between December 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013 from the Company’s employees in connection with the exercise of stock options issued under the Company’s long-term incentive plans. The employees sold these shares to the Company in payment of the exercise price of the options exercised.

Stock Performance

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The above graph compares the relative performance of our common stock, the S&P Midcap 400 Index and a Peer Group Index. This graph covers the period from September 16, 2011 (the first day our common stock began “when-issued” trading on the NYSE) through December 31, 2013. This graph assumes $100 was invested in the stock or the index on September 16, 2011 and also assumes the reinvestment of dividends. The foregoing performance graph is being furnished as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K solely in accordance with the requirement under Rule 14a-3(b)(9) to furnish our stockholders with such information, and therefore, shall not be deemed to be filed or incorporated by reference into any filings by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Peer Group Index The Peer Group is composed of the following publicly traded companies corresponding to the Company’s core businesses:

Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Fastenal Company, Leggett & Platt Incorporated, Lennox International Inc., Masco Corporation, Mohawk Industries, Inc., Newell Rubbermaid Inc., The Sherwin-Williams Company, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., USG Corporation, and The Valspar Corporation.

Calculation of Peer Group Index

The weighted-average total return of the entire Peer Group, for the period of September 16, 2011 (the first day of “when-issued” trading on the NYSE of Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. common stock) through December 31, 2013, is calculated in the following manner:

(1)

the total return of each Peer Group member is calculated by dividing the change in market value of a share of its common stock during the period, assuming reinvestment of any dividends, by the value of a share of its common stock at the beginning of the period; and

(2)

each Peer Group member’s total return is then weighted within the index based on its market capitalization as of December 31, 2010 (due to the fact that accurate market capitalization data is not available as of September 16, 2011, the date of the beginning of the period), relative to the market capitalization of the entire index, and the sum of such weighted returns results in a weighted-average total return for the entire Peer Group Index.

Item 6. Selected Financial Data.

Five-year Consolidated Selected Financial Data



	Years Ended December 31,

(In millions, except per share amounts)	2013			2012			2011			2010			2009
Income statement data
Net sales	$	4,157.4		$	3,591.1		$	3,328.6		$	3,233.5		$	3,006.8
Cost of products sold^(a)		2,718.6			2,421.1			2,332.1			2,177.1			2,101.7
Selling, general and administrative expenses^(a)		1,043.1			976.9			900.6			834.3			813.1
Amortization of intangible assets		13.2			11.1			14.4			15.7			16.1
Restructuring charges		4.2			4.5			4.7			8.0			21.8
Business separation costs		—			—			2.4			—			—
Asset impairment charges		21.2			15.8			90.0			—			—
Operating income (loss)		357.1			161.7			(15.6	)		198.4			54.1
Related party interest expense, net		—			—			23.2			116.0			84.9
External interest expense		7.2			8.7			3.2			0.3			0.3
Net income (loss) attributable to Home & Security		229.7			118.7			(35.6	)		63.8			(39.0	)
Basic earnings (loss) per share		1.39			0.74			(0.23	)		0.41			(0.25	)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share		1.34			0.71			(0.23	)		0.41			(0.25	)

Other data
Depreciation and amortization	$	90.4		$	101.3		$	111.5		$	111.6		$	131.1
Cash flow provided by operating activities		297.8			282.8			175.4			138.9			269.3
Capital expenditures		(96.7	)		(75.0	)		(68.5	)		(58.3	)		(43.3	)
Proceeds from the disposition of assets		2.2			13.5			3.5			2.6			11.3
Dividends declared per common share		0.42			—			—			—			—
Dividends paid per common share to Former Parent		—			—			3.54			—			—

Balance sheet data
Total assets	$	4,178.1		$	3,873.9		$	3,637.9		$	4,257.6		$	4,190.0
Third party long-term debt		350.0			297.5			389.3			16.8			23.9
Total invested capital^(b)		3,009.2			2,710.2			2,535.2			2,605.5			2,566.0
Short-term loans to Former Parent (included in total assets above)^(c)		—			—			—			571.7			523.4
Long-term loans from Former Parent^(c)		—			—			—			3,214.0			3,224.9

^(a)	The Company’s defined benefit expense included pre-tax actuarial (losses) gains in each of the last five years as follows:



	2013			2012			2011			2010		2009
Pre-tax actuarial (losses) gains	$	(5.2	)	$	(42.2	)	$	(80.0	)	$	3.5	$	5.2
Portion in cost of products sold		(2.7	)		(14.2	)		(41.0	)		2.5		2.8
Portion in selling, general and administrative expenses		(2.5	)		(28.0	)		(39.0	)		1.0		2.4

^(b)	Total invested capital consists of equity and short-term and long-term debt, including loans payable to our Former Parent, net of loans receivable from our Former Parent.

^(c)	In 2011, our Former Parent made equity contributions totaling $2.7 billion to the Company, capitalizing all loan balances with our Former Parent.

Item 7.

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

Introduction

This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) is a supplement to the accompanying consolidated financial statements and provides additional information on our business, recent developments, financial condition, liquidity and capital resources, cash flows and results of operations. MD&A is organized as follows:

Overview: This section provides a general description of our business, and a discussion of management’s general outlook about market demand, our competitive position and product innovation, as well as recent developments we believe are important in understanding our results of operations and financial condition or in understanding anticipated future trends.

>	Separation from our Former Parent: This section provides a general discussion of our Separation from our Former Parent.

>	Basis of Presentation: This section provides a discussion of the basis on which our consolidated financial statements were prepared, including our historical results of operations and adjustments thereto, primarily related to allocations of general corporate expenses from our Former Parent.

>	Results of Operations: This section provides an analysis of our results of operations for each of the three years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011.

Liquidity and Capital Resources: This section provides a discussion of our financial condition and an analysis of our cash flows for each of the three years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011. This section also provides a discussion of our contractual obligations, other purchase commitments and customer credit risk that existed at December 31, 2013, as well as a discussion of our ability to fund our future commitments and ongoing operating activities through internal and external sources of capital.

>	Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates: This section identifies and summarizes those accounting policies that significantly impact our reported results of operations and financial condition and require significant judgment or estimates on the part of management in their application.

Overview

The Company is a leader in home and security products focused on the design, manufacture and sale of market-leading branded products in the following categories: kitchen and bath cabinetry, plumbing and accessories, advanced material window products and entry door systems, and security and storage products.

For the year ended December 31, 2013, net sales based on country of destination were:



(In millions)
United States	$	3,479.4	84	%
Canada		418.1	10
China and other international		259.9	6
Total	$	4,157.4	100	%

We believe the Company has certain competitive advantages including market-leading brands, a diversified mix of customer channels, and lean and flexible supply chains, as well as a tradition of strong innovation and customer service. We are focused on outperforming our markets in growth,

profitability and returns in order to drive increased shareholder value. We believe the Company’s track record reflects the long-term attractiveness and potential of our categories and our leading brands. As consumer demand and the housing market improve from current levels, we expect the benefits of operating leverage and strategic spending will help us to continue to achieve profitable organic growth.

We believe our most attractive opportunities are to invest in profitable organic growth initiatives. We also believe that as the market recovers, we have the potential to generate additional growth from leveraging our cash flows and balance sheet strength by pursuing accretive strategic acquisitions and returning cash to shareholders through a combination of dividends and repurchases under our share repurchase programs as explained in further detail under “Liquidity and Capital Resources” below.

The U.S. market for our home products consists of spending on both new home construction and repair and remodel activities within existing homes, with the substantial majority of the markets we serve consisting of repair and remodel spending. We believe that the U.S. market for our home products is in the early stages of a multi-year recovery and that a continued recovery will largely depend on consumer confidence, employment, home prices and credit availability. Over the long term, we believe that the U.S. home products market will benefit from favorable population and immigration trends, which will drive demand for new housing units, and from aging existing housing stock that will continue to need to be repaired and remodeled.

We may be impacted by fluctuations in raw material and transportation costs and promotional activity among our competitors. We strive to offset the potential unfavorable impact of these items with productivity initiatives and price increases.

During the past two years ended December 31, 2013, the Company’s net sales have grown at a compounded annual rate of approximately 12% as we benefited from an improving U.S. home products market, share gains, growth in international locations and acquisitions. Operating income has improved from a loss of $15.6 million in 2011 to income of $357.1 million in 2013. Growth in operating income has occurred primarily due to higher sale volumes, a focus on channeling available capacity toward our most profitable sales opportunities, controlling and leveraging our operating expenses, the benefits of productivity improvement programs, and reduced restructuring and impairment charges.

During 2013, the U.S. home products market grew due to both the expansion of both new home construction and repair and remodel activities. We believe new housing construction grew in the high teens (%) in 2013 compared to 2012 and spending for home repair and remodeling increased approximately 5% to 6%. We experienced strengthening in larger ticket repair and remodel activities, which had previously been lagging the overall market, and are particularly impactful to our cabinet and window products. In 2013, operating income increased on the benefit of higher volume from our growth initiatives, improving U.S. home products market conditions and productivity improvements, as well as the benefit of the acquisition of WoodCrafters Home Products Holding, LLC (“WoodCrafters”).

In June 2013, our Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry business acquired WoodCrafters, a manufacturer of bathroom vanities and tops, for a purchase price of approximately $302 million, subject to certain post-closing adjustments. We paid the purchase price using a combination of cash on hand and borrowings under our existing credit facilities. The financial results of WoodCrafters are included in the Company’s results of operations and cash flows beginning in the third quarter of 2013. This acquisition greatly expanded our offering of bathroom cabinetry products.

During 2012, the market for our products improved over 2011. We believe new housing construction grew over 20% and spending for home repair and remodeling increased approximately 4% to 5%. We

introduced new product innovations, expanded into adjacent markets and refined our supply chain. In 2012, operating income increased on higher sales volume, productivity improvements, lower recognition of defined benefit plan actuarial losses and lower asset impairment charges.

Separation from Our Former Parent

On September 27, 2011, the board of directors of our Former Parent approved the Separation. The distribution of Home & Security common stock was made on October 3, 2011, with our Former Parent stockholders receiving one share of Home & Security common stock for each share of Former Parent common stock held on September 20, 2011. Following the Separation, our Former Parent changed its name to Beam Inc. and retained no ownership interest in Home & Security. On October 4, 2011, our common stock began trading “regular-way” on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “FBHS”.

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K have been derived from the accounts of the Company and its majority-owned subsidiaries. Prior to the Separation, the Company was a wholly-owned subsidiary of our Former Parent. Our financial statements from periods prior to the Separation were derived from the historical results of operations and the historical basis of assets and liabilities and include allocations of certain corporate expenses of our Former Parent incurred directly by our Former Parent totaling $23.4 million in the first nine months of 2011. These allocated expenses include costs associated with legal, finance, treasury, accounting, internal audit and general management services and are included in “Corporate” in the accompanying segment information. Management believes that the assumptions and methodologies underlying the allocation of these general corporate expenses are reasonable. However, such expenses may not be indicative of the actual level of expense that would have been incurred by the Company if it had operated as an independent company during such period. The consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for periods prior to the Separation may not necessarily reflect what the Company’s results of operations, financial condition and cash flows would have been had the Company been a stand-alone company during such pre-Separation periods.

Results of Operations

The following discussion of both consolidated results of operations and segment results of operations refers to the year ended December 31, 2013 compared to the year ended December 31, 2012, and the year ended December 31, 2012 compared to the year ended December 31, 2011. The discussion of consolidated results of operations should be read in conjunction with the discussion of segment results of operations and our financial statements and notes thereto included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Years Ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011


(In millions)	2013			% change			2012			% change			2011
Net Sales:
Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry	$	1,642.2			23.8	%	$	1,326.6			5.6	%	$	1,256.3
Plumbing & Accessories		1,287.0			16.9			1,100.7			14.3			962.8
Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems		657.8			12.0			587.2			6.2			552.9
Security & Storage		570.4			(1.1	)		576.6			3.6			556.6
Total Home & Security	$	4,157.4			15.8	%	$	3,591.1			7.9	%	$	3,328.6
Operating Income (Loss):
Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry	$	97.1			373.7	%	$	20.5			259.6	%	$	5.7
Plumbing & Accessories		228.3			34.9			169.2			22.6			138.0
Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems		14.4			1540.0			(1.0	)		99.0			(101.2	)
Security & Storage		90.4			19.9			75.4			20.4			62.6
Corporate^(a)		(73.1	)		28.6			(102.4	)		15.2			(120.7	)
Total Home & Security	$	357.1			120.8	%	$	161.7			1136.5	%	$	(15.6	)

^(a)

Corporate expenses include the components of defined benefit plan expense other than service cost which totaled (income) expense of $(4.9) million, $38.7 million and $74.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. There are no amounts that represent the elimination or reversal of transactions between reportable segments. Corporate expenses in 2011 prior to the Separation also include allocations of certain Former Parent general corporate expenses incurred directly by our Former Parent. These allocated expenses include costs associated with legal, finance, treasury, accounting, internal audit and general management services.

Certain items had a significant impact on our results in 2013, 2012 and 2011. These included the WoodCrafters acquisition, asset impairment charges, defined benefit plan recognition of actuarial losses and gains, restructuring and other charges and the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

In 2013, financial results included:

>	the impact of the WoodCrafters acquisition, which added approximately $115 million of net sales,

>	asset impairment charges in our Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry segment of $21.2 million ($13.8 after tax) associated with the abandonment of certain internal use software,

defined benefit plan recognition of actuarial losses, recorded in the Corporate segment, of $5.2 million ($3.3 million after tax) compared to $42.2 million ($26.2 million after tax) in 2012. This change was primarily due to a higher than expected increase in pension plan assets and higher discount rates in 2013, as well as lower postretirement liabilities due to plan amendments to reduce health benefits. The 2012 actuarial loss was principally due to both decreasing discount rates and actual returns on plan assets that were lower than our expected return,

>	restructuring and other charges of $5.1 million before tax ($3.6 million), primarily associated with supply chain initiatives and

the impact of foreign exchange, which had an unfavorable impact compared to 2012, of approximately $7 million on net sales and approximately $1 million on operating income and net income. The effects of foreign exchange on the Company’s results are principally associated with movements in the Canadian dollar.

In 2012, financial results included:

defined benefit plan recognition of actuarial losses, recorded in the Corporate segment, of $42.2 million ($26.2 million after tax) compared to losses of $80.0 million ($49.9 million after tax) in 2011, primarily due to a decrease in the discount rate used to value our pension and other postretirement obligations,

asset impairment charges of $15.8 million ($9.7 million after tax) associated with the tradenames in the Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems segment ($9.9 million before tax) and the Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry segment ($5.9 million before tax). These charges were primarily the result of an increase in our market-participant cost of capital discount rates. One tradename in the Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry segment was also impacted by reduced revenue growth expectations for high-end discretionary cabinet purchases developed during our annual planning process that was completed in the fourth quarter in 2012,

>	restructuring and other charges of $10.0 million before tax ($6.6 million after tax), primarily associated with cabinet manufacturing facility closures and

the impact of foreign exchange, which had an unfavorable impact compared to 2011, of approximately $5 million on both net sales and operating income and approximately $3 million on net income. The effects of foreign exchange on the Company’s results are principally associated with movements in the Canadian dollar and the Euro.

In 2011, financial results included:

defined benefit plan recognition of actuarial losses, recorded in the Corporate segment, of $80.0 million ($49.9 million after tax) compared to gains of $3.5 million ($2.2 million after tax) in 2010, primarily due to a decrease in the discount rate as well as a lower than expected rate of return on pension plan assets,

asset impairment charges of $90.0 million before tax ($55.3 million after tax) associated with the tradenames in the Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems segment, primarily as the result of reduced revenue growth and profit margin expectations associated with our Simonton tradename. Our revenue and profit margin expectations were lowered based upon the results of our annual planning process that was completed in the fourth quarter of 2011 and included consideration of our actual fourth quarter 2011 results, including lower 2011 sales due to the expiration of U.S. tax incentives for purchases of energy-efficient home products, as well as our projection of the recovery of the U.S. home products market,

>	restructuring and other charges of $20.0 million before tax ($12.5 million after tax) associated with cabinet and window manufacturing facility closures,

>	business separation costs of $2.4 million and

the impact of foreign exchange, which had a favorable impact compared to 2010, of approximately $20 million on net sales, approximately $5 million on operating income and approximately $1 million on net income. The effects of foreign exchange on the Company’s results are principally associated with movements in the Canadian dollar.

2013 Compared to 2012

Total Home & Security

Net Sales

Net sales increased $566.3 million, or 16%. The increase was due to higher sales volume, primarily from improved U.S. market conditions for home products, and new product introductions, as well as a benefit of approximately $115 million from the acquisition of WoodCrafters. Net sales also benefited from price increases that helped mitigate raw material cost increases.

Cost of products sold

Cost of products sold increased $297.5 million, or 12%, due to higher sales volume and the impact of the WoodCrafters acquisition, partially offset by the benefit of productivity improvements, including cost savings from previously announced restructuring actions. Cost of products sold also benefited from lower expense from actuarial losses related to defined benefit plans ($2.7 million in 2013 compared to $14.2 million in 2012).

Selling, general and administrative expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $66.2 million, or 7%, due to higher volume-related expenses and planned increases in strategic spending to support growth initiatives that included approximately $16 million of higher advertising spending. Administrative expenses also increased due to higher consulting expenses and acquisition-related transaction expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses benefited from lower expense from actuarial losses related to defined benefit plans ($2.5 million in 2013 compared to $28.0 million in 2012).

Amortization of intangible assets

Amortization of intangible assets increased $2.1 million due to $2.9 million of amortization of identifiable intangible assets associated with the WoodCrafters acquisition, partially offset by the absence of expense for an identifiable intangible asset that was fully amortized in the second quarter of 2012.

Restructuring charges

Restructuring charges of $4.2 million and $4.5 million in 2013 and 2012, respectively, were related to supply chain initiatives.

Asset impairment charges

At the end of the third quarter of 2013, our Kitchen and Bath Cabinetry segment completed an evaluation of its information technology strategy. The evaluation considered opportunities arising from the improving U.S. home market conditions. As a result of this evaluation, the segment abandoned certain software developed for internal use in order to redirect financial resources toward developing more flexible systems that provide industry leading content for consumers and more advanced tools for designers to deliver a superior purchasing experience for their customers. The abandonment of this internal use software resulted in a pre-tax impairment charge of $21.2 million, which was recorded in operating income and reduced property, plant and equipment, and will not materially impact current or future cash flow or future operating income.

Operating income (loss)

Operating income increased $195.4 million, or 121%, primarily due to higher sales volume from our growth initiatives and improving U.S. home products market conditions, as well as the acquisition of WoodCrafters. In addition, the following items had a significant impact on operating income trends:



(In millions)	2013		2012		Increase/(decrease) In operating income
Defined benefit plan actuarial losses	$	5.2	$	42.2	$	37.0
Asset impairment charges		21.2		15.8		(5.4	)
Restructuring and other charges		5.1		10.0		4.9

Interest expense

Interest expense decreased $1.5 million due to lower average interest rates and external borrowings.

Other expense (income), net

Other expense (income), net, was expense of $5.0 million in 2013, compared to income of $1.0 million in 2012. The change of $6.0 million was primarily due to a second quarter 2013 impairment charge of $6.2 million pertaining to a cost method investment.

Income taxes

The effective income tax rates for 2013 and 2012 were 33.1% and 22.3%, respectively. The effective income tax rate for 2013 was unfavorably impacted by an increase in the valuation allowance related to an impairment charge of a cost method investment for which we cannot presently record an income tax benefit. The effective income tax rate in 2013 was favorably impacted by $3.0 million of deferred tax benefits associated with the enacted repeal of the Mexican Business Flat Tax, under the 2014 Mexican Tax Reform Package and the extension of the U.S. research and development credit under The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. The effective income tax rate was also favorably impacted by an increased benefit attributable to domestic production activities. The effective income tax rate in 2012 was favorably impacted by a tax benefit related to the final settlement of a U.S. federal income tax audit covering the 2008 to 2009 years and a decrease in valuation allowance due to certain reorganization actions among our foreign subsidiaries. The effective income tax rate in 2012 was unfavorably impacted by an income tax expense on foreign dividends.

Net income (loss) attributable to Home & Security

Net income attributable to Home & Security was $229.7 million in 2013 compared to $118.7 million in 2012. The increase of $111.0 million was primarily due to higher operating income, partially offset by the impact of the higher effective income tax rate and an increase in other expense (income), net.

Results By Segment

Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry

Net sales increased $315.6 million, or 24%, due to higher sales volume, primarily from improved U.S. market conditions in both new construction and repair and remodel activity, and new product introductions. Net sales also benefited from the acquisition of WoodCrafters (approximately $115 million), price increases that helped mitigate raw material cost increases and improving product mix from repair and remodel growth.

Operating income increased $76.6 million to $97.1 million due to higher sales volume. Operating income benefited from productivity improvements, including cost savings from previously announced restructuring actions, improving product mix from repair and remodel growth, reduced promotional costs and price increases, as well as the impact of the acquisition of WoodCrafters. Restructuring and other charges decreased by $11.3 million due to the absence in 2013 of the 2012 restructuring action to close our Martinsville, Virginia cabinet manufacturing facility. Operating income was unfavorably impacted by an asset impairment charge of $21.2 million (compared to $5.9 million in 2012), increased costs for raw materials (wood-related), capacity ramp-up costs and higher compensation expense.

At the end of the third quarter of 2013, the Kitchen and Bath Cabinetry segment completed an evaluation of its information technology strategy. The evaluation considered opportunities arising from improving U.S. home market conditions. As a result of this evaluation, the segment abandoned certain software developed for internal use in order to redirect financial resources toward developing more flexible systems that provided industry leading content for consumers and more advanced tools for designers to deliver a superior purchasing experience for their customers. The abandonment of this internal use software resulted in a pre-tax impairment charge of $21.2 million, which was recorded in operating income and reduced property, plant and equipment, and will not materially impact current or future cash flow or future operating income.

Plumbing & Accessories

Net sales increased $186.3 million, or 17%, due to higher sales volume in the U.S. driven primarily by higher new construction housing starts and improving repair and remodel market conditions, and new product introductions, as well as approximately $37 million of higher international sales, primarily in China where we expanded our distributor-owned network and our direct-to-builder effort and improved performance of the existing Moen stores. Net sales also benefited from price increases that helped mitigate raw material cost increases.

Operating income increased $59.1 million, or 35%, due to higher sales volume. The impact of productivity improvements was partially offset by approximately $14 million of higher planned spending on advertising and brand support.

Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems

Net sales increased $70.6 million, or 12%. Net sales of door systems grew $50.0 million, or 16%, due to higher sales volume driven primarily by improved conditions in the U.S. home products market and distribution expansion. Net sales of window products increased $20.6 million, or 8%, due to improving conditions in the repair and remodel portion of the U.S. home products market.

Operating income increased $15.4 million to $14.4 million due to the benefit of higher sales, the absence of $9.9 million in tradename impairment charges in 2012 and favorable mix. These benefits were partially offset by higher compensation-related expenses and marketing costs, the absence in 2013 of a 2012 $3.5 million gain on the disposition of property and $2.0 million of income attributable to a reduction of a contingent consideration liability related to an acquisition.

Security & Storage

Net sales decreased $6.2 million, or 1%. Net sales of security products increased $16.8 million, or 4%, due to new product introductions and higher U.S. retail and international sales. Net sales of storage products were down $23.0 million, or 12%, primarily due to the timing of promotions by the business’s largest customer.

Operating income increased $15.0 million, or 20%. Operating income increased approximately $13 million in aggregate due to lower employee benefit costs as a result of reductions in certain postretirement benefits principally in our storage product line, partially offset by an environmental charge and higher planned spending on security growth initiatives. Operating income was favorably impacted by higher net sales of security products and unfavorably impacted by lower storage product sales volume.

Corporate

Corporate expenses decreased $29.3 million. Corporate expenses benefited from lower defined benefit actuarial losses ($37.0 million), primarily resulting from increased pension plan assets and higher discount rates, and favorable defined benefit plan costs ($6.6 million). Corporate general and administrative expenses were unfavorably impacted by higher consulting expense, increased compensation-related costs, and transaction expenses associated with acquisition-related activities.



(In millions)	2013			2012
General and administrative expense	$	(78.0	)	$	(63.7	)
Defined benefit plan income		10.1			3.5
Defined benefit plan recognition of actuarial losses		(5.2	)		(42.2	)
Total Corporate expenses	$	(73.1	)	$	(102.4	)

In future periods, we may record, in the Corporate segment, material expense or income associated with actuarial gains and losses arising from periodic remeasurement of our liabilities for defined benefit plans. At a minimum, we remeasure our defined benefit plan liabilities in the fourth quarter of each year. Remeasurements due to plan amendments and settlements may also occur in interim periods during the year. Remeasurement of these liabilities results from changes to discount rates and expected return on assets and may result in material income or expense recognition.

2012 Compared to 2011

Total Home & Security

Net Sales

Net sales increased $262.5 million, or 8%. The increase was due to higher sales volume from improved U.S. market conditions, particularly new construction. Net sales also benefited from the impact of price increases to help mitigate raw material and transportation cost increases. These increases were partially offset by unfavorable mix, higher volume-related customer programs costs and approximately $5 million of unfavorable foreign exchange.

Cost of products sold

Cost of products sold increased $89.0 million, or 4%, due to higher sales volume. In addition, cost of products sold increased due to $8.7 million of accelerated depreciation related to the previously announced closure of a cabinet manufacturing facility and higher raw material costs (mainly for globally sourced products, wood and resins). These increases were partially offset by $26.8 million of lower expense from actuarial losses related to defined benefit plans ($14.2 million in 2012 compared to $41.0 million in 2011). In addition, cost of products sold benefited from productivity improvements, including cost savings from previously announced restructuring actions.

Selling, general and administrative expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $76.3 million, or 8%, primarily due to higher volume-related expenses, higher incentive compensation expense, planned increases in strategic

spending to support growth initiatives and new product introductions, and increased transportation costs, as well as $15.0 million of higher corporate office administrative expenses associated with operating as a stand-alone company. Selling, general and administrative expenses benefited from $11.0 million in lower expense from actuarial losses related to defined benefit plans ($28.0 million in 2012 compared to $39.0 million in 2011).

Amortization of intangible assets

Amortization of intangible assets decreased $3.3 million, primarily due to identifiable intangible assets that were fully amortized in 2012.

Restructuring charges

Restructuring charges of $4.5 million and $4.7 million in 2012 and 2011, respectively, primarily related to supply chain initiatives in our Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry segment.

Asset impairment charges

In the fourth quarter of 2012, we recorded asset impairment charges of $15.8 million related to indefinite-lived tradenames in the Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems and Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry segments. The impairment charges in our Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems segment were $9.9 million and the impairment charge in our Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry segment was $5.9 million. These charges were primarily the result of an increase in our market-participant cost of capital discount rates used to estimate the fair value of these intangible assets. An impairment charge to one tradename in the Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry segment resulted from reduced revenue growth expectations for high-end discretionary cabinet purchases developed during our annual planning process that was completed in the fourth quarter. In 2011, we recorded asset impairment charges of $90.0 million. For additional information, refer to Note 5, “Goodwill and Identifiable Intangible Assets,” to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Business separation costs

In the third quarter of 2011, we recorded $2.4 million of business separation costs related to non-cash non-recurring costs associated with the modification of outstanding share-based compensation awards as a result of the Separation.

Operating income (loss)

Operating income (loss) increased $177.3 million to $161.7 million, primarily due to higher sales volume. In addition, the following items had a significant impact on our operating income trends:



(In millions)	2012		2011		Increase/(decrease) in operating income
Defined benefit plan actuarial losses	$	42.2	$	80.0	$	37.8
Asset impairment charges		15.8		90.0		74.2
Restructuring and other charges		10.0		20.0		10.0
Business separation costs		—		2.4		2.4
Corporate office administrative costs		63.7		44.1		(19.6	)

Related party interest expense, net

Related party interest expense, net, was $23.2 million in 2011. This expense related to loans from our Former Parent prior to the Separation. There was no related party interest expense in 2012 because there were no loans with our Former Parent subsequent to the Separation.

External interest expense

External interest expense increased $5.5 million to $8.7 million predominantly due to external borrowings as a stand-alone company.

Other expense (income), net

Other expense (income), net, was income of $1.0 million in 2012, compared to expense of $1.6 million in 2011, primarily due to interest income in 2012 compared to unfavorable foreign currency adjustments in 2011. Other expense (income), net includes non-operating income and expense, such as interest income and transaction gains/losses related to foreign currency-denominated transactions.

Income taxes

The effective income tax rates for 2012 and 2011 were 22.3% and 20.6%, respectively. The effective income tax rate in 2012 was favorably impacted by a tax benefit related to the final settlement of a U.S. federal income tax audit covering the 2008 to 2009 years and a decrease in a valuation allowance due to certain tax reorganization actions among our foreign subsidiaries. The effective rate in 2012 was unfavorably impacted by an income tax expense on foreign dividends. The effective income tax rate in 2011 was unfavorably impacted due to the recording of valuation allowances related to state and foreign net operating loss carryforwards and an income tax expense on foreign dividends. The 2011 effective income tax rate was favorably impacted by a tax benefit related to conclusion of foreign and state income tax audits and enacted changes in state tax laws.

Net income (loss) attributable to Home & Security

Net income attributable to Home & Security was $118.7 million in 2012 compared to a loss of $35.6 million in 2011. The increase of $154.3 million was primarily due to higher operating income and the absence of 2011 related party interest expense.

Results By Segment

Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry

Net sales increased $70.3 million, or 6%, due to higher sales volume related to new housing construction market growth. Net sales also benefited from price increases to help mitigate raw material and transportation cost increases. These increases were partially offset by unfavorable mix.

Operating income increased $14.8 million to $20.5 million. Operating income benefited from higher sales volume, price increases and productivity improvements, including cost savings from previously announced restructuring actions. Operating income was unfavorably impacted by increased costs for raw materials (wood-related and globally sourced product) and transportation, unfavorable mix, higher costs to support long-term growth initiatives, increased incentive compensation expense and a $5.9 million tradename impairment charge in 2012.

Plumbing & Accessories

Net sales increased $137.9 million, or 14%, due to higher sales volume in the U.S. driven by strength from the new construction market and product innovations, as well as $37 million of higher international sales, principally in China where we expanded our brand, footprint and customer relationships. Net sales also benefited from price increases to help mitigate raw material cost increases. The increase in net sales was partially offset by higher volume-related customer program costs.

Operating income increased $31.2 million, or 23%, due to higher sales volume. In addition, operating income benefited from productivity improvements and price increases. Operating income was unfavorably impacted by the mix of business, higher incentive compensation expense, planned increases in strategic spending to support growth initiatives and new product introductions, and increased costs for raw materials.

Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems

Net sales increased $34.3 million, or 6% due to higher sales volume driven by strength in the U.S. new construction market impacting both door and window products. Sales of door products increased $29.0 million, or 10%, and sales of window products increased $5.3 million, or 2%. Net sales also benefited from price increases implemented to help mitigate higher raw material and transportation costs, as well as new business.

Operating income improved $100.2 million, to a loss of $1.0 million, primarily due to $80.1 million in lower tradename impairment charges. In addition, operating income benefited from higher sales volume, particularly related to door products, and $10.0 million of lower restructuring and other charges. Operating income was unfavorably impacted by higher incentive compensation expense.

Security & Storage

Net sales increased $20.0 million, or 4%, due to higher global sales, including new product introductions. Net sales of security products increased $19.9 million, or 5%. Net sales of storage products were flat. Net sales were impacted by approximately $5 million of unfavorable foreign exchange.

Operating income increased $12.8 million, or 20%, due to higher sales volume and productivity improvements, partially offset by strategic growth spending. Operating income also benefited by approximately $3 million of lower employee benefit costs associated with the reduction of certain retiree medical benefits in our storage product line. Price increases offset the impact of higher sourced material costs.

Corporate

Corporate expenses decreased $18.3 million, primarily due to $37.8 million of lower expense from actuarial losses related to defined benefit plans ($42.2 million in 2012 compared to $80.0 million in 2011), as well as the absence of $2.4 million of business separation costs in 2012. Corporate expenses were unfavorably impacted by $15.0 million in higher administrative expenses associated with operating as a stand-alone company and increased incentive compensation expense. In the first nine months of 2011, the Company operated as a subsidiary of our Former Parent.

Corporate expenses prior to the Separation included allocations of certain Former Parent general corporate expenses incurred directly by our Former Parent. These allocated expenses include costs associated with legal, finance, treasury, accounting, internal audit and general management services. Corporate expenses also include the components of defined benefit plan expense other than service cost.



(In millions)	2012			2011
General and administrative expense^(a)	$	(63.7	)	$	(44.1	)
Business separation costs		—			(2.4	)
Defined benefit plan income		3.5			5.8
Defined benefit plan recognition of actuarial losses		(42.2	)		(80.0	)
Total Corporate expenses	$	(102.4	)	$	(120.7	)

^(a)	Includes a $23.4 million allocation of general corporate expenses incurred directly by our Former Parent in the first nine months of 2011.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our primary liquidity needs are to support working capital requirements, fund capital expenditures and service indebtedness, as well as to finance acquisitions, repurchase shares of our common stock and pay dividends to stockholders, as deemed appropriate. Our principal sources of liquidity have been cash on hand, cash flows from operating activities and availability under our credit agreements. Our operating income is generated by our subsidiaries. There are no restrictions on the ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends or make other distributions to Home & Security. In the second quarter of 2013, our Board of Directors declared our first dividend since becoming a publicly-traded company in October 2011, declaring a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share of our common stock. In December 2013, our Board of Directors increased the quarterly cash dividend by 20% to $0.12 per share of our common stock.

On July 25, 2012, our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program that authorizes the Company to repurchase up to $150 million of shares of our outstanding common stock over the three years ending July 25, 2015. Through December 31, 2013, we repurchased 1.8 million shares of our outstanding common stock under the share repurchase program. As of December 31, 2013, the Company’s total remaining share repurchase authorization was $89.2 million. On February 25, 2014, our Board of Directors approved a second repurchase program that authorizes the Company to repurchase up to $150 million of shares of our outstanding common stock over the two years ending February 25, 2016. The share repurchase programs do not obligate the Company to repurchase any specific dollar amount or number of shares and may be suspended or discontinued at any time.

We periodically review our portfolio of brands and evaluate potential strategic transactions to increase shareholder value. However, we cannot predict whether or when we may enter into acquisitions, joint ventures or dispositions, make any purchases of shares of our common stock under our share repurchase programs, or pay dividends, or what impact any such transactions could have on our results of operations, cash flows or financial condition, whether as a result of the issuance of debt or equity securities, or otherwise. Our cash flows from operations, borrowing availability and overall liquidity are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including those described in the section “Item 1A. Risk Factors.”

In 2014, we plan to begin to invest in incremental capacity to support long-term growth potential. We expect capital spending in 2014 to be approximately $130 to $140 million.

Immediately prior to the Separation, on October 3, 2011, Home & Security paid a dividend to our Former Parent in the amount of $500 million. In addition, we also paid a dividend of $48.9 million to our Former Parent on October 3, 2011 and made a payment of $6.0 million to our Former Parent on January 3, 2012. These two latter payments represented U.S. cash balances generated from August 26, 2011, the date of the conversion of the Company from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware corporation, through the date of the Separation. In 2011, our Former Parent made equity contributions totaling $2.7 billion to the Company, capitalizing our loan balances with our Former Parent.

On December 31, 2013, we had cash and cash equivalents of $241.4 million, of which $137.4 million was held at non-U.S. subsidiaries. We manage our global cash requirements considering (i) available funds among the subsidiaries through which we conduct business, (ii) the geographic location of our liquidity needs, and (iii) the cost to access international cash balances. The repatriation of non-U.S. cash balances from certain subsidiaries could have adverse tax consequences as we may be required to pay and record income tax expense on those funds to the extent they were previously considered indefinitely reinvested.

We have a $650 million committed revolving credit facility, as well as a $350 million term loan. In July 2013, these facilities were renewed under essentially the same terms and conditions, extending the maturity date from October 2016 to July 2018. Both facilities are to be used for general corporate purposes. On December 31, 2013 and 2012, our outstanding borrowings in aggregate under the revolving credit facility and term loan were $350.0 million and $320.0 million, respectively. The interest rates under these facilities are variable based on LIBOR at the time of the borrowing and the Company’s leverage as measured by a debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio. Based upon the Company’s debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio, the Company’s borrowing rate could range from LIBOR + 1.0% to LIBOR + 2.0%. The credit facilities also include a minimum Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio requirement of 3.0 to 1.0. The Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio is defined as the ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as consolidated net income before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, losses from asset impairments, and certain other adjustments. Consolidated Interest Expense is as disclosed in our financial statements. The credit facilities also include a Maximum Leverage Ratio of 3.5 to 1.0 as measured by the ratio of our debt to Adjusted EBITDA. The Maximum Leverage Ratio is permitted to increase to 3.75 to 1.0 for three succeeding quarters in the event of an acquisition. At December 31, 2013, we were in compliance with our debt covenant ratios. We believe our operating cash flows, availability under the credit facility and access to capital markets will provide sufficient liquidity to support the Company’s financing needs.

Cash Flows

Below is a summary of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011.


(In millions)	2013			2012			2011
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	297.8		$	282.8		$	175.4
Net cash used in investing activities		(396.7	)		(86.7	)		(71.0	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		4.1			15.7			(43.5	)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash		0.2			3.4			(0.8	)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	$	(94.6	)	$	215.2		$	60.1

Years Ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011

Net cash provided by operating activities was $297.8 million in 2013 compared to $282.8 million in 2012 and $175.4 million in 2011. The $15.0 million increase in cash provided by operating activities from 2012 to 2013 was primarily due to higher net income of $111.2 million and $20.3 million in lower pension contributions, partially offset by higher inventory to support sales growth combined with higher accounts receivable as a result of increased sales in December 2013 compared to December 2012. The $107.4 million increase in cash provided by operating activities from 2011 to 2012 was primarily due to increased net income of $154.3 million, as well as lower incentive compensation payments and customer program payments in 2012 compared to 2011. The increase was partially offset by the unfavorable impact of higher working capital to support increased sales and $20.3 million in higher pension plan contributions in 2012.

Net cash used in investing activities was $396.7 million in 2013 compared to $86.7 million in 2012 and $71.0 million in 2011. The $310.0 million increase from 2012 to 2013 was primarily due to the acquisition of WoodCrafters. The $15.7 million increase from 2011 to 2012 was primarily due to higher acquisition costs and other investments in our Security & Storage segment ($19.2 million) and increased capital spending ($6.5 million), partially offset by higher proceeds from the sale of previously closed facilities ($10.0 million).

Net cash provided by financing activities was $4.1 million in 2013 compared to $15.7 million in 2012 and net cash used by financing activities of $43.5 million in 2011. The $11.6 million decrease in cash

provided by financing activities from 2012 to 2013 was due to less cash received from stock option exercises ($53.6 million), dividends paid to stockholders ($49.9 million) and higher stock repurchases in 2013 compared to 2012 ($43.3 million). The decreases were partially offset by the favorable impact of net borrowings of $116.2 million ($31.3 million in net borrowings in 2013 compared to net debt repayments of $84.9 million in 2012), as well as a higher tax benefit from the exercise of stock-based awards ($14.6 million). The $59.2 million favorable change from 2011 to 2012 was primarily due to the absence of borrowings from and dividends to our Former Parent ($435.8 million), higher cash received in 2012 from the exercise of stock options ($93.3 million) and a higher tax benefit from the exercise of stock-based awards ($11.3 million). These factors were partially offset by higher debt repayments (net of issuances) of $476.8 million and stock repurchases ($8.8 million).

Pension Plans

Subsidiaries of Home & Security sponsor their respective defined benefit pension plans that are funded by a portfolio of investments maintained within our benefit plan trust. Due to higher interest rates and higher than expected returns on pension plan assets in 2013, we did not make any pension contributions to qualified pension plans in 2013. In the third quarter of 2012, we contributed $20.7 million to qualified pension plans. We did not make any pension contributions to qualified pension plans in 2011. In 2014, we expect to make pension contributions of approximately $10 million. As of December 31, 2013, the fair value of our total pension plan assets was $583.8 million, representing funding of 90% of the accumulated benefit obligation liability. For the foreseeable future, we believe that we have sufficient liquidity to meet the minimum funding that may be required by the Pension Protection Act of 2006.

Foreign Exchange

We have operations in various foreign countries, principally Mexico, Canada, China and France. Therefore, changes in the value of the related currencies affect our financial statements when translated into U.S. dollars.

Contractual Obligations and Other Commercial Commitments

The following table describes our obligations and commitments to make future payments under contracts, such as debt and lease agreements, and under contingent commitments, such as debt guarantees, as of December 31, 2013.



(In millions)	Payments Due by Period as of December 31, 2013

Contractual Obligations	Total		Less than 1 year		1-3 years		4-5 years		After 5 years
Short-term borrowings	$	6.0	$	6.0	$	—	$	—	$	—
Long-term debt		350.0		—		52.5		297.5		—
Interest payments on long-term debt^(a)		17.1		4.2		7.8		5.1		—
Operating leases		89.3		29.4		41.0		14.5		4.4
Purchase obligations^(b)		298.8		283.9		11.7		2.2		1.0
Defined benefit plan contributions^(c)		12.7		12.7		—		—		—
Total	$	773.9	$	336.2	$	113.0	$	319.3	$	5.4

^(a)	Interest payments on long-term debt were calculated using the borrowing rate in effect on December 31, 2013.

^(b)	Purchase obligations include contracts for raw material and finished goods purchases; selling and administrative services; and capital expenditures.

^(c)	Pension and postretirement contributions cannot be determined beyond 2014.

Due to the uncertainty of the timing of settlement with taxing authorities, we are unable to make reasonably reliable estimates of the period of cash settlement of unrecognized tax benefits. Therefore, $23.7 million of unrecognized tax benefits as of December 31, 2013 have been excluded from the Contractual Obligations table above. See Note 13, “Income Taxes,” to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

In addition to the contractual obligations and commitments listed and described above, we also had other commercial commitments for which we are contingently liable as of December 31, 2013. Other corporate commercial commitments include standby letters of credit of $26.6 million, in the aggregate, all of which expire in less than one year, and surety bonds of $4.1 million, in the aggregate, $4.0 million of which expires in less than one year. These contingent commitments are not expected to have a significant impact on our liquidity.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of December 31, 2013, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that are material or reasonably likely to be material to our financial condition or results of operations.

Derivative Financial Instruments

In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) requirements for Derivatives and Hedging, we recognize all derivative contracts as either assets or liabilities on the balance sheet, and the measurement of those instruments is at fair value. If the derivative is designated as a fair value hedge and is effective, the changes in the fair value of the derivative and of the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk are recognized in earnings in the same period. If the derivative is designated as a cash flow hedge, the effective portions of changes in the fair value of the derivative are recorded in other comprehensive income (“OCI”) and are recognized in the consolidated statement of income when the hedged item affects earnings. Ineffective portions of changes in the fair value of cash flow hedges are recognized in earnings.

Net deferred currency gains of $2.3 million and $0.6 million were reclassified into earnings for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Net deferred currency losses of $0.5 million were reclassified into earnings for the year ended December 31, 2011. Based on foreign exchange rates as of December 31, 2013, we estimate that $1.3 million of net currency derivative gains included in OCI as of December 31, 2013 will be reclassified to earnings within the next twelve months.

Foreign Currency Risk

Certain anticipated transactions, assets and liabilities are exposed to foreign currency risk. Principal currencies hedged include the Canadian dollar, the Chinese yuan and the Mexican peso. We regularly monitor our foreign currency exposures in order to maximize the overall effectiveness of our foreign currency hedge positions.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists

guidance on presentation in financial statements. The amendment is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2013 (calendar year 2014 for Home & Security). We believe that adoption of this standard will not have a material impact on our financial statements.

Parent’s Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustment upon Derecognition of Certain Subsidiaries or Groups of Assets within a Foreign Entity or of an Investment in a Foreign Entity

In March 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-05, “Parent’s Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustment upon Derecognition of Certain Subsidiaries or Groups of Assets within a Foreign Entity or of an Investment in a Foreign Entity.” ASU 2013-05 clarifies the accounting for the release of the cumulative translation adjustment into net income when a parent either sells a part or all of its investment in a foreign entity or no longer holds a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary or group of assets that is a business within a foreign entity. The ASU also clarifies the treatment of business combinations achieved in stages involving a foreign entity. The amendment is effective prospectively for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2013 (calendar year 2014 for Home & Security). We believe that adoption of this standard will not have a material impact on our financial statements.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 2, “Significant Accounting Policies,” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Consolidated Financial Statements are prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Preparation of the financial statements requires us to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts of assets and liabilities reflected in the financial statements and revenues and expenses reported for the relevant reporting periods. We believe the policies discussed below are the Company’s critical accounting policies as they include the more significant, subjective and complex judgments and estimates made when preparing our consolidated financial statements.

Allowances for Doubtful Accounts

Trade receivables are recorded at the stated amount, less allowances for discounts, doubtful accounts and returns. The allowances for doubtful accounts represent estimated uncollectible receivables associated with potential customer defaults on contractual obligations (usually due to customers’ potential insolvency) or discounts related to early payment of accounts receivables by our customers. The allowances include provisions for certain customers where a risk of default has been specifically identified. In addition, the allowances include a provision for customer defaults on a general formula basis when it is determined that the risk of some default is probable and estimable, but cannot yet be associated with specific customers. The assessment of the likelihood of customer defaults is based on various factors, including the length of time the receivables are past due, historical collection experience and existing economic conditions. In accordance with this policy, our allowance for doubtful accounts was $6.8 million and $9.0 million as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Inventories

Inventory provisions are recorded to reduce inventory to the lower of cost or market value for obsolete or slow moving inventory based on assumptions about future demand and marketability of products, the impact of new product introductions, inventory levels and turns, product spoilage and specific identification of items, such as product discontinuance, engineering/material changes, or regulatory-related changes.

Long-lived Assets

In accordance with ASC requirements for Property, Plant and Equipment, a long-lived asset (including amortizable identifiable intangible assets) or asset group held for use is tested for recoverability whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that its carrying amount may not be recoverable. When such events occur, we compare the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the asset or asset group to the carrying amount of a long-lived asset or asset group. The cash flows are based on our best estimate of future cash flows derived from the most recent business projections. If this comparison indicates that there is an impairment, the amount of the impairment is calculated based on fair value. Fair value is estimated primarily using discounted expected future cash flows on a market-participant basis.

Goodwill and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets

In accordance with ASC requirements for Intangibles — Goodwill and Other, goodwill is tested for impairment at least annually in the fourth quarter, and written down when impaired. An interim impairment test is performed if an event occurs or conditions change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of the reporting unit below the carrying value.

We evaluate the recoverability of goodwill using a weighting of the income (80%) and market (20%) approaches. For the income approach, we use a discounted cash flow model, estimating the future cash flows of the reporting units to which the goodwill relates and then discount the future cash flows at a market-participant-derived weighted-average cost of capital. In determining the estimated future cash flows, we consider current and projected future levels of income based on management’s plans for that business; business trends, prospects and market and economic conditions; and market-participant considerations. Furthermore, our cash flow projections used to assess impairment of our goodwill and other intangible assets are significantly influenced by our projection for the continued recovery of the U.S. home products market in the next three years, our annual operating plans finalized in the fourth quarter of each year, and our ability to execute on various planned cost reduction initiatives supporting operating income improvements forecasted to occur over the next three years. Our projection for the U.S. home products market is inherently subject to a number of uncertain factors, such as employment, home prices, credit availability, new home starts and the rate of home foreclosures. For the market approach, we apply market multiples for peer groups to the current operating results of the reporting units to determine each reporting unit’s fair value. The Company’s reporting units are operating segments, or one level below the operating segment. When the estimated fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value, we measure and recognize the amount of the goodwill impairment loss, if any. Impairment losses, limited to the carrying value of goodwill, represent the excess of the carrying value of a reporting unit’s goodwill over the implied fair value of that goodwill. The implied fair value of a reporting unit is estimated based on a hypothetical allocation of each reporting unit’s fair value to all of its underlying assets and liabilities.

The significant assumptions that are used to determine the estimated fair value for goodwill impairment testing included the following: third-party market forecasts of U.S. new home starts and home repair and remodel spending; management’s sales, profit and cash flow forecasts; peer company EBITDA earnings multiples; the market-participant-based weighted-average cost of capital; and the perpetuity growth rate. Our estimates of reporting unit fair values are based on certain assumptions that may differ from our historical and future actual operating performance. Specifically, assumptions related to growth in the new construction and repair and remodel segments of the U.S. home products markets drive our forecasted sales growth. The market forecasts are developed using independent third-party forecasts from multiple sources. In addition, estimated future profit margins and cash flow consider our historical performance at similar levels of sales volume and management’s future operating plans as reflected in annual and long-term plans that are reviewed and approved by management.

Purchased intangible assets other than goodwill are amortized over their useful lives unless those lives are determined to be indefinite. The determination of the useful life of an intangible asset other than goodwill is based on factors including historical and tradename performance with respect to consumer name recognition, geographic market presence, market share, and plans for ongoing tradename support and promotion. Certain of our tradenames have been assigned an indefinite life as we currently anticipate that these tradenames will contribute cash flows to the Company indefinitely. Indefinite-lived intangible assets are not amortized, but are evaluated at least annually to determine whether the indefinite useful life is appropriate. We review indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment annually in the fourth quarter, and whenever market or business events indicate there may be a potential impairment of that intangible. Impairment losses are recorded to the extent that the carrying value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset exceeds its fair value. The significant assumptions that are used to determine the estimated fair value for indefinite-lived intangible asset testing are third-party market forecasts of U.S. new home starts and home repair and remodel spending; management’s sales and profit margin forecasts; the market-participant weighted-average cost of capital; and the perpetuity growth rate. Impairment losses are recorded to the extent that the carrying value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset exceeds its fair value. We measure fair value using the standard relief-from-royalty approach which estimates the present value of royalty income that could be hypothetically earned by licensing the brand name to a third party over the remaining useful life. In addition, beginning for 2012 year-end intangible asset impairment testing, we adopted the Accounting Standards Update that allows us to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that an indefinite-lived intangible asset is impaired. Qualitative factors include changes in volume, customers and the industry. If it is deemed more likely than not that an intangible asset is impaired, we will perform a quantitative impairment test.

In 2013, we did not record any asset impairment charges associated with goodwill or indefinite-lived intangible assets. As of December 31, 2013, the fair value of each of our reporting units except for one of the reporting units in the Advanced Material Doors & Windows segment exceeded the carrying value by a substantial margin. The estimated excess fair value of this reporting unit is less than 10%. In addition, for one of the tradenames within this reporting unit, fair value exceeded its carrying value by less than 10%. Accordingly, a reduction in the estimated fair value of this reporting unit or tradename could trigger an impairment. As of December 31, 2013, the book value of the goodwill of this reporting unit and this tradename was $86.1 million and $58.4 million, respectively. Factors influencing fair value estimates of this reporting unit that could trigger future impairment are enumerated in the final paragraph of this section.

Defined Benefit Plans

We have a number of pension plans in the United States, covering many of the Company’s employees. In addition, the Company provides postretirement health care and life insurance benefits to certain retirees.

We recognize changes in the fair value of pension plan assets and net actuarial gains or losses in excess of 10 percent of the greater of the fair value of pension plan assets or each plan’s projected benefit obligation (the “corridor”) in earnings immediately upon remeasurement, which is at least annually in the fourth quarter of each year. Net actuarial gains and losses occur when actual experience differs from any of the assumptions used to value defined benefit plans or when

assumptions change as they may each year. The primary factors contributing to actuarial gains and losses are changes in the discount rate used to value obligations as of the measurement date and the differences between expected and actual returns on pension plan assets. This accounting method results in the potential for volatile and difficult to forecast gains and losses. The pre-tax recognition of actuarial losses was $5.2 million, $42.2 million and $80.0 million in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The total net actuarial gains in accumulated other comprehensive income for all defined benefit plans were $34.8 million as of December 31, 2013, compared to net actuarial losses of $76.5 million as of December 31, 2012.

We record amounts relating to these defined benefit plans based on various actuarial assumptions, including discount rates, assumed rates of return, compensation increases, turnover rates and health care cost trend rates. We review our actuarial assumptions on an annual basis and make modifications to the assumptions based on current economic conditions and trends. We believe that the assumptions utilized in recording our obligations under our plans are reasonable based on our experience and on advice from our independent actuaries; however, differences in actual experience or changes in the assumptions may materially affect our financial condition or results of operations. The expected return on plan assets is determined based on the nature of the plans’ investments, our current asset allocation and our expectations for long-term rates of return. The weighted-average long-term expected rate of return on pension plan assets for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 was 7.8%. Compensation increases reflect expected future compensation trends. The discount rate used to measure obligations is based on a spot-rate yield curve on a plan-by-plan basis that matches projected future benefit payments with the appropriate interest rate applicable to the timing of the projected future benefit payments. The bond portfolio used for the selection of the discount rate is from the top quartile of bonds rated by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, and includes only non-callable bonds and those that are deemed to be sufficiently marketable with a Moody’s credit rating of Aa or higher. The weighted-average discount rate for defined benefit liabilities as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 was 5.0% and 4.2%, respectively.

For postretirement benefits, our health care trend rate assumption is based on historical cost increases and expectations for long-term increases. As of December 31, 2013, for postretirement medical and prescription drugs in the next year, our assumption was an assumed rate of increase of 7.1% for pre-65 retirees and 7.5% for post-65 retirees, declining until reaching an ultimate assumed rate of increase of 4.5% per year in 2022. As of December 31, 2012, for postretirement medical and prescription drugs in the next year, our assumption was an assumed rate of increase of 7.5% for pre-65 retirees and 7.0% for post-65 retirees, declining 50 basis points a year until reaching an ultimate assumed rate of increase of 5% per year in 2017.

Below is a table showing pre-tax pension and postretirement expenses, including the impact of actuarial gains and losses:



(In millions)	2013			2012			2011
Total pension expense	$	0.7		$	36.9		$	84.7
Actuarial loss component of expense above		0.8			30.6			80.0
Total postretirement (income) expense		(20.9	)		13.4			5.3
Actuarial loss component of expense above		4.4			11.6			—
Amortization of prior service (credit) cost component of expense above		(27.4	)		(2.6	)		0.4

The actuarial losses in 2013 were principally due to plan amendments to reduce retiree health benefits that decreased the benefit obligations. The actuarial losses in 2012 were principally due to reductions in the discount rates used to measure plan benefit obligations. The actuarial losses in 2011 were principally due to both decreasing discount rates and actual returns on plan assets that were

lower than our expected return. Discount rates in 2013 used to determine benefit obligations increased by an average of 80 basis points for pension benefits and increased by an average of 60 basis points for postretirement benefits. Discount rates in 2012 used to determine benefit obligations declined by an average of 70 basis points for pension benefits and 90 basis points for postretirement benefits. The changes in discount rates was due to changes in interest rates for the bond portfolio that comprises our spot-rate yield curve. Our spot-rate yield curve is based on high quality bond interest rates. Our actual return on plan assets in 2013 was 15.2% compared to an actuarial assumption of a 7.8% expected return (our actual return in 2012 was 14.5% compared to an actuarial assumption of a 7.8% expected return). Significant actuarial losses in future periods would be expected if discount rates decline, actual returns on plan assets are lower than our expected return, or a combination of both occurs.

A 25 basis point change in our discount rate assumption would lead to an increase or decrease in our pension and postretirement liability of approximately $20 million. A 25 basis point change in the long-term rate of return on plan assets used in accounting for our pension plans would have a $1.4 million impact on pension expense. In addition, if required, actuarial gains and losses will be recorded in accordance with our defined benefit plan accounting method as previously described. It is not possible to forecast or predict whether there will be actuarial gains and losses in future periods, and if required, the magnitude of any such adjustment. These gains and losses are driven by differences in actual experience or changes in the assumptions that are beyond our control, such as changes in interest rates and the actual return on pension plan assets.

Income Taxes

In accordance with ASC requirements for Income Taxes, we establish deferred tax liabilities or assets for temporary differences between financial and tax reporting bases and subsequently adjust them to reflect changes in tax rates expected to be in effect when the temporary differences reverse. We record a valuation allowance reducing deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that such assets will not be realized.

We record liabilities for uncertain income tax positions based on a two-step process. The first step is recognition, where we evaluate whether an individual tax position has a likelihood of greater than 50% of being sustained upon examination based on the technical merits of the position, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes. For tax positions that are currently estimated to have a less than 50% likelihood of being sustained, no tax benefit is recorded. For tax positions that have met the recognition threshold in the first step, we perform the second step of measuring the benefit to be recorded. The actual benefits ultimately realized may differ from our estimates. In future periods, changes in facts, circumstances, and new information may require us to change the recognition and measurement estimates with regard to individual tax positions. Changes in recognition and measurement estimates are recorded in the consolidated statement of income and consolidated balance sheet in the period in which such changes occur. As of December 31, 2013, we had liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits pertaining to uncertain tax positions totaling $23.7 million. It is reasonably possible that the unrecognized tax benefits may decrease in the range of $2.5 million to $3.5 million in the next 12 months primarily as a result of the conclusion of U.S. federal, state and foreign income tax proceedings.

Customer Program Costs

Customer programs and incentives are a common practice in our businesses. Our businesses incur customer program costs to obtain favorable product placement, to promote the sale of products and to maintain competitive pricing. Customer program costs and incentives, including rebates and promotion and volume allowances, are accounted for in either “net sales” or the category “selling, general and administrative expenses” at the time the program is initiated and/or the revenue is

recognized. The costs are predominantly recognized in “net sales” and include, but are not limited to, volume allowances and rebates, promotional allowances, and cooperative advertising programs. These costs are recorded at the later of the time of sale or the implementation of the program based on management’s best estimates. Estimates are based on historical and projected experience for each type of program or customer. Volume allowances are accrued based on management’s estimates of customer volume achievement and other factors incorporated into customer agreements, such as new products, store sell-through, merchandising support, levels of returns and customer training. Management periodically reviews accruals for these rebates and allowances, and adjusts accruals when circumstances indicate (typically as a result of a change in volume expectations). The costs typically recognized in “selling, general and administrative expenses” include product displays, point of sale materials and media production costs.

Litigation Contingencies

Our businesses are subject to risks related to threatened or pending litigation and are routinely defendants in lawsuits associated with the normal conduct of business. Liabilities and costs associated with litigation related loss contingencies require estimates and judgments based on our knowledge of the facts and circumstances surrounding each matter and the advice of our legal counsel. We record liabilities for litigation-related losses when a loss is probable and we can reasonably estimate the amount of the loss in accordance with ASC requirements for Contingencies. We evaluate the measurement of recorded liabilities each reporting period based on the then-current facts and circumstances specific to each matter. The ultimate losses incurred upon final resolution of litigation related loss contingencies may differ materially from the estimated liability recorded at particular balance sheet date. Changes in estimates are recorded in earnings in the period in which such changes occur.

Environmental Matters

We are involved in remediation activities to clean up hazardous wastes as required by federal and state laws. Liabilities for remediation costs of each site are based on our best estimate of undiscounted future costs, excluding possible insurance recoveries or recoveries from other third parties. Uncertainties about the status of laws, regulations, technology and information related to individual sites make it difficult to develop estimates of environmental remediation exposures. Some of the potential liabilities relate to sites we own, and some relate to sites we no longer own or never owned. Several of our subsidiaries have been designated as potentially responsible parties (“PRPs”) under “Superfund” or similar state laws. As of December 31, 2013, eight such instances have not been dismissed, settled or otherwise resolved. In the calendar year 2013, we were identified as a PRP in one new instance, which we settled in 2013. In most instances where our subsidiaries are named as a PRP, we enter into cost-sharing arrangements with other PRPs. We give notice to insurance carriers of potential PRP liability, but very rarely, if ever, receive reimbursement from insurance for PRP costs. We believe that the cost of complying with the present environmental protection laws, before considering estimated recoveries either from other PRPs or insurance, will not have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows or financial condition. At December 31, 2013 and 2012, we had accruals of $5.6 million and $6.8 million, respectively, relating to environmental compliance and clean up including, but not limited to, the above mentioned Superfund sites.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

We are exposed to various market risks, including changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and commodity prices. Market risk is the potential loss arising from adverse changes in market rates and prices, such as interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and commodity prices. We do not enter into derivatives or other financial instruments for trading or speculative

purposes. We enter into financial instruments to manage and reduce the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and commodity prices. The counterparties are major financial institutions.

Interest Rate Risk

A hypothetical 100 basis point change in interest rates affecting the Company’s external variable rate borrowings as of December 31, 2013 would be $3.6 million on a pre-tax basis.

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk

We enter into forward foreign exchange contracts principally to hedge currency fluctuations in transactions denominated in foreign currencies, thereby limiting our risk that would otherwise result from changes in exchange rates. The periods of the forward foreign exchange contracts correspond to the periods of the hedged transactions.

The estimated fair value of foreign currency contracts represents the amount required to enter into offsetting contracts with similar remaining maturities based on quoted market prices.

The estimated potential loss under foreign exchange contracts from movement in foreign exchange rates would not have a material impact on our results of operations, cash flows or financial condition. As part of our risk management procedure, we use a value-at-risk (“VAR”) sensitivity analysis model to estimate the maximum potential economic loss from adverse changes in foreign exchange rates over a one-day period given a 95% confidence level. The VAR model uses historical foreign exchange rates to estimate the volatility and correlation of these rates in future periods. The estimated maximum one-day loss in the fair value of the Company’s foreign currency exchange contracts using the VAR model was $1.8 million at December 31, 2013. The 95% confidence interval signifies our degree of confidence that actual losses under foreign exchange contracts would not exceed the estimated losses. The amounts disregard the possibility that foreign currency exchange rates could move in our favor. The VAR model assumes that all movements in the foreign exchange rates will be adverse. These amounts should not be considered projections of future losses, since actual results may differ significantly depending upon activity in the global financial markets. The VAR model is a risk analysis tool and should not be construed as an endorsement of the VAR model or the accuracy of the related assumptions.

Commodity Price Risk

We are subject to commodity price volatility caused by weather, supply conditions, geopolitical and economic variables, and other unpredictable external factors. From time to time, we use derivative contracts to manage our exposure to commodity price volatility.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.


Consolidated Statements of Income			Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. and Subsidiaries



	For years ended December 31

(In millions, except per share amounts)	2013		2012			2011
NET SALES	$	4,157.4	$	3,591.1		$	3,328.6
Cost of products sold		2,718.6		2,421.1			2,332.1
Selling, general and administrative expenses		1,043.1		976.9			900.6
Amortization of intangible assets		13.2		11.1			14.4
Restructuring charges		4.2		4.5			4.7
Asset impairment charges		21.2		15.8			90.0
Business separation costs		—		—			2.4
OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)		357.1		161.7			(15.6	)
Related party interest expense, net		—		—			23.2
External interest expense		7.2		8.7			3.2
Other expense (income), net		5.0		(1.0	)		1.6
Income (loss) before income taxes		344.9		154.0			(43.6	)
Income taxes (benefit)		114.0		34.3			(9.0	)
NET INCOME (LOSS)		230.9		119.7			(34.6	)
Less: Noncontrolling interests		1.2		1.0			1.0
NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO HOME & SECURITY	$	229.7	$	118.7		$	(35.6	)
BASIC EARNINGS (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE^(a)	$	1.39	$	0.74		$	(0.23	)
DILUTED EARNINGS (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE^(a)	$	1.34	$	0.71		$	(0.23	)
Basic average number of shares outstanding^(a)		165.5		160.6			155.2
Diluted average number of shares outstanding^(a)		171.3		166.1			155.2
Dividends declared per common share	$	0.42	$	—		$	—

^(a)

On September 27, 2011, shares of Home & Security common stock (par value $0.01 per share) were split from 1,000 shares issued and outstanding and 100,000 shares authorized to approximately 155.1 million shares issued and outstanding and 750 million shares authorized. Basic and diluted earnings per common share and the average number of common shares outstanding were retrospectively restated adjusting the number of Home & Security shares for the stock split for periods prior to September 27, 2011.

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income			Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. and Subsidiaries



	For years ended December 31

(In millions)	2013			2012			2011
NET INCOME (LOSS)	$	230.9		$	119.7		$	(34.6	)
Other comprehensive income (loss), before tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustments		(10.2	)		8.4			(1.8	)
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives:
Unrealized holding gains arising during period		3.0			0.4			0.7
Less: reclassification adjustment for gains included in net income		(2.0	)		(0.8	)		(1.9	)
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives		1.0			(0.4	)		(1.2	)
Defined benefit plans:
Prior service credit arising during period		34.7			29.4			1.7
Net actuarial gain (loss) arising during period		111.3			(7.0	)		(24.6	)
Transfer of corporate plan from Fortune Brands, Inc.		—			—			(5.3	)
Less: amortization of prior service (credit) cost included in net periodic pension cost		(27.3	)		(2.3	)		0.7
Defined benefit plans		118.7			20.1			(27.5	)
Other comprehensive income (loss), before tax		109.5			28.1			(30.5	)
Income tax (expense) benefit related to items of other comprehensive income^(a)		(44.7	)		(8.1	)		11.6
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax		64.8			20.0			(18.9	)
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)		295.7			139.7			(53.5	)
Less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest		1.2			1.0			1.0
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO HOME & SECURITY	$	294.5		$	138.7		$	(54.5	)

^(a)	Income tax (expense) benefit on unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives of $(0.2) million, $0.1 million and $0.5 million and on defined benefit plans of $(44.5) million, $(8.2) million and $11.1 million in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Consolidated Balance Sheets			Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. and Subsidiaries



	December 31

(In millions)	2013			2012
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	241.4		$	336.0
Accounts receivable less allowances for discounts, doubtful accounts and returns		477.1			381.7
Inventories		471.6			357.2
Other current assets		137.3			153.0
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS		1,327.4			1,227.9
Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation		534.4			509.4
Goodwill		1,519.9			1,381.4
Other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization		752.9			683.6
Other assets		43.5			71.6
TOTAL ASSETS	$	4,178.1		$	3,873.9
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities
Notes payable to banks	$	6.0		$	5.5
Current portion of long-term debt		—			22.5
Accounts payable		343.8			287.0
Other current liabilities		388.9			317.4
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES		738.7			632.4
Long-term debt		350.0			297.5
Deferred income taxes		245.8			224.0
Accrued defined benefit plans		108.5			252.7
Other non-current liabilities		82.0			82.6
TOTAL LIABILITIES		1,525.0			1,489.2
Equity
Common stock^(a)		1.7			1.6
Paid-in capital		2,431.3			2,324.8
Accumulated other comprehensive income		95.4			30.6
Retained earnings		200.8			41.0
Treasury stock		(79.8	)		(16.9	)
TOTAL HOME & SECURITY EQUITY		2,649.4			2,381.1
Noncontrolling interests		3.7			3.6
TOTAL EQUITY		2,653.1			2,384.7
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$	4,178.1		$	3,873.9

^(a)	Par value $0.01 per share, 169.1 million shares and 164.6 million shares issued at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows			Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. and Subsidiaries



	For years ended December 31

(In millions)	2013			2012			2011
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income (loss)	$	230.9		$	119.7		$	(34.6	)
Non-cash expense (income):
Depreciation		77.2			90.2			97.1
Amortization		13.2			11.1			14.4
Stock-based compensation		26.1			26.9			15.7
Restructuring charges		0.2			—			1.8
Loss (gain) on sale of property, plant and equipment		0.8			(2.9	)		1.7
Asset impairment charges		27.4			15.8			90.0
Recognition of actuarial losses		5.2			42.2			80.0
Deferred taxes		(12.7	)		(4.0	)		(62.4	)
Changes in assets and liabilities including effects subsequent to acquisitions:
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable		(58.5	)		(33.5	)		26.9
Increase in inventories		(89.7	)		(18.7	)		(4.6	)
Increase in accounts payable		39.8			22.1			6.7
Decrease (increase) in other assets		32.2			5.5			(40.7	)
Increase (decrease) in accrued taxes		5.7			(12.8	)		50.4
Increase (decrease) in accrued expenses and other liabilities		—			21.2			(67.0	)
NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES		297.8			282.8			175.4
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital expenditures		(96.7	)		(75.0	)		(68.5	)
Proceeds from the disposition of assets		2.2			13.5			3.5
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired		(302.0	)		(19.5	)		(6.0	)
Other investing activities		(0.2	)		(5.7	)		—
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES		(396.7	)		(86.7	)		(71.0	)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Increase in short-term debt		1.3			1.9			1.4
Issuance of long-term debt		220.0			70.0			510.0
Repayment of long-term debt		(190.0	)		(156.8	)		(120.0	)
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options		50.7			104.3			11.0
Excess tax benefit from the exercise of stock-based compensation		26.8			12.2			0.9
Dividends to stockholders		(49.9	)		—			—
Treasury stock purchases		(52.1	)		(8.8	)		—
Net loan payments to Fortune Brands, Inc.		—			—			91.2
Dividends to Fortune Brands, Inc.		—			—			(548.9	)
Fortune Brands, Inc. (payment) capital contribution		—			(6.0	)		15.9
Other financing activities, net		(2.7	)		(1.1	)		(5.0	)
NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) FINANCING ACTIVITIES		4.1			15.7			(43.5	)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash		0.2			3.4			(0.8	)
NET (DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	$	(94.6	)	$	215.2		$	60.1
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	$	336.0		$	120.8		$	60.7
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	$	241.4		$	336.0		$	120.8
Cash paid during the year for:
External interest	$	6.7		$	7.1		$	2.6
Related party interest		—			—			63.7
Income taxes paid directly to taxing authorities		89.4			55.9			23.0
Income taxes (received from) paid to Fortune Brands, Inc.		(1.2	)		3.0			7.6
Dividends declared but not paid		20.0			—			—

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Consolidated Statements of Equity		Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. and Subsidiaries



(In millions)	Common Stock		Paid-In Capital			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income			Retained Earnings (Deficit)			Treasury Stock			Non- controlling Interests			Total Equity
Balance at December 31, 2010	$	—	$	703.3		$	29.5		$	(793.0	)	$	—		$	3.5		$	(56.7	)
Comprehensive income:
Net income		—		—			—			(35.6	)		—			1.0			(34.6	)
Other comprehensive income		—		—			(18.9	)		—			—			—			(18.9	)
Stock-based compensation		—		26.6			—			—			—			—			26.6
Tax benefit on exercise of stock options		—		1.2			—			—			—			—			1.2
Dividends declared to Fortune Brands, Inc.		—		(574.3	)		—			—			—			—			(574.3	)
Change in legal structure^(a)		—		(750.9	)		—			750.9			—			—			—
Fortune Brands, Inc. capital contribution^(b)		—		2,782.1			—			—			—			—			2,782.1
Common stock split		1.6		(1.6	)		—			—			—			—			—
Treasury stock purchase		—		—			—			—			(0.1	)		—			(0.1	)
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interests		—		—			—			—			—			(0.8	)		(0.8	)
Balance at December 31, 2011	$	1.6	$	2,186.4		$	10.6		$	(77.7	)	$	(0.1	)	$	3.7		$	2,124.5
Comprehensive income:
Net income		—		—			—			118.7			—			1.0			119.7
Other comprehensive income		—		—			20.0			—			—			—			20.0
Stock options exercised		—		104.4			—			—			—			—			104.4
Stock-based compensation		—		27.1			—			—			(7.7	)		—			19.4
Tax benefit on exercise of stock options		—		12.0			—			—			—			—			12.0
Separation-related adjustments		—		(5.1	)		—			—			—			—			(5.1	)
Treasury stock purchase		—		—			—			—			(9.1	)		—			(9.1	)
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interests		—		—			—			—			—			(1.1	)		(1.1	)
Balance at December 31, 2012	$	1.6	$	2,324.8		$	30.6		$	41.0		$	(16.9	)	$	3.6		$	2,384.7
Comprehensive income:
Net income		—		—			—			229.7			—			1.2			230.9
Other comprehensive income		—		—			64.8			—			—			—			64.8
Stock options exercised		0.1		50.7			—			—			—			—			50.8
Stock-based compensation		—		25.7			—			—			(11.2	)		—			14.5
Tax benefit on exercise of stock options^(c)		—		30.1			—			—			—			—			30.1
Treasury stock purchase		—		—			—			—			(51.7	)		—			(51.7	)
Dividends ($0.42 per Common share)		—		—			—			(69.9	)		—			—			(69.9	)
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interests		—		—			—			—			—			(1.1	)		(1.1	)
Balance at December 31, 2013	$	1.7	$	2,431.3		$	95.4		$	200.8		$	(79.8	)	$	3.7		$	2,653.1

^(a)	In August 2011, the Company converted from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware corporation. As a result, the retained deficit is included as additional paid-in-capital in accordance with SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 4:B.

^(b)

The allocation of general and administrative expenses, stock-based compensation and the tax benefit on exercise of options provided by Fortune Brands, Inc. (net of tax) is included in the Consolidated Statements of Income and treated as a capital contribution. In addition, in 2011, Fortune Brands, Inc. made equity contributions totaling $2.7 billion to the Company. Any remaining related party loan balances to/from Fortune Brands, Inc. were capitalized immediately prior to the Separation. Refer to Note 15, “Related Party Transactions.”

^(c)	Includes $4.1 million of adjustments related to prior years’ vested and unvested restricted stock units.

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

1. Background and Basis of Presentation

The Company is a leading home and security products company with a portfolio of leading branded products used for residential home repair, remodeling, new construction, security applications and storage. References to “Home & Security,” “the Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries as a whole, unless the context otherwise requires.

Separation On September 27, 2011, the board of directors of Fortune Brands, Inc. (our “Former Parent”) approved the spin-off of Home & Security into an independent, publicly-traded company (the “Separation”). On October 3, 2011, the Separation was completed, with the stockholders of our Former Parent receiving one share of Home & Security common stock for each share of Former Parent common stock held on September 20, 2011. Immediately prior to the Separation, on October 3, 2011, Home & Security paid a dividend to our Former Parent in the amount of $500 million. In addition, the Company paid a dividend of $48.9 million to our Former Parent prior to the Separation on October 3, 2011 and made a payment of $6.0 million to our Former Parent on January 3, 2012. These two latter payments represented U.S. cash balances generated from August 26, 2011, the date of the conversion of the Company from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware corporation, through the date of the Separation. Following the Separation, our Former Parent changed its name to Beam Inc. and retained no ownership interest in Home & Security. On October 4, 2011, our common stock began trading “regular-way” on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “FBHS”.

Basis of Presentation The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Home & Security and its majority-owned subsidiaries. The Company’s subsidiaries operate on a 52 or 53-week fiscal year.

The consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K were derived principally from the consolidated financial statements of the Company. Prior to the Separation, the Company was a wholly-owned subsidiary of our Former Parent. Our financial statements for periods prior to the Separation were derived from the historical results of operations and historical basis of assets and liabilities, and include allocations of certain general corporate expenses of our Former Parent incurred directly by our Former Parent. These allocated expenses include costs associated with legal, finance, treasury, accounting, internal audit and general management services and are included in “Corporate” in the accompanying segment information. During the year ended December 31, 2011, these allocations totaled $23.4 million. The 2011 allocation is for nine months only (January 1, 2011 through the date of the Separation) because Home & Security became an independent company on October 3, 2011. Management believes that the assumptions and methodologies underlying the allocation of these general corporate expenses are reasonable. However, such expenses may not be indicative of the actual level of expense that would have been incurred by the Company if it had operated as a stand-alone company. The consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for periods prior to the Separation may not necessarily reflect the Company’s results of operations, financial condition and cash flows had the Company been a stand-alone company during the periods presented.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Use of Estimates The presentation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts and related disclosures. Actual results in future periods could differ from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents Highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less are included in cash and cash equivalents.

Allowances for Doubtful Accounts Trade receivables are recorded at the stated amount, less allowances for discounts, doubtful accounts and returns. The allowances for doubtful accounts represent estimated uncollectible receivables associated with potential customer defaults on contractual obligations (usually due to customers’ potential insolvency), or discounts related to early payment of accounts receivables by our customers. The allowances include provisions for certain customers where a risk of default has been specifically identified. In addition, the allowances include a provision for customer defaults on a general formula basis when it is determined the risk of some default is probable and estimable, but cannot yet be associated with specific customers. The assessment of the likelihood of customer defaults is based on various factors, including the length of time the receivables are past due, historical collection experience and existing economic conditions. In accordance with this policy, our allowance for doubtful accounts was $6.8 million and $9.0 million as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Inventories The majority of our inventories are accounted for using the first-in, first-out inventory method. Inventory provisions are recorded to reduce inventory to the lower of cost or market value for obsolete or slow moving inventory based on assumptions about future demand and marketability of products, the impact of new product introductions, inventory levels and turns, product spoilage and specific identification of items, such as product discontinuance, engineering/material changes, or regulatory-related changes.

We also use the last-in, first-out (“LIFO”) inventory method in those product groups in which metals inventories comprise a significant portion of our inventories. LIFO inventories at December 31, 2013 and 2012 were $228.8 million (with a current cost of $257.5 million) and $163.6 million (with a current cost of $193.9 million), respectively.

Property, Plant and Equipment Property, plant and equipment are carried at cost. Depreciation is provided, principally on a straight-line basis, over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Gains or losses resulting from dispositions are included in operating income. Betterments and renewals, which improve and extend the life of an asset, are capitalized; maintenance and repair costs are expensed as incurred. Assets held for use to be disposed of at a future date are depreciated over the remaining useful life. Assets to be sold are written down to fair value at the time the assets are being actively marketed for sale. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the carrying value of assets held for sale was not material. Estimated useful lives of the related assets are as follows:

Long-lived Assets In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) requirements for Property, Plant and Equipment, a long-lived asset (including amortizable identifiable intangible assets) or asset group held for use is tested for recoverability whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that its carrying amount may not be recoverable. When such events occur, we compare the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the asset or asset group to the carrying amount of the long-lived asset or asset group. The cash flows are based on our best estimate of future cash flows derived from the most recent business projections. If this comparison indicates that there is an impairment, the amount of the impairment is calculated based on fair value. Fair value is estimated primarily using discounted expected future cash flows on a market-participant basis.

Goodwill and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets In accordance with ASC requirements for Intangibles — Goodwill and Other, goodwill is tested for impairment at least annually in the fourth quarter, and written down when impaired. An interim impairment test is performed if an event occurs or conditions change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of the reporting unit below the carrying value.

We evaluate the recoverability of goodwill using a weighting of the income (80%) and market (20%) approaches. For the income approach, we use a discounted cash flow model, estimating the future cash flows of the reporting units to which the goodwill relates, and then discounting the future cash flows at a market-participant-derived weighted-average cost of capital. In determining the estimated future cash flows, we consider current and projected future levels of income based on management’s plans for that business; business trends, prospects and market and economic conditions; and market-participant considerations. Furthermore, our projection for the U.S. home products market is inherently subject to a number of uncertain factors, such as employment, home prices, credit availability, new home starts and the rate of home foreclosures. For the market approach, we apply market multiples for peer groups to the current operating results of the reporting units to determine each reporting unit’s fair value. The Company’s reporting units are operating segments, or one level below the operating segment. When the estimated fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value, we measure and recognize the amount of the goodwill impairment loss, if any. Impairment losses, limited to the carrying value of goodwill, represent the excess of the carrying value of a reporting unit’s goodwill over the implied fair value of that goodwill. The implied fair value of a reporting unit is estimated based on a hypothetical allocation of each reporting unit’s fair value to all of its underlying assets and liabilities.

Purchased intangible assets other than goodwill are amortized over their useful lives unless those lives are determined to be indefinite. The determination of the useful life of an intangible asset other than goodwill is based on factors including historical and tradename performance with respect to consumer name recognition, geographic market presence, market share, and plans for ongoing tradename support and promotion. Certain of our tradenames have been assigned an indefinite life as we currently anticipate that these tradenames will contribute cash flows to the Company indefinitely. Indefinite-lived intangible assets are not amortized, but are evaluated at least annually to determine whether the indefinite useful life is appropriate. We review indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment annually in the fourth quarter, and whenever market or business events indicate there may be a potential impairment of that intangible. Impairment losses are recorded to the extent that the carrying value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset exceeds its fair value. We measure fair value using the standard relief-from-royalty approach which estimates the present value of royalty income that could be hypothetically earned by licensing the brand name to a third party over the remaining useful life. In addition, beginning for 2012 year-end intangible asset impairment testing, we adopted the new Accounting Standards Update that allows us to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that an indefinite-lived intangible asset is impaired. Qualitative factors include changes in volume, customers and the industry. If it is deemed more likely than not that an intangible asset is impaired, we will perform a quantitative impairment test.

The Company cannot predict the occurrence of certain events or changes in circumstances that might adversely affect the carrying value of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets. Such events may include, but are not limited to, the impact of the economic environment; a material negative change in relationships with significant customers; or strategic decisions made in response to economic and competitive conditions.

Defined Benefit Plans We have a number of pension plans in the United States, covering many of the Company’s employees. In addition, the Company provides postretirement health care and life insurance benefits to certain retirees.

We record amounts relating to these plans based on calculations in accordance with ASC requirements for Compensation — Retirement Benefits, which include various actuarial assumptions, including discount rates, assumed rates of return, compensation increases, turnover rates and health care cost trend rates. We recognize changes in the fair value of pension plan assets and net actuarial gains or losses in excess of 10 percent of the greater of the fair value of pension plan assets or each plan’s projected benefit obligation (the “corridor”) in earnings immediately upon remeasurement, which is at least annually in the fourth quarter of each year. We review our actuarial assumptions on an annual basis and make modifications to the assumptions based on current economic conditions and trends. The discount rate used to measure obligations is based on a spot-rate yield curve on a plan-by-plan basis that matches projected future benefit payments with the appropriate interest rate applicable to the timing of the projected future benefit payments. The expected rate of return on plan assets is determined based on the nature of the plans’ investments, our current asset allocation and our expectations for long-term rates of return. Compensation increases reflect expected future compensation trends. For postretirement benefits, our health care trend rate assumption is based on historical cost increases and expectations for long-term increases. The cost or benefit of plan changes, such as increasing or decreasing benefits for prior employee service (prior service cost), is deferred and included in expense on a straight-line basis over the average remaining service period of the related employees. We believe that the assumptions utilized in recording obligations under our plans, which are presented in Note 12, “Defined Benefit Plans,” are reasonable based on our experience and on advice from our independent actuaries; however, differences in actual experience or changes in the assumptions may materially affect our financial position and results of operations. We will continue to monitor these assumptions as market conditions warrant.

Litigation Contingencies Our businesses are subject to risks related to threatened or pending litigation and are routinely defendants in lawsuits associated with the normal conduct of business. Liabilities and costs associated with litigation-related loss contingencies require estimates and judgments based on our knowledge of the facts and circumstances surrounding each matter and the advice of our legal counsel. We record liabilities for litigation-related losses when a loss is probable and we can reasonably estimate the amount of the loss in accordance with ASC requirements for Contingencies. We evaluate the measurement of recorded liabilities each reporting period based on the then-current facts and circumstances specific to each matter. The ultimate losses incurred upon final resolution of litigation-related loss contingencies may differ materially from the estimated liability recorded at any particular balance sheet date. Changes in estimates are recorded in earnings in the period in which such changes occur.

Income Taxes In accordance with ASC requirements for Income Taxes, we establish deferred tax liabilities or assets for temporary differences between financial and tax reporting bases and subsequently adjust them to reflect changes in tax rates expected to be in effect when the temporary differences reverse. We record a valuation allowance reducing deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that such assets will not be realized.

had liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits pertaining to uncertain tax positions totaling $23.7 million. It is reasonably possible that the unrecognized tax benefits may decrease in the range of $2.5 million to $3.5 million in the next 12 months primarily as a result of the conclusion of U.S. federal, state and foreign income tax proceedings.

Revenue Recognition Revenue is recorded when persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the price is fixed or determinable, and collectibility is reasonably assured. Revenue is recorded net of applicable provisions for discounts, returns and allowances. We record estimates for reductions to revenue for customer programs and incentives, including price discounts, volume-based incentives, promotions and cooperative advertising when revenue is recognized. Sales returns are based on historical returns, current trends and forecasts of product demand.

Cost of Products Sold Cost of products sold includes all costs to make products saleable, such as labor costs, inbound freight, purchasing and receiving costs, inspection costs and internal transfer costs. In addition, all depreciation expense associated with assets used to manufacture products and make them saleable is included in cost of products sold.

Customer Program Costs Customer programs and incentives are a common practice in our businesses. Our businesses incur customer program costs to obtain favorable product placement, to promote sales of products and to maintain competitive pricing. Customer program costs and incentives, including rebates and promotion and volume allowances, are accounted for in either “net sales” or the category “selling, general and administrative expenses” at the time the program is initiated and/or the revenue is recognized. The costs are predominantly recognized in “net sales” and include, but are not limited to, volume allowances and rebates, promotional allowances, and cooperative advertising programs. These costs are recorded at the later of the time of sale or the implementation of the program based on management’s best estimates. Estimates are based on historical and projected experience for each type of program or customer. Volume allowances are accrued based on management’s estimates of customer volume achievement and other factors incorporated into customer agreements, such as new product purchases, store sell-through, merchandising support, level of returns and customer training. Management periodically reviews accruals for these rebates and allowances, and adjusts accruals when circumstances indicate (typically as a result of a change in volume expectations). The costs typically recognized in “selling, general and administrative expenses” include product displays, point of sale materials, and media production costs. The costs included in the “selling, general and administrative expenses” category were $46.0 million, $46.2 million and $47.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses Selling, general and administrative expenses include advertising costs; marketing costs; selling costs, including commissions; research and development costs; shipping and handling costs, including warehousing costs; and general and administrative expenses. Shipping and handling costs included in selling, general and administrative expenses were $189.7 million, $181.3 million and $164.1 million in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Advertising costs, which amounted to $205.3 million, $182.4 million and $180.4 million in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively, are principally expensed as incurred. Advertising costs include product displays, media production costs, and point of sale materials. Advertising costs recorded as a reduction to net sales, primarily cooperative advertising, were $56.7 million, $49.9 million and $49.8 million in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Advertising costs recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses were $148.6 million, $132.5 million and $130.6 million in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Research and development expenses include product development, product improvement, product engineering and process improvement costs. Research and development expenses, which were $55.6 million, $47.0 million and $35.1 million in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively, are expensed as incurred.

Stock-based Compensation Stock-based compensation expense, measured as the fair value of an award on the date of grant, is recognized in the financial statements over the period that an employee is required to provide services in exchange for the award. The fair value of each option award is measured on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The fair value of each performance award is based on the stock price at the date of grant and the probability of meeting performance targets. The fair value of each restricted stock unit granted is equal to the share price at the date of grant. See Note 11, “Stock-Based Compensation,” for additional information.

Earnings Per Share Earnings per common share is calculated by dividing net income attributable to Home & Security by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the year. Diluted earnings per common share include the impact of all potentially dilutive securities outstanding during the year. In periods prior to the Separation, the same number of shares was used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share because no Home & Security stock-based awards were outstanding prior to the Separation. See Note 20, “Earnings Per Share,” for further discussion.

Foreign Currency Translation Foreign currency balance sheet accounts are translated into U.S. dollars at the actual rates of exchange at the balance sheet date. Income and expenses are translated at the average rates of exchange in effect during the period for the foreign subsidiaries where the local currency is the functional currency. The related translation adjustments are made directly to a separate component of the “accumulated other comprehensive income” (“AOCI”) caption in equity. Transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of a subsidiary are translated into functional currency with resulting transaction gains or losses recorded in other expense (income), net.

Derivative Financial Instruments In accordance with ASC requirements for Derivatives and Hedging, all derivatives are recognized as either assets or liabilities on the balance sheet and measurement of those instruments is at fair value. If the derivative is designated as a fair value hedge and is highly effective, the changes in the fair value of the derivative and of the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk are recognized in earnings in the same period. If the derivative is designated as a cash flow hedge, the effective portions of changes in the fair value of the derivative are recorded directly to a separate component of AOCI, and are recognized in the consolidated statement of income when the hedged item affects earnings. Ineffective portions of changes in the fair value of cash flow hedges are recognized in earnings.

Net deferred currency gains of $2.3 million and $0.6 million were reclassified into earnings for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Net deferred currency losses of $0.5 million were reclassified into earnings in 2011. Based on foreign exchange rates as of December 31, 2013, we estimate that $1.3 million of net currency derivative gains included in AOCI as of December 31, 2013 will be reclassified to earnings within the next twelve months.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists

In July 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2013-11, “Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists.” ASU 2013-11 provides explicit guidance on presentation in financial statements. The amendment is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2013 (calendar year 2014 for Home & Security). We believe that adoption of this standard will not have a material impact on our financial statements.

Parent’s Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustment upon Derecognition of Certain Subsidiaries or Groups of Assets within a Foreign Entity or of an Investment in a Foreign Entity

3. Balance Sheet Information

Supplemental information on our year-end consolidated balance sheets is as follows:



(In millions)	2013		2012
Inventories:
Raw materials and supplies	$	184.6	$	144.3
Work in process		52.5		38.6
Finished products		234.5		174.3
Total inventories	$	471.6	$	357.2

Property, plant and equipment:
Land and improvements	$	53.8	$	47.6
Buildings and improvements to leaseholds		374.5		324.5
Machinery and equipment		1,066.3		1,056.3
Construction in progress		61.5		62.8
Property, plant and equipment, gross		1,556.1		1,491.2
Less: accumulated depreciation		1,021.7		981.8
Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation	$	534.4	$	509.4

Other current liabilities:
Accrued salaries, wages and other compensation	$	128.9	$	109.0
Accrued customer programs		122.6		102.8
Other accrued expenses		137.4		105.6
Total other current liabilities	$	388.9	$	317.4

4. Acquisitions

In June 2013, our Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry business acquired 100% of the voting equity of Woodcrafters Home Products Holding, LLC (“WoodCrafters”), a manufacturer of bathroom vanities and tops for a purchase price of approximately $302 million, subject to certain post-closing adjustments. We paid the purchase price using a combination of cash on hand and borrowings under our existing credit facilities. This acquisition greatly expanded our offerings of bathroom cabinetry products. Net sales of WoodCrafters in the last six months of 2013 were approximately $115 million and WoodCrafters’ operating income was not material to the Company.

The following table summarizes the preliminary allocation of the purchase price to estimated fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the date of the acquisition. This allocation is expected to change after asset and liability valuations are finalized.



(In millions)
Accounts receivable	$	41.4
Inventories		25.4
Property, plant and equipment		29.6
Goodwill		142.3
Identifiable intangible assets		89.4
Other assets		8.9
Total assets		337.0
Other current liabilities and accruals		35.0
Net assets acquired	$	302.0

As of the acquisition date, substantially all of the acquired goodwill was tax deductible. Goodwill primarily represents expected supply chain synergies. Identifiable intangible assets primarily consisted of customer relationships ($75.9 million) and technology ($9.6 million). The useful lives of these identifiable intangible assets are 18 years and 10 years, respectively.

The following unaudited pro forma summary presents consolidated financial information as if WoodCrafters had been acquired on January 1, 2012. The unaudited pro forma financial information is based on historical results of operations and financial position of the Company and WoodCrafters. The pro forma results include adjustments for the impact of a preliminary allocation of the purchase price and interest expense associated with debt that would have been incurred in connection with the acquisition. The unaudited pro forma financial information does not necessarily represent the results that would have occurred had the acquisition occurred on January 1, 2012. In addition, the unaudited pro forma information should not be deemed to be indicative of future results.



(In millions)	2013		2012
Net sales	$	4,264.8	$	3,771.0
Net income attributable to Home & Security		240.8		126.6
Basic earnings per common share	$	1.45	$	0.79
Diluted earnings per common share	$	1.41	$	0.76

In December 2012, our Security & Storage business acquired a company for approximately $20 million in cash. Purchase price adjustments and the allocation of the purchase price were finalized in the first quarter of 2013. Our December 31, 2012 balance sheet was retrospectively adjusted to reflect the purchase price adjustments in accordance with ASC requirements for Business Combinations, in particular a reduction in goodwill of $5.6 million and an increase in definite-lived intangible assets of $5.9 million. The acquisition was not material for the purposes of supplemental disclosure and did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In the third quarter of 2011, we acquired a regional windows business for $6 million in cash. This acquisition was not material for the purposes of supplemental disclosure and did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

5. Goodwill and Identifiable Intangible Assets

The change in the net carrying amount of goodwill by segment was as follows:



(In millions)	Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry			Plumbing & Accessories		Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems			Security & Storage			Total Goodwill
Balance at December 31, 2011^(a)	$	491.2		$	569.7	$	230.2		$	75.5		$	1,366.6
2012 translation adjustments		0.6			—		—			0.2			0.8
Acquisition-related adjustments		—			—		(1.1	)		15.1			14.0
Balance at December 31, 2012^(a)	$	491.8		$	569.7	$	229.1		$	90.8		$	1,381.4
2013 translation adjustments		(2.4	)		—		—			(1.4	)		(3.8	)
Acquisition-related adjustments		142.3			—		—			—			142.3
Balance at December 31, 2013^(a)	$	631.7		$	569.7	$	229.1		$	89.4		$	1,519.9

^(a)	Net of accumulated impairment losses of $541.4 million ($451.3 million in the Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems segment and $90.1 million in the Security & Storage segment).

Amortizable intangible assets, principally tradenames and customer relationships, are subject to amortization over their estimated useful life, 5 to 30 years, based on the assessment of a number of factors that may impact useful life. These factors include historical and tradename performance with respect to consumer name recognition, geographic market presence, market share, plans for ongoing tradename support and promotion and other relevant factors.

The gross carrying value and accumulated amortization by class of intangible assets as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:


	As of December 31, 2013							As of December 31, 2012
(In millions)	Gross Carrying Amounts		Accumulated Amortization			Net Book Value		Gross Carrying Amounts		Accumulated Amortization			Net Book Value
Indefinite-lived intangible assets — tradenames	$	597.2	$	(42.0	)^(a)	$	555.2	$	603.4	$	(42.0	)^(a)	$	561.4
Amortizable intangible assets
Tradenames		19.6		(7.4	)		12.2		17.8		(6.9	)		10.9
Customer and contractual relationships		348.6		(182.5	)		166.1		274.2		(174.4	)		99.8
Patents/proprietary technology		63.2		(43.8	)		19.4		52.6		(41.1	)		11.5
Total		431.4		(233.7	)		197.7		344.6		(222.4	)		122.2
Total identifiable intangibles	$	1,028.6	$	(275.7	)	$	752.9	$	948.0	$	(264.4	)	$	683.6

^(a)	Accumulated amortization prior to the adoption of revised ASC requirements for Intangibles — Goodwill and Other Assets.

The decrease in the net book value of indefinite-lived intangible assets, principally tradenames, from December 31, 2012 to December 31, 2013 of $6.2 million was due to foreign currency adjustments. The $86.8 million increase in gross amortizable identifiable intangible assets was predominantly due to the acquisition of WoodCrafters ($89.4 million).

We expect to record intangible amortization of approximately $16 million in 2014, trending down to $12 million in 2018.

We review indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment annually in the fourth quarter, as well as whenever market or business events indicate there may be a potential impact on a specific intangible asset. Impairment losses are recorded to the extent that the carrying value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset exceeds its fair value. We measure fair value using the standard relief-from-royalty approach which estimates the present value of royalty income that could be hypothetically earned by licensing the brand name to a third party over the remaining useful life.

As of December 31, 2013, the fair value of each of our reporting units except for one of the reporting units in the Advanced Material Doors & Windows segment exceeded the carrying value by a substantial margin. The estimated excess fair value of this reporting unit is less than 10%. In addition, for one of the tradenames within this reporting unit, fair value exceeded its carrying value by less than 10%. Accordingly, a reduction in the estimated fair value of this reporting unit or tradename could trigger an impairment. As of December 31, 2013, the book value of the goodwill of this reporting unit and this tradename was $86.1 million and $58.4 million, respectively. Factors influencing fair value estimates of this reporting unit that could trigger future impairment are enumerated in the final paragraph of this footnote.

In the fourth quarter of 2012, in conjunction with our annual impairment testing, we recorded pre-tax indefinite-lived tradename impairment charges of $15.8 million. These charges were recorded on the asset impairment charges line of the income statement. The impairment charges in our Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems segment were $9.9 million and the impairment charge in our Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry segment was $5.9 million. These charges were primarily the result of an increase in our market-participant cost of capital discount rates. One tradename in the Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry segment was also impacted by reduced revenue growth expectations for high-end discretionary cabinet purchases developed during our annual planning process that was completed in the fourth quarter.

In the fourth quarter of 2011, in conjunction with our annual impairment testing, we recorded pre-tax indefinite-lived tradename impairment charges of $90.0 million in our Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems segment. These charges were primarily the result of reduced revenue growth and profit margin expectations associated with our Simonton tradename. Our revenue and profit margin expectations were lowered based upon the results of our annual planning process that was completed in the fourth quarter of 2011 and included consideration of our actual fourth quarter 2011 results, including lower 2011 sales due to the expiration of U.S. tax incentives for purchases of energy-efficient home products, as well as our projection of the recovery of the U.S. home products market.

The events and/or circumstances that could have a potential negative effect on the estimated fair value of our reporting units and indefinite-lived tradenames include: actual new construction and repair and remodel growth rates that lag our assumptions, actions of key customers, volatility of discount rates, continued economic uncertainty, higher levels of unemployment, weak consumer confidence, and lower levels of discretionary consumer spending. In addition, future decisions we could make with regard to acquisitions and divestitures could trigger a requirement to measure certain assets as held for sale with the resulting change in measurement standard potentially triggering impairments. While our cash flow projections used to assess impairment of our goodwill and other intangible assets held for use are influenced by a number of variables, they are most significantly influenced by our projection for the continued recovery of the U.S. home products markets in the next three years and our ability to execute on various planned cost reduction initiatives supporting operating income improvements forecasted to occur over the next three years. We evaluate our projection of the U.S. home products market periodically and in connection with our

annual operating plans finalized in the fourth quarter of each year. The U.S. home products market is highly dependent on U.S. new home construction and the rate of spending on repair and remodel activities. Our projection for the U.S. home products markets is inherently subject to a number of uncertain factors, such as employment, home prices, credit availability, and the rate of home foreclosures. Significant changes in these and other factors could cause us to change our cash flow projections in future periods which could trigger impairment of goodwill or indefinite-lived intangible assets in the period in which such changes occur.

6. Asset Impairment Charges

At the end of the third quarter of 2013, our Kitchen and Bath Cabinetry segment completed an evaluation of its information technology strategy. The evaluation considered opportunities arising from the improving U.S. home market conditions. As a result of this evaluation, the segment abandoned certain software developed for internal use in order to redirect financial resources toward developing more flexible systems that provide industry leading content for consumers and more advanced tools for designers to deliver a superior purchasing experience for their customers. The abandonment of this internal use software resulted in a pre-tax impairment charge of $21.2 million, which was recorded in operating income on the asset impairment charges line of the income statement and reduced property, plant and equipment.

7. External Debt and Financing Arrangements

We have a $650 million committed revolving credit facility, as well as a $350 million term loan. In July 2013, these facilities were renewed under essentially the same terms and conditions, extending the maturity date from October 2016 to July 2018. On December 31, 2013 and 2012, our outstanding borrowings in aggregate under the revolving credit facility and term loan were $350.0 million and $320.0 million, respectively. The interest rates under these facilities are variable based on LIBOR at the time of the borrowing and the Company’s leverage as measured by a debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio. Based upon the Company’s debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio, the Company’s borrowing rate could range from LIBOR + 1.0% to LIBOR + 2.0%. The credit facilities also include a minimum Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio requirement of 3.0 to 1.0. The Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio is defined as the ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as consolidated net income before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, losses from asset impairments, and certain other adjustments. Consolidated Interest Expense is as disclosed in our financial statements. The credit facilities also include a Maximum Leverage Ratio of 3.5 to 1.0 as measured by the ratio of our debt to Adjusted EBITDA. The Maximum Leverage Ratio is permitted to increase to 3.75 to 1.0 for three succeeding quarters in the event of an acquisition. At December 31, 2013, we were in compliance with our debt covenant ratios.

At December 31, 2013 and 2012, there were $6.0 million and $5.5 million of external short-term borrowings outstanding, respectively, comprised of notes payable to banks that are used for general corporate purposes. These amounts pertained to uncommitted bank lines of credit in China and India, which provide for unsecured borrowings for working capital of up to $22.7 million in aggregate, as of December 31, 2013 and 2012. The weighted-average interest rates on these borrowings were 12.3%, 13.0 % and 14.3% in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

The components of external long-term debt were as follows:



(In millions)	2013		2012
$650 million revolving credit agreement due July 2018	$	—	$	—
$350 million term loan due July 2018		350.0		320.0
Total debt		350.0		320.0
Less: current portion		—		22.5
Total long-term debt	$	350.0	$	297.5

Term loan amortization payments during the next five years as of December 31, 2013 are zero in 2014, $17.5 million in 2015, $35.0 million in 2016, $35.0 million in 2017 and $262.5 million in 2018.

In our debt agreements, there are normal and customary events of default which would permit the lenders to accelerate the debt if not cured within applicable grace periods, such as failure to pay principal or interest when due or a change in control of the Company. There were no events of default as of December 31, 2013.

8. Financial Instruments

We do not enter into financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. We principally use financial instruments to reduce the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and commodities used as raw materials in our products. The principal derivative financial instruments we enter into on a routine basis are foreign exchange contracts. Derivative financial instruments are recorded at fair value. The counterparties to derivative contracts are major financial institutions. We are subject to credit risk on these contracts equal to the fair value of these instruments. Management currently believes that the risk of incurring material losses is unlikely and that the losses, if any, would be immaterial to the Company.

Raw materials used by the Company are subject to price volatility caused by weather, supply conditions, geopolitical and economic variables, and other unpredictable external factors. From time to time, we enter into commodity swaps to manage the price risk associated with forecasted purchases of materials used in our operations. We account for these commodity derivatives as economic hedges or cash flow hedges. Changes in the fair value of economic hedges are recorded directly into current period earnings. There were no material commodity swap contracts outstanding for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.

We enter into foreign exchange contracts primarily to hedge forecasted sales and purchases denominated in select foreign currencies, thereby limiting currency risk that would otherwise result from changes in exchange rates. The periods of the foreign exchange contracts correspond to the periods of the forecasted transactions, which generally do not exceed 12 to 15 months subsequent to the latest balance sheet date.

For derivative instruments that are designated as fair value hedges, the gain or loss on the derivative instrument, as well as the offsetting loss or gain on the hedged item, are recognized on the same line of the statement of income. The effective portions of cash flow hedges are reported in OCI and are recognized in the statement of income when the hedged item affects earnings. The ineffective portion of all hedges is recognized in current period earnings. In addition, changes in the fair value of all economic hedge transactions are immediately recognized in current period earnings. Our primary foreign currency hedge contracts pertain to the Canadian dollar, the Chinese yuan and the Mexican peso. The gross U.S. dollar equivalent notional amount of all foreign currency derivative hedges

outstanding at December 31, 2013 was $182.1 million, representing a net settlement receivable of $1.8 million. Based on foreign exchange rates as of December 31, 2013, we estimate that $1.3 million of net foreign currency derivative gains included in OCI as of December 31, 2013 will be reclassified to earnings within the next twelve months.

The fair values of foreign exchange and commodity derivative instruments on the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 were:



		Fair Value

(In millions)	Location	2013		2012
Assets:
Foreign exchange contracts	Other current assets	$	2.1	$	1.0
Commodity contracts	Other current assets		—		0.2
Net investment hedges	Other current assets		0.6		—
	Total assets	$	2.7	$	1.2
Liabilities:
Foreign exchange contracts	Other current liabilities	$	0.3	$	0.8
Commodity contracts	Other current liabilities		—		0.1
	Total liabilities	$	0.3	$	0.9

The effects of derivative financial instruments on the consolidated statements of income in 2013, 2012 and 2011 were:



(In millions)	Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income

Type of hedge	Location	2013		2012			2011
Cash flow	Net sales	$	—	$	0.2		$	(0.6	)
	Cost of products sold		2.0		0.6			2.5
Fair value	Other income (expense), net		1.2		(0.3	)		—
Total		$	3.2	$	0.5		$	1.9

For cash flow hedges that are effective, the amounts recognized in OCI were $3.0 million and $0.4 million in 2013 and 2012, respectively. In the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, the ineffective portion of cash flow hedges recognized in other expense (income), net, was insignificant.

9. Fair Value Measurements

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:



	Fair Value

(In millions)	2013		2012
Assets:
Derivative asset financial instruments (level 2)	$	2.7	$	1.2
Deferred compensation program assets (level 1)		3.5		3.6
Total assets	$	6.2	$	4.8
Liabilities:
Derivative liability financial instruments (level 2)	$	0.3	$	0.9

The principal derivative financial instruments we enter into on a routine basis are foreign exchange contracts. In addition, from time to time, we enter into commodity swaps. Derivative financial instruments are recorded at fair value.

ASC requirements for Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures establish a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three levels. Level 1 inputs, the highest priority, are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 inputs reflect other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are either observable directly or through corroboration with observable market data. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs, due to little or no market activity for the asset or liability, such as internally-developed valuation models. We do not have any assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis that are Level 3.

The carrying value of the Company’s long-term debt as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 of $350.0 million and $320.0 million, respectively, approximated its fair value. The fair value of the Company’s long-term debt was determined primarily by using broker quotes, which are level 2 inputs.

In 2013, 2012 and 2011, we recorded pre-tax intangible asset impairment charges of $21.2 million, $15.8 million and $90.0 million, respectively. Refer to Note 5, “Goodwill and Identifiable Intangible Assets,” and Note 6, “Asset Impairment Charges,” for additional information. In accordance with ASC requirements for Fair Value Measurements, below is the disclosure for assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis. There were no losses for indefinite-lived intangible assets in 2013.



(in millions)	2012				2011

	Fair Value Measurements Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (level 3)		Total Losses		Fair Value Measurements Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (level 3)		Total Losses
Indefinite-lived intangible assets	$	249.7	$	15.8	$	227.0	$	90.0

10. Capital Stock

The Company has 750 million authorized shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share. The number of shares of common stock and treasury stock and the share activity for 2013 and 2012 were as follows:



	Common Shares						Treasury Shares

	2013			2012			2013		2012
Balance at the beginning of the year		163,855,647			156,008,132			700,102		3,357
Stock plan shares issued		4,516,507			8,544,260			—		—
Shares surrendered by optionees		(296,100	)		(342,498	)		296,100		342,498
Common stock repurchases		(1,408,118	)		(354,247	)		1,408,118		354,247
Balance at the end of the year		166,667,936			163,855,647			2,404,320		700,102

The Company has 60,000,000 authorized shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share. At December 31, 2013, no shares of our preferred stock were outstanding. Our Board of Directors has the authority, without action by the Company’s stockholders, to designate and issue our preferred stock in one or more series and to designate the rights, preferences, limitations and privileges of each series of preferred stock, which may be greater than the rights of the Company’s common stock.

On July 25, 2012, our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program that authorizes the Company to repurchase up to $150 million of shares of our outstanding common stock over the three

years ending July 25, 2015. At December 31, 2013, the Company’s total remaining share repurchase authorization was $89.2 million. On February 25, 2014, our Board of Directors approved a second repurchase program that authorizes the Company to repurchase up to $150 million of shares of our outstanding common stock over the two years ending February 25, 2016. The share repurchase programs do not obligate the Company to repurchase any specific dollar amount or number of shares and may be suspended or discontinued at any time.

11. Stock-Based Compensation

As of December 31, 2013, we had awards outstanding under two Long-Term Incentive Plans, the Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and the 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2011 Plan”, and together with the Plan the “Plans”). During 2013, our stockholders approved the Plan, which provides for the granting of stock options, performance share awards, restricted stock units, and other equity-based awards, to employees, directors and consultants. As of December 31, 2013, 8.7 million shares of common stock were authorized for issuance under the Plan. In addition, shares of common stock may be automatically added to the number of shares of common stock that may be issued as awards expire, are terminated, cancelled or forfeited, or are used to satisfy withholding taxes with respect to existing awards under the 2011 Plan. No new stock-based awards can be made under the 2011 Plan, but there are outstanding awards under the 2011 Plan that continue to vest and/or be exercisable. Upon the exercise or payment of stock-based awards, shares of common stock are issued from authorized common shares. Prior to the Separation, employees of Home & Security participated in our Former Parent’s stock-based compensation plans.

At the time of the Separation, certain outstanding equity awards granted by our Former Parent and held by Home & Security employees were converted into Home & Security equity awards. The manner of conversion for each employee was determined based on the type of award, vesting status of the award and the employment status of the employee at the Separation date of October 3, 2011.

Pre-tax stock-based compensation expense was as follows:



(In millions)	2013		2012		2011
Stock option awards	$	8.3	$	12.5	$	14.1
Restricted stock units		10.8		10.0		1.6
Performance awards		6.7		3.3		—
Director awards		0.9		1.1		—
Total pre-tax expense		26.7		26.9		15.7
Tax benefit		9.7		9.7		5.3
Total after tax expense	$	17.0	$	17.2	$	10.4

Compensation costs that were capitalized in inventory were not material.

Restricted Stock Units

Restricted stock units have been granted to officers and select employees of the Company and represent the right to receive unrestricted shares of common stock subject to continued employment. Certain restricted stock units are also subject to attaining specific performance criteria. Compensation cost is recognized over the service period. We calculate the fair value of each restricted stock unit granted by using to the average of the high and low share price on the date of grant. Restricted stock units generally vest ratably over a three-year period.

A summary of activity with respect to restricted stock units outstanding under the Plans related to Home & Security and our Former Parent employees for the year ended December 31, 2013 was as follows:



	Number of Restricted Stock Units			Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Non-vested at December 31, 2012		1,767,268		$	14.49
Granted		389,350			34.83
Vested		(730,421	)		13.85
Cancelled		(128,901	)		17.24
Non-vested at December 31, 2013		1,297,296		$	20.68

The remaining unrecognized pre-tax compensation cost related to restricted stock units at December 31, 2013 was approximately $14.2 million, and the weighted-average period of time over which this cost will be recognized is 1.9 years. The fair value of restricted stock units that vested during 2013 and 2012 was $26.9 million and $18.5 million, respectively. There were no restricted stock units that vested during 2011.

Stock Option Awards

The conversion of stock options constituted a modification of those stock option awards in accordance with ASC requirements for Compensation — Stock Compensation because certain awards did not have antidilution provisions. Stock-based compensation relating to the incremental fair value between Former Parent awards held prior to the Separation and Home & Security awards subsequent to the modification resulted in additional pre-tax stock-based compensation charges in 2011 of $2.4 million related to previously vested options, which was recorded in business separation costs in the statement of income.

All stock-based compensation to employees is required to be measured at fair value and expensed over the requisite service period. We recognize compensation expense on awards on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for the entire award. Stock options granted under the Plans generally vest over a three-year period and have a maturity of ten years from the grant date. Home & Security stock options converted from awards granted by our Former Parent prior to the Separation retained the vesting schedule and expiration date of the original terms and conditions of the stock option awards.

The fair value of Home & Security options granted subsequent to the Separation and our Former Parent’s stock options granted to Home & Security employees prior to the Separation was estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model with the assumptions shown in the following table:



	Home & Security Grants						Former Parent Grants

	2013		2012		2011		2011
Current expected dividend yield		1.5%		1.5%		1.5%		2.0%
Expected volatility		32.0%		35.0%		39.0%		33.2%
Risk-free interest rate		1.1%		1.2%		1.2%		2.3%
Expected term		6.0 years		6.0 years		6.5 years		5.5 years

For periods presented prior to the Separation date of October 3, 2011, all stock-based compensation awards were made by our Former Parent and used our Former Parent assumptions for volatility, dividend yield and term. The weighted-average grant date fair value of stock options granted by our Former Parent during the year ended December 31, 2011 was $16.98.

Home & Security assumptions were utilized for grants made on or after October 4, 2011. The determination of expected volatility is based on a blended peer group volatility for companies in similar industries, at a similar stage of life and with similar market capitalization because there is not sufficient historical volatility data for Home & Security common stock over the period commensurate with the expected term of stock options, as well as other relevant factors. The risk-free interest rate is based on U.S. government issues with a remaining term equal to the expected life of the stock options. The expected term is the period over which our employees are expected to hold their options. It is based on the simplified method from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s safe harbor guidelines. The dividend yield is based on the Company’s estimated dividend over the expected term. The weighted-average grant date fair value of stock options granted under the Plans during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 was $9.02, $5.80 and $4.20, respectively.

A summary of Home & Security stock option activity related to Home & Security and our Former Parent employees for the year ended December 31, 2013 was as follows:



	Options			Weighted- Average Exercise Price
Outstanding at December 31, 2012		13,070,134		$	13.14
Granted		727,200			33.25
Exercised		(3,770,311	)		13.48
Expired/forfeited		(377,463	)		16.60
Outstanding at December 31, 2013		9,649,560		$	14.39

Options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2013 were as follows:



	Options Outstanding^(a)						Options Exercisable^(b)

Range Of Exercise Prices	Options Outstanding		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Life		Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Options Exercisable		Weighted- Average Exercise Price
$9.00 to $11.99		2,788,572		3.0	$	9.71		2,788,572	$	9.71
12.00 to 14.00		4,590,316		6.9		13.07		2,557,659		13.21
14.01 to 40.96		2,270,672		6.5		22.82		968,430		17.69
		9,649,560		5.8	$	14.39		6,314,661	$	12.35

^(a)	At December 31, 2013, the aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding was $302.1 million.

^(b)	At December 31, 2013, the weighted-average remaining contractual life of options exercisable was 4.5 years and the aggregate intrinsic value of options exercisable was $210.6 million.

The remaining unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested awards at December 31, 2013 was approximately $9.4 million, and the weighted-average period of time over which this cost will be recognized is 1.7 years. The fair value of options that vested during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 was $12.4 million, $10.8 million and $10.0 million, respectively. The intrinsic value of Home & Security stock options exercised in the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 was $97.1 million, $70.2 million and $10.0 million, respectively.

Performance Awards

Performance share awards were granted to certain employees of the Company under the Plans and represent the right to earn shares of Company common stock based on the achievement of various segment or company-wide performance conditions, including diluted cumulative earnings per share, average return on invested capital, average return on net tangible assets and cumulative operating

income during the three-year performance period. Compensation cost is amortized into expense over the performance period, which is generally three years, and is based on the probability of meeting performance targets. The fair value of each performance share award is based on the average of the high and low stock price on the date of grant.

The following table summarizes information about performance share awards as of December 31, 2013, as well as activity during the year then ended, based on the target award amounts in the performance share award agreements:



	Number of Performance Share Awards			Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Non-vested at December 31, 2012		328,100		$	19.47
Granted		210,500			34.40
Cancelled		(39,100	)		24.38
Non-vested at December 31, 2013		499,500		$	25.38

No awards were made prior to 2012. The remaining unrecognized pre-tax compensation cost related to performance share awards at December 31, 2013 was approximately $11.0 million, and the weighted-average period of time over which this cost will be recognized is 1.7 years.

Director Awards

Starting in 2012, stock awards compensate outside directors under the Plan. Awards are issued annually in the second quarter as part of the compensation to outside directors. In addition, outside directors can elect to have director fees paid in stock or can elect to defer payment of stock. Compensation cost is expensed at the time of an award based on the fair value of a share at the date of the award. In 2013 and 2012, we awarded 24,672 and 52,208 shares of common stock to outside directors with a weighted average fair value on the date of the award of $36.47 and $20.46, respectively.

12. Defined Benefit Plans

We have a number of pension plans in the United States, covering many of the Company’s employees, however most have been closed to new hires. The plans provide for payment of retirement benefits, mainly commencing between the ages of 55 and 65, and also for payment of certain disability benefits. After meeting certain qualifications, an employee acquires a vested right to future benefits. The benefits payable under the plans are generally determined on the basis of an employee’s length of service and/or earnings. Employer contributions to the plans are made, as necessary, to ensure legal funding requirements are satisfied. Also, from time to time, we may make contributions in excess of the legal funding requirements.

In addition, the Company provides postretirement health care and life insurance benefits to certain retirees.



(In millions)	Pension Benefits						Postretirement Benefits

Obligations and Funded Status at December 31	2013			2012			2013			2012
Change in the Projected Benefit Obligation (PBO):
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of year	$	722.5		$	639.5		$	73.3		$	93.9
Service cost		11.4			12.1			0.3			0.5
Interest cost		30.1			30.7			1.7			3.9
Plan amendments		—			0.4			(34.7	)		(29.8	)
Actuarial (gain) loss		(73.0	)		66.0			(0.3	)		9.9
Participants’ contributions		—			—			0.5			0.8
Benefits paid		(28.7	)		(26.2	)		(7.0	)		(6.4	)
Medicare Part D reimbursement		—			—			0.4			0.5
Projected benefit obligation at end of year	$	662.3		$	722.5		$	34.2		$	73.3
Accumulated benefit obligation at end of year (excludes the impact of future compensation increases)	$	648.5		$	703.3
Change in Plan Assets:
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year	$	536.8		$	477.9		$	—		$	—
Actual return on plan assets		74.6			63.7			—			—
Employer contributions		1.1			21.4			6.1			5.1
Participants’ contributions		—			—			0.5			0.8
Medicare Part D reimbursement		—			—			0.4			0.5
Benefits paid		(28.7	)		(26.2	)		(7.0	)		(6.4	)
Fair value of plan assets at end of year	$	583.8		$	536.8		$	—		$	—
Funded status (Fair value of plan assets less PBO)	$	(78.5	)	$	(185.7	)	$	(34.2	)	$	(73.3	)

The accumulated benefit obligation exceeds the fair value of assets for all pension plans.

Amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets consist of:



	Pension Benefits						Postretirement Benefits

(In millions)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Current benefit payment liability	$	(0.8	)	$	(0.8	)	$	(3.5	)	$	(5.5	)
Accrued benefit liability		(77.7	)		(184.9	)		(30.7	)		(67.8	)
Net amount recognized	$	(78.5	)	$	(185.7	)	$	(34.2	)	$	(73.3	)

In the fourth quarter of 2012 and first half of 2013, we amended certain postretirement benefit plans to reduce health benefits for certain current and retired employees. The impact of these changes was a reduction in accrued retiree benefit plans of $29.8 million in 2012 and $34.7 million in 2013, and we recognized actuarial losses of $4.0 million in 2013 due to a decrease in the discount rate and a resulting lower threshold for loss recognition because of the reduced postretirement obligation. Liability reduction resulting from these plan amendments are recorded as amortization of prior service credits in net income in accordance with accounting requirements. In addition, in the first quarter of 2013, we communicated to certain employees our decision to freeze an hourly pension plan by December 31, 2016. As a result, we remeasured our pension liability, updating our pension measurement assumptions, and recorded a $20.0 million reduction in the liability. The curtailment charge associated with this pension freeze was insignificant. See Note 22, “Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income,” for information on the impact on accumulated other comprehensive income.

In the third and fourth quarters of 2011, we communicated to employees our decision to freeze salaried and certain hourly non-union pension plans by December 31, 2016. As a result, we remeasured our pension liabilities, updated our pension measurement assumptions, and recorded pension curtailment charges totaling $1.8 million.

In the first quarter of 2014, we amended certain postretirement benefit plans to reduce health benefits for certain current and retired employees. The reduction in accrued retiree benefit plans is estimated to be $14.7 million and will be recorded in the first quarter of 2014. Of this reduction, $11.7 million will be recorded as amortization of prior service credit in net income over the next two to three years. In addition, in the first quarter of 2014, we expect to recognize actuarial gains of $0.6 million and one-time prior service credits in net income of $3.7 million.

In 2014, we expect to make pension cash contributions of approximately $10 million.

The amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income on the consolidated balance sheets that have not yet been recognized as components of net periodic benefit cost were as follows:



(In millions)	Pension Benefits			Postretirement Benefits
Net actuarial loss at December 31, 2011		63.5			6.0
Recognition of actuarial loss		(30.6	)		(11.6	)
Current year actuarial loss		39.3			9.9
Net actuarial loss at December 31, 2012	$	72.2		$	4.3
Recognition of actuarial gain		(0.9	)		(4.5	)
Current year actuarial gain		(105.6	)		(0.3	)
Net actuarial gain at December 31, 2013	$	(34.3	)	$	(0.5	)
Net prior service cost at December 31, 2011		0.5			1.0
Prior service cost (credit) recognition due to plan amendments		0.4			(29.8	)
Amortization		(0.3	)		2.6
Net prior service cost (credit) at December 31, 2012	$	0.6		$	(26.2	)
Prior service credit recognition due to plan amendments		—			(34.7	)
Amortization		(0.1	)		27.4
Net prior service cost (credit) at December 31, 2013	$	0.5		$	(33.5	)
Total at December 31, 2013	$	(33.8	)	$	(34.0	)

The amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income expected to be recognized as components of net periodic benefit cost over the next fiscal year are amortization of net prior service costs (credits) related pension benefits of $0.1 million and postretirement benefits of $(19.4) million.

Components of net periodic benefit cost were as follows:



Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost	Pension Benefits									Postretirement Benefits

(In millions)	2013			2012			2011			2013			2012			2011
Service cost	$	11.4		$	12.1		$	12.9		$	0.3		$	0.5		$	0.5
Interest cost		30.1			30.7			31.0			1.7			3.9			4.4
Expected return on plan assets		(41.8	)		(36.8	)		(41.3	)		—			—			—
Recognition of actuarial losses		0.8			30.6			80.0			4.4			11.6			—
Amortization of prior service cost (credits)		0.1			0.3			0.3			(27.4	)		(2.6	)		0.4
Curtailment and settlement losses		0.1			—			1.8			0.1			—			—
Net periodic benefit cost	$	0.7		$	36.9		$	84.7		$	(20.9	)	$	13.4		$	5.3



Assumptions	Pension Benefits			Postretirement Benefits

	2013	2012	2011	2013	2012	2011
Weighted-Average Assumptions Used to Determine Benefit Obligations at December 31:
Discount rate	5.0%	4.2%		4.3%	3.7%
Rate of compensation increase	4.0%	4.0%		—	—
Weighted-Average Assumptions Used to Determine Net Cost for Years Ended December 31:
Discount rate	4.2%	4.9%	5.8%	3.7%	4.6%	5.3%
Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets	7.8%	7.8%	8.5%	—	—	—
Rate of compensation increase	4.0%	4.0%	4.0%	—	—	—



	Postretirement Benefits

	2013			2012
Assumed Health Care Cost Trend Rates Used to Determine Benefit Obligations and Net Cost at December 31:
Health care cost trend rate assumed for next year		7.1/7.5	%^(a)		7.5/7.0	%^(a)
Rate that the cost trend rate is assumed to decline (the ultimate trend rate)		4.5	%		5.0	%
Year that the rate reaches the ultimate trend rate		2022			2017

^(a)	The pre-65 initial health care cost trend rate is shown first / followed by the post-65 rate.

Assumed health care cost trend rates have a significant effect on the amounts reported for the health care plans. A one-percentage-point change in assumed health care cost trend rates would have the following effects:



(In millions)	1-Percentage- Point Increase		1-Percentage- Point Decrease
Effect on total of service and interest cost	$	0.1	$	(0.1	)
Effect on postretirement benefit obligation		1.8		(2.0	)

Plan Assets

Pension assets by major category of plan assets and the type of fair value measurement as of December 31, 2013 were as follows:


(In millions)	Total as of balance sheet date		Level 2 – Significant other observable inputs		Level 3 – Significant unobservable inputs
Group annuity/insurance contracts	$	21.2	$	—	$	21.2
Commingled funds:
Cash and cash equivalents		8.1		8.1		—
Equity		278.6		278.6		—
Fixed income		232.6		232.6		—
Multi-strategy hedge funds		20.5		—		20.5
Real estate		22.8		—		22.8
Total	$	583.8	$	519.3	$	64.5

A reconciliation of Level 3 measurements as of December 31, 2013 was as follows:



			Commingled Funds

(In millions)	Group annuity/ insurance contracts		Multi-strategy hedge funds		Real estate			Total
January 1, 2013	$	20.6	$	18.8	$	24.4		$	63.8
Actual return on assets related to assets still held		0.6		1.7		3.4			5.7
Purchases, sales and settlements		—		—		(5.0	)		(5.0	)
December 31, 2013	$	21.2	$	20.5	$	22.8		$	64.5

Pension assets by major category of plan assets and the type of fair value measurement as of December 31, 2012 were as follows:



(In millions)	Total as of balance sheet date		Level 2 – Significant other observable inputs		Level 3 – Significant unobservable inputs
Group annuity/insurance contracts	$	20.6	$	—	$	20.6
Commingled funds:
Cash and cash equivalents		6.3		6.3		—
Equity		331.5		331.5		—
Fixed income		135.2		135.2		—
Multi-strategy hedge funds		18.8		—		18.8
Real estate		24.4		—		24.4
Total	$	536.8	$	473.0	$	63.8

A reconciliation of Level 3 measurements as of December 31, 2012 was as follows:



			Commingled Funds

(In millions)	Group annuity/ insurance contracts		Multi-strategy hedge funds		Real estate		Total
January 1, 2012	$	20.0	$	17.5	$	21.9	$	59.4
Actual return on assets related to assets still held		0.6		1.3		2.5		4.4
December 31, 2012	$	20.6	$	18.8	$	24.4	$	63.8

Our defined benefit trust owns a variety of assets including equity, fixed income and real estate securities, as well as group annuity/insurance contracts and fund-of-hedge funds. Equity securities are traded on national stock exchanges and are valued at daily closing prices. Fixed income securities are valued at daily closing prices or institutional mid-evaluation prices provided by independent industry-recognized pricing sources. Real estate securities are valued based on recent market appraisals of underlying property, as well as standard valuation methodologies to determine the most probable cash price in a competitive market. Valuations of group annuity/insurance contracts and fund-of-hedge funds are based on daily closing prices of underlying securities or institutional evaluation prices consistent with industry practices.

Our investment strategy is to optimize investment returns through a diversified portfolio of investments, taking into consideration underlying plan liabilities and asset volatility. A Master Trust was established to hold the assets of our domestic defined benefit plans. The U.S. defined benefit asset allocation policy of the trust allows for an equity allocation of 0% to 75%, a fixed income

allocation of 25% to 100%, a cash allocation of up to 25% and other investments up to 20%. Asset allocations are based on the underlying liability structure. All retirement asset allocations are reviewed periodically to ensure the allocation meets the needs of the liability structure.

Our 2014 expected blended long-term rate of return on plan assets of 7.4% was determined based on the nature of the plans’ investments, our current asset allocation and projected long-term rates of return from pension investment consultants.

Estimated Future Retirement Benefit Payments

The following retirement benefit payments are expected to be paid:


(In millions)	Pension Benefits		Postretirement Benefits
2014	$	32.2	$	3.4
2015		34.1		3.4
2016		36.0		3.4
2017		37.5		2.8
2018		39.0		2.8
Years 2019-2023		215.0		12.7

Estimated future retirement benefit payments above are estimates and could change significantly based on differences between actuarial assumptions and actual events and decisions related to lump sum distribution options that are available to participants in certain plans.

Defined Contribution Plan Contributions

We sponsor a number of defined contribution plans. Contributions are determined under various formulas. Cash contributions by the Company related to these plans amounted to $18.7 million, $16.1 million and $17.8 million in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

13. Income Taxes

The components of income (loss) before income taxes and noncontrolling interests were as follows:



(In millions)	2013		2012		2011
Domestic operations	$	276.9	$	95.0	$	(73.1	)
Foreign operations		68.0		59.0		29.5
Income (loss) before income taxes and noncontrolling interests	$	344.9	$	154.0	$	(43.6	)

A reconciliation of income taxes at the 35% federal statutory income tax rate to the income tax provision (benefit) reported was as follows:



(In millions)	2013			2012			2011
Income tax expense (benefit) computed at federal statutory income tax rate	$	120.7		$	53.9		$	(15.3	)
Other income taxes, net of federal tax benefit		8.0			3.8			(1.8	)
Foreign taxes at a different rate than U.S. federal statutory income tax rate		(10.2	)		(7.0	)		(5.3	)
Tax effect on foreign dividends		—			12.4			10.2
Tax benefit on income attributable to domestic production activities		(5.8	)		(2.2	)		(2.6	)
Net adjustments for uncertain tax positions		2.0			(11.0	)		(9.7	)
Net effect of rate changes on deferred taxes		(3.0	)		(0.2	)		(2.9	)
Prior period items		—			(3.9	)		—
Valuation allowance increase (decrease)		2.1			(8.9	)		16.8
Miscellaneous other, net		0.2			(2.6	)		1.6
Income tax expense (benefit) as reported	$	114.0		$	34.3		$	(9.0	)
Effective income tax rate		33.1	%		22.3	%		20.6	%

The effective income tax rate for 2013 was unfavorably impacted by an increase in the valuation allowance related to an investment impairment charge for which we cannot presently record an income tax benefit. The effective income tax rate in 2013 was favorably impacted by $3.0 million of deferred tax benefits associated with the enacted repeal of the Mexican Business Flat Tax, under the 2014 Mexican Tax Reform Package and the extension of the U.S. research and development credit under The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. The effective income tax rate was also favorably impacted by an increased benefit attriburable to domestic production activities. The effective income tax rate in 2012 was favorably impacted by a tax benefit related to the final settlement of a U.S. federal income tax audit covering the 2008 to 2009 years and a decrease in valuation allowance due to certain reorganization actions among our foreign subsidiaries. The effective rate in 2012 was unfavorably impacted by an income tax expense on foreign dividends. The effective income tax rate in 2011 was unfavorably impacted due to the recording of valuation allowances related to state and foreign net operating loss carryforwards and an income tax expense on foreign dividends. The 2011 effective income tax rate was favorably impacted by a tax benefit related to conclusion of foreign and state income tax audits and enacted changes in state tax laws.

On September 13, 2013, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service issued the final tangible property repair regulations that are effective for years beginning on or after January 1, 2014. While the final impact of these regulations on our financial statements will not be determined until our 2014 income tax return is filed, we do not expect it to have a material impact on our results of operations or cash flows.

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits (UTBs) was as follows:


(In millions)	2013			2012			2011
Unrecognized tax benefits — beginning of year	$	20.8		$	35.4		$	38.8
Gross additions — current year tax positions		4.4			2.8			2.3
Gross additions — prior year tax positions		0.7			0.6			7.2
Gross additions — purchase accounting adjustments		1.6			—			—
Gross reductions — prior year tax positions		(3.2	)		(13.5	)		(12.0	)
Gross reductions — settlements with taxing authorities		(0.6	)		(4.0	)		(0.4	)
Impact of change in foreign exchange rates		—			—			(0.5	)
Impact due to expiration of statutes of limitations		—			(0.5	)		—
Unrecognized tax benefits — end of year	$	23.7		$	20.8		$	35.4

The amount of UTBs that, if recognized as of December 31, 2013, would affect the Company’s effective tax rate was $23.4 million. It is reasonably possible that, within the next twelve months, total UTBs may decrease in the range of $2.5 million to $3.5 million primarily as a result of the conclusion of U.S. state and foreign income tax proceedings.

We classify interest and penalty accruals related to UTBs as income tax expense. In 2013, we recognized an interest and penalty benefit of approximately $0.2 million. In 2012, we recognized an interest and penalty benefit of approximately $1.7 million, primarily driven by audit resolutions. In 2011, we recognized an interest and penalty benefit of $1.4 million. At December 31, 2013 and 2012, we had accruals for the payment of interest and penalties of $9.9 million and $10.2 million, respectively.

We file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, various states and foreign jurisdictions. The Company is currently under examination by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the periods related to 2010 and 2011. We have tax years that remain open and subject to examination by tax authorities in the following major taxing jurisdictions: Canada for years after 2008, Mexico for years after 2006 and China for years after 2009.

Income taxes in 2013, 2012 and 2011 were as follows:



(In millions)	2013			2012			2011
Current
Federal	$	102.8		$	17.6		$	26.0
Foreign		12.8			13.1			8.9
State and other		11.2			4.1			16.9
Deferred
Federal, state and other		(13.0	)		4.8			(66.8	)
Foreign		0.2			(5.3	)		6.0
Total income tax expense (benefit)	$	114.0		$	34.3		$	(9.0	)

The components of net deferred tax assets (liabilities) as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:



(In millions)	2013			2012
Deferred tax assets:
Compensation and benefits	$	36.8		$	32.8
Defined benefit plans		44.2			84.3
Capitalized inventories		13.1			13.8
Accounts receivable		6.8			6.9
Other accrued expenses		17.7			18.0
Net operating loss and other tax carryforwards		25.5			32.7
Valuation allowance		(20.7	)		(19.2	)
Miscellaneous		14.7			10.7
Total deferred tax assets		138.1			180.0
Deferred tax liabilities:
LIFO inventories		(12.5	)		(12.5	)
Fixed assets		(63.4	)		(69.4	)
Identifiable intangible assets		(252.9	)		(253.6	)
Miscellaneous		(8.1	)		(12.3	)
Total deferred tax liabilities		(336.9	)		(347.8	)
Net deferred tax liability	$	(198.8	)	$	(167.8	)

In accordance with ASC requirements for Income Taxes, deferred taxes were classified in the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 as follows:



(In millions)	2013			2012
Other current assets	$	46.2		$	55.6
Other current liabilities		(0.6	)		(1.2	)
Other assets		1.4			1.8
Deferred income taxes		(245.8	)		(224.0	)
Net deferred tax liability	$	(198.8	)	$	(167.8	)

As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company had deferred tax assets relating to net operating losses and other tax carryforwards of $25.5 million and $32.7 million, respectively, of which approximately $1.4 million will expire between 2014 and 2019, and the remainder which will expire in 2020 and thereafter. The Company has provided a valuation allowance to reduce the carrying value of certain of these deferred tax assets, as management has concluded that, based on the available evidence, it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will not be fully realized.

The undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries that are considered indefinitely reinvested were $156.1 million at December 31, 2013. A quantification of the associated deferred tax liability on these undistributed earnings has not been made, as the determination of such liability is not practicable.

In October, 2011, we separated from our Former Parent. During 2012, we analyzed the subsidiary legal and capital structures inherited from our Former Parent to assess their compatibility with our strategies as a new independent company. Based on this analysis, in the fourth quarter of 2012, we committed to a plan to reorganize certain foreign subsidiaries and adjust their capital structures to better align with our business strategy as a new independent company. As part of this plan, we committed to a non-recurring remittance of certain foreign earnings and recorded an associated tax liability of $12.4 million. In 2011, prior to the Separation and at the direction of our Former Parent, we remitted foreign earnings and recorded an associated tax liability of $9.1 million. We have not provided deferred income taxes on the remaining undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries.

In general, under the Tax Allocation Agreement that we entered into with our Former Parent, Home & Security is responsible for all taxes to the extent such taxes are attributable to the Home & Security business, and we agreed to indemnify our Former Parent for these taxes. Our Former Parent will be responsible for all taxes to the extent such taxes are not attributable to the Home & Security business and our Former Parent has agreed to indemnify us for these taxes. Although Home & Security will continue to be severally liable with our Former Parent for this liability following the Separation, under the Tax Allocation Agreement, our Former Parent agreed to indemnify us for amounts relating to this liability to the extent not attributable to the Home & Security business. Though valid as between the parties, the Tax Allocation Agreement will not be binding on the IRS. Moreover, the Tax Allocation Agreement generally provides that each of Home & Security and our Former Parent is responsible for any taxes imposed as a result of the failure of the distribution of all the shares of our common stock owned by our Former Parent to stockholders of our Former Parent as of September 20, 2011 (the “Distribution”) to qualify for tax-favored treatment under the Internal Revenue Code if such failure is attributable to certain post-Distribution actions taken by such party or in respect of such party or such party’s stockholders after the Distribution, regardless of whether the actions occur more than two years after the Distribution, the other party consents to such actions or such party obtains a favorable letter ruling or tax opinion.

14. Restructuring and Other Charges

Pre-tax restructuring and other charges for the year ended December 31, 2013 were:



	Year Ended December 31, 2013
			Other Charges^(a)
(In millions)	Restructuring Charges		Cost of Products Sold		SG&A^(b)		Total Charges
Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry	$	2.2	$	0.1	$	—	$	2.3
Plumbing & Accessories		0.6		0.6		0.2		1.4
Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems		1.4		—		—		1.4
Total	$	4.2	$	0.7	$	0.2	$	5.1

^(a)

“Other Charges” represent charges or gains directly related to restructuring initiatives that cannot be reported as restructuring under GAAP. Such charges or gains may include losses on disposal of inventories, trade receivables allowances from exiting product lines, accelerated depreciation resulting from the closure of facilities, and gains and losses on the sale of previously closed facilities.

^(b)	Selling, general and administrative expenses

2013 restructuring and other charges related to supply chain initiatives.

Pre-tax restructuring and other charges for the year ended December 31, 2012 were:



	Year Ended December 31, 2012
(In millions)	Restructuring Charges			Other Charges^(a)			Total Charges
Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry	$	4.7		$	8.9		$	13.6
Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems		0.8			(3.4	)		(2.6	)
Security & Storage		(1.0	)		—			(1.0	)
Total	$	4.5		$	5.5		$	10.0

^(a)

“Other Charges,” which were recorded in cost of products sold in 2012, represent charges or gains directly related to restructuring initiatives that cannot be reported as restructuring under GAAP. Such charges or gains may include losses on disposal of inventories, trade receivables allowances from exiting product lines, accelerated depreciation resulting from the closure of facilities, and gains and losses on the sale of previously closed facilities.

In August 2012, we announced and initiated a restructuring action in the Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry segment. As a result of the restructuring, in 2012 we recorded restructuring and other charges of approximately $12 million due to the planned closure of our Martinsville, Virginia cabinet manufacturing facility. Pre-tax charges included $3.2 million of workforce reduction and exit costs to close the facility and to consolidate manufacturing at other facilities and $8.5 million of other charges, primarily accelerated depreciation of long-lived assets associated with the closed facility. The restructuring actions were undertaken to further enhance the efficiency and flexibility of the Company’s supply chains.

Pre-tax restructuring and other charges for the year ended December 31, 2011 were:



	Year Ended December 31, 2011
(In millions)	Restructuring Charges		Other Charges^(a)			Total Charges
Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry	$	3.7	$	9.0		$	12.7
Plumbing & Accessories		—		(0.1	)		(0.1	)
Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems		1.0		6.4			7.4
Total	$	4.7	$	15.3		$	20.0

^(a)

“Other Charges,” which were recorded in cost of products sold in 2011, represent charges or gains directly related to restructuring initiatives that cannot be reported as restructuring under GAAP. Such charges or gains may include losses on disposal of inventories, trade receivables allowances from exiting product lines, accelerated depreciation resulting from the closure of facilities, and gains and losses on the sale of previously closed facilities.

Pretax restructuring and other charges of $20.0 million in 2011 primarily related to cabinet and window manufacturing facility closures. These charges consisted of $3.5 million for workforce reductions including employee benefit curtailments, $11.5 million primarily for accelerated depreciation for facilities that were closed in the fourth quarter of 2011, tradename impairment charges of $1.9 million, and $3.1 million of other costs.

The Company’s restructuring liability was not material as of December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011.

15. Related Party Transactions

Prior to the Separation, Home & Security had certain related party relationships with our Former Parent and its subsidiaries, as discussed below. Pursuant to the Separation and Distribution Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement and certain other agreements entered into in connection with the Separation, our Former Parent agreed to indemnify us from certain liabilities and we agreed to indemnify our Former Parent from certain liabilities. Indemnities that we may be required to provide our Former Parent may be significant and could negatively impact our business, particularly indemnities relating to our actions that could impact the tax-free nature of the Distribution. Third parties could also seek to hold us responsible for any of the liabilities that our Former Parent has agreed to retain. Even if we ultimately succeed in recovering from our Former Parent any amounts for which we are held liable, we may be temporarily required to bear these losses ourselves.

Upon the Separation, our Former Parent ceased providing financing, cash management and treasury services to the Company. Immediately prior to the Separation, on October 3, 2011, Home & Security paid a dividend to our Former Parent in the amount of $500 million. In addition, the Company paid a dividend of $48.9 million to our Former Parent, prior to the Separation on October 3, 2011 and made a payment of $6.0 million to our Former Parent on January 3, 2012. These two latter payments represented U.S. cash balances generated from August 26, 2011, the date of the conversion of the Company from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware corporation, through the date of the Separation. In addition, in the fourth quarter of 2012, we paid $3.0 million to our Former Parent for the final settlement of the Home & Security portion of our Former Parent’s consolidated 2011 federal income tax return. In the second quarter of 2013, we received $1.2 million from our Former Parent for the final settlement of 2011 state income tax returns in which Home & Security companies were included, net of a state audit payment that was owed to our Former Parent.

Financing and Cash Management Historically, our Former Parent provided financing, cash management and treasury services to Home & Security. The Company’s U.S. cash balances were swept by our Former Parent on a daily basis and the Company received funding from our Former Parent for operating and investing cash needs. Cash transferred to and from the Company was recorded in the form of loans from or to our Former Parent in the accompanying financial statements. The weighted-average interest rate on loans to/from our Former Parent was 3.4% in 2011. Related party interest expense and income in 2011 were $29.3 million and $6.1 million, respectively, netting to expense of $23.2 million.

General and Administrative Services Until consummation of the Separation, our Former Parent performed certain functions and services on behalf of Home & Security. Refer to Note 1, “Background and Basis of Presentation,” for additional information.

16. Business Separation Costs

We recorded $2.4 million of business separation costs during the year ended December 31, 2011 related to non-cash non-recurring costs associated with the modification of share-based compensation awards as a result of the Separation.

17. Commitments

Purchase Obligations

Purchase obligations of the Company as of December 31, 2013 were $298.8 million, of which $283.9 million is due in one year. Purchase obligations include contracts for raw materials and finished goods purchases, selling and administrative services, and capital expenditures.

Lease Commitments

Future minimum rental payments under non-cancelable operating leases as of December 31, 2013 were as follows:


(In millions)
2014	$	29.4
2015		24.0
2016		17.0
2017		8.4
2018		6.1
Remainder		4.4
Total minimum rental payments	$	89.3

Total rental expense for all operating leases (reduced by minor amounts from subleases) amounted to $47.9 million, $49.3 million and $35.2 million in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Product Warranties

We generally record warranty expense at the time of sale. We offer our customers various warranty terms based on the type of product that is sold. Warranty expense is determined based on historic claim experience and the nature of the product category. The following table summarizes activity related to our product warranty liability for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011.



(In millions)	2013			2012			2011
Reserve balance at the beginning of the year	$	14.3		$	13.9		$	12.6
Provision for warranties issued		20.1			17.5			18.9
Settlements made (in cash or in kind)		(19.2	)		(17.1	)		(17.6	)
Reserve balance at end of year	$	15.2		$	14.3		$	13.9

18. Information on Business Segments

We report our operating segments based on how operating results are regularly reviewed by our chief operating decision maker for making decisions about resource allocations to segments and assessing performance. The Company’s operating segments and types of products from which each segment derives revenues are described below.

The Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry segment includes custom, semi-custom and stock cabinetry for the kitchen, bath and other parts of the home under brand names including Aristokraft, Kitchen Craft, Kitchen Classics, Omega, Schrock, Homecrest, Decorá, Diamond and Kemper. In addition, cabinets are distributed under the Martha Stewart Living and Thomasville Cabinetry brand names. The Plumbing & Accessories segment manufactures or assembles and sells faucets, bath furnishings, accessories and kitchen sinks predominantly under the Moen brand. The Advanced Material

Windows & Door Systems segment includes residential fiberglass and steel entry door systems under the Therma-Tru brand name, vinyl-framed windows and patio doors under the Simonton brand name, and urethane millwork under the Fypon brand name. The Security & Storage segment includes locks, safety and security devices and electronic security products under the Master Lock brand name, and tool storage and garage organization products under the Sears Craftsman and Waterloo brand names.

The Company’s subsidiaries operate principally in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China and Western Europe.



(In millions)	2013		2012		2011
Net sales:
Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry	$	1,642.2	$	1,326.6	$	1,256.3
Plumbing & Accessories		1,287.0		1,100.7		962.8
Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems		657.8		587.2		552.9
Security & Storage		570.4		576.6		556.6
Net sales	$	4,157.4	$	3,591.1	$	3,328.6

Net sales to two of the Company’s customers, The Home Depot, Inc. (“The Home Depot”) and Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (“Lowe’s”) each accounted for greater than 10% of the Company’s net sales in 2013, 2012 and 2011. All segments sell to both The Home Depot and Lowe’s. Net sales to The Home Depot were 14%, 13% and 13% of net sales in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Net sales to Lowe’s were 13%, 13% and 15% of net sales in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.



(In millions)	2013			2012			2011

Operating income (loss):
Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry	$	97.1		$	20.5		$	5.7
Plumbing & Accessories		228.3			169.2			138.0
Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems		14.4			(1.0	)		(101.2	)
Security & Storage		90.4			75.4			62.6
Less: Corporate expenses^(a)		(73.1	)		(102.4	)		(120.7	)
Operating income (loss)	$	357.1		$	161.7		$	(15.6	)

Total assets:
Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry	$	1,588.0		$	1,248.5		$	1,273.2
Plumbing & Accessories		1,176.3			1,081.7			1,065.0
Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems		766.1			778.2			804.2
Security & Storage		461.8			459.8			399.9
Corporate^(b)		185.9			305.7			95.6
Total assets	$	4,178.1		$	3,873.9		$	3,637.9
^(a) Below is a table detailing Corporate expenses:

Corporate expenses:
General and administrative expense^(c)	$	(78.0	)	$	(63.7	)	$	(44.1	)
Business separation costs		—			—			(2.4	)
Defined benefit plan costs		10.1			3.5			5.8
Defined benefit plan recognition of actuarial losses		(5.2	)		(42.2	)		(80.0	)
Total Corporate expenses	$	(73.1	)	$	(102.4	)	$	(120.7	)

^(b)	Corporate assets at December 31, 2013 and 2012 primarily consisted of cash and at December 31, 2010 predominantly consisted of short-term loans to our Former Parent.

^(c)	General and administrative expense included a $23.4 million allocation of general corporate expenses incurred directly by our Former Parent in the first nine months of 2011.



(In millions)	2013			2012			2011
Depreciation expense:
Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry	$	29.3		$	38.8		$	38.6
Plumbing & Accessories		16.7			18.1			18.2
Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems		16.9			18.5			25.8
Security & Storage		13.0			13.3			14.0
Corporate		1.3			1.5			0.5
Depreciation expense	$	77.2		$	90.2		$	97.1

Amortization of intangible assets:
Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry	$	5.1		$	3.3		$	6.0
Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems		7.5			7.5			7.9
Security & Storage		0.6			0.3			0.5
Amortization of intangible assets	$	13.2		$	11.1		$	14.4

Capital expenditures:
Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry	$	36.4		$	27.7		$	29.1
Plumbing & Accessories		25.3			19.1			16.5
Advanced Material Windows & Door Systems		13.6			15.0			13.5
Security & Storage		18.9			13.0			9.4
Corporate		2.5			0.2			—
Capital expenditures, gross		96.7			75.0			68.5
Less: proceeds from disposition of assets		(2.2	)		(13.5	)		(3.5	)
Capital expenditures, net	$	94.5		$	61.5		$	65.0

Net sales by geographic region^(a):
United States	$	3,479.4		$	2,969.1		$	2,755.0
Canada		418.1			405.3			390.3
China and other international		259.9			216.7			183.3
Net sales	$	4,157.4		$	3,591.1		$	3,328.6

Property, plant and equipment, net:
United States	$	439.2		$	428.9		$	443.7
Mexico		55.6			37.0			39.1
Canada		29.4			32.7			32.8
China and other international		10.2			10.8			10.2
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	534.4		$	509.4		$	525.8

^(a)	Based on country of destination

19. Quarterly Financial Data

Unaudited

(In millions, except per share amounts)



2013	1^st		2^nd		3^rd		4^th		Full Year
Net sales	$	890.0	$	1,040.4	$	1,125.1	$	1,101.9	$	4,157.4
Gross profit		300.2		377.0		384.9		376.7		1,438.8
Operating income		56.6		106.5		98.6		95.4		357.1
Net income		37.5		64.2		64.6		64.6		230.9
Net income attributable to Home & Security		37.3		64.0		64.2		64.2		229.7
Basic earnings per common share		0.23		0.39		0.39		0.39		1.39
Diluted earnings per common share		0.22		0.37		0.37		0.37		1.34

In the third quarter of 2013, we recorded pre-tax asset impairment charges in our Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry segment of $21.2 million ($13.8 after tax or $0.08 per diluted share) associated with the abandonment of certain internal use software. We recorded pre-tax defined benefit plan actuarial losses of $5.2 million in 2013 — $4.6 million ($3.1 million after tax or $0.02 per diluted share) in the first quarter, $0.7 million ($0.4 million after tax or $— per diluted share) in the second quarter, $0.3 million ($0.2 million after tax or $— per diluted share) in the third quarter and a gain of $0.4 million ($0.4 million after tax or $— per diluted share) in the fourth quarter.



2012	1^st		2^nd		3^rd		4^th		Full Year
Net sales	$	798.8	$	935.3	$	909.1	$	947.9	$	3,591.1
Gross profit		246.8		317.4		302.3		303.5		1,170.0
Operating income		21.3		72.3		60.6		7.5		161.7
Net income		13.0		47.9		40.2		18.6		119.7
Net income attributable to Home & Security		12.5		47.8		40.0		18.4		118.7
Basic earnings per common share		0.08		0.30		0.25		0.11		0.74
Diluted earnings per common share		0.08		0.29		0.24		0.11		0.71

In the fourth quarter of 2012, in conjunction with our annual impairment testing, we recorded pre-tax indefinite-lived tradename impairment charges of $15.8 million ($9.7 million after tax or $0.06 per diluted share). We recorded pre-tax defined benefit plan actuarial losses of $42.2 million in 2012 — $3.7 million ($2.3 million after tax or $0.01 per diluted share) in the third quarter and $38.5 million ($23.9 million after tax or $0.14 per diluted share) in the fourth quarter.

20. Earnings Per Share

The computations of earnings (loss) per common share were as follows:



(In millions, except per share data)	2013		2012		2011
Net income (loss) attributable to Home & Security	$	229.7	$	118.7	$	(35.6	)
Basic earnings (loss) per common share	$	1.39	$	0.74	$	(0.23	)
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share	$	1.34	$	0.71	$	(0.23	)
Basic average shares outstanding		165.5		160.6		155.2
Diluted average shares outstanding		171.3		166.1		155.2
Antidilutive stock-based awards excluded from weighted-average number of shares outstanding for diluted earnings per share		0.4		0.7		22.1

Prior to the Separation, the total number of outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock increased significantly. On September 27, 2011, the total number of issued and outstanding shares was increased such that 155,052,629 shares of Home & Security common stock were available for distribution to the holders of common stock of our Former Parent. Basic and diluted earnings per common share and the average number of common shares outstanding were retrospectively restated adjusting the number of shares of Home & Security common stock for the stock split. In periods prior to the Separation, the same number of shares was used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share because no Home & Security stock-based awards were outstanding prior to the Separation. Stock-based awards were antidilutive in 2011 due to the Company’s net loss.

21. Other Expense (Income), Net

The components of other expense (income), net for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 were as follows:



(In millions)	2013			2012			2011
Foreign currency transaction losses	$	—		$	—		$	2.7
Asset impairment charge		6.2			—			—
Other items, net		(1.2	)		(1.0	)		(1.1	)
Total other expense (income), net	$	5.0		$	(1.0	)	$	1.6

In the second quarter of 2013, we recorded a $6.2 million impairment charge pertaining to a cost method investment due to an other-than-temporary decline in the fair value of the investment. As a result of the impairment, the carrying value of the investment was reduced to zero and the Company is not subject to further impairment or funding obligations with regard to this investment.

22. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

The reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2013 were as follows:



(In millions)

Details about Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Components	Affected Line Item in the Statement of Comprehensive Income
Gains (losses) on cash flow hedges
Foreign exchange contracts	$	2.3		Cost of products sold
Commodity contract		(0.3	)	Cost of products sold

		2.0		Total before tax
		(0.7	)	Tax expense

	$	1.3		Net of tax
Defined benefit plan items
Amortization of prior service cost	$	27.3		^(a)
Recognition of actuarial losses		(5.2	)	^(a)
Curtailment and settlement losses		(0.2	)	^(a)

		21.9		Total before tax
		(8.4	)	Tax expense

	$	13.5		Net of tax


Total reclassifications for the period	$	14.8		Net of tax

^(a)	These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost. Refer to Note 12, “Defined Benefit Plans,” for additional information.

Total accumulated other comprehensive income consists of net income (loss) and other changes in business equity from transactions and other events from sources other than shareholders. It includes currency translation gains and losses, unrealized gains and losses from derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges, and defined benefit plan adjustments. The components of and changes in accumulated other comprehensive income were as follows:



(In millions)	Foreign Currency Adjustments			Derivative Hedging Gain			Defined Benefit Plan Adjustments			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Balance at December 31, 2010	$	56.9		$	1.2		$	(28.6	)	$	29.5
Changes during year		(1.8	)		(0.7	)		(16.4	)		(18.9	)
Balance at December 31, 2011		55.1			0.5			(45.0	)		10.6
Changes during year		8.4			(0.3	)		11.9			20.0
Balance at December 31, 2012	$	63.5		$	0.2		$	(33.1	)	$	30.6
Amounts classified into accumulated other comprehensive income		(10.2	)		2.0			87.8			79.6
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income		—			(1.3	)		(13.5	)		(14.8	)
Net current period other comprehensive income		(10.2	)		0.7			74.3			64.8
Balance at December 31, 2013	$	53.3		$	0.9		$	41.2		$	95.4

23. Contingencies

Litigation

The Company is a defendant in lawsuits associated with the normal conduct of its businesses and operations. It is not possible to predict the outcome of the pending actions, and, as with any litigation, it is possible that these actions could be decided unfavorably to the Company. The Company believes that there are meritorious defenses to these actions and that these actions will not have a material adverse effect upon the Company’s results of operations, cash flows or financial condition, and, where appropriate, these actions are being vigorously contested.

Environmental

Compliance with federal, state and local laws regulating the discharge of materials into the environment, or otherwise relating to the protection of the environment, did not have a material effect on capital expenditures, earnings or the competitive position of Home & Security. Several of our subsidiaries have been designated as potentially responsible parties (“PRP”) under “Superfund” or similar state laws. As of December 31, 2013, eight such instances have not been dismissed, settled or otherwise resolved. In calendar year 2013, we were identified as a PRP in one new instance, which we settled in 2013. In most instances where our subsidiaries are named as a PRP, we enter into cost-sharing arrangements with other PRPs. We give notice to insurance carriers of potential PRP liability, but very rarely, if ever, receive reimbursement from insurance for PRP costs. We believe that the cost of complying with the present environmental protection laws, before considering estimated recoveries either from other PRPs or insurance, will not have an adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows or financial condition. At December 31, 2013 and 2012, we had accruals of $5.6 million and $6.8 million, respectively, relating to environmental compliance and clean up including, but not limited to, the above mentioned Superfund sites.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements listed in the index appearing under Item 15(a)(1) present fairly , in all material respects, the financial position of Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. and its subsidiaries at December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2013 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In addition, in our opinion, the financial statement schedule listed in the index appearing under Item 15(a)(2) presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein when read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial statements. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (1992) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). The Company’s management is responsible for these financial statements and financial statement schedule, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting appearing under Item 9A. Our responsibility is to express opinions on these financial statements, on the financial statement schedule, and on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audits (which were integrated audits in 2013 and 2012). We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audits of the financial statements included examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed 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. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

As described in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting appearing under Item 9A, management has excluded Woodcrafters Home Products Holding, LLC from its assessment of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013 because it was acquired by the Company in a purchase business combination during 2013. We have also excluded Woodcrafters Home Products Holding, LLC from our audit of internal control over financial reporting. Woodcrafters Home Products Holding, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary whose total assets and total revenues represent 8% and 3%, respectively, of the related consolidated financial statement amounts as of and for the year ended December 31, 2013.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Chicago, Illinois

February 26, 2014

Item 9.

Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

None.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.

(a) Evaluation

of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.

The Company’s management has evaluated, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2013.

(b) Management’s

Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f). Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (1992) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organization of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on our evaluation under the framework in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (1992) issued by the COSO, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2013. The Company acquired WoodCrafters in June 2013, therefore as permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, we excluded WoodCrafters from the scope of our management’s assessment of the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013. The total assets and total revenues of WoodCrafters represented 8% and 3%, respectively, of the related consolidated financial statement amounts as of and for the year ended December 31, 2013.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the Company’s independent public accounting firm, has audited the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013, as stated in their report which appears herein.

in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.

There have not been any changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2013 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 9B. Other Information.

None.

PART III

Item 10.

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

See the information under the captions “Election of Directors,” “Board Committees — Audit Committee” and “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” contained in the 2014 Proxy Statement, which information is incorporated herein by reference. See the information under the caption “Executive Officers of the Registrant” contained in Part I of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

The Company’s Board of Directors has adopted a Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers that applies to the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. The Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers is available, free of charge, on the Company’s website, http://ir.fbhs.com/governance.cfm. A copy of the Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers is also available and will be sent to stockholders free of charge upon written request to the Company’s Secretary. Any amendment to, or waiver from, the provisions of the Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers that applies to any of those officers will be posted to the same location on the Company’s website.

Item 11.

Executive Compensation.

See the information under the captions “Board Committees — Compensation Committee,” “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” “2013 Executive Compensation” and “Compensation Committee Report” contained in the 2014 Proxy Statement, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 12.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

See the information under the caption “Certain Information Regarding Security Holdings” contained in the 2014 Proxy Statement, which information is incorporated herein by reference. See also the “Equity Compensation Plan Information” table contained in the 2014 Proxy Statement, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 13.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

See the information under the captions “Director Independence,” “Board Committees,” “Policies with Respect to Transactions with Related Persons” and “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” contained in the 2014 Proxy Statement, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 14.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

See the information under the captions “Fees of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” and “Approval of Audit and Non-Audit Services” in the 2014 Proxy Statement, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

PART IV

Item 15.

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

(a)	Financial Statements, Financial Statement Schedules and Exhibits.

(1)	Financial Statements (all financial statements listed below are of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries):

Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 contained in Item 8 hereof.

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 contained in Item 8 hereof.

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 contained in Item 8 hereof.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 contained in Item 8 hereof.

Consolidated Statements of Equity for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 contained in Item 8 hereof.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Item 8 hereof.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm contained in Item 8 hereof.

(2)	Financial Statement Schedules

See Financial Statement Schedule of the Company and subsidiaries at page 93.

(3)

Exhibits



		2.1(i).		Separation and Distribution Agreement, dated as of September 27, 2011, between the Company and Fortune Brands, Inc. (n/k/a Beam Inc.) is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 30, 2011, Commission file number 1-35166.†

		2.1(ii)		Membership Interest Purchase Agreement dated May 1, 2013 between MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc. and WoodCrafters Home Products Holding, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on July 31, 2013, Commission file number 1-35166.†

		3(i).		Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 5, 2012, Commission file number 1-35166.

		3(ii).		Amended and Restated Bylaws of Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc., as adopted September 27, 2011, are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 30, 2011, Commission file number 1-35166.

		10.1.		Tax Allocation Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2011, between the Company and Fortune Brands, Inc. (n/k/a Beam Inc.) is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 30, 2011, Commission file number 1-35166.

		10.2.		Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2011, between the Company and Fortune Brands, Inc. (n/k/a Beam Inc.) is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 30, 2011, Commission file number 1-35166.



		10.3.		Indemnification Agreement, dated as of September 14, 2011, between the Company and Fortune Brands, Inc. (n/k/a Beam Inc.) is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 15, 2011, Commission file number 1-35166.

		10.4.		Credit Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2011, among the Company, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Amendment No. 6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10 filed on August 31, 2011, Commission file number 1-35166.

		10.5.		Amendment no. 1 to Credit Agreement dated July 23, 2013, among Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and the lenders party thereto, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 1, 2013, Commission file number 1-35166.

		10.6.		Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on October 3, 2011, Commission file number 333-177145.*

		10.7.		Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan is incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on March 5, 2013, Commission file number 1-35166.*

		10.8.		Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. Annual Executive Incentive Compensation Plan is incorporated herein by reference to Appendix B to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on March 5, 2013, Commission file number 1-35166.*

		10.9.		Form of Founders Grant Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for awards under the Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 11, 2011, Commission file number 1-35166.*

		10.10.		Form of Founders Grant Stock Option Award Notice & Agreement for awards under the Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 11, 2011, Commission file number 1-35166.*

		10.11.		Form of 2012 Performance Share Award Notice and Agreement for awards under the Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 22, 2012, Commission file number 1-35166.*

		10.12.		Form of 2012 Stock Option Award Notice and Agreement for awards under the Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 22, 2012, Commission file number 1-35166.*

		10.13.		Form of 2012 Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice and Agreement for awards under the Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 22, 2012 Commission file number 1-35166.*

		10.14.		Form of Performance Share Award Notice and Agreement for awards under the Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 27, 2013, Commission file number 1-35166.*

		10.15.		Form of Stock Option Award Notice and Agreement for awards under the Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 27, 2013, Commission file number 1-35166.*



		10.16.		Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice and Agreement for awards under the Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 27, 2013 Commission file number 1-35166.*

		10.17.		Form of Performance Share Award Notice and Agreement for awards under the Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan.*

		10.18.		Form of Stock Option Award Notice and Agreement for awards under the Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan.*

		10.19.		Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice and Agreement for awards under the Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan.*

		10.20.		Form of Agreement for the Payment of Benefits Following Termination of Employment between the Company and each of Christopher J. Klein, E. Lee Wyatt Jr., Robert K. Biggart, Charles E. Elias, Elizabeth R. Lane, and Edward A. Wiertel.*

		10.21.		Form of Agreement for the Payment of Benefits Following Termination of Employment for each of Terrence P. Horan, David B. Lingafelter, David M. Randich and Mark Savan.*

		10.22.		Form of Agreement for the Payment of Benefits Following Termination of Employment for each of John N. Heppner and Gregory J. Stoner, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 22, 2012, Commission file number 1-35166.*

		10.23.		Non-Competition and Release Agreement between MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc. and Gregory J. Stoner, dated October 10, 2012 is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 27, 2013 Commission file number 1-35166.*

		10.24.		Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan (as Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2013) is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 27, 2013, Commission file number 1-35166.*

		10.25.		Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan Non-Employee Director Stock Election Program is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 22, 2012, Commission file number 1-35166.*

		21.		Subsidiaries of the Company.

		23.		Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

		24.		Powers of Attorney relating to execution of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

		31.1.		Certificate of Chief Executive Officer Required Under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

		31.2.		Certificate of Chief Financial Officer Required Under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

		32.		Joint CEO/CFO Certification Required Under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101.

The following materials from the Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 formatted in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) the Consolidated Statements of Income, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (iii) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, (v) the Consolidated Statements of Equity, and (vi) the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

* Indicates the exhibit is a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

† The Company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.


	FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC. (The Company)

Date: February 26, 2014	By:	/s/ CHRISTOPHER J. KLEIN
		Christopher J. Klein Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)

		/S/ E. LEE WYATT, JR.
		E. Lee Wyatt, Jr. Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


/S/ CHRISTOPHER J. KLEIN Christopher J. Klein, Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer) Date: February 26, 2014						/S/ A.D. DAVID MACKAY* A.D. David Mackay, Director Date: February 26, 2014

/S/ E. LEE WYATT, JR. E. Lee Wyatt, Jr., Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) Date: February 26, 2014						/s/ JOHN G. MORIKIS* John G. Morikis, Director Date: February 26, 2014

/S/ EDWARD A. WIERTEL Edward A. Wiertel, Senior Vice President — Finance (principal accounting officer) Date: February 26, 2014						/s/ DAVID M. THOMAS* David M. Thomas, Director Date: February 26, 2014

/S/ RICHARD A. GOLDSTEIN* Richard A. Goldstein, Director Date: February 26, 2014						/s/ RONALD V. WATERS, III* Ronald V. Waters, III, Director Date: February 26, 2014

/S/ ANN FRITZ HACKETT* Ann Fritz Hackett, Director Date: February 26, 2014						/s/ NORMAN H. WESLEY* Norman H. Wesley, Director Date: February 26, 2014

*By:

/S/ ROBERT K. BIGGART

Robert K. Biggart, Attorney-in-Fact

Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

For the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011



(In millions)	Balance at Beginning of Period		Charged to Expense			Write-offs and Deductions^(a)		Other			Balance at End of Period
2013:
Allowance for cash discounts, returns and sales allowances	$	35.4	$	133.4		$	133.0	$	—		$	35.8
Allowance for doubtful accounts		9.0		0.7			2.9		—			6.8
Allowance for deferred tax assets		19.2		1.5			—		—			20.7

2012:
Allowance for cash discounts, returns and sales allowances	$	39.3	$	138.0		$	142.1	$	0.2		$	35.4
Allowance for doubtful accounts		10.6		1.6			3.2		—			9.0
Allowance for deferred tax assets		26.6		(7.4	)		—		—			19.2

2011:
Allowance for cash discounts, returns and sales allowances	$	37.3	$	157.8		$	155.8	$	—		$	39.3
Allowance for doubtful accounts		14.7		1.5			5.6		—			10.6
Allowance for deferred tax assets		41.9		21.5			—		(36.8	)		26.6

^(a)	Net of recoveries of amounts written off in prior years and immaterial foreign currency impact.

EX-10.17

Exhibit 10.17

FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC.

2013 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Form of Performance Share Award Notice (the “Notice”)

Home & Security Corporate Officers and Operating Company Presidents

You have been awarded target performance share awards (“PSAs”) that will be paid in shares of common stock of Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. (the “Company”). The number of shares of Company common stock paid (if any) at the end of the Performance Period will be based upon Company performance compared to the performance goals described below and pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and the Performance Share Award Agreement (together with this Notice, “Agreement”). In exchange for accepting the PSAs, you will be required to agree to the restrictive covenant language contained in the agreement. Copies of the Plan and the Performance Share Award Agreement are available on the UBS website (www.ubs.com/onesource/fbhs). Capitalized terms not defined in this Notice have the meanings specified in the Plan or the Agreement.


Award:	The right to earn a number of shares of Company common stock, to be paid at the end of the Performance Period, based upon the Company’s attainment of the performance goals described below.

Award Date:	February xx, 20xx

Performance Period:	January 1, 20xx – December 31, 20xx

Vesting Date:	The later of January 31, 20xx or the date as of which the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors certifies attainment of the performance goals described below.


Performance Goals and Percentage of Performance Shares Awarded:			Average ROIC (Weighted 25%)
			Minimum xx%	Target xx%	Maximum xx%
	Diluted Cumulative EPS before Charges/Gains (Weighted 75%)		% of Performance Shares Earned
	Minimum	$xx	0	25	50
	Target	$xx	75	100	125
	Maximum	$xx	150	175	200

	If Company performance falls between two goals, the number of Performance Shares to be paid will be interpolated between the two applicable goals.

Adjustments:	Appropriate and equitable adjustments (which may be increases or decreases) shall be made to the Performance Goals Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors as provided in Section 10 of the Award Agreement; provided that, except as permitted by Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, no adjustment shall be made which would result in an increase in the Holder’s compensation if the Holder’s compensation is subject to the limitation on deductibility under Code Section 162(m), for the year with respect to which the adjustment occurs.

FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC.

2013 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Form of [Insert Date] Performance Share Award Agreement (the “Agreement”)

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), grants to Holder a performance stock award (the “Award”) under the Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Award Notice and this Agreement (collectively, the “Award”). The date of the grant, the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company to be paid to Holder under the Award (“Performance Shares”), the minimum, target and maximum goals (“Performance Measures”) and the period such goals cover (the “Performance Period”), are provided in a separate notice outlining specifics of the Award (the “Award Notice”) and on the Plan’s online administrative system. Capitalized terms not defined in this Agreement have the meanings specified in the Plan.

1. Number of Shares Payable Pursuant to Award. The number of Performance Shares payable to Holder pursuant to the Award will be determined as follows:

(a) For achievement during the Performance Period of the minimum Performance Measures, Holder will receive the minimum number of Performance Shares.

(b) For achievement during the Performance Period equal to or exceeding the maximum Performance Measures, Holder will receive the maximum number of Performance Shares.

(c) For achievement during the Performance Period exceeding the minimum Performance Measures but less than the maximum Performance Measures, the number of Performance Shares payable to Holder will be interpolated between the minimum and maximum number of Performance Shares available under the Award, in accordance with the matrix found in the Award Notice.

(d) No Performance Shares will be payable for the Performance Period if the actual achievement is less than the minimum Performance Measures established for the Performance Period.

For purposes of the foregoing, Performance Measures may be established with reference to the Company and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries, as determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Notice. Any Performance Shares that become payable to Holder under this Award will be issued to Holder (or, in the event of Holder’s death or Disability, Holder’s appointed and qualified executor or other personal representative) by the Company as soon as practicable following: (i) the end of the Performance Period; and (ii) the certification by the Committee of the Company’s achievement of the Performance Measures. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Performance Shares will be paid unless and until the Committee certifies the achievement of Performance Measures. In addition, no fractional shares will be delivered.

2. Termination of Employment During the Performance Period.

(a) In the event of Holder’s death during the Performance Period, Holder’s beneficiary or estate (as applicable) will be entitled to receive, as soon as practicable following the certification of performance by the Committee following the end of the Performance Period (as described in Section 1 above), a payment of the number of shares of Company Common Stock, if any, that would have otherwise been payable to Holder had Holder’s death not occurred prior to the end of the Performance Period, based upon actual performance, but prorated to reflect the portion of the Performance Period that elapsed prior to Holder’s death.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4 below, in the event of Holder’s Retirement or Disability (as defined below) during the Performance Period but at least one (1) year following the date of the Award, Holder will be entitled to receive, as soon as practicable following the certification of the Company’s performance by the Committee following the end of the Performance Period (as described in Section 1 above), a payment of the number of shares of Company Common Stock, if any, that would have otherwise been payable to Holder had Holder’s employment not terminated prior to the end of the Performance Period, based upon actual performance, but prorated to reflect the portion of the Performance Period that elapsed prior to Holder’s Disability or Retirement, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Change in Control or Divestiture (as described in Section 4 below), Holder will receive the number of shares determined under Section 4 of this Agreement, as applicable, and not this Section 2, even if Holder is eligible for Retirement when Holder’s employment terminates, and payment will be made at the time specified in Section 4.

(c) For purposes of this Award, (i) “Retirement” means Holder’s termination of employment (other than for Cause as described below) on or after attaining age 55 and completing five (5) years of service with the Company or its predecessors or affiliates; and (ii) Holder will have a “Disability” if Holder is receiving benefits under the long-term disability plan maintained by Holder’s employer.

(d) If the Holder’s employer terminates Holder’s employment during the Performance Period for Cause (as defined below), then the Award, whether or not vested, will terminate immediately upon such termination of employment. For purposes of this Award, “Cause” has the same meaning as specified in any employment or other written agreement between Holder and Holder’s employer regarding benefits upon termination of employment (“Termination Agreement”), provided that if Holder is not a party to a Termination Agreement that contains such definition, then Cause will have the same meaning provided for such term under the severance plan sponsored by Holder’s employer and under which Holder is eligible to participate.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in Section 4 below, if Holder’s employment with the Company terminates during the Performance Period for any reason other than death, Disability, Retirement or Cause, the Award will be canceled as of Holder’s termination date and Holder will not be entitled to any payment of Performance Shares.

(f) For the purposes of this Agreement, (i) a transfer of Holder’s employment from the Company to a Subsidiary or vice versa, or from one Subsidiary to another, without an intervening period, will not be deemed a termination of employment; and (ii) if Holder is granted in writing a leave of absence, Holder will be deemed to have remained in the employ of the Company or a Subsidiary during such leave of absence.

3. Dividend Equivalents. Holder will be entitled to receive dividend equivalents with respect to the Award to the extent that the Company pays dividends on Company Common Stock during the Performance Period. Such dividend equivalents will be equal to the cash dividends (if any) that would have been paid to Holder for the shares of Common Stock subject to the Award had such shares been issued and outstanding on the dividend record date occurring during the Performance Period. Dividend equivalents (if any) will be subject to the same vesting conditions as the Performance Shares and will be paid to Holder in cash at the same time as the shares of Common Stock subject to the Award are delivered.

4. Change in Control and Divestitures.

(a) Termination without Cause or for Good Reason Following Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan), the Award will become subject to Section 5.8 of the Plan. In the event that the Performance Shares remain outstanding following a Change in Control and Holder’s employment is terminated following a Change in Control but prior to the end of the Performance Period either: (i) by the Company other than for Cause, or (ii) by Holder for “Good Reason” (as defined below), the Award will become nonforfeitable and will be paid out on the date Holder’s employment terminates (x) assuming that the target Performance Measures under the Award for the entire Performance Period had been achieved, but (y) pro-rated for the portion of the Performance Period that elapsed prior to Holder’s termination of employment. For purposes of this Award, “Good Reason” will have the same meaning as such term has under any Termination Agreement, provided that if Holder is not a party to any Termination Agreement that contains such definition, then Good Reason will include any of the reasons allowing Holder to terminate employment and remain eligible for severance benefits under the severance plan sponsored by Holder’s employer and under which Holder is eligible to participate.

(b) Divestiture. In the event that Holder’s principal employer is a Subsidiary of the Company that prior to the end of the Performance Period ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a corporate transaction or reorganization (a “Divestiture”), the Award will become nonforfeitable and will be paid out as soon as possible after the date of Divestiture based on actual subsidiary performance through the date of Divestiture.

5. No Stockholder Rights. Holder will not have any rights of a stockholder (including voting rights) or any other right, title or interest, with respect to any of the Performance Shares unless and until such shares have been recorded on the Company’s official stockholder records as having been issued or transferred to Holder in the form of Common Stock of the Company.

6. Compliance with Applicable Law. The Award is subject to the condition that

if the listing, registration or qualification of the shares subject to the Award upon any securities exchange or under any law, or the consent or approval of any governmental body, or the taking of any other action is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the payment, delivery or issuance of Performance Shares, the shares of Common Stock subject to the Award may not be delivered, in whole or in part, unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent, approval or other action has been effected or obtained, free of any conditions not acceptable to the Company. The Company agrees to use reasonable efforts to obtain and maintain any such listing, registration, qualification, consent, approval or other action.

7. Clawback Policy. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or this Agreement to the contrary, outstanding Performance Shares may be cancelled, and the Company may require Holder to return shares of Company Common Stock (or the value of such stock when originally paid to Holder), dividend equivalents (if any) issued under this Award and any other amount required by applicable law to be returned, in the event that such repayment is required in order to comply with the Company’s clawback policy as then in effect or any laws or regulations relating to restatements of the Company’s publicly-reported financial results.

8. Nontransferability. This Award may not be transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise by Holder, other than (a) by will or by the laws of descent and distribution; or (b) pursuant to an approved domestic relations order approved in writing by the Secretary of the Committee or the Secretary’s designee. Except to the extent permitted by the foregoing sentence, the Award may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated, encumbered or otherwise disposed of (whether by operation of law or otherwise) or be subject to execution, attachment or similar process. Upon any attempt to so sell, transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate, encumber or otherwise dispose of the Award, the Award and all related rights will immediately become null and void.

9. Tax Withholding. As a condition to the delivery of shares of Common Stock following the end of the Performance Period and the certification of the achievement of Performance Measures by the Committee, Holder must, upon request by the Company, pay to the Company such amount as the Company may be required, under all applicable federal, state, local or other laws or regulations, to withhold and pay over as income or other withholding taxes (the “Required Tax Payments”) with respect to the Award. If Holder fails to advance the Required Tax Payments after request by the Company, the Company may, in its discretion, deduct any Required Tax Payments from any amount payable by the Company to Holder, including regular salary or bonus payments. Holder may elect to satisfy his or her obligation to advance the Required Tax Payments by any of the following means: (a) a cash payment to the Company; (b) delivery to the Company (either actual delivery or by attestation procedures established by the Company) of previously owned whole shares of Common Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as defined below), determined as of the date on which such withholding obligation arises (the “Tax Date”), equal to the Required Tax Payments; (c) authorizing the Company to withhold whole shares of Common Stock which would otherwise be delivered to Holder having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the Tax Date, equal to the Required Tax Payments; or (d) any combination of (a), (b) and (c). Shares of Common Stock to be delivered or withheld may not have a Fair Market Value in excess of the minimum amount of the Required Tax Payments. For purposes of this Award, “Fair Market Value” as of any date means the value determined by

reference to the closing price of a share of Common Stock as finally reported on the New York Stock Exchange for the trading day immediately preceding such date. Any fraction of a share of Common Stock which would be required to satisfy any Required Tax Payment will be disregarded and the remaining amount due must be paid in cash by Holder. No share of Common Stock will be issued or delivered until the Required Tax Payments have been satisfied in full.

10. Adjustments.

(a) In the event of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination, exchange of shares, liquidation, spin-off or other similar change in capitalization or event, or any distribution to holders of Common Stock other than a regular cash dividend, the number and class of securities subject to the Award will be equitably adjusted by the Committee, such adjustment to be made in accordance with Section 409A of the Code, to the extent applicable. The decision of the Committee regarding any such adjustment is final and binding.

(b) Appropriate and equitable adjustments (which may be increases or decreases) will be made by the Committee to the Performance Measures to take into account changes in law to reflect the inclusion or exclusion of the impact of extraordinary or unusual items, events or circumstances, including, but not limited to (i) changes in laws, regulations and accounting principles; (ii) actual gains or losses related to defined benefit plan accounting; and (iii) impairment and restructuring related changes; provided that, except as permitted by Section 162(m) of the Code, no adjustment will be made which would result in an increase in Holder’s compensation if Holder’s compensation is subject to the limitation on deductibility under Section 162(m) of the Code, for the year with respect to which the adjustment occurs.

11. No Rights to Continued Employment. In no event will the granting of the Award or its acceptance by Holder, or any provision of this Agreement or the Plan, give or be deemed to give Holder any right to continued employment by the Company, any Subsidiary or any affiliate of the Company or affect in any manner the right of the Company, any Subsidiary or any affiliate of the Company to terminate the employment of any person at any time for any reason.

12. Restrictive Covenants. In exchange for accepting the Award and in consideration of the Confidential Information (defined below) the Company provides to Holder, benefits Holder is not otherwise entitled to, Holder agrees to the following restrictive covenants:

a) Confidential Information. Holder acknowledges that he/she has access to highly confidential information of the Company and any Subsidiary that Holder provides services to or is provided confidential information about, including but not limited to, information concerning: finances, supply and service, marketing, customers (including lists), operations, business and financial plans and strategies, and product costs, sourcing and pricing (“Confidential Information”). The Holder agrees that during his/her employment and for three years following the end of Holder’s employment (for whatever reason), Holder will protect the Confidential Information and only use it for business-related reasons; however, trade secrets will always remain protected for as long as the information qualifies as a trade secret under applicable law.

b) Non-Competition. Holder agrees that he/she will not, directly or indirectly, for a period of 12 months after the end of Holder’s employment (for whatever reason), engage in a Prohibited Capacity within the Restricted Area on behalf of a business that manufactures, distributes, offers, sells or provides any Competing Products. “Competing Products” means any products and/or services that are similar in function or purpose to those offered by the Company and its Subsidiaries and as to which Holder had Involvement. “Involvement” means to have responsibilities, provide supervision, engage in dealings or receive Confidential Information about during the last two (2) years immediately preceding the end of Holder’s employment (the “Look Back Period”). “Prohibited Capacity” means to engage in the same or similar capacity or function that Holder worked for the Company and/or its Subsidiaries at any time during the Look Back Period or in a capacity that would otherwise result in the use or disclosure of Confidential Information. “Restricted Area” means those geographic areas in which the Company and its Subsidiaries do business and as to which business Holder had Involvement.

c) Non-Solicitation of Customers. Holder agrees that he/she will not, directly or indirectly, during his/her employment and for a period of 12 months after the end of his/her employment (for whatever reason), solicit, induce or attempt to induce (or assist others to solicit) any customers or prospective customers of the Company and its Subsidiaries to cease doing business with the Company and its Subsidiaries or to buy a Competing Product. The prohibition in Section 12(c) only applies to customers and prospective customers with which Holder had Involvement.

d) Non-Solicitations of Employees. Holder agrees that he/she will not, directly or indirectly, for a period of 12 months after the end of his/her employment (for whatever reason), solicit (or assist another in soliciting), induce, employ or seek to employ any individual employed by Company and/or its Subsidiaries. Where an additional restriction is required to enforce the foregoing, Holder’s non-solicitation obligation is limited to employees with whom Holder had Involvement.

e) Reasonableness of Restrictions. Holder acknowledges that the temporal, activity and geographic limitations of Sections 12(a), (b), (c) and (d) are reasonable in scope and narrowly constructed so as to protect only the Company and its Subsidiaries’ legitimate protectable interests, and will not prohibit Holder from obtaining meaningful employment following the end of Holder’s employment.

f) Tolling of Restrictive Period. The periods described in Sections 12(a), (b), (c) and (d) shall not run during any period of time in which the Holder is in violation of this paragraph, and shall toll during any such period of violation. If Holder resides in and is subject to the laws of Wisconsin, then this paragraph shall not apply.

(such as, without limitation, a change in duties, responsibilities, compensation, position or title). (iii) The Subsidiaries are third party beneficiaries of the Agreement and may enforce the Agreement without the need for further consent or agreement by the Holder. (iv) If either party waives his, her, or its right to pursue a claim for the other’s breach of any provision of the Agreement, the waiver will not extinguish that party’s right to pursue a claim for a subsequent breach. (v) This Agreement shall not be construed to supersede or replace any prior agreements containing confidentiality, nondisclosure, non-competition and non-solicitation provisions. Rather, the restrictions in this Agreement shall be read together with such prior agreements to afford the Company and its Subsidiaries the broadest protections allowed by law. (vi) If a court finds any of the Agreement’s restrictions unenforceable as written, the parties agree the court is authorized and expected under the terms of this Agreement to revise the restriction (for the jurisdiction covered by that court only) so as to make it enforceable, or if such revision is not permitted then to enforce the otherwise unreasonable or unenforceable restriction to such lesser extent as would be deemed reasonable and lawful within that jurisdiction.

13. Decisions of Board or Committee. The Board or the Committee has the right to resolve all questions which may arise in connection with the Award. Any interpretation, determination or other action made or taken by the Board or the Committee regarding the Plan or this Agreement is final and binding.

14. Successors. This Agreement is binding upon and will inure to the benefit of any successor or successors of the Company and any person or persons who, upon the death of Holder, may acquire any rights in accordance with this Agreement or the Plan.

15. Notices. All notices, requests or other communications provided for in this Agreement will be made, if to the Company, to Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc., Attn. Secretary of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, 520 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield, Illinois 60015, and if to Holder, to the last known mailing address of Holder contained in the records of the Company. All notices, requests or other communications provided for in this Agreement will be made in writing either (a) by personal delivery; (b) by facsimile or electronic mail with confirmation of receipt; (c) by mailing in the United States mails; or (d) by express courier service. The notice, request or other communication will be deemed to be received upon personal delivery, upon confirmation of receipt of facsimile or electronic mail transmission or upon receipt by the intended party if by United States mail or express courier service; provided, however, that if a notice, request or other communication sent to the Company is not received during regular business hours, it will be deemed to be received on the next succeeding business day of the Company.

16. Partial Invalidity. The invalidity or unenforceability of any particular provision of this Agreement will not affect any other provisions of this Agreement and this Agreement will be construed in all respects as if such invalid or unenforceable provisions were omitted.

17. Governing Law. This Agreement, the Award and all determinations made and actions taken with respect to this Agreement or Award, to the extent not governed by the Code or the laws of the United States, will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws.

18. Agreement Subject to the Plan This Agreement is subject to, and will be interpreted in accordance with, the Plan. In the event of a conflict between this Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan will apply. Holder hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan, and by accepting the Award in the manner specified by the Company, he or she agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Award, the Plan, and if applicable to the Holder, stock ownership guidelines established by the Company.

19. Section 409A. Any payment of Performance Shares to the Holder pursuant to this Agreement is intended to be exempt from Section 409A of the Code to the maximum extent possible as a short-term deferral pursuant to Treasury regulation §1.409A-1(b)(4). However, if this Agreement and the Award are not so exempt, then this Agreement and Award are intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and will be interpreted and construed consistently with such intent. In the event the terms of this Agreement would subject Holder to taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code (“409A Penalties”), Holder and the Company will cooperate diligently to amend the terms of this Agreement to avoid such 409A Penalties, to the extent possible; provided that in no event will the Company be responsible for any 409A Penalties that arise in connection with any amounts payable under this Agreement.

20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which together will constitute but one Agreement.

EX-10.18

Exhibit 10.18

FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC.

2013 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Form of Option Award Notice (the “Notice”)

You have been awarded an option to purchase shares of Common Stock of Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. (the “Company”), pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and the Stock Option Award Agreement (together with this Notice, the “Agreement”). Copies of the Plan and the Performance Share Award Agreement are available on the UBS (www.ubs.com/onesource/fbhs). In exchange for accepting the Stock Options, you will be required to agree to the restrictive covenant language contained in the agreement. Capitalized terms not defined in this Notice have the meanings specified in the Plan or the Agreement.


Option:	You have been awarded a Nonqualified Stock Option to purchase from the Company shares of its Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 11 of the Award Agreement.

Award Date:	February xx, 20xx

Exercise Price:	The price shown in Holder’s award summary in the Plan’s online administrative system.

Vesting Schedule:	Except as otherwise provided in and subject to the Plan, the Agreement or any other agreement between the Company and Optionee, the Option will vest in the following increments on the following dates:

	One-third of the Option	February 28, 20xx
	One-third of the Option	February 28, 20xx
	One-third of the Option	February 28, 20xx

Expiration Date:	Except to the extent earlier terminated or exercised pursuant to the terms of the Agreement or the Plan, the Option will terminate at 3:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the tenth anniversary of the Award Date.

FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC.

2013 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Form of [Insert Date] Stock Option Agreement (the “Agreement”)

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), grants to “Optionee” an option to purchase shares of Common Stock from the Company subject to the terms and conditions of the Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and this Agreement (collectively, the “Award”). Capitalized terms not defined in this Agreement have the meanings specified in the Plan.

1. Option Subject to Acceptance of Agreement. The date of grant (the “Award Date”), the number and class of shares of Common Stock subject to the Option and the purchase price per share (the “Exercise Price”) are set forth in the separate notice outlining specifics of the Award (the “Award Notice”) and in the Plan’s online administrative system. The Option will be null and void unless Optionee accepts this Agreement in a timely manner through the acceptance process prescribed by the Company.

The Option will terminate on the expiration date set forth in the Award Notice (the “Expiration Date”) except as otherwise provided in Section 2 or if exercised pursuant to Section 3. Upon the termination of the Option, the Option will no longer be exercisable and will immediately become null and void.

2. Time and Manner of Exercise of Option.

(a) Maximum Term of Option. Except as specifically provided in Section 2(b) below, the Option may not be exercised, in whole or in part, after the Expiration Date.

(b) Vesting and Exercise of Option. The Option will vest and become exercisable in accordance with the vesting schedule specified in the Award Notice (the “Vesting Schedule”), subject to Section 3 below. If Optionee’s employment terminates before the Option is fully vested, the Option will vest and be exercisable as follows:

(i)

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5 below, in the event of Optionee’s death while the Award is outstanding, the Option will immediately become fully exercisable (to the extent not exercisable on the date of death) and will continue to be exercisable by Optionee’s beneficiary, executor, administrator or legal representative through the earlier of: (a) the date which is three (3) years after the date of Optionee’s death, and (b) the Expiration Date; provided, however, that the Option will continue to be exercisable for at least one (1) year following the date of Optionee’s death, even if this one-year period extends beyond the Expiration Date.

(ii)

In the event of Optionee’s Disability (as defined below) while the Award is outstanding, provided that Optionee has been continuously employed with the Company for at least one (1) year following the Award Date and prior to the date of Disability, Optionee will be treated as continuing employment with the Company during the Disability for

purposes of determining the vesting and exercisability of the Options. For purposes of this Award, Optionee will have a “Disability” if Optionee is receiving benefits under the long-term disability plan maintained by Optionee’s employer.

(iii)

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5 below, in the event of Optionee’s Retirement (as defined below) while the Award is outstanding at least one (1) year following the Award Date, any unvested Options will fully vest and become exercisable as of date of Optionee’s Retirement and will remain exercisable through the Expiration Date, subject to Section 3 below. For purposes of this Award, “Retirement” means Optionee’s termination of employment (other than for Cause as described in subsection (iv) below) on or after attaining age 55 and completing five (5) years of service with the Company or its predecessors or affiliates. In the event of a Change in Control (as defined in Section 5 below), Optionee will receive the treatment described in this Section 2(b)(iii) if Optionee terminates employment after qualifying for Retirement, even if Optionee does not have Good Reason (as defined below).

(iv)

If the Optionee’s employer terminates Optionee’s employment for Cause (as defined below) while the Award is outstanding, then all Options, whether or not vested, will terminate immediately upon such termination of employment. For purposes of this Award, “Cause” has the same meaning as specified in any employment or other written agreement between Optionee and Optionee’s employer regarding benefits upon termination of employment (“Termination Agreement”), provided that if Optionee is not a party to a Termination Agreement that contains such definition, then Cause will have the same meaning provided for such term under the severance plan sponsored by Optionee’s employer and under which Optionee is eligible to participate.

(v)

Except as provided in Section 5 below, if Optionee’s employment with the Company terminates for any reason other than death, Disability, Retirement or Cause while the Option is outstanding, unvested Options will be cancelled as of Optionee’s termination date and vested Options will remain exercisable for three (3) months following Optionee’s termination and will then be cancelled.

(vi)

For the purposes of this Agreement, (i) a transfer of Optionee’s employment from the Company to a Subsidiary or vice versa, or from one Subsidiary to another, without an intervening period, will not be deemed a termination of employment; and (ii) if Optionee is granted in writing a leave of absence, Optionee will be deemed to have remained in the employ of the Company or a Subsidiary during such leave of absence.

3. Method of Exercise. Subject to this Agreement, the Option may be exercised

(a) by specifying the number of whole shares of Common Stock to be purchased in the manner prescribed by the Company, accompanied by full payment (or by arranging for full payment to the Company’s satisfaction) either:

(i)

in cash,

(ii)

by delivery to the Company (either actual delivery or by attestation procedures established by the Company) of shares of Common Stock

having an aggregate “Fair Market Value” (as defined below), determined as of the date of exercise, equal to the aggregate purchase price payable pursuant to the Option,

(iii)

by authorizing the Company to sell shares of Common Stock subject to the option exercise and withhold from the proceeds an amount equal to the option exercise price, or

(iv)

by a combination of (i), (ii) and (iii); and

(b) by executing such documents as the Company may reasonably request.

For this purpose, “Fair Market Value” as of any date means the value determined by reference to the closing price of a share of Common Stock as finally reported on the New York Stock Exchange for the trading day immediately preceding such date. Any fraction of a share of Common Stock which would be required to pay such purchase price will be disregarded and the remaining amount due will be paid in cash by Optionee. No Common Stock will be issued or delivered until the full purchase price and any related withholding taxes, as described in Section 10, have been paid.

4. Issuance or Delivery of Shares. Upon the exercise of the Option, in whole or in part, the Company will issue or deliver, subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the number of shares of Common Stock purchased. Such issuance will be evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company. The Company will pay all original issue or transfer taxes and all fees and expenses related to such issuance, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.

5. Change in Control and Divestitures.

(a) Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan), the Award will become subject to Section 5.8 of the Plan. In the event that unvested Options remain outstanding following a Change in Control, and Optionee’s employment is terminated on or after such Change in Control but while the Award is outstanding either: (i) by the Company other than for Cause, or (ii) by Optionee for Good Reason (as defined below), the Options will become fully vested, exercisable and nonforfeitable as of the date of Optionee’s termination of employment and will remain exercisable through the Expiration Date, subject to Section 5.8 of the Plan. For purposes of this Award, “Good Reason” will have the same meaning as such term has under any Termination Agreement, provided that if Optionee is not a party to any Termination Agreement that contains such definition, then Good Reason includes any of the reasons allowing Optionee to terminate employment and remain eligible for severance benefits under the severance plan sponsored by Optionee’s employer and under which Optionee is eligible to participate.

(b) Divestiture. In the event that Optionee’s principal employer is a Subsidiary of the Company that ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a corporate transaction or reorganization (a “Divestiture”), the Option will become fully vested as of the date of Divestiture and will remain exercisable through the Expiration Date.

6. No Stockholder Rights. Optionee will not have any rights of a stockholder (including voting rights) or any other right, title or interest, with respect to any of the shares of Common Stock subject to the Option unless and until such shares of Common Stock have been recorded on the Company’s official stockholder records as having been issued or transferred to Optionee.

7. Compliance with Applicable Law. The Award is subject to the condition that if the listing, registration or qualification of the shares subject to the Award upon any securities exchange or under any law, or the consent or approval of any governmental body, or the taking of any other action is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the vesting of the Options or the delivery or issuance of shares, the shares of Common Stock subject to the Award may not be delivered, in whole or in part, unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent, approval or other action has been effected or obtained, free of any conditions not acceptable to the Company. The Company agrees to use reasonable efforts to obtain and maintain any such listing, registration, qualification, consent, approval or other action.

8. Clawback Policy. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or this Agreement to the contrary, outstanding Options may be cancelled, and the Company may require Optionee to return shares of Company Common Stock (or the value of such stock when originally issued to Optionee) issued under this Agreement and any other amount required by applicable law to be returned, in the event that such repayment is required in order to comply with any laws or regulations relating to restatements of the Company’s publicly-reported financial results.

9. Nontransferability. The Award may not be transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise by Optionee other than (a) by will or by the laws of descent and distribution; or (b) pursuant to an approved domestic relations order approved in writing by the Secretary of the Committee or the Secretary’s designee. Except to the extent permitted by the foregoing sentence, the Award may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated, encumbered or otherwise disposed of (whether by operation of law or otherwise) or be subject to execution, attachment or similar process. Upon any attempt to so sell, transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate, encumber or otherwise dispose of the Award, the Award and all related rights will immediately become null and void.

10. Tax Withholding. As a condition to the delivery of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of Options, Optionee must, upon request by the Company, pay to the Company such amount as the Company may be required, under all applicable federal, state, local or other laws or regulations, to withhold and pay over as income or other withholding taxes (the “Required Tax Payments”) with respect to the Award. If Optionee fails to advance the Required Tax Payments after request by the Company, the Company may, in its discretion, deduct any Required Tax Payments from any amount payable by the Company to Optionee, including regular salary or bonus payments. No shares of Common Stock will be issued or delivered until the Required Tax Payments have been paid in full. Optionee may elect to satisfy his or her obligation to advance the Required Tax Payments by any of the following means: (a) a cash payment to the Company; (b) delivery to the Company (either actual delivery or by attestation procedures established by the Company) of previously owned whole shares of Common Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as defined in Section 3), determined as of the date on which such withholding obligation arises (the “Tax Date”), equal to the Required Tax Payments; (c) authorizing the Company to withhold whole shares of Common Stock which would otherwise be delivered to Optionee having

an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the Tax Date, equal to the Required Tax Payments; or (d) any combination of (a), (b) and (c). Shares of Common Stock to be delivered or withheld may not have a Fair Market Value in excess of the minimum amount of the Required Tax Payments. Any fraction of a share of Common Stock which would be required to satisfy any Required Tax Payment will be disregarded and the remaining amount due must be paid in cash by Optionee. No share of Common Stock will be issued or delivered until the Required Tax Payments have been satisfied in full.

11. Adjustment. In the event of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination, exchange of shares, liquidation, spin-off or other similar change in capitalization or event, or any distribution to Optionees of Common Stock other than a regular cash dividend, the number and class of securities subject to the Option will be equitably adjusted by the Committee, such adjustment to be made in accordance with Section 409A of the Code, to the extent applicable. The decision of the Committee regarding any such adjustment is final and binding.

12. No Rights to Continued Employment. In no event will the granting of the Option or its acceptance by Optionee, or any provision of this Agreement or the Plan, give or be deemed to give Optionee any right to continued employment by the Company, any Subsidiary or any affiliate of the Company or affect in any manner the right of the Company, any Subsidiary or any affiliate of the Company to terminate the employment of any person at any time for any reason.

13. Restrictive Covenants. In exchange for accepting the Award and in consideration of the Confidential Information (defined below) the Company provides to Holder, benefits Holder is not otherwise entitled to, Holder agrees to the following restrictive covenants:

Holder worked for the Company and/or its Subsidiaries at any time during the Look Back Period or in a capacity that would otherwise result in the use or disclosure of Confidential Information. “Restricted Area” means those geographic areas in which the Company and its Subsidiaries do business and as to which business Holder had Involvement.

c) Non-Solicitation of Customers. Holder agrees that he/she will not, directly or indirectly, during his/her employment and for a period of 12 months after the end of his/her employment (for whatever reason), solicit, induce or attempt to induce (or assist others to solicit) any customers or prospective customers of the Company and its Subsidiaries to cease doing business with the Company and its Subsidiaries or to buy a Competing Product. The prohibition in Section 13(c) only applies to customers and prospective customers with which Holder had Involvement.

e) Reasonableness of Restrictions. Holder acknowledges that the temporal, activity and geographic limitations of Sections 13(a), (b), (c) and (d) are reasonable in scope and narrowly constructed so as to protect only the Company and its Subsidiaries’ legitimate protectable interests, and will not prohibit Holder from obtaining meaningful employment following the end of Holder’s employment.

f) Tolling of Restrictive Period. The periods described in Sections 13(a), (b), (c) and (d) shall not run during any period of time in which the Holder is in violation of this paragraph, and shall toll during any such period of violation. If Holder resides in and is subject to the laws of Wisconsin, then this paragraph shall not apply.

g) General. (i) Before accepting new employment, Holder will advise any such future employer of the restrictions in this Agreement. Holder agrees that the Company and its Subsidiaries may advise any such future employer or prospective employer of this Agreement and their position on the potential application of this Agreement without such giving rise to any legal claim. (ii) The obligations in this Agreement shall survive the termination of Holder’s employment and shall, likewise, continue to apply and be valid notwithstanding any change in Holder’s employment terms (such as, without limitation, a change in duties, responsibilities, compensation, position or title). (iii) The Subsidiaries are third party beneficiaries of the Agreement and may enforce the Agreement without the need for further consent or agreement by the Holder. (iv) If either party waives his, her, or its right to pursue a claim for the other’s breach of any provision of the Agreement, the waiver will not extinguish that party’s right to pursue a claim for a subsequent breach. (v) This Agreement shall not be construed to supersede or replace any prior agreements containing confidentiality, nondisclosure, non-competition and non-solicitation provisions. Rather, the restrictions in this Agreement shall be read together with such prior agreements to afford the Company and its Subsidiaries the broadest protections allowed by law. (vi) If a court finds any of the

Agreement’s restrictions unenforceable as written, the parties agree the court is authorized and expected under the terms of this Agreement to revise the restriction (for the jurisdiction covered by that court only) so as to make it enforceable, or if such revision is not permitted then to enforce the otherwise unreasonable or unenforceable restriction to such lesser extent as would be deemed reasonable and lawful within that jurisdiction.

14. Decisions of Board or Committee. The Board or the Committee has the right to resolve all questions which may arise in connection with the Option. Any interpretation, determination or other action made or taken by the Board or the Committee regarding the Plan or this Agreement is final and binding.

15. Successors. This Agreement is binding upon and will inure to the benefit of any successor or successors of the Company and any person or persons who, upon the death of Optionee, may acquire any rights in accordance with this Agreement or the Plan.

16. Notices. All notices, requests or other communications provided for in this Agreement will be made, if to the Company, to Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc., Attn. Secretary of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, 520 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield, Illinois 60015, and if to Optionee, to the last known mailing address of Optionee contained in the records of the Company. All notices, requests or other communications provided for in this Agreement will be made in writing either (a) by personal delivery; (b) by facsimile or electronic mail with confirmation of receipt; (c) by mailing in the United States mails; or (d) by express courier service. The notice, request or other communication will be deemed to be received upon personal delivery, upon confirmation of receipt of facsimile or electronic mail transmission or upon receipt by the intended party if by United States mail or express courier service; provided, however, that if a notice, request or other communication sent to the Company is not received during regular business hours, it will be deemed to be received on the next succeeding business day of the Company.

17. Partial Invalidity. The invalidity or unenforceability of any particular provision of this Agreement will not affect any other provisions of this Agreement and this Agreement will be construed in all respects as if such invalid or unenforceable provisions were omitted.

18. Governing Law. This Agreement, the Award and all determinations made and actions taken with respect to this Agreement or Award, to the extent not governed by the Code or the laws of the United States, will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws.

19. Agreement Subject to the Plan This Agreement is subject to, and will be interpreted in accordance with, the Plan. In the event of a conflict between this Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan will apply. Optionee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan, and by accepting the Award in the manner specified by the Company, he or she agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Award, the Plan, and if applicable to the Optionee, stock ownership guidelines established by the Company.

20. Section 409A. This Agreement and the Award are intended to be exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code as a stock right pursuant to Treasury regulation §1.409A-1(b)(5) and will be interpreted and construed consistently with such intent.

21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which together will constitute but one Agreement.

EX-10.19

Exhibit 10.19

FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC.

2013 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice (the “Notice”)

You have been awarded restricted stock units (“RSUs”) that will be paid in shares of common stock of Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. (the “Company”) when they vest, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (together with this Notice, the “Agreement”). In exchange for accepting the RSUs, you will be required to agree to the restrictive covenant language contained in the agreement. Copies of the Plan and the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement are available on the UBS website (www.ubs.com/onesource/fbhs). Capitalized terms not defined in this Notice have the meanings specified in the Plan or the Agreement.


Award:	You have been awarded RSUs, which will be paid in shares of Company common stock (par value $0.01), when the Award vests, subject to adjustment as provided under Section 11 of the Award Agreement.

Award Date:

Vesting Schedule:	Except as otherwise provided in and subject to the Plan, the Agreement or any other agreement between the Company and the Holder, the RSUs will vest annually in the following increments on the following dates:

	One-third of the RSUs	February 28, 20xx*
	One-third of the RSUs	February 28, 20xx*
	One-third of the RSUs	February 28, 20xx*

Performance Condition for 162(m) Officers	If you are an executive subject to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code at any time while the Award is outstanding, your RSUs will not vest unless the Company attains the performance goal of earnings per share of Company common stock (diluted, and before gains or charges) of $xx for the period January 1, 20xx through December 31, 20xx. If the performance goal is attained, the RSUs will vest on the later of the date(s) set forth in this Award Notice and the date that the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors certifies attainment of the performance goal.

*	Vesting dates may be adjusted because February 28 in the applicable years are not business days.

FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC.

2013 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Form of [Insert Date] Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (the “Agreement”)

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), grants to Holder an award of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) subject to the terms and conditions of the Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and this Agreement (collectively, the “Award”). Capitalized terms not defined in this Agreement have the meanings specified in the Plan.

1. Number of RSUs. The Company awards Holder the number of RSUs specified in the separate notice outlining specifics of the Award (the “Award Notice”), effective as of the Award Date. Except as described below, this Award will become null and void unless Holder accepts this Agreement in a timely manner through the grant acceptance process prescribed by the Company.

2. Restriction Period and Vesting

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan, the RSUs subject to the Award will vest in accordance with the schedule described in the Award Notice (the “Restriction Period”), provided that the Holder remains employed with the Company through each applicable vesting date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, because the New York Stock Exchange (or such successor exchange on which shares of Company Common Stock are traded) is not open for trading on such date, the vesting date will be the next date on which the New York Stock Exchange (or such successor exchange) is open for trading.

(b) In the event of Holder’s death during the Restriction Period, the RSUs will fully vest on the date of such death and will become immediately eligible for distribution.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5 below, in the event of Holder’s Retirement (as defined below) during the Restriction Period at least one (1) year following the Award Date, any unvested RSUs will fully vest as of date of Holder’s Retirement and all RSUs granted under this Award will become immediately eligible for distribution. For purposes of this Award, “Retirement” means Holder’s termination of employment (other than for Cause as described in subsection (e) below) on or after attaining age 55 and completing five (5) years of service with the Company or its predecessors or affiliates. In the event of a Change in Control (as defined in Section 5 below), Holder will receive the treatment described in this Section 2(c) if Holder terminates employment after qualifying for Retirement, even if Holder does not have Good Reason (as defined below).

(d) In the event of Holder’s Disability (as defined below) during the Restriction Period, then, provided that Holder has been continuously employed with the

Company for at least one (1) year following the Award Date and prior to the date of Disability, Holder will be treated as continuing employment with the Company during the Disability for purposes of determining the vesting of the Award, and RSUs will continue to vest and will be eligible for distribution in accordance with the vesting schedule described in Section 2(a) above. For purposes of this Award, Holder will have a “Disability” if Holder is receiving benefits under the long-term disability plan maintained by Holder’s employer; provided that, if this Award is subject to the restrictions of Section 409A of the Code with respect to Holder, then such Disability must also satisfy the requirements of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

(e) If the Holder’s employer terminates Holder’s employment during the Restriction Period for Cause (as defined below), then the unvested RSUs outstanding under the Award will be cancelled upon such termination of employment. For purposes of this Award, “Cause” has the same meaning as specified in any employment or other written agreement between Holder and Holder’s employer regarding benefits upon termination of employment (“Termination Agreement”), provided that if Holder is not a party to a Termination Agreement that contains such definition, then Cause will have the same meaning provided for such term under the severance plan sponsored by Holder’s employer and under which Holder is eligible to participate.

(f) Except as provided in Section 5 below, if Holder’s employment with the Company terminates during the Restriction Period for any reason other than death, Disability, Retirement or Cause, the Award, to the extent not vested on the effective date of such termination of employment, will not vest and will be cancelled as of Holder’s termination date.

(g) Except as provided under Sections 2(b) and 2(c), if Holder is a “covered employee” for purposes of Section 162(m) (or any successor provision) (“Section 162(m)”) of the Code at any time during the Restriction Period, any unvested RSUs will not vest unless and until the date on which the Committee certifies the attainment of the performance goals set forth in the Award Notice.

(h) For the purposes of this Agreement, (i) a transfer of Holder’s employment from the Company to a Subsidiary or vice versa, or from one Subsidiary to another, without an intervening period, will not be deemed a termination of employment; and (ii) if Holder is granted in writing a leave of absence, Holder will be deemed to have remained in the employ of the Company or a Subsidiary during such leave of absence (but not beyond Holder’s separation from service within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code if this Award is deemed to be subject to said Section).

3. Delivery of Common Stock. During the Restriction Period, the Company will hold the unvested RSUs subject to the Award in book-entry form, and the RSUs will represent only an unfunded and unsecured obligation of the Company. On each applicable vesting date described in the Award Notice or on any other applicable distribution date specified under this Agreement, the Company will deliver or cause to be delivered one share of Common Stock for each RSU that vests or becomes eligible for distribution on such date to Holder (or, in the event of Holder’s death or Disability, Holder’s appointed and qualified executor or other personal representative). No fractional shares will be delivered.

4. Dividend Equivalents. Holder will be entitled to receive dividend equivalents with respect to the Award, to the extent that the Company pays dividends on Company Common Stock during the Restriction Period. Such dividend equivalents will be equal to the cash dividends (if any) that would have been paid to Holder for the shares of Common Stock subject to the Award had such shares been issued and outstanding on the dividend record date occurring during the Restriction Period. Dividend equivalents (if any) will be subject to the same vesting conditions as the RSUs and will be paid to Holder in cash at the same time as the shares of Common Stock subject to the Award are delivered.

5. Change in Control and Divestitures.

(a) Termination without Cause or for Good Reason Following Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan), the Award will become subject to Section 5.8 of the Plan. In the event that unvested RSUs remain outstanding following a Change in Control, and Holder’s employment is terminated on or after such Change in Control but prior to the end of the Restriction Period either: (i) by the Company other than for Cause, or (ii) by Holder for Good Reason (as defined below), the RSUs will become fully vested and eligible for distribution as of the date of Holder’s termination of employment, subject to Section 5.8 of the Plan. For purposes of this Award, “Good Reason” will have the same meaning as such term has under any Termination Agreement, provided that if Holder is not a party to any Termination Agreement that contains such definition, then Good Reason includes any of the reasons allowing Holder to terminate employment and remain eligible for severance benefits under the severance plan sponsored by Holder’s employer and under which Holder is eligible to participate.

(b) Divestiture. In the event that Holder’s principal employer is a Subsidiary of the Company that during the Restriction Period ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a corporate transaction or reorganization (a “Divestiture”), the Award will become fully vested and eligible for distribution as of the effective date of the Divestiture; provided, however that if this Award is deemed to be subject to Section 409A of the Code and the Divestiture is not a “change in control event” within the meaning of Treasury regulations issued under Section 409A of the Code, the outstanding RSUs will vest as of the date of Divestiture but will remain payable on the vesting dates described in the Award Notice as though the Divestiture had not occurred.

6. No Stockholder Rights. Holder will not have any rights of a stockholder (including voting rights) or any other right, title or interest, with respect to any of the shares of Common Stock subject to the Award unless and until such shares of Common Stock have been recorded on the Company’s official stockholder records as having been issued or transferred to Holder.

of any other action is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the vesting of the RSUs or the delivery or issuance of shares, the shares of Common Stock subject to the Award may not be delivered, in whole or in part, unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent, approval or other action has been effected or obtained, free of any conditions not acceptable to the Company. The Company agrees to use reasonable efforts to obtain and maintain any such listing, registration, qualification, consent, approval or other action.

8. Clawback Policy. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or this Agreement to the contrary, outstanding RSUs may be cancelled, and the Company may require Holder to return shares of Company Common Stock (or the value of such stock when originally paid to Holder), dividend equivalents (if any) issued under this Agreement and any other amount required by applicable law to be returned, in the event that such repayment is required in order to comply with any laws or regulations relating to restatements of the Company’s publicly-reported financial results.

9. Nontransferability. The Award may not be transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise by Holder other than (a) by will or by the laws of descent and distribution; or (b) pursuant to an approved domestic relations order approved in writing by the Secretary of the Committee or the Secretary’s designee. Except to the extent permitted by the foregoing sentence, the Award may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated, encumbered or otherwise disposed of (whether by operation of law or otherwise) or be subject to execution, attachment or similar process. Upon any attempt to so sell, transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate, encumber or otherwise dispose of the Award, the Award and all related rights will immediately become null and void.

10. Tax Withholding. As a condition to the delivery of shares of Common Stock upon vesting of any portion of the Award, Holder must, upon request by the Company, pay to the Company such amount as the Company may be required, under all applicable federal, state, local or other laws or regulations, to withhold and pay over as income or other withholding taxes (the “Required Tax Payments”) with respect to the Award. If Holder fails to advance the Required Tax Payments after request by the Company, the Company may, in its discretion, deduct any Required Tax Payments from any amount payable by the Company to Holder, including regular salary or bonus payments. Holder may elect to satisfy his or her obligation to advance the Required Tax Payments by any of the following means: (a) a cash payment to the Company; (b) delivery to the Company (either actual delivery or by attestation procedures established by the Company) of previously owned whole shares of Common Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as defined below), determined as of the date on which such withholding obligation arises (the “Tax Date”), equal to the Required Tax Payments; (c) authorizing the Company to withhold whole shares of Common Stock which would otherwise be delivered to Holder having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the Tax Date, equal to the Required Tax Payments; or (d) any combination of (a), (b) and (c). Shares of Common Stock to be delivered or withheld may not have a Fair Market Value in excess of the minimum amount of the Required Tax Payments. For purposes of this Award, “Fair Market Value” as of any date means the value determined by reference to the closing price of a share of Common Stock as finally reported on the New York Stock Exchange for the trading day immediately preceding such date. Any fraction of a share of Common Stock which would be required to satisfy any Required Tax Payment will be disregarded and the remaining amount due must be paid in cash by Holder. No share of Common Stock will be issued or delivered until the Required Tax Payments have been satisfied in full.

11. Adjustment. In the event of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination, exchange of shares, liquidation, spin-off or other similar change in capitalization or event, or any distribution to holders of Common Stock other than a regular cash dividend, the number and class of securities subject to the RSUs will be equitably adjusted by the Committee, such adjustment to be made in accordance with Section 409A of the Code, to the extent applicable. The decision of the Committee regarding any such adjustment is final and binding.

12. No Rights to Continued Employment. In no event will the granting of the Award or its acceptance by Holder, or any provision of this Agreement or the Plan, give or be deemed to give Holder any right to continued employment by the Company, any Subsidiary or any affiliate of the Company or affect in any manner the right of the Company, any Subsidiary or any affiliate of the Company to terminate the employment of any person at any time for any reason.

c) Non-Solicitation of Customers. Holder agrees that he/she will not, directly or indirectly, during his/her employment and for a period of 12 months after the end of his/her employment (for whatever reason), solicit, induce or attempt to induce (or assist others to solicit) any customers or prospective customers of the Company and its Subsidiaries to cease doing business with the Company and its Subsidiaries or to buy a Competing Product. The prohibition in Section 13(c) only applies to customers and prospective customers with which Holder had Involvement.

14. Decisions of Board or Committee. The Board or the Committee has the right to resolve all questions which may arise in connection with the Award. Any interpretation, determination or other action made or taken by the Board or the Committee regarding the Plan or this Agreement is final and binding.

15. Successors. This Agreement is binding upon and will inure to the benefit of any successor or successors of the Company and any person or persons who, upon the death of Holder, may acquire any rights in accordance with this Agreement or the Plan.

16. Notices. All notices, requests or other communications provided for in this Agreement will be made, if to the Company, to Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc., Attn. Secretary of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, 520 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield, Illinois 60015, and if to Holder, to the last known mailing address of Holder contained in the records of the Company. All notices, requests or other communications provided for in this Agreement will be made in writing either (a) by personal delivery; (b) by facsimile or electronic mail with confirmation of receipt; (c) by mailing in the United States mails; or (d) by express courier service. The notice, request or other communication will be deemed to be received upon personal delivery, upon confirmation of receipt of facsimile or electronic mail transmission or upon receipt by the intended party if by United States mail or express courier service; provided, however, that if a notice, request or other communication sent to the Company is not received during regular business hours, it will be deemed to be received on the next succeeding business day of the Company.

19. Agreement Subject to the Plan This Agreement is subject to, and will be interpreted in accordance with, the Plan. In the event of a conflict between this Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan will apply. Holder hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan, and by accepting the Award in the manner specified by the Company, he or she agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Award, the Plan, and if applicable to the Holder, stock ownership guidelines established by the Company.

20. Section 409A. Any payment to the Holder pursuant to this Agreement is intended to be exempt from Section 409A of the Code to the maximum extent possible as a short-term deferral pursuant to Treasury regulation §1.409A-1(b)(4). However, if this Agreement and the Award are not so exempt, this Agreement and the Award are intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and will be interpreted and construed consistently with such intent. In the event the terms of this Agreement would subject Holder to taxes or

penalties under Section 409A of the Code (“409A Penalties”), Holder and the Company will cooperate diligently to amend the terms of this Agreement to avoid such 409A Penalties, to the extent possible; provided that in no event will the Company be responsible for any 409A Penalties that arise in connection with any amounts payable under this Agreement. To the extent any amounts under this Agreement are payable by reference to Holder’s “termination of employment,” such term will be deemed to refer to Holder’s “separation from service,” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, if Holder is a “specified employee,” as defined in Section 409A of the Code, as of the date of Holder’s separation from service, then to the extent any amount payable to Holder (a) is payable upon Holder’s separation from service, and (b) under the terms of this Agreement would be payable prior to the six-month anniversary of Holder’s separation from service, to the extent that payment under this Agreement is otherwise subject to the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, such payment will be delayed until the earlier to occur of: (x) the six-month anniversary of Holder’s separation from service and (y) the date of Holder’s death. If any applicable payment period begins in one calendar year and ends in the following calendar year, Holder shall not have the right to designate the year of the payment.

21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which together will constitute but one Agreement.

EX-10.20

Exhibit 10.20

FORM OF AGREEMENT FOR THE PAYMENT OF BENEFITS

FOLLOWING TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

AGREEMENT dated as of [INSERT ORIGINAL EFFECTIVE DATE] (the “Effective Date”) between Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [ ] (the “Executive”),

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Executive is employed by the Company;

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive previously entered into this Agreement and hereby wish to amend and restate the Agreement in its entirety; and

WHEREAS, this Agreement shall set forth the benefits to be provided to the Executive in the event that his or her employment terminates under the circumstances described herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the parties agree as follows:

1. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(a) Cause. “Cause” shall mean:

(i) the Executive’s willful and continuous failure to substantially perform his or her material duties (other than a failure due to a Disability);

(ii) the commission of any activities constituting a violation or breach under any federal, state or local law or regulation applicable to the activities of the Company, as determined in the reasonable judgment of the Company;

(iii) fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, dishonesty, misappropriation or other actions that cause significant damage to the property or business of the Company;

(iv) repeated absences from work such that the Executive is unable to perform his or her employment or other duties in all material respects, other than due to Disability;

(v) admission or conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, any felony that, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, adversely affects the Company’s reputation or the Executive’s ability to carry out the obligations of his or her employment or services;

(vi) loss of any license or registration that is necessary for the Executive to perform his or her duties for the Company;

(vii) failure to cooperate with the Company in any internal investigation or administrative, regulatory or judicial proceeding, as determined in the reasonable judgment of the Company;

(viii) any act or omission in violation or disregard of the Company’s policies, including but not limited to the Company’s harassment and discrimination policies and Standards of Conduct then in effect, in such a manner as to cause significant loss, damage or injury to the Company’s property, reputation or employees;

provided, however, that no act or failure to act on the Executive’s part shall be considered “willful” unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by him or her in bad faith or without reasonable belief that his or her action or omission was in the best interests of the Company. Any act or failure to act (A) based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company, (B) implementing in good faith the advice of counsel for the Company or (C) that meets the applicable standard of conduct prescribed for indemnification or reimbursement or payment of expenses under the By-laws of the Company or the laws of the state of its incorporation or the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance of the Company, in each case as in effect at the time Cause would otherwise arise, shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, in good faith and in the best interests of the Company.

(b) Change in Control. A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if, prior to the Executive’s Termination of Employment:

(i) any person (as that term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) as in effect on the date of this Agreement) (1) is or becomes the beneficial owner (as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect on the date of this Agreement) of 50% or more of the total fair market value or total voting power of the Company (“Voting Securities”) or (2) acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person) ownership of the stock of the Company possessing 30% or more of the Voting Securities, excluding, in each case, however, the following: (A) any acquisition directly from the Company, other than an acquisition by virtue of the exercise of a conversion privilege unless the security being so converted was itself acquired directly from the Company; (B) any acquisition by the Company; (C) any acquisition by an employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any entity controlled by the Company; (D) the acquisition of additional stock or voting power by a person considered to own more than 50% of the total fair market value or Voting Securities in the case of clause (1) of this clause (i) or by a person considered to own more than 30% of the Voting Securities in the case of clause (2) of this clause (i) or (E) any acquisition pursuant to a transaction that complies with clauses (A), (B) and (C) of clause (iii) below;

(ii) more than 50% of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) shall, during a 12-month period, cease to be Continuing

Directors (which term, as used herein, means the directors of the Company: (A) who were members of the Board on the date hereof; or (B) who subsequently became directors of the Company and who were elected or designated to be candidates for election as nominees of the Board, or whose election or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was otherwise approved, by a vote of a majority of the Continuing Directors then on the Board but shall not include, in any event, any individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened election contest (as such terms are used in Rule 14(a)-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person other than the Board); or

(iii) the Company shall be merged or consolidated with, or, in any transaction or series of transactions, substantially all of the business or assets of the Company shall be sold or otherwise acquired by, another corporation or entity unless, as a result thereof: (A) the stockholders of the Company immediately prior thereto shall beneficially own, directly or indirectly, at least 60% of the combined Voting Securities of the surviving, resulting or transferee corporation or entity (including, without limitation, a corporation that as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) (“Newco”) immediately thereafter in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such corporate transaction; (B) no person beneficially owns (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (as in effect on the date hereof)), directly or indirectly, 30% or more of the combined Voting Securities of Newco immediately after such corporate transaction except to the extent that such ownership of the Company existed prior to such corporate transaction, and (C) more than 50% of the members of the Board of Directors of Newco shall be Continuing Directors.

(c) Change in Control Benefit. “Change in Control Benefit” shall refer to any special or enhanced benefits described in Section 3 below to which the Executive may become entitled if his or her employment terminates for one of the reasons listed in Section 2(a) within the 24-month period following a Change in Control.

(d) Code. “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

(e) Disability. “Disability” shall mean a physical or mental illness that results in the Executive’s absence from the full-time performance of his or her duties for 180 consecutive calendar days and within 30 days after the Notice of Termination is given to the Executive by the Company, the Executive shall not have returned to full-time performance of his or her duties.

(f) Good Reason. Termination of employment by the Executive for Good Reason shall be deemed to have occurred only if the Executive terminates his or her employment and provides a Notice of Termination to the Company prior to such date for any of the following reasons:

(i) a material change in the Executive’s duties, responsibilities and status, or, in the event of a Change in Control, a material change in Executive’s reporting responsibilities, titles or offices as in effect at the time of a Change in Control;

(ii) a material reduction in the Executive’s then current base salary;

(iii) material reduction in the value of the benefits provided to the Executive (other than those plans or improvements that have expired in accordance with their original terms); provided that Good Reason shall not exist to the extent such benefits are similarly reduced or eliminated with respect to similarly situated senior executives of the Company;

(iv) after a Change in Control, the target bonus awarded by the Company’s Compensation Committee to Executive under the Annual Executive Incentive Compensation Plan of the Company (“Incentive Plan”) subsequent to a Change in Control is materially less than such amount last awarded to Executive prior to a Change in Control;

(v) after a Change in Control, the sum of the Executive’s base salary and amount paid to him or her as incentive compensation under the Incentive Plan for the calendar year in which the Change in Control occurs or any subsequent year is materially less than the sum of the Executive’s base salary and the amount awarded (whether or not fully paid) to him or her as incentive compensation under the Incentive Plan for the calendar year prior to the Change in Control or any subsequent calendar year in which the sum of such amounts was materially greater;

(vi) the relocation of the offices at which Executive is employed to a location more than 35 miles away or the Company requiring Executive to be based anywhere other than at a Company office within 35 miles of the offices at which the Executive is employed, except for required travel on Company business to an extent substantially consistent with Executive’s position;

(vii) any failure of the Company to comply with and satisfy Section 8;

(viii) any purported termination of the Executive’s employment by the Company which does not comply with Section 1(g) below. For the avoidance of doubt, such purported termination shall not be effective, but shall constitute Good Reason entitling the Executive to terminate his or her employment in accordance with this Section 1(f);

provided, further, that the Executive must provide written notice to the Company of the existence of Good Reason no later than 90 days after its initial existence, the Company shall have a period of 30 days following its receipt of such written notice during which it may remedy in all material respects the Good Reason condition identified in such written notice, and the Executive must terminate employment no later than two (2) years following the initial existence of the Good Reason condition identified in such written notice.

(g) Notice of Termination. “Notice of Termination” shall mean a written notice sent by the Executive or the Company to the other party, describing the reasons for the termination of the Executive’s employment and including specific reference to the provision(s) of this Agreement at issue. Such Notice of Termination must be provided by the party seeking to terminate the Executive’s employment within 90 days of the existence of either Cause or Good Reason, as applicable, and the party receiving the Notice of Termination shall be given 30 days to remedy such situation (to the extent applicable).

(h) Termination Date. “Termination Date” shall mean:

(i) in the case of Disability, 30 days after Notice of Termination is given, provided that the Executive shall not have returned to the performance of his or her duties on a full-time basis during such 30-day period;

(ii) in the case of Cause, the date on which Notice of Termination is given;

(iii) in the case of Good Reason, 30 days after the Notice of Termination is given, provided that the Company has not either remedied the conditions giving rise to Good Reason or waived its right to do so; and

(iv) in the event that employment is terminated for any other reason, the date on which the Executive ceases to perform his or her duties for the Company;

provided, however, that, if within 30 days after any Notice of Termination is given, the receiving party notifies the other party that a dispute exists concerning the reasons for such termination of employment, the Termination Date shall be the date finally determined, either by written agreement of the parties or by a final judgment, order or decree of court of competent jurisdiction (the time for appeal having expired and no appeal having been perfected), to be the date that the Executive’s employment terminated; provided further, however, that if such dispute is resolved in favor of the Company, the Termination Date shall be the date determined under clauses (i) through (iv) of this Section 1(h).

2. Entitlement to Benefits. The Executive shall be entitled to the benefits described in Section 3 below if:

(a) the Executive’s employment is terminated either by the Company for reasons other than Disability or Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason; provided, however, that, in order for the Executive to be eligible for any Change in Control Benefits, such termination of employment must occur within 24 months after a Change in Control of the Company;

(b) the Executive’s Termination Date occurs while this Agreement is in effect; and

(c) a Notice of Termination is provided in a timely manner (as described in Section 1(g)) prior to the Executive’s Termination Date by the Company (in the case of termination other than for Disability or Cause) or the Executive (in the case of termination for Good Reason).

The Executive’s employment shall be deemed to have terminated for Cause if, after the Executive’s Termination Date, facts and circumstances are discovered that would have justified a termination for Cause. In such event, the Company shall immediately cease any and all payments and benefits being paid or provided to the Executive under Section 3, and the Executive shall repay to the Company within thirty (30) days all amounts previously paid to him or her pursuant to Section 3.

Nothing in this Agreement is intended to create or imply a promise or contract of employment for a specified term and either Executive or the Company may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without Cause or Good Reason, and with or without notice; provided, however, that the Executive shall not be entitled to any benefits under this Agreement in the event his or her employment is terminated by the Company for Disability or Cause, by the Executive other than for Good Reason or following the Executive’s death or the expiration of this Agreement. This Agreement shall have no effect on any obligations that the Company may have to the Executive if his or her employment terminates under circumstances not described herein.

3. Benefits Upon Termination of Employment. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2 above, in order to receive the benefits described in paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (e) below, the Executive must timely deliver and not revoke an executed release of legal claims against the Company and its affiliates within the timelines set forth therein.

(a) Accrued Pay. The Company shall pay the Executive any base salary or vacation accrued but unpaid through his or her Termination Date.

(b) Severance Pay. The Company shall pay severance benefits to the Executive equal to the product of one and one-half (1.5) times the sum of the following amounts, subject to any applicable limitations in Sections 3(f) and 3(g) below:

(i) his or her annual base salary as in effect on the Termination Date, or, if applicable, the date of a Change in Control, plus

(ii) his or her target annual bonus under the Incentive Plan in effect in the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs, plus

(iii) the amount that would have been required to be allocated to the Executive’s account (assuming that he elected the maximum employee contribution) for the year immediately preceding the year in which the Termination Date occurs under the Company’s 401(k) retirement plan, including the Company 401(k) matching contribution and profit-sharing provisions of the Company’s supplemental non-qualified defined contribution plan (the “Supplemental Plan”).

Such severance amounts described above shall be paid to the Executive in regular installments for eighteen (18) months through the Company’s normal payroll process and on the Company’s normal payroll dates commencing within 30 days following his or her Termination Date; provided, however, that if such 30-day period begins in a first taxable year and ends in a second taxable year, such severance amounts shall commence no earlier than the first payroll date of the second taxable year.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3(b), for purposes of calculating a Change in Control Benefit, the multiplier in Section 3(b) above shall be changed to two (2) and the severance benefit shall be paid to the Executive in a single lump sum payment within 30 days following the Executive’s Termination Date; provided, however, that if such 30-day period begins in a first taxable year and ends in a second taxable year, such lump sum payment shall be paid to the Executive in the second taxable year.

(c) Continued Benefits Coverage. The Company shall maintain for the Executive’s benefit all employee life insurance, health, accident, and medical plan coverage(s) that Executive was receiving immediately prior to his or her Termination Date, provided that his or her continued participation is allowed under the terms of such plans. The Company shall maintain such coverage(s) following the Executive’s Termination Date for 18 months, or, if the Executive is entitled to a Change in Control Benefit, two (2) years. With respect to any continued health coverage (medical, dental and vision), the Executive shall be required to pay the applicable active employee rate of coverage for similar coverage, and such coverage shall run concurrent with coverage required to be provided under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”). If the Company continues to provide the continued health coverage described in this Section 3(c) after the applicable period of COBRA coverage would have otherwise expired, the Executive may be taxed on the value of such coverage. No other welfare or fringe benefits shall be provided except as specifically provided in this Section 3(c).

(d) Incentive Compensation. The following amounts shall become payable to the Executive following his or her Termination Date, as of the date that annual incentive awards are normally paid by the Company:

(i) any unpaid amounts awarded to the Executive as incentive compensation under the Incentive Plan for the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the Termination Date occurs; and

(ii) an amount equal to the award the Executive would have received under the Incentive Plan based upon actual Company performance for the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs, prorated for the portion of the calendar year during which the Executive was employed.

maintained for him or her an account balance which is not fully vested. Such payment shall be paid to the Executive in a lump sum payment within 30 days following the Executive’s Termination Date; provided, however, that if such 30-day period begins in a first taxable year and ends in a second taxable year, such lump sum payment shall be paid to the Executive in the second taxable year.

(f) Tax Withholding. The Company may withhold from any benefits payable under this Agreement any applicable federal, state, city or other taxes as required by law.

(g) Time of Payment for Specified Employees. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 3 to the contrary, if the Executive is a “specified employee” of the Company (as defined in Section 409A of the Code), amounts that would otherwise have been paid to or on behalf of the Executive under the foregoing provisions of this Section 3 (but excluding amounts described in paragraph 3(c) above) during the six-month period immediately following the Termination Date shall be paid on the first regular payroll date immediately following the six-month anniversary of the Termination Date.

(h) No Duty to Mitigate. The Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 3 by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 3 be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive as the result of employment by another employer after the Termination Date or by any other compensation.

(i) No Other Severance Benefits. This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and supersedes all prior agreements, promises, covenants, arrangements, communications, representations or warranties, whether oral or written, by any officer, employee or representative of the Company, its affiliates or any of their predecessors, including but not limited to any severance pay program or other documents covering salaried or executive employees generally maintained by the Company, any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. To the extent severance payments or benefits are required under any applicable local law or otherwise, benefits payable under this Agreement shall be reduced to the extent of any such severance payments or benefits (including, but not limited to, any laws requiring payment in lieu of notice upon the Executive’s termination of employment).

4. Certain Reductions Due to Section 280G. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in the event it shall be (or is subsequently) determined that any payment, distribution or acceleration of vesting by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive (whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise (any such payment, distribution or acceleration of vesting being referred to as a “Payment”) would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), then the Change in Control Benefit payable to the Executive under this Agreement shall be reduced (or appropriately adjusted) to an amount that is one dollar less than the smallest amount that would give rise to the Excise Tax (the “Reduced Amount”) if such Reduced Amount would be greater than the net after-tax proceeds (taking into account both the Excise Tax and any interest or penalties payable with respect to the Excise Tax) of the unreduced Change in Control Benefit payable to the Executive. If the Change in Control Benefit is required to be reduced pursuant to this Section 4,

there shall be no discretion in the ordering of the Payments payable under this Agreement so reduced, and such reductions shall be applied in the order which results in the best economic benefit to Executive; and to the extent such ordering of reductions is economically equivalent, such Payments shall be reduced on a pro rata basis.

5. Section 409A. This Agreement is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and shall be interpreted and construed consistently with such intent. The payments to the Executive pursuant to this Agreement are also intended to be exempt from Section 409A of the Code to the maximum extent possible, under either the separation pay exemption pursuant to Treasury regulation §1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) or as short-term deferrals pursuant to Treasury regulation §1.409A-1(b)(4), and for this purpose each payment shall constitute a “separately identified” amount within the meaning of Treasury Regulation §1.409A-2(b)(2). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that any amounts payable (or benefits provided) under this Agreement are subject to the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, to the extent determined necessary, the parties agree to amend this Agreement in the least restrictive manner necessary to avoid imposition of any additional tax or income recognition on the Executive under Section 409A of the Code, the final Treasury Regulations and other Internal Revenue Service guidance thereunder (“409A Penalties”); provided, that in no event shall the Company be responsible for any 409A Penalties that arise in connection with any amounts payable under this Agreement. In addition, to the extent necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code, references to termination of employment (and similar phrases) in this Agreement shall be interpreted in a manner that is consistent with the term “separation from service” under Section 409A(a) (2)(A)(i) of the Code and final Treasury Regulations and other Internal Revenue Service guidance thereunder.

6. Restrictive Covenants.

(a) Confidential Information. The Executive acknowledges that he or she will have access to highly confidential information of the Company and its affiliates, including, but not limited to: financial information, supply and service information, marketing information, personnel data, customer lists, business and financial plans and strategies, and product costs, sources and pricing. The Company and the Executive consider it imperative that all such information (“Confidential Trade Secrets”) be held in complete confidence and trust. Accordingly, the Executive agrees that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, during and following the Executive’s Termination Date with the Company, regardless of the reasons that such employment might end, the Executive will:

(i) hold all Confidential Trade Secrets in confidence and not discuss, communicate, disclose or transmit to others, or make any unauthorized copy of or use the Confidential Trade Secrets in any capacity, position or business unrelated to the Company;

(ii) use the Confidential Trade Secrets only in furtherance of proper Company employment related business reasons; and

(iii) take all reasonable action that the Company deems necessary and appropriate to prevent unauthorized use or disclosure of or to protect the Confidential Trade Secrets.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that the Executive’s obligations under this Section 6(a) do not extend to any knowledge or information which is or may become available to the public or to competitors other than by disclosure by the Executive in breach of this Agreement nor to any information the Executive may learn or develop independent of the Confidential Trade Secrets, nor to disclosure compelled by judicial or administrative proceeding after the Executive diligently tries to avoid each disclosure and affords the Company the opportunity to obtain assurance that compelled disclosures will receive confidential treatment.

(b) Loyalty; Non-Solicitation. The Executive further acknowledges that the loyalty and dedicated service of the Company’s and its affiliates’ employees is critical to the Company’s business. Accordingly, the Executive agrees that during and for a period of twelve (12) months after the Executive’s Termination Date, regardless of the reasons for the termination of employment, he or she will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, induce or attempt to induce any employee or agency representative of the Company or any of its affiliates to leave the employment or representation of the Company or of any affiliate. The Executive also agrees that during and after his or her employment, he will not take any action, or make any statements, that discredit or disparage the Company or its affiliates, or its or their officers, directors, employees or products. The Company agrees that it will not take any action or make any statements during and after Executive’s employment that discredit or disparage the Executive. The two preceding sentences shall not apply to statements made in papers filed in good faith with a court of law in connection with a lawsuit between the Executive and the Company or any of its affiliates.

(c) Non-Competition. The Executive acknowledges that the Company and its affiliates have invested time and money in establishing or planning to establish one or more aspects of its business throughout the United States, Australia, Canada, Asia, Mexico and Europe. Therefore, the Executive agrees that during his or her employment by the Company and for a period of 12 months after the Executive’s Termination Date, the Executive will not:

(i) directly or indirectly, individually engage in nor be competitively employed or retained by, or render any competing services for, or be financially interested in, any firm or corporation engaged in any business in the United States, Australia, Canada, Asia, Mexico or Europe which competes with any business in which the Company or any of its affiliates was engaged during the two-year period preceding the Executive’s Termination Date, including, but not limited to any business in which, during such two-year period, the Executive was involved in the Company’s or any affiliate’s planning to enter such business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this restriction shall not apply to:

(A) the purchase by the Executive of stock not to exceed 5% of the outstanding shares of capital stock or any corporation whose securities are listed on any national securities exchange; or

(B) the employment of the Executive by a non-competitive subsidiary or non-competitive affiliated entity of a competitor of the Company upon the Company’s written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

(ii) solicit business from nor directly or indirectly cause others to solicit business that competes with the Company’s line of products from any entities which have been customers of the Company during the Executive’s employment or which were targeted as potential customers during the twelve (12) months preceding the Executive’s Termination Date;

provided, however, that the provisions of this Section 6(c) shall not apply if the Executive’s Termination Date occurs after a Change in Control.

(d) Remedies. The Executive recognizes and agrees:

(i) that the covenants and restrictions in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 6 are reasonable and valid and all defenses to the strict enforcement of such sections by the Company are waived by the Executive to the full extent permitted by law. In the event, however, that a court of competent jurisdiction should determine in any case that the enforcement of any provision contained in such paragraphs would not be reasonable, it is intended that enforcement of a provision which is determined by such court to be reasonable shall be given effect; and

(ii) that a breach of the covenants and restrictions in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 6 would result in irreparable harm to the Company which could not be compensated by money damages alone. Accordingly, the Executive agrees that should there be a breach of any or all of these provisions or a threatened breach, the Company shall be entitled to cease paying amounts under Section 3 and to offset any amounts it owes to Executive against any damage that it has suffered as a result of the breach of any of the covenants and restrictions in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 6 and, in addition to its other remedies, to an order enjoining any such breach or threatened breach without bond. In addition, the Executive agrees that, in the event he or she breaches any of the covenants or restrictions of paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 6, he will promptly repay to the Company upon demand any amounts paid to him or her pursuant to Section 3. The Executive further agrees that if the Company prevails in any action to enforce these provisions, he or she will reimburse the Company for its attorney fees and costs incurred in pursuing such action.

The Company agrees that it will seek enforcement of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 6 only in a good faith, reasonable manner and will not seek to enforce such sections solely for malicious and punitive reasons.

7. Disputes. In the event that the Executive prevails in any action to obtain or enforce any rights under this Agreement, the Company shall pay the cost of legal fees and

expenses incurred by Executive in such action, which payment shall be made directly to the provider of services within the time period required by Section 409A of the Code; provided, however that the Executive shall be required to deliver and not revoke an executed release of claims in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (as such release may be updated from time to time to reflect legal requirements). If a dispute arises concerning the Executive’s entitlement to benefits under this Agreement following a Change in Control, the Company shall continue to pay Executive’s full base salary through the date finally determined to be his or her Termination Date.

8. Successors; Binding Agreement.

(a) Upon a Change in Control, the Company shall require any successor to its business or assets (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise), that employs the Executive and any parent company thereof, to expressly assume and agree to perform the Company’s obligations under this Agreement.

(b) This Agreement shall not be assignable by the Executive except by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive and his or her personal or legal representatives and successors in interest.

9. Term. Unless otherwise earlier terminated in writing by both parties, this Agreement shall be effective for the three (3) year period commencing on the Effective Date. At the close of such three (3) year period and on each subsequent third anniversary of the Effective Date, the Agreement shall automatically renew for an additional three (3) year period unless either party hereto shall notify the other party in writing of its intent not to renew the Agreement no less than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the pending term; provided, however, that if within six (6) months following the non-renewal of the Agreement by the Company, the Company executes a definitive agreement which would lead to a Change in Control, then notwithstanding any other term or provision of this Agreement, this Agreement shall be deemed not to have been terminated and will be effective in accordance with its terms through and including the date of such Change in Control (or the date on which such definitive agreement is terminated, if earlier); and provided further, that if a Change in Control occurs during the term of this Agreement, the Agreement shall remain in effect for no less than 24 months following such Change in Control. Notwithstanding the termination or expiration of this Agreement, the Restrictive Covenants provisions of Section 6 hereof shall remain in full force and effect as provided above.

10. Notice. Any notice, demand or other communication required or permitted under this Agreement shall be effective only if it is in writing and delivered personally or sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

If to the Company:

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

520 Lake Cook Road

Deerfield, Illinois 60015

Attention: General Counsel

If to the Executive:

At the address most recently on file with the Company

or to such other address as either party may designate by written notice to the other and shall be deemed to have been given as of the date so personally delivered or mailed.

11. Miscellaneous.

(a) This Agreement cannot be modified or any term or condition waived in whole or in part except by a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the modification or waiver is sought.

(b) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

(c) No waiver by either party at any time of any breach of this Agreement by the other party shall be deemed a waiver of such provisions or conditions at any prior or subsequent time.

(d) The headings in this Agreement are included for convenience and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

(e) The invalidity or unenforceability of one or more provisions of this Agreement shall not affect the enforceability any other provision of this Agreement.

(f) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and such counterparts will together constitute one Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed by a duly authorized officer and attested to and the Executive has set his or her hand as of the date first above written.


FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC.

By:
		Elizabeth R. Lane Senior Vice President - Human Resources

ATTEST:

Assistant Secretary

[NAME]

[TITLE]

EX-10.21

Exhibit 10.21

FORM OF AGREEMENT FOR THE PAYMENT OF BENEFITS

FOLLOWING TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

AGREEMENT dated as of [insert original Effective Date] (the “Effective Date”) between [ ] a Delaware corproation (the “Company”), and [ ] (the “Executive”),

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Executive is employed by the Company; and

WHEREAS, the Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“FBHS”);

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive previously entered into this Agreement and hereby wish to amend and restate the Agreement in its entirety; and

WHEREAS this Agreement shall set forth the benefits to be provided to the Executive in the event that his or her employment terminates under the circumstances described herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the parties agree as follows:

1. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(a) Cause. “Cause” shall mean:

(i) the Executive’s willful and continuous failure to substantially perform his or her material duties (other than a failure due to a Disability);

(iii) fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, dishonesty, misappropriation or other actions that cause significant damage to the property or business of the Company;

(iv) repeated absences from work such that the Executive is unable to perform his or her employment or other duties in all material respects, other than due to Disability;

(vi) loss of any license or registration that is necessary for the Executive to perform his or her duties for the Company;

(vii) failure to cooperate with the Company in any internal investigation or administrative, regulatory or judicial proceeding, as determined in the reasonable judgment of the Company;

(b) Change in Control. A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if, prior to the Executive’s Termination of Employment:

(1)

with respect to the Company:

(A)

any person (as that term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) as in effect on the date of this Agreement) (i) is or becomes the beneficial owner (as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect on the date of this Agreement) of 50% or more of the total fair market value or total voting power (“Voting Securities”) of the Company or (ii) acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person) ownership of the stock of the Company possessing 30% or more of the Voting Securities, excluding, in each case, however, the following: (x) FBHS, (y) any acquisition by an employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by FBHS or any entity controlled by FBHS (including the Company); and (z) any acquisition by an entity controlled by FBHS; or

(B)

the Company shall be merged or consolidated with, or, in any transaction or series of transactions, substantially all of the business or assets of the Company shall be sold or otherwise acquired by, another corporation or entity unless, as a result thereof, (i) the stockholders of FBHS or FBHS shall beneficially own, directly or indirectly, at least 60% of the combined Voting Securities of the surviving, resulting or transferee corporation or entity (including, without limitation, a corporation that as a result of such transaction owns the Company or FBHS or all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or FBHS, either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) (“Newco”) immediately thereafter in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such corporate transaction or (ii) no person beneficially owns (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (as in effect on the date hereof)), directly or indirectly, 30% of more of the combined Voting Securities of Newco immediately after such corporate transaction except to the extent that such ownership of the Company or FBHS existed prior to such corporate transaction.

(2)

with respect to FBHS:

(A)

any person (as that term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of this Agreement) (i) is or becomes the beneficial owner (as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect on the date of this Agreement) of 50% or more of the total fair market value or total voting power of the Voting Securities of FBHS or (ii) acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person) ownership of the stock of FBHS possessing 30% or more of the Voting Securities, excluding, in each case, however, the following: (x) any acquisition directly from FBHS, other than an acquisition by virtue of the exercise of a conversion privilege unless the security being so converted was itself acquired directly from FBHS; (y) any acquisition by FBHS; (z) any acquisition by an employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by FBHS or any entity controlled by FBHS; (xx) the acquisition of additional stock or voting power by a person considered to own more than 50% of the total fair market value or Voting Securities in the case of clause (i) of this clause (A) or by a person considered to own more than 30% of the Voting Securities in the case of clause (ii) of this clause (A); or (yy) any acquisition pursuant to a transaction that complies with clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of clause (C) below;

(B)

more than 50% of the members of the Board of Directors of FBHS (the “FBHS Board”) shall, during a 12-month period, cease to be Continuing Directors (which term, as used herein, means the directors of FBHS: (i) who were members of the FBHS Board on the date hereof; or (ii) who subsequently became directors of FBHS and who were elected or designated to be candidates for election as nominees of the FBHS Board, or whose election or nomination for election by FBHS’s stockholders was otherwise approved, by a vote of a majority of the Continuing Directors then on the FBHS Board but shall not include, in any event, any individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened election contest (as such terms are used in Rule 14(a)-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person other than the FBHS Board); or

(C)

FBHS shall be merged or consolidated with, or, in any transaction or series of transactions, substantially all of the business or assets of FBHS shall be sold or otherwise acquired by, another corporation or entity unless, as a result thereof: (i) the stockholders of FBHS immediately prior thereto shall beneficially own, directly or indirectly, at least 60% of the combined Voting Securities of the surviving, resulting or transferee corporation or entity (including, without limitation, a corporation that as a result of such transaction owns FBHS or all or substantially all of the assets of FBHS, either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) (“FBHS Newco”) immediately thereafter in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such corporate transaction; (ii) no person beneficially owns (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (as in effect on the date hereof)), directly or indirectly, 30% or more of the combined Voting Securities of FBHS Newco immediately after such corporate transaction except to the extent that such ownership of FBHS existed prior to such corporate transaction, and (iii) more than 50% of the members of the Board of Directors of FBHS Newco shall be Continuing Directors.

(d) Code. “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

(ii) a material reduction in the Executive’s then current base salary;

(iv) after a Change in Control, the target bonus awarded by FBHS’s Compensation Committee to Executive under FBHS’s Annual Executive Incentive Compensation Plan (“Incentive Plan”) subsequent to a Change in Control is materially less than such amount last awarded to Executive prior to a Change in Control;

(vii) any failure of the Company or FBHS to comply with and satisfy Section 8;

(viii) any purported termination of the Executive’s employment which does not comply with Section 1(g) below. For the avoidance of doubt, such purported termination shall not be effective, but shall constitute Good Reason entitling the Executive to terminate his or her employment in accordance with this Section 1(f);

(h) Termination Date. “Termination Date” shall mean:

(ii) in the case of Cause, the date on which Notice of Termination is given;

(iv) in the event that employment is terminated for any other reason, the date on which the Executive ceases to perform his or her duties for the Company;

2. Entitlement to Benefits. The Executive shall be entitled to the benefits described in Section 3 below if:

(a) the Executive’s employment is terminated either by the Company for reasons other than Disability or Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason; provided,

however, that, in order for the Executive to be eligible for any Change in Control Benefits, such termination of employment must occur within 24 months after a Change in Control of either the Company or FBHS;

(b) the Executive’s Termination Date occurs while this Agreement is in effect; and

The Executive’s employment shall be deemed to have terminated for Cause if, after the Executive’s Termination Date, facts and circumstances are discovered that would have justified a termination for Cause. In such event, the Company shall immediately cease any and all payments and benefits being paid or provided to the Executive under Section 3 and the Executive shall repay to the Company within thirty (30) days all amounts previously paid to him or her pursuant to Section 3.

3. Benefits Upon Termination of Employment. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2 above, in order to receive the benefits described in paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (e) below, the Executive must timely deliver and not revoke an executed release of legal claims against FBHS, the Company and their affiliates within the timelines set forth therein.

(a) Accrued Pay. The Company shall pay the Executive any base salary or vacation accrued but unpaid through his or her Termination Date.

(i) his or her annual base salary as in effect on the Termination Date, or, if applicable, the date of a Change in Control, plus

(ii) his or her target annual bonus under the Incentive Plan in effect in the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs, plus

(iii) the amount that would have been required to be allocated to the

Executive’s account (assuming that he elected the maximum employee contribution) for the year immediately preceding the year in which the Termination Date occurs under the 401(k) retirement plan in which the Executive is participating on his Termination Date, including the matching contribution and profit-sharing contribution of the supplemental non-qualified defined contribution plan in which the Executive is participating on his Termination Date (the “Supplemental Plan”).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3(b), for purposes of calculating a Change in Control Benefit, the multiplier in Section 3(b) above shall be changed to 2 and, provided the Change in Control constitutes a “change in control event,” within the meaning of regulations promulgated under Section 409A of the Code, the severance benefit shall be paid to the Executive in a single lump sum payment within 30 days following the Executive’s Termination Date; provided, however, that if such 30-day period begins in a first taxable year and ends in a second taxable year, such lump sum payment shall be paid to the Executive in the second taxable year.

(c) Continued Benefits Coverage. The Company (or, if applicable, FBHS) shall maintain for the Executive’s benefit all employee life insurance, health, and accident plan coverage(s) that Executive was receiving immediately prior to his or her Termination Date, provided that his or her continued participation is allowed under the terms of such plans. The Company (or, if applicable, FBHS) shall maintain such coverage(s) following the Executive’s Termination Date for 18 months, or, if the Executive is entitled to a Change in Control Benefit, two (2) years. With respect to any continued health coverage (medical, dental and vision), the Executive shall be required to pay the applicable active employee rate of coverage for similar coverage, and such coverage shall run concurrent with coverage required to be provided under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”). If the Company (or, if applicable, FBHS) continues to provide the continued health coverage described in this Section 3(c) after the applicable period of COBRA coverage would have otherwise expired, the Executive may be taxed on the value of such coverage. No other welfare or fringe benefits shall be provided except as specifically provided in this Section 3(c).

(i) any unpaid amounts awarded to the Executive as incentive compensation under the Incentive Plan for the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the Termination Date occurs; and

(ii) an amount equal to the award the Executive would have received under the Incentive Plan based upon the actual performance of the Company and FBHS for the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs, prorated for the portion of the calendar year during which the Executive was employed.

(e) Unvested Retirement Savings Benefits. If the Executive is entitled to a Change in Control Benefit, the Company shall pay to the Executive as additional severance pay in a lump sum an amount, if any, equal to the nonvested portion of his or her account balances under the 401(k) retirement plan in which the Executive is participating on his Termination Date and the defined contribution plan of any affiliate of the Company in which there is maintained for him or her an account balance which is not fully vested. Such payment shall be paid to the Executive in a lump sum payment within 30 days following the Executive’s Termination Date; provided, however, that if such 30-day period begins in a first taxable year and ends in a second taxable year, such lump sum payment shall be paid to the Executive in the second taxable year.

(f) Tax Withholding. The Company may withhold from any benefits payable under this Agreement any applicable federal, state, city or other taxes as required by law.

(i) No Other Severance Benefits. This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and supersedes all prior agreements, promises, covenants, arrangements, communications, representations or warranties, whether oral or written, by any officer, employee or representative of the Company, FBHS, their affiliates or any of their predecessors, including but not limited to any severance pay program or other documents covering salaried or executive employees generally maintained by the Company, FBHS or any of their affiliates or subsidiaries. To the extent severance payments or benefits are required under any applicable local law or otherwise, benefits payable under this Agreement shall be reduced to the extent of any such severance payments or benefits (including, but not limited to, any laws requiring payment in lieu of notice upon the Executive’s termination of employment).

4. Certain Reductions Due to Section 280G. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in the event it shall be (or is subsequently) determined that any

payment, distribution or acceleration of vesting by FBHS or the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive (whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise (any such payment, distribution or acceleration of vesting being referred to as a “Payment”) would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), then the Change in Control Benefit payable to the Executive under this Agreement shall be reduced (or appropriately adjusted) to an amount that is one dollar less than the smallest amount that would give rise to the Excise Tax (the “Reduced Amount”) if such Reduced Amount would be greater than the net after-tax proceeds (taking into account both the Excise Tax and any interest or penalties payable with respect to the Excise Tax) of the unreduced Change in Control Benefit payable to the Executive. If the Change in Control Benefit is required to be reduced pursuant to this Section 4, there shall be no discretion in the ordering of the Payments payable under this Agreement so reduced, and such reductions shall be applied in the order which results in the best economic benefit to Executive; and to the extent such ordering of reductions is economically equivalent, such Payments shall be reduced on a pro rata basis.

6. Restrictive Covenants.

(a) Confidential Information. The Executive acknowledges that he or she will have access to highly confidential information of the Company, FBHS and their affiliates, including, but not limited to: financial information, supply and service information, marketing information, personnel data, customer lists, business and financial plans and strategies, and product costs, sources and pricing. The Company and the Executive consider it imperative that all such information (“Confidential Trade Secrets”) be held in complete confidence and trust. Accordingly, the Executive agrees that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, during and following the Executive’s Termination Date with the Company, regardless of the reasons that such employment might end, the Executive will:

(ii) use the Confidential Trade Secrets only in furtherance of proper Company employment related business reasons; and

(iii) take all reasonable action that the Company deems necessary and appropriate to prevent unauthorized use or disclosure of or to protect the Confidential Trade Secrets.

(b) Loyalty; Non-Solicitation. The Executive further acknowledges that the loyalty and dedicated service of the Company’s, FBHS’s and their affiliates’ employees is critical to the Company’s business. Accordingly, the Executive agrees that during and for a period of twelve (12) months after the Executive’s Termination Date, regardless of the reasons for the termination of employment, he or she will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, induce or attempt to induce any employee or agency representative of the Company, FBHS or any of their affiliates to leave the employment or representation of FBHS, the Company or of any affiliate. The Executive also agrees that during and after his or her employment, he will not take any action, or make any statements, that discredit or disparage the Company, FBHS or their affiliates, or its or their officers, directors, employees or products. The Company and FBHS agree that they will not take any action or make any statements during and after Executive’s employment that discredit or disparage the Executive. The two preceding sentences shall not apply to statements made in papers filed in good faith with a court of law in connection with a lawsuit between the Executive and the Company or any of its affiliates.

(c) Non-Competition. The Executive acknowledges that the Company, FBHS and their affiliates have invested time and money in establishing or planning to establish one or more aspects of their business throughout the United States, Australia, Canada, Asia, Mexico and Europe. Therefore, the Executive agrees that during his or her employment by the Company and for a period of 12 months after the Executive’s Termination Date, the Executive will not:

preceding the Executive’s Termination Date, including, but not limited to any business in which, during such two-year period, the Executive was involved in the Company’s, FBHS’s or any of their affiliates’ planning to enter such business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this restriction shall not apply to:

(A) the purchase by the Executive of stock not to exceed 5% of the outstanding shares of capital stock or any corporation whose securities are listed on any national securities exchange; or

(B) the employment of the Executive by a non-competitive subsidiary or non-competitive affiliated entity of a competitor of the Company or FBHS upon the Company’s written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

(ii) solicit business from nor directly or indirectly cause others to solicit business that competes with the Company’s or FBHS’s line of products from any entities which have been customers of the Company during the Executive’s employment or which were targeted as potential customers during the twelve (12) months preceding the Executive’s Termination Date;

provided, however, that the provisions of this Section 6(c) shall not apply if the Executive’s Termination Date occurs after a Change in Control.

(d) Remedies. The Executive recognizes and agrees:

(i) that the covenants and restrictions in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 6 are reasonable and valid and all defenses to the strict enforcement of such sections by the Company and FBHS are waived by the Executive to the full extent permitted by law. In the event, however, that a court of competent jurisdiction should determine in any case that the enforcement of any provision contained in such paragraphs would not be reasonable, it is intended that enforcement of a provision which is determined by such court to be reasonable shall be given effect; and

(ii) that a breach of the covenants and restrictions in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 6 would result in irreparable harm to the Company and FBHS which could not be compensated by money damages alone. Accordingly, the Executive agrees that should there be a breach of any or all of these provisions or a threatened breach, the Company shall be entitled to cease paying amounts under Section 3 and to offset any amounts it owes to Executive against any damage that it has suffered as a result of the breach of any of the covenants and restrictions in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 6 and, in addition to its other remedies, to an order enjoining any such breach or threatened breach without bond. In addition, the Executive agrees that, in the event he or she breaches any of the covenants or restrictions of paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 6, he will promptly repay to the Company upon demand any amounts paid to him or her pursuant to Section 3. The Executive further agrees that if the

Company or FBHS prevails in any action to enforce these provisions, he or she will reimburse the Company or FBHS for its attorney fees and costs incurred in pursuing such action.

The Company and FBHS agree that they will seek enforcement of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 6 only in a good faith, reasonable manner and will not seek to enforce such sections solely for malicious and punitive reasons.

7. Disputes. In the event that the Executive prevails in any action to obtain or enforce any rights under this Agreement, the Company shall pay the cost of legal fees and expenses incurred by Executive in such action, which payment shall be made directly to the provider of services within the time period required by Section 409A of the Code; provided, however that the Executive shall be required to deliver and not revoke an executed release of claims in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (as such release may be updated from time to time to reflect legal requirements). If a dispute arises concerning the Executive’s entitlement to benefits under this Agreement following a Change in Control, the Company shall continue to pay Executive’s full base salary through the date finally determined to be his or her Termination Date.

8. Successors; Binding Agreement.

If to the Company:

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

Attention: General Counsel

520 Lake Cook Road

Deerfield, IL 60015

If to the Executive:

At the address most recently on file with the Company

or to such other address as either party may designate by written notice to the other and shall be deemed to have been given as of the date so personally delivered or mailed.

11. Miscellaneous.

(a) This Agreement cannot be modified or any term or condition waived in whole or in part except by a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the modification or waiver is sought.

(b) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

(c) No waiver by either party at any time of any breach of this Agreement by the other party shall be deemed a waiver of such provisions or conditions at any prior or subsequent time.

(d) The headings in this Agreement are included for convenience and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

(e) The invalidity or unenforceability of one or more provisions of this Agreement shall not affect the enforceability any other provision of this Agreement.

(f) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and such counterparts will together constitute one Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed by a duly authorized officer and attested to and the Executive has set his or her hand as of the date first above written.


[COMPANY NAME]

By:
Name:
Its:

ATTEST:

Secretary

EXECUTIVE

[NAME]

[COMPANY NAME]

EX-21

Exhibit 21

Subsidiaries of the Company

The following is a list of subsidiaries as of the date hereof and the state or other jurisdiction of incorporation of each. Except as indicated below, each subsidiary does business under its own name. The names of certain subsidiaries are omitted. Such subsidiaries would not, if considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, constitute a significant subsidiary within the meaning of Item 601(b)(21)(ii) of Regulation S-K.


Name of Company		Place of Incorporation
1700 Insurance Company Ltd.		Bermuda
Fortune Brands Finance Canada Ltd.		Ontario, Canada
Fortune Brands Storage & Security LLC		Delaware
Master Lock Company LLC		Delaware
Master Hardware & Manufacturing Company		Wisconsin
Master Lock Canada, Inc./Serrures Master Lock Canada, Inc.		Canada
Master Lock de Nogales, S.A. de C.V.		Mexico
Master Lock Europe, S.A.S.		France
Waterloo Industries, Inc.		Delaware
Waterloo de Nogales, S.A. de C.V.		Mexico
MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc.		Delaware
MasterBrand US Holdings Corp.		Delaware
FBHS Holding Luxembourg S.a.r.l.		Luxembourg
KCMB Nova Scotia Corp.		Nova Scotia, Canada
KCMB US Partnership		Delaware
MBCI Canada Partnership		Manitoba, Canada
Kitchen Craft of Canada		Canada
Moen		Ontario, Canada
Moen Holding LLC		Delaware
Moen Incorporated		Delaware
Moen China, Limited		Hong Kong
Moen (Shanghai) Kitchen & Bath Products Co., Ltd.		China
Moen Guangzhou Faucet Co., Ltd.		China
NHB Industries Limited		Canada
Panther Transport, Inc.		Iowa
Woodcrafters Home Products Holding, LLC		Delaware
Woodcrafters Home Products, LLC		Delaware
FAEVS Holding, Inc.		Texas
Woodcrafters Home Products, S de RL de CV		Mexico
Woodcrafters Mexico Holding, S de RL de CV		Mexico
Servicios Laborales de Campeche, S de RL de CV		Mexico
Fortune Brands Windows & Doors, Inc.		Delaware
Fortune Brands Windows, Inc.		Delaware
Simex, Inc.		West Virginia
Simonton Building Products, Inc.		West Virginia
Simonton Windows, Inc.		West Virginia
Therma-Tru Corp.		Ohio
Fypon LLC		Delaware
Fypon Chemical Industry (Yantai) Co., Ltd.		China
Puertas y Vidrios de Matamoros, S.A. de C.V.		Mexico

EX-23

Exhibit 23

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Nos. 333-177164, 333-177163, 333-177145 and 333-188598) of Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. of our report dated February 26, 2014 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in this Form 10-K.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Chicago, Illinois

February 26, 2014

EX-24

Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each of the undersigned, acting in the capacity or capacities stated next to their respective names below, constitute and appoint CHRISTOPHER J. KLEIN and ROBERT K. BIGGART, and each of them severally, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, to sign for and in the name of the undersigned in the capacities indicated below, the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Signature	Title	Date

/s/ Christopher J. Klein Christopher J. Klein	Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and Director	February 25, 2014

/s/ E. Lee Wyatt, Jr. E. Lee Wyatt, Jr.	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)	February 25, 2014

/s/ Edward A. Wiertel Edward A. Wiertel	Senior Vice President – Finance (principal accounting officer)	February 25, 2014

/s/ Richard A. Goldstein Richard A. Goldstein	Director	February 25, 2014

/s/ Ann F. Hackett Ann F. Hackett	Director	February 25, 2014

/s/ A. D. David Mackay A. D. David Mackay	Director	February 25, 2014

/s/ John G. Morikis John G. Morikis	Director	February 25, 2014

/s/ David M. Thomas David M. Thomas	Director	February 25, 2014

/s/ Ronald V. Waters, III Ronald V. Waters, III	Director	February 25, 2014

/s/ Norman H. Wesley Norman H. Wesley	Director	February 25, 2014

EX-31.1

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Christopher J. Klein, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 of Fortune Brands Home & Security, 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;

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:

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;

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;

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

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):

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

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: February 26, 2014

/s/ Christopher J. Klein

Christopher J. Klein

Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, E. Lee Wyatt, Jr., certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 of Fortune Brands Home & Security, 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;

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):

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: February 26, 2014

/s/ E. Lee Wyatt, Jr.

E. Lee Wyatt, Jr.

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-32

EXHIBIT 32

JOINT CEO/CFO CERTIFICATE REQUIRED

UNDER SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

Each of the undersigned, the Chief Executive Officer and the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and the results of operations of the Company.

Dated: February 26, 2014

/s/ Christopher J. Klein

Christopher J. Klein

Chief Executive Officer

/s/ E. Lee Wyatt, Jr.

E. Lee Wyatt, Jr.

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. and will be retained by Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.