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Table of Contents X ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2020 TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from Commission file number 1-35166 Delaware ( State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization ) Fortune Brands Home & Security , Inc. ( Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter ) UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 Form 10 - K Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Title of each class Common Stock , par value $ 0.01 per share to 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 Large accelerated filer Emerging growth company Trading Symbols ( s ) FBHS ☐ 62-1411546 ( IRS Employer Identification No. ) No No 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 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 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 No Name of each exchange on which registered New York Stock Exchange Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files ) . Yes NO D Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , a smaller reporting company or emerging growth company . See the definitions of " large accelerated filer , " " accelerated filer " , " smaller reporting company " and " emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act . Accelerated filer Non - accelerated filer ☐ Smaller reporting company If an emerging growth company , indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13 ( a ) of the Exchange Act . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Act ) . Yes 0 No The aggregate market value of the registrant's voting common equity held by non - affiliates of the registrant at June 30 , 2020 ( the last day of the registrant's most recent second quarter ) was $ 8,785,219,109 . The number of shares outstanding of the registrant's common stock , par value $ 0.01 per share , at February 5 , 2021 , was 138,666,262 . DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Certain information contained in the registrant's proxy statement for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 4 , 2021 ( to be filed not later than 120 days after the end of the registrant's fiscal year ) ( the " 2021 Proxy Statement " ) is incorporated by reference into Part III hereof .