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FILED PURSUANT TO RULE NO. 424(B)(3)
REG. NO. 333-47261
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 9
(TO THE PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 14, 1998)
10,000,000 PREFERRED SECURITIES
NEWELL LOGO NEWELL FINANCIAL TRUST I
5 1/4% CONVERTIBLE QUARTERLY INCOME PREFERRED SECURITIES
(CONVERTIBLE QUIPS(SM)* SECURITIES)
(LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE $50 PER PREFERRED SECURITY)
GUARANTEED TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE PROSPECTUS REFERENCED HEREIN BY,
AND CONVERTIBLE INTO COMMON STOCK OF,
NEWELL CO.
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This Prospectus Supplement No. 9 supplements and amends the Prospectus
dated May 14, 1998, as it has previously been supplemented by Prospectus
Supplements dated June 5, 1998, June 25, 1998, July 13, 1998, July 23, 1998,
August 12, 1998, September 8, 1998, October 8, 1998, and November 6, 1998. The
initial May 14, 1998 Prospectus and all nine Prospectus Supplements constitute
the current Prospectus.
The Prospectus relates to: (1) the 5 1/4% Convertible Quarterly Income
Preferred Securities (The Preferred Securities represent preferred undivided
beneficial ownership interests in the assets of Newell Financial Trust I.); and
(2) the shares of common stock of Newell Co. that may be issued on conversion of
the Preferred Securities.
The Selling Holder Table in the Prospectus is amended so that the following
line items read as follows:
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SHARES OF COMPANY
NUMBER OF COMMON STOCK
PREFERRED SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON
OWNED AND CONVERSION OF
NAME OF SELLING HOLDER OFFERED HEREBY PREFERRED SECURITIES
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50. Goldman, Sachs & Co....................................... 219,670 216,703
91. Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc................... 16,572 16,348
Total..................................................... 9,949,949 9,815,549
Additionally, the following new line items are hereby added to the Selling Holder Table:
203. ABN-AMRO Incorporated..................................... 93,900 92,632
204. Atlantic Trust Co. ....................................... 3,250 3,206
205. FMB Trust Company, NA FBO Louis & Irving Blum
Foundation................................................ 3,000 2,959
206. Mercantile-Safe Deposit and Trust Company................. 49,925 49,251
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SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 6 OF THE PROSPECTUS FOR A DISCUSSION
OF CERTAIN FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED IN CONNECTION WITH AN INVESTMENT IN THE
OFFERED SECURITIES.
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THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION AND STATE SECURITIES REGULATORS HAVE
NOT APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THESE SECURITIES, OR DETERMINED IF THIS PROSPECTUS
SUPPLEMENT OR THE ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS IS TRUTHFUL OR COMPLETE. ANY
REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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* QUIPS is a servicemark of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
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The date of this Prospectus Supplement is December 8, 1998.
