Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
POLK MICHAEL B
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC [NWL] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
President & CEO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC., 3 GLENLAKE PKWY.		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/18/2011
(Street)

ATLANTA, GA 30328		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Option (Right to Buy) $ 15.15 07/18/2011   A   225,872     (1) 07/18/2021 Common Stock 225,872 $ 0 225,872 D  
Restricted Stock Units (2) 07/18/2011   A   338,524     (3)   (3) Common Stock 338,524 $ 0 338,524 D  
Restricted Stock Units (2) 07/18/2011   A   677,048     (4)   (4) Common Stock 677,048 $ 0 677,048 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
POLK MICHAEL B
C/O NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC.
3 GLENLAKE PKWY.
ATLANTA, GA 30328		   X     President & CEO  

Signatures

 /s/ Christine E. Hermann, Attorney in Fact for Michael B. Polk   07/20/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Options become exercisable on the third anniversary of the date of grant.
(2) Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Newell Rubbermaid common stock.
(3) The reporting person shall become 50% vested in his award on December 31, 2011, 25% vested in his award on the first anniversary of the date of grant, and fully vested on the second anniversary of the date of grant, but the award may vest earlier in the event of death, disability or certain other events. Vested shares are to be delivered to the reporting person within 30 days following the date of vesting. Prior to the vesting of the award, if the Company pays a dividend on its common stock, the reporting person will receive an amount in cash equal in value to the dividends that the reporting person would have received had the reporting person been the actual owner of the number of shares of Newell Rubbermaid common stock represented by the restricted stock units.
(4) Subject to the condition that the award may not vest earlier than the second anniversary of the date of grant, the reporting person shall become 50% vested in the award when the Company's average closing stock price for any twenty continuous trading day period after the date of grant equals or exceeds $16.25. An additional 25% of the award shall vest when such price equals or exceeds $17.72 and the remaining 25% of the award shall vest when such price equals or exceeds $18.46. Vested shares are to be delivered to the reporting person within 30 days following the date of vesting. The reporting person will not receive dividend equivalents at the time any dividends are paid. Rather, all such dividend equivalents will be credited to an account for the reporting person, and will be paid only to the extent that the applicable performance criteria are met and the RSUs vest. Any portion of the award not vested as of July 18, 2018 shall expire.

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