| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?> |
<!-- XBRL Document Created with Wdesk from Workiva --> |
<!-- Copyright 2021 Workiva --> |
<!-- r:dedb3d59-b32b-4312-8b6c-927f9a9725c3,g:bf2acace-9032-4a21-a3d8-0434b6b58251 --> |
<link:linkbase xmlns:link="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xbrldt="http://xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase http://www.xbrl.org/2003/xbrl-linkbase-2003-12-31.xsd"> |
| <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#all"/> |
| <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#hypercube-dimension"/> |
| <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#dimension-default"/> |
| <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#dimension-domain"/> |
| <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#domain-member"/> |
| <link:roleRef roleURI="http://www.spectrumbrands.com/role/Coverpage" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="spb-20210412.xsd#Coverpage"/> |
| <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://www.spectrumbrands.com/role/Coverpage" xlink:type="extended" id="i5a9046c6b99147729b123a79b22cef87_Coverpage"> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_619bfea9-8a25-44e2-8c95-4193c6976a5b" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_EntityInformationLineItems"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_DocumentType_7ad32318-ef8f-4e39-9c30-9796de4cbf0c" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_DocumentType"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_619bfea9-8a25-44e2-8c95-4193c6976a5b" xlink:to="loc_dei_DocumentType_7ad32318-ef8f-4e39-9c30-9796de4cbf0c" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate_6f0305cf-4d6c-4d23-9f34-d4acd86b3f7a" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_619bfea9-8a25-44e2-8c95-4193c6976a5b" xlink:to="loc_dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate_6f0305cf-4d6c-4d23-9f34-d4acd86b3f7a" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityRegistrantName_521ef60f-9045-4dcf-abfe-405fb2e88bb0" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_EntityRegistrantName"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_619bfea9-8a25-44e2-8c95-4193c6976a5b" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityRegistrantName_521ef60f-9045-4dcf-abfe-405fb2e88bb0" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode_5815489f-53c7-44e4-8f27-4c2a2aab648c" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_619bfea9-8a25-44e2-8c95-4193c6976a5b" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode_5815489f-53c7-44e4-8f27-4c2a2aab648c" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityFileNumber_017c6d9a-0aba-4ea1-85a4-396d657eb0ae" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_EntityFileNumber"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_619bfea9-8a25-44e2-8c95-4193c6976a5b" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityFileNumber_017c6d9a-0aba-4ea1-85a4-396d657eb0ae" xlink:type="arc" order="4"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber_b0b3b6c7-a321-4d65-a73d-287754759ac1" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_619bfea9-8a25-44e2-8c95-4193c6976a5b" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber_b0b3b6c7-a321-4d65-a73d-287754759ac1" xlink:type="arc" order="5"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1_0fdb585c-4ed1-44da-96b4-adaec77e8397" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_619bfea9-8a25-44e2-8c95-4193c6976a5b" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1_0fdb585c-4ed1-44da-96b4-adaec77e8397" xlink:type="arc" order="6"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_e0a96d7e-72f8-40de-95d5-a71c902214f0" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_619bfea9-8a25-44e2-8c95-4193c6976a5b" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_e0a96d7e-72f8-40de-95d5-a71c902214f0" xlink:type="arc" order="7"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince_ea622645-06c5-4067-abc3-69504ccb2462" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_619bfea9-8a25-44e2-8c95-4193c6976a5b" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince_ea622645-06c5-4067-abc3-69504ccb2462" xlink:type="arc" order="8"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode_4f4a1249-582c-4040-8286-bc29f0482fa0" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_619bfea9-8a25-44e2-8c95-4193c6976a5b" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode_4f4a1249-582c-4040-8286-bc29f0482fa0" xlink:type="arc" order="9"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_CityAreaCode_a6fdf615-365c-43c7-bcbd-ed5bad6ed0e8" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_CityAreaCode"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_619bfea9-8a25-44e2-8c95-4193c6976a5b" xlink:to="loc_dei_CityAreaCode_a6fdf615-365c-43c7-bcbd-ed5bad6ed0e8" xlink:type="arc" order="10"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LocalPhoneNumber_40249a56-a975-4fb7-9211-dad1fe6bb3ff" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_LocalPhoneNumber"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_619bfea9-8a25-44e2-8c95-4193c6976a5b" xlink:to="loc_dei_LocalPhoneNumber_40249a56-a975-4fb7-9211-dad1fe6bb3ff" xlink:type="arc" order="11"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_WrittenCommunications_86170a00-06c6-488b-b41b-ed2d64d37d72" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_WrittenCommunications"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_619bfea9-8a25-44e2-8c95-4193c6976a5b" xlink:to="loc_dei_WrittenCommunications_86170a00-06c6-488b-b41b-ed2d64d37d72" xlink:type="arc" order="12"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_SolicitingMaterial_85a1d47e-82f7-4c7e-8731-7b34feb8344f" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_SolicitingMaterial"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_619bfea9-8a25-44e2-8c95-4193c6976a5b" xlink:to="loc_dei_SolicitingMaterial_85a1d47e-82f7-4c7e-8731-7b34feb8344f" xlink:type="arc" order="13"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer_6d6de595-ac18-463c-8f67-e79c4008fbc2" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_619bfea9-8a25-44e2-8c95-4193c6976a5b" xlink:to="loc_dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer_6d6de595-ac18-463c-8f67-e79c4008fbc2" xlink:type="arc" order="14"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer_a915e6d7-3bb7-40ae-98fa-35057b2a548b" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_619bfea9-8a25-44e2-8c95-4193c6976a5b" xlink:to="loc_dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer_a915e6d7-3bb7-40ae-98fa-35057b2a548b" xlink:type="arc" order="15"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany_530796b7-c0fb-45f2-918c-5b7c04e90d5e" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_619bfea9-8a25-44e2-8c95-4193c6976a5b" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany_530796b7-c0fb-45f2-918c-5b7c04e90d5e" xlink:type="arc" order="16"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_Security12bTitle_7b6908ef-0de3-42e1-be98-e3759e942c92" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_Security12bTitle"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_619bfea9-8a25-44e2-8c95-4193c6976a5b" xlink:to="loc_dei_Security12bTitle_7b6908ef-0de3-42e1-be98-e3759e942c92" xlink:type="arc" order="17"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_TradingSymbol_772021c2-6639-4cb5-a326-9408d35273bf" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_TradingSymbol"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_619bfea9-8a25-44e2-8c95-4193c6976a5b" xlink:to="loc_dei_TradingSymbol_772021c2-6639-4cb5-a326-9408d35273bf" xlink:type="arc" order="18"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_SecurityExchangeName_11d1ac14-6164-494f-8ef5-9d334fe5feae" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_SecurityExchangeName"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_619bfea9-8a25-44e2-8c95-4193c6976a5b" xlink:to="loc_dei_SecurityExchangeName_11d1ac14-6164-494f-8ef5-9d334fe5feae" xlink:type="arc" order="19"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_AmendmentFlag_b04b9ae7-8e65-47f3-b592-7a0752baaee1" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_AmendmentFlag"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_619bfea9-8a25-44e2-8c95-4193c6976a5b" xlink:to="loc_dei_AmendmentFlag_b04b9ae7-8e65-47f3-b592-7a0752baaee1" xlink:type="arc" order="20"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityCentralIndexKey_03a01434-56f1-4c0d-80f4-3bf4e119d13c" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_EntityCentralIndexKey"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_619bfea9-8a25-44e2-8c95-4193c6976a5b" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityCentralIndexKey_03a01434-56f1-4c0d-80f4-3bf4e119d13c" xlink:type="arc" order="21"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntitiesTable_f96e6a9b-1dbb-4de2-a22a-e95171c4a24b" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_EntitiesTable"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_619bfea9-8a25-44e2-8c95-4193c6976a5b" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntitiesTable_f96e6a9b-1dbb-4de2-a22a-e95171c4a24b" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_f78cf545-350f-4213-97e7-c0bacc4dbdcc" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntitiesTable_f96e6a9b-1dbb-4de2-a22a-e95171c4a24b" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_f78cf545-350f-4213-97e7-c0bacc4dbdcc" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_f78cf545-350f-4213-97e7-c0bacc4dbdcc_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_f78cf545-350f-4213-97e7-c0bacc4dbdcc" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_f78cf545-350f-4213-97e7-c0bacc4dbdcc_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_ce7e235f-1eba-4c41-b718-258d15054dd2" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2019/dei-2019-01-31.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_f78cf545-350f-4213-97e7-c0bacc4dbdcc" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_ce7e235f-1eba-4c41-b718-258d15054dd2" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_spb_SBRHHoldingsLLCMember_172e3598-a4a8-4e62-ac62-a167d7e52beb" xlink:href="spb-20210412.xsd#spb_SBRHHoldingsLLCMember"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_ce7e235f-1eba-4c41-b718-258d15054dd2" xlink:to="loc_spb_SBRHHoldingsLLCMember_172e3598-a4a8-4e62-ac62-a167d7e52beb" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/> |
| | </link:definitionLink> |
| </link:linkbase> |