---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-028457"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SWK"
cik: "0000093556"
company_name: "STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC."
filed_at: "2022-02-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T11:21:08.871981+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Former EVP Jeffery D. Ansell exits Stanley Black & Decker; unvested equity forfeited

## Summary
- Jeffery D. Ansell exited Stanley Black & Decker on Feb 4, 2022, after serving as strategic advisor since Jan 1, 2022.
- All unvested stock options and awards were forfeited; vested options and RSUs retained per separation agreement.
- Entered a two-year non-compete covering 16 named competitors such as Home Depot, Lowe's, Amazon.
- Ansell released all claims against the company and agreed to cooperate in future litigation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-028457
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SWK
- cik: 0000093556
- company_name: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-02-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312522028457/0001193125-22-028457-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312522028457/d60738d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-028457.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeffery D. Ansell departed as strategic advisor at STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC..
  - Action: exited
  - Role: strategic advisor
  source text: Jeffery D. Ansell, who had transitioned from his position as Executive Vice President to the role of strategic advisor to the Company as of January 1, 2022, has exited the Company, effective February 4, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312522028457/0001193125-22-028457-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.