secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. (SWK)
CIK:        0000093556
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-22-046278
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Stanley Black & Decker announces board changes: new Chair and new director
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- George W. Buckley to retire as Independent Chair and from Board effective April 22, 2022.
- Andrea J. Ayers, current director, elected to become Independent Chair upon Buckley's retirement.
- Adrian V. Mitchell (EVP & CFO of Macy's) elected to the Board; will serve on Governance and Audit Committees.
- Buckley served 15 years as director and 5 years as Chair; resignation not due to any disagreement.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312522046278/0001193125-22-046278-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312522046278/d732708d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-046278

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