---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-119706"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SWK"
cik: "0000093556"
company_name: "STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC."
filed_at: "2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T11:04:53.622859+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stanley Black & Decker shareholders elect all 10 directors, approve say-on-pay, reject golden parachute proposal

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected; Patrick Campbell received lowest support (103.9M for, 15.6M against).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 108.4M for, 10.8M against.
- Shareholders voted for annual say-on-pay frequency (117.0M for one year); board adopts annual frequency until 2029.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY2023: 114.7M for, 16.0M against.
- Shareholder proposal on termination pay (golden parachutes) defeated: 104.2M against, 15.4M for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-119706
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SWK
- cik: 0000093556
- company_name: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312523119706/0001193125-23-119706-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312523119706/d450504d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-04-21 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-21
  source text: Proposal 1: The Company’s shareholders elected each of the following nominees as a director of the Company to serve for a term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2024 based on the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312523119706/0001193125-23-119706-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal regarding ratification of termination pay at the 2023-04-21 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-21
  source text: Proposal 5: The Company’s shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal regarding shareholder ratification of termination pay based on the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312523119706/0001193125-23-119706-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future say-on-pay votes at the 2023-04-21 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-21
  source text: Proposal 3: The Company’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, holding future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation every year based on the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312523119706/0001193125-23-119706-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve compensation of named executive officers at the 2023-04-21 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-21
  source text: Proposal 2: The Company’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers based on the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312523119706/0001193125-23-119706-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of selection of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 at the 2023-04-21 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-21
  source text: Proposal 4: The Company’s shareholders approved the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s registered independent public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year based on the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312523119706/0001193125-23-119706-index.htm

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