---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-261729"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SWK"
cik: "0000093556"
company_name: "STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC."
filed_at: "2023-10-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T15:58:04.170747+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stanley Black & Decker elects Susan K. Carter to board, adopts amended bylaws

## Summary
- Elected Susan K. Carter, former CFO of Ingersoll Rand/Trane Technologies, to the board effective Oct 23, 2023; she joins Audit and Governance committees.
- Bylaws amended to authorize virtual shareholder meetings and update procedures to comply with the SEC's universal proxy rules (Rule 14a-19).
- Other amendments include enhanced disclosure for shareholder proposals, proxy card color requirement, and various administrative updates.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-261729
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SWK
- cik: 0000093556
- company_name: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-10-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312523261729/0001193125-23-261729-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312523261729/d564775d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Susan K. Carter was elected as Director at STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 23, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Susan K. Carter as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312523261729/0001193125-23-261729-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.: Amended and restated Bylaws to, among other things, permit virtual shareholder meetings, update procedural mechanics for shareholder proposals and director nominations consistent with universal proxy rules, and make administrative changes (effective 2023-10-24).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-10-24
  source text: On October 24, 2023, the Board approved and adopted the amendment and restatement of the Company’s Bylaws (as amended and restated, the “Bylaws”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312523261729/0001193125-23-261729-index.htm

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