---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-094697"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SWK"
cik: "0000093556"
company_name: "STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T23:48:20.739280+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Irving Tan to leave Stanley Black & Decker board; named CEO of Western Digital HDD business

## Summary
- Tan informed board on April 11, 2024 he will not stand for re-election at the 2024 annual meeting.
- Departure follows his appointment as CEO of Western Digital's standalone hard disk drives business.
- Tan will continue serving on the board until the 2024 annual meeting; no disagreements cited.
- Board intends to reduce size from 10 to 9 members after Tan's departure.
- Proxy materials updated to remove Tan as nominee; previously voted proxies unaffected for other nominees.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-094697
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SWK
- cik: 0000093556
- company_name: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-04-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312524094697/0001193125-24-094697-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312524094697/d805637d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-094697.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Irving Tan departed as Director at STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC..
  - Action: not to stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 11, 2024, Irving Tan informed the board of directors (the “Board”) of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision not to stand for re-election as a director of the Company at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of shareholders (the “2024 Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312524094697/0001193125-24-094697-index.htm

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