---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-241178"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SWK"
cik: "0000093556"
company_name: "STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC."
filed_at: "2024-10-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T11:20:56.545964+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# John L. Garrison, Jr. elected to Stanley Black & Decker Board of Directors

## Summary
- Former Terex Chairman, President & CEO John L. Garrison, Jr. joins the board effective October 21, 2024.
- Garrison will serve on the Corporate Governance Committee and Compensation & Talent Development Committee.
- He brings over 30 years of experience in global operations and multi-level transformations.
- Garrison currently also serves on the Flowserve Corporation board as Chair of its Organization and Compensation Committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-241178
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SWK
- cik: 0000093556
- company_name: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-10-23T23:59:59+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/93556/000119312524241178/0001193125-24-241178-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312524241178/d822260d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-241178.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John L. Garrison, Jr. was elected as Director at STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 21, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (the “Company”) elected John L. Garrison, Jr. as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312524241178/0001193125-24-241178-index.htm

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