secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. (SWK)
CIK:        0000093556
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-021636
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Debra Crew named next Chair, Shane O'Kelly joins board, Andrea Ayers to retire
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- Andrea Ayers will retire from the board at the April 2026 annual meeting after 11+ years; no disagreement with the company.
- Debra Crew elected Lead Independent Director effective Jan 23, 2026; becomes non-executive Chair on Oct 1, 2026.
- Shane O'Kelly (President & CEO, Advance Auto Parts) appointed to board effective Jan 23, 2026; serves on Compensation and Corporate Governance committees.
- Donald Allan Jr. retires as Executive Chair on Oct 1, 2026, returning board to non-executive Chair structure as previously disclosed.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312526021636/0001193125-26-021636-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312526021636/d75341d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-021636

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