secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. (SWK)
CIK:        0000093556
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-182041
Event type: other
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Stanley Black & Decker shareholders approve 7.75M-share plan amendment, reject independent chair
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- Approved Amended and Restated 2024 Omnibus Award Plan with 7,750,000 additional shares and extended term.
- All 11 director nominees elected; say-on-pay passed with ~97% support.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for fiscal 2026.
- Shareholder proposal for independent board chairman rejected (10.5M for, 114.5M against).
- Fungible ratio for post-amendment awards set at 2.71; one-year minimum vesting added.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312526182041/0001193125-26-182041-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000119312526182041/d930480d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-182041

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