Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) shareholders approve expanded equity plan
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Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. reported results of its 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Investors approved the Amended and Restated 2024 Omnibus Award Plan, authorizing an additional 7,750,000 shares for issuance, adjusting the plan’s fungible ratio to 2.71 and extending its term with a new one-year minimum vesting period.
Shareholders also re-elected all director nominees and approved, on an advisory basis, compensation of named executive officers. They ratified Ernst & Young LLP as independent public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year and rejected a shareholder proposal seeking an independent board chairman.
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On April 24, 2026, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2026 Annual Meeting”). The shareholders approved the adoption of the Stanley Black & Decker Amended and Restated 2024 Omnibus Award Plan (the “Amended and Restated 2024 Plan”), which was approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) on February 24, 2026. The only changes to the Amended and Restated 2024 Plan are (i) the authorization of 7,750,000 additional shares for issuance under the Amended and Restated 2024 Plan; (ii) the adjustment of the fungible ratio for awards granted after effectiveness of Amended and Restated 2024 Plan to 2.71; (iii) the addition of a one-year minimum vesting period, subject to certain exceptions; and (iv) the extension of the term of the Amended and Restated 2024 Plan.
The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated 2024 Plan does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended and Restated 2024 Plan as Exhibit 10.1 hereto.
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
As discussed in Item 5.02, the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting was held on April 24, 2026. At the close of business on February 25, 2026, the record date for the 2026 Annual Meeting, 155,286,429 shares of common stock, $2.50 par value per share, of the Company (“common stock”) were outstanding and entitled to vote.
At the 2026 Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted on the following matters:
Proposal 1: The Company’s shareholders elected each of the following nominees as a director of the Company to serve for a term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2027, or until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, based on the following votes:
| Nominee |
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||
| Donald Allan, Jr. |
122,778,839 | 2,664,983 | 139,340 | 12,366,847 | ||||||||||||
| Susan K. Carter |
122,834,598 | 2,609,196 | 139,368 | 12,366,847 | ||||||||||||
| Debra A. Crew |
123,196,448 | 2,242,296 | 144,418 | 12,366,847 | ||||||||||||
| John L. Garrison, Jr. |
122,427,913 | 3,008,719 | 146,530 | 12,366,847 | ||||||||||||
| Michael D. Hankin |
124,186,984 | 1,251,048 | 145,130 | 12,366,847 | ||||||||||||
| Mary A. Laschinger |
124,827,603 | 613,602 | 141,957 | 12,366,847 | ||||||||||||
| Robert J. Manning |
124,219,489 | 1,214,193 | 149,480 | 12,366,847 | ||||||||||||
| Adrian V. Mitchell |
124,251,141 | 1,188,447 | 143,574 | 12,366,847 | ||||||||||||
| Christopher J. Nelson |
124,485,457 | 945,748 | 151,957 | 12,366,847 | ||||||||||||
| Shane M. O’Kelly |
124,824,907 | 614,461 | 143,794 | 12,366,847 | ||||||||||||
| Jane M. Palmieri |
122,771,864 | 2,571,600 | 239,698 | 12,366,847 | ||||||||||||
Proposal 2: The Company’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers based on the following votes:
| For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 121,994,523 | 3,322,929 | 265,710 | 12,366,847 |
Proposal 3: The Company’s shareholders approved the Amended and Restated 2024 Plan:
| For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 120,169,156 | 5,136,344 | 277,662 | 12,366,847 |
Proposal 4: The Company’s shareholders approved the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s registered independent public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year based on the following votes:
| For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 134,128,391 | 3,694,359 | 127,259 | 0 |
Proposal 5: The Company’s shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal requesting an independent board chairman:
| For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 10,520,406 | 114,479,597 | 583,159 | 12,366,847 |
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit Number |
Description | |
| 10.1 | The Stanley Black & Decker Amended and Restated 2024 Omnibus Award Plan | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. | ||||||
| Date: April 27, 2026 | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Donald J. Riccitelli | |||||
| Name: | Donald J. Riccitelli | |||||
| Title: | Vice President, Corporate Secretary | |||||