Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "2023 Annual Meeting") of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (the "Company") was held on April 21, 2023. At the close of business on February 27, 2023, the record date for the 2023 Annual Meeting, 153,055,232 shares of common stock, $2.50 par value per share, of the Company ("common stock") were outstanding and entitled to vote. At the 2023 Annual Meeting, 131,099,434 of the outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote were represented by proxy or in person, constituting a quorum.

At the 2023 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 2024 based on the following votes:



Nominee                    For            Against         Abstain       Broker Non-Votes
Donald Allan, Jr.       118,605,037          940,698       449,103             11,104,596
Andrea J. Ayers         117,137,426        2,426,330       431,082             11,104,596
Patrick D. Campbell     103,959,205       15,597,342       438,291             11,104,596
Debra A. Crew           114,806,034        4,753,828       434,976             11,104,596
Michael D. Hankin       118,191,890        1,359,967       442,981             11,104,596
Robert J. Manning       118,205,821        1,348,158       440,859             11,104,596
Adrian V. Mitchell      118,475,218        1,080,279       439,341             11,104,596
Jane M. Palmieri        118,499,671        1,056,969       438,198             11,104,596
Mojdeh Poul             118,414,468        1,127,764       452,606             11,104,596
Irving Tan              118,472,099        1,083,640       439,099             11,104,596

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 108,439,510 10,846,273 709,055 11,104,596

Proposal 3: The Company's shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, holding future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation every year based on the following votes:



 One Year     Two Years   Three Years   Abstain
117,020,492    161,253     2,341,896    471,197

Based on the results of this advisory vote and consistent with the recommendation of the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors determined that the Company will hold a shareholder advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers every year until the next vote on the frequency of such advisory votes to occur no later than the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2029.

Proposal 4: The Company's shareholders approved the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's registered independent public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year based on the following votes:



    For        Against     Abstain
114,749,486   15,985,620   364,328

Proposal 5: The Company's shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal regarding shareholder ratification of termination pay based on the following votes:



   For         Against     Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
15,351,047   104,184,355   459,436      11,104,596

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