Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OF THE REGISTRANT

The information required by this Item, except for the identification of the executive officers of the Company presented in Part I of this Annual Report on Form 10-K under the caption "Information About Our Executive Officers," and certain information with respect to the Company’s Code of Business Ethics and any material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors, as set forth below, is incorporated herein by reference to the information set forth in the section of the Company’s definitive proxy statement (which will be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act within 120 days after the close of the Company’s fiscal year) under the headings “Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports,” “Corporate Governance,” “Information Concerning Nominees for Election as Directors,” “Board of Directors,” and “Insider Trading Policy.”

Available on the Company's website at https://www.stanleyblackanddecker.com under the “Investors” heading is the Code of Business Ethics applicable to all of its directors and officers, including the President and Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Accounting Officer, and employees worldwide, as well as the Supplemental Code of Ethics for CEO and Senior Financial Officers, applicable to the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and all senior financial officers, including the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer. The Company intends to post on its website required information regarding any amendment to, or waiver from, the Code of Business Ethics or the Code of Ethics for CEO and Senior Financial Officers that applies to the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer and senior financial officers within four business days after any such amendment or waiver.