Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) 10-Q 2016 Q2 Quarterly report

EXHIBIT 32 (i)

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the quarterly report of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending July 1, 2017 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, James M. Loree, President and Chief Executive Officer, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ James M. Loree

James M. Loree

President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: July 25, 2017