Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) FWP Free writing prospectus

Free Writing Prospectus Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

To Prospectus dated October 25, 2017

Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated November 7, 2019

Registration Statement FileNo. 333-221127

Final Term Sheet dated November 7, 2019

Equity Units

(initially consisting of 6,750,000 Corporate Units)

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Equity Units

The information in this pricing term sheet relates only to the offering of Equity Units (the “Equity Units Offering”) and should be read together with (i) the preliminary prospectus supplement dated November 7, 2019 relating to the Equity Units Offering, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, and (ii) the related base prospectus dated October 25, 2017, each filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Registration StatementNo. 333-221127. Terms used but not defined in this final term sheet have the meanings given to them in the preliminary prospectus supplement. For purposes of this term sheet, “we,” “us,” “our,” or “Company” refers to Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., and not any of its subsidiaries.

Company	Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
Company Common Stock Ticker	The New York Stock Exchange “SWK”
Trade Date	November 8, 2019
Closing Price on November 7, 2019	$159.45
Settlement Date	November 13, 2019
Equity Units
Equity Units	Each Equity Unit will have a stated amount of $100 and will initially be a “Corporate Unit” consisting of a Purchase Contract issued by us and, initially, a 1/10, or 10%, undivided beneficial ownership in one share of 0% Series D Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, without par value, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, issued by us, which we refer to as “Convertible Preferred Stock.”
Number of Equity Units Offered	6,750,000 (or a total of 7,500,000 if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full)

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Initial Price to Public	$100 per Equity Unit, plus accrued and unpaid Contract Adjustment Payments, if any, from November 13, 2019.
Purchase Contract	Unless early settled as described in the preliminary prospectus supplement, each Purchase Contract obligates holders to purchase, and obligates us to sell, on November 15, 2022, for a price of $100, a number of newly issued shares of our common stock equal to the settlement rate, as described under “Description of the Purchase Contracts—Purchase of Common Stock” in the preliminary prospectus supplement.
Reference Price	$159.45 (Closing Price on November 7, 2019)
Maximum Settlement Rate	0.6272 shares of our common stock
Contract Adjustment Payments	Payable quarterly in arrears on February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year (except where such date is not a business day, in which case Contract Adjustment Payments will be payable as of the next subsequent business day, without adjustment), commencing February 15, 2020 at a rate per year of 5.25% on the stated amount of $100 per Purchase Contract, subject to our right to defer Contract Adjustment Payments, as described in the preliminary prospectus supplement. Contract Adjustment Payments will be paid in cash, shares of our common stock or a combination thereof, at our election, unless we have previously irrevocably elected a contract adjustment payment method to apply.
Deferred Contract Adjustment Payments	Deferred Contract Adjustment Payments will accrue additional Contract Adjustment Payments at the rate of 5.25% per year until paid, compounded quarterly, to, but excluding, the payment date.
Early Settlement of the Purchase Contracts	A holder of Corporate Units or Treasury Units may settle the related Purchase Contracts at any time prior to the close of business on the scheduled trading day immediately preceding the first day of the market value averaging period (as defined under “Summary—The Offering—Settlement Rate” in the preliminary prospectus supplement), subject to certain exceptions and conditions described under “Description of the Purchase Contracts—Early Settlement” in the preliminary prospectus supplement. Such early settlement may only be made in integral multiples of 10 Purchase Contracts. Upon early settlement of any Purchase Contracts, except following a fundamental change as described below, we will deliver a number of newly issued shares of our common stock determined over a twenty consecutive trading day period beginning on the trading day immediately following the day you exercise this right, which we refer to as the “early settlement averaging period.” The number of shares of our common stock we are obligated to deliver will equal 85% of the number of shares of our common stock that would be deliverable for each purchase contract as described in “Description of the Purchase Contracts—Purchase of Common Stock” in the preliminary prospectus supplement as if the applicable market value were the average of the daily VWAPs of our common stock during the early settlement averaging period.

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Early Settlement Upon a Fundamental Change Upon the occurrence of a fundamental change, you will have the right to settle your Purchase Contracts early at the settlement rate determined as if the applicable market value (as defined under “Description of the Purchase Contracts—Purchase of Common Stock” in the preliminary prospectus supplement) equaled the stock price in the fundamental change (as described under “Description of the Purchase Contracts—Early Settlement Upon a Fundamental Change” in the preliminary prospectus supplement),plus an additional make-whole amount of shares of our common stock determined as described under “Description of the Purchase Contract—Early Settlement Upon a Fundamental Change” in the preliminary prospectus supplement.   The following table sets forth the number of make-whole shares of our common stock per Purchase Contract that would apply at various stock prices and effective dates (all as defined in the preliminary prospectus supplement):

Stock Price

Effective Date	$30.00		$60.00		$80.00		$100.00		$120.00		$159.45		$170.00		$180.00		$191.34		$200.00		$220.00		$240.00		$260.00		$280.00		$300.00		$350.00		$400.00
November 13, 2019		0.4746		0.2165		0.1440		0.0933		0.0544		0.0000		0.0281		0.0518		0.0756		0.0694		0.0574		0.0477		0.0399		0.0336		0.0284		0.0189		0.0124
November 15, 2020		0.3196		0.1478		0.0998		0.0637		0.0327		0.0000		0.0125		0.0366		0.0609		0.0551		0.0440		0.0354		0.0288		0.0237		0.0197		0.0127		0.0083
November 15, 2021		0.1617		0.0754		0.0530		0.0355		0.0158		0.0000		0.0000		0.0217		0.0452		0.0391		0.0280		0.0204		0.0154		0.0120		0.0096		0.0061		0.0040
November 15, 2022		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000

The actual stock price and effective date may not be set forth on the table, in which case: (1) if the actual stock price on the effective date is between two stock prices on the table or the actual effective date is between two effective dates on the table, the amount of make-whole shares of our common stock will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the make-whole share amounts set forth for the two stock prices and the two effective dates on the table based on a365-day year, as applicable; (2) if the stock price on the effective date exceeds $400.00 per share of our common stock, subject to adjustment, then the make-whole share amount will be zero; and (3) if the stock price on the effective date is less than $30.00 per share of our common stock, subject to adjustment, then the make-whole share amount will be determined as if the stock price equaled $30.00, subject to adjustment, using straight-line interpolation, as described above, if the actual effective date is between two effective dates on the table.

Convertible Preferred Stock

Convertible Preferred Stock The Equity Units will include an aggregate of 675,000 shares (or 750,000 shares if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full) of 0% Series D Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, without par value, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share. Each of the dividend rate and the conversion rate for the Convertible Preferred Stock may be increased, and the earliest redemption date for the Convertible Preferred Stock may be changed to a later date upon a successful remarketing, as described in the preliminary prospectus supplement.

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Dividends	The Convertible Preferred Stock will initially not bear any dividends and the liquidation preference of the Convertible Preferred Stock will not accrete. Following a successful remarketing of the Convertible Preferred Stock, the dividend rate may increase, in which case the Convertible Preferred Stock will bear dividends at the increased rate and become payable when, as and if declared by our board of directors.
Maturity	The Convertible Preferred Stock has no maturity date, and will remain outstanding unless converted by holders or redeemed by us.
Conversion Premium:	Approximately 20% above the Closing Price on November 7, 2019
Initial Conversion Rate:	5.2263 shares of our common stock per share of Convertible Preferred Stock. Following a successful remarketing of the Convertible Preferred Stock, the conversion rate may be increased.
Initial Conversion Price:	Approximately $191.34 per share of our common stock
Settlement Upon Conversion	Upon surrender of Convertible Preferred Stock for conversion, we will pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, shares of our common stock or a combination thereof at our election, as described in the preliminary prospectus supplement, unless we have previously irrevocably elected a settlement method to apply. Holders of Corporate Units do not have the right to convert their ownership interests in the Convertible Preferred Stock that are a part of such Corporate Units into shares of our common stock. Only shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that are not a part of Corporate Units may be converted. The Convertible Preferred Stock cannot be converted into shares of our common stock prior to November 15, 2022 except upon the occurrence of a fundamental change prior to a successful remarketing.
Optional Redemption	On or after December 22, 2022, we will have the option to redeem some or all the shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock at a redemption price equal to 100% of the liquidation preference per share, plus accumulated and unpaid dividends to the redemption date (which will only accrue from and after the settlement date for a successful remarketing in connection with which the dividend rate on the Convertible Preferred Stock is increased).
Adjusted Conversion Rate Upon Fundamental Change	There will be no make-whole amount of shares of our common stock or adjustment to the conversion rate for conversions of the Convertible Preferred Stock in connection with a fundamental change, except for the limited circumstance where the fundamental change occurs prior to a successful remarketing and the stock price in connection with such fundamental change on the effective date is less than $191.34 (the “conversion price”) (subject to adjustment as set forth in the preliminary prospectus supplement). Under such limited circumstance, the conversion rate will be determined as described in the preliminary prospectus supplement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the conversion rate exceed 12.5431 shares of our common stock per share of Convertible Preferred Stock, which is equal to the $1,000 liquidation preferencedivided by 50% of the Closing Price on November 7, 2019 (subject to adjustment as set forth in the preliminary prospectus supplement).

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Underwriting Discount	$2.00 per Equity Unit / $13.50 million total (excluding the underwriters’ over-allotment option).
Joint Book-Running Managers	Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Co-Managers	Barclays Capital Inc. BNP Paribas Securities Corp. BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC BofA Securities, Inc. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC RBC Capital Markets, LLC Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
Use of Proceeds	Approximately $660 million (or approximately $733 million if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full), after deducting the offering expenses and the underwriting discount. We intend to use the net proceeds from the Equity Units Offering, together with cash on hand, to redeem in full our 2052 Debentures. We also expect to use approximately $19 million of the net proceeds from the Equity Units Offering, together with cash on hand, to enter into the capped call transactions described under “Description of the Capped Call Transactions” in the preliminary prospectus supplement.
Listing	We intend to apply for listing of the Corporate Units on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “SWT.”
CUSIP for the Corporate Units	854502 846
CUSIP for the Treasury Units	854502 838
CUSIP for the Cash Settled Units	854502 820
CUSIP for the Convertible Preferred Stock	854502 812
Capped call transactions
Capped Call Transactions	We entered into capped call transactions on a notional amount assuming the over-allotment option was fully exercised with certain of the underwriters or their affiliates, whom we refer to as the “capped call counterparties,” concurrently with the pricing of the Equity Units, as further described in the preliminary prospectus supplement under “Description of the Capped Call Transactions.” We intend to use a portion of the net proceeds of this offering to pay the cost of the capped call transactions. These transactions will be accounted for as an adjustment to our shareholders’ equity.

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Lower Strike Price	$191.3400
Upper Strike Price	$207.2850 which is 30% higher than the Closing Price on November 7, 2019.
Premium	The aggregate cost of the capped call transactions is approximately $19.2 million.

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. has filed a registration statement, including a prospectus, with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement, the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated November 7, 2019 and filed with the SEC, and other documents Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by contacting Citigroup Global Markets Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717 or by calling toll-free at1-800-831-9146; Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, One Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010, by email at newyork.prospectus@credit-suisse.com or by calling1-800-221-1037; and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Attn: Equity Syndicate Department, 375 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10152, at (800)326-5897 or email a request to cmclientsupport@wellsfargo.com.

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