Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) 8-K Other Events

Exhibit 99.1

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The Company made significant acquisitions during the five-year period presented below that affect comparability of results. Refer to Note F Acquisitions of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 for further information. Additionally, the information below, as discussed in Note T, Discontinued Operations, has been recast to remove the effects of discontinued operations, such that all years are comparable (in millions, except per share amounts):

	2007			2006			2005			2004			2003
Continuing Operations:
Net sales	$	4,383		$	3,919		$	3,198		$	2,930		$	2,485
Net earnings	$	326		$	279		$	262		$	229		$	88
Basic earnings per share:
Continuing operations	$	3.96		$	3.41		$	3.15		$	2.79		$	1.05
Discontinued operations	$	0.13		$	0.13		$	0.09		$	1.68		$	0.24
Total basic earnings per share	$	4.09		$	3.54		$	3.23		$	4.47		$	1.28
Diluted earnings per share:
Continuing operations	$	3.88		$	3.34		$	3.07		$	2.72		$	1.04
Discontinued operations	$	0.13		$	0.12		$	0.09		$	1.64		$	0.23
Total diluted earnings per share	$	4.00		$	3.46		$	3.16		$	4.36		$	1.27
Percent of net sales:
Cost of sales		62.2	%		63.9	%		64.2	%		63.3	%		65.8	%
Selling, general and administrative		23.7	%		23.8	%		22.5	%		23.2	%		24.7	%
Interest, net		1.8	%		1.7	%		1.1	%		1.2	%		1.1	%
Other, net		2.0	%		1.4	%		1.4	%		1.5	%		1.6	%
Earnings before income taxes		9.9	%		8.9	%		10.7	%		10.6	%		4.8	%
Net earnings		7.4	%		7.1	%		8.2	%		7.8	%		3.5	%
Balance sheet data:
Total assets	$	4,780		$	3,935		$	3,545		$	2,851		$	2,424
Long-term debt	$	1,212		$	679		$	895		$	482		$	514
Shareowners’ equity*	$	1,729		$	1,552		$	1,445		$	1,237		$	885
Ratios:
Current ratio		1.4			1.4			2.2			1.7			1.6
Total debt to total capital		46.5	%		39.2	%		42.4	%		32.1	%		43.2	%
Income tax rate — continuing operations		25.2	%		19.9	%		23.5	%		26.5	%		25.5	%
Return on average equity — continuing operations		19.9	%		18.6	%		19.6	%		21.6	%		9.3	%
Common stock data:
Dividends per share	$	1.22		$	1.18		$	1.14		$	1.08		$	1.03
Equity per share at year-end	$	21.50		$	18.96		$	17.24		$	15.01		$	10.88
Market price per share — high	$	64.25		$	54.59		$	51.75		$	49.33		$	38.03
Market price per share — low	$	47.01		$	41.60		$	41.51		$	36.42		$	20.84
Average shares outstanding (in 000’s):
Basic		82,313			81,866			83,347			82,058			84,143
Diluted		84,046			83,704			85,406			84,244			84,839
Other information:
Average number of employees		17,334			16,699			13,605			12,817			12,330
Shareowners of record at end of year		12,482			12,755			13,137			13,238			13,915

* Shareowners’ equity was reduced by $14 million in fiscal 2007 for the adoption of FIN 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes — an Interpretation of SFAS No. 109”. Shareowners’ equity as of December 30, 2006 decreased $61 million from the adoption of SFAS 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans-an amendment of FASB Statements NO. 87, 88, 106 an 132(R)”. Refer to Note A Significant Accounting Policies and Note M Employee Benefit Plans of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 for further information.

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