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

Exhibit 99.1

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The selected financial data below has been recast in all years for the adoption of FSP APB 14-1, SFAS 160 and FSP EITF 03-6-1 as further detailed in Note A of Item 8. 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, as detailed in Note U, Discontinued Operations, and prior year 10-K filings, results in all years have been recast to remove the effects of certain discontinued operations for comparability (in millions, except per share amounts):

	2008			2007			2006			2005			2004
Continuing Operations:
Net sales	$	4,426		$	4,360		$	3,897		$	3,183		$	2,930
Net earnings attributable to The Stanley Works	$	219		$	321		$	279		$	262		$	229
Basic earnings per share:
Continuing operations	$	2.77		$	3.89		$	3.40		$	3.14		$	2.79
Discontinued operations	$	1.11		$	0.14		$	0.13		$	0.09		$	1.68
Total basic earnings per share	$	3.88		$	4.03		$	3.53		$	3.23		$	4.47
Diluted earnings per share:
Continuing operations	$	2.74		$	3.82		$	3.33		$	3.07		$	2.72
Discontinued operations	$	1.10		$	0.13		$	0.13		$	0.08		$	1.64
Total diluted earnings per share	$	3.84		$	3.95		$	3.46		$	3.16		$	4.36
Percent of net sales:
Cost of sales		62.2	%		62.1	%		63.7	%		64.1	%		63.3	%
Selling, general and administrative*		25.0	%		23.8	%		23.9	%		22.5	%		23.2	%
Interest, net		1.9	%		2.0	%		1.7	%		1.1	%		1.2	%
Other, net		2.3	%		1.9	%		1.3	%		1.4	%		1.4	%
Earnings before income taxes		6.6	%		9.8	%		9.0	%		10.8	%		10.7	%
Net earnings attributable to The Stanley Works		4.9	%		7.4	%		7.2	%		8.2	%		7.8	%
Balance sheet data:
Total assets**	$	4,867		$	4,741		$	3,926		$	3,545		$	2,851
Long-term debt	$	1,384		$	1,165		$	679		$	895		$	482
The Stanley Works Shareowners’ Equity***	$	1,706		$	1,754		$	1,548		$	1,437		$	1,229
Ratios:
Current ratio		1.3			1.4			1.4			2.2			1.7
Total debt to total capital		48.6	%		45.4	%		39.2	%		42.6	%		32.2	%
Income tax rate — continuing operations		24.7	%		24.9	%		19.8	%		23.4	%		26.4	%
Return on average equity — continuing operations		12.8	%		19.5	%		18.9	%		19.8	%		21.7	%
Common stock data:
Dividends per share	$	1.26		$	1.22		$	1.18		$	1.14		$	1.08
Equity per share at year-end	$	21.63		$	21.82		$	18.92		$	17.15		$	14.92
Market price per share — high	$	52.18		$	64.25		$	54.59		$	51.75		$	49.33
Market price per share — low	$	24.19		$	47.01		$	41.60		$	41.51		$	36.42
Average shares outstanding (in 000’s):
Basic		78,897			82,313			81,866			83,347			82,058
Diluted		79,874			84,046			83,704			85,406			84,244
Other information:
Average number of employees		17,862			17,344			16,699			13,605			12,817
Shareowners of record at end of year		12,593			12,482			12,755			13,137			13,238

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*	SG&A is inclusive of the Provision for Doubtful Accounts
**	Item includes discontinued operations in all years.
***	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 Post-retirement Plans-an amendment of FASB Statements NO. 87, 88, 106 and 132(R)”.

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