UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
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x
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the quarterly period ended
April 4, 2009.
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OR
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the transition period from [ ] to [ ]
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Commission File Number 1-5224
THE STANLEY WORKS
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS
SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
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CONNECTICUT
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06-0548860
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(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)
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(I.R.S. EMPLOYER
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
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1000 STANLEY DRIVE
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NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT
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06053
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(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE
OFFICES)
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(ZIP CODE)
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(860) 225-5111
(REGISTRANTS TELEPHONE
NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed
all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding
12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant
was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past
90 days. Yes
x
No
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted
electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any,
every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted
pursuant to Rule 405 of
Regulation S-T
(§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding
12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant
was required to submit and post such
files). Yes
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No
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated
filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of
large accelerated filer, accelerated
filer and smaller reporting company in
Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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Large
accelerated
filer
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Accelerated
filer
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Non-accelerated
filer
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Smaller
reporting
company
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(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company
(as defined in
Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act).
Yes
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No
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79,076,109 shares of the registrants common stock
were outstanding as of April 28, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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ITEM 1.
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FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
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THE
STANLEY WORKS AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
THREE MONTHS ENDED APRIL 4, 2009 AND MARCH 29, 2008
(Unaudited,
Millions of Dollars, Except Per Share Amounts)
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2009
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2008
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NET SALES
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$
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913.0
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$
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1,071.0
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COSTS AND EXPENSES
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Cost of sales
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$
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551.9
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$
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665.1
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Selling, general and administrative
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247.6
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272.4
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Provision for doubtful accounts
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5.1
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2.2
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Interest expense
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17.0
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21.9
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Interest income
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(0.7
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(1.0
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Other, net
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30.3
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20.1
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Restructuring charges and asset impairments
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9.1
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3.2
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860.3
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983.9
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Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes
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52.7
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87.1
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Income taxes
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13.7
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22.8
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Net earnings from continuing operations
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39.0
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64.3
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Less: net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests
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0.7
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0.2
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NET EARNINGS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO
COMMON SHAREOWNERS
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38.3
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64.1
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Net (loss) earnings from discontinued operations before incomes
taxes
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(1.1
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3.8
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Income taxes (benefit) on discontinued operations
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(0.5
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1.4
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NET (LOSS) EARNINGS FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
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(0.6
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2.4
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NET EARNINGS ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHAREOWNERS
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$
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37.7
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$
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66.5
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BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK
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Continuing operations
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$
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0.48
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$
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0.81
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Discontinued operations
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(0.01
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0.03
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Total basic earnings per share of common stock
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$
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0.48
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$
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0.84
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DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK
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Continuing operations
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$
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0.48
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$
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0.80
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Discontinued operations
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(0.01
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0.03
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Total diluted earnings per share of common stock
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$
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0.47
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$
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0.83
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DIVIDENDS PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK
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$
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0.32
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$
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0.31
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AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING (in thousands):
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Basic
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79,209
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79,176
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Diluted
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79,471
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80,404
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See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
2
THE
STANLEY WORKS AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
APRIL 4, 2009 AND JANUARY 3, 2009
(Unaudited,
Millions of Dollars)
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2009
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2008
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ASSETS
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Current assets
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$
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128.0
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$
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211.6
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Accounts and notes receivable
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659.1
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677.7
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Inventories
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503.7
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514.7
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Other current assets
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100.3
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90.1
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Total current assets
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1,391.1
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1,494.1
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Property, plant and equipment
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1,457.9
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1,458.0
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Less: accumulated depreciation
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891.8
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878.2
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566.1
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579.8
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Goodwill
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1,749.2
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1,739.2
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Trademarks
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323.9
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333.6
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Customer relationships
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459.3
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482.3
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Other intangible assets
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37.7
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40.9
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Other assets
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196.4
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195.6
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Total assets
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$
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4,723.7
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$
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4,865.5
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREOWNERS EQUITY
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Current liabilities
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Short-term borrowings
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$
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202.2
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$
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213.7
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Current maturities of long-term debt
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12.9
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13.9
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Accounts payable
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400.8
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461.5
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Accrued expenses
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482.2
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507.9
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Total current liabilities
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1,098.1
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1,197.0
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Long-term debt
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1,385.4
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1,383.8
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Other liabilities
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534.0
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559.9
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Commitments and contingencies (Note J)
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The Stanley Works shareowners equity
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Common stock, par value $2.50 per share
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230.9
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230.9
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Retained earnings
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2,288.0
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2,291.4
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Accumulated other comprehensive income
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(172.8
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(152.0
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ESOP
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(85.6
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(87.2
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2,260.5
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2,283.1
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Less: cost of common stock in treasury
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573.5
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576.8
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The Stanley Works shareowners equity
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1,687.0
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1,706.3
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Noncontrolling interests
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19.2
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18.5
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Total equity
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1,706.2
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1,724.8
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Total liabilities and shareowners equity
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$
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4,723.7
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$
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4,865.5
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See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
3
THE
STANLEY WORKS AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
THREE MONTHS ENDED APRIL 4, 2009 AND MARCH 29, 2008
(Unaudited,
Millions of Dollars)
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2009
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2008
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OPERATING ACTIVITIES
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Net earnings
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$
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38.4
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$
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66.7
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Less: Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest
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0.7
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0.2
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Net earnings attributable to common shareowners
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37.7
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66.5
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Depreciation and amortization
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48.0
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40.8
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Changes in working capital
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(45.3
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(8.1
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Changes in other assets and liabilities
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(36.8
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8.5
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Cash provided by operating activities
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3.6
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107.7
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INVESTING ACTIVITIES
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Capital expenditures
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(21.7
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(25.1
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Proceeds from sale of businesses
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0.8
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Business acquisitions and asset disposals
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(6.0
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(0.5
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Other investing activities
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4.0
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Cash used in investing activities
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(26.9
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(21.6
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FINANCING ACTIVITIES
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Payments on long-term debt
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(1.1
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(1.1
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Proceeds from long-term borrowings
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0.2
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Stock purchase contract fees
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(3.8
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(4.0
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Net short-term borrowings
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(7.4
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119.7
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Cash dividends on common stock
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(25.3
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(24.3
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Proceeds from the issuance of common stock
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2.9
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Purchase of common stock for treasury
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(0.6
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(102.4
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Premium paid for share repurchase option
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(16.4
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Cash used in financing activities
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(54.4
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(9.2
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Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
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(5.9
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7.5
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Change in cash and cash equivalents
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(83.6
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84.4
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Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
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211.6
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240.4
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CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD
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$
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128.0
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$
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324.8
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See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
4
THE
STANLEY WORKS AND SUBSIDIARIES
BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION
THREE MONTHS ENDED APRIL 4, 2009 AND MARCH 29, 2008
(Unaudited,
Millions of Dollars)
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2009
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2008
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NET SALES
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Security
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$
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373.7
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$
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332.5
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Industrial
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236.0
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332.7
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Construction & DIY
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303.3
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405.8
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Total
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$
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913.0
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$
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1,071.0
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SEGMENT PROFIT
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Security
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$
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70.6
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$
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53.3
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Industrial
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24.5
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48.7
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Construction & DIY
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28.8
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47.0
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Segment Profit
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123.9
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149.0
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Corporate Overhead
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(15.5
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)
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(17.7
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Total
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$
|
108.4
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$
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131.3
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Interest expense
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17.0
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21.9
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Interest income
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(0.7
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)
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|
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(1.0
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)
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Other, net
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30.3
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20.1
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Restructuring charges and asset impairments
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9.1
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3.2
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Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes
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$
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52.7
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$
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87.1
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See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
5
Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Shareowners Equity
Periods ended April 4, 2009 and March 29, 2008
(Millions
of Dollars, Except Per Share Amounts)
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The Stanley Works Shareowners Equity
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Accumulated Other
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Common
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Retained
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Comprehensive
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Treasury
|
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Noncontrolling
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Shareowners
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Stock
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Earnings
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Income (Loss)
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ESOP
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Stock
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Interest
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Equity
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|
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Balance December 29, 2007
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$
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230.9
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$
|
2,074.4
|
|
|
$
|
47.2
|
|
|
$
|
(93.8
|
)
|
|
$
|
(504.8
|
)
|
|
$
|
18.3
|
|
|
$
|
1,772.2
|
|
Comprehensive income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net earnings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
66.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.2
|
|
|
|
66.7
|
|
Less: Redeemable interest reclassified to liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
66.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
66.6
|
|
Currency translation adjustment and other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37.4
|
|
Cash flow hedge, net of tax
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.4
|
|
Change in pension
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2.6
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2.6
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
103.8
|
|
Cash dividends declared $0.31 per share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(24.3
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(24.3
|
)
|
Issuance of common stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6.7
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.1
|
|
Repurchase of common stock (2,211,522 shares)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(102.4
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(102.4
|
)
|
Other, stock-based compensation related, net of tax
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.5
|
|
Tax benefit related to stock options exercised
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.8
|
|
ESOP and related tax benefit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance March 29, 2008
|
|
$
|
230.9
|
|
|
$
|
2,116.6
|
|
|
$
|
84.4
|
|
|
$
|
(92.1
|
)
|
|
$
|
(598.4
|
)
|
|
$
|
18.4
|
|
|
$
|
1,759.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance January 3, 2009
|
|
$
|
230.9
|
|
|
$
|
2,291.4
|
|
|
$
|
(152.0
|
)
|
|
$
|
(87.2
|
)
|
|
$
|
(576.8
|
)
|
|
$
|
18.5
|
|
|
$
|
1,724.8
|
|
Comprehensive income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net earnings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.7
|
|
|
|
38.4
|
|
Less: Redeemable interest reclassified to liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.7
|
|
|
|
38.4
|
|
Currency translation adjustment and other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(18.3
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(18.3
|
)
|
Cash flow hedge, net of tax
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.6
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.6
|
)
|
Change in pension
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.9
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.9
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17.6
|
|
Cash dividends declared $0.32 per share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(25.3
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(25.3
|
)
|
Issuance of common stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3.3
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.6
|
|
Repurchase of common stock (18,646 shares)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.6
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.6
|
)
|
Premium paid for share repurchase option
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(16.4
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(16.4
|
)
|
Other, stock-based compensation related, net of tax
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.7
|
|
Tax benefit related to stock options exercised
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.3
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.3
|
)
|
ESOP and related tax benefit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance April 4, 2009
|
|
$
|
230.9
|
|
|
$
|
2,288.0
|
|
|
$
|
(172.8
|
)
|
|
$
|
(85.6
|
)
|
|
$
|
(573.5
|
)
|
|
$
|
19.2
|
|
|
$
|
1,706.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
6
THE
STANLEY WORKS AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO (UNAUDITED) CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
APRIL 4, 2009
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America
(hereafter referred to as generally accepted accounting
principles) for interim financial statements and with the
instructions to
Form 10-Q
and Article 10 of
Regulation S-X
and do not include all of the information and footnotes required
by generally accepted accounting principles for complete
financial statements. In the opinion of management, all
adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the
results of operations for the interim periods have been included
and are of a normal, recurring nature. For further information,
refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes
included in The Stanley Works and Subsidiaries
(collectively, the Company)
Form 10-K
for the year ended January 3, 2009.
The prior year financial statements have been adjusted to
reflect the adoption of new accounting standards FSP
APB 14-1
and SFAS 160 which required retrospective application as
described in Note B. Certain prior year amounts have been
reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.
|
|
B.
|
New
Accounting Standards
|
Implemented:
In May 2008, the Financial
Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB Staff
Position Accounting Principles Board (APB)
14-1,
Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments That May Be
Settled in Cash upon Conversion (Including Partial Cash
Settlement) (FSP APB
14-1).
FSP APB
14-1
applies to convertible debt instruments that have a net
settlement feature permitting settlement partially or
fully in cash upon conversion. The guidance requires issuers of
such convertible debt securities to separately account for the
liability and equity components in a manner that reflects the
issuers nonconvertible, unsecured debt borrowing rate. The
FSP requires bifurcation of a component of the debt into equity,
representative of the approximate fair value of the conversion
feature at inception, and the amortization of the resulting debt
discount to interest expense in the Consolidated Statement of
Operations. FSP APB
14-1
is
effective for the Company beginning in January 2009 and has been
applied retrospectively, as required. The impact of adoption of
this FSP at the March 2007 issuance date of the
$330.0 million of Convertible Notes was a
$54.9 million decrease in Long-term debt and a
$20.9 million increase in associated deferred tax
liabilities pertaining to the interest accretion, and a
$0.3 million reclassification of debt issuance costs, net
of tax, related to the conversion option feature of the
Convertible Notes, totaling a $33.7 million increase to
equity. As described more fully in Note I Long-term Debt
and Financing Arrangements of the Companys 2008
Form 10K, in November 2008, the Company repurchased and
thereby extinguished $10 million of the Convertible Notes.
As a result of this November 2008 $10 million partial
extinguishment of the Convertible Notes, the debt discount was
reduced by $1.2 million and equity decreased
$0.7 million net of tax. The remaining $53.7 million
debt discount is being amortized to interest expense using the
effective interest method through the Convertible Notes maturity
in May 2012. Interest accretion recognized under the FSP in each
year is as follows: $7.7 million in 2007;
$10.3 million in 2008; $10.2 million in 2009;
$10.6 million in 2010; $11.0 million in 2011; and
$3.9 million in 2012. The net earnings impact of the
interest accretion recognized in accordance with the FSP was
$1.6 million, or 2 cents per diluted share, in each of the
three month periods ended April 4, 2009 and March 29,
2008. Refer to Note I Convertible Notes for further details.
In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 157, Fair
Value Measurements.(SFAS 157).
SFAS 157 establishes a single definition of fair value and
a framework for measuring fair value, sets out a fair value
hierarchy to be used to classify the source of information used
in fair value measurements, and requires new disclosures of
assets and liabilities measured at fair value based on their
level in the hierarchy. SFAS 157 indicates that an exit
value (selling price) should be utilized in fair value
measurements rather than an entrance value, or cost
7
basis, and that performance risks, such as credit risk, should
be included in the measurements of fair value even when the risk
of non-performance is remote. SFAS 157 also clarifies the
principle that fair value measurements should be based on
assumptions the marketplace would use when pricing an asset
whenever practicable, rather than company-specific assumptions.
In February 2008, the FASB issued Staff Positions
(FSPs)
No. 157-1
and
No. 157-2,
which, respectively, removed leasing transactions from the scope
of SFAS 157 and deferred its effective date for one year
relative to nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities
except for items that are recognized or disclosed at fair value
in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least
annually). Accordingly, in fiscal 2008 the Company applied
SFAS 157 guidance to: (i) all applicable financial
assets and liabilities; and (ii) nonfinancial assets and
liabilities that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in
the Companys financial statements on a recurring basis (at
least annually). In January 2009, the Company applied this
guidance to all remaining assets and liabilities measured on a
non-recurring basis at fair value. The adoption of SFAS 157
for these items did not have a material effect on the Company.
Refer to Note M Fair Value Measurements for disclosures
relating to SFAS 157.
In June 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position Emerging
Issues Task Force (EITF)
No. 03-6-1,
Determining Whether Instruments Granted in Share-Based
Payment Transactions Are Participating Securities
(FSP
EITF 03-6-1).
Under the FSP, unvested share-based payment awards with rights
to receive nonforfeitable dividends (whether paid or unpaid) are
participating securities that must be included in the two-class
method of computing EPS. The Company adopted FSP EITF
No. 03-6-1
as of January 3, 2009 and calculated basic and diluted
earnings per share under both the treasury stock method and the
two-class method for all periods presented. There was no
difference in the earnings per share under the two methods for
the three months ended April 4, 2009 and March 29,
2008, and the treasury stock method continues to be reported as
detailed in Note C Earnings Per Share.
In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141
(revised 2007), Business Combinations
(SFAS 141(R)). SFAS 141(R) requires the
acquiring entity in a business combination to recognize the full
fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the
transaction (whether a full or partial acquisition), establishes
the acquisition-date fair value as the measurement objective for
all assets acquired and liabilities assumed, and requires the
acquirer to disclose the information needed to evaluate and
understand the nature and effect of the business combination.
This statement applies to all transactions or other events in
which the acquirer obtains control of one or more businesses,
including those sometimes referred to as true
mergers or mergers of equals and combinations
achieved without the transfer of consideration, for example, by
contract alone or through the lapse of minority veto rights. For
new acquisitions made following the adoption of
SFAS 141(R), significant costs directly related to the
acquisition including legal, audit and other fees, as well as
most acquisition-related restructuring, must be expensed as
incurred rather than recorded to goodwill as is generally
permitted under SFAS 141. Additionally, contingent purchase
price arrangements (also known as earn-outs) must be re-measured
to estimated fair value with the impact reported in earnings.
With respect to all acquisitions, including those consummated in
prior years, changes in tax reserves pertaining to resolution of
contingencies or other post acquisition developments will be
recorded to earnings rather than goodwill. SFAS 141(R) was
applied to the Companys business combinations completed
during the first quarter of 2009. The adoption of
SFAS 141(R) did not have a material impact on the Company
in the first quarter of fiscal 2009, but may have a significant
impact in future periods.
In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160,
Non-controlling Interests in Consolidated Financial
Statements an amendment of ARB No. 51
(SFAS 160). SFAS 160 requires reporting
entities to present non-controlling (minority) interests as
equity (as opposed to a liability or mezzanine equity) and
provides guidance on the accounting for transactions between an
entity and non-controlling interests. SFAS 160 has been
applied beginning in fiscal 2009 as required by the Statement
and the presentation and disclosure requirements have been
applied retrospectively as required for all periods presented.
As a result of the implementation of SFAS 160,
$19.2 million and $18.5 million relating to
non-controlling interests as of April 4, 2009 and
January 3, 2009, respectively, have been recast from Other
liabilities to Noncontrolling interests within Equity.
8
In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161,
Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities an amendment of FASB Statement
No. 133 (SFAS 161) effective for
fiscal years and interim periods beginning after
November 15, 2008. This pronouncement requires enhanced
disclosures but does not impact the accounting for derivative
instruments. The Company adopted SFAS 161 in January 2009
and the related disclosures are in Note G Derivative
Financial Instruments.
In June 2008, the FASB issued EITF Issue
No. 07-5,
Determining Whether an Instrument (or an Embedded Feature) is
Indexed to an Entitys Own Stock
(EITF 07-5),
which is effective for the Company in January, 2009.
EITF 07-5
requires an entity to reevaluate whether an equity-linked
financial instrument (or embedded feature) is indexed to its own
stock, including consideration of the contingent exercise and
settlement provisions in such instruments. The Company has
several instruments that are in scope of the EITF, all of which
were reassessed and continue to be classified in equity. As a
result, the adoption of
EITF 07-5
had no impact on the Company.
Not Yet Implemented:
In December 2008, the
FASB issued FSP SFAS No. 132(R)-1,
Employers Disclosures about Postretirement Benefit
Plan Assets. This FSP amends SFAS No. 132,
Employers Disclosures about Pensions and Other
Postretirement Benefits, to provide guidance on
disclosures about plan assets of defined benefit pension and
other postretirement benefit plans. The FSP requires disclosures
about how investment allocation decisions are made, the major
categories of plan assets, the inputs and valuation techniques
used to measure the fair value of plan assets, the effect of
fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs
and significant concentrations of risk within plan assets. The
FSP is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15,
2009, with prospective application. The FSP requires enhanced
disclosures but does not change the accounting for pensions.
Accordingly, the FSP will not have any impact on the
Companys results of operations, financial condition or
liquidity.
In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP
SFAS No. 107-1
and APB Opinion
No. 28-1,
Interim Disclosures About Fair Value of Financial Instruments,
requiring fair value disclosures for financial instruments that
are not reflected in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
at fair value. Prior to the issuance of this FSP, the fair
values of those assets and liabilities were required annually
but will now be required on a quarterly basis. In addition,
quantitative and qualitative information about fair value
estimates for all financial instruments not measured in the
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value is required.
The FSP will be effective for interim reporting periods that end
after June 15, 2009 with early adoption permitted for
periods ending after March 15, 2009. The Company will
implement the disclosure requirements under this FSP in the
second quarter of 2009.
The following table reconciles the weighted average shares
outstanding used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per
share for the three months ended April 4, 2009 and
March 29, 2008:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
Numerator (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net earnings attributable to common shareowners
basic and diluted
|
|
$
|
37.7
|
|
|
$
|
66.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denominator (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic earnings per share weighted average shares
|
|
|
79,209
|
|
|
|
79,176
|
|
Dilutive effect of stock options and awards
|
|
|
262
|
|
|
|
1,228
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted earnings per share weighted average shares
|
|
|
79,471
|
|
|
|
80,404
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings per share of common stock:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$
|
0.48
|
|
|
$
|
0.84
|
|
Diluted
|
|
$
|
0.47
|
|
|
$
|
0.83
|
|
9
The following weighted-average stock options and warrants to
purchase the Companys common stock were outstanding during
the three months ended April 4, 2009 and March 29,
2008, but were not included in the computation of diluted shares
outstanding because the effect would be anti-dilutive:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
Number of stock options (in thousands)
|
|
|
5,198
|
|
|
|
1,572
|
|
Number of stock warrants (in thousands)
|
|
|
4,939
|
|
|
|
5,092
|
|
The components of inventories at April 4, 2009 and
January 3, 2009 are as follows (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
Finished products
|
|
$
|
360.4
|
|
|
$
|
365.0
|
|
Work in process
|
|
|
57.2
|
|
|
|
58.2
|
|
Raw materials
|
|
|
86.1
|
|
|
|
91.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total inventories
|
|
$
|
503.7
|
|
|
$
|
514.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
E.
|
Acquisitions
and Goodwill
|
During 2008, the Company completed fourteen acquisitions for an
aggregate value of $576.6 million. These acquisitions were
accounted for as purchases in accordance with SFAS 141.
During the first quarter of 2009 the Company completed two minor
acquisitions for a combined purchase price of $6.0 million.
These two acquisitions were accounted for as purchases in
accordance with SFAS 141(R) which was adopted by the
Company at the beginning of the current fiscal year. The
purchase price allocations for the 2008 acquisitions are largely
complete but preliminary with respect to deferred taxes and
certain other items. The purchase price allocations for the
minor 2009 acquisitions are preliminary with respect to
intangible asset valuation, income taxes and other matters.
Changes to the purchase price allocation recorded during the
first quarter of 2009 primarily relate to income tax adjustments
and the finalization of certain integration plans.
Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by segment are as
follows (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Construction
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Security
|
|
|
Industrial
|
|
|
& DIY
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
Balance as of January 3, 2009
|
|
$
|
1,210.2
|
|
|
$
|
321.8
|
|
|
$
|
207.2
|
|
|
$
|
1,739.2
|
|
Goodwill acquired during the year
|
|
|
0.3
|
|
|
|
4.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.5
|
|
Purchase accounting adjustments
|
|
|
26.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26.3
|
|
Foreign currency translation / other
|
|
|
(5.4
|
)
|
|
|
(9.4
|
)
|
|
|
(6.0
|
)
|
|
|
(20.8
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as of April 4, 2009
|
|
$
|
1,231.4
|
|
|
$
|
316.6
|
|
|
$
|
201.2
|
|
|
$
|
1,749.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10
At April 4, 2009, the Companys restructuring reserve
balance was $65.1 million. The Company expects to utilize a
majority of these reserves in 2009 and estimates approximately
30% will be expended in 2010 depending upon the timing of
actions in Europe as discussed below. A summary of the
restructuring reserve activity from January 3, 2009 to
April 4, 2009 is as follows (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisition
|
|
|
Net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
($ in millions)
|
|
1/3/09
|
|
|
Accrual
|
|
|
Additions
|
|
|
Usage
|
|
|
Currency
|
|
|
4/4/09
|
|
|
Acquisitions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Severance and related costs
|
|
$
|
10.8
|
|
|
$
|
0.8
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(0.9
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.3
|
)
|
|
$
|
10.4
|
|
Facility closure
|
|
|
1.8
|
|
|
|
1.6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subtotal acquisitions
|
|
|
12.6
|
|
|
|
2.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.0
|
)
|
|
|
(0.3
|
)
|
|
|
13.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009 Actions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Severance and related costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.3
|
|
|
|
(1.2
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.1
|
|
Asset impairments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.7
|
|
|
|
(0.7
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Facility closure
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subtotal 2009 actions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.1
|
|
|
|
(2.0
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pre-2009 Actions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Severance and related costs
|
|
|
54.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(8.7
|
)
|
|
|
(1.1
|
)
|
|
|
44.3
|
|
Other
|
|
|
1.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.2
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subtotal Pre-2009 actions
|
|
|
55.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9.9
|
)
|
|
|
(1.1
|
)
|
|
|
44.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
67.9
|
|
|
$
|
2.4
|
|
|
$
|
9.1
|
|
|
$
|
(12.9
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1.4
|
)
|
|
$
|
65.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009 Actions:
In response to further sales
volume declines associated with the economic recession, the
Company initiated various cost reduction programs in the first
quarter of 2009. Severance charges of $8.3 million were
recorded during the quarter relating to the reduction of
approximately 480 employees. In addition to severance,
$0.7 million in charges was recognized for asset
impairments. The asset impairments pertain to production and
distribution assets written down as a result of the decision to
move certain manufacturing activities to lower cost countries
and the closure of several small distribution centers. Facility
closure costs totaled $0.1 million. Of the amounts charged
in the first quarter, $2.0 million has been utilized to
date, with $7.1 million of reserves remaining as of
April 4, 2009. Of the charges recognized in the first
quarter of 2009: $4.2 million pertains to the Security
segment, $1.6 million to the Industrial segment;
$2.9 million to the CDIY segment; and $0.4 million to
non-operating entities.
Pre-2009 Actions:
During 2008, the Company
initiated cost reduction initiatives in order to maintain its
cost competitiveness. A large portion of these actions were
initiated in the fourth quarter as the Company responded to
deteriorating business conditions resulting from the
U.S. economic weakness and slowing global demand, primarily
in its CDIY and Industrial segments. Severance charges of
$70.0 million were recorded relating to the reduction of
approximately 2,700 employees. In addition to severance,
$13.6 million in charges were recognized pertaining to
asset impairments for production assets and real estate, and
$0.7 million for facility closure costs. Of the
$85.5 million full year 2008 restructuring and asset
impairment charges, $13.8 million, $29.7 million,
$35.6 million, and $6.4 million pertained to the
Security, Industrial, CDIY, and Non-operating segments,
respectively. Also, $1.2 million in other charges stemmed
from the termination of service contracts. During 2007, the
Company also initiated $11.8 million of cost reduction
actions in various businesses entailing severance for
525 employees and the exit of a leased facility. As of
January 3, 2009 the reserve balance related to these prior
actions totaled $55.3 million. The amount utilized in the
first quarter of 2009 totaled $9.9 million. The remaining
reserve balance of $44.3 million predominantly relates to
actions in Europe under review with the European Works Council
process.
11
Acquisition Related:
During the first quarter
of 2009, $2.4 million of reserves were established for an
acquisition closed in the latter half of 2008 related to the
consolidation of security monitoring call centers. Of this
amount $0.8 million was for the severance of approximately
90 employees and $1.6 million related to the closure
of a branch facility, primarily from remaining lease
obligations. The Company utilized $1.0 million of the
restructuring reserves during the first quarter of 2009
established for previous acquisitions and as of April 4,
2009, $13.7 million in acquisition-related accruals remain.
The remaining balance primarily relates to approximately
$7 million for Facom for which the timing of payments
depends upon the actions of certain European governmental
agencies as well as the call center consolidation expected to
occur in the later quarters of 2009.
|
|
G.
|
Derivative
Financial Instruments
|
The Company is exposed to market risk from changes in foreign
currency exchange rates, interest rates, stock prices and
commodity prices. As part of the Companys risk management
program, it uses a variety of financial instruments such as
interest rate swap and currency swap agreements, purchased
currency options and foreign exchange contracts to mitigate
interest rate and foreign currency exposure. Generally,
commodity price exposures are not hedged with derivative
financial instruments and instead are actively managed through
customer pricing initiatives, procurement-driven cost reduction
initiatives and other productivity improvement projects.
Financial instruments are not utilized for speculative purposes.
If the Company elects to do so and if the instrument meets the
criteria specified in SFAS No. 133, Accounting
for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, as
amended (SFAS 133), management designates its derivative
instruments as cash flow hedges, fair value hedges or net
investment hedges.
A summary of the fair value of the Companys derivatives
recorded in the Consolidated Balance Sheets are as follows (in
millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance Sheet
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance Sheet
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Classification
|
|
4/4/09
|
|
|
1/3/09
|
|
|
Classification
|
|
4/4/09
|
|
|
1/3/09
|
|
|
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest Rate Contracts
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flow
|
|
Other current assets
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
Accrued expenses
|
|
$
|
0.6
|
|
|
$
|
0.6
|
|
|
|
LT Other assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LT Other liabilities
|
|
|
5.0
|
|
|
|
6.0
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
Other current assets
|
|
|
2.6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LT Other assets
|
|
|
1.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LT Other liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign Exchange Contracts
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flow
|
|
Other current assets
|
|
|
1.1
|
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
Accrued expenses
|
|
|
0.2
|
|
|
|
1.4
|
|
|
|
LT Other assets
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LT Other liabilities
|
|
|
18.3
|
|
|
|
22.0
|
|
Net Investment Hedge
|
|
Other current assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued expenses
|
|
|
13.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LT Other assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LT Other liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
4.8
|
|
|
$
|
0.5
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
37.9
|
|
|
$
|
50.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign Exchange Contracts
|
|
Other current assets
|
|
$
|
7.7
|
|
|
$
|
10.3
|
|
|
Accrued expenses
|
|
$
|
3.2
|
|
|
$
|
19.5
|
|
|
|
LT Other assets
|
|
|
16.3
|
|
|
|
21.0
|
|
|
LT Other liabilities
|
|
|
10.8
|
|
|
|
14.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
24.0
|
|
|
$
|
31.3
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
14.0
|
|
|
$
|
33.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The counterparties to all of the above mentioned financial
instruments are major international financial institutions. The
Company is exposed to credit risk for net exchanges under these
agreements, but not for the notional amounts. The risk is
limited to the asset amounts noted above. The Company limits its
exposure and concentration of risk by diversifying financial
institutions and does not anticipate non-performance by any of
its counterparties. Further, as more fully discussed in
Note M Fair Value Measurements, the Company considers
non-performance risk of its counterparties at each reporting
12
period and adjusts the carrying value of these assets
accordingly. The risk of default is considered remote.
CASH FLOW
HEDGES
For derivative instruments that are so designated at inception
and qualify as cash flow hedges, the Company records the
effective portions of the gain or loss on the derivative
instrument in Accumulated other comprehensive income, a separate
component of Shareowners Equity, and subsequently
reclassifies these amounts into earnings in the period during
which the hedged transaction is recognized in earnings. The
ineffective portion of the gain or loss, if any, is immediately
recognized in the same caption where the hedged items are
recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations,
generally
Other-net.
The Company measures hedge effectiveness by comparing the
cumulative change in the hedge contract with the cumulative
change in the hedged item, both of which are based on forward
rates. For interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges,
the Company measures the hedge effectiveness by offsetting the
change in the variable portion of the interest rate swap with
the change in the expected interest flows due to fluctuations in
the LIBOR based interest rate.
There is a $3.2 million and $4.8 million after-tax
gain reported for cash flow hedge effectiveness in Accumulated
other comprehensive income as of April 4, 2009 and
January 3, 2009, respectively. Of this amount
$2.3 million is expected to be reclassified to earnings as
the hedged transactions occur or as amounts are amortized within
the next 12 months. The ultimate amount recognized will
vary based on fluctuations of the hedged currencies through the
maturity dates. The table below details pre-tax amounts
reclassified from Accumulated other comprehensive income into
earnings during the periods in which the underlying hedged
transactions affected earnings; due to the effectiveness of
these instruments in matching the underlying on a net basis
there was no significant earnings impact.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain (Loss)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recognized in
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income on
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivatives
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Ineffective
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Classification of
|
|
Gain (Loss)
|
|
|
Portion & Amount
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain (Loss)
|
|
Reclassified from
|
|
|
Excluded from
|
|
|
|
Gain (Loss)
|
|
|
Reclassified from
|
|
OCI to Income
|
|
|
Effectiveness
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
Recorded in OCI
|
|
|
OCI to Income
|
|
(Effective Portion)
|
|
|
Testing)
|
|
|
Interest Rate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contracts
|
|
$
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
$
|
(1.2
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
Foreign
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exchange
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contracts
|
|
|
1.3
|
|
|
Cost of sales
|
|
|
1.6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.6
|
|
|
Other-net
|
|
|
6.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
The impact of de-designated hedges was a pre-tax gain of
$0.6 million in the first quarter of 2009. The hedged items
impact to the income statement for the first quarter of 2009 was
a loss of $2.9 million to Cost of sales and a loss of
$6.4 million to Other-net. There was no impact related to
the interest rate contracts hedged items.
Interest
Rate Contracts
The Company enters into interest rate swap agreements in order
to obtain the lowest cost source of funds within a targeted
range of variable to fixed-rate debt proportions. At
April 4, 2009, the Company has outstanding contracts fixing
the interest rate on its $320.0 million floating rate
convertible notes (LIBOR less 350 basis points) at 1.43%.
Foreign
Currency Contracts
Forward contracts:
Through its global
businesses, the Company enters into transactions and makes
investments denominated in multiple currencies that give rise to
foreign currency risk. The Company and its subsidiaries
regularly purchase inventory from its
non-United
States dollar subsidiaries that creates volatility in the
Companys results of operations. The Company utilizes
forward contracts to
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hedge these forecasted purchases of inventory. Gains and losses
reclassified from Accumulated other comprehensive income for the
effective and ineffective portions of the hedge as well as any
amounts excluded from effectiveness testing are recorded to Cost
of sales. As of April 4, 2009 the notional values of the
hedge contracts is as follows (includes $36.7 million which
is de-designated):
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year of
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(In millions)
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|
Notional
|
|
|
Maturity
|
|
|
Chinese renminbi
|
|
|
32.5
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Euro
|
|
|
19.8
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Great Britain pound
|
|
|
8.1
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Japanese yen
|
|
|
2.6
|
|
|
|
2009-2010
|
|
Thai baht
|
|
|
6.0
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total forward contracts
|
|
$
|
69.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currency swaps:
The Company and its
subsidiaries have entered into various inter-company
transactions whereby the notional values are denominated in
currencies other than the functional currencies of the party
executing the trade. In order to better match the cash flows of
its inter-company obligations with cash flows from operations,
the Company enters into currency swaps. The notional value of
the United States dollar exposure and the related hedge
contracts outstanding as of April 4, 2009 is
$150.0 million.
FAIR
VALUE HEDGES
For derivative instruments that are so designated at inception
and qualify as fair value hedges, the Company records the
changes in the fair value of the derivative instrument as well
as the hedged item in the income statement within the same
caption. The Company measures effectiveness by comparing the
cumulative change in the hedged contract with the cumulative
change in the hedged item, both of which are based on forward
rates.
Interest
Rate Risk
In an effort to optimize the mix of fixed versus floating rate
debt in the Companys capital structure, the Company enters
into interest rate swaps. In January 2009, the Company entered
into interest rate swaps with notional values which equaled the
Companys $200.0 million 4.9% notes due 2012 and
$250.0 million 6.15% notes due 2013. The interest rate
swaps effectively converted the Companys fixed rate debt
to floating rate debt based on LIBOR, thereby hedging the
fluctuation in fair value resulting from changes in interest
rates. A summary of the fair value adjustments relating to these
swaps for the first quarter of 2009 are as follows (in millions):
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
First Quarter 2009
|
|
Income Statement
|
|
Notional Value of
|
|
|
Gain/(Loss) on
|
|
|
Gain / (Loss) on
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|
Classification
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|
Open Contracts
|
|
|
Swaps
|
|
|
Borrowings
|
|
|
Interest Expense
|
|
$
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450.0
|
|
|
$
|
1.1
|
|
|
$
|
(1.1
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)
|
In addition to the amounts in the table above, the net swap
settlements that occur each period and amortization of
terminated swaps are also reported in interest expense, and
amounted to a $3.0 million gain for the first quarter of
2009. Interest expense for the period was $6.4 million on
the underlying debt.
NET
INVESTMENT HEDGES
Foreign
Exchange Contracts
The Company utilizes net investment hedges to offset the
translation adjustment arising from remeasurement of its
investment in the assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses of
its foreign subsidiaries. For derivative instruments that are
designated at inception and qualify as net investment hedges,
the Company records the effective portion of the gain or loss on
the derivative instrument in Accumulated other comprehensive
income. The Company measures effectiveness by comparing the
cumulative change in the hedged contract with the cumulative
change in the hedged item, both of which are based on forward
rates. The total after-tax amount in Accumulated other
comprehensive income was a loss of $2.4 million and
$6.6 million at April 4, 2009 and January 3,
2009, respectively. In December 2008 the Company entered into a
foreign exchange contract to hedge its net investment in euro
assets, as detailed in the pre-tax amounts below (in millions).
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
First Quarter 2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ineffective Portion &
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amount Excluded
|
|
|
|
Notional Value
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Effective Portion
|
|
|
from Effectiveness
|
|
Income Statement
|
|
of Open
|
|
|
Recorded in OCI
|
|
|
Recorded in Income
|
|
|
Testing Recorded in
|
|
Classification
|
|
Contract
|
|
|
Gain (Loss)
|
|
|
Statement
|
|
|
Income Statement
|
|
|
Other-net
|
|
$
|
223.4
|
|
|
$
|
6.8
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
UNDESIGNATED
HEDGES
Foreign
Exchange Contracts
Currency swaps and foreign exchange forward contracts are used
to reduce exchange risks arising from the change in fair value
of certain foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities
(i.e. affiliate loans, payables, receivables). The objective of
these practices is to minimize the impact of foreign currency
fluctuations on operating results. The following is a summary of
contracts outstanding at April 4, 2009:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year of
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|
(In millions)
|
|
Notional
|
|
|
Maturity
|
|
|
Forward Contracts:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Australian dollar
|
|
$
|
4.5
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Canadian dollar
|
|
|
18.5
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Chinese renminbi
|
|
|
18.0
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Czech koruna
|
|
|
1.0
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Danish krone
|
|
|
32.9
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Euro
|
|
|
18.2
|
|
|
|
2009 2010
|
|
Great Britain pound
|
|
|
12.9
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Japanese yen
|
|
|
0.9
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Mexican peso
|
|
|
3.1
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
New Zealand dollar
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Polish zloty
|
|
|
6.8
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
South African rand
|
|
|
0.9
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Swiss franc
|
|
|
10.2
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Swedish krona
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Taiwan dollar
|
|
|
61.7
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Thai Baht
|
|
|
12.1
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total forward contracts
|
|
$
|
202.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currency Swaps:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Canadian dollar
|
|
|
25.0
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
Euro
|
|
|
68.6
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
Great Britain pound
|
|
|
28.5
|
|
|
|
2011
|
|
United States dollar
|
|
|
129.4
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total currency swaps
|
|
$
|
251.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The income statement impacts related to derivatives not
designated as hedging instruments under SFAS 133 for the
first quarter of 2009 is as follows (in millions):
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivatives Not
|
|
|
|
|
Amount of Gain (Loss)
|
|
Designated as Hedging
|
|
Income Statement
|
|
|
Recorded in Income on
|
|
Instruments under SFAS 133
|
|
Classification
|
|
|
Derivative
|
|
|
Foreign Exchange Contracts
|
|
|
Other-net
|
|
|
$
|
2.2
|
|
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In January 2009, a Great Britain pound currency swap matured,
resulting in a cash payment of $10.5 million.
In January 2009, the Company purchased from financial
institutions over the counter
15-month
capped call options on 3 million shares of its common stock
for an aggregate premium of $16.4 million, or an average of
$5.47 per option. In accordance with
EITF 00-19
Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed
to, and Potentially Settled in, a Companys Own Stock
the premium paid was recorded as a reduction to equity. The gain
or loss on the option will depend on the actual market price of
the Companys stock on exercise dates which occur in
March 2010. The contracts for each of the three series of
options generally provide that the options may, at the
Companys election, be cash settled, physically settled or
net-share settled (the default settlement method). Each series
of options has various expiration dates within the month of
March 2010. The options will be automatically exercised if the
market price of the Companys common stock on the relevant
expiration date is greater than the applicable lower strike
price (i.e. the options are in-the-money). If the
market price of the Companys common stock at the
expiration date is below the applicable lower strike price, the
relevant options will expire with no value. If the market price
of the Companys common stock on the relevant expiration
date is between the applicable lower and upper strike prices,
the value per option to the Company will be the then-current
market price less that lower strike price. If the market price
of the Companys common stock is above the applicable upper
strike price, the value per option to the Company will be the
difference between the applicable upper strike price and lower
strike price. The aggregate fair value of the options at
April 4, 2009 was $13.9 million.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Per Share)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Premium
|
|
|
Initial
|
|
|
Lower
|
|
|
Upper Strike
|
|
Series
|
|
Number of Options
|
|
|
Paid (In millions)
|
|
|
Hedge Price
|
|
|
Strike Price
|
|
|
Price
|
|
|
Series I
|
|
|
1,000,000
|
|
|
$
|
5.5
|
|
|
$
|
32.97
|
|
|
$
|
31.33
|
|
|
$
|
46.16
|
|
Series II
|
|
|
1,000,000
|
|
|
$
|
5.5
|
|
|
$
|
32.80
|
|
|
$
|
31.16
|
|
|
$
|
45.92
|
|
Series III
|
|
|
1,000,000
|
|
|
$
|
5.4
|
|
|
$
|
32.73
|
|
|
$
|
31.10
|
|
|
$
|
45.83
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,000,000
|
|
|
$
|
16.4
|
|
|
$
|
32.84
|
|
|
$
|
31.19
|
|
|
$
|
45.97
|
|
FSP APB
14-1
applies to the Companys $320.0 million in outstanding
convertible notes (the Convertible Notes) that were
issued on March 20, 2007 and are due May 17, 2012. At
maturity, the Company is obligated to repay the principal in
cash, and may elect to settle the conversion option value, if
any, as detailed further below, in either cash or shares of the
Companys common stock. The Convertible Notes bear interest
at an annual rate of
3-month
LIBOR minus 3.5%, reset quarterly (but never less than zero),
and initially set at 1.85%. Interest is payable quarterly
commencing August 17, 2007. At the March 20, 2007
issuance date the estimated market rate of interest for the
Convertible Notes would have been 5.13% (the non-convertible or
straight-debt borrowing rate) without the conversion
option feature. The FSP requires the Company to record non-cash
interest accretion to reflect the straight-debt borrowing rate
on the Convertible Notes and to recast prior periods for
comparability. The Convertible Notes are unsecured general
obligations and rank equally with all of the Companys
other unsecured and unsubordinated debt. The Convertible Notes
were issued as a component of the Companys Equity Units
and are pledged as collateral to secure the holders
obligations to purchase common stock under the terms of the
Equity Purchase Contract component of these units, as described
more fully in Note I Long-Term Debt and Financing
Arrangements in the Companys 2008
Form 10-K.
The Company is obligated to remarket the Convertible Notes
commencing on May 10, 2010 to the extent that holders of
the Convertible Note element of an Equity Unit or holders of
separate Convertible Notes elect to participate in the
remarketing. Holders of Equity Units may elect to have the
Convertible Note element of their units not participate in the
remarketing by the following means: create a Treasury Unit
(replace the Convertible Notes with zero-coupon
U.S. Treasury securities as collateral to secure their
performance under the Equity Purchase Contracts); settle the
Equity Purchase Contracts early; or settle the Equity Purchase
Contracts in cash prior to May 7, 2010. Upon a successful
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remarketing of the Convertible Notes, the proceeds will be
utilized to satisfy in full the Equity Unit holders
obligations to purchase the applicable amount of the
Companys common stock under the Equity Purchase Contracts
on May 17, 2010. In the event the remarketing of the
Convertible Notes is not successful, the holders may elect to
pay cash or to deliver the Convertible Notes to the Company as
consideration to satisfy their obligation to purchase common
shares under the Equity Purchase Contract.
The conversion premium for the Convertible Notes is 19.0%,
equivalent to the initial conversion price of $64.80 based on
the $54.45 value of the Companys common stock at the date
of issuance. Upon conversion on May 17, 2012 (or in respect
of a cash merger event), the Company will deliver to each holder
of the Convertible Notes $1,000 cash for the principal amount of
each note. Additionally at conversion, to the extent, if any,
that the conversion option is in the money, the
Company will deliver, at its election, either cash or shares of
the Companys common stock based on an initial conversion
rate of 15.4332 shares (equivalent to the initial
conversion price set at $64.80) and the applicable market value
of the Companys common stock. The ultimate conversion rate
may be increased above 15.4332 shares in accordance with
standard anti-dilution provisions applicable to the Convertible
Notes or in the event of a cash merger. For example, an increase
in the ultimate conversion rate will apply if the Company
increases the per share common stock dividend rate during the
five year term of the Convertible Notes; accordingly such
changes to the conversion rate are within the Companys
control under its discretion regarding distributions it may make
and dividends it may declare. Also, the holders may elect to
accelerate conversion, and make whole adjustments to
the conversion rate may apply, in the event of a cash merger or
fundamental change. Subject to the foregoing, if the
market value of the Companys common shares is below the
conversion price at conversion, (initially set at a rate
equating to $64.80 per share), the conversion option would be
out of the money and the Company would have no
obligation to deliver any consideration beyond the $1,000
principal payment required under each of the Convertible Notes.
To the extent, if any, that the conversion option of the
Convertible Notes becomes in the money in any
interim period prior to conversion, there will be a related
increase in diluted shares outstanding utilized in the
determination of the Companys diluted earnings per share
in accordance with the treasury stock method prescribed by
SFAS No. 128, Earnings Per Share. At April 4,
2009, the conversion option is out of the money and accordingly
the Company does not have any obligation beyond the
$320.0 million of outstanding convertible notes.
The principal amount of the Convertible Notes was
$320.0 million at both April 4, 2009 and
January 3, 2009. The net carrying value and unamortized
discount of the Convertible Notes was $286.8 million and
$33.2 million, respectively, at April 4, 2009 and
$284.3 million and $35.7 million, respectively, at
January 3, 2009. The remaining unamortized balance will be
recorded to interest expense through the Convertible Notes
maturity in May 2012. The equity component carrying value was
$32.9 million at both balance sheet dates.
No interest expense was recorded for the contractual interest
coupon on the Convertible Notes for the periods presented
because it would be less than a zero interest rate based upon
the applicable
3-month
LIBOR minus 3.5% rate in these periods. The Company has
outstanding derivative contracts fixing the interest rate on the
$320.0 million floating rate Convertible Notes
(3-month
LIBOR less 350 basis points) at 1.43% and recognized
$1.2 million of interest expense pertaining to these
interest rate swaps in each of the three month periods ending
April 4, 2009 and March 29, 2008. The non-cash
interest expense accretion related to the amortization of the
liability balance as required under the FSP totaled
$2.5 million for both the first quarter of 2009 and the
first quarter of 2008. The interest expense recognized on the
$320.0 million of Convertible Notes reflecting both the
fixed interest rate swaps and the interest accretion required
under the FSP represented an effective interest rate of 5.1% for
the first quarter of 2009 and 5.2% for the first quarter of 2008.
In order to offset the common shares that may be deliverable
pertaining to the previously discussed conversion option feature
of the Convertible Notes, the Company entered into Bond Hedges
with certain major financial institutions. The Company paid the
financial institutions a premium of $49.3 million for the
Bond Hedge which was recorded, net of $14.0 million of
anticipated tax benefits,
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as a reduction of Shareowners Equity. The terms of the
Bond Hedge mirror those of the conversion option feature of the
Convertible Notes such that the financial institutions may be
required to deliver shares of the Companys common stock to
the Company upon conversion at its exercise in May 2012. To the
extent, if any, that the conversion option feature becomes
in the money during the five year term of the
Convertible Notes, diluted shares outstanding will increase
accordingly. Because the Bond Hedge is anti-dilutive, it will
not be included in any diluted shares outstanding computation
prior to its maturity. However, at maturity of the Convertible
Notes and the Bond Hedge in 2012, the aggregate effect of these
instruments is that there will be no net increase in the
Companys common shares.
J. Commitments and Contingencies
The Company is involved in various legal proceedings relating to
environmental issues, employment, product liability and
workers compensation claims and other matters. The Company
periodically reviews the status of these proceedings with both
inside and outside counsel, as well as an actuary for risk
insurance. Management believes that the ultimate disposition of
these matters will not have a material adverse effect on the
Companys operations or financial condition taken as a
whole.
The Companys policy is to accrue environmental
investigatory and remediation costs for identified sites when it
is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of
loss can be reasonably estimated. As of April 4, 2009 and
January 3, 2009, the Company had reserves of
$28.4 million and $28.8 million, respectively,
primarily for remediation activities associated with
company-owned properties as well as for Superfund sites. The
range of environmental remediation costs that is reasonably
possible is $18.9 million to $52.0 million which is
subject to change in the near term.
The Companys financial guarantees at April 4, 2009
are as follows (in millions):
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maximum
|
|
|
Liability
|
|
|
|
|
|
Potential
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
|
Term
|
|
Payment
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Guarantees on the residual values of leased properties
|
|
|
Less than 1 year
|
|
|
$
|
53.8
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
Standby letters of credit
|
|
|
Generally 1 year
|
|
|
|
35.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commercial customer financing arrangements
|
|
|
Up to 6 years
|
|
|
|
15.0
|
|
|
|
13.6
|
|
Guarantee on the external Employee Stock Ownership Plan
(ESOP) borrowings
|
|
|
Through 2009
|
|
|
|
1.0
|
|
|
|
1.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
104.9
|
|
|
$
|
14.6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Company has guaranteed a portion of the residual value
arising from its synthetic lease and U.S. master personal
property lease programs. The lease guarantees aggregate
$53.8 million while the fair value of the underlying assets
is estimated at $63.7 million. The related assets would be
available to satisfy the guarantee obligations and therefore it
is unlikely the Company will incur any future loss associated
with these lease guarantees. The Company has issued
$35.1 million in standby letters of credit that guarantee
future payments which may be required under certain insurance
programs. The Company provides various limited and full recourse
guarantees to financial institutions that provide financing to
U.S. and Canadian Mac Tool distributors for their initial
purchase of the inventory and truck necessary to function as a
distributor. In addition, the Company provides limited and full
recourse guarantees to financial institutions that extend credit
to certain end retail customers of its U.S. Mac Tool
distributors. The gross amount guaranteed in these arrangements
is $15.0 million and the $13.6 million carrying value
of the guarantees issued is recorded in debt and other
liabilities as appropriate in the consolidated balance sheet.
The Company provides product and service warranties which vary
across its businesses. The types of warranties offered generally
range from one year to limited lifetime, while certain products
carry no warranty. Further, the Company at times incurs
discretionary costs to service its products in connection
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with product performance issues. Historical warranty and service
claim experience forms the basis for warranty obligations
recognized. Adjustments are recorded to the warranty liability
as new information becomes available.
The changes in the carrying amount of product and service
warranties for the three months ended April 4, 2009 are as
follows (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
Balance January 3, 2009
|
|
$
|
65.6
|
|
Warranties and guarantees issued
|
|
|
4.9
|
|
Warranty payments
|
|
|
(5.7
|
)
|
Currency and other
|
|
|
(0.7
|
)
|
|
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Balance April 4, 2009
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$
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64.1
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L.
|
Net
Periodic Benefit Cost Defined Benefit
Plans
|
Following are the components of net periodic benefit cost for
the three months ended April 4, 2009 and March 29,
2008 (in millions):
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Pension Benefits
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Other Benefits
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U.S. Plans
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Non-U.S. Plans
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U.S. Plans
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2009
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2008
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2009
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2008
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2009
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|
2008
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Service cost
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$
|
0.9
|
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|
$
|
0.6
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|
$
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0.7
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|
$
|
1.1
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|
$
|
0.3
|
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|
$
|
0.3
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Interest cost
|
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2.5
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|
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|
2.4
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|
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|
3.1
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4.1
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0.4
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0.4
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Expected return on plan assets
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|
(1.7
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)
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(2.5
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)
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(3.4
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)
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(5.1
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)
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Amortization of prior service cost
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0.3
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0.3
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0.1
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Amortization of net loss (gain)
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0.8
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0.1
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0.6
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1.1
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|
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|
(0.1
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)
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(0.1
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)
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Net periodic benefit cost
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$
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2.8
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|
$
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0.9
|
|
|
$
|
1.0
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|
|
$
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1.3
|
|
|
$
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0.6
|
|
|
$
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0.6
|
|
|
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|
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|
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M.
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Fair
Value Measurements
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SFAS 157 defines, establishes a consistent framework for
measuring, and expands disclosure requirements about fair value.
SFAS 157 requires the Company to maximize the use of
observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs
when measuring fair value. Observable inputs reflect market data
obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs
reflect the Companys market assumptions. These two types
of inputs create the following fair value hierarchy:
Level 1 Quoted prices for identical instruments
in active markets.
Level 2 Quoted prices for similar instruments
in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar
instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived
valuations whose inputs and significant value drivers are
observable.
Level 3 Instruments that are valued using
unobservable inputs.
The Company holds various derivative financial instruments that
are employed to manage risks, including foreign currency and
interest rate exposures. These financial instruments are carried
at fair value and are included within the scope of
SFAS 157. The Company determines fair value of derivatives
through the use of matrix or model pricing, which utilize
verifiable inputs such as market interest and currency rates.
When determining the fair value of these financial instruments
for which Level 1 evidence does not exist, the Company
considers various factors including the following: exchange or
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market price quotations of similar instruments, time value and
volatility factors, the Companys own credit rating and the
credit rating of the counter-party.
The following table presents the fair value and the hierarchy
levels, for financial assets and liabilities that are measured
at fair value (in millions):
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Significant
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Quoted Prices in
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Significant Other
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Unobservable
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Total Carrying
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Active Markets
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Observable Inputs
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Inputs
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Value
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(Level 1)
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(Level 2)
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(Level 3)
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April 4, 2009:
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Derivative assets
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$
|
28.8
|
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|
$
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|
|
$
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28.8
|
|
|
$
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|
Derivatives liabilities
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|
$
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51.9
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
51.9
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|
$
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|
|
January 3, 2009:
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Derivative assets
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$
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31.8
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|
$
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|
$
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31.8
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|
$
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Derivatives liabilities
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$
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84.2
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|
$
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$
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84.2
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$
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The Company recorded $0.7 million in restructuring related
asset impairments during the first quarter, as discussed in
Note F Restructuring. Fair value for impaired production
assets was based on the present value of discounted cash flows.
This included an estimate for future cash flows as production
activities are phased out as well as auction values (prices for
similar assets) for assets where use has been discontinued or
future cash flows are minimal. The assumptions represented
Level 3 inputs.
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N.
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Discontinued
Operations
|
During 2008, the Company sold its CST/berger laser leveling and
measuring business to Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, for
$196.7 million in cash and recorded an $83.2 million
after-tax gain as a result of the sale. The Company sold three
other smaller businesses during 2008 for total cash proceeds of
$7.9 million and a total after-tax loss of
$0.2 million. The divestitures of these businesses were
made pursuant to the Companys growth strategy which
entails a reduction of risk associated with certain large
customer concentrations and reallocation of capital resources to
increase shareowner value.
CST/berger, which was formerly in the Companys CDIY
segment, manufactures and distributes surveying accessories as
well as building and construction instruments primarily in the
Americas and Europe. Two of the small businesses that were sold
were part of the Security segment, while the third minor
business was part of the Industrial segment.
In accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 144,
Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived
Assets, the results of operations of CST/berger and the
three small businesses have been reported as discontinued
operations. The operating results of the four divested
businesses are summarized as follows (in millions):
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|
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2009
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|
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2008
|
|
|
Net sales
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
25.9
|
|
Pretax (loss)/earnings
|
|
|
(1.1
|
)
|
|
|
3.8
|
|
Income taxes (benefit)
|
|
|
(0.5
|
)
|
|
|
1.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Net (loss)/earnings from discontinued operations
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|
$
|
(0.6
|
)
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|
$
|
2.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
There were no assets or liabilities classified as held for sale
in the Consolidated Balance Sheets at April 4, 2009 and
January 3, 2009.
On May 1, 2009, the Company committed to repurchase
$103.0 million of its junior subordinated debt securities
issued in November 2005 for $58.7 million in cash. The
Company expects the transaction will result in a pretax gain of
approximately $44 million. The cash settlement of the
transaction will occur on May 6, 2009.
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ITEM 2.
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MANAGEMENTS
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
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OVERVIEW
The Company is a diversified worldwide supplier of tools and
engineered solutions for professional, industrial, construction,
and do-it-yourself (DIY) use, as well as engineered
and security solutions for industrial and commercial
applications. Its operations are classified into three business
segments: Security, Industrial and Construction & DIY
(CDIY). The Security segment is a provider of access
and security solutions primarily for retailers, educational,
financial and healthcare institutions, as well as commercial,
governmental and industrial customers. The Company provides an
extensive suite of mechanical and electronic security products
and systems, and a variety of security services. These include
security integration systems, software, related installation,
maintenance, monitoring services, healthcare solutions,
automatic doors, door closers, exit devices, hardware and
locking mechanisms. Security products are sold primarily on a
direct sales basis and in certain instances, through third party
distributors. The Industrial segment manufactures and markets:
professional industrial and automotive mechanics tools and
storage systems; assembly tools and systems; plumbing, heating
and air conditioning tools; hydraulic tools and accessories; and
specialty tools. These products are sold to industrial customers
and distributed primarily through third party distributors as
well as direct sales forces. The CDIY segment manufactures and
markets hand tools, consumer mechanics tools, storage systems,
pneumatic tools and fastener products which are principally
utilized in construction and do-it-yourself projects. These
products are sold primarily to professional end users as well as
consumers, and are distributed through retailers (including home
centers, mass merchants, hardware stores, and retail lumber
yards).
Over the past several years, the Company has generated strong
free cash flow and received substantial proceeds from
divestitures that enabled a transformation of the business
portfolio. Beginning with the first significant security
acquisitions in 2002, Stanley has consummated $2.8 billion
in acquisitions and pursued a diversification strategy to enable
profitable growth. The strategy involves industry, geographic
and customer diversification, as exemplified by the expansion of
security solution product offerings, the growing proportion of
sales outside the U.S., and the deliberate reduction of the
Companys dependence on sales to U.S. home centers and
mass merchants. Sales outside the U.S. represented 41% of
the total in 2009, up from 29% in 2002. Sales to U.S. home
centers and mass merchants have declined from a high point of
approximately 40% in 2002 to 14% in 2009. The reallocation of
capital to higher growth businesses and attendant
diversification of the revenue base helped position Stanley to
weather the current challenging economic times. In the near
term, management will concentrate primarily on debt reduction,
driving operating efficiencies through the Stanley Fulfillment
System disciplines, and the integration of acquisitions to
achieve further synergies. Management continues to monitor
markets for attractive acquisition targets. In the medium term
the Company intends to pursue further growth opportunities in
security solutions, industrial tools, healthcare markets and
emerging markets while maintaining focus on the valuable branded
tools and storage businesses. Refer to the Business
Overview section of Managements Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2009 for additional
strategic discussion.
First
Quarter 2009 Cost Actions and Outlook
The global economic downturn deepened during the first quarter
as evidenced by a 19% decline in sales unit volumes versus the
prior year. A contingency cost reduction plan was developed
early in the year to protect earnings and cash flow in the event
estimated full year 2009 volume declines were greater than
10-12%.
Management elected to implement this plan as the quarter
progressed and projections evolved to indicate that full year
sales volume declines were more likely to be between
13-15%,
with
smaller volume declines in the back half of the year as
comparisons become easier.
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The Company estimates that full year diluted earnings per share
will be in the range of $2.00 to $2.50 based on the following
assumptions:
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|
|
Diluted earnings per share are expected to decrease within the
range of $2.40 $2.90 compared to 2008 stemming from
the
13-15%
sales volume decline mentioned previously
|
|
|
With the U.S. dollar at present exchange levels, the
Company expects revenues for the year will decline 4% from
unfavorable translation. Continued weakness of foreign
currencies relative to the dollar at present levels will
engender an estimated $.50 per diluted share earnings decrease
versus 2008 due to currency, most of which will occur by
mid-year.
|
|
|
Acquisitions completed in 2008 are expected to provide
approximately $0.10 per diluted share earnings accretion in 2009.
|
|
|
The cost reduction plan initiated in the quarter is expected to
generate annual savings of $100 million, an estimated
$45 million of which will be realized in 2009. The Company
plans to reinvest approximately $15 million of the
$45 million in current year savings from the 2009 plan to
fund investments in brand development and Security organic
growth initiatives. The brand development entails expanded
advertising in major league U.S. baseball stadiums as well
as NASCAR racing sponsorships. The 2009 restructuring program,
net of the previously mentioned brand and growth investments,
will provide an estimated $.28 benefit per diluted share in
2009. The diluted earnings per share benefit from the 2008
actions will approximate $1.75 in 2009. The 2008 restructuring
actions reflect necessary cost cutting to align with lower sales
and are supplemented by the 2009 actions which are designed to
improve the effectiveness of the organization as well as promote
efficiency. Fastening systems will be consolidated with the
consumer tools and storage business. These CDIY segment
businesses have significant channel and customer overlap so the
combination will leverage resources and enable more efficient
operations.
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|
|
Restructuring and related charges for the above mentioned
programs are projected to total approximately $35 million
in 2009, with an additional $10 million in carryover
charges from the 2008 actions to be recognized later in 2009,
primarily pertaining to headcount reductions in Europe which are
pending regulatory processes. As a result, the Company expects
2009 pre-tax restructuring and related charges will total
approximately $45 million, of which $10 million was
recognized in the first quarter, while most of the remaining
charges will be recorded in the second and third quarters.
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The diluted per share carryover savings from both cost reduction
programs in 2010 will be partially offset by a number of factors
including cost pressures and increased share count. Management
believes the cost reduction and other strategic actions taken
will position Stanley well for future growth.
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
Below is a summary of consolidated operating results for the
three months ending April 4, 2009, followed by an overview
of performance by business segment. The terms
organic and core are utilized to
describe results aside from the impact of acquisitions during
their initial 12 months of ownership. This ensures
appropriate comparability to operating results in the prior
period.
Net Sales:
Net sales from continuing
operations were $913 million in the first quarter of 2009
as compared to $1.071 billion in the first quarter of 2008,
representing a decrease of $158 million or 15%.
Acquisitions, primarily Sonitrol and Générale de
Protection (GdP) in the Security segment,
contributed a 7% increase in net sales. Organic sales volume
declined 19% and unfavorable foreign currency translation in all
regions impacted sales by 6%, which was partially offset by 3%
of favorable customer pricing. There were double digit
percentage sales volume declines in the Americas, Europe and
Asia arising from global economic weakness, with Europe, down
24%, posting the most severe volume decrease. The Industrial
segment, with its European-based Facom business, had the most
significant decline of the three segments with a 27% drop in
sales volume which was exacerbated by distributor inventory
corrections associated with credit market pressures. The CDIY
segment unit volume sales declined 22% as both the fastening
systems and consumer tools and storage businesses struggled in
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contracting construction markets around the world. The Security
segment continued to buttress the Companys overall
performance with relatively modest organic sales declines by
comparison.
Gross Profit:
Gross profit from continuing
operations was $361 million, or 39.6% of net sales, in the
first quarter of 2009, compared to $406 million, or 37.9%
of net sales, in the prior year. The lower gross profit amount
pertained to the previously discussed widespread sales volume
decline. Acquisitions, primarily Sonitrol and GdP, generated
$40 million in gross profit and contributed to the strong
gross margin rate expansion. The 170 basis point
improvement in the gross margin rate was further enabled by
overall customer pricing actions that lagged cost inflation as
well as strong performance in the Security segment, particularly
by the U.S. mechanical lock and electronic security
integration businesses. Additionally, the cost actions taken to
adjust to slow demand helped cushion margin rate pressure.
SG&A expenses:
Selling, general and
administrative expense (SG&A) from continuing
operations, inclusive of the provision for doubtful accounts,
was $253 million, or 27.7% of net sales, in the first
quarter of 2009, compared to $275 million, or 25.6% of net
sales, in the prior year. Aside from acquisitions, which
contributed $23 million of incremental SG&A, SG&A
declined $45 million from the prior year. The Company
implemented headcount reductions and various cost containment
actions such as temporarily suspending certain
U.S. retirement benefits in 2009 and sharply curtailing
travel and other discretionary spending. There was also some
reduction from variable selling and other costs as well as
favorable currency translation.
Interest and
Other-net:
Net
interest expense from continuing operations in the first three
months of 2009 was $16 million compared to $21 million
in the first three months of 2008. The decrease is related to
lower interest rates on short-term borrowings in the current
year. Additionally, the Company entered into interest rate swaps
on certain term debt which reduced the effective interest rate.
Other-net
expense from continuing operations amounted to $30 million
in the first quarter of 2009 versus $20 million in 2008,
primarily due to increased intangible asset amortization expense
and acquisition deal costs required to be expensed from the
adoption of SFAS 141R in January 2009.
Income Taxes:
The effective income tax rate on
continuing operations was 26.0% in the first quarter this year,
consistent with 26.2% in the prior year.
Business
Segment Results
The Companys reportable segments are aggregations of
businesses that have similar products, services and end markets,
among other factors. The Company utilizes segment profit (which
is defined as net sales minus cost of sales, and SG&A aside
from corporate overhead expense), and segment profit as a
percentage of net sales to assess the profitability of each
segment. Segment profit excludes the corporate overhead expense
element of SG&A, interest income, interest expense,
other-net
(inclusive of intangible asset amortization expense),
restructuring and asset impairments, and income tax expense.
Corporate overhead is comprised of world headquarters facility
expense, cost for the executive management team and the expense
pertaining to certain centralized functions that benefit the
entire Company but are not directly attributable to the
businesses, such as legal and corporate finance functions. Refer
to the Restructuring and Asset Impairments section of MD&A
for the restructuring charges attributable to each segment. As
discussed previously, the Companys operations are
classified into three business segments: Security, Industrial,
and Construction and Do-It-Yourself (CDIY).
Security:
Security sales increased 12% to
$374 million during the first three months of 2009 from
$333 million in the corresponding 2008 period.
Acquisitions, primarily Sonitrol and GdP, contributed nearly a
22% increase in sales. There was a 5% unfavorable foreign
currency impact from Europe and Canada. Organic unit volume
declines were partially offset by favorable customer pricing. On
a combined basis, price and volume were down mid-single digits
in convergent security, and for mechanical access solutions the
decrease was in line with the overall segment decline.
Mechanical access solutions posted volume growth with services,
certain national and governmental accounts, and remodeling and
retro-fit activity that were more than offset by overall
weakness in retail, banking and other sectors. Lower organic
unit volume in convergent electronic security primarily
pertained to fewer system installations especially in national
accounts, causing a mix shift to higher
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margin recurring monthly service revenue.
Security segment profit amounted to $71 million, or 18.9%
of net sales, for the first quarter of 2009 as compared with
$53 million, or 16.0% of net sales, in the prior year. This
290 basis point profit expansion was attributable to the
previously mentioned mix shift to higher margin service
revenues, acquisitions and related synergies, benefits of
customer pricing and proactive cost actions.
Industrial:
Industrial sales of
$236 million in the first quarter of 2009 decreased 29%
from $333 million in the prior year. Unfavorable foreign
currency translation, primarily European, reduced sales by 5%.
Unit volumes in Europe and the Americas fell 29% and 25%,
respectively, and all businesses within the segment experienced
20% or greater declines. The Industrial and Automotive Tools
businesses experienced significant customer inventory
corrections that accounted for approximately one third of the
unit volume declines in Europe and the U.S. In Engineered
Solutions, price gains and stable government demand were more
than offset by lower volumes due to reduced capital expenditures
within the commercial customer base.
Industrial segment profit was $25 million, or 10.4% of net
sales, for the first quarter of 2009, compared with
$49 million, or 14.6% of net sales, in 2008. Segment profit
decreased substantially due to the sales volume declines. Also,
European cost savings from headcount reduction actions take
longer to achieve due to the European Union works council
process; these actions should help alleviate profit pressure
later in the year once implemented. Customer price recovery and
productivity exceeded inflation enabling the double digit profit
rate despite difficult economic conditions.
Construction & Do-It-Yourself
(CDIY):
CDIY sales were
$303 million in the first quarter of 2009, down 25% from
$406 million in the prior year. Segment unit volumes
dropped 23% in both the Americas and Europe and to a lesser
extent in Asia as the global economic downturn expanded
geographically. Foreign currency translation negatively impacted
sales by 7% which was partially offset by favorable customer
pricing. International sales declined rapidly throughout the
first quarter and significantly from the fourth quarter of 2008.
Fastening systems continued to be affected by sharply lower
construction and industrial economic activity worldwide.
U.S. sales for the consumer tools and storage
(CT&S) business were down by 11%, slightly
better than the 13% decline in the fourth quarter of 2008. Key
U.S. customer point of sale data for CT&S products
were down 9% versus the first quarter of 2008.
Segment profit was $29 million, or 9.5% of net sales, for
the first quarter of 2009, compared to $47 million or 11.6%
of net sales in the prior year. While the 9.5% segment profit
rate declined 210 basis points from the first quarter of
2008, it represents a sequential improvement from 6.4% in the
fourth quarter of 2008. The positive impacts of customer pricing
and manufacturing productivity on the segment profit rate were
more than offset by lower sales volumes. As previously discussed
pertaining to the industrial segment, there is a longer time
frame necessary for implementation of cost reduction actions in
Europe but these should favorably impact the profit rate later
in the year.
Restructuring
and Asset Impairments
At April 4, 2009, the Companys restructuring reserve
balance was $65.1 million. The Company expects to utilize a
majority of these reserves in 2009 and estimates approximately
30% will be expended in 2010
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depending upon the timing of actions in Europe as discussed
below. A summary of the restructuring reserve activity from
January 3, 2009 to April 4, 2009 is as follows (in
millions):
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisition
|
|
|
Net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1/3/09
|
|
|
Accrual
|
|
|
Additions
|
|
|
Usage
|
|
|
Currency
|
|
|
4/4/09
|
|
|
Acquisitions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Severance and related costs
|
|
$
|
10.8
|
|
|
$
|
0.8
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(0.9
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.3
|
)
|
|
$
|
10.4
|
|
Facility closure
|
|
|
1.8
|
|
|
|
1.6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subtotal acquisitions
|
|
|
12.6
|
|
|
|
2.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.0
|
)
|
|
|
(0.3
|
)
|
|
|
13.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009 Actions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Severance and related costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.3
|
|
|
|
(1.2
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.1
|
|
Asset impairments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.7
|
|
|
|
(0.7
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Facility closure
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subtotal 2009 actions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.1
|
|
|
|
(2.0
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pre-2009 Actions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Severance and related costs
|
|
|
54.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(8.7
|
)
|
|
|
(1.1
|
)
|
|
|
44.3
|
|
Other
|
|
|
1.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.2
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subtotal Pre-2009 actions
|
|
|
55.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9.9
|
)
|
|
|
(1.1
|
)
|
|
|
44.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
67.9
|
|
|
$
|
2.4
|
|
|
$
|
9.1
|
|
|
$
|
(12.9
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1.4
|
)
|
|
$
|
65.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009 Actions:
In response to further sales
volume declines associated with the economic recession, the
Company initiated various cost reduction programs in the first
quarter of 2009. Severance charges of $8.3 million were
recorded during the quarter relating to the reduction of
approximately 480 employees. In addition to severance,
$0.7 million in charges was recognized for asset
impairments. The asset impairments pertain to production and
distribution assets written down as a result of the decision to
move certain manufacturing activities to lower cost countries
and the closure of several small distribution centers. Facility
closure costs totaled $0.1 million. Of the amounts charged
in the first quarter, $2.0 million has been utilized to
date, with $7.1 million of reserves remaining as of
April 4, 2009. Of the charges recognized in the first
quarter of 2009: $4.2 million pertains to the Security
segment, $1.6 million to the Industrial segment;
$2.9 million to the CDIY segment; and $0.4 million to
non-operating entities.
Pre-2009 Actions:
During 2008, the Company
initiated cost reduction initiatives in order to maintain its
cost competitiveness. A large portion of these actions were
initiated in the fourth quarter as the Company responded to
deteriorating business conditions resulting from the
U.S. economic weakness and slowing global demand, primarily
in its CDIY and Industrial segments. Severance charges of
$70.0 million were recorded relating to the reduction of
approximately 2,700 employees. In addition to severance,
$13.6 million in charges were recognized pertaining to
asset impairments for production assets and real estate, and
$0.7 million for facility closure costs. Of the
$85.5 million full year 2008 restructuring and asset
impairment charges, $13.8 million, $29.7 million,
$35.6 million, and $6.4 million pertained to the
Security, Industrial, CDIY, and Non-operating segments,
respectively. Also, $1.2 million in other charges stemmed
from the termination of service contracts. During 2007, the
Company also initiated $11.8 million of cost reduction
actions in various businesses entailing severance for
525 employees and the exit of a leased facility. As of
January 3, 2009 the reserve balance related to these prior
actions totaled $55.3 million. The amount utilized in the
first quarter of 2009 totaled $9.9 million. The remaining
reserve balance of $44.3 million predominantly relates to
actions in Europe that are pending completion with the European
Works Council process.
Acquisition Related:
During the first quarter
of 2009, $2.4 million of reserves were established for an
acquisition closed in the latter half of 2008 related to the
consolidation of security monitoring call centers. Of this
amount $0.8 million was for the severance of approximately
90 employees and $1.6 million related to the closure
of a branch facility, primarily from remaining lease
obligations. The Company utilized $1.0 million of the
restructuring reserves during the first quarter of 2009
established for previous acquisitions and as of April 4,
2009, $13.7 million in acquisition-related accruals remain.
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The remaining balance primarily relates to approximately
$7 million for Facom for which the timing of payments
depends upon the actions of certain European governmental
agencies as well as the call center consolidation expected to
occur in the later quarters of 2009.
FINANCIAL
CONDITION
Liquidity,
Sources and Uses of Capital:
Operating and Investing Activities:
Cash flow
from operations was $4 million in the first quarter of 2009
compared to $108 million in 2008, related to lower earnings
in the current year associated with the economic recession,
working capital and other operating outflows. Working capital
usage was $45 million in the quarter due to a decrease in
accounts payable pertaining to lower manufacturing activity and
other spending reductions. Other operating cash outflows were
$37 million in the first three months of 2009 as compared
with a $9 million inflow in the prior year. This
fluctuation is mainly attributable to payments on foreign
currency related derivative contracts as well as higher
restructuring payments in the current year.
Capital and software expenditures were $22 million in the
first quarter of 2009, down slightly compared to
$25 million in 2008. The Company will continue to make
capital investments that are necessary to drive productivity and
cost structure improvements while ensuring that such investments
provide a rapid return on capital employed.
Free cash flow, as defined in the following table, was an
$18 million outflow in the first quarter of 2009 compared
to an $83 million inflow in the corresponding 2008 period.
The Company believes free cash flow is an important measure of
its liquidity, as well as its ability to fund future growth and
provide a dividend to shareowners. Free cash flow does not
include deductions for mandatory debt service, other borrowing
activity, discretionary dividends on the Companys common
stock and business acquisitions, among other items.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Millions of Dollars)
|
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
4
|
|
|
$
|
108
|
|
Less: capital and software expenditures
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(22
|
)
|
|
|
(25
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Free cash (outflow) inflow
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
(18
|
)
|
|
$
|
83
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financing
Activities:
Net proceeds from short-term borrowings amounted to cash
outflows of $7 million in 2009 compared to inflows of
$120 million in 2008. The net proceeds in the prior year
were primarily utilized to fund $102 million in common
stock repurchases.
As described more fully in Note H. Equity Option, the
Company paid a $16 million premium in the first quarter of
2009 for options to repurchase 3 million shares of its
common stock at a strike price averaging $31.19. These options
have a cap on the appreciation at an average of $45.97 per share
and expire in March 2010.
During the first quarter of 2009, Fitch Ratings affirmed the
Companys long and short term debt ratings at A and F1
respectively and kept the outlook as stable. After placing the
ratings under review in January, on April 16 Moodys
Investor Services downgraded the Companys senior unsecured
debt rating by one notch from A2 to A3 and short
term debt rating term from
P-1
to
P-2
while
maintaining the stable outlook. The Companys debt ratings
and outlook remain unchanged by Standard & Poors with
a corporate credit rating of A, short term rating of
A-1,
and
stable outlook. As detailed in the Liquidity and Financial
Condition section of the Companys 2008 Annual Report on
Form 10K, the Company has adequate liquidity with various
credit lines.
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OTHER
MATTERS
Critical Accounting Estimates:
There have been
no other significant changes in the Companys critical
accounting estimates during the first quarter of 2009. Refer to
the Other Matters section of Managements
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations in the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2009 for a discussion
of the Companys critical accounting estimates.
|
|
ITEM 3.
|
QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
|
There has been no significant change in the Companys
exposure to market risk during the first quarter of 2009. For
discussion of the Companys exposure to market risk, refer
to Part II, Item 7A, Quantitative and Qualitative
Disclosures About Market Risk, contained in the Companys
Form 10-K
for the year ended January 3, 2009.
|
|
ITEM 4.
|
CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES
|
Under the supervision and with the participation of management,
including the Companys Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer and its Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, the
Company has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and
operation of its disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in
Rule 13a-15(e)),
as of April 4, 2009, as required by
Rule 13a-15(b)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Based upon that
evaluation, the Companys Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer and its Vice President and Chief Financial Officer have
concluded that, as of April 4, 2009, the Companys
disclosure controls and procedures are effective in timely
alerting them to material information relating to the Company
(including its consolidated subsidiaries) required to be
included in its periodic Securities and Exchange Commission
filings. There has been no change in the Companys internal
controls that occurred during the first quarter of 2009 that
have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially
affect the registrants internal control over financial
reporting.
CAUTIONARY
STATEMENT
Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995
Certain statements contained in this Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
that are not historical, including, but not limited to, the
statements regarding the Companys ability to:
(i) generate full year 2009 EPS in the range of
$2.00 2.50 per fully diluted share;
(ii) reinvest approximately $15 million in brand
development and organic growth initiatives; (iii) realize
annual savings of $100 million ($45 million in
2009) from the cost reduction plan initiated in the
quarter; and (iv) realize a diluted earnings per share
benefit of $1.75 in 2009 from the cost reduction actions
initiated in 2008 (the Results); are forward
looking statements and are based on current expectations.
These statements are not guarantees of future performance and
involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are
difficult to predict. There are a number of risks, uncertainties
and important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those indicated by such forward-looking
statements. In addition to any such risks, uncertainties and
other factors discussed elsewhere herein, the risks,
uncertainties and other factors that could cause or contribute
to actual results differing materially from those expressed or
implied in the forward looking statements include, without
limitation, those set forth under Item 1A Risk Factors in
the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
(together with any material changes thereto contained in
subsequent filed Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q);
those contained in the Companys other filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission; and those set forth below.
The Companys ability to deliver the Results is dependent
upon: (i) the Companys ability to implement the cost
savings measures discussed in its December 11, 2008 and
April 24, 2009 press releases within anticipated time
frames and to limit associated costs; (ii) the
Companys ability to limit restructuring charges in 2009 to
$45 million; (iii) the Companys ability to limit
unit volume declines to
13-15%
relative to 2008 sales while maintaining or improving the
existing product mix and geographic distribution; (iv) the
Companys ability to successfully integrate recent
acquisitions (including Sonitrol, Xmark, Scan Modul and GdP), as
well as any future acquisitions, while limiting associated
costs;
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(v) the success of the Companys efforts to expand its
tools and security businesses; (vi) the success of the
Companys efforts to build a growth platform and market
leadership in Convergent Securities Solutions; (vii) the
Companys success in developing and introducing new
products, growing sales in existing markets and identifying and
developing new markets for its products; (viii) the
continued acceptance of technologies used in the Companys
products, including Convergent Security Solutions products;
(ix) the Companys ability to manage existing Sonitrol
franchisee and Mac Tools distributor relationships; (x) the
Companys ability to minimize costs associated with any
sale or discontinuance of a business or product line, including
any severance, restructuring, legal or other costs;
(xi) the proceeds realized with respect to any business or
product line disposals; (xii) the extent of any asset
impairments with respect to any businesses or product lines that
are sold or discontinued; (xiii) the success of the
Companys efforts to manage freight costs, steel and other
commodity costs; (xiv) the Companys ability to
sustain or increase prices in order to, among other things,
offset or mitigate the impact of steel, freight, energy,
non-ferrous commodity and other commodity costs and any
inflation increases; (xv) the Companys ability to
generate free cash flow and maintain a strong debt to capital
ratio; (xvi) the Companys ability to identify and
effectively execute productivity improvements and cost
reductions, while minimizing any associated restructuring
charges; (xvii) the Companys ability to obtain
favorable settlement of routine tax audits; (xviii) the
ability of the Company to generate earnings sufficient to
realize future income tax benefits during periods when temporary
differences become deductible; (xix) the continued ability
of the Company to access credit markets under satisfactory
terms; and (xx) the Companys ability to negotiate
satisfactory payment terms under which the Company buys and
sells goods, services, materials and products.
The Companys ability to deliver the Results is also
dependent upon: (i) the success of the Companys
marketing and sales efforts; (ii) the ability of the
Company to maintain or improve production rates in the
Companys manufacturing facilities, respond to significant
changes in product demand and fulfill demand for new and
existing products; (iii) the Companys ability to
continue improvements in working capital; (iv) the ability
to continue successfully managing and defending claims and
litigation; (v) the success of the Companys efforts
to mitigate any cost increases generated by, for example,
increases in the cost of energy or significant Chinese Renminbi
or other currency appreciation; and (vi) the geographic
distribution of the Companys earnings.
The Companys ability to achieve the Results will also be
affected by external factors. These external factors include:
pricing pressure and other changes within competitive markets;
the continued consolidation of customers particularly in
consumer channels; inventory management pressures on the
Companys customers; the impact the tightened credit
markets may have on the Company or its customers or suppliers;
the extent to which the Company has to write off accounts
receivable or assets or experiences supply chain disruptions in
connection with bankruptcy filings by customers or suppliers;
increasing competition; changes in laws, regulations and
policies that affect the Company, including, but not limited to
trade, monetary, tax and fiscal policies and laws; the timing
and extent of any inflation or deflation in 2009; currency
exchange fluctuations; the impact of dollar/foreign currency
exchange and interest rates on the competitiveness of products
and the Companys debt program; the strength of the
U.S. and European economies; the extent to which world-wide
markets associated with homebuilding and remodeling continue to
deteriorate; the impact of events that cause or may cause
disruption in the Companys manufacturing, distribution and
sales networks such as war, terrorist activities, and political
unrest; and recessionary or expansive trends in the economies of
the world in which the Company operates, including, but not
limited to, the extent and duration of the current recession in
the US economy.
Unless required by applicable securities laws, the Company
undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward looking statements to reflect events or circumstances
that may arise after the date hereof. Readers are advised,
however, to consult any further disclosures made on related
subjects in the Companys reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
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PART II
OTHER INFORMATION
There have been no material changes to the risk factors as
disclosed in the Companys 2008 Annual Report on
Form 10-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
February 26, 2009.
|
|
ITEM 2.
|
UNREGISTERED
SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
|
Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table provides information about the
Companys purchases of equity securities that are
registered by the Company pursuant to Section 12 of the
Exchange Act during the three months ended April 4, 2009:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Number
|
|
|
Maximum Number
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
Of Shares
|
|
|
Of Shares That
|
|
|
|
Number Of
|
|
|
Average Price
|
|
|
Purchased As
|
|
|
May Yet Be
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Paid Per
|
|
|
Part Of A Publicly
|
|
|
Purchased Under
|
|
2009
|
|
Purchased
|
|
|
Share
|
|
|
Announced Program
|
|
|
The Program
|
|
|
January 4 February 7
|
|
|
4,265
|
|
|
$
|
33.16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 8 March 7
|
|
|
13,251
|
|
|
$
|
29.97
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 8 April 4
|
|
|
1,130
|
|
|
$
|
29.20
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18,646
|
|
|
$
|
30.66
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of April 4, 2009, 7.8 million shares of common
stock remain authorized for repurchase. The Company may
repurchase shares in the open market or through privately
negotiated transactions from time to time pursuant to this prior
authorization to the extent management deems warranted based on
a number of factors, including the level of acquisition
activity, the market price of the Companys common stock
and the current financial condition of the Company.
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
The shares of common stock in this column were deemed
surrendered to the Company by participants in various of the
Companys benefit plans to satisfy the taxes related to the
vesting or delivery of a combination of restricted share units
and long-term incentive shares under those plans.
|
|
|
ITEM 5.
|
OTHER
INFORMATION
|
(a) On May 4, 2009, the Company entered into an equity
distribution agreement (the Distribution Agreement)
with UBS Securities LLC (the Manager). Pursuant to
the Distribution Agreement, the Company may sell from time to
time through or to the Manager shares of the Companys
common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to
$200,000,000 (the Shares).
Under the Distribution Agreement, the Company designates the
minimum price and maximum number of Shares to be sold through
the Manager on any given trading day or days, and the Manager is
then required to use commercially reasonable efforts to offer
such Shares on such days, subject to certain conditions. Sales
of Shares, if any, will be made by means of ordinary
brokers transactions on the New York Stock Exchange at
market prices or as otherwise agreed with the Manager. The
Company may also agree to sell Shares to the Manager, as
principal for its own account, on terms agreed to by the parties.
The Company is not obligated to sell and the Manager is not
obligated to buy or sell any Shares under the Distribution
Agreement. No assurance can be given that the Company will sell
any Shares under the Distribution Agreement, or, if it does, as
to the sales price or number of Shares that the Company will
sell, or the dates when such sales will take place. The program
may be terminated or suspended by the Company at any time.
The foregoing description of the Distribution Agreement does not
purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the Distribution Agreement, which is filed as
Exhibit 1 to this Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
Equity Distribution Agreement dated as of May 4, 2009
between the Company and UBS Securities LLC.
|
|
(10)(i)
|
|
|
Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of February 17, 2009 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(v)(a) to the Companys Annual
Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended January 3, 2009).
|
|
(iii)(a)
|
|
|
The Stanley Works 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan*
|
|
(iii)(b)
|
|
|
Form of award letter for restricted stock units grants to
executive officers pursuant to the Companys 2009 Long Term
Incentive Plan*
|
|
(iii)(c)
|
|
|
Form of award letter for long term performance award grants to
executive officers pursuant to the Companys 2009 Long Term
Incentive Plan*
|
|
(iii)(d)
|
|
|
Employee Stock Purchase Plan as amended April 23, 2009*
|
|
(11)
|
|
|
Statement re computation of per share earnings (the information
required to be presented in this exhibit appears in Note C
to the Companys Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements set forth in this Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q).
|
|
(31)(i)(a)
|
|
|
Certification by Chief Executive Officer pursuant to
Rule 13a-14(a)
|
|
(i)(b)
|
|
|
Certification by Chief Financial Officer pursuant to
Rule 13a-14(a)
|
|
(32)(i)
|
|
|
Certification by Chief Executive Officer pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
(ii)
|
|
|
Certification by Chief Financial Officer pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
Management contract or compensation plan or arrangement.
|
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Exhibit 1
THE STANLEY WORKS
$200,000,000
Shares of Common Stock
(par value $2.50 per share)
EQUITY DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
May 4, 2009
UBS Securities LLC
299 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10171-0026
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Stanley Works, a Connecticut corporation (the
Company
), confirms its agreement (this
"
Agreement
) with UBS Securities LLC (the
Manager
), as follows:
SECTION 1.
Description of Securities
. The Company proposes to issue and sell through
or to the Manager, as sales agent and/or principal, shares of the Companys common stock, par value
$2.50 per share (the
Common Stock
), having an aggregate offering price of up to $200,000,000 (the
"
Shares
) on the terms set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement. The Company agrees that whenever
it determines to sell the Shares directly to the Manager as principal, it will enter into a
separate agreement (each, a
Terms Agreement
), in form and substance satisfactory to the Manager,
relating to such sale in accordance with Section 3 of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.
Representations and Warranties of the Company
. The Company represents and
warrants to and agrees with the Manager that:
(a) An automatic shelf registration statement (the
registration statement
) as defined in
Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the
Commission
) thereunder (collectively called the
Act
),
on Form S-3 (File No. 333-153646) in respect of the Shares, including a form of prospectus, has
been prepared and filed by the Company not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof, in
conformity with the requirements of the Act. The registration statement contains certain
information concerning the offering and sale of the Common Stock, including the Shares, and
contains additional information concerning the Company and its business; the Commission has not
issued an order preventing or suspending the use of the Basic Prospectus (as defined below), the
Prospectus Supplement (as defined below), the Prospectus (as defined below) or any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus (as defined below), or the effectiveness of the registration statement, and no
proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act has been instituted or, to the
Companys
knowledge, threatened by the Commission. Except where the context otherwise requires,
"
Registration Statement
, as used herein, means the registration statement, as amended at the time
of such registration statements effectiveness for purposes of Section 11 of the Act (the
"
Effective Time
), as such section applies to the Manager, as well as any new registration
statement, post-effective amendment or new automatic shelf registration statement as may have been
filed pursuant to this Agreement, including (1) any information contained in a prospectus filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, to the extent such information is
deemed, pursuant to Rule 430B or Rule 430C under the Act, to be part of the registration statement
at the time of such registration statements Effective Time, and (2) any registration statement
filed to register the offer and sale of Shares pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act. Except where
the context otherwise requires,
Basic Prospectus
, as used herein, means the prospectus filed as
part of each Registration Statement, together with any amendments or supplements thereto as of the
date of this Agreement (other than any prospectus supplement relating to an offering of securities
(including, without limitation, Common Stock) other than pursuant to this Agreement). Except where
the context otherwise requires,
Prospectus Supplement
, as used herein, means the final prospectus
supplement, relating to the Shares, filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Act within the time period required by such rule, in the form furnished by the
Company to the Manager in connection with the offering of the Shares. Except where the context
otherwise requires,
Prospectus
, as used herein, means the Prospectus Supplement together with the
Basic Prospectus attached to or used with the Prospectus Supplement.
Permitted Free Writing
Prospectuses
, as used herein, means the documents listed on Schedule A attached hereto or as
otherwise agreed by the Company and the Manager in writing.
Disclosure Package
, as used herein,
means the Prospectus together with any combination of one or more of the Permitted Free Writing
Prospectuses, if any, then in use in connection with the offering of Shares under this Agreement.
Any reference herein to the registration statement, the Registration Statement, the Basic
Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents, if any, incorporated by
reference, or deemed to be incorporated by reference, therein (the
Incorporated Documents
),
including, unless the context otherwise requires, the documents, if any, filed as exhibits to such
Incorporated Documents. Any reference herein to the terms
amend
,
amendment
or
supplement
with respect to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the
Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus shall be deemed to
refer to and include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the
Exchange Act
) on or after
the initial effective date of the Registration Statement, or the date of the Basic Prospectus, the
Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or such Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus, as the case may be, and deemed to be incorporated therein by reference.
(b) The Registration Statement complied at the Effective Time, complies as of the date hereof
and, as amended or supplemented, at each deemed
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effective date with respect to the Manager pursuant to Rule 430(B)(f)(2) of the Act, at each
Settlement Date (as defined in Section 3(a)(vii) hereof), and at all times during which a
prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically, deemed to be delivered
pursuant to Rule 153 or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in
connection with any sale of Shares, will comply, in all material respects, with the requirements of
the Act, and the Registration Statement did not and will not, at each of or during such times,
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; the conditions to the
use of Form S-3 in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares as contemplated hereby have
been satisfied; the Registration Statement meets, and the offering and sale of the Shares as
contemplated hereby complies with, the requirements of Rule 415 under the Act (including, without
limitation, Rule 415(a)(5)); the Basic Prospectus complied or will comply, at the time it was or
will be filed with the Commission, complies as of the date hereof (if filed with the Commission on
or prior to the date hereof) and, as of the time of each sale of Shares pursuant to this Agreement
(each, a
Time of Sale
), at each Settlement Date and at all times during which a prospectus is
required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically, deemed to be delivered pursuant to Rule
153 or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any
sale of Shares, will comply, in all material respects, with the requirements of the Act; at no time
during the period that begins on the earlier of the date of the Basic Prospectus and the date the
Basic Prospectus was filed with the Commission and ends on each Settlement Date did or will the
Basic Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, include an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; the Prospectus will comply, as of the
date that it is filed with the Commission, the date of the Prospectus Supplement, each Time of
Sale, each Settlement Date, and at all times during which a prospectus is required by the Act to be
delivered (whether physically, deemed to be delivered pursuant to Rule 153 or through compliance
with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Shares, in all
material respects, with the requirements of the Act (including, without limitation, Section 10(a)
of the Act); at no time during the period that begins on the date of the Prospectus Supplement and
ends at the later of each Settlement Date and the end of the period during which a prospectus is
required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically, deemed to be delivered pursuant to Rule
153 or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any
sale of Shares did or will the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, either alone or
together with any combination of one or more of the then issued Permitted Free Writing
Prospectuses, if any, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus will comply, as of its
date, as of each Time of Sale and Settlement Date and at all times during which a prospectus is
required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically, deemed to be delivered pursuant to Rule
153 or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any
sale of
Shares, in all material respects with the requirements of the Act; at no time
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during the period that begins on the date of such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and ends
at the later of each Settlement Date and the end of the period during which a prospectus is
required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically, deemed to be delivered pursuant to Rule
153 or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any
sale of any Shares did or will any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus include an untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided
,
however
,
that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statement contained in the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information concerning the Manager and furnished
in writing by or on behalf of the Manager expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the
Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus or such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus; each Incorporated
Document, at the time such document was filed with the Commission or at the time such document
became effective, as applicable, complied, in all material respects, with the requirements of the
Exchange Act and did not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading.
(c) (i) At the time of filing of the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most
recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether
such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (iii) at the time the Company or any person
acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) under the Act) made
any offer relating to the Shares in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 under the Act and (iv) at
the date hereof, the Company is a well-known seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405 under the
Act. The Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under
the Act objecting to the use of the automatic shelf registration form.
(d) Prior to the execution of this Agreement, the Company has not, directly or indirectly,
offered or sold any Shares by means of any prospectus or free writing prospectus (in each case
within the meaning of the Act) or used any prospectus or free writing prospectus (in each case
within the meaning of the Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares, and from and
after the execution of this Agreement until terminated pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company
will not, directly or indirectly, offer or sell any Shares by means of any prospectus or free
writing prospectus (in each case within the meaning of the Act) or use any prospectus or free
writing prospectus (in each case within the meaning of the Act) in connection with the offer or
sale of the Shares, other than the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, and any Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses; the
Company has not, directly or indirectly, prepared, used or referred to any Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus except in compliance with Rule 163 or with Rules 164 and 433 under the Act; assuming
that any such Permitted Free Writing
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Prospectus is so sent or given after the Registration Statement was filed with the Commission
(and after such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus was, if required pursuant to Rule 433(d) under
the Act, filed with the Commission), the sending or giving, by the Manager, of any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus will satisfy the provisions of Rule 164 or Rule 433 (without reliance on
subsections (b), (c) and (d) of Rule 164); the conditions set forth in one or more of subclauses
(i) through (iv), inclusive, of Rule 433(b)(1) under the Act are satisfied, and the registration
statement relating to the offering of the Shares contemplated hereby, as initially filed with the
Commission, includes a prospectus that, other than by reason of Rule 433 or Rule 431 under the Act,
satisfies the requirements of Section 10 of the Act; neither the Company nor the Manager is
disqualified, by reason of subsection (f) or (g) of Rule 164 under the Act, from using, in
connection with the offer and sale of the Shares, free writing prospectuses (as defined in Rule
405 under the Act) pursuant to Rules 164 and 433 under the Act; the Company is not an ineligible
issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) as of the eligibility determination date for
purposes of Rules 164 and 433 under the Act with respect to the offering of the Shares contemplated
by the Registration Statement.
(e) The Companys authorized equity capitalization is as set forth in the Prospectus; the
outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid
and nonassessable.
(f) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the State of Connecticut, with full corporate power and authority to own
or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction that requires such
qualification, except where the failure to so qualify is not reasonably likely to have a material
adverse effect on the condition, financial or otherwise, or earnings, business or affairs of the
Company and the Subsidiaries (as defined below), considered as one enterprise (a
Material Adverse
Effect
).
(g) Each subsidiary of the Company identified on Schedule B hereto (each, a
Subsidiary
and,
collectively, the
Subsidiaries
) has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation,
limited partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, and is, in jurisdictions
where the legal concept exists, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
formation, has the power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its
business as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified as a
foreign entity to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct
of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a
Material Adverse Effect; except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock, partnership interests or membership
interests, as the case may be, of each Subsidiary has been duly authorized
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and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company, directly or
through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance
claim or equity, except where such security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or
equity would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; none of the outstanding shares of capital
stock, partnership interests or membership interests, as the case may be, of the Subsidiaries was
issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary;
and the Subsidiaries constitute all of the Companys significant subsidiaries (as defined in Rule
1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Act).
(h) The Shares have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance by the Company, will be
duly issued and outstanding and fully paid and non-assessable when delivered against payment
therefor as provided herein, and the issuance of such Shares will not be subject to any preemptive
or similar rights.
(i) The statements in the Prospectus under the heading Description of Capital Stock fairly
summarize the documents and matters therein described.
(j) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. The
Company has not entered and will not enter during the term of this Agreement into any other sales
agency or distribution agreements or similar arrangements to sell Common Stock or securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock or warrants or other rights to
purchase Common Stock or any other securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the
Common Stock with any agent or other representative similar in nature to the equity shelf program
established by this Agreement.
(k) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation or default of (i) any
provision of its charter or bylaws or similar organizational documents or (ii) to the reasonable
knowledge of the Company (A) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust,
note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to
which it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject; or (B) any statute, law, rule,
regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any
court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority
having jurisdiction over the Company or such Subsidiary or any of their properties, as applicable,
except, in the case of subclauses (A) and (B), for such violations or defaults that are not
reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(l) The execution, and delivery by the Company of this Agreement, the issuance and sale of the
Shares and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (i) will not conflict with or
result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default
under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is bound or
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to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject;
nor (ii) will such action result in any violation of (A) the provisions of the charter or bylaws or
similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (B) any statute or
any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body (including, without
limitation, the New York Stock Exchange (the
NYSE
) (subject to the following clause of this
paragraph) and any insurance regulatory agency or body) having jurisdiction over the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or any of their properties; except in the case of clauses (i) and (ii)(B) for
conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have
a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to execute and
deliver this Agreement or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and no consent,
approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or
governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, except as have been obtained or made and under the securities or
blue sky laws of the various jurisdictions in which the Shares are being offered by the Manager or
under the Conduct Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. and except for
approvals of the NYSE in connection with the listing of Shares on the NYSE, which such approvals
will be obtained at or prior to the applicable Settlement Date with respect to any sale of Shares
hereunder.
(m) Except as described in the Registration Statement (excluding the exhibits thereto) and the
Prospectus, (i) no person has the right, contractual or otherwise, to cause the Company to issue or
sell to it any shares of Common Stock or shares of any other capital stock or other equity
interests of the Company, (ii) no person has any preemptive rights, resale rights, rights of first
refusal or other rights to purchase any shares of Common Stock or shares of any other capital stock
of or other equity interests in the Company and (iii) no person has the right to act as an
underwriter, agent, financial advisor to the Company or in any similar capacity in connection with
the offer and sale of the Shares; no person has the right, contractual or otherwise, to cause the
Company to register under the Act any shares of Common Stock or shares of any other capital stock
of or other equity interests in the Company, or to include any such shares or interests in the
Registration Statement or the offering contemplated thereby.
(n) The Company and its Subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other
authorizations issued by the appropriate U.S. federal, state or non-U.S. regulatory authorities
necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now operated by them, except where the failure
to possess such licenses, permits and other authorizations would not, singly or in the aggregate,
be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of
any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of
an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
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(o) No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or
body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their property is
pending or, to the reasonable knowledge of the Company, threatened that (i) could reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus.
(p) Ernst & Young LLP (the
Accountants
), who have certified certain financial statements of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and delivered their report with respect to the
audited consolidated financial statements and related schedules and the internal controls of the
Company included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, are independent public
accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of Regulation S-X under the Act.
(q) The consolidated historical financial statements and related schedules of the Company and
its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus present fairly the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of
the Company as of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form with the applicable
accounting requirements of Regulation S-X and have been prepared in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved
(except as otherwise noted therein).
(r) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the
application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus, will not be an investment
company as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(s) The Company and its Subsidiaries own or lease all such properties as are necessary to the
conduct of the operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries as presently conducted, except where
the failure to own or lease such properties is not reasonably likely to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(t) No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
exists or, to the reasonable knowledge of the Company, is threatened or imminent, except as would
not have a Material Adverse Effect, and except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus.
(u) Except as to such matters as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably likely
result in a Material Adverse Effect: (i) the minimum funding standard under Section 302 of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published
interpretations thereunder (
ERISA
), has been satisfied by each pension plan (as defined in
Section 3(2) of ERISA) which has been established or maintained by the Company and/or one or more of its subsidiaries,
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and the
trust forming part of each such plan which is intended to be qualified under Section 401 of the
Code is so qualified; each of the Company and its subsidiaries has fulfilled its obligations, if
any, under Section 515 of ERISA; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries maintains or is
required to contribute to a welfare plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) which provides
retiree or other post-employment welfare benefits or insurance coverage (other than continuation
coverage (as defined in Section 602 of ERISA)); (ii) each pension plan and welfare plan
established or maintained by the Company and/or one or more of its subsidiaries is in compliance in
all material respects with the currently applicable provisions of ERISA; and (iii) neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has incurred or could reasonably be expected to incur any withdrawal
liability under Section 4201 of ERISA, any liability under Section 4062, 4063, or 4064 of ERISA, or
any other liability under Title IV of ERISA.
(v) Except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and except as such
matters as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably likely result in a Material Adverse
Effect, (i) to the reasonable knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule,
regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative
interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or
judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without
limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or
wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened
release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances,
petroleum or petroleum products (collectively,
Hazardous Materials
) or to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous
Materials (collectively,
Environmental Laws
), (ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries have all
Governmental Licenses required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance
with their requirements, (iii) there are no pending or, to the reasonable knowledge of the Company,
threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims,
liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any
Environmental Law against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (iv) there are, to the
reasonable knowledge of the Company, no events or circumstances that might reasonably be expected
to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any
private party or governmental body or agency, against or affecting the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or Environmental Laws.
(w) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has timely filed all non-U.S., U.S. federal,
state and local tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions thereof
(except in any case in which the failure so to file would not have a Material Adverse Effect and
except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus) and has
paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing
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is due and payable, except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being
contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect and except
as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(x) The Common Stock is an actively-traded security excepted from the requirements of Rule
101 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act by subsection (c)(1) of such rule.
(y) The Company and its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with
managements general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with managements general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(z) The Company has established and maintains and evaluates disclosure controls and
procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) and
internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15
under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that
material information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries, is made known to the Companys
Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer by others within those entities, and such
disclosure controls and procedures are effective to perform the functions for which they were
established; the Companys independent auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors
of the Company are promptly advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies, if any, in the design or
operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Companys ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial data; and (ii) all fraud, if any, whether or not material,
that involves management or other employees who have a role in the Companys internal controls; all
material weaknesses, if any, in internal controls have been identified to the Companys independent
auditors; since the date of the most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures
and internal controls, there have been no significant changes in internal controls or in other
factors that could significantly affect internal controls, including any corrective actions with
regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses; the principal executive officers (or
their equivalents) and principal financial officers (or their equivalents) of the Company have made
all certifications required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
) and any
related rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission, and the statements contained in each
such certification are complete and correct; the Company, its subsidiaries and the Companys
directors and officers are each in compliance in all
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material respects with all applicable effective provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission and the NYSE promulgated thereunder.
(aa) To the reasonable knowledge of the Company, there is and has been no failure on the part
of the Company and any of the Companys directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to
comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and
Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(bb) None of the Company, any subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director,
officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has
taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the
FCPA
), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of
interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization
of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the
giving of anything of value to any foreign official (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any
foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in
contravention of the FCPA; and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company,
its affiliates have, within the past eight years, conducted their businesses in compliance with the
FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are
reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
(cc) No Subsidiary is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends
to the Company, from making any other distribution on such Subsidiarys capital stock, from
repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Company or from
transferring any of such Subsidiarys property or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary of
the Company, except as described in or contemplated in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus.
(dd) The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that has
constituted or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result, under the Exchange Act or
otherwise, in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
In addition, any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Manager
or counsel for the Manager in connection with the offering of the Shares shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to the Manager.
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SECTION 3.
Sale and Delivery of Securities
. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement and on the basis of the representations and warranties herein set forth, the
Company agrees to issue and sell through the Manager, as sales agent, and the Manager agrees to use
its commercially reasonable efforts to sell, as sales agent for the Company, the Shares on the
following terms.
(i) The Shares are to be sold on a daily basis or otherwise as shall be agreed to
by the Company and the Manager on any day that (A) is a trading day for the NYSE
(other than a day on which the NYSE is scheduled to close prior to its regular weekday
closing time), (B) the Company has instructed the Manager by telephone (confirmed
promptly by electronic mail) from any of the individuals listed as authorized
representatives of the Company on Schedule C hereto (the
Authorized Company
Representatives
) to make such sales and (C) the Company has satisfied its obligations
under Section 6 of this Agreement. The Company will designate the maximum number of
the Shares to be sold by the Manager daily as agreed to by the Manager and in any
event not in excess of the aggregate offering amount available for issuance under the
then effective Registration Statement and related Prospectus Supplement and not in
excess of the number of Shares authorized from time to time to be issued and sold
under this Agreement by the Companys board of directors, or a duly authorized
committee thereof, and notified to the Manager in writing. Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, the Manager shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell
all of the Shares designated on any day by the Company;
provided, however
, that the
Manager shall have no obligation to offer or sell any Shares, and the Company
acknowledges and agrees that the Manager shall have no such obligation, in the event
an offer or sale of the Shares on behalf of the Company may in the judgment of the
Manager constitute the sale of a block under Rule 10b-18(a)(5) under the Exchange
Act or a distribution within the meaning of Rule 100 of Regulation M under the
Exchange Act or the Manager reasonably believes it may be deemed an underwriter
under the Act in a transaction that is other than by means of ordinary brokers
transactions between members of the NYSE that qualify for delivery of a Prospectus to
the NYSE in accordance with Rule 153 under the Act (such ordinary brokers
transactions are hereinafter referred to as
At the Market Offerings
).
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company, through any of the Authorized
Company Representatives, may instruct the Manager by telephone (confirmed promptly by
electronic mail) not to sell the Shares if such sales cannot be effected at or above
the price designated by the Company in any such instruction.
(iii) In addition, the Company or the Manager may suspend the offer and sale of
the Shares pursuant to this Agreement by notifying the other party by telephone
(confirmed promptly by electronic mail) to such
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effect (a
Temporary Suspension Notice
), in which event the obligations of the
Company to deliver, or to cause the delivery of, the documents required by Sections
4(l), (m), (n) and (o) hereof, the obligations of the Company to conduct due diligence
sessions under Section 4(p) hereof and the other obligations of the Company set forth
on Schedule D hereof and the obligations of the Manager under Section 3 shall be
suspended until such date (the
Recommencement Date
) as the party issuing the
Temporary Suspension Notice notifies the other party by telephone (confirmed promptly
by electronic mail) that it wishes to recommence the offer and sale of the Shares
pursuant to this Agreement (the
Recommencement Notice
). The Recommencement Date
specified in a Recommencement Notice given by the Company or Manager shall be subject
to the agreement of the other party. A suspension shall not affect or impair the
parties respective obligations with respect to the Shares, if any, sold pursuant to
this Agreement prior to the giving of such Temporary Suspension Notice, including the
obligations of the Company to deliver, or cause the delivery of, the documents
required under Sections 4 and 6 hereof and to conduct a due diligence session under
Section 4(p) hereof on any date occurring on or before the Settlement Date for any
Shares previously sold.
(iv) The Manager hereby covenants and agrees not to make any sales of the Shares
on behalf of the Company, pursuant to this Section 3(a), other than (A) by means of At
the Market Offerings and (B) such other sales of the Shares on behalf of the Company
in its capacity as agent of the Company as shall be agreed by the Company and the
Manager.
(v) The compensation to the Manager, as an agent of the Company, for sales of the
Shares shall be 2% of the gross sales price of the Shares sold pursuant to this
Section 3(a). Such compensation shall not apply when the Manager acts as principal
pursuant to a Terms Agreement. The remaining proceeds, after further deduction for
any transaction fees imposed by any governmental or self-regulatory organization in
respect of such sales, shall constitute the net proceeds to the Company for such
Shares (the
Net Proceeds
).
(vi) The Manager shall provide written notice (which notice may be by e-mail) to
the Company following the close of trading on the NYSE each day in which the Shares
are sold under this Section 3(a), but in any event prior to the opening of trading on
the immediately following trading day, setting forth the number of the Shares sold on
such day, the gross sales price of such Shares, and the compensation payable by the
Company to the Manager with respect to such sales.
(vii) Settlement for sales of the Shares pursuant to this Section 3(a) will occur
on the third business day following the date on which
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such sales are made (each such date, a
Settlement Date
). On each Settlement
Date, the Shares sold through the Manager for settlement on such date shall be issued
and delivered by the Company to the Manager against payment of the Net Proceeds for
the sale of such Shares. Settlement for all such Shares shall be effected by free
delivery of the Shares by the Company or its transfer agent to the Managers account,
or to the account of the Managers designee, at The Depository Trust Company through
its Deposit and Withdrawal at Custodian System (DWAC) or by such other means of
delivery as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto, in return for payment
in same day funds delivered to the account designated by the Company. If the Company,
or its transfer agent (if applicable), shall default on its obligation to deliver the
Shares on any Settlement Date, the Company shall (A) indemnify and hold the Manager
harmless against any loss, claim or damage arising from or as a result of such default
by the Company and (B) pay the Manager any commission to which it would otherwise be
entitled absent such default. In addition, settlement for sales of the Shares
pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall be subject to the provisions set forth in Schedule
E hereto. The Authorized Company Representatives shall be the contact persons for the
Company for all matters related to the settlement of the transfer of the Shares
through DWAC for purposes of this Section 3(a)(vii).
(viii) At each Time of Sale, Settlement Date and Representation Date (as defined
in Section 4(l) hereof), the Company shall be deemed to have affirmed to the Manager
that each representation and warranty contained in this Agreement is true and correct
as of such time or date as though made at and as of such time or date. Any obligation
of the Manager to use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell the Shares on behalf
of the Company shall be subject to the continuing accuracy of the representations and
warranties of the Company herein, to the performance by the Company of its obligations
hereunder and to the continuing satisfaction of the additional conditions specified in
Section 6 of this Agreement.
(b) If the Company wishes to issue and sell the Shares other than as set forth in Section 3(a)
of this Agreement (each, a
Placement
), it will notify the Manager of the proposed terms of such
Placement. If the Manager, acting as principal, wishes to accept such proposed terms (which it may
decline to do for any reason in its sole discretion) or, following discussions with the Company,
wishes to accept amended terms, the Manager and the Company will enter into a Terms Agreement
setting forth the terms of such Placement. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this
Agreement and the terms of any Terms Agreement, the terms of such Terms Agreement will control.
(c) (i) Under no circumstances shall the aggregate gross sales proceeds of the Shares sold
pursuant to this Agreement exceed the amount set forth in Section 1 hereof nor shall the aggregate
number of Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement exceed the number of Shares authorized from time
to time to be issued and
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sold under this Agreement by the Companys board of directors, or a duly authorized committee
thereof, and notified to the Manager in writing. Under no circumstances shall the Company cause or
request the offer or sale of any Shares at a price lower than the minimum price authorized from
time to time by the Companys board of directors or a duly authorized committee thereof, and
notified to the Manager in writing.
(ii) If either party has reason to believe that the exemptive provisions set forth in Rule
101(c)(1) of Regulation M under the Exchange Act are not satisfied with respect to the Shares, it
shall promptly notify the other party and sales of the Shares under this Agreement shall be
suspended until that or other exemptive provisions have been satisfied in the judgment of each
party. Upon the reasonable request of the Company in writing to the Manager (which such request may
be by e-mail), the Manager shall promptly calculate and provide in writing to the Company a report
setting forth, for the prior week, the average daily trading volume (as defined in Rule 100 of
Regulation M under the Exchange Act) of the Common Stock.
(d) Each sale of the Shares to or through the Manager shall be made in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement or, if applicable, a Terms Agreement.
(e) Subject to the limitations set forth herein and as may be mutually agreed upon by the
Company and the Manager, sales pursuant to this Agreement may not be requested by the Company and
need not be made by the Manager during any period in which the Company is in possession of material
non-public information.
(f) The Company acknowledges and agrees that (A) there can be no assurance that the Manager
will be successful in selling the Shares, (B) the Manager will incur no liability or obligation to
the Company or any other person or entity if it does not sell Shares under this Agreement (other
than to the extent as may be provided for in any Terms Agreement) for any reason other than a
failure by the Manager to use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal
trading and sales practices and applicable law and regulations to sell such Shares in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, and (C) the Manager shall be under no obligation to purchase
Shares on a principal basis pursuant to this Agreement, except as otherwise specifically agreed by
the Manager and the Company.
SECTION 4.
Covenants of the Company
. The Company agrees with the Manager:
(a) To notify the Manager promptly of the time on or after the date of this Agreement when the
Registration Statement or any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or become
effective or when the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or
any supplement to any of the foregoing has been filed (other than any prospectus supplement
relating to an offering of securities (including, without limitation, Common Stock) other than
pursuant to this Agreement); to prepare and file with the Commission, any amendments or supplements
to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free
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Writing Prospectus that, in the Managers reasonable opinion, may be necessary or advisable in
connection with the offering of the Shares by the Manager; and to cause the Basic Prospectus, the
Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus and each amendment or supplement to the Basic Prospectus
or the Prospectus to be filed with the Commission as required pursuant to the applicable paragraph
of Rule 424(b) of the Act (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)) or, in the case of any Incorporated
Document, to be filed with the Commission as required pursuant to the Exchange Act, within the time
period prescribed; to cause each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus to be filed with the Commission
as required by Rule 433 of the Act (to the extent such filing is required by such rule) and to
retain copies of each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus that is not required to be filed with the
Commission in accordance with Rule 433 of the Act.
(b) To promptly advise the Manager, confirming such advice in writing, of any request by the
Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the
Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus (other than any prospectus supplement relating
to an offering of securities (including, without limitation, Common Stock) other than pursuant to
this Agreement) or for additional information with respect thereto, or of notice of institution of
proceedings for, or the entry of a stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement and, if the Commission should enter a stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, to use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting or removal
of such order as soon as possible; to promptly advise the Manager of any proposal to amend or
supplement the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Disclosure
Package (other than any prospectus supplement relating to an offering of securities (including,
without limitation, Common Stock) other than pursuant to this Agreement or any amendment or
supplement to be effected by the Companys filing of a report, document or proxy or information
statement pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, which shall be subject to the
provisions of Section 4(d)(2) below), and to provide the Manager and its counsel copies of any such
documents for review prior to any proposed filing.
(c) To make available to the Manager, as soon as practicable after this Agreement becomes
effective, and thereafter from time to time to furnish to the Manager, as many copies of the
Prospectus and each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus (or of the Prospectus or any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have made any amendments or
supplements thereto after the effective date of the Registration Statement (other than any
prospectus supplement relating to an offering of securities (including, without limitation, Common
Stock) other than pursuant to this Agreement)) as the Manager may reasonably request for the
purposes contemplated by the Act; in case the Manager is required to deliver (whether physically,
deemed to be delivered pursuant to Rule 153 or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or
any similar rule), in connection with the sale of the Shares, a prospectus after the nine-month
period referred to in Section 10(a)(3) of the Act, or after the time a post-effective amendment to
the Registration Statement is required pursuant to Item 512(a) of
Regulation S-K under the Act, the Company will prepare, at its expense, promptly upon
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request
such amendment or amendments to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as may be necessary
to permit compliance with the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Act or Item 512(a) of
Regulation S-K under the Act, as the case may be.
(d) (1) Subject to clause (2) of this Section (d) hereof, to file all reports and documents
and any preliminary or definitive proxy or information statement required to be filed by the
Company with the Commission in order to comply with the Exchange Act for so long as a prospectus is
required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically, deemed to be delivered pursuant to Rule
153 or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any
sale of Shares; and (2) to provide the Manager, for its review, with a copy of such reports and
statements and other documents to be filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act during such period prior to any proposed filing.
(e) To pay the fees applicable to the Registration Statement in connection with the offering
of the Shares within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the Act (without reliance on the
proviso to Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the Act) and in compliance with Rule 456(b) and Rule 457(r)
under the Act.
(f) To promptly notify the Manager of the happening of any event that could require the making
of any change in the Prospectus then being used so that the Prospectus would not include an untrue
statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading
and, subject to Section 4(b) and Section 4(d), to prepare and furnish, at the Companys expense, to
the Manager promptly such amendments or supplements to such Prospectus as may be reasonably
necessary to reflect any such change; and to promptly notify the Manager of the happening of any
event that could require the making of any change in any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus so that
such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus would not conflict with information contained in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Incorporated Documents or so that such Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus would not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading and, subject to Section 4(b) and Section 4(d), to
prepare and furnish, at the Companys expense, to the Manager promptly such amendments or
supplements to such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as may be reasonably necessary to eliminate
any such conflict or reflect any such change.
(g) To furnish such information as may be reasonably required and otherwise to cooperate in
qualifying the Shares for offering and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such states or
other jurisdictions as the Manager may reasonably designate and to maintain such qualifications in
effect so long as required for the distribution of the Shares;
provided
,
however
, that the Company
shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to consent to the service of process
under the laws of
any such jurisdiction (except service of process with respect to the offering and sale of
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the
Shares); and to promptly advise the Manager of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offer or sale in any jurisdiction
or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.
(h) To make generally available to its security holders an earnings statement of the Company
(which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act) covering a period of twelve months
beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) of the
Act) as soon as is reasonably practicable after the termination of such twelve-month period but not
later than eighteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as such date is
defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act).
(i) Not to sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any
option to sell or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly or permit the
registration under the Act of, any shares of the Common Stock or securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for the Common Stock or warrants or other rights to purchase the Common
Stock or any other securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the Common Stock, in
each case without giving the Manager at least three business days prior written notice specifying
the nature of the proposed sale and the date of such proposed sale. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Company may, without prior notice to the Manager, (i) register the offer and sale of the Shares
through the Manager pursuant to this Agreement; (ii) file a registration statement on Form S-8
relating to Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to equity compensation plans; (iii) issue
securities under the Companys equity compensation plans described in the Companys reports filed
with the Commission under the Exchange Act; (iv) issue shares upon the settlement of contracts in
existence on the date hereof; and (v) issue shares upon conversion of outstanding securities or the
exercise of outstanding options or warrants existing on the date hereof described in the Companys
reports filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act or issued after the date of this Agreement
under equity compensation plans described in clause (iii) of this sentence. In the event that
notice of a proposed sale is provided by the Company pursuant to this Section 4(i), the Manager may
suspend activity under this Agreement pursuant to Section 3(a)(iii).
(j) Not, at any time at or after the execution of this Agreement until terminated pursuant to
the terms hereof, to offer or sell any Shares by means of any prospectus (within the meaning of
the Act), or use any prospectus (within the meaning of the Act) in connection with the offer or
sale of the Shares, in each case other than the Prospectus.
(k) The Company will not, and will cause its Subsidiaries not to, take, directly or
indirectly, any action designed, or which will constitute, or has constituted, or might reasonably
be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of
the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
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(l) Upon delivery by the Company of notice that it is commencing the offering of the Shares
under this Agreement (which date need not be the date of this Agreement or the date that the
Prospectus Supplement is filed with the Commission), each Recommencement Date following a
suspension of this Agreement pursuant to Section 3(a)(iii) hereof, and each time (subject to
suspension upon delivery of a Temporary Suspension Notice) that (i) the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented (other than by the filing with the Commission of
any documents incorporated by reference therein, which shall be subject to the provisions of
subclause (ii) below and other than a prospectus supplement filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Act relating solely to an offering of securities (including, without limitation, Common Stock)
other than the Shares pursuant to this Agreement), (ii) there is filed with the Commission any
document incorporated by reference into the Prospectus (other than a Current Report on Form 8-K,
unless the Manager shall otherwise reasonably request), or (iii) as the Manager may reasonably
request (the date of commencement of the offering of the Shares under this Agreement, each
Recommencement Date, and each date referred to in subclauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, each a
Representation Date
), to furnish or cause to be furnished to the Manager a certificate of the
same tenor as the certificate referred to in said Section 6(f), modified as necessary to relate to
the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented
to the time of delivery of such certificate.
(m) At each Representation Date (subject to suspension upon the delivery of a Temporary
Suspension Notice), to furnish or cause to be furnished to the Manager a written opinion of
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel to the Company (
Company Counsel
), dated and
delivered as of such Representation Date, and a written opinion of Bruce Beatt, General Counsel of
the Company, Donald Riccitelli, Corporate Counsel of the Company, or Kathryn P. Sherer,
Assistant General Counsel of the Company (each, an
In-House Counsel
), or other counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Manager, dated and delivered as of such Representation Date, in each case of
the same tenor as the opinions referred to in Section 6(d) of this Agreement, but modified as
necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to
the time of delivery of such opinions.
(n) At each Representation Date (subject to suspension upon the delivery of a Temporary
Suspension Notice), to furnish or cause to be furnished to the Manager a certificate of the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, dated and delivered as of such Representation
Date, of the same tenor as the certificate referred to in Section 6(h) of this Agreement.
(o) Upon delivery by the Company of written notice that it is commencing the offering of the
Shares under this Agreement (which date need not be the date of this Agreement or the date that the
Prospectus Supplement is filed with the Commission) and each Recommencement Date following a
suspension of this Agreement, and each time (subject to suspension upon the delivery of a Temporary
Suspension Notice) that (i) the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended
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or supplemented to include additional or amended financial information (other than an
amendment or supplement effected by the filing with the Commission of any document incorporated by
reference therein, which shall be subject to the provisions of subclauses (ii) and (iii) below) and
other than a prospectus supplement filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act relating solely to
an offering of securities (including, without limitation, Common Stock) other than the Shares
pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) the Company shall file an annual report on Form 10-K or a
quarterly report on Form 10-Q (each date of such a filing, a
Filing Date
), (iii) upon request by
the Manager to the Company, there is filed with the Commission any document (other than an annual
report on Form 10-K or a quarterly report on Form 10-Q) incorporated by reference into the
Prospectus which contains financial information, or (iv) as the Manager may reasonably request, to
cause the Accountants or other independent accounts as may be applicable to furnish the Manager a
letter, dated the date of the commencement of the offering, the date of effectiveness of such
amendment, the date of filing of such supplement or other document with the Commission, or the date
of such request, as the case may be, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Manager,
of the same tenor as the letter referred to in Section 6(e) of this Agreement but modified to
relate to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, in each case, as
amended and supplemented to the date of such letter.
(p) At each Representation Date (subject to suspension upon delivery of a Temporary Suspension
Notice), to conduct a due diligence session, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Manager, which shall include representatives of the management and the accountants of the Company.
(q) That the Company consents to the Manager trading in the Common Stock for the Managers own
account and for the account of its clients at the same time as sales of the Shares occur pursuant
to this Agreement, in each case in accordance with applicable law.
(r) If to the knowledge of the Company, any condition set forth in Section 6(a), 6(b) or 6(i)
of this Agreement shall not have been satisfied on the applicable Settlement Date, to offer to any
person who has agreed to purchase the Shares from the Company as the result of an offer to purchase
solicited by the Manager the right to refuse to purchase and pay for such Shares.
(s) To disclose in each quarterly report on Form 10-Q and annual report on Form 10-K in
respect of any period in which sales of Shares are made under this Agreement the number of the
Shares sold through or to the Manager under this Agreement, the Net Proceeds to the Company and the
compensation paid by the Company with respect to sales of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement.
(t) To ensure that prior to instructing the Manager to sell Shares the Company shall have
obtained all necessary corporate authority for the offer and sale of such Shares.
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(u) That each acceptance by the Company of an offer to purchase the Shares hereunder shall be
deemed to be an affirmation to the Manager that the representations and warranties of the Company
contained in or made pursuant to this Agreement are true and correct as of the date of such
acceptance and as of the Settlement Date for the Shares relating to such acceptance, as though made
at and as of each such date (except that such representations and warranties shall be deemed to
relate to the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as amended and
supplemented relating to such Shares).
SECTION 5.
Payment of Expenses
. (a) The Company agrees with the Manager that whether
or not the transactions contemplated hereunder are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to
pay all of the Companys expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder,
including, but not limited to, such costs, expenses, fees and taxes in connection with (i) the
preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus
Supplement, the Prospectus, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and any amendments or
supplements thereto, and the printing and furnishing of copies of each thereof to the Manager
(including costs of mailing and shipment), (ii) the registration, issue, sale and delivery of the
Shares including any stock or transfer taxes and stamp or similar duties payable upon the sale,
issuance or delivery of the Shares, (iii) the producing, word processing and/or printing of this
Agreement, any Powers of Attorney and any closing documents (including compilations thereof) and
the reproduction and/or printing and furnishing of copies of each thereof to the Manager (including
costs of mailing and shipment), (iv) the qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under
state laws and the determination of their eligibility for investment under state or foreign law as
aforesaid (including the reasonable and documented legal fees and filing fees and other
disbursements of counsel for the Manager for the purpose thereof) and the printing and furnishing
of copies of any blue sky surveys to the Manager, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NYSE and any
other exchange and any registration thereof under the Exchange Act, (vi) any filing for review of
the public offering of the Shares by FINRA, including the reasonable and documented legal fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Manager relating to FINRA matters and (vii) the fees and
disbursements of the Companys counsel and of the Companys accountants.
(b) The Company shall reimburse the Manager for reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for
the Manager incurred in connection with this Agreement in accordance with Schedule F attached
hereto. Except to the extent otherwise provided herein or in Section 7 hereof, the Manager will
pay all of its other own out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with entering into
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation,
travel, reproduction, printing and similar expenses.
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SECTION 6.
Conditions of Managers Obligations
. The obligations of the Manager
hereunder are subject to (i) the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the
Company on the date hereof, any applicable date referred to in Section 4(l) of this Agreement and
as of each Settlement Date, (ii) the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and
(iii) to the following additional conditions precedent.
(a) No stop order with respect to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have
been issued under the Act or proceedings initiated under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Act, and no
order directed at or in relation to any document incorporated by reference therein and no order
preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and no
suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or to the
knowledge of the Company or the Manager of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any
of such purposes, has occurred.
(b) The Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed in the manner and within
the time period required by Rule 424(b); any other material required to be filed by the Company
pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the
applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use or the use of the
Prospectus shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted
or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened.
(c) Subsequent to the latest dates as of which information is given or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Disclosure
Package, there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters
referred to in paragraph (e) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a
prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or
properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, the effect of which, in any case
referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Manager, so material and
adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the
Shares as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package.
(d) The Company shall furnish to the Manager, at every date specified in Section 4(m) of this
Agreement, an opinion of Company Counsel, addressed to the Manager, and dated as of such date, in
substantially the form set forth in
Exhibit A-1
hereto, and an opinion of In-House Counsel,
addressed to the Manager, and dated as of such date, in substantially the form set forth in
Exhibit A-2
hereto. In lieu of any such opinion to be delivered subsequent to the
commencement of the offering of the Shares
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under this Agreement, such counsel may furnish the Manager with a letter, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Manager, to the effect that the Manager may rely upon the
last opinion delivered to the Manager by such counsel to the same extent as though it were dated
the date of such letter authorizing reliance (except that statements in such last opinion shall be
deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to
the time of delivery of such letter authorizing reliance).
(e) At the dates specified in Section 4(o) of this Agreement, the Manager shall have received
from the Accountants letters dated the date of delivery thereof and addressed to the Manager in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Manager.
(f) The Company shall deliver to the Manager, at every Representation Date specified in
Section 4(l) of this Agreement, a certificate of two of its executive officers in substantially the
form set forth in
Exhibit B
hereto (except that such certificate shall relate to the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented as of such Representation
Date).
(g) The Manager shall have received, at each date the opinions referred to in Section 6(d) of
this Agreement are delivered or caused to be delivered by the Company, the favorable opinion of
Davis Polk & Wardwell, counsel to the Manager, dated as of such date, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Manager. In lieu of any such opinion to be delivered subsequent to
the commencement of the offering of the Shares under this Agreement, such counsel may furnish the
Manager with a letter to the effect that the Manager may rely upon the last opinion delivered to
the Manager by such counsel to the same extent as though it were dated the date of such letter
authorizing reliance (except that statements in such last opinion shall be deemed to relate to the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of
such letter authorizing reliance).
(h) The Manager shall have received, at every date specified in Section 4(n) of this
Agreement, a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, dated as of
such date, in substantially the form set forth in
Exhibit C
hereto.
(i) The Shares shall have been approved for listing on the NYSE, subject only to notice of
issuance at or prior to the Settlement Date.
SECTION 7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Manager, the members, directors,
officers, employees, affiliates and agents of the Manager and each person who controls the Manager
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become
subject under the Act, the
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Exchange Act or other U.S. federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Registration Statement for the registration of the Shares, or in the Basic
Prospectus, any Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus, or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, or
arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and
agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action;
provided, however
, that the Company will not be liable in any such
case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon
any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein
in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on
behalf of the Manager specifically for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement will be in
addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have.
(b) The Manager agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each
of its officers who signs the Registration Statement and each person who controls the Company
within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing
indemnity from the Company to the Manager, but only with reference to written information relating
to the Manager furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Manager specifically for inclusion
in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in
addition to any liability that the Manager may otherwise have.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 7 of notice of the
commencement of any action (a
Proceeding
), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect
thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 7, notify the indemnifying
party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party
(i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it
did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the
indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the
indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification
obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to
appoint counsel (including local counsel) of the indemnifying partys choice at the indemnifying
partys expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is
sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and
expenses of any separate counsel, other than local counsel if not appointed by the indemnifying
party, retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below);
provided, however
,
that such counsel shall be satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying
partys election to appoint counsel (including local counsel) to represent the indemnified party in
an action, the
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indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel),
and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of no more than one
such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the
indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest; (ii) the actual or
potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be
legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or
additional to those available to the indemnifying party; (iii) the indemnifying party shall not
have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party
within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action; or (iv) the indemnifying
party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the
indemnifying party. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any
Proceeding effected without its written consent but, if settled with its written consent, such
indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the indemnified party or parties from and
against any loss or liability, as incurred, by reason of such settlement. An indemnifying party
will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or
consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit
or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether
or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such
settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party
from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include
a statement or an admission of fault, culpability by failure to act, by or on behalf of any
indemnified party.
(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 7 is
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Company
and the Manager agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities
(including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or
defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or action) (collectively Losses) to which the
Company and the Manager may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Company on the one hand and by the Manager on the other from the offering
of the Shares;
provided, however
, that in no case shall the Manager be responsible for any amount
in excess of the compensation paid to the Manager pursuant to Section 3(a)(v) hereof. If the
allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the
Company and the Manager shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only
such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Manager
on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses, as well
as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed
to be equal to the net proceeds received by it, and benefits received by the Manager shall be
deemed to be equal to the total compensation paid to the Manager pursuant to Section 3(a)(v).
Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
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material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided
by the Company on the one hand or the Manager on the other, the intent of the parties and their
relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue
statement or omission. The Company and the Manager agree that it would not be just and equitable
if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation that does
not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions
of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of
such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 7, each person who controls the
Manager within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and
each director, officer, employee, affiliate and agent of the Manager shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Manager, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either
the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration
Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the
Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).
SECTION 8.
Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery
. The indemnity and
contribution agreements contained in Section 7 and the covenants, warranties and representations of
the Company contained in this Agreement or in certificates delivered pursuant hereto shall remain
in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Manager, its
partners, directors or officers or any person (including each partner, officer or director of such
person) who controls the Manager within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, or by or on behalf of the Company, its directors or officers or any person who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act,
and shall survive any termination of this Agreement or the issuance and delivery of the Shares.
SECTION
9.
Termination
.
(a) The Company shall have the right, by giving written notice as hereinafter specified, to
terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time. Any such termination shall be without
liability of any party to any other party except that (i) if any of the Shares have been sold
through the Manager for the Company, then Section 4(t) of this Agreement shall remain in full force
and effect with respect to such Shares, (ii) with respect to any pending sale, through the Manager
for the Company, the obligations of the Company, including in respect of compensation of the
Manager, shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the termination and (iii) the
provisions of Sections 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 of this Agreement shall remain in
full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.
(b) The Manager shall have the right, by giving written notice as hereinafter specified, to
terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time. Any
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such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Sections 5, 7, 8, 10, 11,
12, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding
such termination.
(c) This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless terminated pursuant to
Sections 9(a) or (b) above or otherwise by mutual agreement of the parties;
provided
that any such
termination by mutual agreement shall in all cases be deemed to provide that the provisions of
Sections 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 shall remain in full force and effect.
(d) Any termination of this Agreement shall be effective on the date specified in such notice
of termination;
provided
that such termination shall not be effective until the close of business
on the date of receipt of such notice by the Manager or the Company, as the case may be. If such
termination shall occur prior to the Settlement Date for any sale of the Shares, such sale shall
settle in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(a)(vii) of this Agreement.
SECTION 10.
Notices
. Except as otherwise herein provided, all statements, requests,
notices and agreements under this Agreement shall be in writing and delivered by hand, overnight
courier, mail or facsimile and, if to the Manager, shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered
or sent to UBS Securities LLC, 299 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10171-0026, Attention: Syndicate
Department, Fax No. (212) 821-6186, with a copy for information purposes to UBS Securities LLC, 677
Washington Blvd., Stamford, CT, 06901, Attention: Legal and Compliance Department, Fax No. (203)
719-0680 and, if to the Company, it shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent to the
Company at the offices of the Company at 1000 Stanley Drive, New Britain, Connecticut 06053,
Attention: Treasurer, with a copy to Gregory A. Fernicola, Esq., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP, Four Times Square, New York, New York 10036. Each party to this Agreement may change
such address for notices by sending to the parties to this Agreement written notice of a new
address for such purpose.
SECTION 11.
Parties at Interest
. The Agreement herein set forth has been and is made
solely for the benefit of the Manager and the Company and to the extent provided in Section 7 of
this Agreement the controlling persons, directors and officers referred to in such section, and
their respective successors, assigns, heirs, personal representatives and executors and
administrators. No other person, partnership, association or corporation (including a purchaser,
as such purchaser, from the Manager) shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this
Agreement.
SECTION 12.
No Fiduciary Relationship
. The Company hereby acknowledges that the
Manager is acting solely as sales agent and/or principal in connection with the purchase and sale
of the Companys securities. The Company further acknowledges that the Manager is acting pursuant
to a contractual relationship created solely by this Agreement entered into on an arms length basis, and in no event do the
parties intend that the Manager act or be responsible as a fiduciary to the
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Company, its
management, stockholders or creditors or any other person in connection with any activity that the
Manager may undertake or have undertaken in furtherance of the purchase and sale of the Companys
securities, either before or after the date hereof. The Manager hereby expressly disclaims any
fiduciary or similar obligations to the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, and the Company hereby confirms its understanding and agreement to that effect.
The Company and the Manager agree that they are each responsible for making their own independent
judgments with respect to any such transactions and that any opinions or views expressed by the
Manager to the Company regarding such transactions, including, but not limited to, any opinions or
views with respect to the price or market for the Companys securities, do not constitute advice or
recommendations to the Company. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the Manager with respect to any
breach or alleged breach of any fiduciary or similar duty to the Company in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions.
SECTION 13.
Press Releases and Disclosure
. The Company may issue a press release in
compliance with Rule 134 under the Securities Act describing the material terms of the transactions
contemplated hereby as soon as practicable following the date hereof, and may file with the
Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K describing the material terms of the transaction
contemplated hereby, and the Company shall consult with the Manager prior to making such
disclosures if such disclosure includes any reference to the Manager or any offering of the Shares,
and the parties shall use all reasonable efforts, acting in good faith, to agree upon a text for
such disclosures that is reasonably satisfactory to all parties. No party hereto shall issue
thereafter any press release or like public statement (including, without limitation, any
disclosure required in reports filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act) related to
this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby that includes any reference to the
other party hereto without the prior written approval of the other (which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld), except as may be necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the party
seeking to make disclosure to comply with the requirements of applicable law or stock exchange
rules. If any press release or like public statement includes any reference to the other party,
the party making such disclosure shall consult with the other party prior to making such
disclosure, and the parties shall use all reasonable efforts, acting in good faith, to agree upon a
text for such disclosure that is reasonably satisfactory to all parties.
SECTION 14.
Adjustments for Stock Splits
. The parties acknowledge and agree that all
share related numbers contained in this Agreement shall be adjusted to take into account any stock
split effected with respect to the Shares.
SECTION 15.
Entire Agreement
. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and
supersedes all other prior and contemporaneous agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the parties hereto with regard to the subject
matter hereof.
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SECTION 16.
Counterparts
. This Agreement may be signed by the parties in one or more
counterparts which together shall constitute one and the same agreement among the parties.
SECTION 17.
Law; Construction
. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed
within the State of New York. Each of the Manager and the Company (on its behalf and, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) hereby waive any
right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim, whether based upon contract, tort
or otherwise, (
Claim
) in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
SECTION 18.
Headings
. The Section headings in this Agreement have been inserted as a
matter of convenience of reference and are not a part of this Agreement.
SECTION 19.
Submission to Jurisdiction
. Except as set forth below, no Claim may be
commenced, prosecuted or continued in any court other than the courts of the State of New York
located in the City and County of New York or in the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York, which courts shall have jurisdiction over the adjudication of such matters,
and the Company consents to the jurisdiction of such courts and personal service with respect
thereto.
SECTION 20.
Successors and Assigns
. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Manager
and the Company and their successors and assigns and any successor or assign of any substantial
portion of the Companys and the Managers respective businesses and/or assets.
SECTION 21.
Miscellaneous
. The Manager, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of UBS
AG, is not a bank and is separate from any affiliated bank, including any U.S. branch or agency of
UBS AG. Because the Manager is a separately incorporated entity, it is solely responsible for its
own contractual obligations and commitments, including obligations with respect to sales and
purchases of securities. Securities sold, offered or recommended by the Manager are not deposits,
are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, are not guaranteed by a branch or
agency, and are not otherwise an obligation or responsibility of a branch or agency.
Lending affiliates of the Manager have or may in the future have lending relationships with
issuers of securities underwritten or privately placed by the Manager. Prospectuses and other
disclosure documents for securities underwritten or privately placed by the Manager may disclose
the existence of any such lending relationships and whether the proceeds of the issue may be used
to repay debts owed to affiliates of the Manager.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between the Company and the Manager,
please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this Agreement and your
acceptance shall constitute a binding agreement between the Company and the Manager.
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THE STANLEY WORKS
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UBS SECURITIES LLC
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Exhibit 10(iii)(d)
As Amended April 23, 2009
THE STANLEY WORKS
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
The Stanley Works Employee Stock Purchase Plan offers a convenient way for Eligible Employees
to purchase shares of the Company Common Stock, on the terms and conditions defined below, through
payroll deductions and without the payment of any commissions or fees.
It is the intention of the Company to have the Plan qualify as an Employee Stock Purchase
Plan under Section 423 of the Code and the Plan shall be construed in accordance with such
purpose.
ONE. DEFINITIONS
As used herein, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words shall be defined as
follows:
(A) Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(B) Committee means the Finance and Pension Committee of the Board of Directors.
(C) Company means The Stanley Works.
(D) Company Common Stock means the common stock of the Company, par value $2.50 per share.
(E) Date of Exercise means the last NYSE trading day of any month during the Plan Year.
(F) Date of Grant means the first day of the Plan Year.
(G) Earnings shall mean with respect to any Employee, the salary of such Employee (excluding
any incentive compensation) calculated in the manner prescribed by the Committee from time to time.
(H) Eligible Employee means an Employee eligible to purchase stock under the Plan.
(I) Employee means any person who is regularly and actively employed by the Company or any
Subsidiary and who receives from it regular compensation, other than pension, retirement allowance,
retainer, or fee under contract. Any person whose customary employment is less than twenty (20)
hours per week, or less than five (5) months per calendar year, shall not be considered an Employee
under this Plan.
(J) Investment Account means the account established for the Participating Employee with the
transfer agent for the Company Common Stock for the purpose of holding the shares purchased under
the Plan.
(K) NYSE means the New York Stock Exchange.
(L) Participating Employee means an Eligible Employee who elects to participate in the Plan.
(M) Plan means The Stanley Works Employee Stock Purchase Plan adopted by the Board of
Directors on December 21, 1994, subject to approval by the shareholders on April 19, 1995.
(N) Plan Administrator means an officer or employee of the Company to whom the Committee has
delegated the authority to administer the Plan, subject to the rules and interpretive
determinations promulgated by the Committee.
(O) Plan Year means a period of less than twenty-seven months for which the Plan has been
declared to be effective for offering and selling unissued or reacquired Company Common Stock to
Eligible Employees.
(P) Subsidiary means any corporation organized under the laws of any of the United States or
of Canada or its provinces or of any other jurisdiction which the Committee shall designate, a
majority of the voting stock of which (exclusive of directors qualifying shares) is owned by the
Company or a Subsidiary of the Company.
TWO. ELIGIBILITY
(A) All Employees, who have completed at least ninety (90) days in the employ of the Company,
or any of its Subsidiaries, or any combination thereof, and who are currently Employees of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, are eligible to participate in the Plan.
(B) Nothing in the Plan or any instrument executed pursuant hereto shall confer upon any
Employee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries nor shall
anything in the Plan affect the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to terminate the
employment of any Employee, with or without cause.
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THREE. PARTICIPATION AND PRICE
(A) Participation shall be for one or more shares at a price which for each Plan Year shall be
the lower of 85% (or such higher percentage as the Committee may determine from time to time) of
the arithmetic mean of the high and low prices for the Company Common Stock as reported for the
NYSE Composite Transactions on (i) the Date of Grant (if the NYSE is not open on the Date of Grant,
then on the next preceding day on which the NYSE is open for trading) (the Plan Year Price) or
(ii) the Date of Exercise (the Month End Price).
(B) In no event shall the price be less than the par value per share.
(C) Eligible Employees may elect to participate in the Plan on a monthly basis by authorizing
regular payroll deductions. Elections received by the fifteenth of one month will become effective
for the first payroll period in the next succeeding month. Elections received after the fifteenth
of one month will become effective for the first payroll period in the second succeeding month.
The amounts deducted will accumulate during each calendar month and at the end of such month will
be applied to the purchase of full and fractional shares of Company Common Stock at the lower of
the Plan Year Price or the Month End Price. If in any calendar month purchases under the Plan
would result in the issuance of more shares than are reserved for issuance under the Plan, the
number of shares that Eligible Employees may purchase during such month shall be reduced on a pro
rata basis so that only the maximum number of shares reserved for issuance will be issued, except
that elections to purchase one share will be honored in full.
(D) All full and fractional shares purchased under the Plan will be issued in book entry form
and credited to a separate Investment Account established for each Participating Employee within
two weeks of the Date of Exercise. Participating Employees shall receive dividends with respect to
the shares of Company Common Stock credited to his or her Investment Account. Participating
Employees have the option to receive share certificates for a fee. Such fees will be established at
the beginning of each Plan Year.
(E) Participating Employees have the option to participate in the Companys Dividend
Reinvestment Program with respect to the shares purchased under the Plan and to have all dividends
paid with respect to the full and fractional shares in a Participating Employees Investment
Account applied to the purchase of full or fractional shares of Company Common Stock on the NYSE.
Shares so purchased shall be added to the shares held for the Participating Employee in his/her
Investment Account. Participating Employees who have elected to participate in the Dividend
Reinvestment Program will be charged a quarterly fee as determined by the Committee from time to
time.
(F) The total number of shares to be offered for purchase under this Plan is limited to a
maximum of Three Million (3,000,000) shares of Company Common Stock, which may be unissued or
reacquired shares, or a combination thereof. The number of shares available for purchase in each
Plan Year shall be the remaining number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan at the
beginning of each Plan Year. All rights to purchase shares under the Plan for any Plan Year that
remain outstanding at the end of such Plan Year will terminate as of the end of that Plan Year.
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(G) Eligible Employees may elect to increase, decrease or terminate participation at any time
throughout the Plan Year on a prospective basis only. Such elections may be made on a monthly
basis and elections received by the fifteenth of one month will become effective for the first
payroll period in the next succeeding month. Elections received after the fifteenth of one month
will not become effective until the first payroll period in the second succeeding month. There is
no limitation on the ability of an Eligible Employee to re-enroll in the Plan once participation
has been terminated.
FOUR. MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PURCHASES
(A) In each Plan Year, an Eligible Employee may purchase shares with a value (measured as of
the date of purchase of such shares) not in excess of fifteen percent (15%) of his/her Earnings for
the previous calendar year
provided, however
, that in any Plan Year the fair market value
(determined as of the Date of Grant for such Plan Year) of shares purchased by a Participating
Employee under the Plan may not, when added to the fair market value of all other shares which the
Eligible Employee may have rights to purchase under this or other plans that qualify as employee
stock purchase plans of the Company under Section 423 of the Code, exceed $25,000.
(B) No Employee will be permitted to purchase in any Plan Year if the number of shares which
he/she then owns (the rules of Section 424(d) of the Code shall apply in determining ownership) or
has the right or option to purchase plus the number of shares for which he/she wishes to subscribe
would represent five percent (5%) or more of the total number of shares of Company Common Stock
outstanding.
(C) An Eligible Employee, with less than a full years service, may participate based on
his/her present Earnings.
FIVE. PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE
(A) The purchase price shall be deducted on a weekly or monthly basis from pay. No deduction
shall be less than one dollar ($1) and all deductions must be in even dollars.
(B) Payroll deductions will be open fifty-two (52) weeks or twelve (12) months per year. The
weekly or monthly deduction amount will be determined by the Participating Employee,
provided
that,
a weekly or monthly deduction election shall not exceed the net pay of the Eligible Employee for
any pay period.
(C) No interest will be paid on the amounts deducted.
(D) Each Participating Employee purchasing Company Common Stock under the Plan as a condition
to such purchase shall pay to the Company the amount, if any, required to be withheld from
distributions resulting from such exercise under any applicable income tax laws (Withholding
Taxes). Such Withholding Taxes shall be payable as of the date income from such exercise is
includable in the Participating Employees gross income for income tax
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purposes (the Tax Date). The Committee may establish such procedures as it deems appropriate for the
settling of withholding obligations with shares of Company Common Stock.
SIX. DEATH, PERMANENT DISABILITY, RETIREMENT AND TRANSFERS
(A) If a Participating Employee dies, becomes permanently disabled, retires or is transferred
during any month in the Plan Year, payroll deductions taken to the date of the death, permanent
disability, retirement or transfer will be used to purchase shares on the last NYSE trading day of
the month in which death, permanent disability, retirement or transfer occurs.
(B) Participating Employees transferred, but remaining employed by the Company or a
Subsidiary, may continue to participate in the Plan.
SEVEN. RIGHTS AS A SHAREHOLDER
The Participating Employee, and any beneficiary or other person claiming through a
Participating Employee, shall not have any interest in any share of Company Common Stock allocated
for the purposes of the Plan or subject to any option under the Plan until the Date of Exercise
with respect to such share. Furthermore, the existence of the options under the Plan shall not
affect: the right or power of the Company or its shareholders to make adjustments,
recapitalization, reorganizations or other changes in the Companys capital structure; the
dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or sale or transfer of any part of its assets or
business; or any other corporate act, whether of a similar character or otherwise.
EIGHT. RIGHTS NOT TRANSFERABLE
The rights under the Plan are not transferable by a Participating Employee and may be
exercised during the lifetime of a Participating Employee only by him/her.
NINE. APPLICATION OF FUNDS
(A) Divisions and Subsidiaries making payroll deductions for the Plan act as agents of the
Company and will transmit such deductions to the Company in the manner specified by the Plan
Administrator.
(B) All funds received or held by the Company under the Plan may be used for any corporate
purpose.
TEN. THE COMMITTEE
(A) The Plan will be administered by the Committee. The Committee is vested with full
authority to administer, interpret and make rules regarding the Plan. The Committee shall have the
authority to interpret the Plan as it may deem advisable and to make determinations that shall be
final, binding and conclusive upon all persons. No member of the Board of Directors or
the Committee shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to
the Plan.
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(B) The Committee may delegate to the Plan Administrator the authority to administer this Plan
subject to the rules and interpretive determinations promulgated by the Committee. Such delegation
shall not make such officer or Employee, if otherwise an Eligible Employee, ineligible to
participate in this Plan.
(C) To the extent not inconsistent with the Plan, the Committee may authorize and establish
such rules and regulations as it may determine to be advisable to make the Plan effective or to
provide for its administration, and may take such other action with regard to the Plan as it shall
deem advisable to effectuate its purpose, including, without limitation, the establishment of
procedures that may be necessary to ensure compliance with Rule 16b-3 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.
ELEVEN. ADJUSTMENT IN CASE OF CHANGES AFFECTING THE COMPANYS COMMON STOCK
In the event of a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend,
stock split or any other change in corporate structure or capitalization affecting the Company
Common Stock, the Committee shall make adjustment in the number, kind, price, etc. of shares
issuable under the Plan, including adjustment in the maximum number of shares referred to in
Section THREE (F) of the Plan, as it deems necessary and appropriate.
TWELVE. EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF THE PLAN
The Committee, or the Plan Administrator if so authorized by the Committee, is authorized from
time to time during the period commencing on October 24, 1995 and ending on the date of termination
of the Plan as provided in Section THIRTEEN hereof, to declare Plan Years for the purpose of
offering and selling unissued or reacquired Company Common Stock to Eligible Employees of the
Company and its Subsidiaries.
THIRTEEN. TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN
(A) The Board of Directors may at any time terminate, suspend or amend the Plan
provided
that,
such termination, suspensions or amendments will not affect elections already accepted by the
Company; and
provided, further
that, no amendment of the Plan shall, without the approval of the
shareholders of the Company:
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increase the aggregate number of shares that may be issued in
connection with the Plan;
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(2)
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change the purchase price formula; or
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(3)
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materially modify the requirements as to eligibility for
participation in the Plan.
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(B) The Plan and all rights of employees hereunder, if not terminated earlier, shall terminate
as follows:
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at the close of any Plan Year, if theretofore declared
terminated by the Board of Directors; or
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(2)
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there are no longer any reserved shares of Company Common Stock
available for issuance under the Plan.
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FOURTEEN. MISCELLANEOUS
(A) The Company will not be obligated to issue shares of Company Common Stock or make any
payment if counsel to the Company determines that such issuance or payment would violate any law or
regulation of any governmental authority or any agreement between the Company and any national
securities exchange upon which the Company Common Stock is listed. In connection with any stock
issuance or transfer, the person acquiring the shares shall, if requested by the Company, give
assurances satisfactory to counsel to the Company regarding such matters as the Company may deem
desirable to assure compliance with all legal requirements. The Company shall in no event be
obliged to take any action in order to permit the exercise of any option under the Plan.
(B) The validity, interpretation and administration of the Plan and of any rules, regulations,
determinations or decisions made thereunder, and the rights of any and all persons having or
claiming to have any interest therein or thereunder, shall be determined exclusively in accordance
with the laws of the State of Connecticut (regardless of the laws that might be applicable under
principles of conflicts of laws). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the period
within which any action in connection with the Plan must be commenced shall be governed by the laws
of the State of Connecticut (regardless of the laws that might be applicable under principles of
conflicts of laws), without regard to the place where the act or omission complained of took place,
the residence of any party to such action or the place where the action may be brought.
(C) Shares purchased under the Plan shall not be sold or otherwise transferred for 12 months
from the date of purchase except in the case of death, disability, involuntary termination or
hardship as such term is defined in the Companys 401(k) Choice Account.
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