TOWSON, Md., July 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Black & Decker
Corporation (NYSE: BDK) today announced that net earnings for the second
quarter of 2008 were $96.7 million or $1.58 per diluted share, versus $118.0
million or $1.75 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2007.
Sales decreased 3% for the quarter to $1.6 billion, including a positive
5% impact from foreign currency translation. Free cash flow was $157 million
for the second quarter and $46 million year-to-date.
Nolan D. Archibald, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented,
'Black & Decker's operating performance this quarter met our expectations,
despite ongoing challenges in key markets and rising commodity costs. A
favorable tax rate contributed approximately $0.12 to diluted earnings per
share for the quarter, enabling us to exceed our EPS guidance. Weak demand in
the U.S. and slowing conditions in parts of Western Europe, however, resulted
in lower sales and earnings than in 2007.
'Sales in the Power Tools and Accessories segment decreased 10% for the
quarter. In the U.S. Industrial Products Group, sales decreased at a
double-digit rate, reflecting the continued slowdown in residential
construction and remodeling. In the U.S. Consumer Products Group, sales
decreased more than 25%. Lower demand was compounded by the ongoing effect of
lost pressure washer listings and the impact of the transition from
Firestorm(R) to Porter-Cable(R) branded products at a key customer. This
transition, plus other product listing gains and favorable comparisons, should
help the U.S. businesses narrow the sales decline in the second half. In
Europe, sales decreased at a mid single-digit rate, due to slowing economic
conditions in parts of Western Europe, partly offset by growth in Eastern
Europe. Latin American sales continued to grow more than 20%, and operations
in Canada and Asia also posted sales gains. Operating margin decreased to
7.9% for the Power Tools and Accessories segment, driven by lower sales volume
and component cost inflation.
'Sales in the Hardware and Home Improvement segment decreased 5% for the
quarter. This represents an improvement versus the first quarter, partly due
to order timing. Sales of Kwikset(R) and Weiser(R) products in the U.S.
decreased at a mid single-digit rate, with strong results at a key customer
mitigating the impact of the housing downturn in other channels. The U.S.
faucet business had a low single-digit rate of sales decline, as reductions in
the construction channel were largely offset by improvement at retail.
Operating margin in the Hardware and Home Improvement segment decreased from
the 2007 level to 9.3%, also primarily due to lower volume, but improved
sequentially versus the first quarter.
'In the Fastening and Assembly Systems segment, sales were flat for the
quarter. North American sales decreased due to a sharp decline in automotive
production levels. All other geographic regions posted strong growth. The
segment's operating margin increased slightly to 16.0% for the quarter.
'We are pleased with the $157 million of free cash flow generated in the
second quarter. Historically, our cash generation is stronger in the second
half than the first, and therefore, we continue to expect a 100% conversion
rate of full-year net earnings to free cash flow. We repurchased
approximately one million shares of stock, at a cost well below the average
closing price for the quarter. Through the first six months, we have
repurchased nearly three million shares, or 5% of the shares outstanding.
'Looking ahead, we recognize the challenging environment, and continue to
expect a mid-to-high single-digit rate of organic sales decline for the third
quarter and full year. Our cost reduction efforts remain on track, but the
forecast for component inflation has increased somewhat since our April
estimate. Therefore, we now expect full-year diluted EPS in the range of
$5.25-to-$5.45 per share, excluding the first-quarter restructuring charge of
$0.20 per share. For the third quarter, we expect diluted EPS in the range of
$1.30-to-$1.40.
'Two years into a severe downturn, Black & Decker still delivers solid
profitability, generates outstanding cash flow, and maintains a strong balance
sheet. We continue to launch innovative new products and leverage our leading
brands across the globe. Our management team is taking the right steps to
reduce costs in difficult times and to position the company for growth when
our markets turn around. We believe the disciplined execution of our strategy
will create lasting value for our shareholders.'
The Corporation also announced that its Board of Directors declared a
quarterly cash dividend of $0.42 per share of the Corporation's outstanding
common stock payable September 26, 2008, to stockholders of record at the
close of business on September 12, 2008.
The Corporation will hold a conference call today at 10:00 a.m., E.T., to
discuss second-quarter results and the outlook for the remainder of 2008.
Investors can listen to the conference call by visiting http://www.bdk.com and
clicking on the icon labeled 'Live Webcast.' Listeners should log-in at least
ten minutes prior to the beginning of the event to ensure timely access. A
replay of the call will be available at http://www.bdk.com.
This release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. By their nature, all forward-looking statements involve
risks and uncertainties. For a more detailed discussion of the risks and
uncertainties that may affect Black & Decker's operating and financial results
and its ability to achieve the financial objectives discussed in this press
release, interested parties should review the 'Risk Factors' sections in Black
& Decker's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2007.
This release contains non-GAAP financial measures within the meaning of
Regulation G promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Included
with this release is a reconciliation of the differences between these
non-GAAP financial measures with the most directly comparable financial
measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.
Black & Decker is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of power
tools and accessories, hardware and home improvement products, and
technology-based fastening systems.
THE BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EARNINGS
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(Dollars in Millions Except Per Share Amounts)
Three Months Ended
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June 29, 2008 July 1, 2007
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SALES $ 1,641.7 $ 1,699.9
Cost of goods sold 1,104.5 1,112.0
Selling, general, and
administrative expenses 399.5 401.3
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OPERATING INCOME 137.7 186.6
Interest expense (net of interest
income) 14.8 20.0
Other expense .4 .2
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EARNINGS BEFORE INCOME TAXES 122.5 166.4
Income taxes 25.8 48.4
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NET EARNINGS $ 96.7 $ 118.0
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NET EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE - BASIC $ 1.61 $ 1.80
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Shares Used in Computing Basic
Earnings Per Share (in Millions) 60.1 65.6
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NET EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE -
ASSUMING DILUTION $ 1.58 $ 1.75
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Shares Used in Computing Diluted
Earnings Per Share (in Millions) 61.3 67.5
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THE BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EARNINGS
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(Dollars in Millions Except Per Share Amounts)
Six Months Ended
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June 29, 2008 July 1, 2007
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SALES $ 3,137.5 $ 3,277.1
Cost of goods sold 2,082.8 2,128.6
Selling, general, and
administrative expenses 794.1 792.3
Restructuring and exit costs 18.3 -
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OPERATING INCOME 242.3 356.2
Interest expense (net of interest
income) 31.3 41.5
Other expense .4 1.3
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EARNINGS BEFORE INCOME TAXES 210.6 313.4
Income taxes 46.5 87.3
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NET EARNINGS $ 164.1 $ 226.1
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NET EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE - BASIC $ 2.72 $ 3.46
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Shares Used in Computing Basic
Earnings Per Share (in Millions) 60.3 65.4
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NET EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE -
ASSUMING DILUTION $ 2.67 $ 3.36
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Shares Used in Computing Diluted
Earnings Per Share (in Millions) 61.5 67.3
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THE BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
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(Millions of Dollars)
June 29, 2008 December 31, 2007
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ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents $ 287.6 $ 254.7
Trade receivables 1,247.0 1,109.4
Inventories 1,106.6 1,145.8
Other current assets 369.2 329.6
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TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 3,010.4 2,839.5
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PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT 584.8 596.2
GOODWILL 1,221.3 1,212.9
OTHER ASSETS 735.3 762.3
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$ 5,551.8 $ 5,410.9
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Short-term borrowings $ 309.5 $ 329.7
Current maturities of long-term debt .2 .2
Trade accounts payable 537.5 504.6
Other current liabilities 1,002.4 1,046.3
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TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 1,849.6 1,880.8
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LONG-TERM DEBT 1,401.4 1,179.1
POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS 314.4 311.3
OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES 540.0 581.0
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY 1,446.4 1,458.7
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$ 5,551.8 $ 5,410.9
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THE BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
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SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION ABOUT BUSINESS SEGMENTS
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(Millions of Dollars)
Reportable Business Segments
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Power Hardware Fastening
Three Months Ended Tools & & Home & Assembly
June 29, 2008 Accessories Improvement Systems Total
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Sales to unaffiliated
customers $ 1,150.1 $ 241.4 $ 183.4 $ 1,574.9
Segment profit (loss)
(for Consolidated,
operating income) 91.1 22.5 29.4 143.0
Depreciation and
amortization 24.9 5.9 5.6 36.4
Capital expenditures 16.7 4.7 5.3 26.7
Three Months Ended
July 1, 2007
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Sales to unaffiliated
customers $ 1,273.8 $ 254.8 $ 182.8 $ 1,711.4
Segment profit (loss)
(for Consolidated,
operating income) 158.7 30.7 28.9 218.3
Depreciation and
amortization 25.2 6.0 5.5 36.7
Capital expenditures 14.9 5.9 4.9 25.7
Six Months Ended
June 29, 2008
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Sales to unaffiliated
customers $ 2,208.2 $ 453.7 $ 369.9 $ 3,031.8
Segment profit (loss)
(for Consolidated,
operating income before
restructuring and
exit costs) 178.3 38.4 58.3 275.0
Depreciation and
amortization 47.4 10.8 11.0 69.2
Capital expenditures 31.8 10.0 9.3 51.1
Six Months Ended
July 1, 2007
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Sales to unaffiliated
customers $ 2,451.3 $ 502.9 $ 361.6 $ 3,315.8
Segment profit (loss)
(for Consolidated,
operating income) 305.0 58.9 57.5 421.4
Depreciation and
amortization 50.0 13.2 10.6 73.8
Capital expenditures 27.9 10.7 7.3 45.9
Currency Corporate,
Three Months Ended Translation Adjustments,
June 29, 2008 Adjustments Eliminations Consolidated
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Sales to unaffiliated
customers $ 66.8 $ - $ 1,641.7
Segment profit (loss)
(for Consolidated,
operating income) 11.6 (16.9) 137.7
Depreciation and
amortization 1.2 .6 38.2
Capital expenditures .8 1.3 28.8
Three Months Ended
July 1, 2007
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Sales to unaffiliated
customers $ (11.5) $ - $ 1,699.9
Segment profit (loss)
(for Consolidated,
operating income) (1.5) (30.2) 186.6
Depreciation and
amortization (.3) .7 37.1
Capital expenditures (.2) 1.0 26.5
Six Months Ended
June 29, 2008
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Sales to unaffiliated
customers $ 105.7 $ - $ 3,137.5
Segment profit (loss)
(for Consolidated,
operating income before
restructuring and
exit costs) 19.7 (34.1) 260.6
Depreciation and
amortization 2.0 .7 71.9
Capital expenditures 1.3 1.4 53.8
Six Months Ended
July 1, 2007
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Sales to unaffiliated
customers $ (38.7) $ - $ 3,277.1
Segment profit (loss)
(for Consolidated,
operating income) (5.5) (59.7) 356.2
Depreciation and
amortization (.8) 1.3 74.3
Capital expenditures (.4) 1.1 46.6
The reconciliation of segment profit to the Corporation's earnings
before income taxes for each period, in millions of dollars, is as
follows:
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
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June 29, July 1, June 29, July 1,
2008 2007 2008 2007
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Segment profit for total
reportable business segments $ 143.0 $ 218.3 $ 275.0 $ 421.4
Items excluded from segment
profit:
Adjustment of budgeted
foreign exchange rates
to actual rates 11.6 (1.5) 19.7 (5.5)
Depreciation of Corporate
property (.6) (.3) (.7) (.5)
Adjustment to businesses'
postretirement benefit
expenses booked in
consolidation (1.0) (5.0) (1.9) (9.8)
Other adjustments booked in
consolidation directly
related to reportable
business segments (1.1) (4.9) (3.3) (3.6)
Amounts allocated to businesses
in arriving at segment profit
in excess of (less than)
Corporate center operating
expenses, eliminations, and other
amounts identified above (14.2) (20.0) (28.2) (45.8)
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Operating income before
restructuring and exit costs 137.7 186.6 260.6 356.2
Restructuring and exit costs - - 18.3 -
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Operating income 137.7 186.6 242.3 356.2
Interest expense, net of
interest income 14.8 20.0 31.3 41.5
Other expense .4 .2 .4 1.3
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Earnings before income
taxes $ 122.5 $ 166.4 $ 210.6 $ 313.4
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BASIS OF PRESENTATION:
The Corporation operates in three reportable business segments: Power
Tools and Accessories, Hardware and Home Improvement, and Fastening and
Assembly Systems. The Power Tools and Accessories segment has worldwide
responsibility for the manufacture and sale of consumer and industrial power
tools and accessories, lawn and garden products, and electric cleaning,
automotive, lighting, and household products, as well as for product service.
In addition, the Power Tools and Accessories segment has responsibility for
the sale of security hardware to customers in Mexico, Central America, the
Caribbean, and South America; and for the sale of plumbing products to
customers outside the United States and Canada. The Hardware and Home
Improvement segment has worldwide responsibility for the manufacture and sale
of security hardware (except for the sale of security hardware in Mexico,
Central America, the Caribbean, and South America). The Hardware and Home
Improvement segment also has responsibility for the manufacture of plumbing
products and for the sale of plumbing products to customers in the United
States and Canada. The Fastening and Assembly Systems segment has worldwide
responsibility for the manufacture and sale of fastening and assembly systems.
The profitability measure employed by the Corporation and its chief
operating decision maker for making decisions about allocating resources to
segments and assessing segment performance is segment profit (for the
Corporation on a consolidated basis, operating income before restructuring and
exit costs). In general, segments follow the same accounting policies as those
described in Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in
Item 8 of the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2007, except with respect to foreign currency translation and
except as further indicated below. The financial statements of a segment's
operating units located outside of the United States, except those units
operating in highly inflationary economies, are generally measured using the
local currency as the functional currency. For these units located outside of
the United States, segment assets and elements of segment profit are
translated using budgeted rates of exchange. Budgeted rates of exchange are
established annually and, once established, all prior period segment data is
restated to reflect the current year's budgeted rates of exchange. The amounts
included in the preceding table under the captions 'Reportable Business
Segments' and 'Corporate, Adjustments, & Eliminations' are reflected at the
Corporation's budgeted rates of exchange for 2008. The amounts included in the
preceding table under the caption 'Currency Translation Adjustments' represent
the difference between consolidated amounts determined using those budgeted
rates of exchange and those determined based upon the rates of exchange
applicable under accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States.
Segment profit excludes interest income and expense, non-operating income
and expense, adjustments to eliminate intercompany profit in inventory, and
income tax expense. In addition, segment profit excludes restructuring and
exit costs. In determining segment profit, expenses relating to pension and
other postretirement benefits are based solely upon estimated service costs.
Corporate expenses, as well as certain centrally managed expenses, including
expenses related to share-based compensation, are allocated to each reportable
segment based upon budgeted amounts. While sales and transfers between
segments are accounted for at cost plus a reasonable profit, the effects of
intersegment sales are excluded from the computation of segment profit.
Intercompany profit in inventory is excluded from segment assets and is
recognized as a reduction of cost of goods sold by the selling segment when
the related inventory is sold to an unaffiliated customer. Because the
Corporation compensates the management of its various businesses on, among
other factors, segment profit, the Corporation may elect to record certain
segment-related expense items of an unusual or non-recurring nature in
consolidation rather than reflect such items in segment profit. In addition,
certain segment-related items of income or expense may be recorded in
consolidation in one period and transferred to the various segments in a later
period.
RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES AND REGULATION G DISCLOSURE:
To supplement its consolidated financial statements presented in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
(GAAP), the Corporation provides additional measures of operating results, net
earnings, and earnings per share adjusted to exclude certain costs, expenses,
and gains and losses. Also, in addition to measuring its cash flow generation
and usage based upon operating, investing and financing activities
classifications established under GAAP, the Corporation also measures its free
cash flow. The Corporation believes that these non-GAAP financial measures are
appropriate to enhance understanding of its past performance as well as
prospects for its future performance.
This press release contains non-GAAP financial measures within the meaning
of Regulation G promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. A
reconciliation of the differences between these non-GAAP financial measures
with the most directly comparable financial measures calculated in accordance
with GAAP follows.
Impact of favorable tax rate:
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This press release indicates that a favorable tax rate contributed
approximately $0.12 to diluted earnings per share for the quarter, enabling
the Corporation to exceed its guidance. That $0.12 contribution to diluted
earnings per share was computed utilizing the 27% effective income tax rate
inherent in the Corporation's second quarter earnings guidance. A computation
of the $0.12 follows (amounts in millions, except per share amounts):
Three Months
Ended June 29, 2008
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Earnings before income taxes $122.5
Computed income tax expense at 27% effective
income tax rate assumed in the second quarter
2008 earnings guidance $ 33.1
Less: Income tax expense 25.8
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Computed income tax benefit $ 7.3
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Shares used in computing diluted earnings per share 61.3
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Computed benefit per diluted share--actual
tax expense less than taxes computed at 27%
effective income tax rate $ 0.12
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Free cash flow:
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The calculation of free cash flow, which is defined by the Corporation as
cash flow from operating activities, less capital expenditures, plus proceeds
from the disposal of assets for the three and six months ended June 29, 2008,
is as follows (dollars in millions):
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 29, 2008 June 29, 2008
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Cash flow from operating activities $ 185.2 $ 98.3
Capital expenditures (28.8) (53.8)
Proceeds from disposals of assets .8 1.6
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Free cash flow $ 157.2 $ 46.1
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Diluted earnings per share, excluding the restructuring charge, for the
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full year 2008:
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This press release includes a forward-looking statement with respect to
management's expectation that the Corporation's diluted earnings per share
would range from $5.25 to $5.45 for the full year, excluding the impact of the
first quarter restructuring charge of $18.3 million pre-tax ($12.2 million
after-tax), or $0.20 per share. Management's expectation is that the
Corporation's diluted earnings per share would range from $5.05 to $5.25 for
the full year, including the impact of the first quarter restructuring charge.
SOURCE The Black & Decker Corporation
