EX-24 5 form10k12312004e.txt EXHIBIT 24 Exhibit 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY ----------------- We, the undersigned Directors and Officers of The Black & Decker Corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitute and appoint Nolan D. Archibald, Michael D. Mangan and Charles E. Fenton, and each of them, with power of substitution, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact with full power to sign for us, in our names and in the capacities indicated below, the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, and any and all amendments thereto. /s/ NOLAN D. ARCHIBALD Director, Chairman, February 17, 2005 ---------------------------- President and Chief Nolan D. Archibald Executive Officer (Principal Executive (Officer) /s/ NORMAN R. AUGUSTINE Director February 17, 2005 ---------------------------- Norman R. Augustine /s/ BARBARA L. BOWLES Director February 17, 2005 ---------------------------- Barbara L. Bowles /s/ M. ANTHONY BURNS Director February 17, 2005 ---------------------------- M. Anthony Burns /s/ KIM B. CLARK Director February 17, 2005 ---------------------------- Kim B. Clark /s/ MANUEL A. FERNANDEZ Director February 17, 2005 ---------------------------- Manuel A. Fernandez /s/ BENJAMIN H. GRISWOLD, IV Director February 17, 2005 ---------------------------- Benjamin H. Griswold, IV /s/ ANTHONY LUISO Director February 17, 2005 ---------------------------- Anthony Luiso /s/ MARK H. WILLES Director February 17, 2005 ---------------------------- Mark H. Willes /s/ MICHAEL D. MANGAN Senior Vice President February 17, 2005 ---------------------------- and Chief Financial Michael D. Mangan Officer (Principal Financial Officer) /s/ CHRISTINA M. MCMULLEN Vice President and February 17, 2005 ---------------------------- Controller (Principal Christina M. McMullen Accounting Officer)