8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

April 16, 2009

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

THE BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland	1-1553	52-0248090
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
701 East Joppa Road
Towson, Maryland		21286
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)
(410) 716-3900
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address, and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.)

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ITEM 8.01  OTHER EVENTS.

As more fully described in Note 16 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, 2008 (Note 16), the Corporation assesses the performance of its reportable business segments based upon a number of factors, including segment profit.  For segment reporting purposes, elements of segment profit and certain other segment data are translated using budgeted rates of exchange. Budgeted rates of exchange are established annually and, once established, all prior period segment data is updated to reflect the translation of elements of segment profit and certain other segment data at the current year’s budgeted rates of exchange. Amounts included in the first table of Note 16 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 that table under the caption “Currency Translation Adjustments” represent the difference between consolidated amounts determined using the budgeted rates of exchange for 2008 and those determined based upon the rates of exchange applicable under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

The Corporation has established budgeted rates of exchange for 2009 and, accordingly, segment data for prior periods has been updated to reflect the translation of elements of segment profit and certain other segment data at the budgeted rates of exchange for 2009.

For informational purposes, the Corporation has included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K selected unaudited supplemental information about its business segments for 2008, 2007, and 2006 updated to reflect the translation of elements of segment profit and certain other segment data at the budgeted rates of exchange for 2009.

As more fully 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, 2008, the Corporation was required to adopt FASB Staff Position (FSP) No. EITF 03-6-1, Determining Whether Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payments Transactions are Participating Securities (FSP EITF 03-6-1), effective January 1, 2009.  FSP EITF 03-6-1 clarifies whether instruments granted in share-based payment transactions should be included in the computation of earnings per share using the two-class method prior to vesting and requires that all prior-period EPS data presented be adjusted retrospectively.

For informational purposes, the Corporation has included as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K unaudited basic and diluted earnings per share computations for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2008, and for each of the quarters in the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, reflecting the adoption of FSP EITF 03-6-1.

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ITEM 9.01  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

Exhibit 99.1 Selected unaudited supplemental information about the Corporation’s business segments for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2008, and for each of the quarters in the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007.

Exhibit 99.2 Unaudited basic and diluted computations for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2008, and for each of the quarters in the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, reflecting the adoption of FSP EITF 03-6-1.

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THE BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION

S I G N A T U R E S

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

THE BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION
By:	/s/ CHRISTINA M. MCMULLEN
	Christina M. McMullen
	Vice President and Controller

Date: April 16, 2009

EX-99.1

EXHIBIT 99.1

THE BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION ABOUT BUSINESS SEGMENTS (Unaudited)

(Millions of Dollars)

	Reportable Business Segments
Year Ended December 31, 2008	Power Tools &  Accessories		Hardware & Home  Improvement		Fastening  & Assembly  Systems		Total		Currency Translation Adjustments			Corporate, Adjustments, & Eliminations			Consolidated
Sales to unaffiliated customers	$	4,286.6	$	891.6	$	703.2	$	5,881.4	$	204.7		$	—		$	6,086.1
Segment profit (loss) (for Consolidated, operating income before restructuring and exit costs)		317.4		75.8		106.0		499.2		29.4			(51.8	)		476.8
Depreciation and amortization		89.9		20.6		21.6		132.1		3.4			1.1			136.6
Capital expenditures		56.6		16.5		18.6		91.7		2.3			4.8			98.8
Year Ended December 31, 2007
Sales to unaffiliated customers	$	4,754.8	$	1,001.7	$	720.7	$	6,477.2	$	86.0		$	—		$	6,563.2
Segment profit (loss) (for Consolidated, operating income before restructuring and exit costs)		482.2		113.6		113.9		709.7		(2.3	)		(106.2	)		601.2
Depreciation and amortization		96.7		22.8		20.5		140.0		.5			2.9			143.4
Capital expenditures		65.0		20.8		22.2		108.0		.5			7.9			116.4
Year Ended December 31, 2006
Sales to unaffiliated customers	$	4,821.1	$	1,010.0	$	694.5	$	6,525.6	$	(78.3	)	$	—		$	6,447.3
Segment profit (loss) (for  Consolidated, operating income)		586.5		137.1		102.9		826.5		(23.5	)		(62.6	)		740.4
Depreciation and amortization		113.7		22.9		19.4		156.0		(3.3	)		2.2			154.9
Capital expenditures		74.0		14.1		17.2		105.3		(2.1	)		1.4			104.6

The reconciliation of segment profit to consolidated earnings before income taxes for each of the

three years in the period ended December 31, 2008, in millions of dollars, is as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2008			2007			2006
Segment profit for total reportable business segments	$	499.2		$	709.7		$	826.5
Items excluded from segment profit:
Adjustment of budgeted foreign exchange rates to actual rates		29.4			(2.3	)		(23.5	)
Depreciation of Corporate property		(1.1	)		(1.4	)		(.9	)
Adjustment to businesses’ postretirement benefit expenses booked in consolidation		(3.6	)		(19.9	)		(25.2	)
Other adjustments booked in consolidation directly related to reportable business segments		(4.9	)		8.3			(.2	)
Amounts allocated to businesses in arriving at segment profit in excess of (less than) Corporate center operating expenses, eliminations, and other amounts identified above		(42.2	)		(93.2	)		(36.3	)
Operating income before restructuring and exit costs		476.8			601.2			740.4
Restructuring and exit costs		54.7			19.0			—
Operating income		422.1			582.2			740.4
Interest expense, net of interest income		62.4			82.3			73.8
Other (income) expense		(5.0	)		2.3			2.2
Earnings before income taxes	$	364.7		$	497.6		$	664.4

	Reportable Business Segments
Quarter Ended March 30, 2008	Power Tools &  Accessories		Hardware & Home  Improvement		Fastening  & Assembly  Systems		Total		Currency Translation Adjustments			Corporate, Adjustments, & Eliminations			Consolidated
Sales to unaffiliated customers	$	1,038.2	$	211.1	$	187.2	$	1,436.5	$	59.3		$	—		$	1,495.8
Segment profit (loss) (for Consolidated, operating income before restructuring and exit costs)		86.1		15.6		29.5		131.2		8.0			(16.3	)		122.9
Depreciation and amortization		22.4		4.8		5.4		32.6		1.0			.1			33.7
Capital expenditures		15.0		5.3		3.8		24.1		.8			.1			25.0
Quarter Ended June 29, 2008
Sales to unaffiliated customers	$	1,127.2	$	240.3	$	183.8	$	1,551.3	$	90.4		$	—		$	1,641.7
Segment profit (loss) (for Consolidated, operating income)		89.4		22.2		29.8		141.4		11.8			(15.5	)		137.7
Depreciation and amortization		24.7		6.0		5.6		36.3		1.3			.6			38.2
Capital expenditures		16.5		4.7		5.4		26.6		.9			1.3			28.8
Quarter Ended September 28, 2008
Sales to unaffiliated customers	$	1,094.4	$	231.2	$	173.8	$	1,499.4	$	71.4		$	—		$	1,570.8
Segment profit (loss) (for Consolidated, operating income before restructuring and exit costs)		83.0		26.1		27.6		136.7		7.8			(9.0	)		135.5
Depreciation and amortization		21.5		4.8		5.2		31.5		1.2			.1			32.8
Capital expenditures		13.4		3.8		3.9		21.1		.7			2.0			23.8
Quarter Ended December 31, 2008
Sales to unaffiliated customers	$	1,026.8	$	209.0	$	158.4	$	1,394.2	$	(16.4	)	$	—		$	1,377.8
Segment profit (loss) (for Consolidated, operating income before restructuring and exit costs)		58.9		11.9		19.1		89.9		1.8			(11.0	)		80.7
Depreciation and amortization		21.3		5.0		5.4		31.7		(.1	)		.3			31.9
Capital expenditures		11.7		2.7		5.5		19.9		(.1	)		1.4			21.2
Quarter Ended April 1, 2007
Sales to unaffiliated customers	$	1,157.2	$	247.0	$	179.1	$	1,583.3	$	(6.1	)	$	—		$	1,577.2
Segment profit (loss) (for Consolidated, operating income)		145.5		27.8		29.0		202.3		(4.0	)		(28.7	)		169.6
Depreciation and amortization		24.6		7.2		5.1		36.9		(.3	)		.6			37.2
Capital expenditures		13.0		4.8		2.4		20.2		(.2	)		.1			20.1
Quarter Ended July 1, 2007
Sales to unaffilitated customers	$	1,250.7	$	253.6	$	183.1	$	1,687.4	$	12.5		$	—		$	1,699.9
Segment profit (loss) (for Consolidated, operating income)		156.9		30.5		29.5		216.9		(1.1	)		(29.2	)		186.6
Depreciation and amortization		25.0		6.0		5.4		36.4		—			.7			37.1
Capital expenditures		14.8		5.9		4.9		25.6		(.1	)		1.0			26.5
Quarter Ended September 30, 2007
Sales to unaffiliated customers	$	1,167.3	$	266.7	$	177.3	$	1,611.3	$	22.3		$	—		$	1,633.6
Segment profit (loss) (for Consolidated, operating income)		120.8		32.7		28.2		181.7		(.1	)		(17.1	)		164.5
Depreciation and amortization		24.6		4.6		5.2		34.4		.1			.5			35.0
Capital expenditures		19.6		4.4		5.1		29.1		—			(.3	)		28.8
Quarter Ended December 31, 2007
Sales to unaffiliated customers	$	1,179.6	$	234.4	$	181.2	$	1,595.2	$	57.3		$	—		$	1,652.5
Segment profit (loss) (for Consolidated, operating income before restructuring and exit costs)		59.0		22.6		27.2		108.8		2.9			(31.2	)		80.5
Depreciation and amortization		22.5		5.0		4.8		32.3		.7			1.1			34.1
Capital expenditures		17.6		5.7		9.8		33.1		.8			7.1			41.0

The reconciliation of segment profit to the consolidated earnings before income taxes for each of the

quarters in the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, in millions of dollars, is as follows:

	Quarter Ended
	March 30, 2008			June 29, 2008			September 28, 2008			December 31, 2008
Segment profit for total reportable business segments	$	131.2		$	141.4		$	136.7		$	89.9
Items excluded from segment profit:
Adjustment of budgeted foreign exchange rates to actual rates		8.0			11.8			7.8			1.8
Depreciation of Corporate property		(.1	)		(.6	)		(.1	)		(.3	)
Adjustment to businesses' postretirement benefit expenses booked in consolidation		(.9	)		(1.0	)		(.9	)		(.8	)
Other adjustments booked in consolidation directly related to reportable business segments		(2.2	)		(1.1	)		(.5	)		(1.1	)
Amounts allocated to businesses in arriving at segment profit in excess of (less than) Corporate center  operating expenses, eliminations, and other amounts identified above		(13.1	)		(12.8	)		(7.5	)		(8.8	)
Operating income before restructuring and exit costs		122.9			137.7			135.5			80.7
Restructuring and exit costs		18.3			—			15.6			20.8
Operating income		104.6			137.7			119.9			59.9
Interest expense, net of interest income		16.5			14.8			13.4			17.7
Other expense (income)		—			.4			(3.0	)		(2.4	)
Earnings before income taxes	$	88.1		$	122.5		$	109.5		$	44.6

	Quarter Ended
	April 1, 2007			July 1, 2007			September 30, 2007			December 31, 2007
Segment profit for total reportable business segments	$	202.3		$	216.9		$	181.7		$	108.8
Items excluded from segment profit:
Adjustment of budgeted foreign exchange rates to actual rates		(4.0	)		(1.1	)		(.1	)		2.9
Depreciation of Corporate property		(.2	)		(.3	)		(.2	)		(.7	)
Adjustment to businesses' postretirement benefit expenses booked in consolidation		(4.8	)		(5.0	)		(5.0	)		(5.1	)
Other adjustments booked in consolidation directly related to reportable business segments		1.3			(4.9	)		4.6			7.3
Amounts allocated to businesses in arriving at segment profit in excess of (less than) Corporate center operating expenses, eliminations, and other amounts identified above		(25.0	)		(19.0	)		(16.5	)		(32.7	)
Operating income before restructuring and exit costs		169.6			186.6			164.5			80.5
Restructuring and exit costs		—			—			—			19.0
Operating income		169.6			186.6			164.5			61.5
Interest expense, net of interest income		21.5			20.0			19.9			20.9
Other expense		1.1			.2			.9			.1
Earnings before income taxes	$	147.0		$	166.4		$	143.7		$	40.5

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, 2008, 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 2009. 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.

EX-99.2

EXHIBIT 99.2

THE BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION ABOUT BASIC AND DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE (Unaudited)

	Year Ended December 31,
(Amounts in Millions Except Per Share Data)	2008			2007			2006
Numerator:
Net earnings	$	293.6		$	518.1		$	486.1
Dividends on stock-based plans		(1.5	)		(1.3	)		(1.0	)
Undistributed earnings allocable to stock-based plans		(3.0	)		(5.1	)		(3.7	)
Numerator for basic and diluted earnings per share – net earnings available to common stockholders	$	289.1		$	511.7		$	481.4
Denominator:
Denominator for basic earnings per share – weighted- average shares		59.8			64.3			72.1
Employee stock options		.8			1.4			1.8
Denominator for diluted earnings per share – adjusted weighted-average shares and assumed conversions		60.6			65.7			73.9
Basic earnings per share	$	4.83		$	7.96		$	6.67
Diluted earnings per share	$	4.77		$	7.78		$	6.51

	Quarter Ended
(Amounts in Millions Except Per Share Data)	March 30, 2008			June 29, 2008			September 28, 2008			December 31, 2008
Numerator:
Net earnings	$	67.4		$	96.7		$	85.8		$	43.7
Dividends on stock-based plans		(.3	)		(.4	)		(.4	)		(.4	)
Undistributed earnings allocable to stock-based plans		(.5	)		(1.2	)		(1.0	)		(.3	)
Numerator for basic and diluted earnings per share – net earnings available to common stockholders	$	66.6		$	95.1		$	84.4		$	43.0
Denominator:
Denominator for basic earnings per share – weighted- average shares		60.5			60.1			59.2			59.3
Employee stock options		.9			1.0			.9			.4
Denominator for diluted earnings per share – adjusted weighted-average shares and assumed conversions		61.4			61.1			60.1			59.7
Basic earnings per share	$	1.10		$	1.58		$	1.43		$	.72
Diluted earnings per share	$	1.08		$	1.56		$	1.41		$	.72

	Quarter Ended
	April 1,			July 1,			September 30,			December 31,
(Amounts in Millions Except Per Share Data)	2007			2007			2007			2007
Numerator:
Net earnings	$	108.1		$	118.0		$	104.6		$	187.4
Dividends on stock-based plans		(.3	)		(.4	)		(.3	)		(.3	)
Undistributed earnings allocable to stock-based plans		(.9	)		(1.1	)		(1.0	)		(2.1	)
Numerator for basic and diluted earnings per share – net earnings available to common stockholders	$	106.9		$	116.5		$	103.3		$	185.0
Denominator:
Denominator for basic earnings per share – weighted- average shares		65.1			65.6			64.2			62.1
Employee stock options		1.7			1.6			1.4			1.3
Denominator for diluted earnings per share – adjusted weighted-average shares and assumed conversions		66.8			67.2			65.6			63.4
Basic earnings per share	$	1.64		$	1.78		$	1.61		$	2.98
Diluted earnings per share	$	1.60		$	1.73		$	1.58		$	2.92