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