X0303 4 2009-01-02 0 0000012355 BLACK & DECKER CORP BDK 0001030312 CLARK KIM B C/O THE BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION 701 EAST JOPPA ROAD TOWSON MD 21286 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2009-01-02 4 M 0 8355 0 A 8398 D Phantom Stock 0 2009-01-02 4 M 0 8355 0 D 2009-01-02 2009-01-02 Common Stock 8355 0 D The shares were acquired by the reporting person pursuant to the settlement of Phantom Stock acquired under the Non-Employee Directors Stock Plan (the "Stock Plan"). This amount includes 237.746 shares of Phantom Stock accrued pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the Stock Plan. The shares of Phantom Stock convert on a 1 for 1 basis. The referenced Phantom Stock was acquired pursuant to the deferred compensation provisions of the Stock Plan and is settled in shares of Common Stock under the terms of the Stock Plan and as directed by the reporting person. /s/ Natalie A. Shields, Attorney-in-Fact 2009-01-05