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It also</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="31">manufactures hardware products</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="32">ranging from hinges, hasps,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="33">shelf brackets, bolts and</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="34">latches to a line of closet</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="35">organizing systems and</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="36">mirrored closet doors, door</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="37">hardware and wall mirrors. The</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="38">company was founded in 1843.</sdc:value></sdc:g_TEST><sdc:g_business><sdc:value sdc:p="0">The Stanley Works, located in New Britain, Connecticut,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">manufactures hardware products, primarily measuring</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">instruments, planes, hammers, knives and blades, wrenches,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">sockets, screwdrivers, saws, chisels, boring tools, masonry,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">tile and drywall tools, paint preparation and paint</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">application tools, engineered tools including fasteners used</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">for commercial, industrial, construction, packaging and</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="7">consumer use, hydraulic tools (these are hand-held hydraulic</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="8">tools used by contractors, utilities, railroads and public</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="9">works as well as mounted demolition hammers and compactors</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="10">designed to work on skid steer loaders, mini- excavators,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="11">backhoes and large excavators), and air tools (these are</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="12">high performance, precision assembly tools, controllers and</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="13">systems for tightening threaded fasteners used chiefly by</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="14">vehicle manufacturers). It also manufactures hardware</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="15">products ranging from hinges, hasps, shelf brackets, bolts</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="16">and latches to a line of closet organizing systems and</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="17">mirrored closet doors, door hardware and wall mirrors. The</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="18">company was founded in 1843.</sdc:value></sdc:g_business><sdc:g_business1><sdc:value>The Stanley Works, located in New Britain, Connecticut, manufactures hardware products, primarily measuring instruments, planes, hammers, knives and blades, wrenches, sockets, screwdrivers, saws, chisels, boring tools, masonry, tile and drywall tools, paint preparation and paint application tools, engineered tools including fasteners used for commercial, industrial, construction, packaging and consumer use, hydraulic tools (these are hand-held hydraulic tools used by contractors, utilities, railroads and public works as well as mounted demolition hammers and compactors designed to work on skid steer loaders, mini- excavators, backhoes and large excavators), and air tools (these are high performance, precision assembly tools, controllers and systems for tightening threaded fasteners used chiefly by vehicle manufacturers). It also manufactures hardware products ranging from hinges, hasps, shelf brackets, bolts and latches to a line of closet organizing systems and mirrored closet doors, door hardware and wall mirrors. The company was founded in 1843.</sdc:value></sdc:g_business1><sdc:h_SEQ><sdc:value sdc:p="0">1.00000</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">2.00000</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">3.00000</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">4.00000</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">5.00000</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">6.00000</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">7.00000</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="7">8.00000</sdc:value></sdc:h_SEQ><sdc:h_TEST><sdc:value sdc:p="0">The Black &amp; Decker Corp,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">located in Towson, Maryland,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">manufactures and wholesales</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">power tools and accessories,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">hardware and home improvement</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">products, and technology based</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">fastening systems. The company</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="7">was founded in 1910.</sdc:value></sdc:h_TEST><sdc:h_business><sdc:value sdc:p="0">The Black &amp; Decker Corp, located in Towson, Maryland,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">manufactures and wholesales power tools and accessories,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">hardware and home improvement products, and technology based</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">fastening systems. The company was founded in 1910.</sdc:value></sdc:h_business><sdc:h_business1><sdc:value>The Black &amp; Decker Corp, located in Towson, Maryland, manufactures and wholesales power tools and accessories, hardware and home improvement products, and technology based fastening systems. 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Stanley offered</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="13">1.275 common shares per Black</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="14">share. Based on Stanley's</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="15">closing stock price of USD 45.</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="16">23 on 30 October 2009, the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="17">last full trading day prior</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="18">to the announcement, each</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="19">Black share was valued at USD</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="20">57.668.</sdc:value></sdc:n_SYNOPSIS><sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:value>US - The Stanley Works (Stanley) definitively agreed to acquire the entire share capital of The Black &amp; Decker Corp (Black), a Towson-based manufacturer and wholesaler of power tools and accessories, hardware and home improvement products, and technology-based fastening systems, in a stock swap transaction valued at USD 3.47 bil. Stanley offered 1.275 common shares per Black share. 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