The Stanley Works (Form: 8-K)

-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Rbto3FCfGBmnumRrMSLHgMRJT7333Xeu06wqhVPEXQKH4UMlgvZFV8dgUBw6BfEu yYYXbqE8eCTfkgfy8g7oZg== 0001299933-06-002932.txt : 20060427 0001299933-06-002932.hdr.sgml : 20060427 20060427162916 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001299933-06-002932 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 8 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060426 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20060427 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060427 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: STANLEY WORKS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000093556 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CUTLERY, HANDTOOLS & GENERAL HARDWARE [3420] IRS NUMBER: 060548860 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CT FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-05224 FILM NUMBER: 06785635 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1000 STANLEY DR STREET 2: P O BOX 7000 CITY: NEW BRITAIN STATE: CT ZIP: 06053 BUSINESS PHONE: 8602255111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1000 STANLEY DR CITY: NEW BRITAIN STATE: CT ZIP: 06053 8-K 1 htm_11950.htm LIVE FILING The Stanley Works (Form: 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


Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):		April 26, 2006

The Stanley Works
__________________________________________
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Connecticut	1-5244	06-0548860
_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction	_____________ (Commission	______________ (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

1000 Stanley Drive, New Britain, Connecticut		06053
_________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices)		___________ (Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:		(860) 225-5111

Not Applicable
______________________________________________
Former name or former address, if changed since last report

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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[  ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO 1997 AND 2001 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLANS

On April 26, 2006, the Company's shareholders approved amendments to the Company's 1997 and 2001 Long-Term Incentive Plans adopting performance goals. Copies of the Plans, as amended, are filed herewith as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2.

APPROVAL OF THE STANLEY WORKS 2006 MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

On April 26, 2006, the Company's shareholders approved The Stanley Works 2006 Management Incentive Compensation Plan. A copy of the Plan is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.3.

APPROVAL OF TERMS OF AWARDS FOR FISCAL 2006 PURSUANT TO
THE STANLEY WORKS 2006 MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

The Compensation and Organization Committee of the Board of Directors and the Board of Directors approved the performance goals and criteria and the range of potential bonus payments for fiscal 2006 under The Stanley Works 2006 Management Incentive Compensation Plan.

Under the Plan, each participant has the opportunity to earn a threshold, target or maximum bonus amount that is contingent upon achieving the financial and individual performance goals established under the Program and described below. A significant percentage of the potential 2006 bonus for participants based in specific divisions is tied to the performance of that division, with the balance of such bonus tied to corporate performance. 2006 Bonuses for participants fulfilling corporate, but not divisional, functions, are dependent on achieving the established corporate goals and will not be affected by results of particular divisions. Bonus amounts based on results that fall below threshold, between the threshold and the target level or between the target and the maximum level are prorated.

The performance criteria under the Program are based on achievement in fiscal 2006 of corporate earnings per share, sales growth and cash flow multiple targets, as well as individual per formance goals and, for participants based in specific divisions, additional divisional performance criteria and goals.

The range of potential bonus payments for 2006 to our Chief Executive Officer and other four most highly compensated executive officers, expressed as a percentage of their eligible salary, for achievement of threshold performance is 25%-50%, for achievement of target performance is 50%-100%, and for achievement of maximum performance is 100%-200%.

APPROVAL OF TERMS OF LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE AWARD
PROGRAM FOR THE THREE YEAR PERFORMANCE PERIOD ENDING JANUARY 3, 2009

The Compensation and Organization Committee of the Board of Directors and the Board of Directors approved a Long-Term Performance Award Program under the Stanley Works 2001 Long-Term Incentive Plan for the performance period commencing January 1, 2006 and ending January 3, 2009. Exhibit 10.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K sets forth the terms and conditions applicable to Long-Term Performance Awards to be issued under the Stanley Works 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan. A form of Award Agreement for long-term performance awards granted under the Long-Term Performance Award Program for the 2006 to 2008 performance period is attached as Exhibit 10.5 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. A description of the performance criteria and range of awards for certain executives is attached as Exhibit 10.6 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

In a press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, The Stanley Works has announced the results of its 163rd annual meeting of shareowners held today.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits.
10.1 The Stanley Works 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended.
10.2 The Stanley Works 2001 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended.
10.3 The Stanley Works 2006 Management Incentive Compensation Plan.
10.4 Summary of Material Terms and Conditions Applicable to Long-Term Performance Awards issued under The Stanley Works 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
10.5 Form of Award Agreement for the Long-Term Performance Award Program for the period January 1, 2006 through January 3, 2009.
10.6 Description of the performance criteria and range of certain awards under the Long-Term Performance Award Program for the period January 1, 2006 through January 3, 2009.
99.1 Press release dated April 26, 2006 issued by The Stanley Works announcing the voting results from its 163rd annual meeting.

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SIGNATURES

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 Stanley Works

April 27, 2006	By:	/s/ Bruce H. Beatt

		Name: Bruce H. Beatt
		Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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Exhibit Index


Exhibit No.		Description

10.1		The Stanley Works 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended.
10.2		The Stanley Works 2001 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended.
10.3		The Stanley Works 2006 Management Incentive Compensation Plan.
10.4		Summary of Material Terms and Conditions Applicable to Long-Term Performance Awards issued under The Stanley Works 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
10.5		Form of Award Agreement for the Long-Term Performance Award Program for the period January 1, 2006 through January 3, 2009.
10.6		Description of the performance criteria and range of certain awards under the Long-Term Performance Award Program for the period January 1, 2006 through January 3, 2009.
99.1		Press release dated April 26, 2006 issued by The Stanley Works announcing the voting results from its 163rd annual meeting.

EX-10.1 2 exhibit1.htm EX-10.1 EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

THE STANLEY WORKS
1997 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Section 1. Purpose

The purposes of this Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) are to encourage selected salaried employees of The Stanley Works (together with any successor thereto, the “Company”) and selected salaried employees and non-employee directors of its Affiliates (as defined below) to acquire a proprietary interest in the growth and performance of the Company, to generate an increased incentive to contribute to the Company’s future success and prosperity, thus enhancing the value of the Company for the benefit of its shareholders, and to enhance the ability of the Company and its Affiliates to attract and retain exceptionally qualified individuals upon whom, in large measure, the sustained progress, growth and profitability of the Company depend.

Section 2. Definitions

As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(a) “Affiliate” shall mean (i) any entity that, directly or through one or more intermediaries, is controlled by the Company and (ii) any entity in which the Company has a significant equity interest, as determined by the Committee.

(b) “Award” shall mean any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Award, Dividend Equivalent, or Other Stock-Based Award granted under the Plan.

(c) “Award Agreement” shall mean any written agreement, contract, or other instrument or document evidencing any Award granted under the Plan.

(d) “Board of Directors” or “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

(e) “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

(f) “Committee” shall mean the Compensation and Organization Committee of the Board.

(g) “Dividend Equivalent” shall mean any right granted under Section 6(e) of the Plan.

(h) “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

(i) “Fair Market Value” shall mean, with respect to any property other than Shares, the fair market value of such property determined by such methods or procedures as shall be established from time to time by the Committee, and with respect to Shares, shall mean the mean average of the high and the low price of a Share as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape on the date as of which fair market value is to be determined or, if there is no trading of Shares on such date, such mean average of the high and the low price on the next preceding date on which there was such trading.

(j) “Immediate family members” of a Participant shall mean the Participant’s children, grandchildren and spouse.

(k) “Incentive Stock Option” shall mean an option granted under Section 6(a) of the Plan that is intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code, or any successor provision thereto.

(l) “1990 Plan” shall mean the Company’s 1990 Stock Option Plan.

(m) “Non-Employee Director” shall mean any non-employee director of an Affiliate.

(n) “Non-Qualified Stock Option” shall mean an option granted under Section 6(a) of the Plan that is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option.

(o) “Option” shall mean an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

(p) “Other Stock-Based Award” shall mean any right granted under Section 6(f) of the Plan.

(q) “Participant” shall mean a Salaried Employee designated to be granted an Award under the Plan.

(r) “Performance Award” shall mean any Award granted under Section 6(d) of the Plan.

(s) “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, or government or political subdivision thereof.

(t) “Released Securities” shall mean securities that were Restricted Securities with respect to which all applicable restrictions have expired, lapsed, or been waived.

(u) “Restricted Securities” shall mean securities covered by Awards of Restricted Stock or other Awards under which issued and outstanding Shares are held subject to certain restrictions.

(v) “Restricted Stock” shall mean any Share granted under Section 6(c) of the Plan.

(w) “Restricted Stock Unit” shall mean any right granted under Section 6(c) of the Plan that is denominated in Shares.

(x) “Salaried Employee” shall mean any salaried Employee of the Company or of any Affiliate.

(y) “Shares” shall mean shares of the common stock of the Company, par value $2.50 per share, and such other securities or property as may become the subject of Awards, or become subject to Awards, pursuant to an adjustment made under Section 4(b) of the Plan.

(z) “Stock Appreciation Right” shall mean any right granted under Section 6(b) of the Plan.

Section 3. Administration

Except as otherwise provided herein, the Plan shall be administered by the Committee. Subject to the terms of the Plan and applicable law, the Committee shall have full power and authority to: (i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to each Participant under the Plan; (iii) determine the number of Shares to be covered by (or with respect to which payments, rights, or other matters are to be calculated in connection with) Awards; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award; (v) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be settled or exercised in cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards, or other property, or canceled, forfeited, or suspended, and the method or methods by which Awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited, or suspended; (vi) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards, other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award under the Plan shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the holder thereof or of the Committee; (vii) interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to, or Award made under, the Plan; (viii) establish, amend, suspend, or waive such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; and (ix) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or with respect to the Plan or any Award shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at any time, and shall be final, conclusive, and binding upon all Persons, including the Company, any Affiliate, any Participant, any holder or beneficiary of any Award, any shareholder, and any employee of the Company or of any Affiliate.

Section 4. Shares Available for Awards

(a) Shares Available. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4(b):

(i) Calculation of Number of Shares Available. The number of Shares authorized to be issued in connection with the granting of Awards under the Plan is four million (4,000,000), and the number of Shares available for granting Awards under the Plan in each fiscal year or, in the case of the years 1997 and 2007, part thereof shall be two percent (2%) of the issued Shares (including, without limitation, treasury Shares) as of the first day of such year; provided, however, that the number of Shares available for granting Awards in any year shall be increased in any such year by the number of Shares available under the Plan in previous years but not covered by Awards granted under the Plan in such years. Further, if any Shares covered by an Award granted under the Plan or by an award granted under the 1990 Plan, or to which such an Award or award relates, are forfeited, or if an Award or award otherwise terminates without the delivery of Shares or of other consideration, or if upon the termination of the 1990 Plan there are Shares remaining that were authorized for issuance under that Plan but with respect to which no awards have been granted, then the Shares covered by such Awards or award, or to which such Award or award relates, or the number of Shares otherwise counted against the aggregate number of Shares available under the Plan with respect to such Award or award, to the extent of any such forfeiture or termination, or which were authorized for issuance under the 1990 Plan but with respect to which no awards were granted as of the termination of the 1990 Plan shall again be, or shall become available for granting Awards under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing but subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4(b), no more than one million (1,000,000) Shares shall be cumulatively available for delivery pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options.

(ii) Accounting for Awards. For purposes of this Section 4,

(A) if an Award (other than a Dividend Equivalent) is denominated in Shares, the number of Shares covered by such Award, or to which such Award relates, shall be counted on the date of grant of such Award against the aggregate number of Shares available for granting Awards under the Plan; and

provided, however, that Awards that operate in tandem with (whether granted simultaneously with or at a different time from), or that are substituted for, other Awards or awards granted under the 1990 Plan may be counted or not counted under procedures adopted by the Committee in order to avoid double counting. Any Shares that are delivered by the Company, and any Awards that are granted by, or become obligations of, the Company through the assumption by the Company or an Affiliate of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by an acquired company, shall not be counted against the Shares available for granting Awards under the Plan.

(iii) Sources of Shares Deliverable Under Awards. Any Shares delivered pursuant to an Award may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued Shares or of treasury Shares.

(b) Adjustments. In the event that the Committee shall determine that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares, other securities, or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation split-up, spin-off, combination repurchase, or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase Shares or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction or event affects the Shares such that an adjustment is determined by the Committee to be appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, then the Committee shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust any or all of (i) the number and type of Shares (or other securities or property) which thereafter may be made the subject of Awards, (ii) the number and type of Shares (or other securities or property) subject to outstanding Awards, (iii) the number and type of Shares (or other securities or property) specified as the annual per-participant limitation under Section 6(g)(vi), and (iv) the grant, purchase, or exercise price with respect to any Award, or, if deemed appropriate, make provision for a cash payment to the holder of an outstanding Award; provided, however, in each case, that with respect to Awards of Incentive Stock Options no such adjustment shall be authorized to the extent that such authority would cause the Plan to violate Section 422(b)(1) of the Code or any successor provision thereto; and provided further, however, that the number of Shares subject to any Award denominated in Shares shall always be a whole number.

Section 5. Eligibility

Any Salaried Employee, including any officer or employee-director of the Company or of any Affiliate, and any Non-Employee Director, who is not a member of the Committee shall be eligible to be designated a Participant.

Section 6. Awards

(a) Options. The Committee is hereby authorized to grant Options to Participants with the following terms and conditions and with such additional terms and conditions, in either case not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall determine:

(i) Exercise Price. The purchase price per Share purchasable under an Option shall be determined by the Committee; provided, however, that such purchase price shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant of such Option (or, if the Committee so determines, in the case of any Option retroactively granted in tandem with or in substitution for another Award or any outstanding award granted under any other plan of the Company, on the date of grant of such other Award or award).

(ii) Option Term. The term of each Option shall be fixed by the Committee.

(iii) Time and Method of Exercise. The Committee shall determine the time or times at which an Option may be exercised in whole or in part, and the method or methods by which, and the form or forms, including, without limitation, cash, Shares, other Awards, or other property, or any combination thereof, having a Fair Market Value on the exercise date equal to the relevant exercise price, in which, payment of the exercise price with respect thereto may be made or deemed to have been made.

(iv) Incentive Stock Options. The terms of any Incentive Stock Option granted under the plan shall comply in all respects with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code, or any successor provision thereto, and any regulations promulgated thereunder. No Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to any Non-Employee Director who is not otherwise an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(v) Transferability. An Option shall not be transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in the Code, and, during the Participant’s lifetime, shall be exercisable only by the Participant, except that the Committee may:

(A) permit exercise, during the Participant’s lifetime, by the Participant’s guardian or legal representative; and

(B) permit transfer, upon the Participant’s death, to beneficiaries designated by the Participant in a manner authorized by the Committee, provided that the Committee determines that such exercise and such transfer are consonant with requirements for exemption from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act and, with respect to an Incentive Stock Option, the requirements of Section 422(b)(5) of the Code; and

(C) grant Non-Qualified Stock Options that are transferable, or amend outstanding Non-Qualified Stock Options to make them so transferable, without payment of consideration, to immediate family members of the Participant or to trusts or partnerships for such family members.

(b) Stock Appreciation Rights. The Committee is hereby authorized to grant Stock Appreciation Rights to Participants. Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, a Stock Appreciation Right granted under the Plan shall confer on the holder thereof a right to receive, upon exercise thereof, the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value of one Share on the date of exercise or, if the Committee shall so determine in the case of any such right other than one related to any Incentive Stock Option, at any time during a specified period before or after the date of exercise over (ii) the grant price of the right as specified by the Committee, which shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of one Share on the date of grant of the Stock Appreciation Right (or, if the Committee so determines, in the case of any Stock Appreciation Right retroactively granted in tandem with or in substitution for another Award or any outstanding award granted under any other plan of the Company, on the date of grant of such other Award or award). Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, the grant price, term, methods of exercise, methods of settlement, and any other terms and conditions of any Stock Appreciation Right shall be as determined by the Committee. The Committee may impose such conditions or restrictions on the exercise of any Stock Appreciation Right as it may deem appropriate.

(c) Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units.

(i) Issuance. The Committee is hereby authorized to grant Awards of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units to Participants.

(ii) Restrictions. Shares of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to such restrictions as the Committee may impose (including, without limitation, any limitation on the right to vote a Share of Restricted Stock or the right to receive any dividend or other right or property), which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such time or times, in such installments or otherwise, as the Committee may deem appropriate.

(iii) Registration. Any Restricted Stock granted under the Plan may be evidenced in such manner as the Committee may deem appropriate, including, without limitation, book-entry registration or issuance of a stock certificate or certificates. In the event any stock certificate is issued in respect of Shares of Restricted Stock granted under the Plan, such certificate shall be registered in the name of the Participant and shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock.

(iv) Forfeiture. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, upon termination of employment (as determined under criteria established by the Committee) for any reason during the applicable restriction period, all Shares of Restricted Stock and all Restricted Stock Units still, in either case, subject to restriction shall be forfeited and reacquired by the Company; provided, however, that the Committee may, when it finds that a waiver would be in the best interests of the Company, waive in whole or in part any or all remaining restrictions with respect to Shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units. Unrestricted Shares, evidenced in such manner as the Committee shall deem appropriate, shall be delivered to the holder of Restricted Stock promptly after such Restricted Stock shall become Released Securities.

(d) Performance Awards. The Committee is hereby authorized to grant Performance Awards to Participants. Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, a Performance Award granted under the Plan (i) may be denominated or payable in cash, Shares (including without limitation, Restricted Stock), other securities, other Awards, or other property and (ii) shall confer on the holder thereof rights valued as determined by the Committee and payable to, or exercisable by, the holder of the Performance Award, in whole or in part, upon the achievement of such performance goals during such performance periods as the Committee shall establish.

Performance goals shall be based on one or more of the following criteria, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, where applicable: (i) pre-tax income or after-tax income; (ii) earnings including operating income, earnings before or after taxes, earnings before or after interest, depreciation, amortization, or extraordinary or special items; (iii) net income excluding amortization of intangible assets, depreciation and impairment of goodwill and intangible assets; (iv) operating income; (v) earnings or book value per share (basic or diluted); (vi) return on assets (gross or net), return on investment, return on capital, or return on equity; (vii) return on revenues; (viii) net tangible assets (working capital plus property, plants and equipment) or return on net tangible assets (operating income divided by average net tangible assets) or working capital; (ix) operating cash flow (operating income plus or minus changes in working capital less capital expenditures); (x) cash flow, free cash flow, cash flow return on investment (discounted or otherwise), net cash provided by operations, or cash flow in excess of cost of capital; (xi) sales or sales growth; (xii) operating margin or profit margin; (xiii) share price or total shareholder return; (xiv) earnings from continuing operations; (xv) cost targets, reductions or savings, productivity or efficiencies; (xvi) economic value added; and (xvii) strategic business criteria, consisting of one or more objectives based on meeting specified market penetration or market share, geographic business expansion, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, human resources management, financial management, project management, supervision of litigation, information technology, or goals relating to divestitures, joint ventures or similar transactions.

Where applicable, the performance goals may be expressed in terms of attaining a specified level of the particular criterion or the attainment of a percentage increase or decrease in the particular criterion, and may be applied to one or more of Stanley or a parent or subsidiary of Stanley, or a division or strategic business unit of Stanley, all as determined by the Compensation and Organization Committee (the “Committee”). The performance goals may include a threshold level of performance below which no payment will be made (or no vesting will occur), levels of performance at which specified payments will be paid (or specified vesting will occur) and a maximum level of performance above which no additional payment will be made (or at which full vesting will occur).

Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Awards Agreement, the performance goals to be achieved during any performance period, the length of any performance period, the amount of any Performance Award granted, and the amount of any payment or transfer to be made pursuant to any Performance Award shall be determined by the Committee.

(e) Dividend Equivalents. The Committee is hereby authorized to grant to Participants Awards under which the holders thereof shall be entitled to receive payments equivalent to dividends or interest with respect to a number of Shares determined by the Committee, and the Committee may provide that such amounts (if any) shall be deemed to have been reinvested in additional Shares or otherwise reinvested. Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Awards Agreement, such Awards may have such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine.

(f) Other Stock-Based Awards. The Committee is hereby authorized to grant to Participants such other Awards that are denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to, Shares (including, without limitation, securities convertible into Shares), as are deemed by the Committee to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan, provided, however, that such grants must comply with applicable law. Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, the Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of such Awards. Shares or other securities delivered pursuant to a purchase right granted under this Section 6(f) shall be purchased for such consideration, which may be paid by such method or methods and in such form or forms, including, without limitation, cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards, or other property, or any combination thereof, as the Committee shall determine, the value of which consideration, as established by the Committee, shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of such Shares or other securities as of the date such purchase right is granted (or, if the Committee so determines, in the case of any such purchase right retroactively granted in tandem with or in substitution for another Award or any outstanding award granted under any other plan of the Company, on the date of grant of such other Award or award).

(g) General.

(i) No Cash Consideration for Awards. Awards shall be granted for no cash consideration or for such minimal cash consideration as may be required by applicable law.

(ii) Awards May Be Granted Separately or Together. Awards may, in the discretion of the Committee, be granted either alone or in addition to, in tandem with, or in substitution for any other Award or any awards granted under any other plan of the Company or any Affiliate. Awards granted in addition to or in tandem with other Awards, or in addition to or in tandem with awards granted under any other plan of the Company or any Affiliate, may be granted either at the same time as or at a different time from the grant of such other Awards or awards.

(iii) Forms of Payment Under Awards. Subject to the terms of the Plan and of any applicable Award Agreement, payments or transfers to be made by the Company or an Affiliate upon the grant, exercise, or payment of an Award may be made in such form or forms as the Committee shall determine, including, without limitation, cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards, or other property, or any combination thereof, and may be made in a single payment or transfer, in installments, or on a deferred basis, in each case in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Committee. Such rules and procedures may include, without limitation, provisions for the payment or crediting of reasonable interest on installment or deferred payments or the grant or crediting of Dividend Equivalents in respect of installment or deferred payments.

(iv) Limits on Transfer of Awards. Except as provided in Section 6(a) above regarding Options, no Award (other than Released Securities), and no right under any such Award, shall be assignable, alienable, saleable, or transferable by a Participant otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in the Code (or, in the case of an Award of Restricted Securities, to the Company); provided, however, that, if so determined by the Committee, a Participant may, in the manner established by the Committee, designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries to exercise the rights of the Participant, and to receive any property distributable, with respect to any Award upon the demand of the Participant. Each Award, and each right under any Award, shall be exercisable, during the Participant’s lifetime, only by the Participant or, if permissible under applicable law, by the Participant’s guardian or legal representative. No Award (other than Released Securities), and no right under any such Award, may be pledged, alienated, attached, or otherwise encumbered, and any purported pledge, alienation, attachment, or encumbrance thereof shall be void and unenforceable against the Company or any Affiliate.

(v) Terms of Awards. The Term of each Award shall be for such period as may be determined by the Committee; provided, however, that in no event shall the term of any Incentive Stock Option exceed a period of ten years from the date of its grant.

(vi) Per-Person Limitation on Options and SARs. The number of Shares with respect to which Options and SARs may be granted under the Plan to an individual Participant in any three-year period from September 17, 1997 through the end of the term shall not exceed 3,000,000 Shares, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4(b).

(vii) Share Certificates. All certificates for Shares or other securities delivered under the Plan pursuant to any Award or the exercise thereof shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan or the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange upon which such Shares or other securities are then listed, and any applicable Federal or state securities laws, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

(viii) Maximum Payment Amount. The maximum fair market value of payments to any executive officer made in connection with any long-term performance awards (except for payments made in connection with Options or Stock Appreciation Rights) granted under the 1997 Plan shall not, during any three-year period, exceed two percent of Stanley’s shareholders’ equity as of the end of the year immediately preceding the commencement of such three-year period.

Section 7. Amendment and Termination

Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law and unless otherwise expressly provided in an Award Agreement or in the Plan:

(a) Amendments to the Plan. The Board of Directors of the Company may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan, including, without limitation, any amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation, or termination that would impair the rights of any Participant, or any other holder or beneficiary of any Award theretofore granted, without the consent of any shareholder, Participant, other holder or beneficiary of an Award, or other Person; provided, however, that, notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement, without the approval of the shareholders of the Company no such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation, or termination shall be made that would:

(i) increase the total number of Shares available for Awards under the Plan, except as provided in Section 4 hereof; or

(ii) permit Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, or other Stock-Based Awards encompassing rights to purchase Shares to be granted with per Share grant, purchase, or exercise prices of less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant thereof, except to the extent permitted under Sections 6(a), 6(b), or 6(f) hereof.

(b) Adjustments of Awards Upon Certain Acquisitions. In the event the Company or any Affiliate shall assume outstanding employee awards or the right or obligation to make future such awards in connection with the acquisition of another business or another corporation or business entity, the Committee may make such adjustments, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, in the terms of Awards as it shall deem appropriate in order to achieve reasonable comparability or other equitable relationship between the assumed awards and the Awards granted under the Plan as so adjusted.

(c) Adjustments of Awards Upon the Occurrence of Certain Unusual or Nonrecurring Events. The Committee shall be authorized to make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, the events described in Section 4(b) hereof) affecting the Company, any Affiliate, or the financial statements of the Company or any Affiliate, or of changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles, whenever the Committee determines that such adjustments are appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits to be made available under the Plan.

(d) Correction of Defects, Omissions and Inconsistencies. The Committee may correct any defect, supply any omission, or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award in the manner and to the extent it shall deem desirable to carry the Plan into effect.

Section 8. General Provisions

(a) No Rights to Awards. No Salaried Employee, Participant or other Person shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Salaried Employees, Participants, or holders or beneficiaries of Awards under the Plan. The terms and conditions of Awards need not be the same with respect to each recipient.

(b) Delegation. The Committee may delegate to one or more officers or managers of the Company or any Affiliate, or a committee of such officers or managers, the authority, subject to such terms and limitations as the Committee shall determine, to grant Awards to, or to cancel, modify, waive rights with respect to, alter, discontinue, suspend or terminate Awards held by, Salaried Employees who are not officers of the Company for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

(c) Withholding. The Company or any Affiliate shall be authorized to withhold from any Award granted or any payment due or transfer made under any Award or under the Plan the amount (in cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards, or other property) of withholding taxes due in respect of an Award, its exercise, or any payment or transfer under such Awards or under the Plan and to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company or Affiliate to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such taxes.

(d) No Limit on Other Compensation Arrangements. Nothing contained in the Plan shall prevent the Company or any Affiliate from adopting or continuing in effect other or additional compensation arrangements, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.

(e) No Right to Employment. The grant of an Award shall not be construed as giving a Participant the right to be retained in the employ of the Company or any Affiliate. Further, the Company or an Affiliate may at any time dismiss a Participant from employment, free from any liability, or any claim under the Plan, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or in any Award Agreement.

(f) Governing Law. The validity, construction, and effect of the Plan and any rules and regulations relating to the Plan shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Connecticut and applicable Federal law.

(g) Severability. If any provision of the Plan or any Award is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any Person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person, or Award, and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

(h) No Trust or Fund Created. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company or any Affiliate and a Participant or any other Person. To the extent that any Person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company or any Affiliate pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company or any Affiliate.

(i) No Fractional Shares. No fractional Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Committee shall determine whether cash, other securities, or other property shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional Shares, or whether such fractional Shares or any rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated, or otherwise eliminated.

(j) Headings. Headings are given to the Sections and subsections of the Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of the Plan or any provision thereof.

Section 9. Change in Control

(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control (as hereinafter defined), unless otherwise determined by the Committee and set forth in an Award Agreement,

(i) all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, whether granted as performance awards or otherwise, shall become immediately exercisable in full for the remainder of their terms, and Grantees shall have the right to have the Company purchase all or any number of such Options or Stock Appreciation Rights for cash for a period of thirty (30) days following a Change in Control at the Option Acceleration Price (as hereinafter defined); and

(ii) all restrictions applicable to all Restricted stock and Restricted Stock Units, whether such Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units were granted as performance awards or otherwise, shall immediately lapse and have no effect, and Grantees shall have the right to have the Company purchase all or any number of such Restricted Stock Units and shares of Restricted Stock for cash for a period of thirty (30) days following a Change in Control at the Restricted Stock Acceleration Price (as hereinafter defined).

(b) (i) The “Restricted Stock Acceleration Price” is the highest of the following on the date of a Change in Control:

(A) the highest reported sales price of a share of the Common Stock within the sixty (60) days preceding the date of a Change in Control, as reported on any securities exchange upon which the Common Stock is listed,

(B) the highest price of a share of the Common Stock reported in a Schedule 13D or an amendment thereto as paid within the sixty (60) days preceding the date of the Change in Control,

(C) the highest tender offer price paid for a share of the Common Stock, and

(D) any cash merger or similar price paid for a share of the Common Stock.

(ii) The “Option Acceleration Price” is the excess of the Restricted Stock Acceleration Price over the exercise price of the award, except that for Incentive Stock Options, the Option Acceleration Price is limited to the spread between the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise and the option price.

(c) A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if the event set forth in any one of the following paragraphs shall have occurred:

(I) any Person, as hereinafter defined, is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, as hereinafter defined, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company, as hereinafter defined, (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Company or its Affiliates) representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities, excluding any Person who becomes such a Beneficial Owner in connection with a transaction described in clause (i) of paragraph (III) below; or

(II) the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors then serving: individuals who, on the date hereof, constitute the Board and any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company) whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors on December 17, 2003 or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended;

(III)there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company with any other corporation or other entity, other than (i) a merger or consolidation which results in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof) at least 50% of the combined voting power of the securities of the Company or such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation or (ii) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities Beneficially Owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Company or its Affiliates) representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; or

(IV) the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale.

(d) Solely for purposes of Section 9(c) and (d), and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other provision of this Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:

1. “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.

2. “Company” shall mean The Stanley Works.

3. “Person” shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except that such term shall not include (i) the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Affiliates, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (iv) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company.

Section 10. Effective Date of the Plan

The Plan shall be effective as of September 17, 1997.

Section 11. Term of the Plan

No Award shall be granted under the Plan after September 16, 2007. However, unless otherwise expressly provided in the plan or in an applicable Award Agreement, any Award theretofore granted may extend beyond such date, and the authority of the Committee to amend, alter, or adjust any such Award, or to waive any conditions or rights under any such Award, and the authority of the Board of Directors of the Company to amend the Plan, shall extend beyond such date.

Exhibit 10.2

THE STANLEY WORKS
2001 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Section 1. Purpose

The purposes of this Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) are to encourage selected salaried employees of The Stanley Works (together with any successor thereto, the “Company”) and selected salaried employees and non-employee directors of its Affiliates (as defined below) to acquire a proprietary interest in the growth and performance of the Company, to generate an increased incentive to contribute to the Company’s future success and prosperity, thus enhancing the value of the Company for the benefit of its shareowners, and to enhance the ability of the Company and its Affiliates to attract and retain exceptionally qualified individuals upon whom, in large measure, the sustained progress, growth and profitability of the Company depend.