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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>THE STANLEY WORKS</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><br><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1000 Stanley Drive<BR>
New Britain, Connecticut 06053</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><br><B>06-0548860</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation or Organization)</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><b>(Address of Principal Executive</b><BR>
<b>Offices Including Zip  Code)</b>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>THE STANLEY WORKS 2009 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Bruce H. Beatt, Esquire<BR>
The Stanley Works<BR>
1000 Stanley Drive<BR>
New Britain, Connecticut 06053<BR>
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>860-225-5111<BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. (Check one):
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<TABLE width="100%" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><TR><TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD><TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD><TD align="center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD><TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of Securities to be Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(1)</B></SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(2)</B></SUP></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value $2.50 per
share<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"> (3)</SUP></DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">5,100,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">45.21</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>

<TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">230,571.00</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">12,865.86</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this
Registration Statement also covers such additional shares of Common Stock, par value $2.50 per
share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), of The Stanley Works (the &#147;Company&#148;) as may become issuable
pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of The Stanley Works 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(the &#147;Plan&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for purposes of calculation of the registration fee pursuant to paragraphs
(c)&nbsp;and (h)&nbsp;of Rule&nbsp;457 under the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low
prices of the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange
on November&nbsp;2, 2009, a date that is within five business days prior to filing.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to a Rights Agreement, one stock purchase right, as such number may be adjusted from
time to time in accordance with the terms of the Rights Agreement, (the &#147;Rights&#148;) will be
issued for each share of our common stock issued prior to the Distribution Date. Each Right
may be exercised to purchase one two-hundredth of a share of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock at an exercise price of $220.00, subject to adjustment. The terms of the
Rights are described in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on January&nbsp;20,
2006, as amended by the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed by the Company on February&nbsp;22,
2006.</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with the
Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8, the information specified by Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8 has been omitted
from this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January&nbsp;3, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD>the Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended April&nbsp;4,
2009, July&nbsp;4, 2009, and October&nbsp;3, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD>the Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;23, 2009, July&nbsp;9, 2009
and each report filed on November&nbsp;2, 2009 and November&nbsp;3, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD>the description of the Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s registration
statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission under Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), on March</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">24, 1986, including any subsequently filed amendments and reports updating such
description; and
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    <TD>the description of the Rights associated with our common stock contained in our
Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A, filed with the SEC on July&nbsp;23, 2004, and any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in any
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bruce H. Beatt, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, is an officer
and employee of the Company and will be eligible for awards of options or other rights under the
Plan. Mr.&nbsp;Beatt beneficially owns and has rights to acquire less than one percent of the Company&#146;s
Common Stock.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sections&nbsp;33-770 through 33-776 of the Connecticut Business Corporation Act, or CBCA, provide
that a corporation in the Company&#146;s circumstances may indemnify a director or officer against
judgments, fines, penalties, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses actually incurred
by him, including attorneys&#146; fees, for actions brought against him in his capacity as a director or
officer, when it is determined by certain disinterested parties that he acted in good faith in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in the corporation&#146;s best interest (or in the case of conduct
not in his official capacity, at least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation). In
any criminal action or proceeding, it also must be determined that the director or officer had no
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. The director or officer must be
indemnified when he is wholly successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of a proceeding
or in circumstances where a court determines that he is entitled to indemnification or that it is
fair and reasonable that the director or officer be indemnified. In connection with shareholder
derivative suits, the director or officer may not be indemnified except for reasonable expenses
incurred in connection with the proceeding (and then only if it is determined that he met the
relevant standard of conduct described above), subject, however, to courts&#146; power under
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;33-774 to order indemnification. Unless ordered by a court under Section&nbsp;33-774, a
corporation may not indemnify a director with respect to conduct for which he was adjudged liable
on the basis that he received a financial benefit to which he was not entitled, whether or not he
was acting in his official capacity.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation provides that no director of the Company will be
personally liable to the Company or any of its shareholders for monetary damages in an amount
greater than the compensation received by that director for serving the Company during the year of
the violation to the extent permitted by applicable law, which permits such limitation provided
that such violation must not involve a knowing and culpable violation of law, enable the director
or an affiliate to receive an improper personal gain, show a lack of good faith and a conscious
disregard for the director&#146;s duty to the corporation, amount to an abdication of the director&#146;s
duty to the corporation, or create liability for an unlawful distribution.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Company&#146;s bylaws provide for indemnification of directors and officers to the fullest extent
permitted by Connecticut law. The Company&#146;s bylaws also provide for the indemnification and
reimbursement of, and advances of expenses to, any person that is made a party to an action by
reason of the fact that he or she:
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company; or</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>served at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent
of another corporation.</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has purchased insurance providing officers and directors of the Company (and their
heirs and other legal representatives) coverage against certain liabilities arising from any
negligent act, error, omission or breach of duty claimed against them solely by reason of their
being such officers and directors, and providing coverage for the Company against its obligation to
provide indemnification as required by the above-described statute.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3(i) to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for
the year ended January&nbsp;2, 1999 (File No.&nbsp;001-05224))</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The Stanley Works By-laws as amended July&nbsp;20, 2007 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3(ii) to the Company&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K dated July&nbsp;20, 2007 (File No.&nbsp;001-05224))</TD>
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    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of January&nbsp;19, 2006, by and between The
Stanley Works and Computershare Investor Services L.L.C.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s Current
Report on Form&nbsp;8-K/A dated February&nbsp;22, 2006 (File No.&nbsp;001-05224))</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The Stanley Works 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan (filed herewith)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Bruce H. Beatt (filed herewith)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP (filed herewith)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Bruce H. Beatt (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (filed herewith)</TD>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in the Registration Statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of New Britain, State of Connecticut, on this 6th day of November, 2009.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>THE STANLEY WORKS</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Bruce H. Beatt</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Bruce H. Beatt&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>John F. Lundgren</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;6, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Donald Allan, Jr.</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;6, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>John G. Breen</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;6, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Patrick D. Campbell</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;6, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Carlos M. Cardoso</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;6, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Virgis W. Colbert</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;6, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Robert B. Coutts</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;6, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Eileen S. Kraus</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;6, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>Bruce H. Beatt, the undersigned attorney-in-fact, by signing his name hereto, does hereby sign
and execute this Registration Statement on behalf of the above indicated officers and directors
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3(i) to the Company&#146;s Annual Report
on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended January&nbsp;2, 1999 (File
No.&nbsp;001-05224))
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">The Stanley Works By-laws as amended July&nbsp;20, 2007
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3(ii) to the
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated July&nbsp;20, 2007
(File No.&nbsp;001-05224))
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of January&nbsp;19, 2006, by and
between The Stanley Works and Computershare Investor
Services L.L.C. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K/A dated
February&nbsp;22, 2006 (File No.&nbsp;001-05224))
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herewith)
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
THE STANLEY WORKS
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
1000 Stanley Drive
New Britain, Connecticut 06053
06-0548860
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(Address of Principal Executive
Offices Including Zip  Code)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
THE STANLEY WORKS 2009 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Bruce H. Beatt, Esquire
The Stanley Works
1000 Stanley Drive
New Britain, Connecticut 06053
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
860-225-5111
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered
Registered
(1)
Per Share
(2)
Offering Price
(2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $2.50 per
share
(3)
5,100,000
$
45.21
$
230,571.00
$
12,865.86
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), this
Registration Statement also covers such additional shares of Common Stock, par value $2.50 per
share (the "Common Stock"), of The Stanley Works (the "Company") as may become issuable
pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of The Stanley Works 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(the "Plan").
(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculation of the registration fee pursuant to paragraphs
(c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low
prices of the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange
on November 2, 2009, a date that is within five business days prior to filing.
(3)
Pursuant to a Rights Agreement, one stock purchase right, as such number may be adjusted from
time to time in accordance with the terms of the Rights Agreement, (the "Rights") will be
issued for each share of our common stock issued prior to the Distribution Date. Each Right
may be exercised to purchase one two-hundredth of a share of Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock at an exercise price of $220.00, subject to adjustment. The terms of the
Rights are described in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on January 20,
2006, as amended by the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed by the Company on February 22,
2006.
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PART II
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-4.4
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
In accordance with the
Note to Part I of Form S-8, the information specified by Part I of Form S-8 has been omitted
from this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(1)
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 2009;
(2)
the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended April 4,
2009, July 4, 2009, and October 3, 2009;
(3)
the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 23, 2009, July 9, 2009
and each report filed on November 2, 2009 and November 3, 2009;
(4)
the description of the Common Stock contained in the Company's registration
statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission under Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), on March
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24, 1986, including any subsequently filed amendments and reports updating such
description; and
(5)
the description of the Rights associated with our common stock contained in our
Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A, filed with the SEC on July 23, 2004, and any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in any
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Bruce H. Beatt, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, is an officer
and employee of the Company and will be eligible for awards of options or other rights under the
Plan. Mr. Beatt beneficially owns and has rights to acquire less than one percent of the Company's
Common Stock.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Sections 33-770 through 33-776 of the Connecticut Business Corporation Act, or CBCA, provide
that a corporation in the Company's circumstances may indemnify a director or officer against
judgments, fines, penalties, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses actually incurred
by him, including attorneys' fees, for actions brought against him in his capacity as a director or
officer, when it is determined by certain disinterested parties that he acted in good faith in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in the corporation's best interest (or in the case of conduct
not in his official capacity, at least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation). In
any criminal action or proceeding, it also must be determined that the director or officer had no
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. The director or officer must be
indemnified when he is wholly successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of a proceeding
or in circumstances where a court determines that he is entitled to indemnification or that it is
fair and reasonable that the director or officer be indemnified. In connection with shareholder
derivative suits, the director or officer may not be indemnified except for reasonable expenses
incurred in connection with the proceeding (and then only if it is determined that he met the
relevant standard of conduct described above), subject, however, to courts' power under
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Section 33-774 to order indemnification. Unless ordered by a court under Section 33-774, a
corporation may not indemnify a director with respect to conduct for which he was adjudged liable
on the basis that he received a financial benefit to which he was not entitled, whether or not he
was acting in his official capacity.
The Company's certificate of incorporation provides that no director of the Company will be
personally liable to the Company or any of its shareholders for monetary damages in an amount
greater than the compensation received by that director for serving the Company during the year of
the violation to the extent permitted by applicable law, which permits such limitation provided
that such violation must not involve a knowing and culpable violation of law, enable the director
or an affiliate to receive an improper personal gain, show a lack of good faith and a conscious
disregard for the director's duty to the corporation, amount to an abdication of the director's
duty to the corporation, or create liability for an unlawful distribution.
The Company's bylaws provide for indemnification of directors and officers to the fullest extent
permitted by Connecticut law. The Company's bylaws also provide for the indemnification and
reimbursement of, and advances of expenses to, any person that is made a party to an action by
reason of the fact that he or she:
•
is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company; or
•
served at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent
of another corporation.
The Company has purchased insurance providing officers and directors of the Company (and their
heirs and other legal representatives) coverage against certain liabilities arising from any
negligent act, error, omission or breach of duty claimed against them solely by reason of their
being such officers and directors, and providing coverage for the Company against its obligation to
provide indemnification as required by the above-described statute.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
Exhibit
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3(i) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended January 2, 1999 (File No. 001-05224))
4.2
The Stanley Works By-laws as amended July 20, 2007 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K dated July 20, 2007 (File No. 001-05224))
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Exhibit
Description
4.3
Rights Agreement, dated as of January 19, 2006, by and between The
Stanley Works and Computershare Investor Services L.L.C.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K/A dated February 22, 2006 (File No. 001-05224))
4.4
The Stanley Works 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan (filed herewith)
5.1
Opinion of Bruce H. Beatt (filed herewith)
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (filed herewith)
23.2
Consent of Bruce H. Beatt (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (filed herewith)
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement;
(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in the Registration Statement;
Provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement;
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(2) that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof; and
(3) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of New Britain, State of Connecticut, on this 6th day of November, 2009.
THE STANLEY WORKS
By:
/s/  Bruce H. Beatt
Name:
Bruce H. Beatt
Title:
Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
*
John F. Lundgren
Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
November 6, 2009
*
Donald Allan, Jr.
Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
November 6, 2009
*
John G. Breen
Director
November 6, 2009
*
Patrick D. Campbell
Director
November 6, 2009
*
Carlos M. Cardoso
Director
November 6, 2009
*
Virgis W. Colbert
Director
November 6, 2009
*
Robert B. Coutts
Director
November 6, 2009
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Signature
Title
Date
*
Eileen S. Kraus
Director
November 6, 2009
*
Marianne Miller Parrs
Director
November 6, 2009
*
Lawrence A. Zimmerman
Director
November 6, 2009
*
Bruce H. Beatt, the undersigned attorney-in-fact, by signing his name hereto, does hereby sign
and execute this Registration Statement on behalf of the above indicated officers and directors
pursuant to a power of attorney filed with the Commission.
November 6, 2009
By:
/s/  Bruce H. Beatt
Bruce H. Beatt, attorney-in fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Description
Page
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended January 2, 1999 (File
No. 001-05224))
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4.2
The Stanley Works By-laws as amended July 20, 2007
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 20, 2007
(File No. 001-05224))
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4.3
Rights Agreement, dated as of January 19, 2006, by and
between The Stanley Works and Computershare Investor
Services L.L.C. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated
February 22, 2006 (File No. 001-05224))
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4.4
The Stanley Works 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan (filed
herewith)
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5.1
Opinion of Bruce H. Beatt (filed herewith)
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23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (filed herewith)
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23.2
Consent of Bruce H. Beatt (included in Exhibit 5.1)
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24.1
Power of Attorney (filed herewith)
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