Spectrum Brands Holdings Completes Acquisition Of Stanley Black & Decker’s Hardware & Home Improvement Group

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPB), a global consumer products company with market-leading brands, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the Hardware & Home Improvement Group (HHI) of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE: SWK) for $1.4 billion in cash. A definitive agreement to acquire HHI was announced on October 9.

HHI is a major manufacturer and supplier of residential locksets, residential builders’ hardware and faucets with #1 positions in key North American markets and a portfolio of renowned brands, including Kwikset, Weiser, Baldwin, National Hardware, Stanley, FANAL, Pfister and EZSET. HHI is a leader in its key markets with #1 positions in U.S. residential locksets (Kwikset), Canada residential locksets (Weiser), U.S. luxury locksets (Baldwin), and U.S. builders’ hardware (Stanley/National Hardware), and a top 5 position in U.S. faucets (Pfister).

“We are pleased to have closed on our HHI acquisition, and with attractive debt financing, before the end of 2012, as we had originally anticipated,” said Dave Lumley, Chief Executive Officer of Spectrum Brands Holdings. “We welcome HHI to the Spectrum Brands family as a fourth operating segment that will enhance our top-line growth, margins and free cash flow profile. HHI brings us scale and greater product diversity, more balance in our sales profile, stronger relationships with core retail partners, attractive cross-selling opportunities in all channels, and a new platform for significant future global growth using Spectrum Brands’ existing international infrastructure, most notably in Europe.”

“HHI has compelling growth opportunities here and abroad,” Mr. Lumley said. “The business is well positioned, from a cost, product line and market share standpoint, to benefit from the U.S. housing market recovery as well as the emerging home automation markets and the showroom and hospitality markets from its significant investments in game-changing, patented innovations such as its Smart Key re-keyable lockset technology and Smart Code Home Connect products that have already delivered market share growth. In addition, by leveraging Spectrum Brands’ large U.S. merchandising team capabilities, HHI will be able to increase its in-store presence with customers. We believe HHI has a bright future as part of Spectrum Brands, and look forward to supporting its product development and growth initiatives to fully realize HHI’s potential.”

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