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THE STANLEY WORKS
March 9, 1994
Dear Fellow Shareholder:
You are cordially invited to attend Stanley's Annual Meeting of Shareholders
to be held at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 20, 1994, at the Stanley Center,
1255 Corbin Avenue, New Britain, Connecticut.
You will be asked at the meeting to elect directors and to approve Ernst &
Young as Stanley's independent auditors for 1994.
As set forth in the accompanying Proxy Statement, which you are urged to read,
your Board of Directors recommends that you vote "FOR" the proposals.
At the meeting, management will also report on Stanley's affairs and a
discussion period will be provided for questions and comments.
The Board of Directors appreciates and encourages shareholder participation in
Stanley's affairs. Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, it is
important that your shares be represented. Accordingly, we request you to
sign, date, and mail the enclosed proxy in the envelope provided at your
earliest convenience.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Very truly yours,
Richard H. Ayers
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer <PAGE>
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THE STANLEY WORKS
NOTICE OF
ANNUAL MEETING
OF SHAREHOLDERS
March 9, 1994
To the Shareholders:
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of The Stanley Works will be held at the
Stanley Center, 1255 Corbin Avenue, New Britain, Connecticut on Wednesday,
April 20, 1994, at 9:30 a.m., for the following purposes:
(l) To elect five directors.
(2) To approve Ernst & Young as independent auditors of the
Corporation for the year 1994.
(3) To transact such other business as may properly come
before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
Shareholders of record at the close of business on February 11, 1994 are
entitled to vote at the meeting.
Stephen S. Weddle
Secretary
Important
Whether you own one share or many, you are urged to sign and return promptly
the enclosed proxy in the postage paid envelope provided. <PAGE>
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THE STANLEY WORKS
NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT 06053
Telephone (203) 225-5111
March 9, 1994
PROXY STATEMENT
FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
April 20, 1994
The accompanying proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors and all the
expenses of the solicitation will be borne by the Corporation. The
solicitation will be by mail, and may also be made personally and by telephone
by officers and employees of the Corporation and by representatives of Morrow
& Co., Inc.; the additional expense of the latter's assistance is estimated
not to exceed $6,000. Arrangements will be made with brokerage houses and
other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries to send proxies and proxy material
to their principals, and the Corporation will reimburse them for their
reasonable expenses in so doing.
VOTING
The Corporation has only one class of shares outstanding. The Board of
Directors has fixed the close of business on February 11, 1994 as the record
date for determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at
the meeting. As of February 11, 1994 there were outstanding (exclusive of
shares held in the treasury) 44,835,152 common shares of $2.50 par value, each
such share being entitled to one vote. At any time prior to the meeting, a
shareholder may revoke his or her proxy by filing a proxy bearing a later
date. If a shareholder attends the meeting, such shareholder may revoke his or
her proxy at that time and vote in person. Proxies will be voted as directed
by the shareholder, and, if the shareholder so directs in the space indicated
on the proxy, will be kept confidential from the Corporation pursuant to the
Corporation's policy on confidential proxy voting. Unless otherwise directed,
proxies will be voted for the election of the five nominees for director
listed below and for the approval of Ernst & Young as the independent auditors
of the Corporation. Signed but unmarked proxies will be counted as favorable
votes; pursuant to Connecticut law, broker non-votes and proxies marked as
abstentions will not be counted as favorable votes. The favorable vote of a
majority of the shares represented at the meeting is required for the election
of directors and for the approval of Ernst & Young. Pursuant to the
Corporation's By-Laws, no business may be transacted at the meeting other than
the business specified in the notice of the meeting, business properly brought
before the meeting at the direction of the Board of Directors, and business
properly brought before the meeting by a shareholder who has given notice to
the Corporation's Secretary received between January 21, 1994 and February 20,
1994; no such notice has been received.
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ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
By action of the Board of Directors pursuant to the provisions ofthe By-Laws
of the Corporation, the number of directors to be elected is five. Pursuant to
the Corporation's By-Laws, any nomination by a shareholder must be by proper
notice given to the Corporation's Secretary not later than March 21, 1994. The
nominations of the Board of Directors are set forth on pages 2 and 3. The
persons elected as directors will serve until the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders indicated, and in each case until the particular director's
successor has been elected and qualified.
The Board recommends a vote FOR the nominees. All of the nominees are
directors who were elected by the shareholders as directors except for Eileen
S. Kraus, who was elected a director by the Board in October 1993, and George
A. Lorch, who was elected a director by the Board in June 1993. If for any
reason any nominee should not be a candidate for election at the time of the
meeting, the proxies may be voted, in the discretion of those named as
proxies, for a substitute nominee.
Under the Corporation's rules for retirement of directors, a director is to
retire as of the date of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders next following his
or her seventieth birthday. Mrs. Michelson will be 70 in June 1995 and,
accordingly, her retirement as a director will commence immediately following
the 1996 Annual Meeting. As a result, she is standing for election as a
director for a term expiring at the 1996 Annual Meeting. In order to create a
vacancy for Mrs. Michelson in the Class of 1996, Mr. Ayers, who is currently a
member of that class, is resigning as a director effective with the 1994
Annual Meeting, and then is standing for re-election at the 1994 Annual
Meeting as a member of the Class of 1997.
INFORMATION CONCERNING NOMINEES FOR ELECTION AS DIRECTORS
Term expiring at 1996 Annual Meeting
(PHOTO)
Gertrude G. Michelson, Senior Advisor and a director of R. H. Macy & Co.,
Inc., where she served as Senior Vice President for External Affairs until
her retirement in 1992; she had been an officer of its major subsidiary since
1970. She is also a director of General Electric Company, Quaker Oats Company,
The Chubb Corporation, and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.
A director since 1979, Mrs. Michelson is Chairman of the Public Policy
Committee and a member of the Committee on Board Affairs and the Executive
Committee. She is 68 years old and owns 14,356 shares.
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INFORMATION CONCERNING NOMINEES FOR ELECTION AS DIRECTORS
Terms expiring at 1997 Annual Meeting
(PHOTO)
Richard H. Ayers, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Corporation. He joined The Stanley Works in 1972 and was elected Group Vice
President in 1982, Executive Vice President in 1984, President in 1985 and
Chairman in 1989. He is a director of Connecticut Mutual Investment Accounts
Inc., Connecticut Mutual Financial Services Series Fund 1, Inc., The
Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Southern New England Telecommunications Corporation,
New Britain General Hospital, and Connecticut Business & Industry Association.
Mr. Ayers has been a director since 1985 and is chairman of the Executive
Committee, and a member of the Public Policy Committee. He is 51 years old and
owns 113,299 shares. <PAGE>
(PHOTO)
Edgar R. Fiedler, Vice President and Economic Counsellor, The Conference
Board, since 1975. He is a director of Zurich American Insurance Company,
Brazil Fund, Scudder Fund, Inc., Scudder Institutional Fund, Inc., Harris
Insight Funds, and Emerging Mexico Fund, and a trustee of AARP Income Trust,
AARP Insured Tax-Free Income Trust, and AARP Cash Investment Funds.
Mr. Fiedler, a director since 1976, is Chairman of the Finance and Pension
Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and the Committee on Board
Affairs. He is 64 years old and owns 22,322 shares.
(PHOTO)
Eileen S. Kraus, President, Shawmut Bank Connecticut, N.A. and Vice
Chairman of Shawmut National Corporation, since August 1992; she had been Vice
Chairman, Connecticut National Bank and Shawmut Bank, N.A. since June 1990 and
was Executive Vice President of those institutions since 1987. She is a
director of Shawmut Bank Connecticut, N.A., Shawmut Bank, N.A., and Yankee
Energy Systems, Inc.
Ms. Kraus was elected a director in 1993 and is a member of the Finance and
Pension Committee. She is 55 years old and owns 264 shares.
(PHOTO)
George A. Lorch, President and Chief Executive Officer of Armstrong
World Industries, Inc., since September 1993; he had been Executive Vice
President and a director of the company since 1988.
Mr. Lorch, a director since 1993, is a member of the Committee on
Board Affairs and the Audit Committee. He is 52 years old and owns 200 shares.
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INFORMATION CONCERNING DIRECTORS CONTINUING IN OFFICE
Terms expiring at 1995 Annual Meeting
(PHOTO)
Gerald A. Lamb, retired in 1989 after 19 years as Senior Vice President, The
Connecticut Bank and Trust Company. He had been Chairman of the Connecticut
Employment & Training Commission and a director of Kaiser Foundation Health
Plan of Connecticut, Inc. and of Yale New Haven Hospital.
Mr. Lamb has been a director of the Corporation since 1973 and is a member of
the Audit, Executive and Public Policy Committees. He is 69 years old and owns
12,553 shares.
(PHOTO)
Walter J. McNerney, Herman Smith Professor of Health Policy, J. L. Kellogg
Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University since 1982; Chairman
and a director, American Health Properties, Inc. since 1988; and managing
partner of Walter J. McNerney and Associates, a management consulting firm in
the health field, since 1982. From 1978 until 1981 he was President and chief
executive officer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Associations, Chicago, Illinois,
which function as the national coordinating agencies for 135 Blue Cross and
Blue Shield plans. He is a director of Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc., Medicus
Systems, Inc., Nellcor, Inc., Osteo Tech, Inc., Value Health, Inc. and
Ventritex Inc.
(PHOTO)
Mr. McNerney was elected a director in 1980 and is a member of the Finance and
Pension and Public Policy Committees. He is 68 years old and owns 13,515
shares.
(PHOTO)
Hugo E. Uyterhoeven, Timken Professor of Business Administration, Graduate
School of Business Administration, Harvard University, where he has been a
member of the faculty since 1960. He is a director of BBC Brown, Boveri &
Company, Ltd., Bombardier, Inc., Ciba-Geigy A.G., Ecolab, Inc. and Harcourt
General, Inc.
Professor Uyterhoeven has been a director since 1975 and is a member of the
Finance and Pension Committee and Chairman of the Committee on Board Affairs.
He is 62 years old and owns 4,795 shares.
(PHOTO)
Walter W. Williams, retired; served as Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer and as a director of Rubbermaid Incorporated from 1991 to
1992; he had been President and Chief Operating Officer of Rubbermaid since
1987. Previously, he was Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing and Sales
with General Electric Company. He is a director of Paxar Corporation.
Mr. Williams has been a director since 1991 and is a member of the Committee
on Board Affairs and the Compensation and Organization Committee. He is 59
years old and owns 300 shares.
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Terms expiring at 1996 Annual Meeting
(PHOTO)
Stillman B. Brown, Managing General Partner, Harcott Associates, since 1987.
Formerly, he was Executive Vice President, Corporate Development of United
Technologies Corporation, where he was chief financial officer from 1979 until
1986. He is a director of Shawmut National Corporation, and a member of the
Board of Regents of the University of Hartford.
Mr. Brown has been a director since 1985. He is Chairman of the Audit
Committee and is a member of the Executive, Compensation and Organization, and
Finance and Pension Committees. He is 60 years old and owns 6,000 shares.
(PHOTO)
James G. Kaiser, President and Chief Executive Officer of Enseco, an operating
unit of Corning Lab Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Corning Inc., since June
1992; he had been Senior Vice President of Corning since 1986. He is a
director of Sun Company, Inc. He also serves on the boards of American
Institute for Managing Diversity, Executive Leadership Foundation,
International Association of Environmental Testing Laboratories, The Keystone
Center, and Florida A&M University SBI Roundtable.
Mr. Kaiser has been a director since August 1992 and is a member of the Audit
Committee and the Finance and Pension Committee. He is 51 years old and owns
1,160 shares.
(PHOTO)
John S. Scott, retired as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Richardson-Vicks Inc., a subsidiary of The Procter & Gamble Company, in 1987;
he had been chief executive officer of Richardson-Vicks Inc. since 1975. He
is Chairman of the Cambridge Biotech Corporation, and a director of The
Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Fleet Financial Group and Creative Products
Resource, Inc.
Mr. Scott has been a director since 1984 and is a member of the Executive,
Compensation and Organization, and Public Policy Committees. He is 67 years
old and owns 4,621 shares.
Seven meetings of the Board of Directors were held during 1993. The Board has
the following committees, the number of times each committee met in 1993 being
given in parentheses: Executive (1), Audit (3), Committee on Board Affairs
(6), Public Policy (2), Finance and Pension (4) and Compensation and
Organization (5). Membership on the various committees of the Board is noted
in the biographical material above. Each incumbent director had an attendance
record of 75% or greater at meetings, including meetings of committees, on
which he or she served; attendance for all directors averaged 96%.
The Executive Committee exercises all the powers of the Board of Directors
during intervals between meetings of the Board; however, the Committee does
not have the power to declare dividends or to do other things reserved by law
to the Board.
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The Audit Committee nominates the Corporation's independent auditing firm,
reviews the scope of the audit and approves in advance management consulting
services, reviews with the independent auditors and the internal auditors
their activities and recommendations including their recommendations regarding
internal control, and meets with the independent auditors, the internal
auditors and management, each of whom has direct and open access to the
Committee.
The Committee on Board Affairs makes recommendations to the Board as to board
membership and will consider names submitted to it in writing by shareholders.
The Committee also recommends directors for board committee membership and as
committee chairmen, and recommends compensation of directors.
The Public Policy Committee provides guidance on major issues in areas of
corporate social responsibility and public affairs, reviews and approves
policy guidelines on charitable contributions and reviews all charitable
contributions made.
The Finance and Pension Committee advises in major areas concerning the
finances of the Corporation and administers the pension plans of the
Corporation and its subsidiaries.
The Compensation and Organization Committee determines the compensation of
officers other than the chief executive officer and chief operating officer
(as to whom the Committee makes recommendations to the Board of Directors
which then determines their compensation) and of non-officer senior
executives. The Committee also administers the Corporation's senior executive
compensation plans.
For serving the Corporation as directors, directors receive an annual retainer
of $20,000 and a fee of $1,000 for each Board or Committee meeting attended
($200 if attendance is by conference telephone). Committee chairmen receive an
additional annual fee of $1,000. Non-employee directors may defer any or all
of their fees, with the deferred amounts accounted for either as shares of the
Corporation, or as cash accruing with interest at the treasury bill rate.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP
No person or group, to the knowledge of the Corporation, owns as much as five
percent of the common shares, except as set forth below. State Street Bank &
Trust Company, in various trustee capacities, owned as of December 31, 1993 of
record 25.2% of the outstanding common shares. Included in these shares are
24.1% of the outstanding shares owned as Trustee under the Corporation's
Savings Plans for Salaried and Hourly Employees for the benefit of the
participants in these Plans. The decisions with respect to the voting and the
disposition of these shares are made by the respective Plan participants.
(l) Title of (2) Name and address of (3) Amount and (4) Percent
class beneficial owner nature of of class
beneficial
ownership
Common Stock State Street Bank
$2.50 par value & Trust Company 11,256,339 shares, 25.2%
225 Franklin Street in various trustee
Boston, Ma. 02100 capacities
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No director, nominee or executive officer owns more than .3% of the
outstanding common shares. The executive officers and directors as a group own
beneficially approximately 1.1% of the outstanding common shares, and the
Corporation estimates present and former employees (including executive
officers) own approximately 37% of the outstanding common shares. The
following table sets forth information as of February 28, 1994 with respect to
the shareholdings of the directors, nominees, each of the executive officers
named in the table on page 11, and all directors and executive officers as a
group (the beneficial owner of the shares shown for the most part has sole
voting and sole investment power):
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Common Shares
Name Directly Owned
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Richard H. Ayers 113,299 (1) (2) (3)
Merle H. Banta 4,041 (4)
Stillman B. Brown 6,000
Thomas K. Clarke 44,227 (1) (2) (3)
Edgar R. Fiedler 22,322 (4)
David M. Hadlow 56,849 (1) (2) (5)
Richard Huck 26,568 (1) (2)
R. Alan Hunter 42,019 (1) (2) (3)
James G. Kaiser 1,160
Eileen S. Kraus 264 (4)
Gerald A. Lamb 12,553 (4)
George A. Lorch 200
Walter J. McNerney 13,515 (4)
Gertrude G. Michelson 14,356 (4)
John S. Scott 4,621 (4)
Hugo E. Uyterhoeven 4,795 (4)
Alfred W. Van Sinderen 5,150 (5)
Stephen S. Weddle 33,596 (1) (2)
Walter W. Williams 300
Directors and executive
officers as a group 490,662 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
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(l) Includes shares held as of December 31, 1993 under the Corporation's
Savings Plan, as follows: Mr. Ayers, 11,884 shares; Mr. Clarke, 9,287 shares;
Mr. Hadlow, 17,023 shares; Mr. Huck, 5,058 shares; Mr. Hunter, 4,927 shares;
Mr. Weddle, 7,596 shares; and all directors and executive officers as a group,
73,389 shares.
(2) Includes shares which may be acquired by the exercise of stock options, as
follows: Mr. Ayers, 62,000; Mr. Clarke, 24,000; Mr. Hadlow, 8,752; Mr. Huck,
16,500; Mr. Hunter, 30,500; Mr. Weddle, 26,000; and all directors and
executive officers as a group, 242,424.
(3) Includes the share accounts maintained by the Corporation for those who
have deferred their award payments under its Long-Term Stock Incentive Plans,
as follows: Mr. Ayers, 25,831; Mr. Clarke, 3,778; Mr. Hunter, 1,243; and all
directors and executive officers as a group, 32,111.
(4) Includes the share accounts maintained by the Corporation for those of its
directors who have deferred their director fees, as follows: Mr. Banta, 1,041
shares; Mr. Fiedler, 16,622 shares; Mr. Kaiser, 838 shares; Mrs. Kraus, 164
shares; Mr. Lamb, 11,694 shares; Mr. McNerney, 11,935 shares; Mrs. Michelson,
13,756 shares; Mr. Scott, 1,305 shares; and Mr. Uyterhoeven, 4,345 shares.
(5) Includes 2,037 shares owned jointly by Mr. Hadlow and his wife and 1,600
shares owned by Mr. Van Sinderen's wife.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Report of the Compensation and Organization Committee of the Board of
Directors
The Compensation and Organization Committee of the Board of Directors is
composed of five non-employee directors. The Committee makes recommendations
to the Board of Directors as to the salaries and as to targets under the
Management Incentive Compensation Plan ("MICP") of the chief executive officer
and the chief operating officer, and the Board then determines the salaries
and targets under the MICP of these two officers. The Committee, itself,
determines the salaries and MICP targets of officers other than these two
officers and of the five highest compensated non-officer senior executives.
The Committee also administers the Long-Term Stock Incentive Plans ("LTSIP")
and Stock Option Plan (subject to the approval of the Board in the case of
these two officers).
In addition to providing the benefits under the Corporation's pension and
savings plans generally provided to all United States salaried employees,
Stanley uses four elements in compensating its executives: salary, annual
incentive based on return on shareholders' equity, long-term incentive based
on earnings growth, and ten-year stock options (generally, upon exercise
optionees must hold at least half of the shares acquired for two years). The
Committee believes that this combination of elements results in a substantial
portion of total compensation being at risk and in a substantial portion of
total compensation depending on performance measurements: return on
shareholders' equity, long- term earnings growth, and return to shareholders
in the form of market appreciation.
The Committee expects the total compensation package to be competitive,
resulting in compensation in the middle range of U.S. manufacturing firms,
after adjusting for the size (measured by net sales) of the Corporation.
Based on The Conference Board survey of 1992 "Top Executive Compensation"
covering 301 manufacturing companies, including six of those included in the
line graph on page 15, the Committee believes that the total compensation for
1993 of each of those named in the table on page 11 fell within the targeted
range. The Committee intends to attract and retain its officers and
executives and motivate them to achieve defined business goals of return on
equity, long-term earnings growth, and share appreciation. The Committee
intends to take appropriate steps so that the compensation paid to its
executive officers meets the requirements for "performance-based compensation"
(including shareholder approval) and is therefore deductible for federal
income tax purposes by the Corporation under new Section 162(m) of the
Internal Revenue Code.
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Salaries
Each year the Corporation participates in a survey of salaries conducted by
Hewitt Associates, a leading worldwide compensation consulting firm. Hewitt's
survey covers 47 multi-industry manufacturing corporations including eight of
those included in the line graph on page 15. From these survey data, salary
ranges are established each year for all executive positions within the
Corporation. Actual base salary determinations are made by non-corporate
performance based objective and subjective review of an executive's
performance over varying periods of time. The 1993 salary of Mr. Ayers was
about 20% below the median for these market survey data; this is in keeping
with the Committee's philosophy of emphasizing at-risk
corporate-performance-related compensation; Mr. Ayers' base salary rate was
increased 4.4% during 1993 to $470,000. The 1993 salaries of each of the
others named in the table on page 11 ranged from about 35% below the median to
just slightly below the median for their respective positions."
Annual Incentive Based on Return on Shareholders' Equity
The Committee uses the MICP to compensate executives based on the
Corporation's return on shareholders' equity. The MICP provides for annual
incentive awards to selected key executives (160 in 1993). For those included
in the table on page 11, these awards are based on the return on average
shareholders' equity (adjusted to exclude changes in accounting principles)
with targeted performance of 16%, maximum award when return is 19.5%, and with
no incentive payment if the return is less than 9%. Mr. Ayers would receive
an incentive payment of 80% of base salary at target performance and an
incentive payment of 120% of base salary if the Corporation's return were
19.5% or more. The others named in the table on page 11 would receive an
incentive payment of between 55% and 70% of salary at target performance, with
a maximum award of 1.5 times their target percentage when the Corporation's
return equals or exceeds 19.5%. For 1993, the Corporation's return on average
shareholders' equity (excluding the effects of the accounting change for
post-employment benefits) equaled 13.4%.
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Long-Term Incentive Based on Earnings Growth
The Committee uses the LTSIP to compensate executives based on the
Corporation's long-term growth in earnings per share and earnings. Awards
have been made through 1987 under the Corporation's 1978 Long-Term Stock
Incentive Plan and thereafter under the substantially identical 1988 Plan.
Awards are based on attainment by the Corporation of goals in growth in
earnings per share and earnings over a five-year award cycle. For the award
cycles ending prior to 1993 the targeted earnings-per-share growth rate at
which a participant receives 100% of his or her target incentive award has
been set at 125% of the greater of 5% or the average compound annual growth
rate in earnings per share over the award cycle of the companies comprising
the Standard & Poor's 400 Index. For the award cycles ending in 1993 and
thereafter the targeted earnings growth rate at which a participant receives
100% of his or her target incentive award is equal to twice the rate of change
over the award cycle of United States gross domestic product plus the rate of
change of inflation (as measured by the United States gross domestic product
deflator). Awards are usually paid in shares, which are valued at their
average value over the five-year award cycle. For those included in the table
on page 11, targeted performance results in an award equal to 50% of average
base salary, with a maximum award of 100% of average base salary if targeted
performance is doubled, and no award if performance is less than 50% of target
(the award is proportionately increased or decreased between this threshold
and maximum directly in relation to increases or decreases in the earnings
growth performance of the Corporation). Awards were not paid in 1993 in
respect of performance for the five-year award cycle 1988-92 (and this
non-payment is shown in column (h) of the summary compensation table on page
11) because the Corporation's earnings per share growth did not achieve the
threshold minimum rate of 3.125%; in fact, the Corporation's earnings per
share growth for the five-year Award Cycle 1988-1992 was 1.5%, exceeding the
earnings per share growth of a negative .5% of the Standard & Poor's 400 Index
over the same period.
Market Appreciation of the Corporation's Shares
The Committee uses the Stock Option Plan to compensate executives based on
market appreciation of the Corporation's shares and, by requiring the
optionees to hold at least half of the shares acquired upon exercise for two
years, creates for executives an identity of interest with the Corporation's
other shareholders. The Committee has not granted stock options to those
included in the table on page 11 since December 1990. Subject to shareholder
approval the Committee is considering making annual stock option grants to
those included in the table on page 11 and about 170 other key employees
beginning in 1995. It is anticipated that each optionee will be treated
proportionately based on base salary, with each grant covering shares on the
date of grant with a value somewhat less than the annual salary on such day of
the particular optionee.
The Corporation's 1990 Stock Option Plan provides for the grant of
non-qualified stock options and incentive stock options to key employees. The
options may be for a term of up to ten years with an exercise price equal to
the fair market value of the Corporation's common stock at the time of grant.
All options thus far granted have provided that half the shares issued on
exercise will be restricted as to transfer for two years from the date of
exercise, except in the case of a change of control or termination of
employment.
On December 19, 1990, ten-year options covering 2,114,000 shares were granted
to 175 key employees at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of
the Corporation's common stock that day of $30.125. At the time of grant the
market value of the shares covered by the options granted to an individual
optionee (including those included in the table on page 11) equalled
approximately four times the salary at the time of grant of each such
optionee. Included in these grants were options covering the shares indicated
in the table on page 11.
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Conclusion
Through the programs described above, a very significant portion of the
Corporation's executive compensation is linked directly to corporate
performance and stock price appreciation. In the case of Mr. Ayers,
approximately 55% of his 1993 compensation would have consisted of
corporate-performance-based variable elements if target performance had been
achieved. The Compensation Committee intends to continue the policy of
linking executive compensation to corporate performance and returns to
shareholders, recognizing that the ups and downs of the business cycle from
time to time may result in an imbalance for a particular period.
COMPENSATION AND ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
Alfred W. Van Sinderen (Chairman)
Merle H. Banta
Stillman B. Brown
John S. Scott
Walter W. Williams
Summary Compensation Table
Set forth below is information concerning the compensation earned for service
in all capacities (including director fees for Mr. Ayers) during the last
three fiscal years for the Corporation's chief executive officer, its next
four most-highly compensated executive officers, and David M. Hadlow, who
retired as an executive officer on his sixty-fifth birthday, August 15, 1993,
and who retired as an employee on December 31, 1993.
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LONG-TERM
ANNUAL COMPENSATION
COMPENSATION AWARDS PAYOUTS
(a) (b) (c) (d) (g) (h) (i)
LTIP All Other
Name and Principal Options/ Payouts
Compensation
Position Year Salary($) Bonus($) SARs(#) ($) ($)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Richard H. Ayers
Chairman and CEO 1993 460,000 229,690 0 0 266,819
1992 450,000 260,799 0 169,229 227,316
1991 450,000 228,883 0 0 184,533
Thomas K. Clarke
V.P.,Corp.Develop. 1993 186,000 63,851 0 0 128,238
1992 177,500 70,724 0 59,438 112,686
1991 173,000 60,495 0 0 94,390
David M. Hadlow
Group Vice President 1993 279,000 104,484 0 0 81,010
1992 273,000 118,664 0 90,403 75,631
1991 267,000 101,853 0 0 67,043
Richard Huck
VP,Finance and CFO 1993 158,500 57,220 0 0 34,867
1992 127,000 50,602 0 16,956 28,715
1991 117,000 37,193 0 0 22,197
R. Alan Hunter
President and COO 1993 262,500 107,355 0 0 43,066
1992 227,500 98,886 0 69,948 32,067
1991 220,000 83,924 0 0 26,578
Stephen S. Weddle
V.P., Gen. Counsel &
Secretary 1993 202,500 69,516 0 0 85,288
1992 193,500 77,099 0 61,781 74,509
1991 189,000 66,090 0 0 67,303
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Footnote to
Column (i) of
Summary
Compensation
Table
Consists of above-market interest (i.e., interest in excess of 6.88% in the
case of amounts deferred prior to 1992 and interest in excess of 9.5% in the
case of amounts deferred in 1992) on deferred management incentive awards
(interest is accrued each year based on the Corporation's pre-tax return on
shareholders' equity with a maximum rate of the higher of 17% (16% for
deferrals after 1991) or the treasury bill rate); contributions to defined
contribution pension plan of 2% of salary and bonus for each of the first 10
years of employment, 4% for each of the next 10 years of employment, and 6%
for each of the years thereafter; company match (one-for-two up to 7% of base
salary) to savings plan; and insurance premiums paid for life insurance in
addition to the life insurance generally available to salaried employees (this
insurance fully vests at age 62 in an amount equal to 1.5 times salary).
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Above-
Market Defined Savings Column (i)
Name Year Interest 2%, 4%, 6% Match Insurance Total
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
R. H. Ayers 1993 193,156 43,248 20,664 11,675 266,819
1992 162,308 38,470 23,760 7,104 227,316
1991 128,823 31,030 21,451 7,104 184,533
T. K. Clarke 1993 100,462 9,983 8,353 9,440 128,238
1992 85,529 9,929 7,788 9,440 112,686
1991 71,761 9,340 7,281 6,008 94,390
D. M. Hadlow 1993 28,541 22,983 11,821 17,665 81,010
1992 23,129 23,500 11,337 17,665 75,631
1991 15,361 22,131 11,886 17,665 67,043
R. Huck 1993 14,366 12,929 4,497 3,075 34,867
1992 11,199 10,656 4,364 2,496 28,715
1991 6,354 9,252 4,095 2,496 22,197
R. A. Hunter 1993 9,941 14,776 12,648 5,000 43,066
1992 8,496 13,055 7,962 2,554 32,067
1991 0 12,157 11,867 2,860 26,578
S. S. Weddle 1993 59,763 10,880 9,786 4,870 85,288
1992 51,080 10,824 9,086 4,870 74,509
1991 43,658 10,204 9,922 3,519 67,303
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Aggregated Option
Exercises in 1993 and
1993 Year-End Option
Values
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Number of
Securities Value of
Underlying Unexercised
Unexercised In-the-Money
Options Options
Shares at FY-End (#) at FY-End ($)
Acquired on Value
Exercise Realized Exercisable/ Exercisable/
Name (#) ($) Unexercisable Unexercisable
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
R.H. Ayers 0 0 62,000/0 891,250/0
T. K. Clarke 0 0 24,000/0 345,000/0
D.M. Hadlow 11,743 171,350 19,624/0 282,095/0
R. Huck 0 0 16,500/0 237,188/0
R.A. Hunter 0 0 30,500/0 438,438/0
S.S. Weddle 0 0 26,000/0 373,750/0
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(c) Based on exercise price of $30.125 and market value on dates of exercise
of $45.6875 (8,543 shares) and $42.125 (3,200 shares).
(e) Based on exercise price of $30.125 and year-end share value of $44.50
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Long-Term
Incentive Plans _
Awards in
Last Fiscal Year
Set forth below is information concerning awards in 1993 under the
Corporation's 1988 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan to the named officers.
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Estimated Future Payouts
Under Non-Stock Price Based-Plans
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f)
Number of Performance
Shares, or Other
Units or Period Until
Other Maturation or Threshold Target Maximum
Name Rights (#) Payout ($) ($) ($)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
R. H. Ayers 50% 1994-98 117,500 235,000 470,000
T. K. Clarke 50% 1994-98 47,500 95,000 190,000
D. M. Hadlow 0 1994-98 - - -
R. Huck 50% 1994-98 45,000 90,000 180,000
R. A. Hunter 50% 1994-98 72,500 145,000 290,000
S. S. Weddle 50% 1994-98 51,750 103,500 207,000
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Notes
(b) In 1993 the Committee made awards under the 1988 Long-Term Stock Incentive
Plan for the 1994-1998 Award Cycle. These awards were expressed as a
percentage (in the case of those included in the table, 50%) of average annual
base salary during the five-year Award Cycle which would be paid if targeted
performance in earnings growth during the five-year Award Cycle were achieved
by the Corporation. The targeted performance goal for the five-year Award
Cycle for the Corporation is earnings growth equal to twice the rate of change
over the Award Cycle of United States gross domestic product plus the rate of
change of inflation (as measured by the gross domestic product deflator).
(d) (e) (f) Assumes achievement by the Corporation of half of targeted
performance in the case of colunm (d), achievement of targeted performance in
the case of column (e), and the achievement of twice targeted performance in
the case of column (f). Assumes that the base salaries of those included in
the table do not change during the five years of the Award Cycle (payment is
based on average base salary during the five-year Award Cycle). Assumes that
the average price of the Corporation's shares during the five-year Award Cycle
equals the market value of those shares at the time of payment of the award at
the completion of the Award Cycle (awards are usually paid in shares, with
such shares valued at the average price of the Corporation's shares during the
five-year Award Cycle; if the market value of the Corporation's shares
increases during the five-year Award Cycle so that the average price during
the five-year Award Cycle is less than the market value at the time of payment
of the award, the award will have a greater value than if it had been paid in
cash).
Defined Contribution Pension Plan and Related Defined Benefit Retirement Plan
The Corporation's Pension Plan for Salaried Employees is a defined
contribution plan for substantially all United States salaried employees.
Contributions are made to this Pension Plan of 2% of compensation for each of
the first 10 years of employment, 4% of compensation for each of the next 10
years of employment, and 6% of compensation for each of the years thereafter.
The Corporation's defined benefit Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees
provides a floor under the Corporation's defined contribution Pension Plan
described in the foregoing paragraph. Upon termination of employment, a
participant receives the value of his or her defined contribution Pension Plan
account plus the excess, if any, over such value of the benefit under the
defined benefit formula of the Retirement Plan. Under this defined benefit
formula, the normal age for retirement is 65 when the formula yields the full
defined benefit of 1% of average compensation (salary and bonus_in the case of
the named executive officers, the amounts shown in columns (c) and (d) of the
summary compensation table on page 11) for the five years of highest
compensation prior to retirement up to the average Social Security Maximum
Earnings Base for the five years prior to the year of retirement, plus 1.3% of
the five-year average compensation in excess of the Social Security average.
This sum is then multiplied by years of credited service to calculate the
value of the annual benefit.
The following table illustrates the approximate annual pension under the
defined benefit formula of the Retirement Plan for different levels of
compensation and years of service for retirements which occur during 1994.
The amounts shown include amounts restored by the Corporation's Supplemental
Pension Plan for Salaried Employees which would have been provided by the
Retirement Plan except for the benefit limitations of the Internal Revenue
Code on "qualified" plans (see below). The amounts shown are in addition to
any benefits the employee may be entitled to under Social Security. The
credited years of service for those identified in the table on page 11 are Mr.
Ayers, 21 years; Mr. Clarke, 17 years; Mr. Hadlow, 38 years; Mr. Huck, 23
years; Mr. Hunter, 19 years; and Mr. Weddle, 15 years.
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Average Annual
Compensation for Approximate Annual Pension
the Highest 5 Upon Retirement at Age 65
Consecutive of the
Last 10 Years 15 Years of 20 Years of 25 Years of 30 Years of 35 Years
of Employment Service Service Service Service Service
<C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$ 200,000 $ 36,608 $ 48,810 $ 61,013 $ 73,216 $ 85,418
400,000 75,608 100,810 126,013 151,216 176,418
600,000 114,608 152,810 191,013 229,216 267,418
800,000 153,608 204,810 256,013 307,216 358,418
1,000,000 192,608 256,810 321,013 385,216 449,418
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Supplemental
Pension Plan
The Corporation's defined contribution Pension Plan, defined benefit
Retirement Plan and Savings Plan are "qualified" plans under the Internal
Revenue Code and, accordingly, are subject to certain limitations of benefits
which apply to "qualified" plans in general. The Corporation's Supplemental
Pension Plan for Salaried Employees restores these benefits on a non-qualified
basis.
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Executive Officer Agreements
The Corporation's executive officers have agreements with the Corporation
which become effective only in the event of a change in control of the
Corporation and which provide for payments of up to two years' compensation in
certain cases in the event of the officer's resignation or involuntary
termination.
Comparison of 5 Years Cumulative Total Return* Among The Stanley Works, S&P
500 Index, and Dow Jones Industrial Diversified Group Index**
Set forth below is a line graph comparing the yearly percentage change in the
corporation's cumulative total shareholder return for the last five years to
that of the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index (an index made up of 500
corporations including The Stanley Works) and the Dow Jones Industrial
Diversified Group Index (an index made up of 18 corporations including The
Stanley Works).
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The points in the above table are as follows:
end end end end end end
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Stanley $100 $140.85 $111.40 $157.13 $169.57 $183.28
S&P 500 100 131.69 127.61 166.49 179.18 197.24
DJ Ind'l
Dvsf'd 100 125.69 116.52 137.97 168.33 205.69
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Assumes $100 invested on 12/31/88 in the Corporation's common stock, S&P 500
Index and Dow Jones Industrial Diversified Group Index. The Dow Jones
Industrial Diversified Group Index consists of the following 18 corporations:
AlliedSignal Inc., CBI Industries, Cooper Industries, Crane Co., Dexter
Corporation, Dover Corporation, FMC Corp., Harsco Corporation, Illinois Tool
Works Inc., Ingersoll-Rand Company, Parker Hannifin Corporation, PPG
Industries Incorporated, Penn Central Corp., Raychem Corporation, The Stanley
Works, Tenneco Inc., Trinova Corporation and Tyco International, Ltd.
* Total return assumes reinvestment of dividends
** Fiscal year ending January 1, 1994.
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APPROVAL OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The second item of business to be considered is the approval of independent
auditors for the Corporation to perform the annual audit for the 1994 fiscal
year. Subject to the action of the shareholders at the Annual Meeting, the
Board of Directors of the Corporation, on recommendation of the Audit
Committee, has appointed the firm of Ernst & Young, certified public
accountants, as the independent auditors to audit the financial statements of
the Corporation for the current fiscal year. The Board may appoint a new
accounting firm at any time if it believes that such a change would be in the
best interest of the Corporation and its shareholders.
Ernst & Young and their predecessor firms have been the Corporation's auditors
for the last 50 years. Total Ernst & Young fees for 1993 were $1,674,000.
Representatives of Ernst & Young will be present at the Annual Meeting with
the opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so and to respond to
appropriate questions.
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors approves all audit and
management consulting services provided by Ernst & Young. The Audit Committee
believes that management consulting services have had no effect on auditor
independence.
The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR approving Ernst & Young as
independent auditors of the Corporation for the year 1994.
OTHER MATTERS
Matthew M. Bristow, who resigned as Vice President, Productivity as of June
30, 1993, filed in February 1994 an amended Form 4 for September 1993 showing
the disposition of 16,895 of the Corporation's common shares in three separate
transactions (these transactions were inadvertently not disclosed in his
original September Form 4) and a Form 4 for October 1993 showing the
disposition of 269 shares of the Corporation's common shares (this October
1993 Form 4 was inadvertently not filed on a timely basis).
Management does not know of any matters to be presented at the meeting other
than the matters described in this Proxy Statement. If, however, other
business is properly presented to the meeting, the proxy holders named in the
accompanying form of Proxy will vote the Proxy in accordance with their best
judgment. Shareholder proposals intended to be presented to the Corporation's
1995 Annual Meeting must be received by the Corporation not later than
November 9, 1994 for inclusion in the Corporation's Proxy Statement and form
of Proxy relating to such meeting, and must be received between January 20,
1995 and February 19, 1995 to otherwise be properly presented to the meeting.
For the Board of Directors
Stephen S. Weddle
Secretary
Notice of
Annual Meeting
of Shareholders
and Proxy
Statement
Meeting Date: April 20, 1994
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THE STANLEY WORKS
PROXY FOR ANNUAL MEETING
April 20, 1994
The undersigned appoints Richard H. Ayers, Gerald A. Lamb and Hugo E.
Uyterhoeven, with full power of substitution, as proxies to act and vote on the
signer's behalf at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of THE STANLEY WORKS, and
at any adjournments thereof, upon such business as may come before the meeting.
WHEN SIGNED AND RETURNED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED BY YOU. IF
SIGNED AND RETURNED WITH NO DIRECTION, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR ITEMS 1 AND
2.
(Continued and to be SIGNED on the other side)
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The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR Items 1 and 2
CONFIDENTIAL VOTING [ ]
DO YOU WISH THIS VOTE TO REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL? [ ]
IF SO, PLEASE MARK INSIDE THIS BLUE BOX [ [] ]
ITEM 1. Election of Directors for the terms indicated in the Proxy Statement.
Nominees: Richard H. Ayers, Edgar R.
Fiedler, Eileen S. Kraus, George A. Lorch
and Gertrude G. Michelson
WITHHOLD
FOR AUTHORITY (INSTRUCTION: To withhold authority to vote
for any individual nominee, write the
[] [] nominee's name on the line below.)
......................................
ITEM 2. To approve Ernst & Young as independent
auditors of the Corporation for 1994. PLEASE MARK VOTES [] OR [x]
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
[ ] [ ] [ ] Dated , 1994
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indicated hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, trustee, etc., please
give full title.
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