Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) plans $1.805B CAM sale to Howmet, eyes debt cuts
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Stanley Black & Decker disclosed that it has signed a Purchase Agreement for Howmet Aerospace to acquire Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary, for a cash purchase price of $1.805 billion, subject to customary adjustments. The transaction remains subject to required regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Upon closing, the company expects after‑tax proceeds in the range of $1.525 billion to $1.6 billion and expects to avoid earnings per share dilution, with the proceeds supporting its debt reduction and broader capital allocation strategy. The disclosure also highlights customary forward‑looking statement cautions and references non‑GAAP adjusted EBITDA margin guidance for evaluating future performance.
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- Signed agreement to sell CAM for $1.805 billion cash, with expected after‑tax proceeds of $1.525–$1.6 billion that can support debt reduction and the stated capital allocation strategy.
- Management expects to avoid earnings per share dilution from the CAM sale, suggesting the divestiture is structured to maintain per‑share earnings power while reshaping the portfolio.
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- None.
Insights
Large CAM sale brings over $1.5B after tax to support debt reduction while avoiding EPS dilution, if the deal closes as planned.
The company reports a signed agreement for Howmet Aerospace to buy Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing, LLC for a cash price of
The disclosure links this transaction to a strategy of maximizing shareholder value through active portfolio management and using proceeds to fund debt reduction and support the capital allocation framework. If completed, a multibillion‑dollar cash inflow applied to reduce leverage could improve balance sheet flexibility and interest expense metrics, though the exact impact is not quantified here.
Completion is not assured: the transaction is explicitly subject to required regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, and the company lists risks such as failure or delay in consummation and not realizing expected value creation or debt reduction benefits. Future company filings around the closing of this sale and subsequent capital structure changes will clarify how much of the anticipated
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On December 22, 2025, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the execution of a Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2025, by and among the Company and Howmet Aerospace Inc. (“Howmet”), pursuant to which Howmet has agreed to purchase Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, for a cash purchase price of $1.805 billion, subject to customary adjustments. The transaction is subject to receipt of required regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. Upon closing the transaction, the Company expects to avoid earnings per share dilution and expects the after-tax proceeds to be in the range of $1.525 billion to $1.6 billion.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Stanley Black & Decker makes forward-looking statements in this disclosure which represent its expectations or beliefs about future events and financial performance. Forward-looking statements are identifiable by words such as “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “will,” “may” and other similar expressions. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements made in this disclosure, include, but are not limited to, statements concerning: consummation of the CAM sale transaction; the Company’s ability to maximize value for shareholders through active portfolio management and the impact of the transaction to fund debt reduction; and supporting the Company’s capital allocation strategy.
You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future events and involve risks, uncertainties and other known and unknown factors that may cause actual results and performance to be materially different from any future results or performance expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the failure to consummate, or a delay in the consummation of, the CAM sale transaction for various reasons; (including but not limited to failure to receive, or delay in receiving, required regulatory approvals and meet customary closing conditions); and failure to realize the expected benefits of the Company’s value creation, debt reduction and capital allocation strategy.
Forward-looking statements made herein are also subject to risks and uncertainties, described in: Stanley Black & Decker’s 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K, its subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q; and other filings Stanley Black & Decker makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, actual results could differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements, and therefore you should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements. Stanley Black & Decker makes no commitment to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring or existing after the date of any forward-looking statement.
The Company has provided an expectation of forward-looking adjusted EBITDA margin, which is a non-GAAP measure. A reconciliation of the differences between this non-GAAP forward-looking measure and the corresponding GAAP measure (expected net income) is generally not available without unreasonable effort due to potentially high variability and complexity as to the items that would be excluded from the GAAP measure on a forward-looking basis, and would imply a degree of precision that is inappropriate for this forward-looking measure.
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| 99.1 | Press release dated December 22, 2025, issued by Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | ||||||
| December 22, 2025 | By: | /s/ Donald J. Riccitelli | ||||
| Name: | Donald J. Riccitelli | |||||
| Title: | Interim SVP, General Counsel & Secretary | |||||
