Spectrum Brands Holdings acquires Hardware & Home Improvement Group (HHI) of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Spectrum Brands Holdings acquired Hardware & Home Improvement Group (HHI) of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. for $1,400,000,000, a transaction completed in December 2012, structured as All-cash acquisition (debt-financed).

Hardware & Home Improvement Group (HHI) of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. operates in Hardware & Home Improvement (new fourth operating segment), is based in North America (approximately 85% of revenues). Spectrum Brands completed the acquisition of the Hardware & Home Improvement Group (HHI) of Stanley Black & Decker for $1.4 billion in cash. HHI is a major manufacturer of residential locksets, builders' hardware and faucets with #1 North American positions and brands including Kwikset, Weiser, Baldwin, National Hardware, Stanley, FANAL, Pfister and EZSET. HHI generated roughly $985 million in net sales and $188 million in adjusted EBITDA for the twelve months ended June 30, 2012, and became Spectrum's fourth operating segment.

Added scale, product diversity, and stronger core-retailer relationships; created a new platform for global growth using Spectrum's international infrastructure; and was expected to be immediately accretive to EPS, EBITDA and free cash flow while positioning the company to benefit from the U.S. housing recovery and home-automation trends.

Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.

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