RNS Number:5307T
SWK (UK) PLC
22 December 2003

Not for release, publication or distribution, in whole or in part, in, into or
from Australia, Canada, Japan or the United States



                                                                22 December 2003

                             RECOMMENDED CASH OFFER

                                       by

                              UBS INVESTMENT BANK

                                  on behalf of

                                  SWK (UK) PLC

                 a wholly owned subsidiary of The Stanley Works


                                      for

                                   BLICK PLC




The Stanley Works, Inc. ("Stanley") and SWK (UK) PLC ("SWK") announce that the
formal offer document containing the recommended cash offer for the whole of
Blick's existing share capital (the "Offer") announced on 18 December 2003, made
by UBS Limited ("UBS Investment Bank" or "UBS") on behalf of SWK, together with
the form of acceptance, was posted on 19 December 2003.



Forms of acceptance should be completed, signed and returned in accordance with
the instructions set out in the offer document and in the form of acceptance, so
as to be received as soon as possible and, in any event, not later than 3.00
p.m. on 9 January 2004. Any extensions of the Offer will be publicly announced
by 8.00 a.m. London time on the business day following the day on which the
Offer is due to expire.



Copies of the offer document and the accompanying form of acceptance are
available for collection (during normal business hours) from Computershare
Investor Services PLC, PO Box 859, The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol, BS99
1XZ (telephone 0870 702 0100 or, if calling from outside the UK, +44 (0) 870 702
0100).




Enquiries:
UBS-financial adviser to The Stanley Works:
Tel: +44 (0)20 7568 1000
Joel Hope-Bell



UBS is acting for Stanley and SWK in connection with the Offer and no-one else
and will not be responsible to anyone other than Stanley and SWK for providing
the protections offered to clients of UBS nor for providing advice in relation
to the Offer.



The Offer will not be made, directly or indirectly, in or into, or by use of the
mails or any other means or instrumentality (including, without limitation,
telephonic or electronic) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facility
of a national, state or other securities exchange of, Australia, Canada, Japan
or the United States, and the Offer will not be capable of acceptance by any
such use, means, instrumentality or facility or from within Australia, Canada,
Japan or the United States.  Accordingly, copies of this announcement and formal
documentation relating to the Offer are not being, and must not be, directly or
indirectly, mailed or otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent in or into or
from Australia, Canada, Japan or the United States and persons receiving this
announcement (including custodians, nominees and trustees) must not distribute
or send it into or from Australia, Canada, Japan or the United States.  Doing so
may render invalid any related purported acceptance of the Offer.  These
press-related materials are not an extension of a tender offer in the US for
Blick Shares.  In the event that SWK extends the tender offer in the US at some
future time, it will do so in satisfaction of the procedural and filing
requirements of the US securities laws at that time to the extent applicable
thereto.



The laws of the relevant jurisdictions may affect the availability of the Offer
to persons who are not resident in the United Kingdom.  Persons who are not
resident in the United Kingdom or who are subject to laws of any jurisdiction
other than the United Kingdom, should inform themselves about, and observe, any
applicable requirements.  Any person (including nominees, trustees and
custodians) who would, or otherwise intends to, forward this announcement, the
Offer Document and the Form of Acceptance or any accompanying document to any
jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom should refrain from doing so and seek
appropriate professional advice before taking any action.



This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or an invitation to
purchase any securities or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.





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