UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
 
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 6, 2012
 
CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION
( Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware	 
1-134
 	 
13-0612970	
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)	(Commission File
Number)	(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 	

10 Waterview Boulevard
Parsippany, New Jersey
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	07054
(Zip Code)	

 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (973) 541-3700
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Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On February 6, 2012, the Board of Directors for Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) elected Dean M. Flatt to its Board of Directors to serve until his successor is elected and qualified. Mr. Flatt will stand for reelection at the Company’s 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and has been elected to serve on its Board of Directors and as a member of the audit committee and the committee on directors and governance.
 
Mr. Flatt, 61, joins Curtiss-Wright following his retirement from Honeywell International, where he most recently served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the company's Defense and Space Business. Prior to that, he was President of Honeywell's Aerospace Electronics Systems Business. While at Honeywell, Mr. Flatt also served as President of the Specialty Materials and Chemicals Business and Vice President and General Manager of its Defense and Space Electronics Business. Previously, he held numerous management positions for companies including AlliedSignal, Hill-Phoenix Refrigeration and GE.
 
Mr. Flatt is a member of the Operating Executive Board of JF Lehman & Company, a private equity firm that focuses on acquiring companies and technologies in the defense, aerospace and maritime industries. He also is a member of the Board of Directors of Ducommun, Inc. and Industrial Container Services, LLC. Mr. Flatt graduated with a B.S. in Mathematics from the U.S. Naval Academy, and earned an M.B.A. from Stanford University
 
There are no transactions, or a series of similar transactions, or any currently proposed transactions, or a series of similar transactions, to which Curtiss-Wright was or is to be a party, in which the amount exceeds $120,000, and in which Mr. Mitchell had, or will have a direct or indirect material interest.

 

SIGNATURE
 
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.

 
CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION
 
By:  /s/ Glenn E. Tynan
Glenn E. Tynan
Vice-President and
Chief Financial Officer

Date: February, 13, 2012

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EXHIBIT INDEX
99. Press Release Dated February 8, 2012

 

Dean M. Flatt Elected to Curtiss-Wright Board of Directors

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Feb. 8, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE:CW) today announced that Dean M. Flatt, a twelve-year veteran of the aerospace and defense industry, has been elected to serve on its Board of Directors and as a member of the audit committee and the committee on directors and governance.
"We welcome the addition of Dean Flatt to our Board of Directors," said Martin R. Benante, Chairman and CEO of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. "Dean brings to the Board in-depth knowledge of the aerospace industry and private equity investing, which will aid Curtiss-Wright in exploring new opportunities for its aerospace products and services, and strengthen our ability to evaluate strategic acquisitions."
Mr. Flatt, 61, joins Curtiss-Wright following his retirement from Honeywell International, where he most recently served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the company's Defense and Space Business. Prior to that, he was President of Honeywell's Aerospace Electronics Systems Business. While at Honeywell, Mr. Flatt also served as President of the Specialty Materials and Chemicals Business and Vice President and General Manager of its Defense and Space Electronics Business. Previously, he held numerous management positions for companies including AlliedSignal, Hill-Phoenix Refrigeration and GE.
Mr. Flatt is a member of the Operating Executive Board of JF Lehman & Company, a private equity firm that focuses on acquiring companies and technologies in the defense, aerospace and maritime industries. He also is a member of the Board of Directors of Ducommun, Inc. and Industrial Container Services, LLC. Mr. Flatt graduated with a B.S. in Mathematics from the U.S. Naval Academy, and earned an M.B.A. from Stanford University.
Curtiss-Wright Corporation is an innovative engineering company that provides highly engineered, critical function products, systems and services in the areas of flow control, motion control and metal treatment to the defense, energy and commercial/industrial markets. The legacy company of Glenn Curtiss and the Wright brothers, Curtiss-Wright has a long tradition of design and manufacturing innovation along with long-standing customer relationships. The company employs approximately 8,700 people worldwide. For more information, visit www.curtisswright.com