Current Report Filing (8-k)

ESTERLINE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Dated: September 7, 2017

/s/ MARCIA J. MASON

Marcia J. Mason

Executive Vice President & General Counsel

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

September 5, 2017

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

ESTERLINE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


Delaware	001-06357	13-2595091
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

500-108 ^th Avenue NE, Bellevue, Washington		98004
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(425) 453-9400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On September 5, 2017, the U.S. Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (DTCC) notified Esterline Technologies Corporation (Company) that it is closing the Consent Agreement entered into by the Company and the DTCC on March 5, 2014. The closing of the Consent Agreement was based on the Company’s certifications that all aspects of the Consent Agreement have been implemented and that the Company’s trade compliance program is adequate to identify, prevent, detect, correct, and report violations of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), as well as the DTCC’s assessment that the Company has fulfilled the terms of the Consent Agreement.

The Consent Agreement settled then-pending AECA and ITAR compliance matters with the DTCC resulting from voluntary reports the Company had filed with the DTCC that disclosed possible technical and administrative violations of the ITAR. The Consent Agreement had a three-year term and provided for: (i) a payment of $20 million, $10 million of which was suspended and fully offset against DTCC-approved costs the Company incurred to implement compliance measures; (ii) the appointment of an external Special Compliance Official to oversee compliance with the Consent Agreement and the ITAR; (iii) two external audits of the Company’s ITAR compliance program; and (iv) continued implementation of ongoing remedial compliance measures and additional remedial compliance measures related to automated systems and ITAR compliance policies, procedures, and training. The $10 million portion of the settlement that was not subject to suspension was paid in installments beginning in 2014 and ending in February 2017.

SIGNATURES

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.