UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM SD
Specialized Disclosure Report
ESTERLINE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-06357 | 13-2595091 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 500 108th Ave NE, Bellevue, Washington | 98004 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Donald E. Walther, Executive Vice President & General Counsel (425) 453-9400
(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.)
Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:
| ☒ | Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2017. |
Section 1 – Conflict Minerals Disclosure
| Item 1.01 | Conflict Minerals Disclosures and Report |
Esterline Technologies Corporation (“Esterline”) has concluded in good faith that during 2017:
| a) | Esterline has manufactured or contracted to manufacture products as to which conflict minerals, as defined by Section 1502(e)(4) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, are necessary to the functionality or production of such products. |
| b) | Based on a “reasonable country of origin inquiry”, Esterline knows or has reason to believe that a portion of its necessary conflict minerals originated or may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country and knows or has reason to believe that those necessary conflict minerals may not be from recycle or scrap sources. |
Therefore, in accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Esterline has filed this Specialized Disclosure report and the Conflict Minerals Report included with this report as Exhibit 1.01. In addition, Esterline has posted its Conflict Minerals Report on Esterline’s corporate website at http://www.esterline.com/CorporateResponsibility/HumanRights/ConflictMinerals.aspx.
Item 1.02 Exhibit
Esterline has included its Conflict Minerals Report as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.
Section 2 - Exhibits
Item 2.01 Exhibits
| Exhibit 1.01 | Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form. | |
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 duly authorized undersigned.
| Esterline Technologies Corporation |
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| (Registrant) | ||||
| /s/ DONALD E. WALTHER |
May 31, 2018 | |||
| By: Donald E. Walther, | (Date) | |||
| Executive Vice President & General Counsel | ||||