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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on May 11, 2017.

 

 

CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION

 

 

CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION

C/O BROADRIDGE

P.O. BOX 1342

BRENTWOOD, NY 11717

 

 
Meeting Information
 
Meeting Type: Annual Meeting
For holders as of: March 14, 2017
Date: May 11, 2017 Time: 10:00 a.m., Local Time
Location: The Ballantyne Business Center
  13850 Ballantyne Corporate Place
  Suite 500
  Charlotte, North Carolina 28277
   
 
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Voting Items  
 
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following:
 
1. Election of Directors
     
  Nominees:  
     
  01) David C. Adams 06) Allen A. Kozinski
  02) Dean M. Flatt 07) John B. Nathman
  03) S. Marce Fuller 08) Robert J. Rivet
  04) Rita J. Heise 09) Albert E. Smith
  05) Bruce D. Hoechner 10) Peter C. Wallace
     
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals:
     
2. To Ratify the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2017
   
3. To re-approve the performance goals included in the Curtiss-Wright Corporation Incentive Compensation Plan for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code
   
4. An advisory (non-binding) vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers
   
The Board of Directors recommends you vote Every Year on the following proposal:
     
5. An advisory (non-binding) vote to approve the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers
   
NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.