CURTISS WRIGHT CORP — Director's Dealing 2003

Nov 19, 2003

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CURTISS WRIGHT CORP (cw)
CIK: 0000026324
Period of Report: 2003-11-19

Reporting Person: BENANTE MARTIN R (Director, Chairman and CEO)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2003-11-18	Option to Purchase Common Stock	$76.32	A	9259	Disposed	2013-11-18	Common Stock (9259)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	2740	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Note 1 - Up to 1/3 of the shares covered by the option on 11/18/04, increases to 2/3 of such shares on 11/18/05, and increasing to all shares on 11/18/06.

F2: Note 2 - No price on the date of issue, option having been granted as an employee benefit transaction. The option has a value of $27.93 per share using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model