CURTISS WRIGHT CORP — Director's Dealing 2008

Aug 13, 2008

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CURTISS WRIGHT CORP (CW)
CIK: 0000026324
Period of Report: 2008-08-11

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2008-08-11	Common Stock	M	27126	$10.925	Acquired	54408.228	Direct
2008-08-11	Common Stock	S	27126	$53.0037	Disposed	27282.228	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2008-08-11	Option to Purchase Common Stock	$10.925	M	27126	Disposed	2011-11-20	Common Stock (27126)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Shares were acquired through the exercise of employee non-qualified stock option granted pursuant to a Company sponsored employee long term incentive plan.

F2: The purchase price is the exercise price of the employee stock option.

F3: Price reflects the weighted average sale price of all Curtiss-Wright shares sold by Mr. Benante on the New York Stock Exchange on August 11, 2008.

F4: Derivative security was granted pursuant to a Company sponsored employee long term incentive plan.