Esterline Corporation Announces Pricing of $250 Million Private Placement of Senior Notes

BELLEVUE, WA–(Marketwire – July 19, 2010) –  Esterline Corporation (NYSE: ESL) (www.esterline.com), a leading specialty manufacturer serving aerospace/defense markets, today announced that it has priced a private placement of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 7% senior notes due 2020. Esterline intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering to repurchase any and all of its $175 million outstanding 7 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 (the “2013 Notes”), pursuant to a cash tender offer and consent solicitation for the 2013 Notes previously announced today, and to use the balance for general corporate purposes.

The notes were offered within the United States only to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and to non-U.S. purchasers under Regulation S under the Securities Act. The notes being offered by Esterline have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws. Therefore, the notes may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements under the Securities act and any applicable state securities laws.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, nor shall it constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.

About Esterline:
Esterline Corporation is a leading world-wide supplier to the aerospace and defense industry specializing in three core areas: Avionics & Controls, Sensors & Systems, and Advanced Materials. Operations within the Avionics & Controls segment focus on high-technology electronics products for military and commercial aircraft and land- and sea-based military vehicles, secure communications systems, specialized medical equipment, and other industrial applications. The Sensors & Systems segment includes operations that produce high-precision temperature and pressure sensors, electrical power distribution equipment, and other related systems principally for aerospace and defense customers. Operations within the Advanced Materials segment focus on technologies including high-temperature resistant materials and components used for a wide range of military and commercial aerospace purposes and combustible ordnance and countermeasure products.

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