Esterline Technologies S-8 POS Registration of securities for employees (post-effective amendment)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2004
Registration No. 333-43843
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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ESTERLINE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware	13-2595091
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
500 108th Avenue NE
Bellevue, Washington 98004
(425) 453-9400
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code of principal executive offices)
ESTERLINE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
ROBERT W. CREMIN
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Esterline Technologies Corporation
500 108th Avenue NE
Bellevue, Washington 98004
(425) 453-9400
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Copies to:
ANDREW BOR
Perkins CoieLLP
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4800
Seattle, Washington 98101-3099
(206) 359-8000
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Securities To Be Registered	Amount to Be Registered	Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share	Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price	Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $.20 per share, under the Esterline Technologies Corporation 1997 Stock Option Plan	(1)	(1)	(1)	(1)

(1) No additional securities are being registered and registration fees were paid upon filing of the original Form S-8 Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 7, 1998 (Registration No. 333-43843) for the plan. Therefore, no further registration fee is required.

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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
AMENDMENT TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
The Registrant's Form S-8 Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on January 7, 1998 (Registration No. 333-43843) (the "Registration Statement") is hereby amended to provide that the Registrant suspended its 1997 Stock Option Plan (the "1997 Plan") with respect to issuances of new stock option grants thereunder, effective March 3, 2004, and adopted a new plan, the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2004 Plan"), effective as of March 3, 2004. Up to 682,000 shares available for issuance but not issued or subject to outstanding options under the 1997 Plan (the "Unissued Option Shares") are no longer issuable under the 1997 Plan and may now be issued under the 2004 Plan. In addition, up to 1,210,250 shares subject to outstanding options under the 1997 Plan that cease to be subject to such options, other than by reason of exercise or settlement of the options to the extent they are exercised for or settled in shares (the "Unexercised Op tion Shares"), 400,000 of which were registered on the Registration Statement, will no longer be available for issuance under the 1997 Plan but will be available for issuance under the 2004 Plan. A registration statement on Form S-8 with respect to the Unissued Option Shares and the Unexercised Option Shares (the "New Registration Statement"), is being filed with the Commission concurrently with this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1.
The Registration Statement shall remain in effect for purposes of outstanding stock options granted under the 1997 Plan; however, $3,968.00 paid by the Registrant in connection with the registration fee associated with an aggregate of 400,000 of the Unexercised Option Shares will be carried forward from the Registration Statement to the New Registration Statement.
The contents of the Registration Statement are otherwise incorporated by reference into this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to such Registration Statement, except as described herein. Required consents and signatures are included in this amendment.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
EXHIBIT
NO.		DESCRIPTION
5.1*		Opinion of Perkins CoieLLP regarding legality of the Common Stock being registered
23.1		Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
23.2		Consent of Perkins CoieLLP (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
24.1		Power of Attorney (see signature page)
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*	Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bellevue, State of Washington, on the 9th day of March, 2004.
		ESTERLINE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
		By:	/s/ Robert W. Cremin
			Robert W. Cremin
			Chairman, President and Chief Executive
			Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes Robert W. Cremin and Robert D. George, or either of them, as attorneys-in-fact with full power of substitution, to execute in the name and on the behalf of each person, individually and in each capacity stated below, and to file any and all amendments to this Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement, including any and all post-effective amendments.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on the 9th day of March, 2004.
Signature	Title
/s/ Robert W. Cremin	Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive Officer)
Robert W. Cremin
/s/ Robert D. George	Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and
	Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Robert D. George
/s/ Richard R. Albrecht	Director
Richard R. Albrecht
/s/ Lewis E. Burns	Director
Lewis E. Burns
/s/ Ross J. Centanni	Director
Ross J. Centanni
/s/ John F. Clearman	Director
John F. Clearman
/s/ Robert S. Cline	Director
Robert S. Cline
/s/ Anthony P. Franceschini	Director
Anthony P. Franceschini
/s/ Jerry D. Leitman	Director
Jerry D. Leitman
/s/ James L. Pierce	Director
James L. Pierce

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
NO.		DESCRIPTION
5.1*		Opinion of Perkins CoieLLP regarding legality of the Common Stock being registered
23.1		Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
23.2		Consent of Perkins CoieLLP (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
24.1		Power of Attorney (see signature page)
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*	Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

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