February 8, 2012
VIA EDGAR
Rufus Decker
Accounting Branch Chief
Division of Corporation Finance
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E., Mail Stop 4631
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: | Carlisle Companies Incorporated |
| Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2010 |
| Form 10-Q for the Fiscal Quarter ended September 30, 2011 |
| File No. 1-9278 |
Dear Mr. Decker:
On behalf of Carlisle Companies Incorporated (the “Company”), and in accordance with our previous response, the following is the Company’s response to the comment letter of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff”) dated February 7, 2012 with respect to the above-referenced filing. The Company’s response to your comment is preceded by the text of the comment in your letter.
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2010
Financial Statements
Notes to the Financial Statements
Note 17 — Commitments and Contingencies, page 76
Litigation, page 77
1. We note your response to comment two from our letter dated January 31, 2012. You indicate that the ultimate outcome of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Investigations will not be material. Please correspondingly clarify your disclosures to state, if true, that the ultimate outcome of other legal actions will not be material to your results of operations rather than stating that the ultimate outcome may have more than an inconsequential impact on your results of operations. Please show us supplementally what your revised disclosure will look like.
Management Response:
In future filings, beginning with the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company will revise its disclosures in a manner similar to the following:
From time-to-time the Company may be involved in various other legal actions arising in the normal course of business. In the opinion of management, the ultimate outcome of such actions, either individually or in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on the
consolidated financial position, results of operations for a particular period or annual operating cash flows of the Company.
Please do not hesitate to call me at (704) 501-1106 with any questions regarding the foregoing.
Sincerely,
/s/ Steven J. Ford |
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Steven J. Ford |
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Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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