FIRST AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this
"Amendment"), dated as of July 28, 2014, by and among CURTISS-WRIGHT
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), each of the other Loan
Parties under the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the LENDERS (as
defined under the Credit Agreement) parties hereto, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders (the "Administrative
Agent").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the parties hereto are parties to that certain Third Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 9, 2012 (the "Credit Agreement");
and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Credit Agreement as provided
herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, in consideration of their mutual covenants
and agreements hereinafter set forth and intending to be legally bound hereby,
covenant and agree as follows:
1.DEFINED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein unless otherwise defined herein
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement as amended by this
Amendment. Hereafter, references in the Loan Documents to the Credit Agreement
shall be deemed to refer to the Credit Agreement as modified hereby and as
further amended, restated or otherwise modified in accordance with its terms.
2.    AMENDMENTS.
(a)    Section 7.05(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated to
read in its entirety as follows:
(b)    Dispositions of its property that, together with all other property of
its Subsidiaries previously leased, sold or disposed of (other than Investments
sold in the ordinary course of business by Subsidiaries of Borrowers) as
permitted by this Section 7.05 since the date hereof, do not constitute a
Substantial Portion of the property of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries; provided, however, that if a Material Subsidiary is sold or
otherwise disposed of; or all or substantially all of the assets of a Material
Subsidiary are sold or otherwise disposed of, then the net proceeds of such sale
or other disposition shall be used, within 365 days of the receipt of such net
proceeds, for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its remaining
Subsidiaries, including reinvestment in assets, funding of working capital,
repayment of debt, and buy-back of capital stock (but excluding payment of
dividends outside the ordinary course of business).

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(b)    Section 8.01(1) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated to
read in its entirety as follows:
(1)    Company Sale of any Borrower, etc. The Company shall cease to own,
beneficially or of record, directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of all Material Subsidiaries, except as
otherwise contemplated in Section 7.05(b) hereof, and subject to continued
compliance at all times with the requirements of Section 7.12 hereof.

3.    CONDITIONS TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS AMENDMENT.
This Amendment shall be effective when (a) it has been signed and delivered by
the Loan Parties, the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent, (b) the
representations and warranties of the Loan Parties in Section 4 hereof shall be
true and correct in all material respects (as qualified in such Section 4), and
(c) the Loan Parties have paid and/or reimbursed the Administrative Agent for
all of its fees and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation and
negotiation of this Amendment (including without limitation the reasonable fees
and expenses of counsel).
4.    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
The Loan Parties hereby represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders that: (a) the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties
contained in Article 5 of the Credit Agreement, and in the other Loan Documents
to which they are party, are true and correct in all material respects on and as
of the date hereof, except (i) that any such representations and warranties that
are qualified by reference to materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be
true and correct in all respects, (ii) to the extent that such representations
and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall
be true and correct as of such earlier date, and (iii) that for purposes hereof,
the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of
Section 5.05 of the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most recent
statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section
6.01 of the Credit Agreement; (b) no Default exists or will result from the
execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment; (c) this Amendment has
been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party; (d) the execution, delivery
and performance by each Loan Party of this Amendment are within the power and
authority of each Loan Party and have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (i) conflict
with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien
under, or require any payment to be made under (A) any Contractual Obligation to
which such Person is a party or by which such Person or its properties or any of
its Subsidiaries are bound or (B) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any
Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its
property is subject, or (ii) violate any Law; and (e) the Credit Agreement and
other Loan Documents, as modified by this Amendment, are in full force and
effect and are enforceable against each such Loan Party party thereto in
accordance with the respective terms

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of such Loan Documents (except as such enforcement may be limited by principles
of equity, bankruptcy, insolvency or other Laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally).
5.    REAFFIRMATION.
Each of the Loan Parties hereby reaffirms, ratifies and confirms all of its
respective obligations under the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents to
which it is a party, as the same may have been modified by this Amendment.
6.    GOVERNING LAW.
This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of
the State of New York, and shall be deemed to be a contract made under and
governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the Laws of the State of
New York (including for such purpose Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the General
Obligations Law of the State of New York), without regard to principles of
conflicts of Law.
7.    COUNTERPARTS.
This Amendment may be signed by telecopy or original in any number of
counterparts each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

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[SIGNATURE PAGE 1 OF 9 TO
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this instrument under seal as of
the day and year first above written.

CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION
CURTISS-WRIGHT CONTROLS, INC.
METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, LLC
CURTISS-WRIGHT FLOW CONTROL CORPORATION
CURTISS-WRIGHT FLOW CONTROL SERVICE CORPORATION
CURTISS-WRIGHT ELECTRO-MECHANICAL CORPORATION
 
 
 
By:
 
 
Name:
Glenn E. Tynan
 
Title:
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

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[SIGNATURE PAGE 2 OF 9 TO
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent
By:
 
Name:
 
Title:
 
 
 
 

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[SIGNATURE PAGE 3 OF 9 TO
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender    
By:
 
Name:
 
Title:
 
 
 
 

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[SIGNATURE PAGE 4 OF 9 TO
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Lender
By:
 
 
Name:
 
 
Title:
 
 
 
 
 

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[SIGNATURE PAGE 5 OF 9 TO
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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
By:
 
 
Name:
 
 
Title:
 
 
 
 
 

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[SIGNATURE PAGE 6 OF 9 TO
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RBS CITIZENS, N.A., as a Lender
By:
 
 
Name:
 
 
Title:
 
 
 
 
 

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[SIGNATURE PAGE 7 OF 9 TO
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
By:
 
 
Name:
 
 
Title:
 
 
 
 
 

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[SIGNATURE PAGE 8 OF 9 TO
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as a Lender
By:
 
 
Name:
 
 
Title:
 
 
 
 
 

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[SIGNATURE PAGE 9 OF 9 TO
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HSBC BANK USA, N.A., as a Lender
By:
 
 
Name:
 
 
Title: