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Issuer:     CURTISS WRIGHT CORP (CW)
CIK:        0000026324
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-22T17:41:13+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-062997
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Curtiss-Wright names COO Kevin Rayment as CEO; Bamford becomes Executive Chair Jan 1, 2027
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- Kevin M. Rayment, EVP & COO, appointed President and CEO effective Jan 1, 2027; he also joins the Board.
- Lynn M. Bamford retires as CEO after 6 years; becomes Executive Chair. She has been with company 22 years.
- Rayment's new comp: $1.1M base salary, 125% target bonus, LTIP target value $5.225M (30% RSUs, 30% equity perf units, 40% perf share units).
- Bamford's tenure: returned $1.7B to shareholders via buybacks/dividends; delivered record sales, profitability, orders, backlog.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26324/000162828026062997/0001628280-26-062997-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26324/000162828026062997/cw-20260921.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-062997

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