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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;4, 2011
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
<I>UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</I></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>ASTRONICS CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>New York</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>16-0959303</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification Number)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>130 Commerce Way<BR>
East Aurora, New York 14052<BR>
(716)&nbsp;805-1599</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including<BR>
area code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Astronics Corporation 2011 Employee Stock Option Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plans)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>David C. Burney<BR>
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
Astronics Corporation<BR>
130 Commerce Way<BR>
East Aurora, New York 14052<BR>
(716)&nbsp;805-1599</B><BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including<BR>
area code, of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B><I>Copy To:</I></B><BR>
<B>Robert J. Olivieri, Esq.<BR>
Hodgson Russ LLP<BR>
The Guaranty Building<BR>
140 Pearl Street, Suite&nbsp;100<BR>
Buffalo, New York 14202-4040<BR>
(716)&nbsp;856-4000</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Non-accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Smaller reporting company <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of Each Class of</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>to be</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Securities to be Registered</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(1)</B></SUP></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>per Share</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(2)</B></SUP></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(2)</B></SUP></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registration Fee</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock ($.01 par value)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" nowrap>500,000 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">31.78</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">15,890,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">1,845</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of
shares of Common Stock which may be issuable under such plan as a
result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h), based on the average of the bid and
asked prices of the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global
Select Market on August&nbsp;1, 2011.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART I<BR>
Information Required in the Section&nbsp;10(a) Prospectus</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or given
to participants as specified in Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;). Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this
Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART II<BR>
Information Required in the Registration Statement</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;3.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission under the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated herein by reference:
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    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2010, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;3, 2011;</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 8pt">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR> <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
April&nbsp;2, 2011, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;6, 2011;</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 8pt">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR> <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May&nbsp;10, 2011 and
filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;10, 2011; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 8pt">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR> <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August&nbsp;2, 2011 and
filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;2, 2011.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities registered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to
the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or
is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;4.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Description of Securities.</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">Not applicable.
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;5.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Interests of Named Persons and Counsel.</B></TD>
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Certain legal matters with respect to the validity of the shares of Common Stock offered
pursuant to this Registration Statement are being passed upon for the Registrant by Hodgson Russ
LLP, counsel to the Registrant. John B. Drenning, a director of the Registrant, is a partner in
Hodgson Russ LLP. He and other members of that firm beneficially own an aggregate of approximately
125,000 shares of Common Stock and approximately 130,000 shares of Class&nbsp;B Stock.
</DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;6.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Sections&nbsp;721 through 726 of the New York Business Corporation Law, or BCL, grant New
York corporations broad powers to indemnify their present and former directors and officers
and those of affiliated corporations against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in
connection with threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or proceedings to which they
are parties or are threatened to be made parties by reason of being or having been such
directors or officers, subject to specified conditions and exclusions; give a director or
officer who successfully defends an action the right to be so indemnified; and permit a
corporation to buy directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance. Such indemnification is not
exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any by-laws,
agreement, vote of shareholders or otherwise.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Section&nbsp;402(b) of the BCL permits a New York corporation to include in its certificate of
incorporation a provision eliminating the potential monetary liability of a director to the
corporation or its shareholders for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such
provision may not eliminate the liability of a director (i)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith
or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (ii)&nbsp;for any transaction
from which the director receives an improper personal benefit or (iii)&nbsp;for any acts in violation of
Section&nbsp;719 of the BCL. Section&nbsp;719 provides that a director who votes or concurs in a corporate
action will be liable to the corporation for the benefit of its creditors and shareholders for any
damages suffered as a result of an action approving (i)&nbsp;an improper payment of a dividend, (ii)&nbsp;an
improper redemption or purchase by the corporation of shares of the corporation, (iii)&nbsp;an improper
distribution of assets to shareholders after dissolution of the corporation without adequately
providing for all known liabilities of the corporation or (iv)&nbsp;the making of an improper loan to a
director of the corporation.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation includes the provisions permitted by Section
402(b).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The Registrant&#146;s by-laws also allow it to indemnify, in the same manner and under the same
circumstances as set forth in Sections&nbsp;721 through 726 of the BCL, any person who was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any action or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was the Registrant&#146;s
representative, against expenses (including attorney&#146;s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the action or
proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not
opposed to, the Registrant&#146;s best interests.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">In addition, the Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its
directors, executive officers and certain other officers pursuant to which each such person is
indemnified for costs and expenses actually and reasonably incurred in connection with a
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding in which such person is or was a party
or is threatened to be made a party by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director,
officer or employee of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a
director, officer, employee, member, manager or fiduciary of another entity.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The Company also maintains an insurance policy insuring its directors and officers against
liability for certain acts and omissions while acting in their official capacities on behalf of the
Registrant.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-top: 10pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; background: transparent; color: #000000">
<TR>
    <TD width="7%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;7.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-top: 10pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; background: transparent; color: #000000">
<TR>
    <TD width="7%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;8.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Exhibits.</B></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">The following exhibits are filed with this Registration Statement:
</DIV>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="86%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Astronics Corporation 2011 Employee Stock Option Plan</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Hodgson Russ LLP</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Hodgson Russ LLP (Included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</DIV></TD>
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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; background: transparent; color: #000000">
<TR>
    <TD width="7%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;9.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Undertakings.</B></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 8%">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
change in volume and price represents no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration
Statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 8%">(2)&nbsp;That for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 8%">(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">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 registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Aurora, State of New York, on August&nbsp;1, 2011.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><B>ASTRONICS CORPORATION</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Peter J. Gundermann
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Peter J. Gundermann</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>President and Chief Executive Officer</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%"><B>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS</B>, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints, Peter J. Gundermann and David C. Burney, or either of them, as his attorney in fact,
to sign any amendments to this registration statement (including post-effective amendments), and to
file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact,
or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%"><B>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</B>
</DIV>
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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Peter J. Gundermann</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Peter J. Gundermann</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Chief Executive&nbsp;Officer
and Director
<BR>
<I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;1, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ David C. Burney</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>David C. Burney</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>Vice President and Chief&nbsp;Financial
Officer
<BR>
<I>(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)</I>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;1, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Kevin T. Keane</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Kevin T. Keane</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;1, 2011</TD>
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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Robert T. Brady</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Robert T. Brady</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;1, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ John B. Drenning</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>John B. Drenning</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;1, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Robert J. McKenna</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Robert J. McKenna</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;1, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Raymond S. Boushie</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Raymond S. Boushie</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;1, 2011</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Exhibit index</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="86%">&nbsp;</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 4, 2011
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ASTRONICS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York
16-0959303
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification Number)
130 Commerce Way
East Aurora, New York 14052
(716) 805-1599
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Astronics Corporation 2011 Employee Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plans)
David C. Burney
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Astronics Corporation
130 Commerce Way
East Aurora, New York 14052
(716) 805-1599
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
Copy To:
Robert J. Olivieri, Esq.
Hodgson Russ LLP
The Guaranty Building
140 Pearl Street, Suite 100
Buffalo, New York 14202-4040
(716) 856-4000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Amount
Proposed Maximum
Maximum
Title of Each Class of
to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
Securities to be Registered
Registered
(1)
per Share
(2)
Offering Price
(2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock ($.01 par value)
500,000 shares
$
31.78
$
15,890,000
$
1,845
(1)
This Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of
shares of Common Stock which may be issuable under such plan as a
result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h), based on the average of the bid and
asked prices of the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global
Select Market on August 1, 2011.
PART I
Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given
to participants as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"). Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this
Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission under the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2010, filed with the Commission on March 3, 2011;
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
April 2, 2011, filed with the Commission on May 6, 2011;
(c)
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 10, 2011 and
filed with the Commission on May 10, 2011; and
(c)
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 2, 2011 and
filed with the Commission on August 2, 2011.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities registered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to
the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or
is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Persons and Counsel.
Certain legal matters with respect to the validity of the shares of Common Stock offered
pursuant to this Registration Statement are being passed upon for the Registrant by Hodgson Russ
LLP, counsel to the Registrant. John B. Drenning, a director of the Registrant, is a partner in
Hodgson Russ LLP. He and other members of that firm beneficially own an aggregate of approximately
125,000 shares of Common Stock and approximately 130,000 shares of Class B Stock.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Sections 721 through 726 of the New York Business Corporation Law, or BCL, grant New
York corporations broad powers to indemnify their present and former directors and officers
and those of affiliated corporations against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in
connection with threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or proceedings to which they
are parties or are threatened to be made parties by reason of being or having been such
directors or officers, subject to specified conditions and exclusions; give a director or
officer who successfully defends an action the right to be so indemnified; and permit a
corporation to buy directors' and officers' liability insurance. Such indemnification is not
exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any by-laws,
agreement, vote of shareholders or otherwise.
Section 402(b) of the BCL permits a New York corporation to include in its certificate of
incorporation a provision eliminating the potential monetary liability of a director to the
corporation or its shareholders for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such
provision may not eliminate the liability of a director (i) for acts or omissions not in good faith
or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (ii) for any transaction
from which the director receives an improper personal benefit or (iii) for any acts in violation of
Section 719 of the BCL. Section 719 provides that a director who votes or concurs in a corporate
action will be liable to the corporation for the benefit of its creditors and shareholders for any
damages suffered as a result of an action approving (i) an improper payment of a dividend, (ii) an
improper redemption or purchase by the corporation of shares of the corporation, (iii) an improper
distribution of assets to shareholders after dissolution of the corporation without adequately
providing for all known liabilities of the corporation or (iv) the making of an improper loan to a
director of the corporation.
The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation includes the provisions permitted by Section
402(b).
The Registrant's by-laws also allow it to indemnify, in the same manner and under the same
circumstances as set forth in Sections 721 through 726 of the BCL, any person who was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any action or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was the Registrant's
representative, against expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the action or
proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not
opposed to, the Registrant's best interests.
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In addition, the Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its
directors, executive officers and certain other officers pursuant to which each such person is
indemnified for costs and expenses actually and reasonably incurred in connection with a
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding in which such person is or was a party
or is threatened to be made a party by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director,
officer or employee of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a
director, officer, employee, member, manager or fiduciary of another entity.
The Company also maintains an insurance policy insuring its directors and officers against
liability for certain acts and omissions while acting in their official capacities on behalf of the
Registrant.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed with this Registration Statement:
Exhibit No.
Exhibit
4.1
Astronics Corporation 2011 Employee Stock Option Plan
5.1
Opinion of Hodgson Russ LLP
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent of Hodgson Russ LLP (Included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
change in volume and price represents no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration
Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
(2) That for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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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 registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Aurora, State of New York, on August 1, 2011.
ASTRONICS CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Peter J. Gundermann
Peter J. Gundermann
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS
, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints, Peter J. Gundermann and David C. Burney, or either of them, as his attorney in fact,
to sign any amendments to this registration statement (including post-effective amendments), and to
file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact,
or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Peter J. Gundermann
Peter J. Gundermann
President and Chief Executive Officer
and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
August 1, 2011
/s/ David C. Burney
David C. Burney
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
August 1, 2011
/s/ Kevin T. Keane
Kevin T. Keane
Chairman of the Board of Directors
August 1, 2011
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Robert T. Brady
Robert T. Brady
Director
August 1, 2011
/s/ John B. Drenning
John B. Drenning
Director
August 1, 2011
/s/ Robert J. McKenna
Robert J. McKenna
Director
August 1, 2011
/s/ Raymond S. Boushie
Raymond S. Boushie
Director
August 1, 2011
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Exhibit index
Exhibit No.
Exhibit
4.1
Astronics Corporation 2011 Employee Stock Option Plan
5.1
Opinion of Hodgson Russ LLP
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent of Hodgson Russ LLP (Included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
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