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<p ALIGN="CENTER">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August
3, 2005</p>
<p ALIGN="RIGHT">Registration No. 333- </p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
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Washington, D.C. 20549<br>
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FORM S-8<br>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>
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UNDER<br>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">ASTRONICS CORPORATION<br>
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">New York</b></font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">3728</b></font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">16-0959303</b></font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">(State or other jurisdiction of</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">(Primary Standard Industrial</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">(I.R.S. Employer</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">incorporation or organization)</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Classification Code)</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Identification Number)</font></td>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">130 Commerce Way<br>
East Aurora, New York 14052<br>
(716) 805-1599<br>
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(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including<br>
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">Astronics Corporation 2005 Director Stock Option Plan<br>
</b></font><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="1">
(Full title of the plans)</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">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) 805-1599<br>
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(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including<br>
area code, of agent for service)<br>
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Copy To:</p>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Robert J. Olivieri, Esq.<br>
    Hodgson Russ LLP<br>
    One M&amp;T Plaza, Suite 2000<br>
    Buffalo, New York 14203-2391<br>
    (716) 856-4000</b></font>&nbsp;<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="1"><p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</p>
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    Title of Each Class of</p>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">to be</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Registered</b></font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Proposed Maximum</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Offering Price</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">per Share <sup>(1)</sup></b></font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Proposed</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Maximum</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Aggregate</p>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Offering Price <sup>(1)</sup></b></font></td>
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    Amount of</p>
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    <td WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="bottom" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #000000"><font SIZE="1">Common Stock ($.01 par value)</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">200,000 shares <sup><b>(2)</b></sup></font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">$9.93</font></td>
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    <p ALIGN="CENTER">$1,986,000</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="17%" VALIGN="bottom" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #000000"><font SIZE="1">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">$234</font></td>
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    (1)
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    Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
  pursuant to Rule 457(c), based on the average high and low prices of the
  common stock as quoted on the Nasdaq National Market on August 1, 2005.</font></td>
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    (2)
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    This Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of
  shares of Common Stock which may be issuable under such plans as a result of
  stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</font></td>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">PART I</p>
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<p ALIGN="center"><b>Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus</p>
</b>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 &quot;Securities Act&quot;). Such documents need
not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &quot;Commission&quot;)
either as part of this</font><font SIZE="3"> 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.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Astronics Corporation, a New York
corporation (the &quot;Registrant&quot;), covers 200,000 shares of the Registrant's common
stock, par value $.01 per share (&quot;Common Stock&quot;), reserved for issuance under
the Astronics Corporation 2005 Director Stock Option Plan.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If necessary for a prospectus to be used for re-offers of the Registrant's
Common Stock acquired pursuant to the Plans, a prospectus prepared in accordance
with the requirements of Form S-3 will be filed as part of this Registration
Statement by means of a post-effective amendment hereto.</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">PART II</p>
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<p ALIGN="center"><b>Information Required in the Registration Statement</p>
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<p>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</p>
</b>
<p>The following documents filed by the Registrant (File No. 0-7087) with the
Commission under the securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&quot;Exchange Act&quot;), are incorporated herein by reference:</p>
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    <td width="31" valign="top"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">(a)
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    <td width="577"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">The Registrant's Annual
    Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, filed with the
    Commission on March 25, 2005.</font></td>
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    <td width="54">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="577">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="31" valign="top"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">(b)
</font></td>
    <td width="577"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">The Registrant's Quarterly
    Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 2, 2005, filed with the
    Commission on May 16, 2005.</font></td>
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    <td width="577">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="31" valign="top"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">(c)
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    <td width="577"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">The Registrant's proxy
    statement for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on April 28, 2005,
    filed with the Commission on March 25, 2003.</font></td>
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    <td width="577">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="31" valign="top"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">(d)
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    <td width="577"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">Amendment No. 1 to the
    Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated April 19, 2005 and filed
    with the Commission on April 19, 2005, amending the Registrant's Current
    Report on Form 8-K dated February 7, 2005, filed with the Commission on
    February 7, 2005.</font></td>
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    <td width="577">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="31" valign="top"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">(e)
</font></td>
    <td width="577"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">Amendment No. 2 to the
    Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated April 21, 2005 and filed
    with the Commission on April 21, 2005, amending the Registrant's Current
    Report on Form 8-K dated February 7, 2005 and filed with the Commission on
    February 7, 2005, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto on Form 8-K/A dated
    April 19, 2005 and filed with the Commission on April 19, 2005.</font></td>
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    <td width="577">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="31" valign="top"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">(f)
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    <td width="577"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">The Registrant's Current
    Report on Form 8-K dated April 29, 2005 and filed with the
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    <td width="577"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">Commission on April 29,
    2005.</font></td>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.</p>
<b>
<p>Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Description of Securities.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b>Not applicable.</p>
<b>
<p>Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interests of Named Persons and Counsel.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b>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.</p>
<b>
<p>Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</p>
</b>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.
</p>
<p></p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 </p>
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<p>providing for all known liabilities of the corporation or (iv) the making of
an improper loan to a director of the corporation. </p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation includes the provisions
permitted by Section 402(b).</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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. </p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.</p>
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<p>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exemption from Registration Claimed.</p>
</b>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not applicable.</p>
<b>
<p>Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exhibits.</p>
</b>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The following exhibits are filed with this Registration Statement:</p>
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    <td width="607"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">Astronics Corporation 2005 Director Stock Option Plan (incorporated
    by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form-10-K
    for the year ended December 31, 2004.</font></td>
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    <td width="55" valign="top"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">5.1
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    <td width="607"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">Opinion of Hodgson Russ
    LLP.</font></td>
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    <td width="607">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="55" valign="top"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">23.1
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    <td width="607"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young
    LLP.</font></td>
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    <td width="55" valign="top"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">23.2
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    <td width="607"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">Consent of Hodgson Russ
    LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).</font></td>
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    <td width="607">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="55" valign="top"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">24.1
</font></td>
    <td width="607"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">Power of Attorney
    (contained in Part II of this Registration Statement).</font></td>
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<b>
<p>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Undertakings.</p>
</b>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</p>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (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.
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 &quot;Calculation of Registration Fee&quot;
table in the effective Registration Statement;</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (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;</p>
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</blockquote>
<p>provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if
the Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8, or Form F-3 and 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.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (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.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (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.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (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.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (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.</p>
<p align="center">II-4</p>
<P style=PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE:always>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p ALIGN="center"><b>SIGNATURES</p>
</b>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 3, 2005. </p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
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    <td width="474">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="188" colspan="2"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2"><b>
    ASTRONICS CORPORATION</b></font></td>
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    <td width="474">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="188" colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="474">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="3"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">By:</font></td>
    <td width="275" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Peter J. Gundermann</font></td>
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    <td width="474">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="30">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="158"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
<b>
    Peter J. Gundermann</b></font></td>
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    <td width="474">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="30">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="158"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
<b>
    President and Chief Executive Officer</b></font></td>
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<b>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">POWER OF ATTORNEY</p>
</b>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
<b>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS</b>, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints, Kevin T. Keane, 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.</p>
<b>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.</p>
</b></font><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2"><b>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
</b></font>
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    <td WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="TOP" height="12"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="1"><b><u>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Signature </u></b></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="TOP" height="12"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="1"><u><b>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Title</b></u></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP" height="12"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="1"><u><b>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Date</b></u></font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" height="16">
    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">s/ Peter J.
    Gundermann</font><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="1"><b></b></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="bottom" height="16">
      <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
      <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">President and Chief Executive
      Officer and </p>
    </font></td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom" height="16"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">August 3, 2005</p>
    </font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="top" height="30"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="1"><b>Peter J. Gundermann</b></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="bottom" height="30">
      <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
      &nbsp; Director<br>
      <i>&nbsp; (Principal Executive Officer)</i></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom" height="30">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="bottom" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="bottom" height="19">
    &nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" height="16">
    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">s/ David C.
    Burney</font><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="1"><b></b></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="bottom" height="16">
      <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
      <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</p>
    </font></td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" height="16"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">August 3, 2005</p>
    </font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="top"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="1"><b>
    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">David C. Burney</p>
    </b></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="top">
      <i>
      <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
      (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</font></i></td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" height="16">
    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">s/ Kevin T.
    Keane&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="bottom" height="16">
    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">Chairman of
    the Board of Directors</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom" height="16"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">August 3, 2005</font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="top" height="19">
    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="1"><b>Kevin T. Keane</b></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="bottom" height="19">
    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom" height="19">
    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="bottom" height="30" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">s/ Robert T.
    Brady</font><b><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="1"></font></b></td>
    <td WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="bottom" height="30">
    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">Director&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom" height="30"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">August 3, 2005</font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="top" height="19"><b><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="1">Robert T. Brady</font></b></td>
    <td WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="bottom" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom" height="19">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  </table>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">II-5</p>
<P style=PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE:always>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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    <td WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">s/ John B.
    Drenning</font><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="1"><b></b></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="bottom">
    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">Director&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">August 3, 2005</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="top"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="1"><b>John B. Drenning</b></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">s/ Robert J.
    McKenna&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="bottom">
    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">Director</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">August 3, 2005</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="top"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="1"><b>Robert J. McKenna</b></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">s/ Raymond S.
    Boushie</font><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="1"><b></b></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="bottom">
    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">Director</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
    <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">August 3, 2005</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="top"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="1"><b>Raymond S. Boushie</b></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">II-6</p>
<P style=PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE:always><b>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">Exhibit index</p>
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    <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3"><u><b>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Exhibit Number</b></u></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3"><u><b>
    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Exhibit</b></u></font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">4.1</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Astronics Corporation 2005
    Director Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to
    the Registrant's Annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
    2005.</font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">5.1</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
    <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Opinion of Hodgson Russ LLP</font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">23.1</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
    <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP</font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">23.2</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
    <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Consent of Hodgson Russ LLP (Included in Exhibit 5.1)</font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">24.1</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
    <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Power of Attorney (See page II-5 of this Registration
    Statement)</font></td>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August
3, 2005
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
3728
16-0959303
(State or other jurisdiction of
(Primary Standard Industrial
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Classification Code)
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 2005 Director 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
One M&T Plaza, Suite 2000
Buffalo, New York 14203-2391
(716) 856-4000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of
Securities to be Registered
Amount
to be
Registered
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
per Share
(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
(1)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock ($.01 par value)
200,000 shares
(2)
$9.93
$1,986,000
$234
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
  pursuant to Rule 457(c), based on the average high and low prices of the
  common stock as quoted on the Nasdaq National Market on August 1, 2005.
(2)
This Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of
  shares of Common Stock which may be issuable under such plans as a result of
  stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
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.
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Astronics Corporation, a New York
corporation (the "Registrant"), covers 200,000 shares of the Registrant's common
stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common Stock"), reserved for issuance under
the Astronics Corporation 2005 Director Stock Option Plan.
If necessary for a prospectus to be used for re-offers of the Registrant's
Common Stock acquired pursuant to the Plans, a prospectus prepared in accordance
with the requirements of Form S-3 will be filed as part of this Registration
Statement by means of a post-effective amendment hereto.
PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3.     Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant (File No. 0-7087) 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, 2004, filed with the
    Commission on March 25, 2005.
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly
    Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 2, 2005, filed with the
    Commission on May 16, 2005.
(c)
The Registrant's proxy
    statement for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on April 28, 2005,
    filed with the Commission on March 25, 2003.
(d)
Amendment No. 1 to the
    Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated April 19, 2005 and filed
    with the Commission on April 19, 2005, amending the Registrant's Current
    Report on Form 8-K dated February 7, 2005, filed with the Commission on
    February 7, 2005.
(e)
Amendment No. 2 to the
    Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated April 21, 2005 and filed
    with the Commission on April 21, 2005, amending the Registrant's Current
    Report on Form 8-K dated February 7, 2005 and filed with the Commission on
    February 7, 2005, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto on Form 8-K/A dated
    April 19, 2005 and filed with the Commission on April 19, 2005.
(f)
The Registrant's Current
    Report on Form 8-K dated April 29, 2005 and filed with the
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Commission on April 29,
    2005.
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.
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.
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
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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.
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:
4.1
Astronics Corporation 2005 Director Stock Option Plan (incorporated
    by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form-10-K
    for the year ended December 31, 2004.
5.1
Opinion of Hodgson Russ
    LLP.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young
    LLP.
23.2
Consent of Hodgson Russ
    LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
24.1
Power of Attorney
    (contained in Part II of this Registration Statement).
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:
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(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.
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 Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8, or Form F-3 and 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 3, 2005.
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, Kevin T. Keane, 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
President and Chief Executive
      Officer and
August 3, 2005
Peter J. Gundermann
Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
s/ David C.
    Burney
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
August 3, 2005
David C. Burney
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
s/ Kevin T.
    Keane
Chairman of
    the Board of Directors
August 3, 2005
Kevin T. Keane
s/ Robert T.
    Brady
Director
August 3, 2005
Robert T. Brady
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s/ John B.
    Drenning
Director
August 3, 2005
John B. Drenning
s/ Robert J.
    McKenna
Director
August 3, 2005
Robert J. McKenna
s/ Raymond S.
    Boushie
Director
August 3, 2005
Raymond S. Boushie
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Exhibit index
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
4.1
Astronics Corporation 2005
    Director Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to
    the Registrant's Annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
    2005.
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 (See page II-5 of this Registration
    Statement)
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