oct2012esco8k.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  October 9, 2012


ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


Missouri
1-10596
43-1554045
(State or Other
(Commission
(I.R.S. Employer
Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)

9900A Clayton Road, St. Louis, Missouri
63124-1186
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   314-213-7200


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Item 2.02                      Results of Operations and Financial Condition

Today, October 9, 2012, the Registrant is issuing a press release (furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1) updating the Registrant’s previously announced earnings guidance for fiscal 2012, announcing a Test segment restructuring, and providing Management’s 2013 preliminary outlook.  See Item 7.01, Regulation FD Disclosure, below.


Item 7.01                      Regulation FD Disclosure

Today, October 9, 2012, the Registrant is issuing a press release (furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1) updating the Registrant’s previously announced earnings guidance for fiscal 2012, announcing a Test segment restructuring, and providing Management’s 2013 preliminary outlook.  The Registrant will conduct a related Webcast conference call today at 4:00 p.m. Central Time.  Instructions for accessing the conference call are contained in the press release  The press release will be posted on the Registrant’s web site located at http://www.escotechnologies.com and can be viewed through the “Investor Relations” page of the web site under the tab “Press Releases;” however, the Registrant reserves the right to discontinue that availability at any time.


Item 9.01                      Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)           Exhibits

Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
     99.1
Press Release dated October 9, 2012


Other Matters

The information in this report furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 and Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended (“Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, unless the Registrant incorporates it by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended or the Exchange Act.

Any references to the Registrant’s web site address included in this Form 8-K and the press release are intended only as inactive textual references, and the Registrant does not intend them to be active links to its web site.  Information contained on the Registrant’s web site does not constitute part of this Form 8-K or the press release.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC.


Dated:  October 9, 2012                                                                  By:   /s/G.E. Muenster                                               
G.E. Muenster
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer