form8k.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
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): February 11, 2009
ITT
CORPORATION
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Indiana
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1-5672
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13-5158950
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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1133
Westchester Avenue
White
Plains, New York
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10604
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(Address
of principal
executive
offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant's
telephone number, including area code: (914) 641-2000
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (See General Instruction A.2. below):
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230.425)
[_]
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(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Not
Applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
Item
8.01 Other
Events
On
February 11, 2009, ITT Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a Consent
Agreement (the “Consent Agreement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission
relating to alleged payments to foreign government officials by
employees or agents of the Company’s Nanjing Goulds Pumps company in Nanjing,
China that allegedly violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act. Without admitting or denying any factual allegations contained
within the Complaint, the Company is required by, the Consent
Agreement, to pay disgorgement of profits in the amount of
$1,041,112, plus prejudgment interest thereon in the amount of $387,538.11, and
to pay a civil penalty in the amount of $250,000. In addition, the
Company has been permanently restrained and enjoined from violating Sections
13(b)(2)(A) and 13(b)(2)(B), of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
which provisions require the Company to maintain its books and records in a
manner that accurately reflects the transactions and disposition of the
Company’s assets and to maintain a reasonable system of internal accounting
controls. A copy of the Consent Agreement is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this
report and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item
9.01. Financial
Statements and Exhibits
(d)
Exhibits
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99.1
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Consent
Agreement, dated February 11, 2009, between ITT Corporation and the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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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.
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ITT
CORPORATION |
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By: |
/s/ Kathleen S.
Stolar |
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Kathleen S.
Stolar |
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Its: |
Vice President,
Secretary |
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and Associate
General Counsel |
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| Date:
February 13, 2009 |
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
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99.1
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Consent
Agreement, dated February 11, 2009, between ITT Corporation and the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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