<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001628280-17-005697.txt : 20170519
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20170518181330
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001628280-17-005697
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170516
ITEM INFORMATION:		Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170519
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170518

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CARLISLE COMPANIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000790051
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FABRICATED RUBBER PRODUCTS, NEC [3060]
		IRS NUMBER:				311168055
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09278
		FILM NUMBER:		17856014

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		16430 N. SCOTTSDALE RD.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			SCOTTSDALE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85254
		BUSINESS PHONE:		480-781-5000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		16430 N. SCOTTSDALE RD.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			SCOTTSDALE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85254
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<div><a name="s32FAA8BDFFCE5709AB12379FAC96E3EF"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:100%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:3px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:5px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">_____________________________________________________&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&#160;8-K</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">_____________________________________________________&#160;</font></div><div 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style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;May 16, 2017</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><img src="csl20170209x8k001a02.jpg" alt="csl20170209x8k001a02.jpg" style="height:24px;width:157px;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">www.carlisle.com&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED</font></div><div 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style="page-break-after:always"><div><a name="sB35E421F839754B78614456AD6CE3A42"></a></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant&#8217;s Certifying Accountant</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Following the completion of the 2016 audit, Carlisle Companies Incorporated (the "Company" or "Carlisle") decided to open the annual selection process to several other independent registered public accounting firms. The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Audit Committee") of the Company, with the assistance of management, performed an evaluation of firms to determine the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2017 fiscal year.  As a result of this process, on May&#160;15, 2017, the Audit Committee approved the appointment of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP (&#8220;Deloitte&#8221;) as Carlisle&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm for Carlisle&#8217;s fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 and the dismissal of Ernst &amp; Young LLP (&#8220;EY&#8221;) from that role, each effective as of May 16, 2017.  </font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:9pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;color:#003591;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">(a)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;color:#003591;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Dismissal of independent registered public accounting firm</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:24px;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">The Audit Committee approved the dismissal of EY as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm, effective as of May 16, 2017.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">EY&#8217;s audit reports on Carlisle&#8217;s consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.  The audit reports of EY on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, did not contain an adverse opinion, nor were they qualified or modified.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the subsequent interim period through May&#160;16, 2017, there were (i) no "disagreements" (as that term is described in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) between Carlisle and EY on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which, if not resolved to EY&#8217;s satisfaction, would have caused EY to make reference thereto in their reports, and (ii) no &#8220;reportable events&#8221; (as that term is described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Carlisle provided EY with a copy of the disclosures made within this Current Report on Form 8-K and requested that EY furnish a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether or not it agrees with such disclosures.  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