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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 – February 13, 2009

(Date of earliest event reported)

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

DELAWARE   1-8974   22-2640650
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)       Identification Number)

101 COLUMBIA ROAD, P.O. BOX 4000, MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY   07962-2497
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (973) 455-2000

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

(e) Incentive Compensation Plan

     At its February 13, 2009 meeting, the Management Development and Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of Honeywell’s Board of Directors reviewed and approved the 2009 financial objectives that will be used, together with other factors described below, to determine the 2009 annual incentive compensation that will be payable in the first quarter of 2010 to executives under Honeywell’s Incentive Compensation Plan for Executive Employees (“Incentive Compensation Plan”). The selected financial metrics are earnings per share (“EPS”), free cash flow conversion (“FCF Conversion”), and working capital turns (“WCT”). FCF Conversion is defined as free cash flow (cash flow from operations minus capital expenditures) divided by net income. WCT is defined as sales divided by working capital (in each case, excluding the impact of current year acquisitions), calculated based on a 13-month rolling average. Working capital is defined as trade accounts receivable plus inventory less accounts payable and customer advances.

     2009 annual incentive awards will be paid from a pool that will be funded based in part upon achievement of the following corporate financial objectives:

Metric Target
EPS $3.20-$3.55
FCF Conversion Over 100%
WCT 6.3

     The EPS component of the annual incentive bonus pool is subject to upward or downward adjustment (up to a maximum of 25% in either direction) based on Honeywell’s relative EPS growth performance versus a pre-established group of 33 peer companies reflecting the Aerospace & Defense, Conglomerates, Auto Parts & Equipment, Specialty Chemicals, Diversified Chemical and Industrial Machinery subgroups of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. For each percentile that Honeywell’s EPS growth exceeds or is below the median EPS growth of its peers, the EPS component of the Company’s annual incentive bonus pool is increased or decreased, as appropriate, by approximately one percent. Each of the Company’s four strategic business groups (“SBGs”) will have corresponding SBG financial objectives (substituting SBG net income for EPS).

     In setting bonus pools and/or awards, the Committee may also consider other factors which it believes are appropriate supplements to the results achieved against the pre-established financial metrics set forth above, including year-over-year improvement in operating income, margin expansion, revenue conversion and free cash flow, relative performance of SBG or business units within each SBG, relevant industry and economic conditions, degree of stretch in targets, and prior year annual bonus levels.


SIGNATURE

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

Date: February 18, 2009 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
 
 
  By: /s/ Thomas F. Larkins
    Thomas F. Larkins
    Vice President, Corporate Secretary and
    Deputy General Counsel