Kaman Corporation Form 8-K -Financial Results for quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2004



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): November 8, 2004


Kaman Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Connecticut
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

0-1093
 
06-0613548
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
1332 Blue Hills Avenue, Bloomfield, Connecticut
 
06002
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

(860) 243-7100
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 2.02.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On November 8, 2004, the Company issued a press release describing the Company's financial results for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2004. A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.



Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)   Exhibits

The following document is furnished as an Exhibit pursuant to Item 2.02 hereof:

  Exhibit 99.1 - Press Release of the Company regarding financial performance for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2004, dated November 8, 2004.


  
     

 

SIGNATURES

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.


 
KAMAN CORPORATION
     
     
 
By:
/s/ Robert M. Garneau
   
Robert M. Garneau
   
Executive Vice President and
   
Chief Financial Officer

Date: November 9, 2004



  
     

 

Index to Exhibits


Exhibit
Description
 
     
99.1
Press release dated November 8, 2004
Attached