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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): April 18, 2018

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

Connecticut
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
001-35419
 
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 5.02    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Kaman Corporation (the “Company”) previously approved, subject to stockholder approval, each of the Amended and Restated 2013 Management Incentive Plan (the “Amended and Restated 2013 Plan”) and the Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Amended and Restated ESPP”). At the annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders held on April 18, 2018 (the “Annual Meeting”), the Company’s stockholders approved each of the Amended and Restated 2013 Plan and the Amended and Restated ESPP.

Summaries of the material terms of the Amended and Restated 2013 Plan and the Amended and Restated ESPP are set forth in Proposal 3 and Proposal 4, respectively, in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2018, which summaries are incorporated herein by reference. Those summaries are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended and Restated 2013 Plan and the Amended and Restated ESPP, as applicable, copies of which are filed herewith as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, and which are herein incorporated by reference.

9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:

        
10.1
Kaman Corporation Amended and Restated 2013 Management Incentive Plan.*
10.2
Kaman Corporation Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan.*
* Management contract or compensatory plan






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/ Shawn G. Lisle
 
 
Shawn G. Lisle
 
 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
 
 
and Assistant Secretary

Date: April 23, 2018







INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Description
 
 
10.1
10.2
* Management contract or compensatory plan