8-K

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): March 15, 2013

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 7.01      Regulation FD Disclosure.

From time to time, members of the Company’s senior management present information about the Company to investors.  A copy of the investor presentation dated March 18, 2013 is attached as Exhibit 99.1.  Such material may be presented to investors in the future.

The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01       Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)       Exhibits

The following documents are furnished as Exhibits pursuant to Items 7.01 hereof:

Exhibit 99.1 - Investor Presentation dated March 18, 2013.

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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: March 18, 2013

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KAMAN CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Index to Exhibits

Exhibit	Description
99.1	Investor Presentation dated March 18, 2013	Attached

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EX-99.1

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March 18, 2013

Investor Presentation

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Forward Looking Statement

This presentation contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements also may be included in other publicly available documents issued by the company and in oral statements made by our officers and
representatives from time to time. These forward-looking statements are intended to provide management's current expectations or plans for our future operating and
financial performance, based on assumptions currently believed to be valid.They can be identified by the use of words such as "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "goal,"
"seek," "believe," "project," "estimate," "expect," "strategy," "future," "likely," "may," "should," "will" and other words of similar meaning in connection with a discussion of
future operating or financial performance.Examples of forward looking statements include, among others, statements relating to future sales, earnings, cash flows,
results of operations, uses of cash and other measures of financial performance. 

Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the company's actual results
and financial condition to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements.Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, among
others: (i) changes in domestic and foreign economic and competitive conditions in markets served by the company, particularly the defense, commercial aviation and
industrial production markets; (ii) changes in government and customer priorities and requirements (including cost-cutting initiatives, the potential deferral of awards,
terminations or reductions of expenditures to respond to the priorities of Congress and the Administration, or budgetary cuts resulting from Congressional actions or
automatic sequestration under the Budget Control Act of 2011, as modified by the enactment of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012); (iii) changes in geopolitical conditions
in countries where the company does or intends to do business; (iv) the successful conclusion of competitions for government programs and thereafter contract
negotiations with government authorities, both foreign and domestic; (v) the existence of standard government contract provisions permitting renegotiation of terms and
termination for the convenience of the government; (vi) the satisfactory conclusion to government inquiries or investigations regarding government programs, including
the satisfactory resolution of the Wichita subpoena matter; (vii) risks and uncertainties associated with the successful implementation and ramp up of significant new
programs; (viii) potential difficulties associated with variable acceptance test results, given sensitive production materials and extreme test parameters; (ix) the
successful resale of the SH-2G(I) aircraft, equipment and spare parts; (x) the receipt and successful execution of production orders for the JPF U.S. government
contract, including the exercise of all contract options and receipt of orders from allied militaries, as all have been assumed in connection with goodwill impairment
evaluations; (xi) the continued support of the existing K-MAX® helicopter fleet, including sale of existing K-MAX® spare parts inventory; (xii) the accuracy of current cost
estimates associated with environmental remediation activities at the Bloomfield, Moosup and New Hartford, CT facilities and our U.K. facilities; (xiii) the profitable
integration of acquired businesses into the company's operations; (xiv) changes in supplier sales or vendor incentive policies; (xv) the effects of price increases or
decreases; (xvi) the effects of pension regulations, pension plan assumptions, pension plan asset performance and future contributions; (xvii) future levels of
indebtedness and capital expenditures; (xviii) the future availability of credit, the ability of the company to maintain its current credit rating and the impact on the
company's funding costs and competitive position if it is unable to do so; (xix) the continued availability of raw materials and other commodities in adequate supplies and
the effect of increased costs for such items; (xx) the effects of currency exchange rates and foreign competition on future operations; (xxi) changes in laws and
regulations, taxes, interest rates, inflation rates and general business conditions; (xxii) future repurchases and/or issuances of common stock and (xxiii) other risks and
uncertainties set forth in the company's annual, quarterly and current presentations, proxy statements and other filings with the SEC.

Any forward-looking information provided in this presentation should be considered with these factors in mind. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking
statements contained in this presentation.

Contact: Eric Remington

V.P., Investor Relations

(860) 243-6334

Eric.Remington@kaman.com

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Non-GAAP Figures

Certain measures presented in this presentation are “Non-GAAP”
items.These figures are denoted with an asterisk (*).

Reconciliations from GAAP measures to the Non-GAAP measures are
presented in Appendix II to this presentation and our earnings release
dated February 25, 2013.

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Business Strengths

•Secular trends helping to drive significant long-term growth
opportunities in Aerospace and Distribution

•High margin Aerospace bearing product lines benefiting from
increasing commercial aircraft build rates

•Select defense platforms ramping up - reset - service life extension
programs

•Distribution business growing revenue, gaining scale via
acquisitions, and adding complementary product platforms

•Investing in new product development and applications, acquisitions
and technology for long-term growth

•Strong balance sheet to drive growth and strategic initiatives

•Experienced management team

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Kaman Corporation Overview

•Two businesses

–Aerospace

•Manufacturer and subcontractor in the global commercial aerospace
and defense market - extremely broad range of capabilities - proven
performance

•Diverse and growing customer base of blue chip customers and
government divisions

–Distribution

•Third largest distributor in the power transmission/motion
control/fluid power market

•Focused on technical differentiation and expansion into higher
margin products

•Publicly listed on the NYSE with a market capitalization of
approximately $930 million

•2012 sales of $1.6 billion; 5,000 employees

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Aerospace

40%

23%

37%

Kaman Corporation - 2012 Sales Overview

64%

36%

Distribution

Aerospace

$1.6B Revenues

12%

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2012 Sales: $581 million

Aerospace

36%

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Aerospace Business Drivers

•Legacy prime contractor capabilities provide attractive outsourcing
alternatives to OEMs

•High margin specialty bearing and aerostructure businesses
positioned to benefit from increasing production at Boeing and
Airbus

•Defense platforms provide exposure to key vertical lift and reset
programs

•Continued outsourcing trend by OEMs and Super Tier 1s to
increase flexibility and lower costs

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Aerospace

OBJECTIVE:

•$1 billion in sales / margins in the “high teens”

STRATEGY:

•DEPTH - Size/financial strength to address larger, integrated
work packages from primes/OEMs and Tier 1s

•DIVERSITY - Balance portfolio through increased commercial
content

•DIFFERENTIATION - Continue to move from build-to-print to
design-and-build for higher margins and more defensible
positions

•DEVELOPMENT - Increased, focused investments in our people
and infrastructure to increase capabilities and drive improved
performance

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Aerospace Sales Mix 2007 vs. 2012

2007

2012

Defense Aerospace

Fuzing Products

Commercial Aerospace

37%

41%

22%

40%

38%

22%

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Fixed trailing edge

Fuel tank access doors

Top covers

Red denotes bearing products

Nose landing gear

Horizontal
stabilizer

Main landing gear

Flaps

Rudder

Door assemblies

Engine/thrust reverser

Aircraft Programs/Capabilities

Flight controls

Doors

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Manufacture of cockpit

Blade erosion coating

Manufacture and assembly
of tail rotor pylon

Manufacture, sub
assembly and
joining of fuselage

Blade manufacture,
repair and overhaul

Driveline couplings

Bushings

Flight control bearings

Aircraft Programs/Capabilities

Red denotes bearing products

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Aerospace Acquisition Program 2008 - 2012

•Acquisitions building capability:

–Brookhouse (U.K.)

–Global Aerosystems

–Vermont Composites

•Annual sales acquired, $115 million

•Average size, in sales of $39 million

•Average purchase price of $47 million, for a total of $140 million

Manufacture &

Mold Tooling

Assembly &

Tooling

Certification

Support

Aftermarket

MRO

Design

Manufacture &

Mold Tooling

Assembly &

Tooling

Certification

Support

Aftermarket

MRO

Life Cycle Management Capability

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Aerospace Product Platforms

Product Platform	Specialty Bearings and Engineered Products	Fuzing and Precision Products	Aerosystems
Major product lines	•Self-lube airframe bearings •Traditional airframe bearings •Flexible drive systems	•Bomb safe and arm fuzing devices •Missile safe and arm fuzing devices •High precision measuring systems •Memory products	•Engineering design and testing •Tooling design and manufacture •Complex aerostructure machining, manufacture and assembly •Helicopter MRO and support
Customer categories	•Aerospace OEMs •Aerospace subcontractors •Distributors/aircraft operators	•U.S. and allied militaries •Weapon system OEMs	•Aerospace OEMs •Aerospace subcontractors •Helicopter operators
Commercial/defense exposure	•Mostly commercial	•Virtually all defense	•Mix of defense and commercial, majority defense

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Market leading self lube airframe bearing product lines

•Content on virtually every aircraft manufactured today with a
growing installed base

•Approximately 75% of sales are for commercial applications

•Proprietary technology:

–KAron® bearing liner system

–KAflex® and Tufflex® flexible couplings

•95% of sales are for custom engineered applications

•Operational excellence through lean manufacturing

•World class application engineers and material scientists
developing new applications

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•USAF bomb fuze of choice

•USAF inventory levels are less than
half desired quantity

•Recently awarded $35.5 million direct
commercial sale contract

•$66 million backlog as of 12/31/2012

•Kaman is sole source, negotiating
four year follow-on contract

•23 foreign customers

Bomb Compatibility

-JDAM

-Paveway II and III

-GBU-10, 12, 16, 24, 27, 28, 31,
32, 38, 54

-BLU-109, 110, 111, 113, 117,
121, 122, 126

-MK82/BSU-49, MK83/BSU-85,
MK84/BSU-50

JPF Program

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Aerospace - Sequestration Impact on Defense Programs

•We believe defense programs position us to weather potential
budget cuts

–Joint Programmable Fuze - backlog through 2013, foreign
demand, continued sole source

–F-35 (Joint Strike Fighter) - incremental business at any
production level

–A-10 re-wing program for Boeing - reset, new business

–AH-1Z integrated fuselage for Bell/USMC - new business

•Broadly diverse revenue base mitigates risk from large program
cancellations

•Risk to revenue from sequestration is believed to be $20 million to
$25 million in 2013, less than 1.5% of expected consolidated
revenue

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Positioned to Benefit from Ramp Up in Commercial Production

	Projected Deliveries
	2012	2016	% Increase
Boeing 737	419	504	+20%
Boeing 777	84	100	+19%
Boeing 787	40	120	+200%
Airbus A320	455	480	+5%
Airbus A350	0	25	+++
Airbus A380	30	32	+7%

Source:J.P. Morgan (Joseph Nadol)

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Unmanned K-MAX®

•Kaman/Lockheed teamed to provide
an unmanned military version of the
K-MAX helicopter

•Two K-MAXs have been performing
unmanned cargo resupply missions
in Afghanistan since December
2011 and have flown more than
1,000 missions and delivered more
than 3.0 million pounds of cargo

•“It’s kind of the rock star of the
Marine Corps unmanned aviation in
the past year,” - Major Dave
Funkhouser, Unmanned Aviation
Capabilities Integration Officer, US
Marine Corps

Photograph by Corporal Lisa Tourtelot, United States Marine Corps.

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Unmanned K-MAX Honors and Recognition

Winner in the Defense Category

Grand Award- “Best of What’s New”

Robot helicopters help out in war zones

The Robert J. Collier Trophy - 2012 Finalist

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$1 Billion sales

“High Teens” operating margin

50% Design-and-build

50% Defense/50% Commercial

Super Tier II

Integrated, coordinated, synergistic
business

Multi-national

Competing on design-and-build
manufacturing capability, and
Intellectual Property

NOW

FUTURE/VISION

$581 Million sales

16.2%* Operating margin

70% Build-to-print

60% Defense

Tier II/III Supplier

Small, independent businesses

Primarily domestic

Competing on cost and
manufacturing capability

Aerospace Strategic Transition

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Distribution

2012 Sales: $1.01 Billion

64%

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Distribution Overview

•Industrial distribution firm with a $35 billion served market via three platforms

–Bearings and mechanical power transmission

–Fluid power

–Electrical automation and control

•Major product categories

–Bearings

–Mechanical and electrical power transmission

–Fluid Power

–Motion control

–Automation

–Material handling

–Electrical control and power distribution

•234 locations and 5 distribution centers

•Executing growth strategy to achieve long-term sales and profit objectives

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Distribution Sales Mix 2007 vs. 2012

Bearings and Mechanical Power Transmission

Fluid Power

Electrical and Automation

2007

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Distribution

OBJECTIVE:

•$1.5 billion in sales - 7% operating profit margin

STRATEGY:

•SCALE/GROWTH - Broaden product offering organically and
through acquisitions.Expand geographic footprint to enhance
position in the national accounts market

•PRODUCTIVITY - Recognize benefits from organizational
realignment and implement multi-faceted technology
investments

•PROFITABILITY - Recognize sales and cost synergies from the
nine acquisitions completed in 2010, 2011 and 2012.Enhance
margins through new higher margin product lines, a focus on
pricing management and leverage increased purchasing scale

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Major Product Platforms

Product Platform	Bearings & Mechanical Power Transmission (BPT)	Fluid Power	Electrical Automation & Control
% of 2012 Sales (approximate)	61%	14%	25%
Market Size	$12.5 Billion	$7.2 Billion	$15.0 Billion
Acquisitions since 2008	•Industrial Supply Corp. •Allied Bearings Supply •Plains Bearing •Fawick de Mexico •Florida Bearings	•Catching Fluidpower •INRUMEC	•Zeller •Minarik •Automation Technology •Target Electronic Supply
Major Suppliers

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Executing Strategy and Building Network

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•Builds scale in Kaman’s automation and control (A&C) market
segment

•Expands Kaman’s A&C served market to $15 billion by adding
electric control capabilities

•Adds Schneider as key vendor

•Establishes scale in value-added solutions

•Establishes Kaman as a provider of electrical controls products

•Expected to yield sales synergy opportunities from Kaman’s
national sales force

Zeller - Summary of Merits

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North American Strategic Alliance

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Sourcepoint Combined Capabilities

•$1.4 billion in revenue

•Over $250 million in inventory

•300 branches

•3,000+ employees

•3,000+ brands represented

•250 engineers, specialists and technicians

•Over 4 million SKUs

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$1.0 Billion sales

5.1%* operating margin

Presence in 72 of the top 100
industrial markets

Three product platforms

Narrow fluid power offering from
numerous single-technology
suppliers

Eight ERP systems

$1.5 Billion sales

7.0% operating margin

Presence in ≈ 90 of the top 100 U.S.
industrial markets

Three major product platforms with
increased market share in
motion/automation and fluid power

Broad fluid power offering from multi
-technology supplier

State of the art enterprise wide
business system

FUTURE/VISION

NOW

Distribution Strategic Transition

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Kaman Investment Merits

•A Leading Market Position in Both Business Segments

•Continued Focus on Profit Optimization, Increasing Cash Flows and
Strengthening Competitive Position

•Strong Liquidity and Conservative Financial Profile

–Investment Grade Rating (BBB-/Stable)

•Disciplined and Focused Acquisition Strategy

•Experienced Management Team

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Financial Information

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Financial Highlights - Full Year 2012

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Balance Sheet, Capital Factors, and Cash Flow Items

(In Millions)	As of 12/31/12	As of 12/31/11	As of 12/31/10
Cash and Cash Equivalents	$16.6	$15.0	$32.2
Notes Payable and Long-term Debt	$259.6	$ 205.2	$ 148.4
Shareholders’ Equity	$420.2	$ 373.1	$ 362.7
Debt as % of Total Capitalization	38.2%	35.5%	29.0%
Capital Expenditures	$32.6	$28.8	$21.5
Depreciation & Amortization	$28.4	$23.2	$20.5
Free Cash Flow	$52.0	$15.0	$15.3

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Appendix I

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Why Two Businesses?Diversifies Revenue

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Appendix II
Non-GAAP Reconciliations

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Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Information

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Appendix III
Executive Compensation &
Corporate Governance

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Executive Compensation Aligned with Shareholder
Interests

•Alignment with the market allows Company to attract and retain key
talent

•Company and individual performance drive base salary, annual
cash incentives and long-term incentives

•Total compensation only reaches the median of market when
Company financial performance also is at the median of similar
sized industrial companies

•The direct linkage to company financial performance serves
shareholder interests

•SERP and Pensions benefit accruals ended in 2010

•Perquisites have essentially been eliminated for executive officers
(MERP, financial counseling, tax planning)

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Compensation Components

•Base Salary

•Long-Term Incentive

•Benefit Plans - Same plans as all other employees

•Car Allowance - Limited to executive officers and business unit heads

•Perquisites - Other executive perquisites eliminated

•Executive Employment Agreements - Limited to five key executives

•All compensation components compared to industrial surveys of similar
sized companies every 2-3 years

•Total compensation is driven by company and individual performance

•79% of CEO’s compensation in 2012 was performance related

Targeted at the median of

industrial companies of similar size

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Performance-Driven Annual Cash Incentive

•Annual cash incentive driven by financial performance

–Corporate - compared against the 5-year average of Russell 2000:

•Return on Investment

•EPS growth

•EPS performance against plan

•Individual Performance

–Business Units - compared against targets

•Return on Investment

•Year over year growth in operating income

•Year over year growth in sales

•Controllable cash flow

•Reviewed and approved by the Personnel and Compensation Committee of
the Board of Directors

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Corporate Governance

•Strong and Independent Board of Directors

•Ten members; nine are independent with no relationship to the
Company other than Board service

•Independent Lead Director in place since 2002

•Board has majority voting policy for director elections

•Directors have broad senior leadership qualifications:

–Chief executive or chief financial officer roles

–Industry experience includes aerospace, defense, engineering,
distribution and financial services, both domestic and
international

•Virtually all directors serve on the board of other public companies
(generally not more than three)