0000054381-14-000024.txt : 20140416 0000054381-14-000024.hdr.sgml : 20140416 20140416160513 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000054381-14-000024 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140416 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20140416 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140416 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KAMAN Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000054381 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [5080] IRS NUMBER: 060613548 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CT FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35419 FILM NUMBER: 14767585 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1332 BLUE HILLS AVE STREET 2: PO BOX 1 CITY: BLOOMFIELD STATE: CT ZIP: 06002 BUSINESS PHONE: 8602436321 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1332 BLUE HILLS AVE STREET 2: PO BOX 1 CITY: BLOOMFIELD STATE: CT ZIP: 06002 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: KAMAN CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: KAMAN AIRCRAFT CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19680403 8-K 1 form8-k.htm KAMSN CORPORATION FORM 8-K DATED APRIL 16, 2014 form8-k.htm  


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 16, 2014



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)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.07                 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (“Annual Meeting”) of Kaman Corporation (the “Company”) was held on April 16, 2014.  Of the 26,875,683 shares of Company common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, 25,181,347 shares, or approximately 93.7%, were represented in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum.  Set forth below are the final results of the voting for each of the proposals voted upon at the Annual Meeting.

1.           Proposal No. 1 - Election of Directors

The Board of Directors has previously authorized ten Directors, divided into three classes.  At the Annual Meeting, three individuals were elected as Class 3 Directors, by the vote set forth below, each to serve for a term of three years and until his successor has been elected and qualified.

Nominee
For
Vote Withheld
Broker Non-Vote
       
Brian E. Barents
23,175,933
122,509
1,882,905
George E. Minnich
22,949,487
348,955
1,882,905
Thomas W. Rabaut
22,922,852
375,590
1,882,905

The Class 1 and 2 Directors whose terms continue after the meeting are E. Reeves Callaway III, Karen M. Garrison, A. William Higgins, Neal J. Keating, Eileen S. Kraus, Scott E. Kuechle, and Richard W. Swift.


2.
Proposal No. 2 – Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers

The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, was approved by the following vote:

For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Vote
18,790,012
318,938
4,189,492
1,882,905


3.
Ratification of Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

The proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2014, was approved by the following vote:

For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-vote
25,027,406
60,250
93,691
0



 
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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 and General Counsel
     

Date: April 16, 2014




 
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