UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 20549
SCHEDULE
14A INFORMATION
PROXY
STATEMENT PURSUANT
TO
SECTION 14(a)
OF
THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Amendment
No.___)
Filed
by
the Registrant x
Filed
by
a Party other than the Registrant o
Check
the
appropriate box:
o Preliminary
Proxy Statement
o Confidential,
for use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule
14a-6(e)(2))
o Definitive
Proxy Statement
x Definitive
Additional Materials
o Soliciting
Material Pursuant to §240.14a-12
Kaman
Corporation
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
_____________________
(Name
of
Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)
Payment
of Filing Fee (check the appropriate box):
x No
fee
required.
o Fee
computed on table below per Exchange Act rules 14a-6(i)(l) and
0-11.
(1) Title
of
each class of securities to which transaction applies:
(2) Aggregate
number of securities to which transaction applies:
1
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(3)
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Per
unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant
to
Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing
fee is
calculated and state how it was
determined):
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(4)
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Proposed
maximum aggregate value of
transaction:
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(5)
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Total
fee paid:
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o Fee
paid
previously with preliminary materials.
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o
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Check
box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act
Rule
0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was
paid
previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement
number,
or the form or schedule and the date of its
filing.
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(1) Amount
Previously Paid:
(2) Form,
Schedule or Registration Statement No.:
(3) Filing
Party:
(4) Date
Filed:
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KAMAN
CORPORATION
1332
Blue Hills Avenue
Bloomfield,
Connecticut 06002
April
11,
2006
Dear
Fellow Shareholder:
We
have
previously sent to you proxy material for the Annual Meeting of holders of
Kaman
Corporation Common Stock, scheduled to be held on April 18, 2006. Your
Board of Directors has unanimously recommended that shareholders vote FOR
Proposal 1 and 2, and AGAINST Proposal 3.
Your
vote is important,
no
matter how many or how few shares you may own.
To ensure that your vote is represented at the Meeting, please vote TODAY
by
telephone, via
the Internet, or by signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card
in the
envelope provided.
Very
truly yours,
Paul
R.
Kuhn
Chairman,
President and
Chief
Executive Officer
TIME
IS SHORT, AND YOUR VOTE IMPORTANT!
Please
vote your shares by telephone, or via
the Internet
following
the easy instructions on the enclosed card.
If
you
have any questions, or need assistance in voting
your
shares, please call our proxy solicitor,
INNISFREE
M&A INCORPORATED
TOLL-FREE,
at 1-888-750-5834.
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This
Proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner you
have
directed. If you return a signed proxy with no direction given,
it will be
voted in accordance with the Board of Directors’ recommendations.
The
Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” PROPOSALS 1 AND 2 AND “AGAINST”
PROPOSAL 3.
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Please
Mark
Here for Address Change or Comments
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SEE REVERSE SIDE
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Please mark
your votes as indicated in this example
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PROPOSAL 1 Election of three (3)
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FOR
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AUTHORITY
WITHHELD
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FOR
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AGAINST
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ABSTAIN
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Class 1 Directors
01
Robert Alvine
02
E. Reeves Callaway III
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PROPOSAL 3
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Shareholder proposal
regarding election of directors.
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03
Karen M. Garrison
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To
act in their discretion upon any other business which
may
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Withheld
for the nominees you list below: (Write that
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properly
come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
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nominee’s
name in the space provided below.)
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________________________________________
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PROPOSAL 2
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Ratification
of selection of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting
firm
for the Company.
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FOR
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AGAINST
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ABSTAIN
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Signature
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__________________
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Signature
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__________________
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Title(s)
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__________________
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Date
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___________,
2006
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NOTE:
Please sign exactly as name(s) appear hereon. If more than one owner, each
must
sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee or guardian,
please give full title as such
Ù FOLD
AND DETACH HERE Ù
Vote
by Internet or Telephone or Mail
24
Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week
Internet
and telephone voting is available through 11:59 PM Eastern Time
the
day prior to annual meeting day.
Your
Internet or telephone vote authorizes the named proxies to vote your shares
in
the same manner
as
if you marked, signed and returned your proxy card.
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Internet
http://www.proxyvoting.com/kamn
Use
the internet to vote your proxy.
Have
your proxy card in hand
when
you access the web site.
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OR
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Telephone
1-866-540-5760
Use
any touch-tone telephone to
vote
your proxy. Have your proxy
card
in hand when you call.
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Mail
Mark,
sign and date
your
proxy card and
return
it in the
enclosed
postage-paid
envelope.
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If
you vote your proxy by Internet or by telephone,
you
do NOT need to mail back your proxy card.
KAMAN
CORPORATION
PROXY
FOR COMMON STOCK IS SOLICITED
ON
BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The
undersigned holder of Kaman Corporation Common Stock hereby appoints Paul
R.
Kuhn and Robert M. Garneau, or either of them with full power of substitution,
as attorneys and proxies for and in the name of the undersigned to vote
all the
shares of the Common Stock of Kaman Corporation which the undersigned is
entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on Tuesday,
April 18, 2006, beginning at 11:00 a.m., local time, at the company, 1332
Blue Hills Avenue, Bloomfield, Connecticut, and at any adjournments or
postponements thereof, as directed on this card on the matters set forth
on the
reverse side hereof, all as described in the accompanying Proxy Statement
and in
their discretion, on all other matters that may properly come before such
Annual
Meeting.
This
proxy card, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed
herein.
If the proxy is signed and returned but no direction is given, then the
proxy
will be voted “FOR” approval of each of Proposals 1 and 2 and “AGAINST” Proposal
3 and in the discretion of the proxies on any other matters as may properly
come
before the Annual Meeting.
The
Kaman Corporation Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” Proposals 1 and 2
and “AGAINST” Proposal 3.
(Continued,
and to be marked, dated and signed, on the other side)
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Address
Change/Comments (Mark the corresponding box on the reverse
side)
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Ù FOLD
AND DETACH HERE Ù
PLEASE
VOTE TODAY!
SEE
REVERSE SIDE FOR THREE EASY WAYS TO VOTE.