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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): December 19, 2011(December 15, 2011)


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 8.01  Other Events.

On December 19, 2011, the company announced that its subsidiary, Kaman Industrial Technologies Corporation, has acquired the business of Catching FluidPower, Inc.  Catching is a leading distributor of fluid power products based in Bolingbrook, Illinois.  Please see the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 dated December 19, 2011 regarding the transaction.
 

 
Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits.
 
    Exhibit 99.1
Press Release of the Company dated December 19, 2011


 
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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/ Candace A. Clark
   
Candace A. Clark
   
Senior Vice President,
   
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

Date: December 19, 2011




 
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KAMAN CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Index to Exhibits

Exhibit
Description
  
 
Exhibit 99.1
 
Press release dated December 19, 2011.
Attached


 
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