Document:

Kaman Corporation Amended and Restated Change in Control Agreement between
      Candace A. Clark and Kaman Corporation

    
      

    

    Exhibit 10.7

    KAMAN
      CORPORATION 

    AMENDED
      AND RESTATED

    CHANGE
      IN CONTROL AGREEMENT

     

    

    THIS
      AGREEMENT, is made effective as of January 1, 2007 (the
      “Effective Date”), by and between Kaman Corporation, a Connecticut corporation
      (the “Company”), and Candace A. Clark (the “Executive”).

    

    WHEREAS,
      the Company and the Executive are parties to the Kaman Corporation Change in
      Control Agreement dated as of September 21, 1999, as amended by an Addendum
      to
      Change in Control Agreement dated as of September 11, 2001, and a Second
      Addendum to Change in Control Agreement dated as of November 11, 2003 (the
      "Prior Agreement"); and 

     

    WHEREAS,
      the Company and the Executive have agreed to replace and supersede the Prior
      Agreement as set forth below.

    

    NOW,
      THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein
      contained, the Company and the Executive hereby agree as follows: 

    

    1.  Defined
      Terms.
      Definitions of capitalized terms used in this Agreement are provided in the
      last
      Section of this Agreement. 

     

    2.  Term.
      This
      Agreement shall terminate on the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date. The
      term of this Agreement shall be automatically extended thereafter for successive
      one (1) year periods unless, at least ninety (90) days prior to the end of
      the
      fourth anniversary of the Effective Date or the then current succeeding one-year
      extended term of this Agreement, the Company or Executive has notified the
      other
      that the term hereunder shall expire at the end of the then-current term.
      Notwithstanding any such notice, the term of this Agreement shall not expire
      before the second anniversary of a Change in Control that occurs within the
      term
      of this Agreement. The initial term of this Agreement, as it may be extended
      under this Section 2, is herein referred to as the "Term."

     

    3.  Company’s
      Covenants Summarized.
      In
      order to induce the Executive to remain in the employ of the Company and in
      consideration of the Executive’s continued employment, the Company agrees, under
      the conditions described herein, to pay the Executive the Severance Payments
      and
      the other payments and benefits described in this Agreement. Except as provided
      in Sections 5.1 and 8.1 of this Agreement, no Severance Payments (as defined
      in
      Section 5) shall be payable under this Agreement unless there shall have been
      a
      termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company following a Change in
      Control. This Agreement shall not be construed as creating an express or implied
      contract of employment and, except as otherwise agreed in writing between the
      Executive and the Company, the Executive shall not have any right to be retained
      in the employ of the Company.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    4.  Compensation
      Other Than Severance Payments.

     

    4.1   If
      the
      Executive’s employment shall be terminated for any reason following a Change in
      Control, the Company shall pay the Executive’s full salary to the Executive
      through the Date of Termination at the rate in effect immediately prior to
      the
      Date of Termination or, if Section 18(n)(II) is applicable as an event or
      circumstance constituting Good Reason, the rate in effect immediately prior
      to
      such event or circumstance, together with all compensation and benefits payable
      to the Executive through the Date of Termination under the terms of the
      Company’s compensation and benefit plans, programs or arrangements as in effect
      immediately prior to the Date of Termination (or, if more favorable to the
      Executive, as in effect immediately prior to the first occurrence of an event
      or
      circumstance constituting Good Reason). In addition, if the Executive's
      employment is terminated for any reason following a Change in Control other
      than
      (a) by the Company for Cause and (b) by the Executive without Good Reason,
      then
      the Company shall pay a pro-rata portion of the Executive’s annual bonus for the
      performance year in which such termination occurs to the Executive at the time
      that annual bonuses are paid to other senior executives. This pro-rata bonus
      shall be determined by multiplying the amount the Executive would have received
      based upon actual financial performance through such termination, as reasonably
      determined by the Company, by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number
      of days during such performance year that the Executive is employed by the
      Company and the denominator of which is 365.

     

    4.2   If
      the
      Executive’s employment shall be terminated for any reason following a Change in
      Control, the Company shall pay to the Executive the Executive’s normal
      post-termination compensation and benefits as such payments become due. Such
      post-termination compensation and benefits shall be determined under, and paid
      in accordance with, the Company’s retirement, insurance and other compensation
      or benefit plans, programs and arrangements as in effect immediately prior
      to
      the Date of Termination or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect
      immediately prior to the occurrence of the first event or circumstance
      constituting Good Reason.

    

    5.  Severance
      Payments.

     

    5.1   If
      the
      Executive’s employment is terminated during the twenty-four (24) month period
      immediately following a Change in Control, other than (A) by the Company for
      Cause, (B) by reason of death or Disability, or (C) by the Executive without
      Good Reason, then the Company shall pay the Executive the amounts, and provide
      the Executive the benefits described in this Section 5 (collectively, the
“Severance Payments”) in addition to any payments and benefits to which the
      Executive is entitled under Section 4 of this Agreement. The Executive shall
      also be entitled to Severance Payments under this Agreement if the Executive’s
      employment is terminated without Cause by the Company or by the Executive for
      Good Reason at any time beginning on the first day of the 90 day period
      immediately prior to the execution of a definitive purchase and sale agreement
      that results in such Change in Control and the closing of such Change in
      Control.

    

    
      	(a)  	
              In
                lieu of any further salary payments to the Executive for periods
                subsequent to the Date of Termination and in lieu of any severance
                benefit
                payable to the Executive under the Executive’s Employment Agreement with
                the Company or otherwise, the Company shall pay to the Executive
                a lump
                sum severance payment, in cash, equal to the sum of (i) two (2) times
                the
                Executive’s base salary as in effect immediately prior to the Date of
                Termination or, if Section 18(n)(II) is applicable as an event or
                circumstance constituting Good Reason, the rate in effect immediately
                prior to such event or circumstance, and (ii) two (2) times the last
                annual bonus paid or awarded (to the extent not yet paid) to the
                Executive
                in the previous three years (if any) immediately preceding the Date
                of
                Termination, pursuant to any annual bonus or incentive plan maintained
                by
                the Company. 

            

    

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	(b)  	
              For
                the twenty-four (24) month period immediately following the Date
                of
                Termination, the Company shall arrange to provide the Executive and
                her
                dependents medical, dental, and accidental death and disability benefits
                substantially similar to those provided to the Executive and her
                dependents immediately prior to the Date of Termination or, if more
                favorable to the Executive, those provided to the Executive and her
                dependents immediately prior to the first occurrence of an event
                or
                circumstance constituting Good Reason, at no greater cost to the
                Executive
                than the cost to the Executive immediately prior to such date or
                occurrence. Benefits otherwise receivable by the Executive pursuant
                to
                this Section 5.1(b) shall be reduced to the extent benefits of the
                same
                type are received by or made available by a subsequent employer to
                the
                Executive during the twenty-four (24) month period following the
                Date of
                Termination (and any such benefits received by or made available
                to the
                Executive shall be reported to the Company by the Executive); provided,
                however, that the Company shall reimburse the Executive for the excess,
                if
                any, of the cost of such benefits to the Executive over such cost
                immediately prior to the Date of Termination or, if more favorable
                to the
                Executive, the first occurrence of an event or circumstance constituting
                Good Reason.

            

    

    

    
      	(c)  	
              Notwithstanding
                any provision to the contrary in any plan or agreement maintained
                by or
                through the Company pursuant to which the Executive has been granted
                restricted stock, stock options, stock appreciation rights or long-term
                performance awards, effective on the Date of Termination, (i) all
                service
                and performance based restrictions with respect to any restricted
                stock
                shall lapse, (ii) all stock appreciation rights and stock options
                shall be
                deemed fully vested and then canceled in exchange for a cash payment
                equal
                to the excess of the fair market value of the shares of Company stock
                subject to the stock appreciation right or stock option on the date
                of the
                Change in Control, over the exercise price(s) of such stock appreciation
                rights or stock options, and (iii) all long-term performance awards
                shall
                be deemed fully vested and fully earned and then shall be canceled
                in
                exchange for a cash payment equal to 100% of the target value of
                each such
                award. 

            

    

    

    
      	(d)  	
              In
                addition to the retirement benefits to which the Executive is entitled
                under any tax-qualified, supplemental or excess benefit pension plan
                maintained by the Company and any other plan or agreement entered
                into
                between the Executive and the Company which is designed to provide
                the
                Executive supplemental retirement benefits (the “Pension Plans”) or any
                successor plan thereto, effective upon the Date of Termination, the
                Executive shall be credited with an additional two years of “Credited
                Service” and “Continuous Service” (as defined in the Kaman Corporation
                Amended and Restated Employees’ Pension Plan) when calculating the
                Executive’s benefit under Kaman Corporation Supplemental Employees
                Retirement Plan (“SERP”). For avoidance of doubt, the Severance Payments
                payable under this Agreement shall be disregarded when determining
                the
                Executive's Final Average Salary (as defined under the Kaman Corporation
                Amended and Restated Employees' Pension Plan) for purposes of calculating
                the benefits payable under the SERP or this Section
                5.1(d).

            

    

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	(e)  	
              If
                the Executive would have become entitled to benefits under the Company’s
                post-retirement health care plans, as in effect immediately prior
                to the
                Date of Termination or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in
                effect
                immediately prior to the first occurrence of an event or circumstance
                constituting Good Reason, had the Executive’s employment terminated at any
                time during the period of twenty-four (24) months after the Date
                of
                Termination, the Company shall provide such post-retirement health
                care
                benefits to the Executive and the Executive’s dependents commencing on the
                later of (i) the date on which such coverage would have first become
                available and (ii) the date on which benefits described in Section
                5.1 (b)
                terminate.

            

    

    

    
      	(f)  	
              The
                Company (i) shall establish an irrevocable grantor trust holding
                an amount
                of assets sufficient to pay all remaining premiums (which trust shall
                be
                required to pay such premiums), under any insurance policy maintained
                by
                the Company insuring the life of the Executive, that is in effect
                and (ii)
                shall transfer to the Executive any and all rights and incidents
                of
                ownership in such arrangements at no cost to the
                Executive.

            

    

    

    
      	(g)  	
              The
                Company shall provide the Executive with reimbursement for up to
                Thirty
                Thousand Dollars ($30,000) in the aggregate for outplacement services,
                relocation costs, or both provided however that reimbursement shall
                only
                be provided until the earlier of the first anniversary of the Date
                of
                Termination or the Executive’s first day of employment with a new
                employer.

            

    

    

    
      	(h)  	
              The
                Company shall provide the Executive with her Company automobile.
                The book
                value then attributed to it by the leasing company will be considered
                “fringe benefit” income and that amount will be subject to tax during the
                calendar year in which the Date of Termination occurs.
                

            

    

     

    5.2 Section
      4999 Excise Tax.

     

    
      	(a)  	
              If
                any
                payments,
                rights
                or
                benefits (whether
                pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or
                any other plan, arrangement or agreement of
                Executive with
                the Company
                or
                with any person
                affiliated with the Company and
                whether or not the Executive’s employment has then terminated (the
                “Payments”)) received or to be received by Executive will be subject to
                the tax (the “Excise Tax”) imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (or any
                similar tax that may hereafter be imposed), then, except as set forth
                in
                Section 5.2(b) below,
                the Company shall pay to Executive
                an amount in addition to the Payments (the “Gross-Up Payment”) as
                calculated below. The Gross-Up Payment shall be in an amount such
                that,
                after deduction of any Excise Tax on the Payments
                and any federal, state and local income and employment tax and Excise
                Tax
                on the Gross-Up Payment, but before deduction for any federal, state
                or
                local income and employment tax on the Payments,
                the net amount retained by the Executive
                shall be equal to the Payments.

            

    

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	(b)  	
              Notwithstanding
                anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if the amount of Payments
                that
                will be subject
                to
                the Excise Tax does not exceed the amount of Payments that Executive
                could
                receive without having any Payments become subject to the Excise
                Tax by at
                least $100,000, then
                Executive’s taxable cash-based benefits under this Agreement will first be
                reduced in the order selected by Executive, and then, if necessary,
                Executive’s equity-based compensation (based on the value of such
                equity-based compensation as a “parachute payment” as defined in Treasury
                Regulations promulgated under Section 280G of the Code and IRS revenue
                rulings, revenue procedures and other official guidance) shall be
                reduced
                in the order selected by Executive, and then any other Payments shall
                be
                reduced as reasonably determined by the Company, to the extent necessary
                to avoid imposition of the Excise Tax. If Executive does not select
                the
                amount to be reduced within the time prescribed by the Company, the
                reductions specified herein shall be made by the Company in its sole
                discretion from such compensation as it shall determine. Any amount
                so
                reduced shall be irrevocably forfeited and Executive shall have no
                further
                rights to receive it. 

            

    

     

    
      	(c)  	
              The
                process for calculating the Excise Tax, determining the amount of
                any
                Gross-Up Payment and other procedures relating to this Section 5.2
                are set
                forth in Appendix A attached hereto. For purposes of making the
                determinations and calculations required herein, the Consultant may
                rely
                on reasonable, good faith interpretations concerning the application
                of
                Section 280G and 4999 of the Code, provided that the Consultant shall
                make
                such determinations and calculations on the basis of “substantial
                authority” (within
                the meaning of Section 6662
                of the Code) and shall provide opinions to that effect to both the
                Company
                and Executive.

            

    

     

    5.3   The
      Company also shall reimburse the Executive for legal fees and expenses incurred
      by the Executive in disputing in good faith any issue hereunder relating to
      the
      termination of the Executive’s employment or in seeking in good faith to obtain
      or enforce any benefit or right provided by this Agreement. Such payments shall
      be made within ten (10) business days after delivery of the Executive’s written
      request for payment accompanied with such evidence of fees and expenses incurred
      as the Company reasonably may require.

    

    5.4   The
      payments provided in subsections (a) and (c) of Section 5.1 shall be made on
      the
      last day of the Executive’s employment. The payments provided in Section 5.2 of
      this Agreement, if any, as determined under Appendix A, shall be paid on the
      Executive’s behalf to the applicable taxing authorities within five (5) days of
      the receipt of the Consultant’s determination of the Gross-Up Payment. If
      payments are not made in the time frame required by this subsection, interest
      on
      the unpaid amounts will accrue at 120% of the rate provided in Section
      1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code until the date such payments are actually made. At
      the
      time that payments are made under this Agreement, the Company shall provide
      the
      Executive with a written statement setting forth the manner in which such
      payments were calculated and the basis for such calculations including, without
      limitation, any opinions or other advice the Company has received from the
      Consultant or other advisors (and any such opinions or advice which are in
      writing shall be attached to the statement).

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    5.5   Coordination
      with Employment Agreement.

     

    Severance
      Payments made under this Section 5 shall be in lieu of any severance benefit
      payable to the Executive under the Executive’s Employment Agreement with the
      Company or otherwise.

     

    6.  Termination
      Procedures and Compensation During Dispute.

     

    6.1  Notice
      of Termination.
      After a
      Change in Control, any purported termination of the Executive’s employment
      (other than by reason of death) shall be communicated by written Notice of
      Termination from one party hereto to the other party hereto in accordance with
      Section 9 of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of
      Termination” shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific termination
      provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail
      the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the
      Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated. Further, a Notice of
      Termination for Cause is required to include a copy of a resolution duly adopted
      by the affirmative vote of not less than three-quarters (3/4) of the entire
      membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board which was called and held
      for
      the purpose of considering such termination (after reasonable notice to the
      Executive and an opportunity for the Executive, together with the Executive’s
      counsel, to be heard before the Board) finding that, in the good faith opinion
      of the Board, the Executive was guilty of conduct set forth in clause (i) or
      (ii) of the definition of Cause herein, and specifying the particulars thereof
      in detail.

    

    6.2   Date
      of Termination.
“Date
      of Termination,” with respect to any purported termination of the Executive’s
      employment after a Change in Control, shall mean (i) if the Executive’s
      employment is terminated for Disability, thirty (30) days after Notice of
      Termination is given (provided that the Executive shall not have returned to
      the
      full-time performance of the Executive’s duties during such thirty (30) day
      period), and (ii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated for any other
      reason, the date specified in the Notice of Termination (which, in the case
      of a
      termination by the Company, shall not be less than thirty (30) days (except
      in
      the case of a termination for Cause) and, in the case of a termination by the
      Executive, shall not be less than fifteen (15) days nor more than sixty (60)
      days, respectively, from the date such Notice of Termination is
      given).

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    6.3  Dispute
      Concerning Termination.
      If
      within fifteen (15) days after any Notice of Termination is given, or, if later,
      prior to the Date of Termination (as determined without regard to this Section
      6.3), the party receiving such Notice of Termination notifies the other party
      that a dispute exists concerning the termination, the Date of Termination shall
      be extended until the date on which the dispute is finally resolved, either
      by
      mutual written agreement of the parties or by a final judgment, order or decree
      of an arbitrator or a court of competent jurisdiction (which is not appealable
      or with respect to which the time for appeal therefrom has expired and no appeal
      has been perfected); provided, however, that the Date of Termination shall
      be
      extended by a notice of dispute given by the Executive only if such notice
      is
      given in good faith and the Executive pursues the resolution of such dispute
      with reasonable diligence.

     

    6.4  Compensation
      During Dispute.
      If a
      purported termination occurs following a Change in Control and the Date of
      Termination is extended in accordance with Section 6.3 of this Agreement, the
      Company shall continue to pay the Executive the full compensation in effect
      when
      the notice giving rise to the dispute was given (including, but not limited
      to,
      salary) and continue the Executive as a participant in all compensation, benefit
      and insurance plans in which the Executive was participating when the notice
      giving rise to the dispute was given, until the Date of Termination, as
      determined in accordance with Section 6.3 of this Agreement. Amounts paid under
      this Section 6.4 are in addition to all other amounts due under this Agreement
      (other than those due under Section 4.1 of this Agreement) and shall not be
      offset against or reduce any other amounts due under this Agreement.
      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6.3 and 6.4, if the Company,
      after delivery of a Notice of Termination, promptly (and in any event within
      30
      days) determines that grounds existed prior to the delivery of the Notice of
      Termination to terminate the Executive’s employment for Cause after complying
      with the procedural requirements of this Agreement, the Company shall have
      the
      right to recover any payments that have been made to the Executive or on the
      Executive’s behalf under this Agreement including but not limited to offset
      against or reduction of any amounts due under this Agreement or
      otherwise.

    

    7.  No
      Mitigation.
      The
      Company agrees that under this Agreement, if the Executive’s employment with the
      Company terminates, the Executive is not required to seek other employment
      or to
      attempt in any way to reduce any amounts payable to the Executive by the Company
      pursuant to Section 5 of this Agreement or Section 6.4 of this Agreement.
      Further, the amount of any payment or benefit provided for in this Agreement
      (other than as specifically provided in Section 5.1(b) of this Agreement) shall
      not be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive as the result of
      employment by another employer, by retirement benefits, by offset against any
      amount claimed to be owed by the Executive to the Company, or otherwise.

     

    8.  Successors;
      Binding Agreement.

     

    8.1  In
      addition to any obligations imposed by law upon any successor to the Company,
      the Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase,
      merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business
      and/or assets of the Company to expressly assume and agree to perform this
      Agreement in accordance with its terms. Failure of the Company to obtain such
      agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach
      of
      this Agreement and shall entitle the Executive to compensation from the Company
      in the same amount and on the same terms as the Executive would be entitled
      to
      hereunder if the Executive were to terminate the Executive’s employment for Good
      Reason after a Change in Control, except that, for purposes of implementing
      the
      foregoing, the date on which any such succession becomes effective shall be
      deemed the Date of Termination.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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8.2  
This
      Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s
      personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs,
      distributees, devisees and legatees. If the Executive shall die while any amount
      would still be payable to the Executive hereunder (other than amounts which,
      by
      their terms, terminate upon the death of the Executive) if the Executive had
      continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall
      be
      paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to the executors, personal
      representatives or administrators of the Executive’s estate.

    

    9.  Notice.
      For the
      purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for
      in
      this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given
      (a) on the date of delivery if delivered by hand, (b) on the date of
      transmission, if delivered by confirmed facsimile, (c) on the first business
      day
      following the date of deposit if delivered by guaranteed overnight delivery
      service, or (d) on the fourth business day following the date delivered or
      mailed by United States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,
      postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

     

    If
      to the
      Executive: at the address (or to the facsimile number) shown on the records
      of
      the Company

    

    If
      to the
      Company:

    

    Kaman
      Corporation

    1332
      Blue
      Hills Avenue, P.O. Box 1

    Bloomfield,
      CT 06002

    Attention:
      Chief Financial Officer

     

    Facsimile
      No.: 860 243-7397

    

    or
      to
      such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing
      in
      accordance herewith, except that notices of change of address shall be effective
      only upon receipt.

    

    10.  Obligations
      after the Date of Termination.

     

    
      	(a)  	
              Confidentiality.
                The Executive agrees that the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly,
                use, make available, sell, disclose or otherwise communicate to any
                person, other than in the course of the Executive’s employment and for the
                benefit of the Company, at any time following the Date of Termination,
                any
                nonpublic, proprietary or confidential information, knowledge or
                data
                relating to the Company, any of its subsidiaries, affiliated companies
                or
                businesses, which shall have been obtained by the Executive during
                the
                Executive’s employment by the Company. The foregoing shall not apply to
                information that (i) was known to the public prior to its disclosure
                to
                the Executive; (ii) becomes known to the public subsequent to disclosure
                to the Executive through no wrongful act of the Executive or any
                representative of the Executive; or (iii) the Executive is required
                to
                disclose by applicable law, regulation or legal process (provided
                that the
                Executive provides the Company with prior notice of the contemplated
                disclosure and reasonably cooperates with the Company at its expense
                in
                seeking a protective order or other appropriate protection of such
                information). Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) of the preceding
                sentence, the Executive’s obligation to maintain such disclosed
                information in confidence shall not terminate where only portions
                of the
                information are in the public
                domain.

            

    

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	(b)  	
              Non-Solicitation.
                In the event that the Executive receives Severance Payments under
                Section
                5 of this Agreement, the Executive agrees that for the two (2) year
                period
                following the Date of Termination, the Executive will not, directly
                or
                indirectly, individually or on behalf of any other person, firm,
                corporation or other entity, knowingly solicit, aid or induce any
                managerial level employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
                or
                affiliates to leave such employment in order to accept employment
                with or
                render services to or with any other person, firm, corporation or
                other
                entity unaffiliated with the Company or knowingly take any action
                to
                materially assist or aid any other person, firm, corporation or other
                entity in identifying or hiring any such employee (provided, that
                the
                foregoing shall not be violated by general advertising not targeted
                at
                Company employees nor by serving as a reference for an employee with
                regard to an entity with which the Executive is not affiliated).
                For the
                avoidance of doubt, if a managerial level employee on his or her
                own
                initiative contacts the Executive for the primary purpose of securing
                alternative employment, any action taken by the Executive thereafter
                shall
                not be deemed a breach of this Section
                10(b).

            

    

     

    
      	(c)  	
              Non-Competition.
                The
                Executive acknowledges that the Executive performs services of a
                unique
                nature for the Company that are irreplaceable, and that the Executive’s
                performance of such services to a competing business will result
                in
                irreparable harm to the Company. Accordingly, in the event that the
                Executive receives Severance Payments described in Section 5 of this
                Agreement, the Executive agrees that for a period of two (2) years
                following the Date of Termination, the Executive will not, directly
                or
                indirectly, become connected with, promote the interest of, or engage
                in
                any other business or activity competing with the business of the
                Company
                within the geographical area in which the business of the Company
                is
                conducted.

            

    

     

    
      	(d)  	
              Non-Disparagement.
                Each
                of the Executive and the Company (for purposes hereof, “the Company” shall
                mean only (i) the Company by press release or otherwise and (ii)
                the
                executive officers and directors thereof and not any other employees)
                agrees not to make any public statements that disparage the other
                party,
                or in the case of the Company, its respective affiliates, officers,
                directors, products or services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, statements
                made in the course of sworn testimony in administrative, judicial
                or
                arbitral proceedings (including, without limitation, depositions
                in
                connection with such proceedings) or otherwise as required by law
                shall
                not be subject to this Section
                10(d).

            

    

     

    
      	(e)  	
              Return
                of Company Property and Records.
                The Executive agrees that upon termination of the Executive’s employment,
                for any cause whatsoever, the Executive will surrender to the Company
                in
                good condition (reasonable wear and tear excepted) all property and
                equipment belonging to the Company and all records kept by the Executive
                containing the names, addresses or any other information with regard
                to
                customers or customer contacts of the Company, or concerning any
                proprietary or confidential information of the Company or any operational,
                financial or other documents given to the Executive during the Executive’s
                employment with the Company.

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	(f)  	
              Cooperation.
                The Executive agrees that, following termination of the Executive’s
                employment for any reason, the Executive shall upon reasonable advance
                notice, and to the extent it does not interfere with previously scheduled
                travel plans and does not unreasonably interfere with other business
                activities or employment obligations, assist and cooperate with the
                Company with regard to any matter or project in which the Executive
                was
                involved during the Executive’s employment, including any litigation. The
                Company shall compensate the Executive for any lost wages (or, if
                the
                Executive is not then employed, provide reasonable compensation as
                determined by the Compensation Committee) and expenses associated
                with
                such cooperation and assistance.

            

    

     

    
      	(g)  	
              Assignment
                of Inventions.
                The Executive will promptly communicate and disclose in writing to
                the
                Company all inventions and developments including software, whether
                patentable or not, as well as patents and patent applications (hereinafter
                collectively called “Inventions”), made, conceived, developed, or
                purchased by the Executive, or under which the Executive acquires
                the
                right to grant licenses or to become licensed, alone or jointly with
                others, which have arisen or jointly with others, which have arisen
                or
                which arise out of the Executive’s employment with the Company, or relate
                to any matters directly pertaining to the business of the Company
                or any
                of its subsidiaries. Included herein as if developed during the employment
                period is any specialized equipment and software developed for use
                in the
                business of the Company. All of the Executive’s right, title and interest
                in, to, and under all such Inventions, licenses, and right to grant
                licenses shall be the sole property of the Company. As to all such
                Inventions, the Executive will, upon request of the Company execute
                all
                documents which the Company deems necessary or proper to enable it
                to
                establish title to such Inventions or other rights, and to enable
                it to
                file and prosecute applications for letters patent of the United
                States
                and any foreign country; and do all things (including the giving
                of
                evidence in suits and other proceedings) which the Company deems
                necessary
                or proper to obtain, maintain, or assert patents for any and all
                such
                Inventions or to assert its rights in any Inventions not
                patented.

            

    

     

    
      	(h)  	
              Equitable
                Relief and Other Remedies.
                The parties acknowledge and agree that the other party’s remedies at law
                for a breach or threatened breach of any of the provisions of this
                Section
                would be inadequate and, in recognition of this fact, the parties
                agree
                that, in the event of such a breach or threatened breach, in addition
                to
                any remedies at law, the other party, without posting any bond, shall
                be
                entitled to obtain equitable relief in the form of specific performance,
                temporary restraining order, a temporary or permanent injunction
                or any
                other equitable remedy which may then be
                available.

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	(i)  	
              Reformation.
                If it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in any state
                that
                any restriction in this Section 10 is excessive in duration or scope
                or is
                unreasonable or unenforceable under the laws of that state, it is
                the
                intention of the parties that such restriction may be modified or
                amended
                by the court to render it enforceable to the maximum extent permitted
                by
                the law of that state.

            

    

     

    
      	(j)  	
              Survival
                of Provisions.
                The obligations contained in this Section 10 shall survive the termination
                or expiration of the Executive’s employment with the Company and shall be
                fully enforceable thereafter.

            

    

     

    11.  Conditions.
      Any
      payments or benefits made or provided pursuant to this Agreement are subject
      to
      the Executive’s: 

     

    
      	(a)  	
              compliance
                with the provisions of Section 10
                hereof;

            

    

     

    
      	(b)  	
              delivery
                to the Company of an executed Agreement and General Release (the
“General
                Release”), which shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as
                Appendix B (with such changes therein or additions thereto as needed
                under
                then applicable law to give effect to its intent and purpose) within
                21
                days of presentation thereof by the Company to the Executive:
                and

            

    

     

    
      	(c)  	
              delivery
                to the Company of a resignation from all offices, directorships and
                fiduciary positions with the Company, its affiliates and employee
                benefit
                plans.

            

    

     

    12.  Miscellaneous.
      No
      provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such
      waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by the
      Executive and the President of the Company or his designee. No waiver by either
      party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto of, or of
      any
      lack of compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be
      performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar
      provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time. The
      validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall
      be governed by the laws of Connecticut without regard to its conflicts of law
      principles. Any payments provided for hereunder shall be paid net of any
      applicable withholding required under federal, state or local law and any
      additional withholding to which the Executive has agreed. The obligations of
      the
      Company and the Executive under this Agreement which by their nature may require
      either partial or total performance after its expiration shall survive any
      such
      expiration.

     

    13.  Validity;
      Counterparts.
      The
      invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not
      affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement,
      which shall remain in full force and effect. This Agreement may be executed
      in
      several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all
      of
      which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

     

    14.  Prior
      Agreements.
      This
      Agreement supersedes and replaces the Prior Agreement. This Agreement supersedes
      any other agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied,
      with respect to the subject matter hereof which have been made by either party.
      By signing this Agreement, the Executive releases and discharges the Company
      from any and all obligations and liabilities heretofore or now existing under
      or
      by virtue of the Prior Agreement.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    15.  Coordination
      with Employment Agreement.
      In the
      event that the Executive receives compensation or benefits under the Executive’s
      Employment Agreement and thereafter becomes entitled to similar compensation
      or
      benefits under this Agreement, the compensation and benefits paid or provided
      under the Employment Agreement shall be an offset against the similar
      compensation and benefits payable or to be provided under this
      Agreement.

     

    16.  Settlement
      of Disputes.
      All
      claims by the Executive for benefits under this Agreement shall be directed
      to
      and determined by the Board and shall be in writing. Any denial by the Board
      of
      a claim for benefits under this Agreement shall be delivered to the Executive
      in
      writing and shall set forth the specific reasons for the denial and the specific
      provisions of this Agreement relied upon. The Board shall afford a reasonable
      opportunity to the Executive for a review of the decision denying a claim and
      shall further allow the Executive to appeal to the Board a decision of the
      Board
      within sixty (60) days after notification by the Board that the Executive’s
      claim has been denied.

     

    17.  Arbitration.
      Any
      further dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this
      Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in Hartford, Connecticut,
      in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association then in
      effect; provided, however, that the evidentiary standards set forth in this
      Agreement shall apply. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator’s award in any
      court having jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement
      to
      the contrary, the Executive shall be entitled to seek specific performance
      of
      the Executive’s right to be paid until the Date of Termination during the
      pendency of any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with
      this
      Agreement.

     

    18.  Definitions.
      For
      purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings
      indicated below:

     

    
      	(a)  	
              “Affiliate”
                shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under
                Section
                12 of the Exchange Act.

            

    

    

    
      	(b)  	
              “Beneficial
                Owner” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
                Act.

            

    

    

    
      	(c)  	
              “Board”
                shall mean the Board of Directors of the
                Company.

            

    

    

    
      	(d)  	
              “Cause”
                for termination by the Company of the Executive’s employment shall mean
                (i) the willful and continued failure by the Executive to substantially
                perform the Executive’s duties with the Company (other than any such
                failure resulting from the Executive’s incapacity due to physical or
                mental illness or any such actual or anticipated failure after the
                issuance of a Notice of Termination for Good Reason by the Executive
                pursuant to Section 6.1 of this Agreement) after a written demand
                for
                substantial performance is delivered to the Executive by the Board,
                which
                demand specifically identifies the manner in which the Board believes
                that
                the Executive has not substantially performed the Executive’s duties, or
                (ii) the willful engaging by the Executive in conduct which is
                demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company or its subsidiaries,
                monetarily or otherwise. For purposes of clauses (i) and (ii) of
                this
                definition, (x) no act, or failure to act, on the Executive’s part shall
                be deemed “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive
                not in good faith and without reasonable belief that the Executive’s act,
                or failure to act, was in the best interest of the Company and (y)
                in the
                event of a dispute concerning the application of this provision,
                no claim
                by the Company that Cause exists shall be given effect unless the
                Company
                establishes to the Board by clear and convincing evidence that Cause
                exists. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cause shall not include any
                act or
                omission of which the Audit Committee of the Board (or the full Board)
                has
                had actual knowledge of all material facts related thereto for at
                least 90
                days without asserting that the act or omission constitutes
                Cause.

            

    

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	(e)  	
              “Change
                in Control” for purposes of this Agreement shall mean any of the following
                events, provided that such an event is not also a Management
                Buyout:

            

    

    

    
      	(I)  	
              any
                Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner directly or indirectly,
                of
                securities of the Company representing thirty-five (35%) or more
                of the
                combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding
                voting securities generally entitled to vote in the election of directors
                of the Company;
                provided, however, that no Change in Control will be deemed to have
                occurred as a result of a change in ownership percentage resulting
                solely
                from an acquisition of securities by the Company or a transaction
                described in clause (A) of paragraph (III)
                below;

            

    

     

    
      	(II)  	
              during
                any period of two consecutive years, individuals who, as of the beginning
                of such period, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease to
                constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, that any person
                becoming a director of the Company subsequent to the beginning of
                such
                period whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s
                shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the
                directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered
                as
                though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but
                excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption
                of office occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened election
                contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating
                to
                the election of directors of the Company and whose appointment or
                election
                was not approved by at least a majority of the directors of the Company
                in
                office immediately before any such
                contest;

            

    

     

    
      	(III)  	
              there
                is consummated a Merger of the Company with any other business entity,
                other than (A) a Merger which would result in the securities of the
                Company generally entitled to vote in the election of directors of
                the
                Company outstanding immediately prior to such Merger continuing to
                represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted
                into such
                securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof), in combination
                with the ownership of any trustee or other fiduciary holding such
                securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any
                Subsidiary, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting
                securities of the Company or such surviving entity or any parent
                thereof
                outstanding immediately after such Merger, generally entitled to
                vote in
                the election of directors of the Company or such surviving entity
                or any
                parent thereof and, in the case of such surviving entity or any parent
                thereof, of a class registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act,
                or
                (B) a Merger effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company
                (or
                similar transaction) in which no Person is or becomes the Beneficial
                Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing
                35% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding
                voting securities generally entitled to vote in the election of directors
                of the Company; or

            

    

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	(IV)  	
              the
                stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation
                or
                dissolution of the Company or there is consummated the sale or disposition
                by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other
                than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially
                all of
                the Company’s assets to an entity where the outstanding securities
                generally entitled to vote in the election of directors of the Company
                immediately prior to the transaction continue to represent (either
                by
                remaining outstanding or by being converted into such securities
                of the
                surviving entity or any parent thereof) 50% or more of the combined
                voting
                power of the outstanding voting securities of such entity generally
                entitled to vote in such entity’s election of directors immediately after
                such sale and of a class registered under Section 12 of the Exchange
                Act.
                

            

    

     

    Within
      five (5) days after a Change in Control has occurred, the Company shall deliver
      to the Executive a written statement memorializing the date that the Change
      in
      Control occurred.

    

    
      	(f)  	
              “Code”
                shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
                to
                time, and any successor Code, and related rules, regulations and
                interpretations.

            

    

    

    
      	(g)  	
              “Company”
                shall mean Kaman Corporation and, except in determining under Section
                18(e) hereof whether or not any Change in Control of the Company
                has
                occurred, shall include any successor to its business and/or assets.
                

            

    

     

    
      	(h)  	
              “Consultant”
                shall have the meaning set forth in Appendix A of this
                Agreement.

            

    

    

    
      	(i)  	
              “Date
                of Termination” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2 of this
                Agreement.

            

    

    

    
      	(j)  	
              “Disability”
                shall be deemed the reason for the termination by the Company of
                the
                Executive’s employment, if, as a result of the Executive’s incapacity due
                to physical or mental illness, the Executive shall have been absent
                from
                the full-time performance of the Executive’s duties with the Company for a
                period of six (6) consecutive months, the Company shall have given
                the
                Executive a Notice of Termination for Disability, and, within thirty
                (30)
                days after such Notice of Termination is given, the Executive shall
                not
                have returned to the full-time performance of the Executive’s
                duties.

            

    

    

    
      	(k)  	
              “Exchange
                Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time
                to time.

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	(l)  	
              “Excise
                Tax” shall mean any excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the
                Code.

            

    

    

    
      	(m)  	
              “Executive”
                shall mean the individual named in the preamble to this
                Agreement

            

    

    

    
      	(n)  	
              “Good
                Reason” for termination by the Executive of the Executive’s
                employment
                shall mean the occurrence (without the Executive’s express written
                consent) after any Change in Control (if more than one Change in
                Control
                has occurred, any reference to a Change in Control in this subsection
                (n)
                shall refer to the most recent Change in Control), of any one of
                the
                following acts by the Company, or failures by the Company to act,
                unless,
                in the case of any act or failure to act described in paragraph (I),
                (V),
                (VI), or (VII) below, such act or failure to act is corrected prior
                to the
                Date of Termination specified in the Notice of Termination given
                in
                respect thereof:

            

    

    

    
      	(I)  	
              the
                assignment to the Executive of any duties inconsistent with the
                Executive’s status as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and
                Secretary of the Company or a substantial diminution in the nature
                or
                status of the Executive’s responsibilities from those in effect
                immediately prior to the Change in
                Control;

            

    

     

    
      	(II)  	
              a
                reduction by the Company in the Executive’s annual Base Salary as in
                effect on the date of this Agreement or as the same may be increased
                from
                time to time;

            

    

     

    
      	(III)  	
              the
                relocation of the Executive’s principal place of employment to a location
                more than 50 miles from the Executive’s principal place of employment
                immediately prior to the Change in Control or the Company’s requiring the
                Executive to be based anywhere other than such principal place of
                employment (or permitted relocation thereof) except for required
                travel on
                the Company’s business to an extent substantially consistent with the
                Executive’s business travel obligations immediately prior to the Change in
                Control;

            

    

     

    
      	(IV)  	
              the
                failure by the Company to pay to the Executive any portion of the
                Executive’s current compensation, or to pay to the Executive any portion
                of an installment of deferred compensation under any deferred compensation
                program of the Company, within thirty (30) days of the date such
                compensation is due;

            

    

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	(V)  	
              the
                failure by the Company to continue in effect any compensation plan
                in
                which the Executive participates immediately prior to the Change
                in
                Control which is material to the Executive’s total compensation
                (including, but not limited to, the Kaman Corporation Compensation
                Administration Plan, Kaman Corporation Cash Bonus Plan, and Kaman
                Corporation 2003 Stock Incentive Plan), unless an equitable arrangement
                (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) has been
                made with
                respect to such plan, or the failure by the Company to continue the
                Executive’s participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative
                plan) on a basis not materially less favorable, both in terms of
                the
                amount or timing of payment of benefits provided and the level of
                the
                Executive’s participation relative to other participants, as existed
                immediately prior to the Change in
                Control;

            

    

     

    
      	(VI)  	
              the
                failure by the Company to continue to provide the Executive with
                benefits
                substantially similar to those enjoyed by the Executive under any
                of the
                Company’s life insurance, health and accident, or disability plans in
                which the Executive was participating immediately prior to the Change
                in
                Control, the taking of any other action by the Company which would
                directly or indirectly materially reduce any of such benefits or
                deprive
                the Executive of any material fringe benefit enjoyed by the Executive
                at
                the time of the Change in Control, or the failure by the Company
                to
                provide the Executive with the number of paid vacation days to which
                the
                Executive is entitled on the basis of years of service with the Company
                in
                accordance with the Company’s normal vacation policy in effect at the time
                of the Change in Control, provided, however, that this paragraph
                shall not
                be construed to require the Company to provide the Executive with
                a
                defined benefit pension plan if no such plan is provided to similarly
                situated executive officers of the Company or its Affiliates;
                or

            

    

     

    
      	(VII)  	
              any
                purported termination of the Executive’s employment which is not effected
                pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of
                Section
                6.1 of this Agreement; for purposes of this Agreement, no such purported
                termination shall be effective. 

            

    

     

    The
      Executive’s right to terminate the Executive’s employment for Good Reason shall
      not be affected by the Executive’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness.
      The Executive’s continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a
      waiver of rights with respect to, any act or failure to act constituting Good
      Reason hereunder. 

     

    Notwithstanding
      anything to the contrary above, the Executive shall not have “Good Reason” to
      terminate employment due solely to one or more of the following events: (1)
      there is a diminution of the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
      including, without limitation, a sale or other transfer of property or other
      assets of the Company or its subsidiaries, or a reduction in the Executive’s
      business unit’s head count or budget, or (2) a suspension of the Executive’s
      position, job functions, authorities, duties and responsibilities while on
      paid
      administrative leave due to a reasonable belief by the Board that the Executive
      has engaged in conduct that would give adequate grounds to terminate the
      Executive’s employment for Cause.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	(o)  	
              “Gross-Up
                Payment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2 of this
                Agreement.

            

    

     

    
      	(p)  	
              “Management
                Buyout” means any event or transaction which would otherwise constitute a
                Change in Control (a “Transaction”) if, in connection with the
                Transaction, the Executive, members of the Executive's immediate
                family,
                and/or the “Executive's Affiliates” (as defined below) participate,
                directly or beneficially, as an equity investor in, or have the option
                or
                right to acquire, whether or not vested, equity interests of, the
                acquiring entity or any of its Affiliates (the “Acquiror”) having a
                percentage interest therein greater than 1%. For purposes of the
                preceding
                sentence, a party shall not be deemed to have participated as an
                equity
                investor in the Acquiror by virtue of (i) obtaining beneficial ownership
                of any equity interest in the Acquiror as a result of the grant to
                the
                party of an incentive compensation award under one or more incentive
                plans
                of the Acquiror (including, but not limited to, the conversion in
                connection with the Transaction of incentive compensation awards
                of the
                Company into incentive compensation awards of the Acquiror), on terms
                and
                conditions substantially equivalent to those applicable to other
                employees
                of the Company at a comparable level as such party immediately prior
                to
                the Transaction, after taking into account normal differences attributable
                to job responsibilities, title and the like, or (ii) obtaining beneficial
                ownership of any equity interest in the Acquiror on terms and conditions
                substantially equivalent to those obtained in the Transaction by
                all other
                shareholders of the Company or (iii) the party’s interests in any
                tax-qualified defined benefit or defined contribution pension or
                retirement plan in which such party or any family member is a participant
                or beneficiary. The “Executive’s Affiliates” at any time consist of any
                entity in which the Executive and/or members of the Executive’s immediate
                family then own, directly or beneficially, or have the option or
                right to
                acquire, whether or not vested, greater than 10% of such entity’s equity
                interests, and all then current directors and executive officers
                of the
                Company who are members of any group, that also includes the Executive,
                a
                member of the Executive’s immediate family and/or any such entity, in
                which the members have agreed to act together for the purpose of
                participating in the Transaction. The Executive’s immediate family
                consists of the Executive’s spouse, parents, children and
                grandchildren.

            

    

    

    
      	(q)  	
              “Merger”
                means a merger, share exchange, consolidation or similar business
                combination under applicable law. 

            

    

    

    
      	(r)  	
              “Notice
                of Termination” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 of this
                Agreement.

            

    

    

    
      	(s)  	
              “Payments”
                shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 of this
                Agreement.

            

    

     

    
 

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	(t)  	
              “Person”
                shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act,
                as
                modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except that
                such
                term shall not include (i) the Company or any of its direct or indirect
                Subsidiaries, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities
                under
                an employee benefit plan of the Company, (iii) an underwriter temporarily
                holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or
                (iv) a
                corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of
                the
                Company in substantially the same proportions and with substantially
                the
                same voting rights as their ownership and voting rights with respect
                to
                the Company. 

            

    

    

    
      	(u)  	
              “Subsidiary”
                shall mean any corporation within the meaning of Section 424(f) of
                the
                Code.

            

    

    

    
      	(v)  	
              “Term”
                shall mean the period of time described in Section 2 of this
                Agreement.

            

    

    

    19.  Payment
      of Compensation.
      The
      parties shall revisit this Agreement when the IRS issues final regulations
      under
      Section 409A of the Code for the sole purpose of determining whether any
      amendments are required in order to comply with such regulations. The parties
      shall promptly agree in good faith on appropriate provisions to avoid any
      material risk of noncompliance without materially changing the economic value
      (to the Executive) or the cost (to the Company) of this Agreement including,
      if
      necessary, the deferral of any amount payable hereunder upon separation from
      service to the first date such amount may be paid without incurring tax under
      Section 409A of the Code, in which case such payment shall bear interest at
      the
      applicable federal rate under Section 1274 of the Code. Notwithstanding the
      foregoing, the Company shall in no event be obligated to indemnify the Executive
      for any taxes or interest that may be assessed by the IRS pursuant to Section
      409A of the Code.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this agreement.

     

    

      
        	
                 

                 

              	
                  

                Kaman
                  Corporation    

              	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
                /s/ Paul
                  R. Kuhn

              	 	
                2/20/07

              
	 	
                By:  

              	
                Paul
                  R. Kuhn

              	 	
                Date

              
	 	
                Its:

              	
                President
                  and Chief Executive Officer

              	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
                Executive

              	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	
              	
                 

              	
                /s/
                  Candace A. Clark

              	 	
                2/20/07

              
	 	 	
                Candace
                  A. Clark

              	 	
                Date

              
	 	 	 	 	 

      

      

    

    
 

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    APPENDIX
      A

    

    TAX
      GROSS-UP PAYMENT RULES AND PROCEDURES

     

    1. Subject
      to Paragraph 3 below, all determinations required to be made under Section
      5.2
      of this Agreement, including whether a Gross-Up Payment is required and the
      amount of such Gross-Up Payment, shall be made by an accounting firm (the
“Consultant”) selected in accordance with Paragraph 2 below. The Consultant
      shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and Executive
      within 15 business days of the event that results in the potential for an excise
      tax liability for the Executive, which could include but is not limited to
      a
      Change in Control and the subsequent vesting of any cash payments or awards,
      or
      the Executive’s termination of employment, or such earlier time as is required
      by the Company. The initial Gross-Up Payment, if any, as determined pursuant
      to
      this Paragraph 1, shall be paid on the Executive’s behalf to the applicable
      taxing authorities within five (5) days of the receipt of the Consultant’s
      determination. If the Consultant determines that the Executive is not subject
      to
      Excise Tax, it shall furnish the Executive with a written report indicating
      that
      she has substantial authority not to report any Excise Tax on her federal income
      tax return. Any determination by the Consultant shall be binding upon the
      Company and Executive. As a result of the uncertainty in the application of
      Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the
      Consultant hereunder, it is possible that Gross-Up Payments which will not
      have
      been made by the Company should have been made (“Underpayment”), consistent with
      the calculations required to be made hereunder. In the event that the Company
      exhausts its remedies pursuant to Paragraph 3 below and Executive thereafter
      is
      required to make a payment or additional payment of any Excise Tax, the
      Consultant shall determine the amount of the Underpayment that has occurred
      and
      any such Underpayment, increased by all applicable interest and penalties
      associated with the Underpayment, shall be promptly paid by the Company to
      or
      for the benefit of Executive. For purposes of determining the amount of the
      Gross-Up Payment, Executive shall be deemed to pay federal income tax at the
      highest marginal rate of federal income taxation in the calendar year in which
      the Gross-Up Payment is to be made and state and local income taxes on earned
      income at the highest marginal rate of taxation in the state and locality of
      Executive’s residence on the Date of Termination, (or the date of the Change in
      Control if the Executive is subject to Excise Tax prior to the issuance of
      a
      Notice of Termination) net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes
      which could be obtained from deduction of such state and local
      taxes.

     

    2. The
      Consultant shall be a nationally recognized public accounting firm, benefits
      consultant or law firm proposed by the Company and agreed upon by the Executive.
      If Executive and the Company cannot agree on the firm to serve as the Consultant
      within ten (10) days after the date on which the Company proposed to Executive
      an entity to serve as the Consultant, then Executive and the Company shall
      each
      select one and those two firms shall jointly select the entity to serve as
      the
      Consultant within ten (10) days after being requested by the Company and
      Executive to make such selection. The Company shall pay the Consultant’s
      fee.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    3. Executive
      shall notify the Company in writing of any claim by the Internal Revenue Service
      that, if successful, would require the payment by the Company of the Gross-Up
      Payment. Such notification shall be given as soon as practicable, but no later
      than fifteen (15) business days after Executive knows of such claim and
      Executive shall apprise the Company of the nature of such claim and the date
      on
      which such claim is requested to be paid. Executive shall not pay such claim
      prior to the expiration of the period ending on the date that any payment of
      taxes with respect to such claim is due or the thirty day period following
      the
      date on which Executive gives such notice to the Company, whichever period
      is
      shorter. If the Company notifies Executive in writing prior to the expiration
      of
      such period that it desires to contest such claim, Executive shall (i) give
      the
      Company any information reasonably requested by the Company relating to such
      claim, (ii) take such action in connection with contesting such claim as the
      Company shall reasonably request in writing from time to time, including,
      without limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such claim
      by
      an attorney reasonably selected by the Company, (iii) cooperate with the Company
      in good faith in order effectively to contest such claim, and (iv) permit the
      Company to participate in any proceedings relating to such claim; provided,
      however, that the Company shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses
      (including attorneys fees and any additional interest and penalties) incurred
      in
      connection with such contest and shall indemnify and hold Executive harmless,
      on
      an after-tax basis, for any Excise Tax or income tax, including interest and
      penalties with respect thereto, imposed as a result of such representation
      and
      payment of costs and expenses. Without limitation of the foregoing provisions
      of
      this Paragraph 3, the Company shall control all proceedings taken in connection
      with such contest and, at its sole option, may pursue or forego any and all
      administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the taxing
      authority in respect to such claim and may, at its sole option, either direct
      Executive to pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund or contest the claim
      in
      any permissible manner, and Executive agrees to prosecute such contest to a
      determination before any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial
      jurisdiction and in one or more appellate courts, as the Company shall
      determine; provided, however, that if the Company directs Executive to pay
      such
      claim and sue for a refund, the Company shall advance the amount of such payment
      to Executive, on an interest-free basis and shall indemnify and hold Executive
      harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax and income tax, including
      interest or penalties with respect thereto, imposed with respect to such advance
      or with respect to any imputed income with respect to such advance; and further
      provided that any extension of the statute of limitations relating to payment
      of
      taxes for the taxable year of Executive with respect to which such contested
      amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to such contested amount.
      Furthermore, the Company’s control of the contest shall be limited to issues
      with respect to which a Gross-Up Payment would be payable hereunder and
      Executive shall be entitled to settle or contest, as the case may be, any other
      issue raised by the Internal Revenue Service or any other
      authority.

     

    4. If,
      after
      the receipt by Executive of an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to
      Paragraph 3 above, Executive becomes entitled to receive any refund with respect
      to such claim, Executive shall (subject to the Company’s complying with the
      requirements of Paragraph 3), promptly pay to the Company the amount of such
      refund (together with any interest paid or credited thereon after taxes
      applicable thereto).

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    APPENDIX
      B

     

    FORM
      OF RELEASE

     

    AGREEMENT
      AND GENERAL RELEASE

     

    Kaman
      Corporation, its affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, successors and assigns
      in
      such capacity, and the current, future and former employees, officers,
      directors, trustees and agents thereof (collectively referred to throughout
      this
      Agreement as “Employer”), and Candace A. Clark (“Executive”), the Executive’s
      heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns (collectively referred
      to throughout this Agreement as “Employee”) agree:

     

    1. Last
      Day of Employment.
      Executive’s last day of employment with Employer is ______________. In addition,
      effective as of DATE, Executive resigns from the Executive’s positions as Senior
      Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary of Employer and will not
      be
      eligible for any benefits or compensation after ________, including payments
      under the Executive’s Employment Agreement, other than as specifically provided
      under the Change in Control Agreement between Employer and Executive effective
      as of January 1, 2007 (the “Change in Control Agreement”).
      Executive further acknowledges and agrees that, after DATE, the Executive will
      not represent the Executive as being a director, employee, officer, trustee,
      agent or representative of Employer for any purpose. In addition, effective
      as
      of DATE, Executive resigns from all offices, directorships, trusteeships,
      committee memberships and fiduciary capacities held with, or on behalf of,
      Employer or any benefit plans of Employer. These resignations will become
      irrevocable as set forth in Section 3 below.

     

    2. Consideration.
      The parties acknowledge that this Agreement and General Release is being
      executed in accordance with Section 11 of the Change in Control
      Agreement.

     

    3. Revocation.
      Executive may revoke this Agreement and General Release for a period of seven
      (7) calendar days following the day Executive executes this Agreement and
      General Release. Any revocation within this period must be submitted, in
      writing, to Employer and state, “I hereby revoke my acceptance of our Agreement
      and General Release.” The revocation must be personally delivered to Employer’s
      Chief Financial Officer, or his/her designee, or mailed to Kaman Corporation,
      1332 Blue Hills Avenue, P.O. Box 1, Bloomfield, CT 06002, Attention Chief
      Financial Officer, and postmarked within seven (7) calendar days of execution
      of
      this Agreement and General Release. This Agreement and General Release shall
      not
      become effective or enforceable until the revocation period has expired. If
      the
      last day of the revocation period is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday in
      Hartford, Connecticut, then the revocation period shall not expire until the
      next following day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal
      holiday.

     

    4. General
      Release of Claim. Subject to the full satisfaction by the Employer of its
      obligations under the Change in Control Agreement, Employee knowingly and
      voluntarily releases and forever discharges Employer from any and all claims,
      causes of action, demands, fees and liabilities of any kind whatsoever, whether
      known and unknown, against Employer, Employee has, has ever had or may have
      as
      of the date of execution of this Agreement and General Release, including,
      but
      not limited to, any alleged violation of:

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    - Title
      VII
      of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended;

     

    - The
      Civil
      Rights Act of 1991;

     

    - Sections
      1981 through 1988 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as
      amended;

     

    - The
      Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended;

     

    - The
      Immigration Reform and Control Act, as amended;

     

    - The
      Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended;

     

    - The
      Age
      Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended;

     

    - The
      Older
      Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990;

     

    - The
      Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, as amended;

     

    - The
      Occupational Safety and Health Act, as amended;

     

    - The
      Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993;

     

    
      
        -
          Any
          wage
          payment and collection, equal pay and other similar laws, acts and statutes
          of
          the State of Connecticut;

      

    

     

    
      
        -
          Any
          other
          federal, state or local civil or human rights law or any other local, state
          or
          federal law, regulation or ordinance; 

      

    

     

    
      
        -
          Any
          public policy, contract, tort, or common law; or

      

    

     

    
      
        -
          Any
          allegation for costs, fees, or other expenses including attorneys fees
          incurred
          in these matters.

      

    

     

    Notwithstanding
      anything herein to the contrary, the sole matters to which the Agreement and
      General Release do not apply are: (i) Employee’s express rights under any
      pension (including but not limited to any rights under the Kaman Corporation
      Supplemental Retirement Plan) or claims for accrued vested benefits under any
      other employee benefit plan, policy or arrangement maintained by Employer or
      under COBRA; (ii) Employee’s rights under the provisions of the Change in
      Control Agreement which are intended to survive termination of employment;
      or
      (iii) Employee’s rights as a stockholder.

     

    5. No
      Claims
      Permitted. Employee waives Executive’s right to file any charge or complaint
      against Employer arising out of Executive’s employment with or separation from
      Employer before any federal, state or local court or any state or local
      administrative agency, except where such waivers are prohibited by
      law.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    6. Affirmations.
      Employee affirms Executive has not filed, has not caused to be filed, and is
      not
      presently a party to, any claim, complaint, or action against Employer in any
      forum. Employee further affirms that the Executive has been paid and/or has
      received all compensation, wages, bonuses, commissions, and/or benefits to
      which
      Executive may be entitled and no other compensation, wages, bonuses, commissions
      and/or benefits are due to Executive, except as provided under the Change in
      Control Agreement. Employee also affirms Executive has no known workplace
      injuries.

     

    7. Cooperation;
      Return of Property. In accordance with Section 10(f) of the Change in Control
      Agreement Employee agrees to reasonably cooperate with Employer and its counsel
      in connection with any investigation, administrative proceeding or litigation
      relating to any matter that occurred during Executive’s employment in which
      Executive was involved or of which Executive has knowledge and Employer will
      reimburse the Employee for any reasonable out-of-pocket travel, delivery or
      similar expenses incurred and lost wages (or will provide reasonable
      compensation if Executive is not then employed) in providing such service to
      Employer. The Employee represents the Executive has complied with Section 10(e)
      of the Change in Control Agreement regarding the return of Employer property
      and
      records.

     

    8. Governing
      Law and Interpretation. This Agreement and General Release shall be governed
      and
      conformed in accordance with the laws of the State of Connecticut without regard
      to its conflict of laws provisions. In the event Employee or Employer breaches
      any provision of this Agreement and General Release, Employee and Employer
      affirm either may institute an action to specifically enforce any term or terms
      of this Agreement and General Release. Should any provision of this Agreement
      and General Release be declared illegal or unenforceable by any court of
      competent jurisdiction and should the provision be incapable of being modified
      to be enforceable, such provision shall immediately become null and void,
      leaving the remainder of this Agreement and General Release in full force and
      effect. Nothing herein, however, shall operate to void or nullify any general
      release language contained in the Agreement and General Release. 

     

    9. No
      Admission of Wrongdoing. Employee agrees neither this Agreement and General
      Release nor the furnishing of the consideration for this Release shall be deemed
      or construed at any time for any purpose as an admission by Employer of any
      liability or unlawful conduct of any kind.

     

    10. Amendment.
      This Agreement and General Release may not be modified, altered or changed
      except upon express written consent of both parties wherein specific reference
      is made to this Agreement and General Release.

     

    11. Entire
      Agreement. This Agreement and General Release sets forth the entire agreement
      between the parties hereto and fully supersedes any prior agreements or
      understandings between the parties; provided, however, that notwithstanding
      anything in this Agreement and General Release, the provisions in the Change
      in
      Control Agreement which are intended to survive termination of the Change in
      Control Agreement, including but not limited to those contained in Section
      10
      thereof, shall survive and continue in full force and effect. Employee
      acknowledges Executive has not relied on any representations, promises, or
      agreements of any kind made to Executive in connection with Executive’s decision
      to accept this Agreement and General Release.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    EMPLOYEE
      HAS BEEN ADVISED THAT EXECUTIVE HAS UP TO TWENTY-ONE (21) CALENDAR DAYS TO
      REVIEW THIS AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE AND HAS BEEN ADVISED IN WRITING TO
      CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY PRIOR TO EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND GENERAL
      RELEASE. 

     

    EMPLOYEE
      AGREES ANY MODIFICATIONS, MATERIAL OR OTHERWISE, MADE TO THIS AGREEMENT AND
      GENERAL RELEASE DO NOT RESTART OR AFFECT IN ANY MANNER THE ORIGINAL TWENTY-ONE
      (21) CALENDAR DAY CONSIDERATION PERIOD. 

     

    HAVING
      ELECTED TO EXECUTE THIS AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE, TO FULFILL THE PROMISES
      SET FORTH HEREIN, AND TO RECEIVE THE SUMS AND BENEFITS SET FORTH IN THE CHANGE
      IN CONTROL AGREEMENT, EMPLOYEE FREELY AND KNOWINGLY, AND AFTER DUE
      CONSIDERATION, ENTERS INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE INTENDING TO
      WAIVE, SETTLE AND RELEASE ALL CLAIMS EXECUTIVE HAS OR MIGHT HAVE AGAINST
      EMPLOYER.

     

    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto knowingly and voluntarily executed this
      Agreement and General Release as of the date set forth below:

    

    

      
        	
                 

                 

              	
                 

                 

              	
                 

                KAMAN
                  CORPORATION

              
	 	 	 
	 	
                By:  

              	 
	 	
                 

                Name:

              	
                 

                [NAME]

              
	 	
                Title:

              	 
	 	
                Date:

              	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	
                Candace
                  A. Clark

              
	 	
                Date:

              	 
	 	 	 

      

    

    

    
      
        
        

      

      
        25Kaman Industrial Technologies Corporation Amended and Restated Change in Control
      Agreement between T. Jack Cahill and Kaman Industrial Technologies Corporation

    
      

    

    Exhibit 10.8

    KAMAN
      INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 

    AMENDED
      AND RESTATED

    CHANGE
      IN CONTROL AGREEMENT

     

     

    

    THIS
      AGREEMENT, is made effective as of January 1, 2007 (the
      “Effective Date”), by and between Kaman Industrial Technologies Corporation (the
“Company”), a subsidiary of Kaman Corporation, a Connecticut corporation (the
“Parent Company”), and T. Jack Cahill (the “Executive”).

    

    WHEREAS,
      the Company and the Executive are parties to the Kaman Industrial Technologies
      Corporation Change in Control Agreement dated as of September 21, 1999, as
      amended by an Addendum to Change in Control Agreement dated as of September
      11,
      2001, and a Second Addendum to Change in Control Agreement dated as of November
      11, 2003 (the “Prior Agreement”); and 

     

    WHEREAS,
      the Company and the Executive have agreed to replace and supersede the Prior
      Agreement as set forth below.

    

    NOW,
      THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein
      contained, the Company and the Executive hereby agree as follows: 

    

    1.  Defined
      Terms.
      Definitions of capitalized terms used in this Agreement are provided in the
      last
      Section of this Agreement. 

     

    2.  Term.
      This
      Agreement shall terminate on the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date. The
      term of this Agreement shall be automatically extended thereafter for successive
      one (1) year periods unless, at least ninety (90) days prior to the end of
      the
      fourth anniversary of the Effective Date or the then current succeeding one-year
      extended term of this Agreement, the Company or Executive has notified the
      other
      that the term hereunder shall expire at the end of the then-current term.
      Notwithstanding any such notice, the term of this Agreement shall not expire
      before the second anniversary of a Change in Control that occurs within the
      term
      of this Agreement. The initial term of this Agreement, as it may be extended
      under this Section 2, is herein referred to as the “Term.”

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    3.  Company’s
      Covenants Summarized.
      In
      order to induce the Executive to remain in the employ of the Company and in
      consideration of the Executive’s continued employment, the Company agrees, under
      the conditions described herein, to pay the Executive the Severance Payments
      and
      the other payments and benefits described in this Agreement. Except as provided
      in Sections 5.1 and 8.1 of this Agreement, no Severance Payments (as defined
      in
      Section 5) shall be payable under this Agreement unless there shall have been
      a
      termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company following a Change in
      Control. This Agreement shall not be construed as creating an express or implied
      contract of employment and, except as otherwise agreed in writing between the
      Executive and the Company, the Executive shall not have any right to be retained
      in the employ of the Company.

     

    4.  Compensation
      Other Than Severance Payments.

     

    4.1 If
      the
      Executive’s employment shall be terminated for any reason following a Change in
      Control, the Company shall pay the Executive’s full salary to the Executive
      through the Date of Termination at the rate in effect immediately prior to
      the
      Date of Termination or, if Section 18(n)(II) is applicable as an event or
      circumstance constituting Good Reason, the rate in effect immediately prior
      to
      such event or circumstance, together with all compensation and benefits payable
      to the Executive through the Date of Termination under the terms of the
      Company’s compensation and benefit plans, programs or arrangements as in effect
      immediately prior to the Date of Termination (or, if more favorable to the
      Executive, as in effect immediately prior to the first occurrence of an event
      or
      circumstance constituting Good Reason). In addition, if the Executive’s
      employment is terminated for any reason following a Change in Control other
      than
      (a) by the Company for Cause and (b) by the Executive without Good Reason,
      then
      the Company shall pay a pro-rata portion of the Executive’s annual bonus for the
      performance year in which such termination occurs to the Executive at the time
      that annual bonuses are paid to other senior executives. This pro-rata bonus
      shall be determined by multiplying the amount the Executive would have received
      based upon actual financial performance through such termination, as reasonably
      determined by the Company, by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number
      of days during such performance year that the Executive is employed by the
      Company and the denominator of which is 365.

     

    4.2   If
      the Executive’s
      employment shall be terminated for any reason following a Change in Control,
      the
      Company shall pay to the Executive the Executive’s normal post-termination
      compensation and benefits as such payments become due. Such post-termination
      compensation and benefits shall be determined under, and paid in accordance
      with, the Company’s retirement, insurance and other compensation or benefit
      plans, programs and arrangements as in effect immediately prior to the Date
      of
      Termination or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect immediately
      prior to the occurrence of the first event or circumstance constituting Good
      Reason.

    

    5.  Severance
      Payments.

     

    5.1  If
      the
      Executive’s employment is terminated during the twenty-four (24) month period
      immediately following a Change in Control, other than (A) by the Company for
      Cause, (B) by reason of death or Disability, or (C) by the Executive without
      Good Reason, then the Company shall pay the Executive the amounts, and provide
      the Executive the benefits described in this Section 5 (collectively, the
“Severance Payments”) in addition to any payments and benefits to which the
      Executive is entitled under Section 4 of this Agreement. The Executive shall
      also be entitled to Severance Payments under this Agreement if the Executive’s
      employment is terminated without Cause by the Company or by the Executive for
      Good Reason at any time beginning on the first day of the 90 day period
      immediately prior to the execution of a definitive purchase and sale agreement
      that results in such Change in Control and the closing of such Change in
      Control.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	(a)  	
              In
                lieu of any further salary payments to the Executive for periods
                subsequent to the Date of Termination and in lieu of any severance
                benefit
                payable to the Executive under the Executive’s Employment Agreement with
                the Company or otherwise, the Company shall pay to the Executive
                a lump
                sum severance payment, in cash, equal to the sum of (i) two (2) times
                the
                Executive’s base salary as in effect immediately prior to the Date of
                Termination or, if Section 18(n)(II) is applicable as an event or
                circumstance constituting Good Reason, the rate in effect immediately
                prior to such event or circumstance, and (ii) two (2) times the last
                annual bonus paid or awarded (to the extent not yet paid) to the
                Executive
                in the previous three years (if any) immediately preceding the Date
                of
                Termination, pursuant to any annual bonus or incentive plan maintained
                by
                the Company. 

            

    

    

    
      	(b)  	
              For
                the twenty-four (24) month period immediately following the Date
                of
                Termination, the Company shall arrange to provide the Executive and
                his
                dependents medical, dental, and accidental death and disability benefits
                substantially similar to those provided to the Executive and his
                dependents immediately prior to the Date of Termination or, if more
                favorable to the Executive, those provided to the Executive and his
                dependents immediately prior to the first occurrence of an event
                or
                circumstance constituting Good Reason, at no greater cost to the
                Executive
                than the cost to the Executive immediately prior to such date or
                occurrence. Benefits otherwise receivable by the Executive pursuant
                to
                this Section 5.1(b) shall be reduced to the extent benefits of the
                same
                type are received by or made available by a subsequent employer to
                the
                Executive during the twenty-four (24) month period following the
                Date of
                Termination (and any such benefits received by or made available
                to the
                Executive shall be reported to the Company by the Executive); provided,
                however, that the Company shall reimburse the Executive for the excess,
                if
                any, of the cost of such benefits to the Executive over such cost
                immediately prior to the Date of Termination or, if more favorable
                to the
                Executive, the first occurrence of an event or circumstance constituting
                Good Reason.

            

    

    

    
      	(c)  	
              Notwithstanding
                any provision to the contrary in any plan or agreement maintained
                by or
                through the Company pursuant to which the Executive has been granted
                restricted stock, stock options, stock appreciation rights or long-term
                performance awards, effective on the Date of Termination, (i) all
                service
                and performance based restrictions with respect to any restricted
                stock
                shall lapse, (ii) all stock appreciation rights and stock options
                shall be
                deemed fully vested and then canceled in exchange for a cash payment
                equal
                to the excess of the fair market value of the shares of Parent Company
                stock subject to the stock appreciation right or stock option on
                the date
                of the Change in Control, over the exercise price(s) of such stock
                appreciation rights or stock options, and (iii) all long-term performance
                awards shall be deemed fully vested and fully earned and then shall
                be
                canceled in exchange for a cash payment equal to 100% of the target
                value
                of each such award. 

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	(d)  	
              In
                addition to the retirement benefits to which the Executive is entitled
                under any tax-qualified, supplemental or excess benefit pension plan
                maintained by the Company and any other plan or agreement entered
                into
                between the Executive and the Company which is designed to provide
                the
                Executive supplemental retirement benefits (the “Pension Plans”) or any
                successor plan thereto, effective upon the Date of Termination, the
                Executive's “Annual Plan Benefit” (as defined under the Kaman Corporation
                Amended and Restated Employees' Pension Plan) shall be multiplied
                by a
                fraction, the numerator of which is 32, and the denominator of which
                is
                30, for purposes of determining the Executive's benefit under the
                Kaman
                Corporation Supplemental Employees' Retirement Plan (“SERP”). For
                avoidance of doubt, the Severance Payments payable under this Agreement
                shall be disregarded when determining the Executive's Final Average
                Salary
                (as defined under the Kaman Corporation Amended and Restated Employees'
                Pension Plan) for purposes of calculating the benefits payable under
                the
                SERP or this Section 5.1(d).

            

    

    

    
      	(e)  	
              If
                the Executive would have become entitled to benefits under the Company’s
                post-retirement health care plans, as in effect immediately prior
                to the
                Date of Termination or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in
                effect
                immediately prior to the first occurrence of an event or circumstance
                constituting Good Reason, had the Executive’s employment terminated at any
                time during the period of twenty-four (24) months after the Date
                of
                Termination, the Company shall provide such post-retirement health
                care
                benefits to the Executive and the Executive’s dependents commencing on the
                later of (i) the date on which such coverage would have first become
                available and (ii) the date on which benefits described in Section
                5.1 (b)
                terminate.

            

    

    

    
      	(f)  	
              The
                Company (i) shall prepay all remaining premiums under any insurance
                policy
                maintained by the Company insuring the life of the Executive that
                is in
                effect and (ii) shall transfer to the Executive any and all rights
                and
                incidents of ownership in such arrangements at no cost to the
                Executive.

            

    

    

    
      	(g)  	
              The
                Company shall provide the Executive with reimbursement for up to
                Thirty
                Thousand Dollars ($30,000) in the aggregate for outplacement services,
                relocation costs, or both provided however that reimbursement shall
                only
                be provided until the earlier of the first anniversary of the Date
                of
                Termination or the Executive’s first day of employment with a new
                employer.

            

    

    

    
      	(h)  	
              The
                Company shall provide the Executive with his Company automobile.
                The book
                value then attributed to it by the leasing company will be considered
                “fringe benefit” income and that amount will be subject to tax during the
                calendar year in which the Date of Termination occurs.
                

            

    

     

    5.2 Section
      4999 Excise Tax.

     

    
      	(a)  	
              If
                any
                payments,
                rights
                or
                benefits (whether
                pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or
                any other plan, arrangement or agreement of
                Executive with
                the Company
                or
                with any person
                affiliated with the Company and
                whether or not the Executive’s employment has then terminated (the
                “Payments”)) received or to be received by Executive will be subject to
                the tax (the “Excise Tax”) imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (or any
                similar tax that may hereafter be imposed), then, except as set forth
                in
                Section 5.2(b) below,
                the Company shall pay to Executive
                an amount in addition to the Payments (the “Gross-Up Payment”) as
                calculated below. The Gross-Up Payment shall be in an amount such
                that,
                after deduction of any Excise Tax on the Payments
                and any federal, state and local income and employment tax and Excise
                Tax
                on the Gross-Up Payment, but before deduction for any federal, state
                or
                local income and employment tax on the Payments,
                the net amount retained by the Executive
                shall be equal to the Payments.

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	(b)  	
              Notwithstanding
                anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if the amount of Payments
                that
                will be subject
                to
                the Excise Tax does not exceed the amount of Payments that Executive
                could
                receive without having any Payments become subject to the Excise
                Tax by at
                least $100,000, then
                Executive’s taxable cash-based benefits under this Agreement will first be
                reduced in the order selected by Executive, and then, if necessary,
                Executive’s equity-based compensation (based on the value of such
                equity-based compensation as a “parachute payment” as defined in Treasury
                Regulations promulgated under Section 280G of the Code and IRS revenue
                rulings, revenue procedures and other official guidance) shall be
                reduced
                in the order selected by Executive, and then any other Payments shall
                be
                reduced as reasonably determined by the Company, to the extent necessary
                to avoid imposition of the Excise Tax. If Executive does not select
                the
                amount to be reduced within the time prescribed by the Company, the
                reductions specified herein shall be made by the Company in its sole
                discretion from such compensation as it shall determine. Any amount
                so
                reduced shall be irrevocably forfeited and Executive shall have no
                further
                rights to receive it. 

            

    

     

    
      	(c)  	
              The
                process for calculating the Excise Tax, determining the amount of
                any
                Gross-Up Payment and other procedures relating to this Section 5.2
                are set
                forth in Appendix A attached hereto. For purposes of making the
                determinations and calculations required herein, the Consultant may
                rely
                on reasonable, good faith interpretations concerning the application
                of
                Section 280G and 4999 of the Code, provided that the Consultant shall
                make
                such determinations and calculations on the basis of “substantial
                authority” (within
                the meaning of Section 6662
                of the Code) and shall provide opinions to that effect to both the
                Company
                and Executive.

            

    

     

    5.3  The
      Company also shall reimburse the Executive for legal fees and expenses incurred
      by the Executive in disputing in good faith any issue hereunder relating to
      the
      termination of the Executive’s employment or in seeking in good faith to obtain
      or enforce any benefit or right provided by this Agreement. Such payments shall
      be made within ten (10) business days after delivery of the Executive’s written
      request for payment accompanied with such evidence of fees and expenses incurred
      as the Company reasonably may require.

    

    5.4  The
      payments provided in subsections (a) and (c) of Section 5.1 shall be made on
      the
      last day of the Executive’s employment. The payments provided in Section 5.2 of
      this Agreement, if any, as determined under Appendix A, shall be paid on the
      Executive’s behalf to the applicable taxing authorities within five (5) days of
      the receipt of the Consultant’s determination of the Gross-Up Payment. If
      payments are not made in the time frame required by this subsection, interest
      on
      the unpaid amounts will accrue at 120% of the rate provided in Section
      1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code until the date such payments are actually made. At
      the
      time that payments are made under this Agreement, the Company shall provide
      the
      Executive with a written statement setting forth the manner in which such
      payments were calculated and the basis for such calculations including, without
      limitation, any opinions or other advice the Company has received from the
      Consultant or other advisors (and any such opinions or advice which are in
      writing shall be attached to the statement).

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    5.5   Coordination
      with Employment Agreement.

     

    Severance
      Payments made under this Section 5 shall be in lieu of any severance benefit
      payable to the Executive under the Executive’s Employment Agreement with the
      Company or otherwise.

     

    6.  Termination
      Procedures and Compensation During Dispute.

     

    6.1  Notice
      of Termination.
      After a
      Change in Control, any purported termination of the Executive’s employment
      (other than by reason of death) shall be communicated by written Notice of
      Termination from one party hereto to the other party hereto in accordance with
      Section 9 of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of
      Termination” shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific termination
      provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail
      the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the
      Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated. Further, a Notice of
      Termination for Cause is required to include a copy of a resolution duly adopted
      by the affirmative vote of not less than three-quarters (3/4) of the entire
      membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board which was called and held
      for
      the purpose of considering such termination (after reasonable notice to the
      Executive and an opportunity for the Executive, together with the Executive’s
      counsel, to be heard before the Board) finding that, in the good faith opinion
      of the Board, the Executive was guilty of conduct set forth in clause (i) or
      (ii) of the definition of Cause herein, and specifying the particulars thereof
      in detail.

    

    6.2  Date
      of Termination.
“Date
      of Termination,” with respect to any purported termination of the Executive’s
      employment after a Change in Control, shall mean (i) if the Executive’s
      employment is terminated for Disability, thirty (30) days after Notice of
      Termination is given (provided that the Executive shall not have returned to
      the
      full-time performance of the Executive’s duties during such thirty (30) day
      period), and (ii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated for any other
      reason, the date specified in the Notice of Termination (which, in the case
      of a
      termination by the Company, shall not be less than thirty (30) days (except
      in
      the case of a termination for Cause) and, in the case of a termination by the
      Executive, shall not be less than fifteen (15) days nor more than sixty (60)
      days, respectively, from the date such Notice of Termination is
      given).

    

    6.3  Dispute
      Concerning Termination.
      If
      within fifteen (15) days after any Notice of Termination is given, or, if later,
      prior to the Date of Termination (as determined without regard to this Section
      6.3), the party receiving such Notice of Termination notifies the other party
      that a dispute exists concerning the termination, the Date of Termination shall
      be extended until the date on which the dispute is finally resolved, either
      by
      mutual written agreement of the parties or by a final judgment, order or decree
      of an arbitrator or a court of competent jurisdiction (which is not appealable
      or with respect to which the time for appeal therefrom has expired and no appeal
      has been perfected); provided, however, that the Date of Termination shall
      be
      extended by a notice of dispute given by the Executive only if such notice
      is
      given in good faith and the Executive pursues the resolution of such dispute
      with reasonable diligence.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    6.4  Compensation
      During Dispute.
      If a
      purported termination occurs following a Change in Control and the Date of
      Termination is extended in accordance with Section 6.3 of this Agreement, the
      Company shall continue to pay the Executive the full compensation in effect
      when
      the notice giving rise to the dispute was given (including, but not limited
      to,
      salary) and continue the Executive as a participant in all compensation, benefit
      and insurance plans in which the Executive was participating when the notice
      giving rise to the dispute was given, until the Date of Termination, as
      determined in accordance with Section 6.3 of this Agreement. Amounts paid under
      this Section 6.4 are in addition to all other amounts due under this Agreement
      (other than those due under Section 4.1 of this Agreement) and shall not be
      offset against or reduce any other amounts due under this Agreement.
      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6.3 and 6.4, if the Company,
      after delivery of a Notice of Termination, promptly (and in any event within
      30
      days) determines that grounds existed prior to the delivery of the Notice of
      Termination to terminate the Executive’s employment for Cause after complying
      with the procedural requirements of this Agreement, the Company shall have
      the
      right to recover any payments that have been made to the Executive or on the
      Executive’s behalf under this Agreement including but not limited to offset
      against or reduction of any amounts due under this Agreement or
      otherwise.

    

    7.  No
      Mitigation.
      The
      Company agrees that under this Agreement, if the Executive’s employment with the
      Company terminates, the Executive is not required to seek other employment
      or to
      attempt in any way to reduce any amounts payable to the Executive by the Company
      pursuant to Section 5 of this Agreement or Section 6.4 of this Agreement.
      Further, the amount of any payment or benefit provided for in this Agreement
      (other than as specifically provided in Section 5.1(b) of this Agreement) shall
      not be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive as the result of
      employment by another employer, by retirement benefits, by offset against any
      amount claimed to be owed by the Executive to the Company, or otherwise.

     

    8.  Successors;
      Binding Agreement.

     

    8.1  In
      addition to any obligations imposed by law upon any successor to the Company,
      the Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase,
      merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business
      and/or assets of the Company to expressly assume and agree to perform this
      Agreement in accordance with its terms. Failure of the Company to obtain such
      agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach
      of
      this Agreement and shall entitle the Executive to compensation from the Company
      in the same amount and on the same terms as the Executive would be entitled
      to
      hereunder if the Executive were to terminate the Executive’s employment for Good
      Reason after a Change in Control, except that, for purposes of implementing
      the
      foregoing, the date on which any such succession becomes effective shall be
      deemed the Date of Termination.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    8.2  This
      Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s
      personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs,
      distributees, devisees and legatees. If the Executive shall die while any amount
      would still be payable to the Executive hereunder (other than amounts which,
      by
      their terms, terminate upon the death of the Executive) if the Executive had
      continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall
      be
      paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to the executors, personal
      representatives or administrators of the Executive’s estate.

    

    9.  Notice.
      For the
      purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for
      in
      this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given
      (a) on the date of delivery if delivered by hand, (b) on the date of
      transmission, if delivered by confirmed facsimile, (c) on the first business
      day
      following the date of deposit if delivered by guaranteed overnight delivery
      service, or (d) on the fourth business day following the date delivered or
      mailed by United States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,
      postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

     

    If
      to the
      Executive: at the address (or to the facsimile number) shown on the records
      of
      the Company

    

    If
      to the
      Company:

    

    c/o
      Kaman
      Corporation 

    1332
      Blue
      Hills Avenue, P.O. Box 1

    Bloomfield,
      CT 06002

    Attention:
      Candace A. Clark, Esq.

    

    Facsimile
      No.: 860 243-7397

    

    or
      to
      such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing
      in
      accordance herewith, except that notices of change of address shall be effective
      only upon receipt.

    

    10.  Obligations
      after the Date of Termination.

     

    
      	(a)  	
              Confidentiality.
                The Executive agrees that the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly,
                use, make available, sell, disclose or otherwise communicate to any
                person, other than in the course of the Executive’s employment and for the
                benefit of the Parent Company and the Company, at any time following
                the
                Date of Termination, any nonpublic, proprietary or confidential
                information, knowledge or data relating to the Parent Company or
                the
                Company, any of their subsidiaries, affiliated companies or businesses,
                which shall have been obtained by the Executive during the Executive’s
                employment by the Company. The foregoing shall not apply to information
                that (i) was known to the public prior to its disclosure to the Executive;
                (ii) becomes known to the public subsequent to disclosure to the
                Executive
                through no wrongful act of the Executive or any representative of
                the
                Executive; or (iii) the Executive is required to disclose by applicable
                law, regulation or legal process (provided that the Executive provides
                the
                Parent Company and the Company with prior notice of the contemplated
                disclosure and reasonably cooperates with the Parent Company and
                the
                Company at their expense in seeking a protective order or other
                appropriate protection of such information). Notwithstanding clauses
                (i)
                and (ii) of the preceding sentence, the Executive’s obligation to maintain
                such disclosed information in confidence shall not terminate where
                only
                portions of the information are in the public
                domain.

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	(b)  	
              Non-Solicitation.
                In the event that the Executive receives Severance Payments under
                Section
                5 of this Agreement, the Executive agrees that for the two (2) year
                period
                following the Date of Termination, the Executive will not, directly
                or
                indirectly, individually or on behalf of any other person, firm,
                corporation or other entity, knowingly solicit, aid or induce any
                managerial level employee of the Parent Company or the Company or
                any of
                their subsidiaries or affiliates to leave such employment in order
                to
                accept employment with or render services to or with any other person,
                firm, corporation or other entity unaffiliated with the Parent Company
                or
                the Company or knowingly take any action to materially assist or
                aid any
                other person, firm, corporation or other entity in identifying or
                hiring
                any such employee (provided, that the foregoing shall not be violated
                by
                general advertising not targeted at Parent Company or Company employees
                nor by serving as a reference for an employee with regard to an entity
                with which the Executive is not affiliated). For the avoidance of
                doubt,
                if a managerial level employee on his or her own initiative contacts
                the
                Executive for the primary purpose of securing alternative employment,
                any
                action taken by the Executive thereafter shall not be deemed a breach
                of
                this Section 10(b).

            

    

     

    
      	(c)  	
              Non-Competition.
                The
                Executive acknowledges that the Executive performs services of a
                unique
                nature for the Company that are irreplaceable, and that the Executive’s
                performance of such services to a competing business will result
                in
                irreparable harm to the Parent Company and the Company. Accordingly,
                in
                the event that the Executive receives Severance Payments described
                in
                Section 5 of this Agreement, the Executive agrees that for a period
                of two
                (2) years following the Date of Termination, the Executive will not,
                directly or indirectly, become connected with, promote the interest
                of, or
                engage in any other business or activity competing with the business
                of
                the Parent Company or the Company within the geographical area in
                which
                the business of the Parent Company or the Company is
                conducted.

            

    

     

    
      	(d)  	
              Non-Disparagement.
                Each
                of the Executive and the Company (for purposes hereof, “the Company” shall
                mean only (i) the Company by press release or otherwise and (ii)
                the
                executive officers and directors thereof and not any other employees)
                agrees not to make any public statements that disparage the other
                party,
                or in the case of the Company, its respective affiliates (including
                parents and subsidiaries), officers, directors, products or services.
                Notwithstanding the foregoing, statements made in the course of sworn
                testimony in administrative, judicial or arbitral proceedings (including,
                without limitation, depositions in connection with such proceedings)
                or
                otherwise as required by law shall not be subject to this Section
                10(d).

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	(e)  	
              Return
                of Company Property and Records.
                The Executive agrees that upon termination of the Executive’s employment,
                for any cause whatsoever, the Executive will surrender to the Company
                in
                good condition (reasonable wear and tear excepted) all property and
                equipment belonging to the Company and all records kept by the Executive
                containing the names, addresses or any other information with regard
                to
                customers or customer contacts of the Company, or concerning any
                proprietary or confidential information of the Company or any operational,
                financial or other documents given to the Executive during the Executive’s
                employment with the Company.

            

    

     

    
      	(f)  	
              Cooperation.
                The Executive agrees that, following termination of the Executive’s
                employment for any reason, the Executive shall upon reasonable advance
                notice, and to the extent it does not interfere with previously scheduled
                travel plans and does not unreasonably interfere with other business
                activities or employment obligations, assist and cooperate with the
                Parent
                Company and the Company
                with regard to any matter or project in which the Executive was involved
                during the Executive’s employment, including any litigation. The Company
                shall compensate the Executive for any lost wages (or, if the Executive
                is
                not then employed, provide reasonable compensation as determined
                by the
                Compensation Committee) and expenses associated with such cooperation
                and
                assistance.

            

    

     

    
      	(g)  	
              Assignment
                of Inventions.
                The Executive will promptly communicate and disclose in writing to
                the
                Company
                all inventions and developments including software, whether patentable
                or
                not, as well as patents and patent applications (hereinafter collectively
                called “Inventions”), made, conceived, developed, or purchased by the
                Executive, or under which the Executive acquires the right to grant
                licenses or to become licensed, alone or jointly with others, which
                have
                arisen or jointly with others, which have arisen or which arise out
                of the
                Executive’s employment with the
                Company,
                or relate to any matters directly pertaining to the business of the
                Company or any of its subsidiaries. Included herein as if developed
                during
                the employment period is any specialized equipment and software developed
                for use in the business of the Company. All of the Executive’s right,
                title and interest in, to, and under all such Inventions, licenses,
                and
                right to grant licenses shall be the sole property of the Company.
                As to
                all such Inventions, the Executive will, upon request of the Company
                execute all documents which the
                Company
                deems necessary or proper to enable it to establish title to such
                Inventions or other rights, and to enable it to file and prosecute
                applications for letters patent of the United States and any foreign
                country; and do all things (including the giving of evidence in suits
                and
                other proceedings) which the Company deems necessary or proper to
                obtain,
                maintain, or assert patents for any and all such Inventions or to
                assert
                its rights in any Inventions not
                patented.

            

    

     

    
      	(h)  	
              Equitable
                Relief and Other Remedies.
                The parties acknowledge and agree that the other party’s remedies at law
                for a breach or threatened breach of any of the provisions of this
                Section
                would be inadequate and, in recognition of this fact, the parties
                agree
                that, in the event of such a breach or threatened breach, in addition
                to
                any remedies at law, the other party, without posting any bond, shall
                be
                entitled to obtain equitable relief in the form of specific performance,
                temporary restraining order, a temporary or permanent injunction
                or any
                other equitable remedy which may then be
                available.

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	(i)  	
              Reformation.
                If it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in any state
                that
                any restriction in this Section 10 is excessive in duration or scope
                or is
                unreasonable or unenforceable under the laws of that state, it is
                the
                intention of the parties that such restriction may be modified or
                amended
                by the court to render it enforceable to the maximum extent permitted
                by
                the law of that state.

            

    

     

    
      	(j)  	
              Survival
                of Provisions.
                The obligations contained in this Section 10 shall survive the termination
                or expiration of the Executive’s employment with the Company and shall be
                fully enforceable thereafter.

            

    

     

    11.  Conditions.
      Any
      payments or benefits made or provided pursuant to this Agreement are subject
      to
      the Executive’s: 

     

    
      	(a)  	
              compliance
                with the provisions of Section 10
                hereof;

            

    

     

    
      	(b)  	
              delivery
                to the Company of an executed Agreement and General Release (the
“General
                Release”), which shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as
                Appendix B (with such changes therein or additions thereto as needed
                under
                then applicable law to give effect to its intent and purpose) within
                21
                days of presentation thereof by the Company to the Executive;
                and

            

    

     

    
      	(c)  	
              delivery
                to the Company of a resignation from all offices, directorships and
                fiduciary positions with the Company, its affiliates and employee
                benefit
                plans.

            

    

     

    12.  Miscellaneous.
      No
      provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such
      waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by the
      Executive and a member of the Board or his designee. No waiver by either party
      hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto of, or of any lack
      of
      compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed
      by
      such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions
      or
      conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time. The validity,
      interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed
      by the laws of Connecticut without regard to its conflicts of law principles.
      Any payments provided for hereunder shall be paid net of any applicable
      withholding required under federal, state or local law and any additional
      withholding to which the Executive has agreed. The obligations of the Company
      and the Executive under this Agreement which by their nature may require either
      partial or total performance after its expiration shall survive any such
      expiration.

     

    13.  Validity;
      Counterparts.
      The
      invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not
      affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement,
      which shall remain in full force and effect. This Agreement may be executed
      in
      several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all
      of
      which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    14.  Prior
      Agreements.
      This
      Agreement supersedes and replaces the Prior Agreement. This Agreement supersedes
      any other agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied,
      with respect to the subject matter hereof which have been made by either party.
      By signing this Agreement, the Executive releases and discharges the Company
      from any and all obligations and liabilities heretofore or now existing under
      or
      by virtue of the Prior Agreement. 

     

    15.  Coordination
      with Employment Agreement.
      In the
      event that the Executive receives compensation or benefits under the Executive’s
      Employment Agreement and thereafter becomes entitled to similar compensation
      or
      benefits under this Agreement, the compensation and benefits paid or provided
      under the Employment Agreement shall be an offset against the similar
      compensation and benefits payable or to be provided under this Agreement.

     

    16.  Settlement
      of Disputes.
      All
      claims by the Executive for benefits under this Agreement shall be directed
      to
      and determined by the Board and shall be in writing. Any denial by the Board
      of
      a claim for benefits under this Agreement shall be delivered to the Executive
      in
      writing and shall set forth the specific reasons for the denial and the specific
      provisions of this Agreement relied upon. The Board shall afford a reasonable
      opportunity to the Executive for a review of the decision denying a claim and
      shall further allow the Executive to appeal to the Board a decision of the
      Board
      within sixty (60) days after notification by the Board that the Executive’s
      claim has been denied.

     

    17.  Arbitration.
      Any
      further dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this
      Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in Hartford, Connecticut,
      in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association then in
      effect; provided, however, that the evidentiary standards set forth in this
      Agreement shall apply. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator’s award in any
      court having jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement
      to
      the contrary, the Executive shall be entitled to seek specific performance
      of
      the Executive’s right to be paid until the Date of Termination during the
      pendency of any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with
      this
      Agreement.

     

    18.  Definitions.
      For
      purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings
      indicated below:

     

    
      	(a)  	
              “Affiliate”
                shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under
                Section
                12 of the Exchange Act.

            

    

    

    
      	(b)  	
              “Beneficial
                Owner” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
                Act.

            

    

    

    
      	(c)  	
              “Board”
                shall mean the Board of Directors of the
                Company.

            

    

    

    
      	(d)  	
              “Cause”
                for termination by the Company of the Executive’s employment shall mean
                (i) the willful and continued failure by the Executive to substantially
                perform the Executive’s duties with the Company (other than any such
                failure resulting from the Executive’s incapacity due to physical or
                mental illness or any such actual or anticipated failure after the
                issuance of a Notice of Termination for Good Reason by the Executive
                pursuant to Section 6.1 of this Agreement) after a written demand
                for
                substantial performance is delivered to the Executive by the Board,
                which
                demand specifically identifies the manner in which the Board believes
                that
                the Executive has not substantially performed the Executive’s duties, or
                (ii) the willful engaging by the Executive in conduct which is
                demonstrably and materially injurious to the Parent Company, the
                Company,
                or their subsidiaries, monetarily or otherwise. For purposes of clauses
                (i) and (ii) of this definition, (x) no act, or failure to act, on
                the
                Executive’s part shall be deemed “willful” unless done, or omitted to be
                done, by the Executive not in good faith and without reasonable belief
                that the Executive’s act, or failure to act, was in the best interest of
                the Company and (y) in the event of a dispute concerning the application
                of this provision, no claim by the Company that Cause exists shall
                be
                given effect unless the Company establishes to the Board by clear
                and
                convincing evidence that Cause exists. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
                Cause shall not include any act or omission of which the Audit Committee
                of the Board (or the full Board) has had actual knowledge of all
                material
                facts related thereto for at least 90 days without asserting that
                the act
                or omission constitutes Cause.

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	(e)  	
              “Change
                in Control” for purposes of this Agreement shall mean any of the following
                events, provided that such an event is not also a Management
                Buyout:

            

    

    

    
      	(I)  	
              any
                Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner directly or indirectly,
                of
                securities of the Parent Company representing thirty-five (35%) or
                more of
                the combined voting power of the Parent Company’s then outstanding
                voting securities generally entitled to vote in the election of directors
                of the Parent
                Company;
                provided, however, that no Change in Control will be deemed to have
                occurred as a result of a change in ownership percentage resulting
                solely
                from an acquisition of securities by the Parent Company or a transaction
                described in clause (A) of paragraph (III)
                below;

            

    

     

    
      	(II)  	
              during
                any period of two consecutive years, individuals who, as of the beginning
                of such period, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease to
                constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, that any person
                becoming a director of the Parent Company subsequent to the beginning
                of
                such period whose election, or nomination for election by the Parent
                Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of
                the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered
                as
                though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but
                excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption
                of office occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened election
                contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating
                to
                the election of directors of the Parent Company and whose appointment
                or
                election was not approved by at least a majority of the directors
                of the
                Parent Company in office immediately before any such
                contest;

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	(III)  	
              there
                is consummated a Merger of the Parent Company with any other business
                entity, other than (A) a Merger which would result in the securities
                of
                the Parent Company generally entitled to vote in the election of
                directors
                of the Parent Company outstanding immediately prior to such Merger
                continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being
                converted into such securities of the surviving entity or any parent
                thereof), in combination with the ownership of any trustee or other
                fiduciary holding such securities under an employee benefit plan
                of the
                Parent Company or any Subsidiary, at least 50% of the combined voting
                power of the voting securities of the Parent Company or such surviving
                entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such Merger,
                generally entitled to vote in the election of directors of the Parent
                Company or such surviving entity or any parent thereof and, in the
                case of
                such surviving entity or any parent thereof, of a class registered
                under
                Section 12 of the Exchange Act, or (B) a Merger effected to implement
                a
                recapitalization of the Parent Company (or similar transaction) in
                which
                no Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly,
                of
                securities of the Parent Company representing 35% or more of the
                combined
                voting power of the Parent Company’s then outstanding voting securities
                generally entitled to vote in the election of directors of the Parent
                Company;

            

    

     

    
      	(IV)  	
              the
                stockholders of the Parent Company approve a plan of complete liquidation
                or dissolution of the Parent Company or there is consummated the
                sale or
                disposition by the Parent Company of all or substantially all of
                the
                Parent Company’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by the Parent
                Company of all or substantially all of the Parent Company’s assets to an
                entity where the outstanding securities generally entitled to vote
                in the
                election of directors of the Parent Company immediately prior to
                the
                transaction continue to represent (either by remaining outstanding
                or by
                being converted into such securities of the surviving entity or any
                parent
                thereof) 50% or more of the combined voting power of the outstanding
                voting securities of such entity generally entitled to vote in such
                entity’s election of directors immediately after such sale and of a class
                registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act; or
                

            

    

     

    
      	(V)  	
              A
                Sale of the Company. 

            

    

     

    Within
      five (5) days after a Change in Control has occurred, the Company shall deliver
      to the Executive a written statement memorializing the date that the Change
      in
      Control occurred.

    

    
      	(f)  	
              “Code”
                shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
                to
                time, and any successor Code, and related rules, regulations and
                interpretations.

            

    

    

    
      	(g)  	
              “Company”
                shall mean Kaman Industrial Technologies Corporation and, except
                in
                determining under Section 18(e) hereof whether or not any Change
                in
                Control of the Company has occurred, shall include any successor
                to its
                business and/or assets. 

            

    

     

    
      	(h)  	
              “Consultant”
                shall have the meaning set forth in Appendix A of this
                Agreement.

            

    

    

    
      	(i)  	
              “Date
                of Termination” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2 of this
                Agreement.

            

    

    

    
      	(j)  	
              “Disability”
                shall be deemed the reason for the termination by the Company of
                the
                Executive’s employment, if, as a result of the Executive’s incapacity due
                to physical or mental illness, the Executive shall have been absent
                from
                the full-time performance of the Executive’s duties with the Company for a
                period of six (6) consecutive months, the Company shall have given
                the
                Executive a Notice of Termination for Disability, and, within thirty
                (30)
                days after such Notice of Termination is given, the Executive shall
                not
                have returned to the full-time performance of the Executive’s
                duties.

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	(k)  	
              “Exchange
                Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time
                to time.

            

    

    

    
      	(l)  	
              “Excise
                Tax” shall mean any excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the
                Code.

            

    

    

    
      	(m)  	
              “Executive”
                shall mean the individual named in the preamble to this
                Agreement

            

    

    

    
      	(n)  	
              “Good
                Reason” for termination by the Executive of the Executive’s
                employment
                shall mean the occurrence (without the Executive’s express written
                consent) after any Change in Control (if more than one Change in
                Control
                has occurred, any reference to a Change in Control in this subsection
                (n)
                shall refer to the most recent Change in Control), of any one of
                the
                following acts by the Company, or failures by the Company to act,
                unless,
                in the case of any act or failure to act described in paragraph (I),
                (V),
                (VI), or (VII) below, such act or failure to act is corrected prior
                to the
                Date of Termination specified in the Notice of Termination given
                in
                respect thereof:

            

    

    

    
      	(I)  	
              the
                assignment to the Executive of any duties inconsistent with the
                Executive’s status as President of Kaman Industrial Technologies
                Corporation or a substantial diminution in the nature or status of
                the
                Executive’s responsibilities from those in effect immediately prior to the
                Change in Control;

            

    

     

    
      	(II)  	
              a
                reduction by the Company in the Executive’s annual Base Salary as in
                effect on the date of this Agreement or as the same may be increased
                from
                time to time;

            

    

     

    
      	(III)  	
              the
                relocation of the Executive’s principal place of employment to a location
                more than 50 miles from the Executive’s principal place of employment
                immediately prior to the Change in Control or the Company’s requiring the
                Executive to be based anywhere other than such principal place of
                employment (or permitted relocation thereof) except for required
                travel on
                the Company’s business to an extent substantially consistent with the
                Executive’s business travel obligations immediately prior to the Change in
                Control;

            

    

     

    
      	(IV)  	
              the
                failure by the Company to pay to the Executive any portion of the
                Executive’s current compensation, or to pay to the Executive any portion
                of an installment of deferred compensation under any deferred compensation
                program of the Company, within thirty (30) days of the date such
                compensation is due;

            

    

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	(V)  	
              the
                failure by the Company to continue in effect any compensation plan
                in
                which the Executive participates immediately prior to the Change
                in
                Control which is material to the Executive’s total compensation
                (including, but not limited to, the Kaman Corporation Compensation
                Administration Plan, Kaman Corporation Cash Bonus Plan, and Kaman
                Corporation 2003 Stock Incentive Plan), unless an equitable arrangement
                (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) has been
                made with
                respect to such plan, or the failure by the Company to continue the
                Executive’s participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative
                plan) on a basis not materially less favorable, both in terms of
                the
                amount or timing of payment of benefits provided and the level of
                the
                Executive’s participation relative to other participants, as existed
                immediately prior to the Change in
                Control;

            

    

     

    
      	(VI)  	
              the
                failure by the Company to continue to provide the Executive with
                benefits
                substantially similar to those enjoyed by the Executive under any
                of the
                Company’s life insurance, health and accident, or disability plans in
                which the Executive was participating immediately prior to the Change
                in
                Control, the taking of any other action by the Company which would
                directly or indirectly materially reduce any of such benefits or
                deprive
                the Executive of any material fringe benefit enjoyed by the Executive
                at
                the time of the Change in Control, or the failure by the Company
                to
                provide the Executive with the number of paid vacation days to which
                the
                Executive is entitled on the basis of years of service with the Company
                in
                accordance with the Company’s normal vacation policy in effect at the time
                of the Change in Control, provided, however, that this paragraph
                shall not
                be construed to require the Company to provide the Executive with
                a
                defined benefit pension plan if no such plan is provided to similarly
                situated executive officers of the Company or its Affiliates;
                or

            

    

     

    
      	(VII)  	
              any
                purported termination of the Executive’s employment which is not effected
                pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of
                Section
                6.1 of this Agreement; for purposes of this Agreement, no such purported
                termination shall be effective.

            

    

     

    The
      Executive’s right to terminate the Executive’s employment for Good Reason shall
      not be affected by the Executive’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness.
      The Executive’s continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a
      waiver of rights with respect to, any act or failure to act constituting Good
      Reason hereunder. 

     

    Notwithstanding
      anything to the contrary above, the Executive shall not have “Good Reason” to
      terminate employment due solely to one or more of the following events: (1)
      there is a diminution of the business of the Parent Company, the Company, or
      any
      of their subsidiaries, including, without limitation, a sale or other transfer
      of property or other assets of the Parent Company, the Company, or their
      subsidiaries, or a reduction in the Executive’s business unit’s head count or
      budget, or (2) a suspension of the Executive’s position, job functions,
      authorities, duties and responsibilities while on paid administrative leave
      due
      to a reasonable belief by the Board that the Executive has engaged in conduct
      that would give adequate grounds to terminate the Executive’s employment for
      Cause.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	(o)  	
              “Gross-Up
                Payment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2 of this
                Agreement.

            

    

     

    
      	(p)  	
              “Management
                Buyout” means any event or transaction which would otherwise constitute a
                Change in Control (a “Transaction”) if, in connection with the
                Transaction, the Executive, members of the Executive's immediate
                family,
                and/or the “Executive's Affiliates” (as defined below) participate,
                directly or beneficially, as an equity investor in, or have the option
                or
                right to acquire, whether or not vested, equity interests of, the
                acquiring entity or any of its Affiliates (the “Acquiror”) having a
                percentage interest therein greater than 1%. For purposes of the
                preceding
                sentence, a party shall not be deemed to have participated as an
                equity
                investor in the Acquiror by virtue of (i) obtaining beneficial ownership
                of any equity interest in the Acquiror as a result of the grant to
                the
                party of an incentive compensation award under one or more incentive
                plans
                of the Acquiror (including, but not limited to, the conversion in
                connection with the Transaction of incentive compensation awards
                of the
                Parent Company into incentive compensation awards of the Acquiror),
                on
                terms and conditions substantially equivalent to those applicable
                to other
                employees of the Company at a comparable level as such party immediately
                prior to the Transaction, after taking into account normal differences
                attributable to job responsibilities, title and the like, or (ii)
                obtaining beneficial ownership of any equity interest in the Acquiror
                on
                terms and conditions substantially equivalent to those obtained in
                the
                Transaction by all other shareholders of the Parent Company or (iii)
                the
                party’s interests in any tax-qualified defined benefit or defined
                contribution pension or retirement plan in which such party or any
                family
                member is a participant or beneficiary. The “Executive’s Affiliates” at
                any time consist of any entity in which the Executive and/or members
                of
                the Executive’s immediate family then own, directly or beneficially, or
                have the option or right to acquire, whether or not vested, greater
                than
                10% of such entity’s equity interests, and all then current directors and
                executive officers of the Parent Company and the Company who are
                members
                of any group, that also includes the Executive, a member of the
                Executive’s immediate family and/or any such entity, in which the members
                have agreed to act together for the purpose of participating in the
                Transaction. The Executive’s immediate family consists of the Executive’s
                spouse, parents, children and
                grandchildren.

            

    

    

    
      	(q)  	
              “Merger”
                means a merger, share exchange, consolidation or similar business
                combination under applicable law. 

            

    

    

    
      	(r)  	
              “Notice
                of Termination” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 of this
                Agreement.

            

    

    

    
      	(s)  	
              “Parent
                Company” shall mean Kaman Corporation and, except in determining under
                Section 18(e) hereof whether or not any Change in Control of the
                Parent
                Company has occurred, shall include any successor to its business
                and/or
                assets.

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      	(t)  	
              “Payments”
                shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 of this
                Agreement.

            

    

    

    
      	(u)  	
              “Person”
                shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act,
                as
                modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except that
                such
                term shall not include (i) the Parent Company or the Company or any
                of
                their direct or indirect Subsidiaries, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary
                holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company,
                (iii) an
                underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering
                of such
                securities, or (iv) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly,
                by the
                stockholders of the Parent Company in substantially the same proportions
                and with substantially the same voting rights as their ownership
                and
                voting rights with respect to the Company.

            

    

    

    
      	(v)  	
              “Sale
                of the Company” shall mean a sale of all or substantially all of the
                securities or all or substantially all of the assets of the Company
                or the
                Merger of the Company with or into any Person, other than a Merger
                which
                would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding
                immediately prior to such Merger continuing to represent (either
                by
                remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities
                of the
                surviving entity or any parent thereof) at least 50% of the combined
                voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving
                entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such Merger
                and
                generally entitled to vote in the election of directors of the Company
                or
                such surviving entity or parent
                thereof.

            

    

    

    
      	(w)  	
              “Subsidiary”
                shall mean any corporation within the meaning of Section 424(f) of
                the
                Code.

            

    

    

    
      	(x)  	
              “Term”
                shall mean the period of time described in Section 2 of this
                Agreement.

            

    

    

    19.  Payment
      of Compensation.
      The
      parties shall revisit this Agreement when the IRS issues final regulations
      under
      Section 409A of the Code for the sole purpose of determining whether any
      amendments are required in order to comply with such regulations. The parties
      shall promptly agree in good faith on appropriate provisions to avoid any
      material risk of noncompliance without materially changing the economic value
      (to the Executive) or the cost (to the Company) of this Agreement including,
      if
      necessary, the deferral of any amount payable hereunder upon separation from
      service to the first date such amount may be paid without incurring tax under
      Section 409A of the Code, in which case such payment shall bear interest at
      the
      applicable federal rate under Section 1274 of the Code. Notwithstanding the
      foregoing, the Company shall in no event be obligated to indemnify the Executive
      for any taxes or interest that may be assessed by the IRS pursuant to Section
      409A of the Code.

     

    

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this agreement.

    

    

      
        	
                 

                 

              	
                  

                Kaman
                  Industrial Technologies Corporation

              
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
                /s/ Robert
                  M. Garneau

              	 	
                2/20/07

              
	 	
                By:  

              	
                Robert
                  M. Garneau

              	 	
                Date

              
	 	
                Its:

              	
                Vice
                  President 

              	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
                Executive

              	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	
                 

              	
                /s/
                  T. Jack Cahill

              	 	
                February
                  20, 2007

              
	 	 	
                T.
                  Jack Cahill

              	 	
                Date

              
	 	 	 	 	 

      

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    APPENDIX
      A

    

    TAX
      GROSS-UP PAYMENT RULES AND PROCEDURES

     

    1. Subject
      to Paragraph 3 below, all determinations required to be made under Section
      5.2
      of this Agreement, including whether a Gross-Up Payment is required and the
      amount of such Gross-Up Payment, shall be made by an accounting firm (the
“Consultant”) selected in accordance with Paragraph 2 below. The Consultant
      shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and Executive
      within 15 business days of the event that results in the potential for an excise
      tax liability for the Executive, which could include but is not limited to
      a
      Change in Control and the subsequent vesting of any cash payments or awards,
      or
      the Executive’s termination of employment, or such earlier time as is required
      by the Company. The initial Gross-Up Payment, if any, as determined pursuant
      to
      this Paragraph 1, shall be paid on the Executive’s behalf to the applicable
      taxing authorities within five (5) days of the receipt of the Consultant’s
      determination. If the Consultant determines that the Executive is not subject
      to
      Excise Tax, it shall furnish the Executive with a written report indicating
      that
      he has substantial authority not to report any Excise Tax on his federal income
      tax return. Any determination by the Consultant shall be binding upon the
      Company and Executive. As a result of the uncertainty in the application of
      Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the
      Consultant hereunder, it is possible that Gross-Up Payments which will not
      have
      been made by the Company should have been made (“Underpayment”), consistent with
      the calculations required to be made hereunder. In the event that the Company
      exhausts its remedies pursuant to Paragraph 3 below and Executive thereafter
      is
      required to make a payment or additional payment of any Excise Tax, the
      Consultant shall determine the amount of the Underpayment that has occurred
      and
      any such Underpayment, increased by all applicable interest and penalties
      associated with the Underpayment, shall be promptly paid by the Company to
      or
      for the benefit of Executive. For purposes of determining the amount of the
      Gross-Up Payment, Executive shall be deemed to pay federal income tax at the
      highest marginal rate of federal income taxation in the calendar year in which
      the Gross-Up Payment is to be made and state and local income taxes on earned
      income at the highest marginal rate of taxation in the state and locality of
      Executive’s residence on the Date of Termination, (or the date of the Change in
      Control if the Executive is subject to Excise Tax prior to the issuance of
      a
      Notice of Termination) net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes
      which could be obtained from deduction of such state and local
      taxes.

     

    2. The
      Consultant shall be a nationally recognized public accounting firm, benefits
      consultant or law firm proposed by the Company and agreed upon by the Executive.
      If Executive and the Company cannot agree on the firm to serve as the Consultant
      within ten (10) days after the date on which the Company proposed to Executive
      an entity to serve as the Consultant, then Executive and the Company shall
      each
      select one and those two firms shall jointly select the entity to serve as
      the
      Consultant within ten (10) days after being requested by the Company and
      Executive to make such selection. The Company shall pay the Consultant’s
      fee.

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    3. Executive
      shall notify the Company in writing of any claim by the Internal Revenue Service
      that, if successful, would require the payment by the Company of the Gross-Up
      Payment. Such notification shall be given as soon as practicable, but no later
      than fifteen (15) business days after Executive knows of such claim and
      Executive shall apprise the Company of the nature of such claim and the date
      on
      which such claim is requested to be paid. Executive shall not pay such claim
      prior to the expiration of the period ending on the date that any payment of
      taxes with respect to such claim is due or the thirty day period following
      the
      date on which Executive gives such notice to the Company, whichever period
      is
      shorter. If the Company notifies Executive in writing prior to the expiration
      of
      such period that it desires to contest such claim, Executive shall (i) give
      the
      Company any information reasonably requested by the Company relating to such
      claim, (ii) take such action in connection with contesting such claim as the
      Company shall reasonably request in writing from time to time, including,
      without limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such claim
      by
      an attorney reasonably selected by the Company, (iii) cooperate with the Company
      in good faith in order effectively to contest such claim, and (iv) permit the
      Company to participate in any proceedings relating to such claim; provided,
      however, that the Company shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses
      (including attorneys fees and any additional interest and penalties) incurred
      in
      connection with such contest and shall indemnify and hold Executive harmless,
      on
      an after-tax basis, for any Excise Tax or income tax, including interest and
      penalties with respect thereto, imposed as a result of such representation
      and
      payment of costs and expenses. Without limitation of the foregoing provisions
      of
      this Paragraph 3, the Company shall control all proceedings taken in connection
      with such contest and, at its sole option, may pursue or forego any and all
      administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the taxing
      authority in respect to such claim and may, at its sole option, either direct
      Executive to pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund or contest the claim
      in
      any permissible manner, and Executive agrees to prosecute such contest to a
      determination before any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial
      jurisdiction and in one or more appellate courts, as the Company shall
      determine; provided, however, that if the Company directs Executive to pay
      such
      claim and sue for a refund, the Company shall advance the amount of such payment
      to Executive, on an interest-free basis and shall indemnify and hold Executive
      harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax and income tax, including
      interest or penalties with respect thereto, imposed with respect to such advance
      or with respect to any imputed income with respect to such advance; and further
      provided that any extension of the statute of limitations relating to payment
      of
      taxes for the taxable year of Executive with respect to which such contested
      amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to such contested amount.
      Furthermore, the Company’s control of the contest shall be limited to issues
      with respect to which a Gross-Up Payment would be payable hereunder and
      Executive shall be entitled to settle or contest, as the case may be, any other
      issue raised by the Internal Revenue Service or any other
      authority.

     

    4. If,
      after
      the receipt by Executive of an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to
      Paragraph 3 above, Executive becomes entitled to receive any refund with respect
      to such claim, Executive shall (subject to the Company’s complying with the
      requirements of Paragraph 3), promptly pay to the Company the amount of such
      refund (together with any interest paid or credited thereon after taxes
      applicable thereto).

     

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    APPENDIX
      B

     

    FORM
      OF RELEASE

     

    AGREEMENT
      AND GENERAL RELEASE

     

    Kaman
      Industrial
      Technologies Corporation,
      its affiliates, parents, subsidiaries, divisions, successors and assigns in
      such
      capacity, and the current, future and former employees, officers, directors,
      trustees and agents thereof (collectively referred to throughout this Agreement
      as “Employer”), and T. Jack Cahill (“Executive”), the Executive’s heirs,
      executors, administrators, successors and assigns (collectively referred to
      throughout this Agreement as “Employee”) agree:

     

    1. Last
      Day
      of Employment. Executive’s last day of employment with Employer is
      ______________. In addition, effective as of DATE, Executive resigns from the
      Executive’s position as President of Kaman Industrial Technologies Corporation
      and will not be eligible for any benefits or compensation after ________,
      including payments under the Executive’s Employment Agreement, other than as
      specifically provided under the Change in Control Agreement between Employer
      and
      Executive effective as of January 1, 2007 (the “Change in Control
      Agreement”).
      Executive further acknowledges and agrees that, after DATE, the Executive will
      not represent the Executive as being a director, employee, officer, trustee,
      agent or representative of Employer for any purpose. In addition, effective
      as
      of DATE, Executive resigns from all offices, directorships, trusteeships,
      committee memberships and fiduciary capacities held with, or on behalf of,
      Employer or any benefit plans of Employer. These resignations will become
      irrevocable as set forth in Section 3 below.

     

    2. Consideration.
      The parties acknowledge that this Agreement and General Release is being
      executed in accordance with Section 11 of the Change in Control
      Agreement.

     

    3. Revocation.
      Executive may revoke this Agreement and General Release for a period of seven
      (7) calendar days following the day Executive executes this Agreement and
      General Release. Any revocation within this period must be submitted, in
      writing, to Employer and state, “I hereby revoke my acceptance of our Agreement
      and General Release.” The revocation must be personally delivered to Employer’s
      Chief Legal Officer, or his/her designee, or mailed to Kaman Industrial
      Technologies Corporation,
      c/o Kaman Corporation, 1332 Blue Hills Avenue, P.O. Box 1, Bloomfield, CT 06002,
      Attention Candace Clark, and postmarked within seven (7) calendar days of
      execution of this Agreement and General Release. This Agreement and General
      Release shall not become effective or enforceable until the revocation period
      has expired. If the last day of the revocation period is a Saturday, Sunday,
      or
      legal holiday in Hartford, Connecticut, then the revocation period shall not
      expire until the next following day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal
      holiday.

     

    4. General
      Release of Claim. Subject to the full satisfaction by the Employer of its
      obligations under the Change in Control Agreement, Employee knowingly and
      voluntarily releases and forever discharges Employer from any and all claims,
      causes of action, demands, fees and liabilities of any kind whatsoever, whether
      known and unknown, against Employer, Employee has, has ever had or may have
      as
      of the date of execution of this Agreement and General Release, including,
      but
      not limited to, any alleged violation of:

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    - Title
      VII
      of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended;

     

    - The
      Civil
      Rights Act of 1991;

     

    - Sections
      1981 through 1988 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as
      amended;

     

    - The
      Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended;

     

    - The
      Immigration Reform and Control Act, as amended;

     

    - The
      Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended;

     

    - The
      Age
      Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended;

     

    - The
      Older
      Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990;

     

    - The
      Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, as amended;

     

    - The
      Occupational Safety and Health Act, as amended;

     

    - The
      Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993;

     

    
      
        -
          Any
          wage
          payment and collection, equal pay and other similar laws, acts and statutes
          of
          the State of Connecticut;

      

    

     

    
      
        -
          Any
          other
          federal, state or local civil or human rights law or any other local, state
          or
          federal law, regulation or ordinance; 

      

    

     

    
      
        -
          Any
          public policy, contract, tort, or common law; or

      

    

     

    
      
        -
          Any
          allegation for costs, fees, or other expenses including attorneys fees
          incurred
          in these matters.

      

    

     

    Notwithstanding
      anything herein to the contrary, the sole matters to which the Agreement and
      General Release do not apply are: (i) Employee’s express rights under any
      pension (including but not limited to any rights under the Kaman Corporation
      Supplemental Retirement Plan) or claims for accrued vested benefits under any
      other employee benefit plan, policy or arrangement maintained by Employer or
      under COBRA; (ii) Employee’s rights under the provisions of the Change in
      Control Agreement which are intended to survive termination of employment;
      or
      (iii) Employee’s rights as a stockholder.

     

    5. No
      Claims
      Permitted. Employee waives Executive’s right to file any charge or complaint
      against Employer arising out of Executive’s employment with or separation from
      Employer before any federal, state or local court or any state or local
      administrative agency, except where such waivers are prohibited by
      law.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    6. Affirmations.
      Employee affirms Executive has not filed, has not caused to be filed, and is
      not
      presently a party to, any claim, complaint, or action against Employer in any
      forum. Employee further affirms that the Executive has been paid and/or has
      received all compensation, wages, bonuses, commissions, and/or benefits to
      which
      Executive may be entitled and no other compensation, wages, bonuses, commissions
      and/or benefits are due to Executive, except as provided under the Change in
      Control Agreement. Employee also affirms Executive has no known workplace
      injuries.

     

    7. Cooperation;
      Return of Property. In accordance with Section 10(f) of the Change in Control
      Agreement Employee agrees to reasonably cooperate with Employer and its counsel
      in connection with any investigation, administrative proceeding or litigation
      relating to any matter that occurred during Executive’s employment in which
      Executive was involved or of which Executive has knowledge and Employer will
      reimburse the Employee for any reasonable out-of-pocket travel, delivery or
      similar expenses incurred and lost wages (or will provide reasonable
      compensation if Executive is not then employed) in providing such service to
      Employer. The Employee represents the Executive has complied with Section 10(e)
      of the Change in Control Agreement regarding the return of Employer property
      and
      records.

     

    8. Governing
      Law and Interpretation. This Agreement and General Release shall be governed
      and
      conformed in accordance with the laws of the State of Connecticut without regard
      to its conflict of laws provisions. In the event Employee or Employer breaches
      any provision of this Agreement and General Release, Employee and Employer
      affirm either may institute an action to specifically enforce any term or terms
      of this Agreement and General Release. Should any provision of this Agreement
      and General Release be declared illegal or unenforceable by any court of
      competent jurisdiction and should the provision be incapable of being modified
      to be enforceable, such provision shall immediately become null and void,
      leaving the remainder of this Agreement and General Release in full force and
      effect. Nothing herein, however, shall operate to void or nullify any general
      release language contained in the Agreement and General Release. 

     

    9. No
      Admission of Wrongdoing. Employee agrees neither this Agreement and General
      Release nor the furnishing of the consideration for this Release shall be deemed
      or construed at any time for any purpose as an admission by Employer of any
      liability or unlawful conduct of any kind.

     

    10. Amendment.
      This Agreement and General Release may not be modified, altered or changed
      except upon express written consent of both parties wherein specific reference
      is made to this Agreement and General Release.

     

    11. Entire
      Agreement. This Agreement and General Release sets forth the entire agreement
      between the parties hereto and fully supersedes any prior agreements or
      understandings between the parties; provided, however, that notwithstanding
      anything in this Agreement and General Release, the provisions in the Change
      in
      Control Agreement which are intended to survive termination of the Change in
      Control Agreement, including but not limited to those contained in Section
      10
      thereof, shall survive and continue in full force and effect. Employee
      acknowledges Executive has not relied on any representations, promises, or
      agreements of any kind made to Executive in connection with Executive’s decision
      to accept this Agreement and General Release.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    EMPLOYEE
      HAS BEEN ADVISED THAT EXECUTIVE HAS UP TO TWENTY-ONE (21) CALENDAR DAYS TO
      REVIEW THIS AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE AND HAS BEEN ADVISED IN WRITING TO
      CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY PRIOR TO EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND GENERAL
      RELEASE. 

     

    EMPLOYEE
      AGREES ANY MODIFICATIONS, MATERIAL OR OTHERWISE, MADE TO THIS AGREEMENT AND
      GENERAL RELEASE DO NOT RESTART OR AFFECT IN ANY MANNER THE ORIGINAL TWENTY-ONE
      (21) CALENDAR DAY CONSIDERATION PERIOD. 

     

    HAVING
      ELECTED TO EXECUTE THIS AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE, TO FULFILL THE PROMISES
      SET FORTH HEREIN, AND TO RECEIVE THE SUMS AND BENEFITS SET FORTH IN THE CHANGE
      IN CONTROL AGREEMENT, EMPLOYEE FREELY AND KNOWINGLY, AND AFTER DUE
      CONSIDERATION, ENTERS INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE INTENDING TO
      WAIVE, SETTLE AND RELEASE ALL CLAIMS EXECUTIVE HAS OR MIGHT HAVE AGAINST
      EMPLOYER.

     

    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto knowingly and voluntarily executed this
      Agreement and General Release as of the date set forth below:

     

    

      
        	
                 

                 

              	
                 

                 

              	
                 

                KAMAN
                  INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES

                CORPORATION

              
	 	 	 
	 	
                By:  

              	 
	 	
                 

                Name:

              	
                 

                [NAME]

              
	 	
                Title:

              	 
	 	
                Date:

              	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	
                T.
                  Jack Cahill

              
	 	
                Date:

              	 
	 	 	 

      

       

      
        
          
          

        

        
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