CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, is made as of September 21, 1999, by and
between KAMAN AEROSPACE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and XXXXXX X. XXXXXX (the "Executive").
WHEREAS, the Company considers it essential to the best
interests of its shareholder to xxxxxx the continued employment of
key management personnel; and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of this objective, the Company and
Executive have executed an Employment Agreement dated as of
September 21, 1999; and
WHEREAS, the Board recognizes that the possibility of a Change
in Control exists and that such possibility, which will not be
addressed by the Employment Agreement, and the uncertainty and
questions which it may raise among management, may result in the
departure or distraction of management personnel to the detriment
of the Company and its shareholder; and
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that appropriate steps
should be taken to reinforce and encourage the continued attention
and dedication of members of the Company's management, including
the Executive, to their assigned duties without the potential
distractions arising from the possibility of a Change in Control;
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. The definitions of capitalized terms used
in this Agreement are provided in the last Section of this
Agreement.
2. Term. [Intentionally Omitted]
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 Section 8.1 of
this Agreement, no Severance Payments shall be payable under this
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Agreement unless there shall have been (or, under the terms of the
second sentence of Section 5.1, there shall be deemed to 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 15 (o)(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), including,
but not limited to, the bonus for which the Executive is eligible
due to his or her employment during the calendar year in which the
Date of Termination occurs, with such bonus to be pro rated and
calculated in accordance with the Kaman Corporation Cash Bonus
Plan.
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.
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5. Severance Payments.
5.1 If the Executive's employment is terminated during the
thirty-six (36) month period 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 ("Severance
Payments") in addition to any payments and benefits to which the
Executive is entitled under Section 4 of this Agreement. For
purposes of this Agreement, the Executive's employment shall be
deemed to have been terminated by the Company following a Change in
Control, without Cause or by the Executive with Good Reason, if (i)
the Executive's employment is terminated by the Company without
Cause prior to a Change in Control and such termination was at the
request or direction of a Person who has entered into an agreement
with the Company the consummation of which would constitute a
Change in Control, (ii) the Executive terminates his employment for
Good Reason prior to a Change in Control and the circumstance or
event which constitutes Good Reason occurs at the request or
direction of such Person, or (iii) the Executive's employment is
terminated by the Company without Cause or by the Executive for
Good Reason and such termination or the circumstance or event which
constitutes Good Reason is otherwise in connection with or in
anticipation of a Change in Control. For purposes of any
determination regarding the applicability of the immediately
preceding sentence, any position taken by the Executive shall be
presumed to be correct unless the Company establishes to the Board
by clear and convincing evidence that such position is not correct.
(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 otherwise payable to the Executive, 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 15 (o)(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 annual bonus
actually paid for the fiscal year ending immediately prior to the
fiscal year in which occurs the Date of Termination, pursuant to
any annual bonus or incentive plan maintained by or through 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 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 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 or
stock appreciation rights, effective on the Date of Termination,
(i) all restrictions with respect to any restricted stock shall
lapse, and (ii) all stock appreciation rights and stock options
shall become 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.
(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 or through 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 receive vesting credit under the Kaman Corporation
Supplemental Employees Retirement Plan ("SERP") equal to two years
of Continuous and Credited Service (as defined in the Kaman
Corporation Employees' Pension Plan to which the SERP is
supplemental).
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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 shall (i) either prepay all remaining
premiums, or establish an irrevocable grantor trust holding an
amount of assets sufficient to pay all such remaining premiums
(which trust shall be required to pay such premiums), under any
insurance policy maintained by or through 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 outplacement services received by the Executive
for up to Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000), but only until the
first acceptance by the Executive of an offer of employment.
(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 (A) Whether or not the Executive becomes entitled to the
Severance Payments, if any of the payments or benefits received or
to be received by the Executive in connection with a Change in
Control or the Executive's termination of employment (whether
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan,
arrangement or agreement with the Company, any Person whose actions
result in a Change in Control or any Person affiliated with the
Company or such Person) (such payments or benefits, excluding the
Gross-Up Payment, being hereinafter referred to as the "Total
Payments") will be subject to the Excise Tax, the Company shall pay
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to the Executive an additional amount (the "Gross-Up Payment") such
that the net amount retained by the Executive, after deduction of
any Excise Tax on the Total Payments and any federal, state and
local income and employment taxes and Excise Tax upon the Gross-Up
Payment, shall be equal to the Total Payments.
(B) For purposes of determining whether any of the Total
Payments will be subject to the Excise Tax and the amount of such
Excise Tax, (i) all of the Total Payments shall be treated as
"parachute payments" (within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of
the Code) unless, in the opinion of tax counsel ("Tax Counsel")
reasonably acceptable to the Executive and selected by the
accounting firm which was, immediately prior to the Change in
Control, the Company's independent auditor (the "Auditor"), such
payments or benefits (in whole or in part) do not constitute
parachute payments, including by reason of Section 280G(b)(4)(A) of
the Code, (ii) all "excess parachute payments" within the meaning
of Section 280G(b)(l) of the Code shall be treated as subject to
the Excise Tax unless, in the opinion of Tax Counsel, such excess
parachute payments (in whole or in part) represent reasonable
compensation for services actually rendered (within the meaning of
Section 280G(b)(4)(B) of the Code) in excess of the Base Amount
allocable to such reasonable compensation, or are otherwise not
subject to the Excise Tax, and (iii) the value of any noncash
benefits or any deferred payment or benefit shall be determined by
the Auditor in accordance with the principles of Sections
280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code. For purposes of determining the
amount of the Gross-Up Payment, the 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 at the highest
marginal rate of taxation in the state and locality of the
Executive's residence on the Date of Termination (or if there is no
Date of Termination, then the date on which the Gross-Up Payment is
calculated for purposes of this Section 5.2), net of the maximum
reduction in federal income taxes which could be obtained from
deduction of such state and local taxes.
(C) In the event that the Excise Tax is finally determined to
be less than the amount taken into account hereunder in calculating
the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive shall repay to the Company,
within thirty (30) days following the time that the amount of such
reduction in the Excise Tax is finally determined, the portion of
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the Gross-Up Payment attributable to such reduction (plus that
portion of the Gross-Up Payment attributable to the Excise Tax and
federal, state and local income and employment taxes imposed on the
Gross-Up Payment being repaid by the Executive), to the extent that
such repayment results in a reduction in the Excise Tax and a
dollar-for-dollar reduction in the Executive's taxable income and
wages for purposes of federal, state and local income and
employment taxes, plus interest on the amount of such repayment at
120% of the rate provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code. In
the event that the Excise Tax is determined to exceed the amount
taken into account hereunder in calculating the Gross-Up Payment
(including by reason of any payment the existence or amount of
which cannot be determined at the time of the Gross-Up Payment),
the Company shall make an additional Gross-Up Payment in respect of
such excess (plus any interest, penalties or additions payable by
the Executive with respect to such excess) within thirty (30) days
following the time that the amount of such excess is finally
determined. The Executive and the Company shall each reasonably
cooperate with the other in connection with any administrative or
judicial proceedings concerning the existence or amount of
liability for Excise Tax with respect to the Total Payments.
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
shall be made as soon as practicable following the Date of
Termination, but in no event later than thirty (30) days following
the Date of Termination. 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
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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 Tax Counsel, the Auditor
or other advisors or consultants (and any such opinions or advice
which are in writing shall be attached to the statement).
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.
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.
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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.
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. Notices. For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and
all other communications provided for in the Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered
or mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, addressed, if to the Executive, to the
address inserted below the Executive's signature on the final page
hereof and, if to the Company, to the address set forth below, or
to such other address as either party may have furnished to the
other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of
change of address shall be effective only upon actual receipt:
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To the Company:
c/o Kaman Corporation
0000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxx., X.X. Xxx 0
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Secretary
10. 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
an officer of the Company, or his designee, who is also an officer
of the Parent Company. 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. 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. The validity, interpretation, construction and performance
of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Connecticut.
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.
11. 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.
12. Confidentiality. Unless required otherwise by law or
government regulation, the parties will maintain the terms and
conditions of this Agreement in confidence.
13. 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
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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.
14. 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.
15. 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) "Auditor" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2
of this Agreement.
(c) "Base Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code.
(d) "Beneficial Owner" shall have the meaning set forth in
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.
(e) "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
(f) "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
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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.
(g) The first to occur of any one of the following events
shall constitute the occurrence of a "Change in Control" for
purposes of this Agreement:
(I) any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or
indirectly, of securities of (i) the Parent Company representing
35% or more of the then outstanding securities of the Parent
Company generally entitled to vote in the election of directors of
the Parent Company, excluding any Person who becomes such a
Beneficial Owner in connection with a transaction described in
clause (i) of paragraph (II) below, or (ii) any Person is or
becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities
of (i) the Company representing 35% or more of the then outstanding
securities of the Company generally entitled to vote in the
election of directors of the Company, excluding any Person who
becomes such a Beneficial Owner in connection with a transaction
described in clause (i) of paragraph (III) below; or
(II) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the
Parent Company with any other business entity, other than (i) a
merger or consolidation 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
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such merger or consolidation 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 of the Parent Company, at least 65% of the
securities of the Parent Company or such surviving entity or any
parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or
consolidation and generally entitled to vote in the election of
directors of the Parent Company or such surviving entity or any
parent thereof, or (ii) a merger or consolidation 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 then outstanding securities of the
Parent Company generally entitled to vote in the election of
directors of the Parent Company; or
(III) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the
Company with any other business entity, other than (i) a merger or
consolidation 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 or
consolidation 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 of
the Company, at least 65% of the securities of the Company or such
surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately
after such merger or consolidation and generally entitled to vote
in the election of directors of the Company or such surviving
entity or any parent thereof, or (ii) a merger or consolidation
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 then outstanding securities of the Company
generally entitled to vote in the election of directors of the
Company, (iii) any merger or consolidation with another direct or
indirect subsidiary of the Parent Company; or (iv) any merger or
consolidation of the Company with a Subsidiary of the Company;
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(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 sale
continue to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being
converted into such securities of the surviving entity or any
parent thereof) 65% or more of the outstanding securities of such
entity generally entitled to vote in the election of directors
immediately after such sale;
(V) the following individuals cease for any reason to
constitute a majority of the number of directors of the board of
directors of the Parent Company then serving: individuals who, on
the date of this Agreement, constitute the board of directors of
the Parent Company and any new director (other than a director
whose initial assumption of office is a result of 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 two-thirds (2/3) of the directors of the Parent Company in
office immediately prior to any such contest) whose appointment or
election by the board of directors of the Parent Company or
nomination for election by the Parent Company's stockholders was
approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of
the directors then in office;
(VI) 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, of which at least 65% of
the outstanding securities generally entitled to vote in the
election of directors are owned by the Parent Company or a direct
or indirect subsidiary of the Parent Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be
deemed to occur in the event of a distribution or spin-off of
shares of the capital stock of the Company to the shareholders of
the Parent Company and this Agreement shall terminate on the date
that such distribution or spin off is effectuated.
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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.
(h) "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time.
(i) "Company" shall mean Kaman Aerospace Corporation and,
except in determining under Section 15(g) hereof whether or not any
Change in Control of the Company has occurred, shall include any
successor to its business and/or assets.
(j) "Date of Termination" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.2 of this Agreement.
(k) "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.
(l) "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended from time to time.
(m) "Excise Tax" shall mean any excise tax imposed under
Section 4999 of the Code.
(n) "Executive" shall mean the individual named in the first
paragraph of this Agreement.
(o) "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,
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:
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(I) the assignment to the Executive of any duties
inconsistent with the Executive's status as President 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;
(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
1993 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;
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(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.
For purposes of any determination regarding the existence of
Good Reason, any claim by the Executive that Good Reason exists
shall be presumed to be correct unless the Company establishes to
the Board by clear and convincing evidence that Good Reason does
not exist.
(p) "Gross-Up Payment" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.2 of this Agreement.
(q) "Notice of Termination" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 6.1 of this Agreement.
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(r) "Parent Company" shall mean Kaman Corporation and, except
in determining under Section 15(g) hereof whether or not any Change
in Control of the Parent Company has occurred, shall include any
successor to its business and/or assets.
(s) "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, (iv) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by
the stockholder 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, or (v)
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx or any entity created or controlled by him,
provided that he possesses and exercises, in person or by proxy
solicited by the board of directors of the Parent Company, the
right to vote all securities of the Parent Company generally
entitled to vote in the election of directors of the Parent
Company, of which he or any such entity is the Beneficial Owner.
(t) "Severance Payments" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1 of this Agreement.
(u) "Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation of which the
Company owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of securities
entitled to vote in the election of directors.
(v) "Tax Counsel" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.2 of this Agreement.
(x) "Term" shall mean the period of time described in Section
2 of this Agreement.
(y) "Total Payments" shall mean those payments so described
in Section 5.2 of this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this agreement
as of the date and year first above written.
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KAMAN AEROSPACE CORPORATION
/S/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Aug. 14, 2000 at 12:10 p.m. August 14, 2000 at 7:45 a.m.
Date Date
Address:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
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