KAMAN CORP. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: Proposal to adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 18, 2024 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Kaman Corporation, a Connecticut corporation (the "Company"), Ovation Parent, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), and Ovation Merger Sub, Inc., a Connecticut corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub").

KAMAN CORP.’s own tally for this item (“1. To adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 18, 2024, by and among the Company, Ovation Parent, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), and Ovation Merger Sub, Inc., a Connecticut corporation and a”): 24,133,027 for, 68,147 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed April 17, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 1: To adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 18, 2024, by and among the Company, Ovation Parent, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), and Ovation Merger Sub, Inc., a Connecticut corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub") (”
Support: 99.7% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 70 asset managers below reported 14,332,984 for, 78,872 abstained, 800 unknown.

Showing the 25 largest of 70 asset managers. See all 70 in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: Proposal to adjourn the special meeting of shareholders (the "Special Meeting") to a later date or dates, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to adopt the Merger Agreement at the time of the Special Meeting.

KAMAN CORP.’s own tally for this item (“3. To adjourn the Special Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary or appropriate, including to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to adopt the Merger Agreement at the time of the Special Me”): 22,571,252 for, 1,600,794 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed April 17, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The Company's shareholders approved the Adjournment Proposal, but an adjournment was not necessary in light of the approval of the Merger Proposal.”
Support: 93% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 70 asset managers below reported 13,444,326 for, 934,198 against, 33,272 abstained, 20,826 not voted, 800 unknown.

Showing the 25 largest of 70 asset managers. See all 70 in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: Proposal to approve, on a non- binding, advisory basis, compensation that will or may become payable by the Company to its named executive officers in connection with the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the "Merger").

KAMAN CORP.’s own tally for this item (“2. To approve, by a non-binding, advisory vote, compensation that will or may become payable by the Company to its named executive officers in connection with the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the "Merg”): 23,020,537 for, 1,143,170 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed April 17, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The Company's shareholders approved the Executive Compensation Proposal.”
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 69 managers: 14,155,169 for, 238,457 against, 18,170 abstained, 800 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 156 managers: 11,302,651 for, 437,825 against, 14,970 abstained, 3,287 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice). The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.

Fund voting reports, all 1 managers: 20,826 not voted.

Institutional-manager reports, all 2 managers: 12,855 for.