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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000054381-23-000062"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000054381"
company_name: "KAMAN Corp"
filed_at: "2023-08-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T03:44:18.882696+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kaman CFO James Coogan steps down Aug 28; Carroll Lane named interim CFO

## Summary
- James Coogan resigns as CFO effective Aug 28, 2023, to pursue opportunity outside aerospace/defense.
- Carroll Lane appointed interim CFO; he joined Kaman in July 2022 as segment lead for Precision Products.
- Lane previously held roles at United Technologies/RTX including President of Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines.
- Coogan will remain as employee until Oct 23, 2023, for transition; search for permanent CFO initiated.
- Resignation not due to any disagreement with Kaman's operations, policies, or practices.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000054381-23-000062
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000054381
- company_name: KAMAN Corp
- filed_at: 2023-08-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/54381/000005438123000062/0000054381-23-000062-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/54381/000005438123000062/kamn-20230822.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000054381-23-000062
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000054381-23-000062.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000054381-23-000062.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Carroll K. Lane was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at KAMAN Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On August 24, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Carroll K. Lane to serve as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective as of August 28, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/54381/000005438123000062/0000054381-23-000062-index.htm
- Executive change
  James G. Coogan departed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at KAMAN Corp.
  - Action: resigns
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On August 22, 2023, James G. Coogan, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kaman Corporation (the “Company” or “Kaman”), notified the Company that he intends to resign his positions to pursue another opportunity outside the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/54381/000005438123000062/0000054381-23-000062-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.