Former Kaman CEO; golden parachute from the fuze-maker sale
Former Kaman CEO · Person
Ian K. Walsh was chairman, president and CEO of Kaman Corporation, an aerospace and military components maker, until its takeover by Arcline Investment Management closed on 19 April 2024 at $46 a share, an enterprise value of about $1.8B. Kaman's March 2024 merger proxy estimated change-in-control ('golden parachute') payments of $16.27M for its named executive officers, Walsh among them. He called the sale 'a value-maximizing transaction', and for him it was. Kaman's portfolio included the Joint Programmable Fuze for US air-dropped bombs; in 2018 the line won a $324M direct commercial sale order, the largest in the program's history. Fuzes were part of the $6.75B munitions package the US approved for Israel in February 2025, during the assault on Gaza that the UN Commission of Inquiry concluded in September 2025 was a genocide.
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EDGAR full-text search for "16,272,626" returns KAMAN Corp DEFM14A filed 2024-03-08 (accession 0001140361-24-012403, ny20021849x2_defm14a.htm).
completion of its acquisition by Arcline Investment Management, L.P. ("Arcline") in an all-cash transaction with a total enterprise value of approximately $1.8 billion.
Mr. Walsh, 55, has been President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company since September 8, 2020
named Ian K. Walsh as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board, effective September 8, 2020.
Mr. Walsh will receive an annual base salary of $650,000 and will be eligible to receive a target annual cash bonus equal to 100% of his annual base salary. For the performance period of January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2023 the target value of his long-term incentive program opportunity will be $2,550,000
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