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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000909518-15-000142
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150508
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150508
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20150508

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EASTERN CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000031107
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CUTLERY, HANDTOOLS & GENERAL HARDWARE [3420]
		IRS NUMBER:				060330020
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CT
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0102

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35383
		FILM NUMBER:		15846490

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		112 BRIDGE ST
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 460
		CITY:			NAUGATUCK
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06770
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2037292255

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		112 BRIDGE STREET
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 460
		CITY:			NAUGATUCK
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06770
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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; DISPLAY: inline">ISS recommends that shareholders vote &#8220;FOR&#8221; the election of The Eastern Company&#8217;s director nominees, <font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; DISPLAY: inline">Samantha Allison and David C. Robinson</font>, and &#8220;do not vote&#8221; for either of the two nominees proposed by Barington Companies Equity Partners, L.P.&#160;and certain of its affiliates (&#8220;Barington&#8221;).</font></div>

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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; DISPLAY: inline">&#8220;[Barington] has not made a compelling case that additional, shareholder-directed change at the board level is warranted,&#8221; ISS stated in its May 7, 2015 report<font style="FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top"><a href="#ref.ID0EVCAG">1</a></font>.&#160;&#160;&#160;Specifically, the ISS Report states that when analyzing proxy contests, ISS requires that a dissident prove that the dissident slate &#8220;will add value to board deliberations of the issues at hand.&#8221;&#160;&#160;&#160;Barington did not meet this standard.&#160;&#160;Further, ISS found &#8220;no compelling evidence on the operating and financial issues&#8221; raised by Barington.&#160;&#160;ISS also commented that Barington&#8217;s comparisons of Eastern&#8217;s total shareholder return, return on invested capital and EBITDA growth with a peer group provided by a third party were flawed because most of the members of the peer group have little or no business overlap with Eastern's business segments.&#160;&#160;Eastern compares more favorably to a weighted-average peer group devised by ISS of companies with greater similarity to Eastern, according to the ISS report.</font></div>

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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; DISPLAY: inline"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">The Eastern Company is a 156-year-old manufacturer of industrial hardware, security products and metal castings. It operates from 12 locations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Taiwan and China. The diversity of the Company&#8217;s products helps it to respond to the changing requirements of a broad array of markets.&#160;&#160;More information on the Company can be found at <font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; DISPLAY: inline">www.easterncompany.com</font></font></font></div>

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