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Kadant Inc. filings document the public-company record for a Delaware industrial technology supplier whose common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under KAI. Recent 8-K reports furnish operating and financial results, earnings releases, Regulation FD presentation materials, and changes in non-GAAP financial measure presentation tied to acquired intangible assets.
Proxy materials cover board governance, executive compensation, equity awards, shareholder voting matters, and pay-versus-performance data. The filing record also includes capital-structure and material-event disclosures associated with Kadant’s common stock and corporate reporting obligations.
Kadant Inc. President & CEO Jeffrey L. Powell reported a bona fide gift of 48,667 shares of Kadant common stock on March 11, 2026. The shares were transferred for no consideration to the Jeffrey L. Powell Revocable Trust, where Powell serves as trustee.
Powell and his immediate family are the sole beneficiaries of the trust, and he remains the beneficial owner of the securities held by it. After the transfer, he directly owned 12,282 shares and indirectly held 48,667 shares through the revocable trust.
ALBERTINE JOHN M reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Kadant Inc. director John M. Albertine received a grant of 513 Restricted Stock Units on common stock. Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of Kadant common stock and was granted at a price of $0.00 per unit as compensation, not an open-market purchase.
The RSUs vest in equal installments on the last day of each quarter of Kadant’s fiscal 2026, as long as Albertine continues to serve as a director. Following these transactions, he holds 7,834 shares of Kadant common stock directly, plus the 513 RSUs scheduled to vest over 2026.
Kadant Inc. director Thomas C. Leonard reported receiving a grant of 513 Restricted Stock Units on March 11, 2026. Each RSU represents one share of Kadant common stock and will vest in equal installments on the last day of each fiscal 2026 quarter, as long as he continues to serve as a director.
Following this award, Leonard holds 4,513 shares of Kadant common stock directly, and 513 RSUs that are scheduled to convert into additional shares as they vest.
Painter Jonathan W reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
KADANT INC director Jonathan W. Painter received a grant of 513 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) on common stock. Each RSU represents one share of Kadant common stock and vests in equal installments on the last day of each fiscal 2026 quarter, as long as he continues serving as a director. After this award, he directly holds 513 RSUs and 8,748 common shares, plus 3 additional common shares held indirectly by his son.
O'Mara Rebecca Martinez reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Kadant Inc. director Rebecca Martinez O'Mara received a grant of 513 Restricted Stock Units. Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of Kadant common stock, vesting in equal installments on the last day of each Kadant fiscal quarter in 2026, as long as she continues serving as a director.
Following this grant, she directly holds 1,272 shares of Kadant common stock, in addition to the new RSU award. This filing reflects a routine, stock-based compensation grant rather than an open-market purchase or sale.
Russell Erin L reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Kadant Inc. director Erin L. Russell received an equity grant of 513 Restricted Stock Units on common stock as compensation. Each RSU represents one share of Kadant common stock and will vest in equal installments on the last day of each quarter of fiscal 2026, as long as she continues serving as a director.
Following the transactions reported, she directly holds 3,197 shares of Kadant common stock, in addition to the 513 RSUs awarded.
Kadant Inc Senior Vice President Michael C. Colwell reported multiple compensation-related stock transactions tied to restricted stock units (RSUs). On March 10, 2026, he exercised RSUs to acquire 1,632 shares of common stock at a conversion price of $0.00 per share.
To cover tax obligations, 743 shares of common stock were disposed of at $334.17 per share through issuer tax withholding, not open-market sales. After these vesting and tax-withholding entries, Colwell directly holds 3,945 shares of Kadant common stock. Footnotes state these are one-third vesting installments from performance- and time-based RSU awards granted in 2023, 2024, and 2025, each converting to common stock on a one-for-one basis.
Kadant Inc. senior vice president and general counsel Stacy D. Krause reported the vesting and settlement of several restricted stock unit (RSU) awards on March 10, 2026. She exercised RSUs into 2,172 shares of common stock at $0.00 per share. To cover tax obligations, 945 common shares were withheld at $334.17 per share through tax-withholding dispositions, which are not open-market sales. After these compensation-related transactions, Krause directly owned 2,590 shares of Kadant common stock.
Kadant Inc vice president Thomas Andrew Blanchard reported routine equity compensation activity. On March 10, 2026, he exercised and settled restricted stock units that had vested, converting 1,140 shares of RSUs into an equal number of Kadant common shares.
To cover tax obligations, 443 common shares were withheld at a price of $334.17 per share, with the remaining vested shares added to his holdings. Following these transactions, Blanchard directly owned 1,957 shares of Kadant common stock. Footnotes explain that these settlements reflect one-third vesting of performance- and time-based RSU awards granted between March 2023 and March 2025, each converting to common stock on a one-for-one basis at vesting.
Kadant Inc. Senior Vice President Peter J. Flynn reported routine equity compensation activity. On March 10, 2026, he exercised restricted stock units that delivered a total of 193 shares of common stock, tied to performance-based and time-based RSU awards granted on March 7, 2023.
To cover tax obligations, 76 shares were withheld at a price of $334.17 per share. After these transactions, Flynn directly held about 2,762.584 shares of Kadant common stock. No open-market purchases or sales were reported; the filing reflects standard vesting and tax withholding mechanics.