Kadant Inc filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 15, 2024
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KADANT INC.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(e) Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
At the annual meeting of stockholders of Kadant Inc. (the "Company") held on May 15, 2024 ("2024 Annual Meeting"), the Company's stockholders approved an amendment to the Company's amended and restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). The amendment to the Plan, which had previously been adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company subject to stockholder approval, extended the Plan's term by 10 years to May 15, 2034.
The foregoing summary of the amendment to the Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the detailed summary of the Plan set forth in the section "Proposal Three—Approval of an Amendment to Our Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan to Extend the Plan's Term by 10 Years—Summary of the Plan" in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on March 27, 2024 and to the full text of the Plan, a copy of which was filed as an exhibit to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on March 27, 2024.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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KADANT INC.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| KADANT INC. | ||||||||
| Date: May 21, 2024 | By | /s/ Michael J. McKenney | ||||||
Michael J. McKenney Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
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