---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000055242-22-000031"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KMT"
cik: "0000055242"
company_name: "KENNAMETAL INC"
filed_at: "2022-06-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T00:07:50.496256+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kennametal appoints John W. Witt as VP Finance and Corporate Controller

## Summary
- John W. Witt appointed VP Finance and Corporate Controller effective June 20, 2022.
- Witt, age 43, previously Director, Internal Audit since September 2018.
- He succeeds Patrick S. Watson, who had served as Corporate Controller since March 2017.
- Witt will report to VP and CFO Patrick S. Watson.
- Prior to Kennametal, Witt was Assurance Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000055242-22-000031
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KMT
- cik: 0000055242
- company_name: KENNAMETAL INC
- filed_at: 2022-06-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55242/000005524222000031/0000055242-22-000031-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55242/000005524222000031/kmt-20220620.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000055242-22-000031
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000055242-22-000031.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000055242-22-000031.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Patrick S. Watson changed role as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at KENNAMETAL INC.
  - Role: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: and will succeed Mr. Watson, who served as the Company's Corporate Controller since March 1, 2017.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55242/000005524222000031/0000055242-22-000031-index.htm
- Executive change
  John W. Witt was appointed as Vice President Finance and Corporate Controller at KENNAMETAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President Finance and Corporate Controller
  source text: On June 20, 2022 Kennametal Inc. (“Kennametal” or the “Company”) approved John W. Witt to serve as Vice President Finance and Corporate Controller of the Company effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55242/000005524222000031/0000055242-22-000031-index.htm

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