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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000055242-22-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KMT"
cik: "0000055242"
company_name: "KENNAMETAL INC"
filed_at: "2022-12-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T04:26:02.397616+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kennametal appoints Enerpac CEO Paul Sternlieb to Board effective Jan 1, 2023

## Summary
- Paul Sternlieb, President & CEO of Enerpac Tool Group, elected to Kennametal board effective January 1, 2023.
- Sternlieb brings over 25 years of leadership in industrial manufacturing, including JBT, ITW, Danaher, and McKinsey.
- He will serve until the October 2023 Annual Meeting and is expected to join board committees.
- Eligible for standard non-employee director compensation and will sign an indemnification agreement.
- No material transactions or arrangements exist with Sternlieb beyond his board service.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000055242-22-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KMT
- cik: 0000055242
- company_name: KENNAMETAL INC
- filed_at: 2022-12-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55242/000005524222000050/0000055242-22-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55242/000005524222000050/kmt-20221209.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000055242-22-000050
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000055242-22-000050.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000055242-22-000050.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Paul Sternlieb was appointed as Director at KENNAMETAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 15, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Kennametal Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Paul Sternlieb, age 50, to serve as a member of the Board of Directors to hold office from January 1, 2023 until the Annual Meeting of Shareowners in October 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55242/000005524222000050/0000055242-22-000050-index.htm

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