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Issuer:     KENNAMETAL INC (KMT)
CIK:        0000055242
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-10-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000055242-23-000044
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Kennametal appoints William M. Lambert as Chairman, declares $0.20 quarterly dividend
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- William M. Lambert becomes Chairman effective Nov 1, 2023, succeeding Lawrence Stranghoener who remains on board.
- Quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share declared, payable Nov 21 to shareholders of record Nov 7.
- All ten director nominees elected; PwC ratified as auditor with over 74M votes; say-on-pay approved.
- Chairman succession is part of planned governance process; no change to board composition.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55242/000005524223000044/0000055242-23-000044-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55242/000005524223000044/kmt-20231024.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000055242-23-000044

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