---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000886346-22-000064"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KAI"
cik: "0000886346"
company_name: "KADANT INC"
filed_at: "2022-03-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T22:12:43.250273+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kadant appoints Rebecca Martinez O'Mara to board; board size changes

## Summary
- Rebecca Martinez O'Mara appointed director effective May 1, 2022, term through 2024 annual meeting.
- She will chair Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee starting Jan 1, 2023, succeeding William Tully.
- William Tully to resign as director effective Jan 1, 2023; no disagreement with company.
- Board expanded from six to seven, then returns to six after Tully's resignation.
- O'Mara is former president of industrial services at Stanley Black & Decker.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000886346-22-000064
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KAI
- cik: 0000886346
- company_name: KADANT INC
- filed_at: 2022-03-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886346/000088634622000064/0000886346-22-000064-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886346/000088634622000064/kai-20220315.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000886346-22-000064
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000886346-22-000064.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000886346-22-000064.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rebecca Martinez O'Mara was appointed as Director at KADANT INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 17, 2022, the Board of the Company increased the Board size to seven members and appointed Rebecca Martinez O'Mara as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886346/000088634622000064/0000886346-22-000064-index.htm
- Executive change
  William P. Tully resigned as Director at KADANT INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 15, 2022, William P. Tully notified the board of directors (the "Board") of Kadant Inc. (the "Company") that he will resign as a director of the Company, effective January 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886346/000088634622000064/0000886346-22-000064-index.htm

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