---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000886346-24-000108"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KAI"
cik: "0000886346"
company_name: "KADANT INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T11:51:42.934536+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kadant stockholders approve 10-year extension of 2006 Equity Incentive Plan to 2034

## Summary
- Kadant stockholders approved an amendment to the 2006 Equity Incentive Plan at the May 15, 2024 annual meeting.
- The amendment extends the plan's term by 10 years, to May 15, 2034.
- The Board had previously adopted the amendment, subject to stockholder approval.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000886346-24-000108
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KAI
- cik: 0000886346
- company_name: KADANT INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886346/000088634624000108/0000886346-24-000108-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886346/000088634624000108/kai-20240515.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000886346-24-000108.txt

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