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Issuer:     KENNAMETAL INC (KMT)
CIK:        0000055242
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-28T20:19:26+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-050182
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Kennametal appoints Joseph Alvarado as Chairman; William Lambert to retire in October
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- William Lambert to retire from Board and Chairman role at Oct 27, 2026 annual meeting.
- Joseph Alvarado appointed as incoming Chairman, effective Oct 28, 2026.
- Alvarado has been on Board since 2018, chaired Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee.
- Alvarado is retired Chairman, President and CEO of Commercial Metals Company.
- Lambert served as Chairman since 2023, guided transformation including leadership succession.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55242/000162828026050182/0001628280-26-050182-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55242/000162828026050182/kmt-20260722.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-050182

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