secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     KENNAMETAL INC (KMT)
CIK:        0000055242
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-18T20:21:36+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-057664
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Kennametal appoints Dawne Hickton and Richard Harshman to board effective immediately
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- Hickton is Chair/CEO of Cumberland Additive; Harshman is former Chairman/President/CEO of ATI Inc.
- Both join board effective Aug 18, 2026; will stand for election at Oct 2026 annual meeting.
- Neither will serve on board committees initially; committee assignments expected in coming months.
- They receive standard non-employee director compensation and indemnification agreements.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55242/000162828026057664/0001628280-26-057664-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55242/000162828026057664/kmt-20260814.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-057664

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