Jonathan W. Painter - 01 Jun 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for KADANT INC (KAI)

Role: Director
Signature: /s/ Stacy D. Krause, by power of attorney
Issuer symbol: KAI
Transactions as of: 01 Jun 2025
Net transactions value: $0
Form type: 4
Filing time: 02 Jun 2025, 08:25:45 UTC
Previous filing: 16 May 2025
Next filing: 04 Jun 2025
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
Painter Jonathan W	Director	KADANT INC., ONE TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, WESTFORD	/s/ Stacy D. Krause, by power of attorney	02 Jun 2025	0001247567

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	KAI	Common Stock	Options Exercise		+264	+3.2%		8,485	01 Jun 2025	Direct	F1
holding	KAI	Common Stock						3	01 Jun 2025	By Son

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	KAI	Restricted Stock Unit	Options Exercise	$0	-264	-50%	$0.000000	263	01 Jun 2025	Common Stock	264	$0.000000	Direct	F1

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Represents partial vesting of a restricted stock unit award on June 1, 2025 and delivery of shares of the reporting person pursuant to the terms of a restricted stock unit award agreement dated May 14, 2025. The remainder of the shares vest in two installments on the last day of each of the Issuer's third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2025 provided the recipient continues to serve as a director of the Issuer.

Content

Represents partial vesting of a restricted stock unit award on June 1, 2025 and delivery of shares of the reporting person pursuant to the terms of a restricted stock unit award agreement dated May 14, 2025. The remainder of the shares vest in two installments on the last day of each of the Issuer's third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2025 provided the recipient continues to serve as a director of the Issuer.