Edgar Filing: KADANT INC

KADANT INC.

Date: October 22, 2008

/s/ Thomas M. O’Brien

Thomas M. O’Brien

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

FORM 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 22, 2008

KADANT INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware

1-11406

52-1762325

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

One Technology Park Drive

Westford, Massachusetts

01886

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(978) 776-2000

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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KADANT INC.

Item 2.02

Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On October 22, 2008, Kadant Inc. (the “Company”) announced its financial results for the fiscal quarter ended September 27, 2008. The full text of the press release issued in connection with the announcement is furnished as Exhibit 99 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in this Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibit

The

following exhibit relating to Item 2.02 shall be deemed to be furnished and not filed.


Exhibit No		Description of Exhibit

99		Press Release issued by the Company on October 22, 2008

KADANT INC.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.