KADANT INC

The following constitutes a “Safe Harbor” statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including forward-looking statements about the Company’s succession plan and future prospects. These forward-looking statements represent the Company’s expectations as of the date of this report. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including those set forth under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 2026 and subsequent filings with the

Securities and Exchange Commission. These include risks and uncertainties relating to adverse changes in global and local economic conditions; the variability and difficulty in accurately predicting revenues from large capital equipment and systems projects; the Company’s acquisition strategy; levels of residential construction activity; reductions by the Company’s wood processing customers of their capital spending or production of oriented strand board; changes to the global timber supply; development and use of digital media; cyclical economic conditions affecting the global mining industry; demand for coal, including economic and environmental risks associated with coal; failure of the Company’s information systems or breaches of data security and cybersecurity incidents; implementation of the Company’s internal growth strategy; competition; the Company’s ability to successfully manage its manufacturing operations; supply chain constraints, inflationary pressure, price increases or shortages in raw materials; loss of key personnel and effective succession planning; future restructurings; protection of intellectual property; changes to tax laws and regulations; climate change; adequacy of the Company’s insurance coverage; global operations; policies of the Chinese government; the variability and uncertainties in sales of capital equipment in China; currency fluctuations; changes to government regulations and policies around the world; compliance with government regulations and policies and compliance with laws; environmental laws and regulations; environmental, health and safety laws and regulations impacting the mining industry; the Company’s debt obligations; restrictions in the Company’s credit agreement and note purchase agreement; soundness of financial institutions; fluctuations in the Company’s share price; and anti-takeover provisions.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibits relating to Item 7.01 shall be deemed to be furnished and not filed.