{"url_path":"/sec/kai/10-q/2026/item-6","section_key":"item-6","section_title":"Item 6 Exhibits","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-Q","doc_date":"2026-05-13","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886346/0000886346-26-000040-index.html","accession_number":"0000886346-26-000040","cik":"0000886346","ticker":"KAI","issuer_name":"KADANT INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886346/0000886346-26-000040-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000886346","primary_entity_name":"KADANT INC"},"word_count":271,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 6 – Exhibits\n\nExhibit Number\n Description of Exhibit\n\n10.1*\n\n[Cash Incentive Plan of the Registrant, Amended and Restated as of March 11, 2026.](kaiform10q1q2026ex101.htm)\n\n10.2*\n\n[Summary of Non](kaiform10q1q2026ex102.htm)[-Employee Direc](kaiform10q1q2026ex102.htm)[tor Compensation of the](kaiform10q1q2026ex102.htm)[Re](kaiform10q1q2026ex102.htm)[gistra](kaiform10q1q2026ex102.htm)[nt, effective March 2026.](kaiform10q1q2026ex102.htm)\n\n31.1 \n[Certification of the Principal Executive Officer of the Registrant Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.](kaiform10q1q2026ex311.htm)\n\n31.2 \n[Certification of the Principal Financial Officer of the Registrant Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.](kaiform10q1q2026ex312.htm)\n\n32 \n[Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.](kaiform10q1q2026ex32.htm)\n\n101.INS Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.\n\n101.SCH Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.\n\n101.CAL Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.\n\n101.DEF Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.\n\n101.LAB Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.\n\n101.PRE Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.\n\n104Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).\n\n*\nManagement contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.\n\n33\n\n[Table of Contents](#i383b093c6891462b9cbb2ddc536dc81a_7)\n\nKADANT INC.\n\nSIGNATURE\n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.\n\n KADANT INC.\n\n  \n\nDate: May 13, 2026\n/s/ Michael J. McKenney\n\n Michael J. McKenney\n\n Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer\n\n (Principal Financial Officer)\n\n34"}