<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000886346-21-000154.txt : 20211108
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20211108091644
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000886346-21-000154
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20211101
FILED AS OF DATE:		20211108
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20211108

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Blanchard Thomas Andrew
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001892102

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11406
		FILM NUMBER:		211386749

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		KADANT INC.
		STREET 2:		1 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE
		CITY:			WESTFORD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01886

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KADANT INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000886346
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY (NO METALWORKING MACHINERY) [3550]
		IRS NUMBER:				521762325
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0101

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE
		CITY:			WESTFORD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01886
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(978) 776-2000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE
		CITY:			WESTFORD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01886

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	THERMO FIBERTEK INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930328
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    <periodOfReport>2021-11-01</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000886346</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>KADANT INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>KAI</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001892102</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Blanchard Thomas Andrew</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>KADANT INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerCity>WESTFORD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>01886</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Vice President</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
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    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>452</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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    <derivativeTable>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Restricted Stock Unit</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0.0</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2022-04-30</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>215.0</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2023-04-30</value>
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            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>418.0</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
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            <securityTitle>
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            <exerciseDate>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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        <footnote id="F1">Each Restricted Stock Unit (&quot;RSU&quot;) represents the right to receive one share of the Issuer's common stock.  The RSU vests and is distributable on March 10, 2022, provided the reporting person is employed by the Issuer on the vesting date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of the Issuer's common stock.  The RSU vests and is distributable in two equal installations beginning on March 10, 2022, provided the reporting person is employed by the Issuer on the vesting date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of the Issuer's common stock.  The RSU vests and is distributable in three equal installations beginning on March 10, 2022,  provided the reporting person is employed by the Issuer on the vesting date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Stacy D. Krause, by power of attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-11-08</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<SEQUENCE>2
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<DESCRIPTION>POA - BLANCHARD
<TEXT>
EXHIBIT 24
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

      Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
makes, constitutes and appoints each of Stacy D. Krause, Michael
J. McKenney, Ryan DeSisto and Amy B. Jodice, signing singly and
each acting individually, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with full power and authority as hereinafter
described to:
      (1)    execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Kadant
Inc. (the ?Company?), Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any
amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder (the
?Exchange Act?);
      (2)    do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to prepare,
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, prepare, complete
and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely
deliver and file such form with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;
      (3)    seek or obtain, as the undersigned?s representative
and on the undersigned?s behalf, information regarding
transactions in the Company?s securities from any third party,
including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and
trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person
to release any such information to such attorney-in-fact and
approves and ratifies any such release of information; and
      (4)    take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of,
or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf
of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be
in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.
      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution
or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming nor relieving, nor is the
Company assuming nor relieving, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
The undersigned acknowledges that neither the Company nor the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact assume (i) any liability for the
undersigned?s responsibility to comply with the requirement of
the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any
failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any
obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit
disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.
      This Power of Attorney replaces any previously provided
Power of Attorney by the undersigned effective as of the date
hereof and shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.
      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power
of Attorney to be executed as of this 1st day of November 2021.
Signature
/s/ Thomas Andrew Blanchard
Print Name




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