Kennametal Inc 8-K, filed Aug 28, 2020
Kennametal Inc (KMT)
About this 8-K
Kennametal Inc filed this 8-K on August 28, 2020, reporting on events of August 26, 2020.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Kennametal Inc. (“Kennametal” or the “Company”) announced that effective August 31, 2020, Mr. Peter A. Dragich will no longer serve as Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, Metal Cutting. Mr. Dragich will remain an employee of the Company for transition purposes until November 2020, or such earlier time as agreed to by the Company and Mr. Dragich.
Effective September 1, 2020, Mr. Naeem Rahman will join Kennametal as Vice President Operations, Metal Cutting. Mr. Rahman will report to President and Chief Executive Officer, Christopher Rossi. Mr. Rahman has more than twenty years of experience in global operations and business leadership. He will join Kennametal from TE Connectivity where he most recently served as Global Operations Director for one of the company’s business units. Mr. Rahman will be responsible for the Metal Cutting segment’s P&L and driving operational excellence across the Metal Cutting operations globally.
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Pursuant 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 hereunto duly authorized.
| KENNAMETAL INC. | ||||||
| Date: August 28, 2020 |
By: | /s/ Michelle R. Keating | ||||
| Michelle R. Keating | ||||||
| Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel | ||||||
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