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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Kennametal (KMT)

Kennametal adds Shelley Bausch to board; Cindy Davis to retire September 1, 2025

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 leadership Written later

Kennametal appointed Shelley Bausch, a recently retired Axalta president, to its Board of Directors effective May 1, 2025, and she will join the Audit Committee. Director Cindy Davis, who has served since 2012 and chairs the Compensation and Human Capital Committee, will retire from the Board on September 1, 2025. The filing does not name a successor to Davis as committee chair.

Key points

  • Bausch serves from May 1, 2025 until the October 2025 annual meeting, where she is proposed for election, and will sit on the Audit Committee.
  • Davis has been on the Board since 2012 and chairs the Compensation and Human Capital Committee; she retires September 1, 2025.
  • Bausch was President, Global Industrial Coatings at Axalta and previously spent 25 years at Dow Corning.

The filing

CompanyKennametal (KMT)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMay 1, 2025, 10:26 AM ET
Accession number0000055242-25-000040

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change8.01 Other Events

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:55 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on May 01, 2025.

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