Edgar Filing: KADANT INC

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

ALBERTINE JOHN M

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
KADANT INC [KAI]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	_____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

KADANT INC., ONE TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/09/2015

(Street)

WESTFORD, MA 01886

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock								11,390	D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Restricted Stock Unit ⁽¹⁾

$ 0

03/09/2015

5,000

⁽¹⁾

01/02/2016

Common Stock

5,000 ⁽¹⁾

$ 0

5,000

Restricted Stock Unit ⁽²⁾

$ 0

03/09/2015

10,000

⁽²⁾

03/28/2020

Common Stock

10,000 ⁽²⁾

$ 0

10,000

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
ALBERTINE JOHN M KADANT INC. ONE TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE WESTFORD, MA 01886	X

Signatures

by Sandra L. Lambert for John M. Albertine		03/11/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Each Restricted Stock Unit ("RSU") represents the right to receive one share of the issuer's common stock. The RSU vests in four installments of 1,250 shares each on the last day of each of the issuer's first, second, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2015 provided the recipient continues to serve as a director of the issuer.
(2)	The Restricted Stock Unit may be settled solely in cash ("Cash-Settled RSU"). Each Cash-Settled RSU is the economic equivalent of one share of common stock of the issuer. The Cash-Settled RSU vests only upon a change-in-control of the issuer that occurs during the period beginning on the first day of the issuer's second quarter of fiscal year 2015 (April 5, 2015) and ending on the last day of the issuer's first quarter of fiscal year 2020 (March 28, 2020). The Cash-Settled RSU is forfeited in the event the recipient ceases to be a director of the issuer for any reason other than a change in control prior to the RSU vesting date.
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