UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 3, 2010
Kennametal Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Pennsylvania
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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1-5318
(Commission File Number)
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25-0900168
(IRS Employer
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World Headquarters
1600 Technology Way
P.O. Box 231
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
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15650-0231
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(724) 539-5000
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General
Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Effective December 8, 2010, John R. Tucker was appointed to serve as Vice President and
President, Business Groups of Kennametal Inc. (“Kennametal” or the “Company”). Mr. Tucker, age 63,
joined Kennametal in October 2008 as the Chief Technical Officer. In addition to his new
responsibilities for the Company’s business groups, he will continue to serve as Chief Technical
Officer until a successor for the CTO position is named. Before joining the Company, Mr. Tucker
served as the Chairman and CEO of Sermatech International, a global technology company, from August
2006 through May 2008. From August 2003 to July 2006, Mr. Tucker served as the President and Chief
Executive Officer of Capstone Turbine Corporation, a producer of low-emission microturbine systems.
Prior to that, Mr. Tucker served in a number of key leadership positions in companies such as
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Daimler Benz Aerospace, AlliedSignal Aerospace and York
International Corporation.
Mr. Tucker is already a party to the Company’s standard form of Employment Agreement for
executives and the Company’s standard Indemnification Agreement. The Employment Agreement is
described in the Company’s 2010 Proxy Statement under the caption “Employment Agreements and
Termination of Employment and Change-in-Control,” which description is incorporated herein by
reference. The form of Indemnification Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Form 8-K filed
by the Company on March 22, 2005, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Mr. Tucker is assuming his new role as successor to Gary W. Weismann, who has served as the
Vice President and President, Business Groups since May 2010, and in a number of other executive
and leadership positions throughout his more than 21 years of service at the Company. Mr. Weismann
informed the Company of his intention to retire on December 3, 2010, effective as of January 4,
2011.