Earnings Release

Kadant Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2018 Results

WESTFORD, Mass., Feb. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kadant Inc. (NYSE: KAI) reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 29, 2018.

Fourth Quarter Financial Highlights

Revenue increased 10% to $164 million
Gross margin was 43.3%
GAAP diluted EPS increased to $1.61 compared to $0.07 in 2017
Adjusted diluted EPS increased 46% from $1.14 to a record $1.66
Net income increased to $18.4 million compared to $0.8 million in 2017
Adjusted EBITDA increased 20% to $32 million
Bookings were $147 million
Cash flows from operations decreased 68% to $10 million

Fiscal Year Financial Highlights

Revenue increased 23% to a record $634 million
Gross margin was 43.9%
GAAP diluted EPS increased 93% to a record $5.30
Adjusted diluted EPS increased 19% to a record $5.34
Net income increased 94% to $60 million
Adjusted EBITDA increased 26% to a record $115 million
Bookings increased 29% to a record $670 million
Cash flows from operations decreased 3% to $63 million

Note: Adjusted diluted EPS and adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP measures that exclude certain items as detailed later in this press release under the heading “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

Management Commentary
“Our strong performance in the fourth quarter led to record diluted EPS for full-year 2018 driven by solid execution from our existing businesses and excellent contributions from our newly acquired businesses,” said Jonathan Painter, president and chief executive officer. “Our internal revenue growth in 2018, which excludes the impact of acquisitions and foreign currency translation, was 10 percent reflecting the strength of our business. We had record performance for the year in revenue, bookings, adjusted EBITDA, and adjusted diluted EPS.

“Favorable market conditions, especially in North America, contributed to a 10 percent increase in revenue in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to the prior year period. In particular, our Wood Processing product line had strong double-digit revenue growth to a record $42 million. Our GAAP diluted EPS in the fourth quarter was a strong beat at $1.61 and our adjusted diluted EPS increased 46 percent to a record $1.66. This strong finish to the year helped make 2018 the best year in our history.”

Fourth Quarter 2018 Financials
Revenue increased 10 percent to $163.9 million compared to $149.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2017, and included a $5.0 million decrease from the unfavorable effect of foreign currency translation. Excluding the impact of foreign currency translation, revenue was up 13 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2017. Gross margin was 43.3 percent. Net income was $18.4 million, or $1.61 per diluted share, compared to $0.8 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2017. Adjusted diluted EPS increased 46 percent to a record $1.66 in the fourth quarter of 2018, compared to $1.14 in the fourth quarter of 2017. Adjusted diluted EPS in the fourth quarter of 2018 excludes a $0.14 benefit from discrete tax adjustments made to the provisional amounts recognized as a result of the U.S. tax legislation enacted in December 2017. Adjusted diluted EPS in the fourth quarter of 2018 also excludes $0.10 of acquisition costs and a $0.09 curtailment loss associated with the termination of defined benefit plans at one of our U.S. operations. Adjusted diluted EPS in the fourth quarter of 2017 excludes $0.90 of discrete tax expense related to the U.S. tax legislation enacted in December 2017, $0.17 of acquisition-related costs, and $0.01 of restructuring costs.

Adjusted EBITDA increased 20 percent to $32.0 million compared to $26.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2017. Adjusted EBITDA excludes $1.3 million of acquisition costs in the fourth quarter of 2018. Adjusted EBITDA excludes $2.6 million of acquisition-related costs and $0.2 million of restructuring costs in the fourth quarter of 2017. Cash flows from operations decreased to $10.4 million compared to $32.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2017. Bookings increased to $147.1 million compared to $146.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2017 and included a $4.2 million decrease from the unfavorable effect of foreign currency translation. Excluding the impact of foreign currency translation, bookings increased three percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2017 as stronger bookings in North America and Europe were largely offset by weaker bookings in Asia and South America.

Fiscal Year 2018 Financials
Revenue increased 23 percent to a record $633.8 million compared to $515.0 million in 2017 and included $64.6 million from acquisitions and a $2.6 million increase from the favorable effect of foreign currency translation. Excluding the impact of acquisitions and foreign currency translation, revenue increased 10 percent compared to 2017. Gross margin was 43.9 percent. Net income was $60.4 million, or a record $5.30 per diluted share, compared to $31.1 million, or $2.75 per diluted share, in 2017. Adjusted diluted EPS increased 19 percent to a record $5.34 in 2018, compared to $4.49 in 2017. Adjusted diluted EPS in 2018 excludes a $0.29 benefit from discrete tax items, $0.12 of acquisition-related costs, $0.11 of restructuring costs, and a $0.09 curtailment loss. Adjusted diluted EPS in 2017 excludes $0.90 of discrete tax expense, $0.82 of acquisition-related costs, and $0.01 of restructuring costs.

Adjusted EBITDA increased 26 percent to a record $115.2 million compared to $91.7 million in 2017. Adjusted EBITDA excludes $1.7 million of restructuring costs and $1.6 million of acquisition-related costs in 2018. Adjusted EBITDA excludes $12.0 million of acquisition-related costs and $0.2 million of restructuring costs in 2017. Cash flows from operations decreased three percent to $63.0 million in 2018 compared to $65.2 million in 2017. Bookings increased 29 percent to a record $670.4 million compared to $521.2 million in 2017 and included $78.5 million from acquisitions and a $5.7 million increase from the favorable effect of foreign currency translation. Excluding the impact of acquisitions and foreign currency translation, bookings increased 12 percent compared to 2017.

Summary and Outlook
“Overall, we expect 2019 will be another good year,” Mr. Painter continued. “However, the favorable economic conditions in North America and Europe are somewhat tempered by the weaker economy in China, due in part to uncertainty in trade relations between the U.S. and China, and the potential softening of the U.S. housing market. In addition, the unfavorable effect of foreign currency translation will have a negative effect on our revenue and diluted EPS guidance in 2019.

“We expect to report full year GAAP diluted EPS of $4.75 to $4.90 on revenue of $700 to $710 million. The 2019 guidance includes pre-tax acquisition costs of $0.9 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, pre-tax amortization expense associated with acquired profit in inventory of $4.1 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, and pre-tax amortization expense associated with acquired backlog of $1.2 million, or $0.09 per diluted share. Excluding these items, we expect adjusted diluted EPS of $5.20 to $5.35 for 2019. The 2019 guidance includes a negative effect from foreign currency translation, which is lowering revenue by $16 million and adjusted diluted EPS by $0.21. For the first quarter of 2019, we expect GAAP diluted EPS of $0.77 to $0.83 on revenue of $160 to $165 million. The first quarter of 2019 guidance includes pre-tax acquisition costs of $0.9 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, pre-tax amortization expense associated with acquired profit in inventory of $2.8 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, and pre-tax amortization expense associated with acquired backlog of $1.0 million, or $0.07 per diluted share. Excluding these items, we expect adjusted diluted EPS of $1.11 to $1.17 for the first quarter of 2019.”

Conference Call
Kadant will hold a webcast with a slide presentation for investors on Thursday, February 14, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. eastern time to discuss its fourth quarter and fiscal year performance, as well as future expectations. To access the webcast, including the slideshow and accompanying audio, go to www.kadant.com and click on “Investors.” To listen to the webcast via teleconference, call 888-326-8410 within the U.S., or +1-704-385-4884 outside the U.S. and reference participant passcode 4619678. Prior to the call, our earnings release and the slides used in the webcast presentation will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and will be available at www.sec.gov. A replay of the webcast will be available on our website through March 15, 2019.

Shortly after the webcast, Kadant will post its updated general investor presentation incorporating the fourth quarter and fiscal year results on our website at www.kadant.com under the “Investors” section.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to the financial measures prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), we use certain non-GAAP financial measures, including increases or decreases in revenue excluding the effect of foreign currency translation, increases or decreases in revenue excluding the effect of acquisitions and foreign currency translation, adjusted operating income, adjusted net income, adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS), adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (adjusted EBITDA), and adjusted EBITDA margin.

We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures, when taken together with the corresponding GAAP financial measures, provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of our core business, operating results, or future outlook. We believe that the inclusion of such measures helps investors to gain an understanding of our underlying operating performance and future prospects, consistent with how management measures and forecasts our performance, especially when comparing such results to previous periods or forecasts and to the performance of our competitors. Such measures are also used by us in our financial and operating decision-making and for compensation purposes. We also believe this information is responsive to investors' requests and gives them an additional measure of our performance.

The non-GAAP financial measures included in this press release are not meant to be considered superior to or a substitute for the results of operations prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the non-GAAP financial measures included in this press release have limitations associated with their use as compared to the most directly comparable GAAP measures, in that they may be different from, and therefore not comparable to, similar measures used by other companies.

Revenue included a $5.0 million unfavorable foreign currency translation effect in the fourth quarter of 2018. Revenue included $64.6 million from acquisitions and a $2.6 million favorable foreign currency translation effect in 2018. We present increases or decreases in revenue excluding the effect of acquisitions and foreign currency translation to provide investors insight into underlying revenue trends.

Adjusted operating income, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted net income, and adjusted diluted EPS exclude acquisition costs, restructuring costs, other income, and expense related to acquired profit in inventory and backlog. Adjusted net income and adjusted diluted EPS also exclude discrete tax items. All these items are excluded as they are not indicative of our core operating results and are not comparable to other periods, which have differing levels of incremental costs or income or none at all.

Fourth Quarter
Adjusted operating income, adjusted EBITDA, and adjusted EBITDA margin exclude:

Pre-tax acquisition costs of $1.3 million in 2018 and $0.4 million in 2017.
Pre-tax restructuring costs of $0.2 million in 2017.
Pre-tax expense related to acquired profit in inventory and backlog of $2.3 million in 2017.

Adjusted net income and adjusted diluted EPS exclude:

After-tax acquisition costs of $1.1 million ($1.3 million net of tax of $0.2 million) in 2018 and $0.2 million ($0.4 million net of tax of $0.2 million) in 2017.
After-tax restructuring costs of $0.2 million in 2017.
After-tax expense related to acquired profit in inventory and backlog of $1.7 million ($2.3 million net of tax of $0.6 million) in 2017.
After-tax curtailment loss of $1.1 million ($1.4 million net of tax of $0.3 million) in 2018.
A discrete tax benefit of $1.6 million in 2018 and discrete tax expense of $10.2 million in 2017. The discrete tax expense in 2017 is related to U.S. tax legislation enacted in December 2017. The largest component is tax expense for the deemed repatriation of unremitted foreign earnings. This was partially offset in 2017 by a tax benefit related to adjusting U.S. deferred taxes to the lower enacted tax rate. The discrete tax benefit in 2018 is related to adjustments to the provisional amounts recognized due to the U.S. tax legislation enacted in December 2017.

Fiscal Year
Adjusted operating income, adjusted EBITDA, and adjusted EBITDA margin exclude:

Pre-tax restructuring costs of $1.7 million in 2018 and $0.2 million in 2017.
Pre-tax acquisition costs of $1.3 million in 2018 and $5.4 million in 2017.
Pre-tax expense related to acquired profit in inventory and backlog of $0.3 million in 2018 and $6.6 million in 2017.

Adjusted net income and adjusted diluted EPS exclude:

After-tax restructuring costs of $1.3 million ($1.7 million net of tax of $0.4 million) in 2018 and $0.2 million in 2017.
After-tax acquisition costs of $1.1 million ($1.3 million net of tax of $0.2 million) in 2018 and $4.5 million ($5.4 million net of tax of $0.9 million) in 2017.
After-tax expense related to acquired profit in inventory and backlog of $0.2 million ($0.3 million net of tax of $0.1 million) in 2018 and $4.9 million ($6.6 million net of tax of $1.7 million) in 2017.
After-tax curtailment loss of $1.1 million ($1.4 million net of tax of $0.3 million) in 2018.
A discrete tax benefit of $3.2 million in 2018 and discrete tax expense of $10.2 million in 2017. The discrete tax benefit in 2018 is related to the reversal of tax reserves associated with uncertain tax positions and adjustments to the provisional amounts recognized due to the U.S. tax legislation enacted in December 2017.

Reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are set forth in this press release.

Financial Highlights (unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share amounts and percentages)

			Three Months Ended						Twelve Months Ended
Consolidated Statement of Income (a)			Dec. 29, 2018			Dec. 30, 2017			Dec. 29, 2018			Dec. 30, 2017

Revenues			$	163,935		$	149,140		$	633,786		$	515,033

Costs and Operating Expenses:
	Cost of revenues			92,990			84,517			355,505			283,886
	Selling, general, and administrative expenses			43,618			43,820			177,414			159,756
	Research and development expenses			2,503			2,559			10,552			9,563
	Restructuring costs			-			203			1,717			203
				139,111			131,099			545,188			453,408

Operating Income				24,824			18,041			88,598			61,625
Interest Income				44			147			379			447
Interest Expense				(1,712	)		(1,525	)		(7,032	)		(3,547	)
Other Expense, Net				(1,681	)		(235	)		(2,417	)		(872	)

Income Before Provision for Income Taxes				21,475			16,428			79,528			57,653
Provision for Income Taxes				2,907			15,520			18,482			26,070

Net Income				18,568			908			61,046			31,583

Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest				(146	)		(148	)		(633	)		(491	)

Net Income Attributable to Kadant			$	18,422		$	760		$	60,413		$	31,092

Earnings per Share Attributable to Kadant:
		Basic	$	1.66		$	0.07		$	5.45		$	2.83

		Diluted	$	1.61		$	0.07		$	5.30		$	2.75

Weighted Average Shares:
		Basic		11,107			11,007			11,086			10,991

		Diluted		11,436			11,402			11,400			11,312

			Three Months Ended						Three Months Ended
Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted EPS (b)			Dec. 29, 2018			Dec. 29, 2018			Dec. 30, 2017			Dec. 30, 2017

Net Income and Diluted EPS Attributable to Kadant, as Reported			$	18,422		$	1.61		$	760		$	0.07
Adjustments for the Following:
	Curtailment Loss, Net of Tax (c)			1,078			0.09			-			-
	Restructuring Costs, Net of Tax			-			-			154			0.01
	Acquisition Costs, Net of Tax			1,096			0.10			184			0.02
	Amortization of Acquired Profit in Inventory and Backlog, Net of Tax (g,h)			-			-			1,667			0.15
	Discrete Tax Items			(1,577	)		(0.14	)		10,205			0.90

Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted EPS (b)			$	19,019		$	1.66		$	12,970		$	1.14

			Twelve Months Ended						Twelve Months Ended
			Dec. 29, 2018			Dec. 29, 2018			Dec. 30, 2017			Dec. 30, 2017

Net Income and Diluted EPS Attributable to Kadant, as Reported			$	60,413		$	5.30		$	31,092		$	2.75
Adjustments for the Following:
	Curtailment Loss, Net of Tax (c)			1,078			0.09			-			-
	Restructuring Costs, Net of Tax			1,308			0.11			154			0.01
	Acquisition Costs, Net of Tax			1,096			0.10			4,458			0.39
	Amortization of Acquired Profit in Inventory and Backlog, Net of Tax (g,h)			189			0.02			4,858			0.43
	Discrete Tax Items			(3,249	)		(0.29	)		10,205			0.90

Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted EPS (b)			$	60,835		$	5.34		$	50,767		$	4.49

									Increase
		Three Months Ended				Increase			(Decrease)
Revenues by Product Line		Dec. 29, 2018		Dec. 30, 2017		(Decrease)			Excluding FX (b,d)

Stock-Preparation		$	57,091	$	54,442	$	2,649		$	4,156
Fluid-Handling			33,330		31,037		2,293			3,195
Doctoring, Cleaning, & Filtration			28,667		26,710		1,957			2,925

	Papermaking Systems		119,088		112,189		6,899			10,276
	Wood Processing Systems		42,031		34,003		8,028			9,646
	Fiber-Based Products		2,816		2,948		(132	)		(132	)

		$	163,935	$	149,140	$	14,795		$	19,790

									Increase
									Excluding
		Twelve Months Ended							Acquisitions
		Dec. 29, 2018		Dec. 30, 2017		Increase			and FX (b,d)

Stock-Preparation		$	221,933	$	193,838	$	28,095		$	23,888
Fluid-Handling			131,830		104,136		27,694			14,809
Doctoring, Cleaning, & Filtration			116,136		109,631		6,505			6,604

	Papermaking Systems		469,899		407,605		62,294			45,301
	Wood Processing Systems		151,366		95,053		56,313			6,133
	Fiber-Based Products		12,521		12,375		146			146

		$	633,786	$	515,033	$	118,753		$	51,580

		Three Months Ended				Increase			Increase
Revenues by Geography (e)		Dec. 29, 2018		Dec. 30, 2017		(Decrease)			Excluding FX (b,d)

North America		$	78,538	$	68,391	$	10,147		$	11,126
Europe			43,244		44,816		(1,572	)		169
Asia			31,151		24,785		6,366			7,758
Rest of World			11,002		11,148		(146	)		737

		$	163,935	$	149,140	$	14,795		$	19,790

									Increase
									Excluding
		Twelve Months Ended							Acquisitions
		Dec. 29, 2018		Dec. 30, 2017		Increase			and FX (b,d)

North America		$	305,618	$	238,483	$	67,135		$	21,257
Europe			174,681		157,994		16,687			692
Asia			109,688		78,443		31,245			29,407
Rest of World			43,799		40,113		3,686			224

		$	633,786	$	515,033	$	118,753		$	51,580

									Increase
		Three Months Ended				Increase			(Decrease)
Bookings by Product Line		Dec. 29, 2018		Dec. 30, 2017		(Decrease)			Excluding FX (d)

Stock-Preparation		$	41,371	$	50,435	$	(9,064	)	$	(8,313	)
Fluid-Handling			30,867		30,689		178			1,071
Doctoring, Cleaning, & Filtration			32,938		26,715		6,223			7,319

	Papermaking Systems		105,176		107,839		(2,663	)		77
	Wood Processing Systems		38,971		35,076		3,895			5,350
	Fiber-Based Products		2,940		3,704		(764	)		(764	)

		$	147,087	$	146,619	$	468		$	4,663

									Increase
									(Decrease)
									Excluding
		Twelve Months Ended				Increase			Acquisitions
		Dec. 29, 2018		Dec. 30, 2017		(Decrease)			and FX (d)

Stock-Preparation		$	228,444	$	199,720	$	28,724		$	22,714
Fluid-Handling			138,230		110,441		27,789			12,652
Doctoring, Cleaning, & Filtration			119,541		113,069		6,472			6,539

	Papermaking Systems		486,215		423,230		62,985			41,905
	Wood Processing Systems		172,184		85,248		86,936			23,839
	Fiber-Based Products		12,028		12,703		(675	)		(675	)

		$	670,427	$	521,181	$	149,246		$	65,069

			Three Months Ended						Twelve Months Ended
Business Segment Information (a)			Dec. 29, 2018			Dec. 30, 2017			Dec. 29, 2018			Dec. 30, 2017

Gross Margin:
		Papermaking Systems		44.1%			45.6%			44.9%			46.7%
		Wood Processing Systems		40.2%			34.8%			40.3%			36.3%
		Fiber-Based Products		53.1%			54.5%			50.8%			51.2%

				43.3%			43.3%			43.9%			44.9%

Operating Income:
		Papermaking Systems	$	22,052		$	19,822		$	83,454		$	73,069
		Wood Processing Systems		9,857			3,494			31,237			10,005
		Corporate and Other		(7,085	)		(5,275	)		(26,093	)		(21,449	)

			$	24,824		$	18,041		$	88,598		$	61,625

Adjusted Operating Income (b, f):
		Papermaking Systems	$	22,052		$	20,219		$	85,171		$	74,059
		Wood Processing Systems		9,857			5,930			31,489			21,168
		Corporate and Other		(5,764	)		(5,275	)		(24,772	)		(21,449	)

			$	26,145		$	20,874		$	91,888		$	73,778

Capital Expenditures:
		Papermaking Systems	$	2,880		$	7,792		$	12,717		$	14,359
		Wood Processing Systems		686			684			3,272			2,333
		Corporate and Other		176			87			570			589

			$	3,742		$	8,563		$	16,559		$	17,281

			Three Months Ended						Twelve Months Ended
Cash Flow and Other Data			Dec. 29, 2018			Dec. 30, 2017			Dec. 29, 2018			Dec. 30, 2017

Cash Provided by Operations			$	10,435		$	32,836		$	62,985		$	65,164
Depreciation and Amortization Expense				5,829			6,319			23,568			19,375

Balance Sheet Data									Dec. 29, 2018			Dec. 30, 2017

Assets
Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash									$	46,117		$	76,846
Accounts Receivable, net										92,624			89,624
Inventories										86,373			84,933
Unbilled Revenues										15,741			2,374
Property, Plant and Equipment, net										80,157			79,723
Intangible Assets										113,347			133,036
Goodwill										258,174			268,001
Other Assets										33,216			26,557

									$	725,749		$	761,094
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Accounts Payable									$	35,720		$	35,461
Debt Obligations										171,434			237,011
Capital Lease Obligations										4,387			5,069
Other Liabilities										139,637			151,049

	Total Liabilities									351,178			428,590
	Stockholders' Equity									374,571			332,504

									$	725,749		$	761,094

Adjusted Operating Income and Adjusted EBITDA		Three Months Ended						Twelve Months Ended
Reconciliation (a, b)		Dec. 29, 2018			Dec. 30, 2017			Dec. 29, 2018			Dec. 30, 2017

Consolidated
	Net Income Attributable to Kadant	$	18,422		$	760		$	60,413		$	31,092
	Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest		146			148			633			491
	Provision for Income Taxes		2,907			15,520			18,482			26,070
	Interest Expense, Net		1,668			1,378			6,653			3,100
	Other Expense, Net		1,681			235			2,417			872

	Operating Income		24,824			18,041			88,598			61,625
	Restructuring Costs		-			203			1,717			203
	Acquisition Costs		1,321			373			1,321			5,375
	Acquired Backlog Amortization (g)		-			480			252			1,438
	Acquired Profit in Inventory (h)		-			1,777			-			5,137

	Adjusted Operating Income (b)		26,145			20,874			91,888			73,778
	Depreciation and Amortization		5,829			5,839			23,316			17,937

	Adjusted EBITDA (b)	$	31,974		$	26,713		$	115,204		$	91,715

	Adjusted EBITDA Margin (b, i)		19.5%			17.9%			18.2%			17.8%

Papermaking Systems
	Operating Income	$	22,052		$	19,822		$	83,454		$	73,069
	Restructuring costs		-			203			1,717			203
	Acquisition Costs		-			124			-			611
	Acquired Profit in Inventory (h)		-			70			-			176

	Adjusted Operating Income (b)		22,052			20,219			85,171			74,059
	Depreciation and Amortization		3,154			3,134			12,561			11,239

	Adjusted EBITDA (b)	$	25,206		$	23,353		$	97,732		$	85,298

Wood Processing Systems
	Operating Income	$	9,857		$	3,494		$	31,237		$	10,005
	Acquisition Costs		-			249			-			4,764
	Acquired Backlog Amortization (g)		-			480			252			1,438
	Acquired Profit in Inventory (h)		-			1,707			-			4,961

	Adjusted Operating Income (b)		9,857			5,930			31,489			21,168
	Depreciation and Amortization		2,480			2,530			10,065			6,077

	Adjusted EBITDA (b)	$	12,337		$	8,460		$	41,554		$	27,245

Corporate and Other
	Operating Loss	$	(7,085	)	$	(5,275	)	$	(26,093	)	$	(21,449	)
	Acquisition Costs		1,321			-			1,321			-

	Adjusted Operating Income (b)	$	(5,764	)	$	(5,275	)	$	(24,772	)	$	(21,449	)
	Depreciation and Amortization		195			175			690			621

	Adjusted EBITDA (b)	$	(5,569	)	$	(5,100	)	$	(24,082	)	$	(20,828	)

	(a)		Prior period amounts have been restated to conform to the current period presentation as a result of the adoption of the Financial Accounting Standards Board's Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-07.

	(b)		Represents a non-GAAP financial measure.

	(c)		Represents a curtailment loss associated with the termination of defined benefit plans at one of our U.S. operations.

	(d)		Represents the increase (decrease) resulting from the exclusion of acquisitions and from the conversion of current period amounts reported in local currencies into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of the prior period compared to the U.S. dollar amount reported in the prior period.

	(e)		Geographic revenues are attributed to regions based on customer location.

	(f)		See reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure under "Adjusted Operating Income and Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation."

	(g)		Represents intangible amortization expense associated with acquired backlog.

	(h)		Represents expense within cost of revenues associated with acquired profit in inventory.

	(i)		Calculated as adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue in each period.

About Kadant
Kadant Inc. is a global supplier of high-value, critical components and engineered systems used in process industries worldwide. The Company’s products, technologies, and services play an integral role in enhancing process efficiency, optimizing energy utilization, and maximizing productivity in resource-intensive industries. Kadant is based in Westford, Massachusetts, with 2,800 employees in 20 countries worldwide. For more information, visit www.kadant.com.

Safe Harbor Statement
The following constitutes a “Safe Harbor” statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including forward-looking statements about our future financial and operating performance, demand for our products, and economic and industry outlook. These forward-looking statements represent Kadant’s expectations as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including those set forth under the heading "Risk Factors" in Kadant’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 30, 2017 and subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These include risks and uncertainties relating to adverse changes in global and local economic conditions; the variability and difficulty in accurately predicting revenues from large capital equipment and systems projects; our customers’ ability to obtain financing for capital equipment projects; the variability and uncertainties in sales of capital equipment in China; international sales and operations; the oriented strand board market and levels of residential construction activity; development and use of digital media; currency fluctuations; price increases or shortages of raw materials; dependence on certain suppliers; our acquisition strategy; failure of our information systems or breaches of data security; changes in government regulations and policies and compliance with laws; our internal growth strategy; competition; soundness of suppliers and customers; changes in our tax provision or exposure to additional tax liabilities; our ability to successfully manage our manufacturing operations; disruption in production; future restructurings; economic conditions and regulatory changes caused by the United Kingdom’s likely exit from the European Union; our debt obligations; restrictions in our credit agreement; loss of key personnel; protection of patents and proprietary rights; fluctuations in our share price; soundness of financial institutions; environmental laws and regulations; anti-takeover provisions; and reliance on third-party research.

Contacts
Investor Contact Information:
Michael McKenney, 978-776-2000
mike.mckenney@kadant.com
or
Media Contact Information:
Wes Martz, 269-278-1715
wes.martz@kadant.com

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