Kadant 8K Second Quarter 2011 Business Review | KAI 28 Jul 11

Second Quarter 2011 Business Review

Jonathan W. Painter, President & CEO

Thomas M. O’Brien, Executive Vice President & CFO

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Forward-Looking Statements

The following constitutes a “Safe Harbor” statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995: This presentation contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks
and uncertainties, including forward-looking statements about our expected future financial and
operating performance, demand for our products, industry and economic outlook, and pending
orders. There can be no assurance that we will be able to record bookings or recognize revenues on
the pending orders described in this presentation. Our actual results may 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 quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
April 2, 2011. These include risks and uncertainties relating to our dependence on the pulp and
paper industry; significance of sales and operation of manufacturing facilities in China; our ability to
expand capacity in China to meet demand; commodity and component price increases or shortages;
international sales and operations; competition; soundness of suppliers and customers; our
effective tax rate; future restructurings; soundness of financial institutions; our debt obligations;
restrictions in our credit agreement; litigation and warranty costs related to our discontinued
operation; our acquisition strategy; protection of patents and proprietary rights; fluctuations in our
share price; and anti-takeover provisions. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any
forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

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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
revenues excluding the effect of foreign currency translation, adjusted operating income, earnings
before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA), and adjusted EBITDA.

A reconciliation of those numbers to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures is
shown in our 2011 second quarter earnings press release issued July 27, 2011, which is available in
the Investors section of our website at www.kadant.com under the heading Investors News.

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Financial Classifications

All geographic revenues and bookings data are attributed to regions based on selling locations. For
North America and China, this also approximates revenues and bookings based on where the
equipment is shipped to and installed. Our European geographic data, however, includes revenues
and bookings that may be shipped to and installed outside Europe, including South America, Africa,
the Middle East, and certain countries in Asia (excluding China).

Prior period amounts for Parts and Consumables revenues and bookings have been reclassified to
include amounts from our “other” category within the Papermaking Systems segment and Fiber-
based products.

Beginning with 2011, our Accessories product line is now reported as Doctoring.

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BUSINESS REVIEW

Jonathan W. Painter

President & CEO

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Financial Highlights

	Q2 2011	Q2 2010
Revenues	$82.5 million	$69.1 million
Gross Margins	45.7%	45.1%
Diluted EPS	$0.59	$0.42
Adjusted EBITDA*	$12.5 million	$9.0 million
Adjusted EBITDA/Sales	15%	13%

* Adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) is a non-GAAP financial measure that excludes certain items
as detailed in our Q2 2011 earnings press release issued July 27, 2011.

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Q2 Revenue Performance

• $82.5 million, up 19% compared to Q2 2010

• Q2 revenue by product line

($ Millions)	Q2 2011	Q2 2010	% CHANGE	EXCL. FX
Stock-Preparation	$ 32.3	$ 25.0	29.3%	22.5%
Fluid-Handling	24.5	20.1	21.9%	13.1%
Doctoring	13.7	12.7	7.7%	2.1%
Water-Management	8.5	8.5	(0.6%)	(5.1%)
Fiber-based Products	2.9	2.2	29.9%	29.9%
Other	0.6	0.6	3.3%	(3.7%)
TOTAL	$ 82.5	$ 69.1	19.3%	12.6%

Percent change calculated using actual numbers reported in our Q2 2011 earnings release dated July 27, 2011.

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Q2 Booking Performance

• $87.3 million, up 18% compared to Q2 2010

• Q2 bookings by product line

($ Millions)	Q2 2011	Q2 2010	% CHANGE	EXCL. FX
Stock-Preparation	$ 30.8	$ 31.9	(3.3%)	(9.2%)
Fluid-Handling	28.4	20.1	41.4%	29.2%
Doctoring	14.5	12.8	13.5%	6.8%
Water-Management	11.1	7.6	46.4%	39.6%
Fiber-based Products	1.8	1.4	23.0%	23.0%
Other	0.7	0.5	44.6%	34.8%
TOTAL	$ 87.3	$ 74.3	17.6%	9.9%

Percent change calculated using actual numbers reported in our Q2 2011 earnings release dated July 27, 2011.

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Bookings and Revenues Trends

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Parts and Consumables Bookings and Revenues

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Record Backlog in Q2 2011

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MARKET REVIEW

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North America Paper Industry Trends

• Paper and board production in 2011 down 1% through May

• Q2 Containerboard operating rates remain strong;
inventory continues to be lean

• Balance sheets, cash flows remain healthy

• Cost pressures and weak demand in Printing & Writing

• Energy and fiber input costs remain a challenge for mills

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Input Costs Continue to Escalate

Source: RISI, Inc.

Examples of raw material fiber cost
escalation in the U.S. spot market

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North America Bookings and Revenues

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Europe Paper Industry Trends

• Export demand remains key driver for packaging grades

• Prices are stable, balanced supply and demand

• Energy focus continues to be high

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Europe Bookings and Revenues

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China Paper Industry Trends

• Government mandated closure of 8.2 million tons at 599 mills by the
end of 2011 announced this month

• Sluggish paper and board demand continued through Q2

• Energy conservation program encouraging mills to take downtime
during summer months

• Closing water loops and reducing fresh water consumption is a high
priority to meet new government standards and reduce cost

• Significant capacity additions coming online in 2H 2011

• Upward pressure on recovered paper pricing

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China Bookings and Revenues

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Guidance for Continuing Operations

• FY 2011 revenues of $325 to $335 million

• FY 2011 GAAP diluted EPS of $2.15 to $2.25

• Q3 2011 revenues of $80 to $82 million

• Q3 2011 GAAP diluted EPS of $0.40 to $0.42

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FINANCIAL REVIEW

Thomas M. O’Brien

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

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Gross Margins

	2Q11	1Q11	2Q10	Sequential ∆	Y-O-Y ∆
Papermaking Systems Segment	45.3%	47.4%	44.9%	-210 b.p.	+40 b.p.
Fiber-based Products	56.6%	50.8%	50.8%	+580 b.p.	+580 b.p.
TOTAL	45.7%	47.6%	45.1%	-190 b.p.	+60 b.p.

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SG&A

($ Millions)	2Q11	1Q11	2Q10	Sequential ∆	Y-O-Y ∆
SG&A	$25.8	$24.5	$22.7	$1.3	$3.1
% Revenues	31.3%	34.1%	32.8%	-280 b.p.	-150 b.p.

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2Q11 to 2Q10 Diluted EPS

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Cash Flow

($ Millions)	2Q11	2Q10
Income from Continuing Operations	7.4	5.3
Depreciation and Amortization	2.0	1.7
Stock-Based Compensation	1.1	0.8
Other Items	-	(0.3)
Change in Current Assets & Liabilities (excluding acquisitions)	(3.7)	1.5
Cash Provided by Continuing Operations	$ 6.8	$ 9.0

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Key Working Capital Metrics

	2Q11	1Q11	2Q10
Days in Receivables	63	68	57
Days in Payables	54	62	52
Days in Inventory	113	112	96
Working Capital % LTM Revenues*	13.4%	12.0%	12.3%

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Cash and Debt

($ Millions)	2Q11	1Q11	2Q10
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash	46.1	57.6	47.2
Debt	(17.5)	(17.6)	(23.0)
NET CASH	$ 28.6	$ 40.0	$ 24.2

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Leverage Ratio

* Calculated by adding or subtracting certain items, as required by our Credit Facility, from Adjusted EBITDA.

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Second Quarter 2011 Business Review

Jonathan W. Painter, President & CEO

Thomas M. O’Brien, Executive Vice President & CFO

Kadant (KAI) 8-KSecond Quarter 2011 Business Review