03-12808. Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing and Registration on the American Stock Exchange LLC (Kadant Inc., Common Stock, $.01 Par Value) File No. 1-11406

May 16, 2003.

Kadant Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Issuer”), has filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”), pursuant to section 12(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”)^[1] and Rule 12d2-2(d) thereunder,^[2] to withdraw its Common Stock, $.01 par value (“Security”), from listing and registration on the American Stock Exchange LLC (“Amex” or “Exchange”).

The Issuer stated in its application that it has met the requirements of Amex Rule l8 by complying with all applicable laws in State of Delaware, in which it is incorporated, and with the Amex's rules governing an issuer's voluntary withdrawal of a security from listing and registration.

The Board of Directors (“Board”) of the Issuer unanimously approved a resolution on March 6, 2003 to withdraw the Issuer's Security from listing on the Amex and to list the Security on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (“NYSE”). The Board of the Issuer considered such action to be in the best interest of the Issuer and its stockholders. In addition, the Board states that the reasons for such change in listing include: (i) Increasing the Company's visibility in the global investment community; (ii) the prestige associated with being a NYSE-listed company; and (iii) avoiding the direct and indirect costs and the division of the market resulting from dual listing on the AMEX and the NYSE.

The Issuer's application relates solely to the withdrawal of the Security from listing on the Amex and from registration under section 12(b) of the Act ^[3] shall not affect its obligation to be registered under section 12(g) of the Act.^[4]

Any interested person may, on or before June 10, 2003, submit by letter to the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609, facts bearing upon whether the application has been made in accordance with the rules of the Amex and what terms, if any, should be imposed by the Commission for the protection of investors. The Commission, based on the information submitted to it, will issue an order granting the application after the date mentioned above, unless the Commission determines to order a hearing on the matter.

For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated authority.^[5]

Jonathan G. Katz,

Secretary.

Footnotes

1.  15 U.S.C. 78 l (d).

2.  17 CFR 240.12d2-2(d).

3.  15 U.S.C. 78 l (b).

4.  15 U.S.C. 78 l (g).

5.  17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(1).