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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 * Keating Michelle R   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol KENNAMETAL INC [KMT] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Vice President (Last) (First) (Middle) 600 GRANT STREET, SUITE 5100 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/01/2018 (Street) PITTSBURGH, PA 15219 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 08/01/2018   M   3,311 A $ 37.74 10,696 D   Common Stock 08/01/2018   F   941 D $ 37.74 9,755 D   Common Stock 08/01/2018   J   4,110 (1) A $ 0 13,865 D   Common Stock 08/01/2018   J   63.57 (2) A $ 0 13,928.57 D   Common Stock 08/01/2018   A   171.38 (3) A $ 0 14,099.95 (4) 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

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Restricted Stock Units (5)

(5)

08/01/2018

M

3,311

08/01/2018

(6)

Common Stock

3,311

$ 0

3,064

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Keating Michelle R 600 GRANT STREET SUITE 5100 PITTSBURGH, PA 15219			Vice President

Signatures

Michelle R. Keating		08/02/2018
**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)	Represents 2,313 shares deemed to have been earned by the Compensation Committee on July 31, 2018, with respect to the second tranche of the Performance Unit Award granted to the reporting person on August 1, 2016 under the Amended and Restated Kennametal Inc. Stock and Incentive Plan of 2010 (the "2016 Performance Unit Award"); and 1,797 shares deemed to have been earned by the Compensation Committee on July 31, 2018, with respect to the first tranche of the Performance Unit Award granted to the reporting person on August 1, 2017 under the Kennametal Inc. Stock and Incentive Plan of 2016 (the "2017 Performance Unit Award"). The vesting and actual payout of these shares remains subject to the reporting person's continued employment with the Company through August 1, 2019 with respect to the 2016 Performance Unit Award and August 1, 2020 with respect to the 2017 Performance Unit Award.
(2)	Represents 63.57 shares acquired through Kennametal Inc.'s 401(k) Plan.
(3)	Represents 171.38 shares acquired as dividends earned through Kennametal Inc.'s dividend reinvestment plan.
(4)	Includes 63.57 shares held in the Kennametal Inc. 401(k) Plan and 6,028 shares of Performance Unit shares not yet disbursed.
(5)	1 - for - 1
(6)	These restricted stock units are subject to time based vesting and are dispersed in three equal annual installments, commencing on the first anniversary of the grant date subject to continued employment with the company.

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