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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 * Bacchus Judith L   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) SUITE 5100, 600 GRANT STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/01/2017 (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 08/01/2016   M   4,027 A $ 37.5 11,821 D   Common Stock 08/01/2017   F   1,266 D $ 37.5 10,555 D   Common Stock 08/01/2017   A   9,161 (3) A $ 0 19,716 D   Common Stock 08/01/2017   F   699 A $ 37.5 19,017 (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 (1)

(1)

08/01/2017

M

4,027

08/01/2017

(2)

Common Stock

4,027

$ 0

4,027

D

Restricted Stock Units

(1)

08/01/2017

A

4,552

(2)

(2)

Common Stock

4,552

$ 0

4,552

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Bacchus Judith L SUITE 5100 600 GRANT STREET PITTSBURGH, PA 15219			Vice President

Signatures

Michelle R. Keating		08/03/2017
**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)	1 - for - 1
(2)	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.
(3)	Represents 3,766 shares deemed to have been earned by the Compensation Committee on August 1, 2017 with respect to the second tranche of the Performance Unit Award granted to the reporting person on August 1, 2015 under the Amended and Restated Kennametal Inc. Stock and Incentive Plan of 2010 (the "2015" Performance Unit Award") and 3,179 shares deemed to have been earned by the Compensation Committee on August 1, 2017 with respect to the first 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"). The vesting and actual payout of these shares remains subject to the reporting person's continued employment with the Company through August 1, 2018, with respect to the 2015 Performance Unit Award and August 1, 2019,"with respect to the 2016 Performance Unit Award.
(4)	Includes 1,259 shares held in the Kennametal Inc. 401K Plan and 6,945 of PSU shares not yet disbursed.

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