<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001332652-23-000002.txt : 20230726
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001332652-23-000002
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230724
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230726
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230726

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Rossi Christopher
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001332652

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05318
		FILM NUMBER:		231114982

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O KENNAMETAL INC.
		STREET 2:		525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE, 33RD FLOOR
		CITY:			PITTSBURGH
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			15219

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KENNAMETAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000055242
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MACHINE TOOLS, METAL CUTTING TYPES [3541]
		IRS NUMBER:				250900168
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			PA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 3300
		CITY:			PITTSBURGH
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			15219
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4122488000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 3300
		CITY:			PITTSBURGH
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			15219
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    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2023-07-24</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2023-07-26</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000055242</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>KENNAMETAL INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>KMT</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001332652</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Rossi Christopher</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O KENNAMETAL INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE, 33RD FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PITTSBURGH</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>PA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>15219</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President and CEO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>0</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2023-07-24</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>10001</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>307704.701</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On July 26, 2023, the reporting person filed a Form 4 that inadvertently reported the earning of 100,001 performance stock units on July 24, 2023, with respect to the third tranche of the Performance Unit Award granted to the reporting person on August 15, 2020, under the Kennametal Inc. Stock and Incentive Plan of 2016 (the &quot;2020 Performance Unit Award&quot;). The correct amount earned as reported in this amendment is 10,001 performance stock units.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This amount is inclusive of all transactions reported on the initial Form 4.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Michelle R. Keating, as attorney-in-fact for Christopher Rossi</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-07-26</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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