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  0001939403
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000055242
  KENNAMETAL INC
  001-05318
  525 WILLIAM PENN PLACE
  SUITE 3300
  PITTSBURGH
  PA
  15219
  4122488000
  Witt John Wayne
  Officer
  Capital Stock
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  1000
  25550.00
  79269782
  03/07/2024
  NYSE
  Capital Stock
  08/15/2023
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  1000
  08/15/2023
  Compensation
  Y
  03/07/2024
  /s/ Jared Cook, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for John W. Witt