SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BREISINGER JAMES R (Last) (First) (Middle) 1600 TECHNOLOGY WAY POST OFFICE BOX 231 (Street) LATROBE PA 15650 (City) (State) (Zip)	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
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/25/2005
	4. If Amendment, Date of 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

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	07/25/2005		A		2,000	A	$0	42,071.1471(1)	D

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 Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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: 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
Stock Credits(2)	(3)	07/25/2005		A		7,116.3917		(4)	(4)	Common Stock	7,116.3917	$0	10,103.1029	D
Stock Option (right to buy)	$50.605	07/25/2005		A		8,700		(5)	07/24/2015	Common Stock	8,700	$0	8,700	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes 433.8908 shares acquired pursuant to tax-conditioned plans (exempt under Rule 16b-3(c)).

2. The amount in Colunm 9 includes 21.7170 of stock credits acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the Kennametal Inc. Performance Bonus Stock Plan of 1995, the terms of which are substantially similar to the Dividend Reinvestment Plan available to Kennametal's shareholders (exempt pursuant to Rule 16a-11 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).

3. 1-for-1

4. The stock credits become payable in common stock (i) in the event of a change of control of the company, or (ii) on the date that the reporting person ceases (other than by reason of death) to be an officer ("retirement"), unless the reporting person has elected to receive the common stock represented by the stock credits following retirement.

5. Option is exercisable in four equal annual installments, commencing on the first anniversary of the grant date.

	By: David W. Greenfield For: James R. Breisinger	07/27/2005
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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