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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
KENNAMETAL INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Pennsylvania 25-0900168
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(State of Incorporation or Organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Kennametal Inc.
Route 981 South at
Westmoreland County Airport
Latrobe, Pennsylvania 15650
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class Name of Each Exchange on Which
to be so Registered Each Class is to be Registered
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FELINE PRIDES(SM) Unit New York Stock Exchange
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If this Form relates to the registration If this Form relates to the registration
of a class of securities pursuant to of a class of securities pursuant to
Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is
effective pursuant to General effective pursuant to General
Instruction A(c), please check the Instruction A(d), please check the
following box. [X] following box. [ ]
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Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:
333-40809.
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.
The class of securities to be registered hereby is the FELINE
PRIDES(SM) Unit ("FELINE PRIDES(SM)") of Kennametal Inc., a Pennsylvania
corporation.
For a description of the FELINE PRIDES(SM), reference is made to the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 of Kennametal Inc. (the "Company"), among
other registrants (Registration No. 333-40809), filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on November 21, 1997 (the "Registration Statement"), and the
forms of prospectus and prospectus supplement for the FELINE PRIDES(SM)
included therein, which description is incorporated herein by reference.
Definitive copies of the prospectus and the prospectus supplement describing the
FELINE PRIDES(SM) will be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and shall be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement on Form 8-A. ("FELINE PRIDES(SM)" is a service mark of
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.)
Item 2. Exhibits.
1. Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Kennametal Inc., as
amended (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Company's September 30, 1994 Form 10-Q).
2. Rights Agreement dated October 25, 1990 (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4 of the Company's Form 8-K dated October 23,
1990).
3. Form of Purchase Contract Agreement (including as Exhibit A the form
of Income PRIDES and as Exhibit B the form of Growth PRIDES), between
Kennametal Inc. and The First National Bank of Chicago as Purchase
Contract Agent (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to
the Registration Statement).
4. Form of Pledge Agreement, among Kennametal Inc., The Chase Manhattan
Bank, as Collateral Agent and The First National Bank of Chicago, as
Purchase Contract Agent (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4.3 of Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement).
5. Certificate of Trust of Kennametal Financing I (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 4.4 of the Registration Statement).
6. Agreement of Trust of Kennametal Financing I
7. Form of Amended and Restated Agreement of Trust, (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 4.6 of Amendment No. 2 to the Registration
Statement).
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8. Form of Trust Preferred Security Certificate (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4.6 of Amendment No. 2 to the Registration
Statement).
9. Form of Indenture between Kennametal Inc. and The First National Bank
of Chicago, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 of
Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement).
10. Form of First Supplemental Indenture between Kennametal Inc. and The
First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4.8 of Amendment No. 2 to the Registration
Statement).
11. Form of Debenture of Kennametal (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 4.8 of Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement).
12. Form of Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement in respect of
Kennametal Financing I, with respect to the Trust Preferred
Securities (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.9 of
Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement).
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
KENNAMETAL INC.
Dated: January 20, 1998 By: /s/ DAVID T. COFER
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Name: David T. Cofer
Title: Vice President, Secretary and General
Counsel
