Kennametal Inc. announced today that Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Frank P. Simpkins will meet with various members of the financial community on December 4 and 5, 2008, in Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively.

The presentation slides will be available on the company's website, http://www.kennametal.com/, through January 5, 2009. Once on the homepage, select "Investor Relations" and then "Events."

Kennametal Inc. is a leading global supplier of tooling, engineered components and advanced materials consumed in production processes. The company improves customers' competitiveness by providing superior economic returns through the delivery of application knowledge and advanced technology to master the toughest of materials application demands. Companies producing everything from airframes to coal, from medical implants to oil wells and from turbochargers to motorcycle parts recognize Kennametal for extraordinary contributions to their value chains. Customers buy more than $2.7 billion annually of Kennametal products and services-delivered by our 14,000 talented employees in over 60 countries-with more than 50 percent of these revenues coming from outside North America. Visit us at http://www.kennametal.com/.

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First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: deborah.mikeska@kennametal.com

SOURCE: Kennametal Inc.