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| <periodOfReport> 2018-05-25 </periodOfReport> |
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| <issuer> |
| | <issuerCik> 0000313716 </issuerCik> |
| | <issuerName> HARDINGE INC </issuerName> |
| | <issuerTradingSymbol> HDNG </issuerTradingSymbol> |
| | </issuer> |
| <reportingOwner> |
| | <reportingOwnerId> |
| | | <rptOwnerCik> 0001363032 </rptOwnerCik> |
| | | <rptOwnerName> Levenson Ryan </rptOwnerName> |
| | | </reportingOwnerId> |
| | <reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet1> C/O HARDINGE INC. </rptOwnerStreet1> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet2> ONE HARDINGE DRIVE </rptOwnerStreet2> |
| | | <rptOwnerCity> ELMIRA </rptOwnerCity> |
| | | <rptOwnerState> NY </rptOwnerState> |
| | | <rptOwnerZipCode> 14903 </rptOwnerZipCode> |
| | | <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription> |
| | | </reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | <reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | | <isDirector> 1 </isDirector> |
| | | <isOfficer> 0 </isOfficer> |
| | | <isTenPercentOwner> 0 </isTenPercentOwner> |
| | | <isOther> 0 </isOther> |
| | | </reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | </reportingOwner> |
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| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Common Stock </value> |
| </securityTitle> |
| | | <transactionDate> |
| <value> 2018-05-25 </value> |
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| | | <transactionCoding> |
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| | | <transactionTimeliness> |
| <value></value> |
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| | | <transactionAmounts> |
| <transactionShares> |
| <value> 1315090 </value> |
| </transactionShares> |
| <transactionPricePerShare> |
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| <value> 0 </value> |
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| | | <ownershipNature> |
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| <value> I </value> |
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| <natureOfOwnership> |
| <value> By Privet Fund LP </value> |
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| | <nonDerivativeTransaction> |
| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Common Stock </value> |
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| | | <transactionDate> |
| <value> 2018-05-25 </value> |
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| <value> 1315090 </value> |
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| <value> 1315090 </value> |
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| <natureOfOwnership> |
| <value> By Hardinge Holdings, LLC </value> |
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| </ownershipNature> |
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| | <nonDerivativeTransaction> |
| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Common Stock </value> |
| </securityTitle> |
| | | <transactionDate> |
| <value> 2018-05-25 </value> |
| </transactionDate> |
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| <transactionFormType> 4 </transactionFormType> |
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| <equitySwapInvolved> 0 </equitySwapInvolved> |
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| | | <transactionTimeliness> |
| <value></value> |
| </transactionTimeliness> |
| | | <transactionAmounts> |
| <transactionShares> |
| <value> 57098 </value> |
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| <transactionPricePerShare> |
| <value> 18.5 </value> |
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| <value> D </value> |
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| <value> 0 </value> |
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| | | <ownershipNature> |
| <directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| <value> I </value> |
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| <natureOfOwnership> |
| <value> By Privet Fund Management LLC </value> |
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| </ownershipNature> |
| | | </nonDerivativeTransaction> |
| | <nonDerivativeHolding> |
| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Common Stock </value> |
| </securityTitle> |
| | | <postTransactionAmounts> |
| <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| <value> 1632 </value> |
| </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| </postTransactionAmounts> |
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| <directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| <value> D </value> |
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| | | </nonDerivativeHolding> |
| | </nonDerivativeTable> |
| <footnotes> |
| | <footnote id="F1"> Shares transferred to Hardinge Holdings, LLC pursuant to a certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 12, 2018, by and among Hardinge Holdings, LLC, Hardinge Merger Sub, Inc., and Hardinge Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the "Merger Agreement"). </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F2"> Shares transferred from Privet Fund LP pursuant to the Merger Agreement. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F3"> Shares disposed of for cash consideration pursuant to the Merger Agreement. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F4"> The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these shares in this report shall not constitute an admission of beneficial ownership of the reported shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose. </footnote> |
| | </footnotes> |
| <ownerSignature> |
| | <signatureName> John R. Alexander, as Attorney-in-Fact, pursuant to a Power of Attorney dated November 1, 2016 </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2018-05-30 </signatureDate> |
| | </ownerSignature> |
| </ownershipDocument> |