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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Hershey Mark A   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES INC [AWI] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) SVP, GenCnsl, Compliance (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC., 2500 COLUMBIA AVE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/05/2016 (Street) LANCASTER, PA 17603 4. If Amendment, Date 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 (City) (State) (Zip) 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 02/05/2016   M   2,437 (1) A $ 0 8,004 D   Common Stock 02/05/2016   F   845 (2) D $ 39.1 7,159 D

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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 Underlying Securities (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 of Derivative Security: 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

Performance Restricted Stock Units

(3)

02/05/2016

A

2,437

(4)

(5)

Common Stock

2,437

$ 0

2,437

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Hershey Mark A C/O ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC. 2500 COLUMBIA AVE LANCASTER, PA 17603			SVP, GenCnsl, Compliance

Signatures

/s/Christopher S. Parisi, Attorney-in-fact		02/09/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Reflects the conversion of previously granted performance restricted stock units into shares of the Issuer's common stock in connection with the vesting of the units based on underlying performance metrics.
(2)	Represents the number of shares withheld by the Issuer to satisfy the Reporting Person's tax obligations upon the vesting of performance restricted stock units granted to the Reporting Person under the Issuer's Long-Term Incentive Plan.
(3)	Each performance restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Issuer's common stock.
(4)	The performance restricted stock units were granted upon achievement of certain performance metrics pursuant to the performance-based restricted stock units granted on February 20, 2013 under the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan. The performance period for the performance restricted stock units was January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2015, with vesting subject to approval of the performance calculation by the Management Development and Compensation Committee of the Issuer's Board of Directors. This approval was obtained on February 5, 2016.
(5)	Not applicable.

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