---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-21-025002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MLKN"
cik: "0000066382"
company_name: "MILLERKNOLL, INC."
filed_at: "2021-07-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T04:17:32.365235+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Herman Miller completes Knoll acquisition; combined company renamed MillerKnoll

## Summary
- Knoll shareholders received 0.32 Herman Miller shares + $11 cash per share; Herman Miller shareholders own ~78% of combined co.
- New credit facility of $1.75B entered: $400M Term Loan A, $625M Term Loan B, $725M revolver; used to fund acquisition & repay existing debt.
- Combined company (MillerKnoll) includes 19 brands, 64 showrooms, 50+ retail locations, eCommerce capabilities.
- Herman Miller CEO Andi Owen leads combined company; formal name change to MillerKnoll to be voted at annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-21-025002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MLKN
- cik: 0000066382
- company_name: MILLERKNOLL, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-07-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 1.01, 2.03, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66382/000114036121025002/0001140361-21-025002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66382/000114036121025002/brhc10026982_8k.htm

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