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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001587523-22-000080"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KN"
cik: "0001587523"
company_name: "Knowles Corp"
filed_at: "2022-10-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T00:03:14.462195+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Knowles Q3 revenue $178.2M, down 23% YoY; EPS $0.03; Q4 revenue guide $200-220M

## Summary
- GAAP revenue $178.2M, down 23.5% YoY; GAAP EPS $0.03 vs $0.29 YoY.
- Non-GAAP gross margin 38.5% vs guided 37-39%; non-GAAP EPS $0.25 vs $0.33 prior quarter.
- Precision Devices record revenue, strong bookings; Audio MEMS restructuring on schedule for $25-30M annual savings.
- Q4 revenue guidance $200-220M; non-GAAP EPS $0.31-0.35.
- $19M in share repurchases in Q3.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001587523-22-000080
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KN
- cik: 0001587523
- company_name: Knowles Corp
- filed_at: 2022-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01, 5.03
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1587523/000158752322000080/0001587523-22-000080-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1587523/000158752322000080/kn-20221025.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Knowles Corp: Adopted Fourth Amended and Restated By-Laws to update provisions on universal proxy rules, stockholder meetings, director elections, and other governance matters (effective 2022-10-25).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2022-10-25
  source text: On October 25, 2022, in connection with the new Securities and Exchange Commission rules regarding universal proxy cards, certain recent changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) and a periodic review of the Company's by-laws, the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) unanimously adopted the Fourth Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company (the by-laws, as so amended and restated, the “Amended and Restated By-Laws”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1587523/000158752322000080/0001587523-22-000080-index.htm

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