---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001587523-23-000077"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KN"
cik: "0001587523"
company_name: "Knowles Corp"
filed_at: "2023-09-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T07:37:29.912487+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Knowles amends credit agreement to permit $122.9M seller note for Cornell Dubilier acquisition

## Summary
- Amendment permits Knowles to incur up to $122.9M seller note secured by assets acquired in Cornell Dubilier acquisition.
- Seller note matures two years from effective date; collateral pledge under credit agreement extended to 90 days after maturity.
- Dispositions and investments into Knowles PD Holdings and acquired subsidiaries capped at $80M aggregate until note maturity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001587523-23-000077
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KN
- cik: 0001587523
- company_name: Knowles Corp
- filed_at: 2023-09-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1587523/000158752323000077/0001587523-23-000077-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1587523/000158752323000077/kn-20230925.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001587523-23-000077
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001587523-23-000077.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001587523-23-000077.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Knowles Corp amended Amendment No. 1 with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent valued at US$122,900,000 (effective 2023-09-25).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: credit facility
  - Counterparty: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent
  - Value: US$122,900,000
  - Effective: 2023-09-25
  source text: On September 25, 2023, Knowles Corporation (the “Company”) entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and a syndicate of other financial institutions (the “Lenders”) named therein (the “Credit Agreement”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1587523/000158752323000077/0001587523-23-000077-index.htm

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