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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 9, 2018

Knoll, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission File Number: 001-12907

Delaware
 
13-3873847
(State or other jurisdiction of
 
(IRS Employer
incorporation)
 
Identification No.)

1235 Water Street, East Greenville, Pennsylvania 18041
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(215) 679-7991

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01. Other Events

On March 29, 2018, Knoll, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) for its 2018 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), which is to be held on May 8, 2018, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time, at our offices located at 1330 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10019. The Proxy Statement included a proposal to approve the Knoll, Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

On or about April 4, 2018, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”) published a proxy analysis and vote recommendation for the Annual Meeting. The proposal to approve the Plan (Proposal Number 2) received an unfavorable recommendation from ISS in part because the shareholder value transfer for the Plan, as determined by ISS using its proprietary model, was greater than ISS’s benchmark.

On April 9, 2018, in response to the ISS recommendation, the Company approved an amendment and restatement of the Plan, reducing the proposed number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan from 2,500,000 to 2,000,000 shares.

The foregoing is a summary description of certain terms of the Plan and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the amended and restated Plan, a copy of which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

10.1 Amended and Restated Knoll, Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan.







Signature(s)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
Knoll, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: April 9, 2018
By:
/s/ Michael A. Pollner
 
 
 
 
 
Michael A. Pollner
 
 
Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel & Secretary




Exhibit Index

Exhibit
 
Description
 
Amended and Restated Knoll, Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan.