0001388038-13-000029.txt : 20131002 0001388038-13-000029.hdr.sgml : 20131002 20131002165659 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001388038-13-000029 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20131002 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20131002 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KNOLL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001011570 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS FURNITURE & FIXTURES [2590] IRS NUMBER: 133873847 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1235 WATER ST CITY: EAST GREENVILLE STATE: PA ZIP: 18041 BUSINESS PHONE: 2156797991 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1235 WATER STREET CITY: EAST GREENVILLE STATE: PA ZIP: 18041 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LAPIDUS SIDNEY CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001210475 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12907 FILM NUMBER: 131130943 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 466 LEXINGTON AVENUE STREET 2: FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 4 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2013-09-30 0001011570 KNOLL INC KNL 0001210475 LAPIDUS SIDNEY C/O WARBURG PINCUS & CO. 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10017 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2013-09-30 4 A 0 737 16.94 A 145786 D This stock was acquired pursuant to the Company's Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan in a transaction exempt from Section 16 under Rule 16b-3(d). Under this Plan, directors may elect in advance to receive shares of common stock in lieu of all or a portion of their cash retainer at a price per share equal to the closing price of the common stock on the last business day of the quarter (referred to as the "transaction date"). The price as shown above reflects the last sale price of the common stock on the transaction date. The amount of reporting person's beneficially owned securities includes 100,000 shares indirectly held in a grantor retained annuity trust, of which reporting person serves as trustee. /s/Barry L. McCabe, Attorney-in-Fact 2013-10-02 EX-24 2 modelpoalapidus.htm

EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY



The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Michael A. Pollner,

Barry L. McCabe, and Lydia M. Weaver, signing singly, the undersigned's true

and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's

capacity as an executive officer and/or director of Knoll, Inc. (the "Company"),

Forms 3, 4, and 5, and any amendments thereto, in accordance with Section 16(a)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act") and the rules

promulgated thereunder;



(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which

may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5

and timely file any such form with the Securities and Exchange Commission and

any stock exchange or similar authority; and



(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the

foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit

to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being

understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of

the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and

shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve

in such attorney-in-fact's sole discretion.



The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and

authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,

necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers

granted herein, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might

or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or

revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or

such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause

to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers granted

herein. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact the right to

appoint a substitute attorney-in-fact from time to time in such attorney-in-

fact's sole discretion. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing

attorneys-in-fact may rely entirely on information furnished orally

or in writing by the undersigned, or a representative of the undersigned,

to such attorney-in-fact.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing

attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the

undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the

undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Act.



This Power of Attorney shall become and remain in full force and effect from

March 1, 2007 until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3,

4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions

in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the

undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing

attorneys-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be

executed as of this 23rd day of February, 2007.



Signature:  /s/Sidney Lapidus

Print Name: Sidney Lapidus, Director