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Poltrona Frau S.p.A to Haworth Inc.

Home & Office Furnishings/Feb 2014
EV / LTM EBITDA
15.1x
EV / LTM Sales
-
Enterprise Value
$654M
Primary Source
BofA

All Observations

Source-specific multiples and notes for this transaction.

Primary?Source TypeFairness Opinion / SourceAdvisorSource YearEnterprise ValueEV/SalesEV/EBITDAEV/Fwd EBITDANoteCitation
Primaryfairness opinionSCS FOBofA2025$654M-15.1x-Resolved deal. Cited in the Steelcase/HNI fairness opinion, BofA supplemental (8-K, 25 Nov 2025). 58.6% stake acquired, per Goldman's footnote in the Knoll filing.Open
-fairness opinionSCS FOJPMorgan2025----Resolved deal. Cited in the Steelcase/HNI fairness opinion, J.P. Morgan (acquirer board) table; no per-row multiple disclosed.Open
-fairness opinionKNL FOGoldman Sachs2021--15.3x-Resolved deal. Cited in the Knoll/Herman Miller fairness opinion, Goldman Sachs table. RESTATED by the 1 Jul 2021 8-K from an original 13.1x, which had inadvertently excluded cash and debt; the correction also moved Goldman's observed-set median from 13.5x to 14.1x.Open
-fairness opinionKNL FOBofA2021$654M-15.1x-Resolved deal. Cited in the Knoll/Herman Miller fairness opinion, BofA table, transaction value from the 1 Jul 2021 8-K.Open