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HNI CORP Announces Acquisition

This transaction is a cash acquisition in which HNI Corp (ticker HNI), a consumer-retail sector company, is acquiring Steelcase Inc. The deal falls under the M&A product group, and the disclosed value is not stated in the source document.

Oct 16, 2025·SEC EDGAR (S-4)·pending regulatory·cash acquisition

The facts in this summary are sourced from an SEC EDGAR Form S-4 filed and published on October 16, 2025. The transaction's current status is pending regulatory review.

Only one financial advisor is identified in the facts block: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC served as financial advisor to the target, Steelcase, in a lead capacity. The source sentence references consent language for Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC's opinion letter under the caption Summary, Opinions of Steelcase's Financial Advisors, the plural phrasing of which suggests additional advisors to Steelcase may exist in the full underlying document even though only Goldman Sachs is named in this facts block.

No legal advisors are identified in the facts block for either Steelcase or HNI Corp.

Beyond confirming this is a cash acquisition, the facts block provides no further detail on the per-share price, financing sources for HNI Corp, or any other structural terms of the merger agreement.

Several material facts are not disclosed. The transaction's dollar value is explicitly stated as not disclosed in the source document. No legal advisors are named for either party. No expected closing date is given, and despite the plural reference to Steelcase's financial advisors in the source language, no additional advisors beyond Goldman Sachs are named in the available facts.