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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. )*
Knoll, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
498904101
(CUSIP Number)
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities,
and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see
the Notes).
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CUSIP No. 498904101 13G
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Warburg, Pincus Ventures, L.P. I.D.# 13-3784037
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) [ ]
(b) [X]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
-0-
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NUMBER OF 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY 27,908,832
OWNED BY
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EACH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING
PERSON -0-
WITH
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8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
27,908,832
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9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
27,908,832
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10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES* [ ]
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11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
64.6%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
PN
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*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 498904101 13G
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Warburg, Pincus & Co. I.D.# 13-6358475
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) [ ]
(b) [X]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
-0-
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NUMBER OF 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY 27,908,832
OWNED BY
------ ----------------------------------------------------
EACH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING
PERSON -0-
WITH
------ ----------------------------------------------------
8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
27,908,832
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9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
27,908,832
- ---------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES* [ ]
- ---------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
64.6%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
PN
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*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 498904101 13G
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
E.M. Warburg, Pincus & Co., LLC I.D.# 13-3536050
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) [ ]
(b) [X]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
-0-
------ ----------------------------------------------------
NUMBER OF 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY 27,908,832
OWNED BY
------ ----------------------------------------------------
EACH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING
PERSON -0-
WITH
------ ----------------------------------------------------
8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
27,908,832
- ---------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
27,908,832
- ---------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES* [ ]
- ---------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
64.6%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
OO
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*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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Item 1(a). Name of Issuer:
Knoll, Inc. (the "Issuer")
Item 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive
Offices:
1235 Water Street
East Greenville, PA 18041
Items 2(a) Name of Person Filing; Address of Principal
and (b). Business Office:
This statement is filed by and on behalf of
(a) Warburg, Pincus Ventures, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership ("WPV"); (b)
Warburg, Pincus & Co., a New York general
partnership ("WP"); and (c) E.M. Warburg,
Pincus & Co., LLC, a New York limited
liability company ("EMW LLC"), which manages
WPV. WP, as the sole general partner of WPV,
has a 15% interest in the profits of WPV and
owns 1.2% of the limited partnership units in
WPV. Lionel I. Pincus is the managing partner
of WP and the managing member of EMW LLC and
may be deemed to control both WP and EMW LLC.
The members of EMW LLC are substantially the
same as the partners of WP. The business
address of each of the foregoing is 466
Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017.
Item 2(c). Citizenship:
Not Applicable
Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities:
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
(the "Common Stock")
Item 2(e). CUSIP Number:
498904101
Item 3. Not Applicable
Item 4. Ownership:
(a) 27,908,832 shares of
Common Stock, as of December 31, 1997.
(b) 64.6%
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(c) (i) -0-
(ii) 27,908,832
(iii) -0-
(iv) 27,908,832
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:
Not Applicable
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on
Behalf of Another Person:
Not Applicable
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the
Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being
Reported on By the Parent Holding Company:
Not Applicable
Item 8. Identification and Classification of
Members of the Group:
Not Applicable
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group:
Not Applicable
Item 10. Certification:
Not Applicable
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.
Dated: February 9, 1998
WARBURG, PINCUS VENTURES, L.P.
By: Warburg, Pincus & Co.,
General Partner
By: /s/ Stephen Distler
Stephen Distler, Partner
WARBURG, PINCUS & CO.
By: /s/ Stephen Distler
Stephen Distler, Partner
E.M. WARBURG, PINCUS & CO., LLC
By: /s/ Stephen Distler
Stephen Distler, Member
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit I Joint Filing Agreement, dated February 9, 1998,
among the signatories to this Schedule 13G.
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JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(f)(1)
The undersigned acknowledge and agree that the foregoing
statement on Schedule 13G is filed on behalf of each of the undersigned and that
all subsequent amendments to this statement on Schedule 13G shall be filed on
behalf of each of the undersigned without the necessity of filing additional
joint filing agreements. The undersigned acknowledge that each shall be
responsible for the timely filing of such amendments, and for the completeness
and accuracy of the information concerning it contained therein, but shall not
be responsible for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning
the others, except to the extent that it knows or has reason to believe that
such information is inaccurate. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and all of such counterparts taken together shall constitute one
and the same instrument.
Dated: February 9, 1998
WARBURG, PINCUS VENTURES, L.P.
By: Warburg, Pincus & Co., General
Partner
By: /s/ Stephen Distler
Stephen Distler, Partner
WARBURG, PINCUS & CO.
By: /s/ Stephen Distler
Stephen Distler, Partner
E.M. WARBURG, PINCUS & CO., LLC
By: /s/ Stephen Distler
Stephen Distler, Member
