November 2, 2024

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Muscatine-based HNI buys workplace furnishings competitor Kimball

Muscatine-based HNI buys workplace furnishings competitor Kimball

Muscatine-based HNI buys workplace furnishings competitor Kimball

Muscatine-based furnishings maker HNI Corp. plans to accumulate competitor Kimball Worldwide, the corporate introduced Wednesday.

In a information launch, HNI executives mentioned they’d purchase Indianapolis-based Kimball for about $485 million. The deal values Kimball at $9 a share, a 34% premium on the inventory worth as of Tuesday.

The deal, which would require approval from Kimball shareholders and authorities regulators, would enhance HNI’s office furnishing division, the bread and butter of the corporate’s enterprise.

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The division struggled by way of the primary two years of the COVID-19 pandemic as company and authorities demand for desks and workplace chairs dropped whereas the price of uncooked supplies elevated. Nonetheless, it turned a nook in 2022, incomes a $3.4 million revenue after dropping about $5.5 million the earlier two years.