hmi8k_012114
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report: January 17, 2014
(Date of earliest event reported)
HERMAN MILLER, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Michigan
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
incorporation)
001-15141
(Commission File No.)
38-0837640 
(IRS Employer
Identification no.)
 
 
 
855 East Main Avenue
Zeeland, Michigan
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
49464
(Zip Code)
 
(616) 654-3000
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

Effective January 17, 2014, Heidi Manheimer was appointed to the Board of Directors of Herman Miller, Inc. (the "Corporation"). Ms. Manheimer has not yet been appointed to a committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation. There is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. Manheimer and any other person pursuant to which she was selected as a director of the Corporation. There have been no transactions since the beginning of the Corporation's last fiscal year, nor are there any currently proposed transactions, to which the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries was, or is to be, a party, and which the amount involved exceeds $120,000 and in which Ms. Manheimer had, or will have, a direct or indirect material interest that is required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.










SIGNATURE
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Dated:   January 21, 2014
HERMAN MILLER, INC.
 
 
 (Registrant)
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Hezron Timothy Lopez
Hezron Timothy Lopez
 
 
 
Senior Vice President of Legal Services & Secretary