UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 10)*

Steelcase Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Class A Common Stock

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Liesl A. Maloney, Steelcase Inc., 901 — 44^th Street S.E.,
Grand Rapids, MI 49508, (616) 247-3201

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October 14, 2008

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this Schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. o

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The information required in 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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Item 1. Security and Issuer.

     The title of the class of equity securities to which this statement relates is Class A Common Stock (“Class A Common Stock”), of Steelcase Inc., a Michigan corporation (the “Company”). The address of the Company’s principal executive offices is 901 — 44^th Street S.E., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49508.

Item 2. Identity and Background.

     This statement is being filed by Robert C. Pew II. The business address of Mr. Pew is 901 - 44th Street S.E., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49508. Mr. Pew is retired. Mr. Pew has not, during the last five years, been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors). Mr. Pew has not, during the last five years, been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction which resulted in Mr. Pew being subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. Mr. Pew is a U.S. citizen.

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

     This statement is being filed to report the disposition by the Robert C. Pew II Trust and the Mary Idema Pew Trust on October 14, 2008 of 1,096,373 shares and 32,354 shares, respectively, of Class B Common Stock of the Company. The shares were disposed of in gift transactions, without payment of consideration.

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.

     The purpose of the transaction was estate planning. Mr. Pew does not have any current plans or proposals for (i) the acquisition by any person of additional securities in the Company or the disposition of securities of the Company other than possible additional estate planning transactions, (ii) an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (iii) a sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (iv) any change in the present board of directors or management of the Company, including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the Board of Directors of the Company, (v) any material change in the Company’s present capitalization or dividend policy, (vi) any other material change in the Company’s business or corporate structure, (vii) any changes in the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or other actions which may impede the acquisition of control of the Company by any person, (viii) causing a class of securities of the Company to be delisted from a national securities exchange or to cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities association, (ix) a class of the Company’s equity securities becoming eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or (x) any action similar to those enumerated above.

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Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

	(a)		Number of shares of Class A Common Stock beneficially owned: 9,921,583
			Percentage of Class A Common Stock beneficially owned: 11.2%
	(b)		Number of shares of Class A Common Stock as to which Mr. Pew has the:

Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 9,921,583
Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0
Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition: 9,921,583
Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition: 0

     The number of shares reported above includes (i) 9,901,325 shares of Class B Common Stock of the Company which are immediately convertible into an equal number of shares of Class A Common Stock at the option of the holder and (ii) 20,258 shares of Class A Common Stock. If shares of Class B Common Stock are transferred to any person other than a “Permitted Transferee” (as defined in the Company’s Second Restated Articles of Incorporation), such shares are automatically converted on a share-for-share basis into shares of Class A Common Stock. Shares of Class B Common Stock of the Company have the same attributes as shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company except that each share of Class B Common Stock entitles the holder thereof to ten votes on all matters upon which shareholders have a right to vote and each share of Class A Common Stock entitles the holder thereof to one vote on such matters.

     If all the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock of the Company were converted into shares of Class A Common Stock, Mr. Pew would be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 7.4% of the Class A Common Stock.

     (c) Within the sixty days prior to the date of this Schedule 13D the following transactions were effected by Mr. Pew:

	1.		The transfer of 1,250,000 shares of Class B Common Stock on October 7, 2008 by the Mary I. Pew Trust to each of the Robert C. Pew II Trust and the Mary I. Pew QTIP Trust, and
	2.		The disposition of 97,062 shares of Class B Common Stock on October 7, 2008 by the Mary I. Pew Trust in several gift transactions.

     (d) Of the shares reported in this Item 5, 3,310,838 shares are held by a trust for the benefit of a family member of Mr. Pew.

Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

     1. Power of Attorney of Robert C. Pew II filed as an exhibit to Amendment No. 9 to this Schedule 13D.

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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: January 23, 2009		/s/ Liesl A. Maloney
		Robert C. Pew II
		By:		Liesl A. Maloney
				Attorney-in-Fact