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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-242954
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190911
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190911

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MOHAWK INDUSTRIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000851968
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CARPETS AND RUGS [2273]
		IRS NUMBER:				521604305
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13697
		FILM NUMBER:		191088416

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		160 S INDUSTRIAL BLVD
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 12069
		CITY:			CALHOUN
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30701
		BUSINESS PHONE:		706-624-2032

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 12069
		CITY:			CALHOUN
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30703
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FOR
REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g)&nbsp;OF THE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:22pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MOHAWK
INDUSTRIES, INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </I></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">52-1604305</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>30701</B></TD></TR>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Act: </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title of each class</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to be so
registered&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Name of each exchange on which</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;each class is to be
registered&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>New York Stock Exchange</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange Act and is
effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this Form relates to the registration
of a class of securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: <B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-219716</FONT> and <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-219716-02</FONT></FONT></B> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the
Act: <B>None</B> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:8pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mohawk Industries, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) is filing this Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> in connection with the listing of
&#128;300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Mohawk Capital Finance S.A.&#146;s (&#147;Mohawk Finance&#148;) Floating Rate Notes due 2021 (the &#147;Notes&#148;) on the New York Stock Exchange. Mohawk Finance is an indirect wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company that provides financing for the Company through the issuance of debt securities and Company has fully and unconditionally guaranteed the Notes on a senior unsecured basis.</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT&#146;S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The title of the securities to be registered hereunder is &#147;Floating Rate Notes due 2021.&#148;&nbsp;For a description of the securities to be registered
hereunder, reference is made to the information under the heading &#147;Description of Notes&#148; in the prospectus supplement, dated August&nbsp;28, 2019, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on
August&nbsp;28, 2019 pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, and under the heading &#147;Description of Debt Securities&#148; in the prospectus dated September&nbsp;1, 2017, contained in our effective registration
statement on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-3,</FONT> as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 thereto (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Nos.&nbsp;333-219716</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-219716-02),</FONT></FONT> filed with the Commission on September&nbsp;1, 2017, which information is incorporated herein by reference and made part of this registration statement in its entirety. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Indenture, dated as of September&nbsp;11, 2017, by and among Mohawk Capital Finance S.A., as issuer, Mohawk Industries, Inc., as parent guarantor and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee &#151; incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 of the Company&#146;s Current Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> filed on September&nbsp;11, 2017.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September&nbsp;4, 2019, by and among Mohawk Capital Finance S.A., as issuer, Mohawk Industries, Inc., as parent guarantor, U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, registrar and
transfer agent and Elavon Financial Services DAC, as paying agent and calculation agent &#151; incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 of the Company&#146;s Current Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> filed
on September&nbsp;4, 2019.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Note for Floating Rate Notes due 2021 &#151; incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 of the Company&#146;s Current Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> filed on September&nbsp;4,
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Date: September 11, 2019</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ R. David Patton</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">R. David Patton</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Vice President Business
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