Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Market Information For Common Stock
Our Series A common stock has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “KVYO” since September 20, 2023. Prior to that date, there was no public trading market for our common stock.
Our Series B common stock is neither listed on any stock exchange nor traded on any public market.
Holders of Record
As of February 23, 2024, there were 120 holders of record of our Series A common stock. The actual number of shareholders of our Series A common stock is greater than this number of record holders, and includes shareholders who are beneficial owners, but whose shares are held in street name by brokers and other nominees.
As of February 23, 2024, there were 83 holders of record of our Series B common stock.
Dividend Policy
We have never declared or paid any cash dividend on our capital stock. We currently intend to retain any future earnings, if any, to fund the development and expansion of our business and do not expect to pay any dividends in the foreseeable future. Any future determination to declare cash dividends will be made at the discretion of our board of directors, subject to applicable laws, and will depend on a number of factors, including our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, any contractual restrictions, general business conditions, and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant.
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference herein to our definitive Proxy Statement for our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
Stock Performance Graph
The following performance graph shall not be deemed “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or the Exchange Act.
The following graph shows the cumulative total return to our stockholders between September 20, 2023 (the date that our Series A common stock commenced trading on the New York Stock Exchange) through December 31, 2023 in comparison to the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Information Technology Index. The graph assumes that (i) $100 was invested in each of our Series A common stock, the S&P 500 Index, and the S&P 500 Information Technology Index at their respective closing prices on September 20, 2023 and (ii) reinvestment of gross dividends. The stock price performance shown in the graph represents past performance and should not be considered an indication of future stock price performance.
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9/20/2023
9/30/2023 10/31/2023 11/30/2023 12/31/2023
KVYO
100
105
87
90
85
S&P 500 Index
100 97
95
104
108
S&P 500 Information Technology Index
100 99
99
111
115
Recent Sale of Unregistered Equity Securities
On October 31, 2023, Shopify Strategic partially exercised the Shopify Warrants in cash for 344,381 shares of our Series B common stock at a price per share of $0.01 for an aggregate purchase price of $3,443.81. The issuance of Series B common stock shares was exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.
Use of Proceeds from Initial Public Offering of Our Series A Common Stock
On September 19, 2023, the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-274211) (the “Registration Statement”) relating to our IPO was declared effective by the SEC and we priced our IPO. Pursuant to the Registration Statement, we registered an aggregate of 22,080,000 million shares of our Series A common stock, inclusive of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares from the selling stockholders. On September 22, 2023, we closed our IPO of 19,200,000 shares of our Series A common stock, including the sale by us of 11,507,693 of shares, at a price to the public of $30.00 per share. We received net proceeds of approximately $320.1 million, after deducting approximately $17.7 million in underwriting discounts and commissions, and $7.4 million in offering-related expenses. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co, LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. acted as representatives of the underwriters for the offering. No payments were made to our directors or officers or their associates, holders of 10% or more of any class of our equity securities or any affiliates, other than to directors or holders of 10% or more of our equity securities that were selling stockholders in the IPO, as described below.
The IPO also included the sale of 7,692,307 shares of our Series A common stock by selling stockholders. We did not receive any proceeds from the sale of Series A common stock by the selling stockholders. The selling stockholders granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to 2,880,000 additional shares of Series A common stock. The option was
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exercised for 2,764,066 additional shares on October 19, 2023. Jennifer Ceran, one of our directors, and entities affiliated with Summit Partners, L.P., a holder of more than 10% of our equity securities, were selling stockholders in our IPO.
We used $62.9 million of the net proceeds from our IPO to satisfy the tax withholding and remittance obligations related to the settlement of outstanding RSUs in connection with the offering. There has been no material change in the planned use of proceeds from our IPO as described in our final prospectus, dated September 19, 2023, filed with the SEC on September 20, 2023 pursuant to Rule 424(b) (the “Final Prospectus”).
Issuer Purchase of Equity Securities
None.
Item 6. [Reserved]
Not applicable.