S-1MEF 1 s-1a1mef.htm S-1MEF Document

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2021.
Registration No. 333-          
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
KNOWBE4, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware737036-4827930
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
KnowBe4, Inc.
33 N. Garden Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
(855) 566-9234
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Sjoerd Sjouwerman
Chief Executive Officer
KnowBe4, Inc.
33 N. Garden Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
(855) 566-9234
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Tony Jeffries
Megan J. Baier
David Sharon
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,
Professional Corporation
1301 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
(212) 999-5800
Shrikrishna Venkataraman
Co-President & Chief Financial Officer
KnowBe4, Inc.
33 N. Garden Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
(855) 566-9234
Mark T. Bettencourt
Joseph C. Theis, Jr.
Jesse Nevarez
Goodwin Procter LLP
100 Northern Avenue
Boston, MA 02210
(617) 570-1000
    Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box.  ☐
    If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☒ File No. 333-260872
    If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐
    If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐
    Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer
Smaller reporting company
Emerging growth company
    If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE  
Title of each Class of
Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share(2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(1)(2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Class A common stock, par value $0.00001 per share1,150,000$25.75$29,612,500$2,746
_____________________
(1)Includes 150,000 shares subject to the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. The shares being registered under this Registration Statement are in addition to the 8,050,000 shares previously registered pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-260872).
(2)Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, for the purpose of determining the registration fee. The registrant previously registered securities with a proposed maximum aggregate offering price not to exceed $191,912,000 on the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-260872), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2021. In accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, an additional amount of securities having a proposed maximum aggregate offering price of $29,612,500 are hereby registered.
This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act.



EXPLANATORY NOTE AND INCORPORATION OF
CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE
KnowBe4, Inc. (the “Registrant”) is filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This Registration Statement relates to the public offering of securities contemplated by the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-260872) (the “Prior Registration Statement”), which the Commission declared effective on November 10, 2021.
The Registrant is filing this Registration Statement for the sole purpose of increasing by 1,150,000 shares the aggregate number of shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, to be registered for sale by the selling stockholders, 150,000 of which may be sold by the selling stockholders upon exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. The information set forth in the Prior Registration Statement, and all exhibits to the Prior Registration Statement, are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
The required opinions and consents are listed on the Exhibit Index attached hereto and filed herewith.



EXHIBIT INDEX
____________________
*Previously filed.



SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in City of Clearwater, State of Florida, on the 10th day of November, 2021.
KnowBe4, Inc.
By:/s/ Sjoerd Sjouwerman
Name:Sjoerd Sjouwerman
Title:Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-1 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SignatureTitleDate
/s/ Sjoerd Sjouwerman
Chief Executive Officer & Directors
(Principal Executive Officer)
November 10, 2021
Sjoerd Sjouwerman
/s/ Shrikrishna Venkataraman
Co-President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
November 10, 2021
Shrikrishna Venkataraman
*
Director
November 10, 2021
Jeremiah Daly
*
Director
November 10, 2021
Joseph DiSabato
*
Director
November 10, 2021
Kevin Klausmeyer
*
Director
November 10, 2021
Stephen Shanley
*
Director
November 10, 2021
Gerhard Watzinger
*
Director
November 10, 2021
Kara Wilson
/s/ Sjoerd Sjouwerman
Attorney-in-Fact
November 10, 2021
*By: Sjoerd Sjouwerman
* By:
/s/ Sjoerd Sjouwerman
Name:Sjoerd Sjouwerman
Title:Attorney-in-Fact