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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-004624"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SKWD"
cik: "0001519449"
company_name: "Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-01-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T13:57:52.407075+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Skyward Specialty closes upsized IPO of 8.95M shares at $15; begins trading on Nasdaq

## Summary
- IPO priced at $15.00 per share for 8,952,383 total shares: 4,750,000 new shares from company, 4,202,383 from selling stockholders.
- Underwriters exercised in full the over-allotment option to purchase an additional 1,342,857 shares from selling stockholders.
- Company to use net proceeds for capital contributions to insurance subsidiaries and general corporate purposes.
- Common stock began trading January 13, 2023 on Nasdaq under ticker SKWD.
- Amended charter and bylaws became effective upon IPO closing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-004624
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SKWD
- cik: 0001519449
- company_name: Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-01-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000110465923004624/0001104659-23-004624-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000110465923004624/tm233575d1_8k.htm

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