secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Knightscope, Inc. (KSCP)
CIK:        0001600983
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-022476
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 1.01, 2.01, 3.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Knightscope acquires Event Risk for up to $12.1M cash, stock, and contingent payments
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- Total consideration: $5M cash at close, $1.1M debt assumption, 1.72M shares, $4M deferred cash payments through 2028.
- Earn-out up to $2M based on 2026 revenue ($35M) and gross margin (20%); revenue share capped at $10M for 2027-2031.
- Event Risk provides armed/unarmed guarding and executive protection; positive EBITDA, double-digit growth, Fortune 1000 clients.
- Eric Rose remains President of Event Risk; plans to rebrand as Knightscope Security Force in 2026.
- Transaction funded with $6.1M cash from Knightscope; pro forma financials to be filed via amendment.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600983/000110465926022476/0001104659-26-022476-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600983/000110465926022476/tm267594d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-022476

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