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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-002395"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SDHC"
cik: "0001982518"
company_name: "Smith Douglas Homes Corp."
filed_at: "2024-01-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T23:31:51.560187+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Smith Douglas Homes completes IPO of 8.85M shares at $21.00, raises $185.8M gross

## Summary
- Completed IPO of 8,846,154 shares of Class A common stock at $21.00/share, including full over-allotment exercise.
- Gross proceeds to company of $185.8 million before underwriting discounts and commissions.
- Issued 40,384,615 Class B shares to Founder Fund and 4,487,179 to GSB Holdings in exempt private placement.
- Entered employment agreements with CEO Gregory S. Bennett, CFO Russell Devendorf, and GC Brett A. Steele.
- Amended certificate of incorporation authorizing 250M Class A, 100M Class B, and 10M preferred shares effective Jan 10.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-002395
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SDHC
- cik: 0001982518
- company_name: Smith Douglas Homes Corp.
- filed_at: 2024-01-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 3.03, 5.03, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1982518/000114036124002395/0001140361-24-002395-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1982518/000114036124002395/ny20009679x17_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Smith Douglas Homes Corp.: Adopted Amended and Restated Bylaws effective January 10, 2024 (effective 2024-01-10).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2024-01-10
  source text: On January 10, 2024, the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “ Charter ”), in the form previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement, and the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “ Bylaws ”), in the form previously filed as Exhibit 3.4 to the Registration Statement, became effective.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1982518/000114036124002395/0001140361-24-002395-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  Smith Douglas Homes Corp.: Adopted Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation effective January 10, 2024, setting authorized capital stock at 250M Class A, 100M Class B, and 10M preferred shares (effective 2024-01-10).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2024-01-10
  source text: On January 10, 2024, the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “ Charter ”), in the form previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement, and the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “ Bylaws ”), in the form previously filed as Exhibit 3.4 to the Registration Statement, became effective.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1982518/000114036124002395/0001140361-24-002395-index.htm

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