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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-087820"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KDK"
cik: "0001853138"
company_name: "Kodiak AI, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-04-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T09:34:42.814621+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AACT: ~1.3% of public shares redeemed for extension; $550M trust remains; sponsor converts 12.5M shares

## Summary
- Holders of 640,288 Class A ordinary shares (approx. 1.3% of public shares) exercised redemption rights in connection with the extension vote.
- Following redemptions, an estimated $550 million will remain in the trust account.
- Sponsor Ares Acquisition Holdings II LP converted 12.5M Class B shares into Class A shares concurrently or prior to the meeting.
- If extension approved, sponsor will make monthly deposits of $0.02 per outstanding public Class A share beginning April 25, 2025.
- Proposed business combination with Kodiak Robotics is expected to close in H2 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-087820
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KDK
- cik: 0001853138
- company_name: Kodiak AI, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-04-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853138/000119312525087820/0001193125-25-087820-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853138/000119312525087820/d865617d8k.htm

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