8-K

CONFLUENT, INC.

/s/ Rohan Sivaram

Dated: November 14, 2024

Rohan Sivaram

Chief Financial Officer

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 8, 2024

CONFLUENT, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Delaware	001-40526	47-1824387
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

899 W. Evelyn Avenue

Mountain View, California

94041

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(800) 439-3207

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading
Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange
on which registered

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share

CFLT

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

(Nasdaq Global Select Market)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Chad Verbowski will retire from Confluent, Inc. (“Confluent”) as Chief Technology Officer effective as of November 26, 2024, in order to take a career break. Mr. Verbowski has agreed to remain as an advisor to Confluent through February 21, 2025, to ensure an orderly transition while Confluent is searching for his replacement. In the interim, Confluent’s engineering organization will report directly to Confluent’s Chief Executive Officer. Confluent thanks Mr. Verbowski for his significant and important contributions to the company’s engineering organization during his tenure.

Confluent and Mr. Verbowski expect to enter into a letter agreement to reflect his advisory role, a copy of which will be filed as an exhibit to Confluent’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

SEC Form 8-K filed by Confluent Inc.