| FORM 4 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
(Country) | 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Kodiak AI, Inc. [ KDK ] | 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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| 2a. Foreign Trading Symbol
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| 3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 05/07/2026 | 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| 4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Common Stock | 05/08/2026 | A | 769,230(1) | A | (1) | 4,360,857 | D(2)(3)(4) | |||
| Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| Warrant (Right to Buy) | $6(1) | 05/08/2026 | A | 769,230 | 05/07/2026 | 05/07/2031 | Common Stock | 769,230 | (1) | 769,230 | D(2)(3)(4) | ||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Pursuant to a subscription agreement between Kodiak AI, Inc. (the "Company") and AAC II Holdings II LP ( "AAC II Holdings"), dated May 7, 2026, for an aggregate subscription amount of $4,999,995, AAC II Holdings purchased (i) 769,230 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Common Stock") at a price per share of $6.50 per share, and (ii) an accompanying warrant to purchase 769,230 shares of Common Stock initially exercisable at $6.00 per share of Common Stock, which exercise price is subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments. |
| 2. Ares Partners Holdco LLC ("Ares Partners") is the sole member of each of Ares Voting LLC ("Ares Voting") and Ares Management GP LLC ("Ares Management GP"), which are respectively the holders of the Class B and Class C common stock of Ares Management Corporation ("Ares Management"), which common stock allows them, collectively, to generally have the majority of the votes on any matter submitted to the stockholders of Ares Management if certain conditions are met. Ares Management is the sole member of Ares Holdco LLC ("Ares Holdco" and together with each of the foregoing entities, the "Ares Entities."), which is the general partner of Ares Holdings L.P. ("Ares Holdings"). |
| 3. Ares Holdings is the general partner of AAC II Holdings II LP. Each of the Ares Entities, Ares Holdings and AAC II Holdings may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the securities directly held by AAC II Holdings but each of the foregoing disclaim beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of its respective pecuniary interest therein. |
| 4. Ares Partners is managed by a board of managers, which is composed of Michael J Arougheti, R. Kipp deVeer, David B. Kaplan, Antony P. Ressler and Bennett Rosenthal (collectively, the "Board Members"). Mr. Ressler generally has veto authority over the Board Members' decisions. Each of these individuals expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by Ares Partners, except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interest therein. The principal business office of the Ares Entities, Ares Holdings and AAC II Holdings is c/o Ares Management LLC, 245 Park Avenue, 44th Floor, New York, NY 10167. |
| /s/Anton Feingold, as Authorized Signatory | 05/11/2026 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
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| * Form 4: SEC 1474 (03-26) | ||