Confluent Inc.

03/27/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/27/2026 15:01

Termination Notice (Form 15-12G)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 15

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS

UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

Commission File Number:

001-40526

Confluent, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

899 West Evelyn Ave.

Mountain View, CA 94041

(800) 439-3207

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share

(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
None

(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

Rule 12g-4(a)(1)
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)
Rule 15d-6
Rule 15d-22(b)

Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: One.

Explanatory Note: Effective March 17, 2026, Corvo Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation, was merged with and into Confluent, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with Confluent, Inc. continuing as the surviving corporation and thereby being converted from a public corporation into a private corporation.

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

Date: March 27, 2026

Confluent, Inc.
By: /s/ Mark Hobbert
Name: Mark Hobbert

Title:

Treasurer

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