FAQs
TRANSFER AGENT
What is a transfer agent?
Transfer agents maintain a record of ownership, including contact information, of an issuer’s registered stockholders or bonds.
You may, in general, deposit any Class A common shares with a broker. If you currently hold Preferred Stock, those shares must first be converted into Class A common stock before the shares can be transferred to a brokerage account. Until you deposit your shares in a brokerage account, the transfer agent will maintain the record of your ownership. Once you deposit your shares with a broker, the broker will maintain that record. (Please see the section below for more information on “How do I move my shares to a brokerage account after the stock is listed on NASDAQ?”
Who are Knightscope’s transfer agents?
For all equity holdings, Computershare is Knightscope’s transfer agent.
For bonds, Great Lakes Fund Solutions Inc. serves as the depositary, paying agent, and registrar.
How do I trade my stock if I don’t own Class A common stock?
Effective November 1, 2021, Computershare now serves as Knightscope’s transfer agent. All accounts previously held at Carta, the former transfer agent, were moved to Computershare.
Please Note: When shares were migrated from Carta to Computershare, Carta marked all shares as ‘cancelled’ on its platform. However, that does not mean your shares were cancelled – they are held at Computershare.
Stockholders who purchased Class B common stock or any series of Preferred Stock are able to convert their shares into Class A common stock by submitting a Conversion Notice to Computershare. The form can be found here.
Once converted, stock that was purchased in one of our prior Regulation A offerings will be freely tradable through your Investor Center account at Computershare, (www.computershare.com/investor) once you’ve registered your account online, or by using the broker of your choice. Stock that was purchased in one of our prior private placements will be freely tradable through your Computershare account or the broker of your choice, subject to certain conditions (generally, that the stock has been held for more than one year (or 6 months after we have been an SEC reporting company for 90 days) and that the stockholder is not an “affiliate” of Knightscope within the meaning of the SEC’s rules and regulations). This means that investors who purchased stock in one of our prior private placements may not be able to immediately trade those shares until restrictive legends are removed.
How do I access the Investor Center?
At the end of 2021, stockholders of record were advised about Knightscope’s change of transfer agents, from Carta to Computershare. Computershare’s Investor Center will provide you access to your account details and statements.
To log into Computershare, please visit: www.computershare.com/investor.
You can register your account with or without your account code. However, it should be a faster process to register using your account code. To protect our stockholders, some extra steps are required to access the Investor Center.
To access the Investor Center, stockholders will be required to properly answer questions only they may know and, thereafter, an access code will be mailed through the U.S. Post Office to the stockholder. Immediate access to the Investor Center will not be granted if the security process cannot be successfully completed. Do not be alarmed if the security questions you are asked do not apply to you. It is simply a security verification process.
What happens to my stock if the Company cannot contact me?
What happens to my stock if the Company cannot contact me?
State law governs the Company’s obligations to surrender stock to the state if it cannot locate a stockholder after a period of time. Thus, stockholders are encouraged to keep their addresses up to date with the transfer agent.
What if I hold a paper stock certificate?
If you hold a paper certificate, Computershare, upon request, will provide instructions on how to turn in your paper certificate and convert those shares into book form via the online conversion portal.
Does Knightscope issue 1099’s or K-1’s?
Knightscope is a C-Corp and, therefore, does not issue K-1’s. Computershare will issue 1099’s, as required by law, based on financial transactions related to any sales of the stock. Therefore, it is important to ensure that your tax ID has been certified. This can be done through your Investor Center account.
What number should my broker use to contact Computershare?
The Dedicated Broker Inquiry Specialist Team can be reached at
1-866-690-8162.
The number for international brokers is 1-781-575-4019.
Why did I receive a W-9 Tax Form in the mail from Computershare?
All Computershare accountholders are required to certify their Tax ID's. This can either be done by mail using the form provided or online via Investor Center or the conversion portal.
How can I contact Computershare?
Stockholders may contact Computershare directly as follows.
When contacting Computershare, stockholders should indicate they are a Knightscope stockholder to ensure that they are routed to the dedicated Knightscope support team at Computershare.
Telephone inquiries: 1-866-481-3485 (U.S.)
1-781-575-2482 (International)
Hours of Operation: 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM EST
E-mail inquiries: web.queries@computershare.com
Link to the Computershare Contact Us Page:
https://www-us.computershare.com/Investor/#Contact/Enquiry
Link for shareholders to login to their account online:
https://www-us.computershare.com/Investor
Mailed Inquiries Should be Sent to:
By United States Postal Service:
Computershare
Attn: Corp Action Voluntary
PO Box 43011
Providence, RI 02940-3011
By Overnight Courier (FedEx/UPS/DHL, etc.):
Computershare
Attn: Corp Action Voluntary
150 Royall Street Suite V
Canton, MA 02021
Setting Up Online Access with Computershare
Selling Shares After Knightscope is a Publicly Traded Company
Forward Looking Statements
This document may contain “forward-looking statements” about Knightscope’s future expectations, plans, outlook, projections and prospects. Such forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “should,” “may,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “projects,” “forecasts,” “expects,” “plans,” “proposes” and similar expressions. Although Knightscope believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, there are a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. You are urged to carefully review and consider any cautionary statements and other disclosures, including the statements made under the heading “Risk Factors” in the offering circular filed with the SEC on January 26, 2022. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of the document in which they are contained, and Knightscope does not undertake any duty to update any forward-looking statements except as may be required by law.