KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc.
For the period ended Dec 28, 2024. Filed Mar 21, 2025.
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FY2024 · Filed Mar 21, 2025
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Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
(a)
The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:
Financial Statements
We have filed the financial statements and schedules of the registrant listed in the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Part II, Item 8, "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
List of Financial Statement Schedules.
All schedules are omitted because the required information is either not present, not present in material amounts or presented within the consolidated financial statements.
(b)
The exhibits listed in the following “Exhibits Index” are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Annual Report.
Exhibits Index
| ExhibitNumber | Description |
| 3.1 | Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-42367) filed on October 15, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference). |
| 3.2 | Amended and Restated Bylaws of KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-42367) filed on October 15, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference). |
| 4.1* | Description of Capital Stock |
| 10.1 | Credit Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2023, by and among KinderCare Learning Companies Inc., KC Sub, LLC, KUEHG Corp., the lenders party thereto and Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-281971) filed on September 6, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference). |
| 10.2 | Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement, dated as of March 26, 2024, by and among KinderCare Learning Companies Inc., KC Sub, LLC, KUEHG Corp., the lenders party thereto and Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent (previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-281971) filed on September 6, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference). |
| 10.3 | Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 24, 2024, by and among KinderCare Learning Companies Inc., KC Sub, LLC, KUEHG Corp., the lenders party thereto and Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent (previously filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-281971) filed on September 6, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference). |
| 10.4 | Facilities Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2024, by and among KUEHG Corp. and CLIF 2023-1 LLC (previously filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-281971) filed on September 6, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference). |
| 10.5 | Employment Agreement by and between Knowledge Universe Education, LLC and John T. Wyatt, dated as of July 8, 2015 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-281971) filed on September 6, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference). |
| 10.6 | Employment Agreement by and between Knowledge Universe Education, LLC and Paul Thompson, dated as of July 8, 2015 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-281971) filed on September 6, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference). |
| 10.7 | Employment Letter by and between KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. and Tom Wyatt, effective as of March 15, 2024 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.7 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-281971) filed on September 6, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference). |
| 10.8 | Employment Letter to Paul Thompson, effective as of June 1, 2024 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.8 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-281971) filed on September 6, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference). |
| 10.9# | KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. Change in Control Severance Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.10 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-281971) filed on September 6, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference). |
| 10.10# | KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. Amended and Restated 2022 Incentive Award Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-282557) filed on October 9, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference). |
| 10.11# | KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. 2024 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 4.5 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-282557) filed on October 9, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference). |
| 10.12# | Form of Option Agreement under the KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. Amended and Restated 2022 Incentive Award Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.14 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-281971) filed on September 6, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference). |
| 10.13# | Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. Amended and Restated 2022 Incentive Award Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.15 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-281971) filed on September 6, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference). |
| 10.14 | Form of Indemnification Agreement (previously filed as Exhibit 10.16 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-281971) filed on September 6, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference). |
| 10.15# | KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. Policy for Providing Severance Payments to Executives (previously filed as Exhibit 10.18 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-281971) filed on September 6, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference). |
| 10.16 | Master Lease Agreement between KCP RE LLC, as Landlord, and Knowledge Universe Education LLC, as Tenant, dated as of August 1, 2015, as amended on November 13, 2015, April 4, 2018, June 11, 2020, and June 3, 2022 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.25 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-281971) filed on September 6, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference). |
| 10.17 | Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2024, by and among the Company and each of the other persons from time to time party thereto (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-42367) filed on October 15, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference). |
| 10.18 | Stockholders Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2024, by and among the Company and each of the other persons from time to time party thereto (previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-42367) filed on October 15, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference). |
| 10.19 | Revolving Credit Facility Amendment, dated as of October 10, 2024, by and among the Company and each of the other person from time to time party thereto (previously filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-42367) filed on October 15, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference). |
| 10.20* | Amendment No. 5 to the Credit Agreement, dated February 11, 2024, by and among the Company, KUEHG Corp. and each of the other persons from time to time party thereto. |
| 19.1* | Insider Trading Policy |
| 21.1* | List of subsidiaries of KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. |
| 23.1* | Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
| 31.1* | Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
| 31.2* | Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
| 32.1* | Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
| 32.2* | Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
| 97.1* | Policy for Recoupment of Incentive Compensation |
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| 101.SCH | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema With Embedded Linkbase Documents |
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