Company: KW
Filing Date: 2025-06-13
Form Type: S-8
Source: 0001408100-25-000134
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Company: Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-06-13
Form: S-8
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, 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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.

### EXPLANATORY NOTE
We are filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") for the purpose of registering the offer and sale of (i) 3,400,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Common Stock"), that may be issued pursuant to the Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2009 Equity Participation Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), in accordance with that certain Third Amendment to the Plan, plus (ii) 5,350,000 additional shares of Common Stock that, in accordance with the terms of the Plan, may become available for issuance to the extent that awards granted under the Plan (in whole or in part) are forfeited, expire or are settled in cash or to the extent that shares of Common Stock subject to awards under the Plan are tendered by the holder or withheld by Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) to satisfy tax withholding obligations with respect to such awards.

# PART I
<div align='center'>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</div>

## Item 1. Plan Information.
Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.

## Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.

# PART II

### INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

## Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this Registration Statement, and information that we file later with the Commission will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the following documents we have filed with the Commission:

• our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the Commission on February 28, 2025, (File No. 001-33824), as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, filed with the Commission on March 31, 2025 (File No. 001-33824