# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001873529
**File Stem:** 0001193125-25-283493
**Filing Date:** 2025-11
**Character Count:** 11500
**Document Hash:** e1ff2095a66570b1b6cbf2bdf326347f
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-25-283493.hdr.sgml**: 20251114

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-25-283493

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 3

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20251111

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251114

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251114

**REPORTING-OWNER**: 

**OWNER DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Sorhondo Lindsay Curley
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0002096441

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 3
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-42367
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251488807

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 5005 MEADOWS ROAD
- **CITY:** LAKE OSWEGO
- **STATE:** OR
- **ZIP:** 97035
**ISSUER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001873529
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-CHILD DAY CARE SERVICES [8351]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 07 Trade & Services
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0103

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 5005 MEADOWS ROAD
- **CITY:** LAKE OSWEGO
- **STATE:** OR
- **ZIP:** 97035
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (503) 872-1300

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 5005 MEADOWS ROAD
- **CITY:** LAKE OSWEGO
- **STATE:** OR
- **ZIP:** 97035

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** KC Holdco, LLC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20210719

## Ex-24

## POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Ferdinand Ruplin and Adrienne Whitworth of KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (the "<u>Company</u>") and April Hamlin, Katie Gallagher, Suzette McNally, and Mischka Stone of Ballard Spahr LLP ("<u>Ballard</u>"), signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)prepare, execute, and submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission ("<u>SEC</u>") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required or considered by the attorney-in-fact to be advisable under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "<u>Exchange Act</u>") or any rule or regulation of the SEC, including enrolling the undersigned in EDGAR Next;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)prepare, execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, and submit with the SEC, and/or any national securities exchange on which the Company's securities are listed any and all reports (including any amendments thereto) the undersigned is required to file with the SEC, or which the attorney- in-fact considers it advisable to file with the SEC, under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation thereunder, or under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 ("<u>Rule 144</u>"), with respect to the any security of the Company, including Forms 3, 4 and 5, Schedules 13D and 13G, and Forms 144;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)act as an account administrator for the undersigned's EDGAR account, including: (i) appoint, remove and replace account administrators, account users, technical administrators and delegated entities; (ii) maintain the security of the undersigned's EDGAR account, including modification of access codes; (iii) maintain, modify and certify the accuracy of information on the undersigned's EDGAR account dashboard; (iv) act as the EDGAR point of contact with respect to the undersigned's EDGAR account; and (v) any other actions contemplated by Rule 10 of Regulation S-T with respect to account administrators;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)cause the Company to accept a delegation of authority from any of the undersigned's EDGAR account administrators and, pursuant to that delegation, authorize the Company's EDGAR account administrators to appoint, remove or replace users for the undersigned's EDGAR account;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5)seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative, and on the undersigned's behalf, information regarding transactions in the Company's securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to each of the undersigned's attorneys-in-fact appointed by this Power of Attorney and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6)take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by

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such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. Further, this Power or Attorney shall terminate automatically and be of no further force or effect as to an attorney-in-fact on the date such attorney-in-fact ceases to be practicing at or employed by Ballard or employed by the Company or a subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of November 13, 2025.

# *<u>lindsay Sorhondo</u>* 
lindsay Sorhondo (Nov 14, 2025 10:16:33 PST)

Signature

 <u>Lindsay Sorhondo</u> 

Print Name

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### UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
**Washington, D.C. 20549**

## FORM 3

### INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| **1. Name and Address of Reporting Person**<sup>*</sup><br>Sorhondo Lindsay Curley<br><sub>(Last) (First) (Middle)</sub><br>38 SAN PABLO AVE<br><sub>(Street)</sub><br>SAN FRANCISCO, CA 97214<br><sub>(City) (State) (Zip)</sub> | **3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol**<br>KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. [ KLC ] | **5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)**<br>  |
| **2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)**<br>2025-11-11 | **4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer**<br>(Check all applicable)<br>[ ] Director   [ ] 10% Owner<br>[X] Officer (give title below)   [ ] Other (specify below)<br>_Chief Operating Officer_ | **6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)**<br>[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person<br>[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |

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## Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

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|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Security | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned | 3. Ownership Form | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| Common Stock | 139916<sup>(1)</sup> | D |  |

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## Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 3. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price | 5. Ownership Form | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price | 5. Ownership Form | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| Non-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy) | <sup>(2)</sup> | 2032-05-17 | Common Stock | 19281.00 | $20.70 | D |  |
| Non-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy) | <sup>(3)</sup> | 2032-02-23 | Common stock | 20353 | $20.61 | D |  |
| Non-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy) | <sup>(4)</sup> | 2035-03-14 | Common Stock | 27075 | $16.37 | D |  |

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### Footnotes:

(1) Includes (i) 1,137 restricted stock units ("RSUs") vesting as to 569 units on November 23, 2025 and 568 units on February 23, 2026; and (ii) 13,537 RSUs, vesting as to twenty-five percent (25%) of the award on the first anniversary of the grant date (March 14, 2026), and as to the remainder vesting ratably on each quarterly anniversary thereafter, such that a hundred percent (100%) of the award will be fully vested on the fourth anniversary of the grant date (March 14, 2029), subject to the Reporting Person's continued employment through the applicable vesting dates. Each RSU represents a contingent right to recieve one unit of the Issuer's common stock.

(2) The options are exercisable immediately.

(3) Includes (i) 17,808 options already vested and exercisable immediately and (ii) 2,545 options which will vest on February 23, 2026, subject to the Reporting Person's continued employment through the vesting date.

(4) The options vests as to twenty-five percent (25%) of the award on the first anniversary of the grant date (March 14, 2025 and as to the remainder vests ratably on each quarterly anniversary thereafter, such that one hundred percent (100%) of the award will be fully vested on the fourth anniversary of the grant date, subject to the Reporting Person's continued employment through the applicable vesting dates.

**Signature:** /s/ Ferdinand Ruplin, Attorney-in-Fact for Lindsay Sorhondo  
**Date:** 2025-11-14

### Remarks:

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).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

**Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.**