# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001699838
**File Stem:** 0000950142-26-000892
**Filing Date:** 2026-3
**Character Count:** 3163
**Document Hash:** 91ea5189539916e6286c82cf4a1049b8
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000950142-26-000892.hdr.sgml**: 20260327

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000950142-26-000892

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 15-12G

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260327

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260327

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260327

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Confluent, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001699838
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 06 Technology
- **EIN:** 471824387
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 15-12G
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-40526
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26808321

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 899 W. EVELYN AVENUE
- **CITY:** MOUNTAIN VIEW
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 94041
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 800-439-3207

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 899 W. EVELYN AVENUE
- **CITY:** MOUNTAIN VIEW
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 94041

**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: <u>001-40526</u>

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| **Confluent, Inc.** |
| (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
| **899 West Evelyn Ave.**<br>**Mountain View, CA 94041**<br>**(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) |
| (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains) |

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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:

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|:---|:---|
| 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) | ☐ |

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

<u>Explanatory Note</u>: 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

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| **Confluent, Inc.** | **Confluent, Inc.** | **Confluent, Inc.** |
| By: | /s/ Mark Hobbert  | /s/ Mark Hobbert  |
|  | Name: | Mark Hobbert |
|  | Title: | Treasurer |

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