Karman Space & Defense Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock

Business Wire

21-07-2025

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Karman Space & Defense (NYSE: KRMN) ('Karman' or the 'Company'), a leader in the rapid design, development and production of critical, next-generation system solutions for launch vehicle, satellite, spacecraft, missile defense, hypersonic and UAS customers, today announced a proposed underwritten public offering of 20,000,000 shares of its common stock (the 'Common Stock'). The offering consists of 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock being offered by certain selling stockholders. The selling stockholders also expect to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock. No shares are being sold by Karman in the offering and Karman will not receive any proceeds from the offering. The selling stockholders will receive all of the proceeds from the offering.
Citigroup and Evercore ISI are acting as book-running managers for the proposed offering and as representatives of the underwriters for the proposed offering.
The proposed offering will be made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the preliminary prospectus relating to the proposed offering may be obtained from: Citigroup, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, by telephone: [phone] and Evercore Group L.L.C., Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 55 East 52nd Street, 35th Floor, New York, New York 10055, by telephone: [phone], or by email: [e-mail].
A registration statement on Form S-1, including a prospectus, relating to the proposed offering of Common Stock has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. Accordingly, the Common Stock may not be sold, nor may offers to buy be accepted, prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Common Stock, nor shall there be any sale of the Common Stock in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
ABOUT KARMAN SPACE & DEFENSE
Karman Space & Defense is a leader in the rapid design, development and production of critical, next-generation system solutions for launch vehicle, satellite, spacecraft, missile defense, hypersonic and UAS customers. Building on nearly 50 years of success, we deliver Payload & Protection Systems, Aerodynamic Interstage Systems, and Propulsion & Launch Systems to more than 70 prime contractors supporting over 100 space and defense programs.
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