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Stockholders’ Equity
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Equity [Abstract]  
Stockholders’ Equity Stockholders’ Equity
On February 16, 2021, the Company closed an IPO of 9,200,000 shares of Class A common stock through an UP-C structure with BV LLC. In connection with the IPO, the Company amended and restated the limited liability agreement of BV LLC (“BV LLC Agreement”) to provide for a new single class of common membership interests in BV LLC (“LLC Interests”) and exchange all of the existing membership interests in BV LLC (the “Original BV LLC Owners”) for new LLC Interests. The Company also amended its certificate of incorporation to authorize the following shares: (i) 250,000,000 shares of Class A common stock with a par value of $0.001 per share; (ii) 50,000,000 shares of Class B common stock with a par value of $0.001 per share, which have voting rights but no economic interest, and some of which were issued to the Original BV LLC Owners; and (iii) 10,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock that may be issued from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. In connection with the completion of the IPO, the Company acquired, by merger, certain entities that were part of the Original BV LLC Owners (“Former BV LLC Owners”), for which the Company issued 31,838,589 Class A common stock as merger consideration (“IPO Mergers”) and cancelled the Class B common stock held by such Former BV LLC Owners. The IPO Mergers are deemed to be a recapitalization transaction.
Holders of the Company’s Class A and Class B common stock are entitled to one vote per share and, except as otherwise required, will vote together as a single class on all matters on which stockholders generally are entitled to vote. Holders of Class B common stock are not entitled to receive dividends and will not be entitled to receive any distributions upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. Shares of Class B common stock may only be issued to the extent necessary to maintain the one-to-one ratio between the number of LLC Interests and the number of shares of Class B common stock held by Smith & Nephew, Inc. (the “Continuing LLC Owner”). Shares of Class B common stock are transferable only together with an equal number of LLC Interests. Shares of Class B common stock will be canceled on a one-for-one basis upon the redemption or exchange of any outstanding LLC Interests.
Noncontrolling Interest
In connection with any redemption pursuant to the BV LLC Agreement, the Company will receive a corresponding number of LLC Interests, increasing its ownership interest in BV LLC. Future redemptions of LLC Interests will result in a change in ownership and reduce the amount recorded as noncontrolling interest and increase additional paid-in capital. There were no redemptions during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024. The following table summarizes the ownership interest in BV LLC as of December 31 (number of units in thousands):
20252024
LLC Interests
Ownership %
LLC Interests
Ownership %
Number of LLC Interests owned
Bioventus Inc.67,098 81.0 %65,758 80.6 %
Continuing LLC Owner15,787 19.0 %15,787 19.4 %
Total82,885 100.0 %81,545 100.0 %