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Common Stock
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Equity [Abstract]  
Common Stock Common Stock
Each share of Class A common stock entitles the holder to one vote per share and each share of Class B common stock entitles the holder to 10 votes per share on all matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders. Common stockholders are entitled to receive dividends, as may be declared by the Company’s Board of Directors. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, no dividends had been declared.

At-The-Market Offerings

In February 2026, the Company entered into a Sales Agreement (the TD Cowen Sales Agreement) with TD Securities (USA), LLC (the TD Cowen Sales Agent), to provide for the offering, issuance and sale of up to an aggregate amount of $300 million of its Class A common stock from time to time in at-the-market offerings (the TD Cowen ATM Offering). The TD Cowen ATM Offering was made under a prospectus supplement dated February 24, 2026 and related prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Company’s automatically effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-284878).

For the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company sold no shares. As of March 31, 2026, an amount of $300.0 million remained available for future sales under the Sales Agreement.

Prior to February 2026, Recursion had entered into sales agreements with Citigroup Capital Markets Inc. and Jefferies LLC. See Note 8, “Common Stock,” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.

Valence Acquisition Exchangeable Shares

In May 2023, in connection with the acquisition of Valence Discovery Inc. (Valence), the Company entered into an agreement to issue up to 5.9 million shares of Class A common stock (the Exchangeable Shares), that may be issued upon exchange of exchangeable shares of a subsidiary of Recursion. The Exchangeable Shares are substantially the economic equivalent of the Class A shares and classified as common stock within the Company’s stockholders’ equity. The Company’s calculation of weighted-average shares outstanding includes the exchangeable shares. As of March 31, 2026, 4.9 million Exchangeable Shares have been redeemed for Class A shares.

Registration Rights Agreements

Tempus agreement
In November 2023, in connection with the Tempus Agreement, the Company filed a registration statement for resale of the shares of Class A common stock issued or issuable under the Tempus Agreement. A new registration
statement (333-284878) was filed in February 2025 and a prospectus supplement covering all shares that have been issued under the Tempus Agreement and remained held by Tempus was filed in May 2025 and in November 2025, a prospectus supplement was filed to register shares issued to Tempus in payment for the 2025 annual fee.

After registration of any shares issued to Tempus under the Tempus Agreement, the Company has agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to keep such registration statement effective until such date that all shares issued to Tempus covered by such registration statement have been sold.

Acquisitions
In November 2024, in connection with the acquisition of Exscientia plc (Exscientia), the Company filed a Registration Agreement providing for the resale of the shares of Class A common stock issued for Recursion stock options and RSUs. A registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-283347) was filed to register the shares for resale by the holders. The registration statement must remain effective as long as such Recursion stock options and RSUs remain outstanding.

In May 2023, in connection with the acquisition of Valence, the Company filed a Registration Agreement providing for the resale of the shares of Class A common stock and Exchange Shares issued or issuable in such transaction. A registration statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-272281) was filed to register the shares for resale by the holders. The registration statement must remain effective for a period of not less than three years.

Class A and B Common Shares Authorization

In April 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized two classes of common stock, Class A and Class B. The rights of the holders of Class A and B common stock are identical, except with respect to voting and conversion. Each share of Class A common stock is entitled to one vote per share. Each share of Class B common stock is entitled to 10 votes per share and is convertible at any time into one share of Class A common stock.