<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950142-24-002409.txt : 20240918
<SEC-HEADER>0000950142-24-002409.hdr.sgml : 20240918
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20240918170527
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950142-24-002409
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240916
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240918
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240918

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Cornick Kenneth L.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001868811
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-40568
		FILM NUMBER:		241308238

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		65 EAST 55TH STREET, 17TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Clear Secure, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001856314
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	06 Technology
		IRS NUMBER:				862643981
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		85 10TH AVE., 9TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10011
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(646) 723-1404

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		85 10TH AVE., 9TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10011
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        <footnote id="F1">This transaction was automatically effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan previously adopted by the reporting person on March 12, 2024.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions ranging from $31.00 to $31.10, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, and the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Pursuant to the terms of the Issuer's Certificate of Incorporation, each share of Class B common stock of the Issuer (&quot;Class B Common Stock&quot;) was converted into a share of Class A common stock of the Issuer (&quot;Class A Common Stock&quot;) on a one-for-one basis. The resulting shares of Class A Common Stock were used to settle the sale transaction described above, and so after the transactions reported in this Form 4, no shares of Class A Common Stock are held.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Alclear Investments II, LLC is controlled by Mr. Cornick, its sole manager, who has dispositive control and voting control over the shares held by Alclear Investments II, LLC.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Shares of Class D Common Stock of the Issuer (&quot;Class D Common Stock&quot;) have 20 votes per share but no economic rights (including rights to dividends and distributions upon liquidation) and are issued in an equal amount to the number of non-voting common units (&quot;Common Units&quot;) of Alclear Holdings, LLC (&quot;Alclear&quot;) held.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Agreement, dated June 29, 2021, by and among the Issuer, Alclear and the equityholders of Alclear (the &quot;Exchange Agreement&quot;), Common Units, together with a corresponding number of shares of Class D Common Stock, were exchanged for Class B Common Stock on a one-for-one basis. The exchange rights under the Exchange Agreement do not expire.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Shares of Class B Common Stock have 20 votes per share and economic rights (including rights to dividends and distributions upon liquidation).</footnote>
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        <signatureDate>2024-09-18</signatureDate>
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