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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-23-010641
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230203
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230203

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KVH INDUSTRIES INC \DE\
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001007587
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RADIO & TV BROADCASTING & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3663]
		IRS NUMBER:				050420589
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35843
		FILM NUMBER:		23587312

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		50 ENTERPRISE CENTER
		CITY:			MIDDLETOWN
		STATE:			RI
		ZIP:			02842
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4018473327

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		50 ENTERPRISE CENTER
		CITY:			MIDDLETOWN
		STATE:			RI
		ZIP:			02842
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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-A/A</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Amendment No. 1)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>KVH Industries, Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 49%; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>05-0420589</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(IRS employer identification no.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>50 Enterprise Center</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Middletown, RI</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>02842</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</P>

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to be so registered</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 48%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.5pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Name of each exchange on which<BR>
each class is to be registered</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Preferred Stock Purchase Rights</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant
    to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></FONT></P>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant
    to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></P>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Securities Act registration statement file number to which this Form
relates: <B>001-35843</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: <B>None.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Explanatory Note</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This Amendment No. 1 to Form 8-A/A is being filed
by the registrant for the purpose of amending and supplementing the description of the registrant&#8217;s securities contained in the
Form 8-A filed by the registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 19, 2022.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 1. Description of Registrant&#8217;s Securities to be Registered.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Amendment to Definition of &#8220;Acquiring Person&#8221;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On February 3, 2023 the Board of Directors of
KVH Industries, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) adopted Amendment No. 1 to Stockholder Rights Agreement (the &#8220;Amendment&#8221;),
effective as of February 3, 2023, to the Company&#8217;s existing stockholders rights plan, as set forth in the Stockholder Rights Agreement,
dated as of August&nbsp;18, 2022, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent (the &#8220;Rights Agreement&#8221;).
The purpose of the Amendment was to amend the definition of &#8220;Acquiring Person&#8221; to permit Black Diamond Capital Management,
L.L.C., and its affiliates and associates to acquire up to 25% of beneficial ownership of the Company&#8217;s securities without triggering
the Rights Agreement, as amended. The foregoing description of the material terms of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Rights Agreement and the Amendment, each of which is attached hereto as an exhibit and
is incorporated herein by reference.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 2. Exhibits.</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 88%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.5pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1007587/000110465922092774/tm2223782d1_ex4-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1007587/000110465922092774/tm2223782d1_ex4-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Stockholder Rights Agreement, dated as of August 18, 2022, between KVH Industries, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on August 19, 2022).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1007587/000110465923010562/tm235460d1_ex4-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1007587/000110465923010562/tm235460d1_ex4-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amendment No. 1 to Stockholder Rights
    Agreement, dated as of February 3, 2023, between, KVH Industries, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent (incorporated
    by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 3, 2023).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURE</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date: February 3, 2023</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding: 0.25pt 0.25pt 0.5pt; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Brent Bruun</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name: Brent Bruun</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title: President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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