SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GURLEY J WILLIAM (Last) (First) (Middle) 2965 WOODSIDE ROAD (Street) WOODSIDE CA 94062 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Confluent, Inc. [ CFLT ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/16/2021
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock	11/16/2021		S		10,550	D	$84.1087(1)	10,144	I	See footnote(2)
Class A Common Stock	11/16/2021		S		7,644	D	$85.8351(3)	2,500	I	See footnote(2)
Class A Common Stock	11/16/2021		S		2,500	D	$86.433(4)	0	I	See footnote(2)
Class A Common Stock	11/16/2021		S		2,700	D	$81.4398(5)	1,453,437	I	See footnote(6)
Class A Common Stock	11/16/2021		S		6,790	D	$82.2989(7)	1,446,647	I	F1See footnote(6)
Class A Common Stock	11/16/2021		S		21,810	D	$83.649(8)	1,424,837	I	See footnote(6)
Class A Common Stock	11/16/2021		S		55,880	D	$84.4068(9)	1,368,957	I	See footnote(6)
Class A Common Stock	11/16/2021		S		22,860	D	$85.0773(10)	1,346,097	I	See footnote(6)
Class A Common Stock	11/16/2021		S		8,500	D	$86.3534(11)	1,337,597	I	See footnote(6)
Class A Common Stock								135,919	I	See footnote(12)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents the weighted-average sale price per share of a series of transactions, all of which were executed on November 16, 2021. The actual sale prices ranged from a low of $83.81 to a high of $84.66, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide upon request of the SEC Staff, Confluent, Inc. or any security holder of Confluent, Inc. full information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range. The amount reflected has been rounded to 4 decimal points.

2. Shares are held by J. William Gurley's family partnerships.

3. Represents the weighted-average sale price per share of a series of transactions, all of which were executed on November 16, 2021. The actual sale prices ranged from a low of $85.1 to a high of $86.09, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide upon request of the SEC Staff, Confluent, Inc. or any security holder of Confluent, Inc. full information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range. The amount reflected has been rounded to 4 decimal points.

4. Represents the weighted-average sale price per share of a series of transactions, all of which were executed on November 16, 2021. The actual sale prices ranged from a low of $86.1 to a high of $86.5, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide upon request of the SEC Staff, Confluent, Inc. or any security holder of Confluent, Inc. full information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range. The amount reflected has been rounded to 4 decimal points.

5. Represents the weighted-average sale price per share of a series of transactions, all of which were executed on November 16, 2021. The actual sale prices ranged from a low of $80.855 to a high of $81.795, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide upon request of the SEC Staff, Confluent, Inc. or any security holder of Confluent, Inc. full information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range. The amount reflected has been rounded to 4 decimal points.

6. Shares are held by J. William Gurley's trust entity.

7. Represents the weighted-average sale price per share of a series of transactions, all of which were executed on November 16, 2021. The actual sale prices ranged from a low of $81.86 to a high of $82.8, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide upon request of the SEC Staff, Confluent, Inc. or any security holder of Confluent, Inc. full information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range. The amount reflected has been rounded to 4 decimal points.

8. Represents the weighted-average sale price per share of a series of transactions, all of which were executed on November 16, 2021. The actual sale prices ranged from a low of $82.93 to a high of $83.925, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide upon request of the SEC Staff, Confluent, Inc. or any security holder of Confluent, Inc. full information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range. The amount reflected has been rounded to 4 decimal points.

9. Represents the weighted-average sale price per share of a series of transactions, all of which were executed on November 16, 2021. The actual sale prices ranged from a low of $83.935 to a high of $84.92, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide upon request of the SEC Staff, Confluent, Inc. or any security holder of Confluent, Inc. full information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range. The amount reflected has been rounded to 4 decimal points.

10. Represents the weighted-average sale price per share of a series of transactions, all of which were executed on November 16, 2021. The actual sale prices ranged from a low of $84.935 to a high of $85.92, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide upon request of the SEC Staff, Confluent, Inc. or any security holder of Confluent, Inc. full information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range. The amount reflected has been rounded to 4 decimal points.

11. Represents the weighted-average sale price per share of a series of transactions, all of which were executed on November 16, 2021. The actual sale prices ranged from a low of $85.96 to a high of $86.5, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide upon request of the SEC Staff, Confluent, Inc. or any security holder of Confluent, Inc. full information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range. The amount reflected has been rounded to 4 decimal points.

12. Shares are held by Benchmark Capital Management Co. VIII, L.L.C. ("BCMC VIII"). The Reporting Person is a managing member of BCMC VIII, and may be deemed to share voting and investment power over the securities held by such entities. The Reporting Person disclaims the existence of a "group" and disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in such securities.

	/s/ An-Yen Hu, by power of attorney for J. William Gurley	11/18/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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