Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On January 4, 2023, KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Company") announced the appointment of Benjamin L. Palleiko, currently the Company's Chief Business Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to the position of President of the Company, effective as of January 4, 2023.

Biographical information for Mr. Palleiko may be found in the Company's definitive proxy statement ("Proxy Statement") relating to its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on August 22, 2022.

The Company previously entered into (i) an indemnity agreement and (ii) amended and restated employment agreement with Mr. Palleiko. The forms of the indemnity agreement and amended and restated employment agreement were previously filed with the SEC as Exhibit 10.14 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 on December 19, 2014 and Exhibit 10.6 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2019 on July 16, 2019, respectively, and incorporated by reference herein.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Palleiko and any other persons, pursuant to which he was appointed as President, no family relationships among any of the Company's directors or executive officers and Mr. Palleiko and he has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

The Company announced the appointment of Mr. Palleiko to the position of President of the Company in a press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Item 7.01 shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, unless it is specifically incorporated by reference therein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number      Description

99.1          Press release issued by KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Inc. dated
            January 5, 2022
104         Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
            document).

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