Company: KITTW
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001849820-25-000115
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Company: Nauticus Robotics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: PRE 14A
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### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

#### Washington, D.C. 20549

#### SCHEDULE 14A

#### Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a)

#### of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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#### NAUTICUS ROBOTICS, INC.
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#### Nauticus Robotics Inc.

#### Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders
<div align='center'>To be Held June 9, 2025 at 10:00 am CDT</div>

Dear Stockholder,

The 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) of Nauticus Robotics, Inc. (“Nauticus,” “we,” “our,” “us,” or the “Company”) will be held on June 9, 2025 at 10:00 am CDT. The Meeting will be conducted at 1550 Lamar Street, Suite 2000, Houston, Texas 77010. At the Meeting, shareholders will be asked to consider and vote on the following matters:

1. The election of one Class III director, to serve until the Company’s annual meeting to be held in 2028;

2. The Ratification of Whitley Penn, LLP as our independent registered accounting firm;

3. An amendment to the Company’s 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan to increase the number of available shares to 2,750,000;

4