Company: KITTW
Filing Date: 2025-09-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001849820-25-000242
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Company: Nauticus Robotics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-25
Form: DEF 14A
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 representing a majority of votes cast at the Meeting. Abstentions and “broker non-votes,” if any, will have no effect on the outcome of this vote.

#### THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE “

#### FOR
” THE APPROVAL OF, PURSUANT TO NASDAQ RULE 5635, THE ISSUANCE OF SHARES OF THE COMPANY’S COMMON STOCK PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND THE CORRESPONDING CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS OF RIGHTS AND PREFERENCES OF SERIES B CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK (WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY LIMITATIONS THEREON SET FORTH IN THE SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT).

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### DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
The following summary sets forth the material terms of our securities including capital stock. The following summary is not intended to be a complete summary of the rights and preferences of such securities, and is qualified by reference to our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (“Charter”), our Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended (“Bylaws”) and the Certificates of Designations of Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock, respectively, which are filed with the Securities Exchange Commission or are included as exhibits to the proxy statement. We urge you to read such documents in their entirety for a complete description of the rights and preferences of our securities.

#### Authorized and Outstanding Stock
Our Charter authorizes the issuance of 635,000,000 total shares, consisting of (a) 625,000,000 shares of Common Stock, and (b) 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock.

#### Common Stock

#### Voting Power
Except as otherwise required by law or as otherwise provided in any certificate of designation for any series of preferred stock, the holders of Common Stock possess all voting power for the election of our directors and all other matters requiring stockholder action. Holders of the Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share on matters to be voted on by stockholders.

#### Dividends
Subject to applicable law and the rights and preferences of any holders of any outstanding series of our preferred stock, the holders of the Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to the payment of dividends on the Common Stock when, as and if declared by our Board in accordance with applicable law. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition. It is the present intention of