Company: KITTW
Filing Date: 2025-02-03
Form Type: S-3
Source: 0001849820-25-000045
Chunk: 46

Company: Nauticus Robotics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-03
Form: S-3
Chunk 46
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 unable to raise sufficient affordable capital needed to fund and grow our business.

• Defects, glitches, or malfunctions in our products or the software that operates them, failure of our products to perform as expected, connectivity issues or operator errors could result in product recalls, lower than expected return on investment for customers, and could cause harm to operators and significant safety concerns, each of which could adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition and our reputation.

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• Our ability to manufacture products of sufficient quality on schedule is unproven, and delays in the design, production and launch of our products could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, reputation and prospects.

• We are or may be subject to risks associated with strategic alliances or acquisitions and may not be able to identify adequate strategic relationship opportunities, or form strategic relationships, in the future.

• We are highly dependent on the services of our senior management and other key employees and if we are unable to attract and retain a sufficient number of qualified employees, our ability to design, manufacture and launch our products, operate our business and compete could be harmed.

• We incur significant expenses and administrative burdens as a public company, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, result of operations, cash flows, reputation and prospects.

• We may experience significant delays in the design, development, production and launch of our ocean robotic systems, which could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, reputation and prospects.

• The period of time from initial design of our products to obtaining binding purchase commitments from customers is long and we are subject to the risk that customers who initially expressed an interest in our products during the design phase will not enter into binding commitments.

• We are dependent on our suppliers, some of which are currently single or limited source suppliers, and the inability of these suppliers to deliver necessary components of our products at prices and volume and with specifications and performance characteristics acceptable to us, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, reputation and prospects. We have not yet identified all of the suppliers that we are likely to rely on to support future commercialization of our core products.

• Our transition to an outsourced manufacturing business model for our commercial products may not be successful, which could harm our ability to deliver products and recognize revenue.

• We may be unable to adequately control the costs associated with our operations.

• We operate in a competitive industry that