Company: KITTW
Filing Date: 2025-09-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001849820-25-000242
Chunk: 2

Company: Nauticus Robotics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 2
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| Proxy Statement Summary                                                          |     |   1 |
| Cautionary Note Regards Forward-Looking Statement                                |     |   7 |
| Item 1: Nasdaq Stock Issuance Proposal                                           |     |   8 |
| Description of Capital Stock                                                     |     |  16 |
| Item 2: Adjournment Proposal                                                     |     |  23 |
| Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management                   |     |  24 |
| Stockholder Proposals                                                            |     |  26 |
| Stockholder Communications                                                       |     |  27 |
| Householding of Proxy Materials                                                  |     |  28 |
| Solicitation of Proxies                                                          |     |  29 |
| Where You Can Find More Information                                              |     |  30 |
| Other Matters                                                                    |     |  31 |
| Appendix A - Certificate of Designations of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock |     | A-1 |

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### PROXY STATEMENT SUMMARY

### FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

#### TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 23, 2025

### INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INFORMATION
This proxy statement (this “Proxy Statement”) and the accompanying proxy card are being furnished to stockholders of Nauticus Robotics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Nauticus Robotics,” the “Company,” “our,” “us,” or “we”), in connection with the solicitation of proxies by our board of directors (the “Board”) for use at our Special Meeting of Stockholders to be held on October 23, 2025, including any adjournment, postponement or rescheduling thereof (the “Special Meeting”).

Only stockholders of record as of the close of business on September 22, 2025, the record date for determination of the stockholders entitled to vote at the Special Meeting (the “Record Date”), will be entitled to vote at the Special Meeting.

This summary highlights information that is contained elsewhere in this Proxy Statement. This summary does not contain all of the information that you should consider, and you should read the entire Proxy Statement carefully before voting. This Proxy Statement and the related proxy materials were first mailed to stockholders and made available on the internet on or about September 25, 2025.

Unless otherwise indicated in the Proxy Statement, share-related information has been adjusted to reflect the one-for-nine reverse split of the Company’s