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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 III Director, to serve until the 2028 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (Item 1)                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |     | For                           |     |             12 |
| Ratification of the appointment of Whitley Penn LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for 2025 (Item 2)                                                                                                                                                                                                             |     | For                           |     |             18 |
| Approval of an amendment to the Company’s 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan to increase the number of available shares to 2,750,000 (Item 3)                                                                                                                                                                                 |     | For                           |     |             20 |
| Approval of a proposal authorizing the Board of Directors of the Company to enact a reverse split of its shares at a ratio between one to two and one to nine in the Board’s discretion (Item 4)                                                                                                                       |     | For                           |     |             25 |
| Approval of a proposal to adjourn the Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary or appropriate, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, one or more of the other proposals to be voted on at the Meeting (Item 5) |     | For                           |     |             32 |

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#### Quorum and Voting Requirements
A quorum is required to conduct business at the Meeting. The holders of a majority in voting power of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares that are entitled to vote are required to be present, or represented by proxy, in order to constitute a quorum at the Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes are counted as present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining a quorum.

Each of the director nominees will be elected by a majority of the votes cast with respect to the nominee so long as the number of nominees for election equals the number of directors to be elected (an “Uncontested Election”). For the purpose of an Uncontested Election, a majority of votes cast means that the number of votes “for” a nominee’s election must exceed 50% of the votes cast “for” or “against” with respect to that nominee’s election, excluding abstentions. Broker non-votes will not count as votes cast with respect to that nominee’s election. If as of the tenth (10th) day preceding the date on which the Company first mails its notice of meeting for such meeting to the stockholders, the number of nominees for director