Company: KITTW
Filing Date: 2025-07-11
Form Type: S-8
Source: 0001849820-25-000167
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Company: Nauticus Robotics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-11
Form: S-8
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☒

### EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Nauticus Robotics, Inc. (the “ Company ”) to register an aggregate amount of additional 2,055,555 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of the Company (the “ Common Stock ”) for issuance pursuant to the Nauticus Robotics, Inc. 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (the “ Plan ”). The Plan was described in the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 25, 2025. An amendment to the Plan to add 1,762,699 additional shares to the Plan was approved by the Company’s stockholders at that meeting. In addition, on January 1, 2025 292,856 additional shares were automatically authorized under Section 4(a) of the Plan.

The 2,055,555 shares being registered hereby are in addition to the shares of Common Stock registered by the Company’s prior Registration Statements on Form S-8 (the “ Prior Registration Statements ”) filed on January 23, 2023 (File No. 333-269349) and July 16, 2024 (File No. 333-280824), respectively. The contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated by reference herein except as otherwise amended or superseded hereby. After giving effect to the additional shares registered under this Registration Statement, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock registered for issuance under the Plan will be 2,750,000.

# PART II

### INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

## Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents previously filed by the Company with the SEC are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:

1. the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on April 15, 2025;

2. the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2025, filed with the SEC on May 14, 2025;

3. the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule