Company: KITTW
Filing Date: 2025-07-28
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001849820-25-000179
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Company: Nauticus Robotics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-28
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 5.02
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officer; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Departure of Executive Officer

On July 25, 2025, Victoria Hay departed as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mrs. Hay will continue to provide services to the company through Flexible Consulting LLC.

Appointment of Chief Financial Officer

On July 25, 2025, the Board appointed Jimena Begaries as the Interim Chief Financial Officer and principal accounting officer of the Company. Ms. Begaries, 43, is a finance services consultant with Flexible Consulting LLC, and has been providing services to the Company since April 2025. Prior to joining Flexible Consulting she held a number of positions in the finance department of Weatherford International (NASDAQ: WFRD) from 2004 through April 2025, including positions as North America Offshore Operational Controller from December 2021 to April 2025 and Director of Consolidations and Internal Reporting from April 2019 to November 2021. Ms. Begaries is fluent in Spanish, and her experience includes assignments in Argentina and Dubai. Ms. Begaries holds a BS degree in Business and Economics from Lehigh University, and an MBA from Pontificia Universidad Catolica Argentina.

Ms. Begaries, through Flexible Consulting, LLC, will receive cash compensation of $22,000 per month and up to $1,000 per month of expense reimbursement. There is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. Begaries and any other person pursuant to which she was to be selected as an officer and there is no family relationship between Ms. Begaries and any of the Company’s directors, executive officers, or any person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On July 28, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Ms. Begaries. The press release is attached hereto and furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.

The information provided in this Item 7.01, including the accompanying Exhibit 99.1, shall be deemed “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“ Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference in any filing made by the Company pursuant to the Securities Act of 193