Company: KITTW
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001849820-25-000115
Chunk: 61

Company: Nauticus Robotics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 61
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 with the new universal proxy rules, stockholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees, other than the Company’s nominees, must provide notice that sets forth the information required by Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act.

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Annex A

#### NAUTICUS ROBOTICS, INC.

#### 2022 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

#### Effective September 9, 2022

#### Section 1. General.
The purposes of the Nauticus Robotics, Inc. 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”) are to (a) encourage the profitability and growth of the Company through short- term and long-term incentives that are consistent with the Company’s objectives; (b) give Participants an incentive for excellence in individual performance; (c) promote teamwork among Participants; and (d) give the Company a significant advantage in attracting and retaining key Employees, Directors and Consultants. To accomplish such purposes, the Plan provides that the Company may grant (i) Options, (ii) Stock Appreciation Rights, (iii) Restricted Shares, (iv) Restricted Stock Units, (v) Performance-Based Awards (including performance-based Restricted Shares and Restricted Stock Units), (vi) Other Share-Based Awards, (vii) Other Cash-Based Awards or (viii) any combination of the foregoing. The Plan was originally adopted in connection with the consummation of the Company’s going public business combination (the “ Going Public Transaction ”) contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, entered into on December 16, 2021 by and among the Company (f/k/a CleanTech Acquisition Corp.), a Delaware corporation, CleanTech Merger Sub, Inc., a Texas corporation, Houston Mechatronics, Inc., a Texas corporation and Nicolaus Radford in his capacity as the Stockholder Representative thereunder (the “ Merger Agreement ”).

#### Section 2. Definitions.
For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as set forth below:

(a) “ Administrator ” means the Board, or, if and to the extent the Board does not administer the Plan, the Committee in accordance with Section 3 of the Plan.

(b) “ Affiliate ” means a Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Person specified. An entity shall be deemed an Affiliate of the Company for purposes of this definition only for such periods