Company: KITTW
Filing Date: 2025-09-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001849820-25-000242
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Company: Nauticus Robotics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 32
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,” if any, will have no effect on the outcome of this vote.

The Board of Directors believes that, if the number of voting shares voting in favor of any of the Proposals presented at the Special Meeting is insufficient to approve a Proposal, it is in the best interests of our stockholders to enable the Board of Directors, for a limited period of time, to continue to seek to obtain a sufficient number of additional votes in favor of the Proposal. Any signed proxies received by us in which no voting instructions are provided on such matter will be voted in favor of an adjournment in these circumstances. The time and place of the adjourned meeting will be announced at the time the adjournment is taken. Any adjournment of the Special Meeting for the purpose of soliciting additional proxies will allow our stockholders who have already sent in their proxies to revoke them at any time prior to their use at the Special Meeting as adjourned.

#### THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “

#### FOR
” THE APPROVAL OF A PROPOSAL TO ADJOURN THE SPECIAL 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 SPECIAL MEETING.

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The following table sets forth information known to us regarding the beneficial ownership of the Common Stock as of September 22, 2025:

• each person who is known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock;

• each named executive officer and director of the Company; and

• all current executive officers and directors of the Company, as a group.

Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC, which generally provides that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if he, she or it possesses sole or shared voting or investment power over that security, including convertible or exercisable securities that are currently convertible or exercisable within 60 days.

The beneficial ownership percentages set forth in the table below are based on 4,982,049 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of September 22, 202