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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ponic greenhouse business producing leafy greens. He worked with clients on several multi-stage waste-to-energy projects that focused on transforming waste to energy to end products and services, as well as carbon credit mitigation and monetization. Notable public transactions that Mr. Spiro led include Facebank – buyside advisor in conjunction with acquisition of FUBOTV (NYSE:FUBO) and Service Finance – sell side advisor in connection with its sale to Element Capital (TSX:ECN). Prior to Axxcess, Mr. Spiro was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs where he was a Vice President in the Financial Institutions Group advising multiple clients on sell side and buyside M&A transactions. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Mr. Spiro was Managing Director & National Sales Manager at GE Commercial Finance. He was responsible for over $4.2 billion of high-profile acquisitions across a number of GE Capital business units. From January 2020 through October 2020, Mr. Spiro served on the Board of Directors of JourneyPure, LLC, a healthcare provider focused on addiction treatment. Mr. Spiro holds a B.AS. in Business Administration from York University in Toronto and a joint LLB/MBA from Osgoode Hall Law School and the Schulich School of Business in Toronto.

The above biographical and other information for our directors is current as of April [29] , 2025.

The Board is committed to ensuring that the composition of the Board reflects the appropriate level of diverse viewpoints and experience, taking into account gender, race, ethnicity, experience and background. The Board is committed to filling subsequent open or new director positions with candidates representing those diverse viewpoints and experience.

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#### DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
Board members receive cash compensation as follows:

• Annual retainer of $50,000 for service on the Board;

• Annual retainer of $25,000 for services as the chair of the Board, $15,000 for service as chair of the Audit Committee, and $10,000 for service as chair of the Compensation Committee or Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee;

• Annual cash retainer of $5,000 per committee for service as a member of one of the three standing committees

Directors are permitted to take the cash portion of their compensation in restricted stock if they choose.

The members of the Board also receive an annual grant of restricted stock units equal to a market value of $150,000 ($175,000 for the Chair). The amount of the