Company: KITTW
Filing Date: 2025-09-15
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001849820-25-000237
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Company: Nauticus Robotics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-15
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 6
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 are a beneficial owner of shares held in street name and you do not instruct your broker, bank or other agent how to vote your shares, your broker, bank or other agent may still be able to vote your shares in its discretion. Although the shares of Common Stock are listed for trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”), brokerage firms and nominees that are members of the NYSE generally abide by the rules of the NYSE with respect to matters regarding the exercise of discretion in the voting of shares on behalf of beneficial owners of those shares. In this regard, under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), which are also applicable to Nasdaq-listed companies, brokers, banks and other securities intermediaries that are subject to NYSE rules may use their discretion to vote your “uninstructed” shares with respect to matters considered to be “routine” under the NYSE rules, but not with respect to “non-routine” matters. A broker non-vote occurs when a broker, banker or other agent has not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner of the shares and the broker, banker or other agent cannot vote the shares because the matter is considered “non-routine” under NYSE rules. In this regard, Proposals 1 and 2 are considered to be “non-routine” under NYSE rules meaning that your broker may not vote your shares on those proposals in the absence of your voting instructions.

If you are a beneficial owner of shares held in street name, and you do not plan to attend the meeting, in order to ensure your shares are voted in the way you would prefer, you must provide voting instructions to your broker, bank or other agent by the deadline provided in the materials you receive from your broker, bank or other agent.

#### Who is paying for this proxy solicitation?
We will pay for the entire cost of soliciting proxies. We have engaged Morrow Sodali LLC (the “Proxy Solicitor”) to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the special meeting. We have agreed to pay the Proxy Solicitor a fee of $10,000 plus disbursements. In addition to the mailing of these proxy materials, the solicitation of proxies or votes may be made, by telephone or by electronic communication by our directors, officers and employees, who will not receive any additional compensation for such solicitation activities. In addition to these proxy materials, our directors and employees may also solicit proxies in person, by telephone, or by other means of communication. Directors and employees will