---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001013762-23-000437"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KITT"
cik: "0001849820"
company_name: "Nauticus Robotics, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-10-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T06:33:01.226074+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nauticus Robotics appoints William Flores to board and John Gibson as President

## Summary
- Appointed William H. Flores (former U.S. Congressman, ERCOT Vice-Chair) to Board; receives 28,805 RSUs initial grant.
- Appointed John W. Gibson Jr. as President; he steps down as Audit Committee Chair but remains as director.
- Gibson compensation: base salary ≥$120,000, sign-on RSU grant of $222,000, eligibility for success bonus up to $684,000.
- Gibson replaces Nicolaus Radford as President; Radford continues as CEO and board member.
- Sublease for corporate housing near Webster, TX headquarters at $2,260 per month.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001013762-23-000437
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KITT
- cik: 0001849820
- company_name: Nauticus Robotics, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-10-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000101376223000437/0001013762-23-000437-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000101376223000437/ea186159-8k_nauticus.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001013762-23-000437
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001013762-23-000437.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001013762-23-000437.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John W. Gibson, Jr. was appointed as President at Nauticus Robotics, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: appointed John W. Gibson, Jr., a current member of the Board, to serve as President of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000101376223000437/0001013762-23-000437-index.htm
- Executive change
  Nicolaus Radford changed role as President at Nauticus Robotics, Inc..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: President
  source text: Mr. Gibson assumed the role of President from Mr. Nicolaus Radford, who will continue to serve as the Company's Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000101376223000437/0001013762-23-000437-index.htm
- Executive change
  William H. Flores was appointed as Director at Nauticus Robotics, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed the Honorable William H. “Bill” Flores to the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000101376223000437/0001013762-23-000437-index.htm

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