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accession: "0001213900-23-039366"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KITT"
cik: "0001849820"
company_name: "Nauticus Robotics, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T01:36:14.664454+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nauticus Robotics amends bylaws for universal proxy rule; holds annual meeting

## Summary
- Bylaws amended effective May 11, 2023 to update advance notice provisions and comply with SEC Universal Proxy Rule.
- Annual meeting held May 10, 2023: elected Jim Bellingham and Adam Sharkawy as Class I directors for three-year terms.
- Stockholders ratified Whitley Penn LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-039366
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KITT
- cik: 0001849820
- company_name: Nauticus Robotics, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390023039366/0001213900-23-039366-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390023039366/ea178405-8k_nauticusrobo.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Nauticus Robotics, Inc.: Amended and restated bylaws to update advance notice provisions for director nominations and comply with SEC Universal Proxy Rule (effective 2023-05-11).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-05-11
  source text: Nauticus Robotics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company ”), amended and restated the Company’s bylaws (following such amendment and restatement, the “A&R Bylaws”), effective May 11, 2023, pursuant to prior approval by the Company’s board of directors. The A&R Bylaws include changes made to the advance notice provisions included in Section 1.10 – Nomination of Directors, which add that persons controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with Company stockholders in connection with director nominations are subject to certain information, disclosure, and representation requirements, as well as other revisions to ensure compliance with the SEC’s new Universal Proxy Rule, Rule 14a-19 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390023039366/0001213900-23-039366-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Nauticus Robotics, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Whitley Penn LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: Whitley Penn LLP was ratified as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the Company's fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 based on the following vote: For Against Withhold/Abstain Broker Non-Votes 34,827,780 991 127 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390023039366/0001213900-23-039366-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Nauticus Robotics, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class I director nominees to hold office until the Company's 2026 annual meeting of stockholders at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: The director nominees listed below were elected as Class I directors to hold office until the Company's 2026 annual meeting of stockholders based on the following vote: Jim Bellingham For Against Withhold/Abstain Broker Non-Votes 33,200,400 856 39 1,627,603 Adam Sharkawy For Against Withhold/Abstain Broker Non-Votes 33,200,521 727 47 1,627,603
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390023039366/0001213900-23-039366-index.htm

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