---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-092093"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KITT"
cik: "0001849820"
company_name: "Nauticus Robotics, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T19:34:05.866706+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nauticus Robotics removes CFO and Chief Legal Officer; appoints interim CFO

## Summary
- Removed CFO Rangan Padmanabhan and Chief Legal Officer M. Dilshad Kasmani as officers on Nov 30, 2023; terminations 'other than for cause'.
- Appointed Victoria Hay as Interim CFO effective Dec 1, 2023; she is President of Flexible Consulting, LLC.
- Ms. Hay receives $30k/mo cash, up to $1k/mo expense reimbursement, and 40,000 RSUs vesting in up to one year.
- Company had previously engaged Flexible Consulting for ~$446k in services since Jan 2023.
- Board allows non-executive directors to elect RSUs instead of cash compensation until 2024 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-092093
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KITT
- cik: 0001849820
- company_name: Nauticus Robotics, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390023092093/0001213900-23-092093-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390023092093/ea189356-8k425_nauticus.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Victoria Hay was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at Nauticus Robotics, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: appointed Victoria Hay as the Interim Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390023092093/0001213900-23-092093-index.htm
- Executive change
  M. Dilshad Kasmani was removed as Chief Legal and Administrative Officer at Nauticus Robotics, Inc..
  - Action: removed
  - Role: Chief Legal and Administrative Officer
  source text: removed Rangan Padmanabhan, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer, and M. Dilshad Kasmani, the Company’s Chief Legal and Administrative Officer, as officers of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390023092093/0001213900-23-092093-index.htm
- Executive change
  Rangan Padmanabhan was removed as Chief Financial Officer at Nauticus Robotics, Inc..
  - Action: removed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: removed Rangan Padmanabhan, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer, and M. Dilshad Kasmani, the Company’s Chief Legal and Administrative Officer, as officers of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000121390023092093/0001213900-23-092093-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.