---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-021704"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CING"
cik: "0001862150"
company_name: "Cingulate Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T23:16:49.101456+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cingulate stockholders elect directors, ratify KPMG, approve Lincoln Park stock issuance

## Summary
- Elected Gregg Givens and Curt Medeiros as Class II directors with 3,968,713 and 3,845,041 votes for, respectively.
- Ratified KPMG as independent auditor for FY2023: 5,736,098 for, 13,663 against, 5,185 abstain.
- Approved issuance of >20% of outstanding common stock to Lincoln Park Capital Fund: 3,866,258 for, 109,455 against, 12,243 abstain.
- Broker non-votes: 1,766,990 on proposals 1 and 3; none on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-021704
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CING
- cik: 0001862150
- company_name: Cingulate Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315223021704/0001493152-23-021704-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315223021704/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Cingulate Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: The Company’s stockholders approved the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315223021704/0001493152-23-021704-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Cingulate Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class II directors at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: The Company’s stockholders elected the following Class II directors to serve for a term expiring at the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315223021704/0001493152-23-021704-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Cingulate Inc. shareholders approved Approval of issuance of more than 20% of issued and outstanding common stock pursuant to purchase agreement with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d)) at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: The Company’s stockholders approved, for purposes of complying with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d), the issuance of more than 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock pursuant to the Company’s purchase agreement with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315223021704/0001493152-23-021704-index.htm

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