---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-005967"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CING"
cik: "0001862150"
company_name: "Cingulate Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T03:47:15.186528+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cingulate appoints three new directors, updates Nasdaq compliance after capital raises

## Summary
- Appointed Bryan Lawrence, Jeff Ervin, and Jay Roberts as directors to fix board composition for Nasdaq compliance.
- Raised $7.5M via follow-on offering in Feb 2024; $3.2M via ATM in Jan 2024; converted $3.3M debt to equity at 10% premium.
- Believes stockholders' equity now exceeds $2.5M minimum, potentially regaining compliance with Nasdaq listing rule.
- Delisting risk persists until Nasdaq formally confirms compliance with all continued listing requirements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-005967
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CING
- cik: 0001862150
- company_name: Cingulate Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315224005967/0001493152-24-005967-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315224005967/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-005967
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-005967.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-005967.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeffrey S. Ervin was appointed as Class II Director at Cingulate Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class II Director
  source text: Effective February 12, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Cingulate Inc. (the “Company”) fixed the number of directors constituting the Board at five directors and appointed: Bryan Lawrence, 58, as a Class III director to serve until the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders, and each of Jeffrey S. Ervin, 46, and John A. Roberts, 65, as a Class II director to serve until the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315224005967/0001493152-24-005967-index.htm
- Executive change
  Bryan Lawrence was appointed as Class III Director at Cingulate Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: Effective February 12, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Cingulate Inc. (the “Company”) fixed the number of directors constituting the Board at five directors and appointed: Bryan Lawrence, 58, as a Class III director to serve until the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders, and each of Jeffrey S. Ervin, 46, and John A. Roberts, 65, as a Class II director to serve until the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315224005967/0001493152-24-005967-index.htm
- Executive change
  John A. Roberts was appointed as Class II Director at Cingulate Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class II Director
  source text: Effective February 12, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Cingulate Inc. (the “Company”) fixed the number of directors constituting the Board at five directors and appointed: Bryan Lawrence, 58, as a Class III director to serve until the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders, and each of Jeffrey S. Ervin, 46, and John A. Roberts, 65, as a Class II director to serve until the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315224005967/0001493152-24-005967-index.htm

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