secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Cingulate Inc. (CING)
CIK:        0001862150
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001493152-25-027667
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

CEO Shane Schaffer reinstated after no-contest plea; amended employment agreement modified severance
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- Shane Schaffer reinstated as CEO Dec 15, 2025, after administrative leave; pled no contest to misdemeanor, received 12 months probation.
- Amended employment agreement: base salary reinstated; 'Cause' definition expanded to include probation violation; board vote reduced to majority.
- Severance modified: lump sum lowered to 1x base+bonus (without cause/good reason) and 1.5x base+bonus (change in control).
- John Roberts ends Executive Chairman role but remains Chairman; Jennifer Callahan continues as CFO.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315225027667/0001493152-25-027667-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315225027667/form8-k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-25-027667

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