---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-000142"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CING"
cik: "0001862150"
company_name: "Cingulate Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:50:37.109535+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cingulate issues 426,853 shares to lenders through debt conversion from Nov 21 to Jan 2

## Summary
- Issued shares in six tranches between Nov 21, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026 to settle debt.
- Share prices ranged from $3.39 to $4.13 per share; total ~$1.65M of debt exchanged.
- All issuances exempt from registration under Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-000142
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CING
- cik: 0001862150
- company_name: Cingulate Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315226000142/0001493152-26-000142-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315226000142/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-000142.txt

## Key facts
- Equity Issuances
  Cingulate Inc. issued 80,645 shares of Common Stock at a value of $3.72 per share of common stock to lender for exchange for a portion of the debt owed to such lender.
  - Security: common stock
  - Shares: 80,645 shares of Common Stock at a value of $3.72 per share
  - Purchaser: lender
  - Consideration: exchange for a portion of the debt owed to such lender
  source text: On December 4, 2025, the Company issued 80,645 shares of Common Stock at a value of $3.72 per share to a lender in exchange for a portion of the debt owed to such lender.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315226000142/0001493152-26-000142-index.htm
- Equity Issuances
  Cingulate Inc. issued 73,746 shares of Common Stock at a value of $3.39 per share of common stock to lender for exchange for a portion of the debt owed to such lender.
  - Security: common stock
  - Shares: 73,746 shares of Common Stock at a value of $3.39 per share
  - Purchaser: lender
  - Consideration: exchange for a portion of the debt owed to such lender
  source text: On November 21, 2025, the Company issued 73,746 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), at a value of $3.39 per share to a lender in exchange for a portion of the debt owed to such lender.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315226000142/0001493152-26-000142-index.htm
- Equity Issuances
  Cingulate Inc. issued 72,957 shares of Common Stock at a value of $4.11 per share of common stock to lender for exchange for a portion of the debt owed to such lender.
  - Security: common stock
  - Shares: 72,957 shares of Common Stock at a value of $4.11 per share
  - Purchaser: lender
  - Consideration: exchange for a portion of the debt owed to such lender
  source text: January 2, 2026, the Company issued 72,957 shares of Common Stock at a value of $4.11 per share to a lender in exchange for a portion of the debt owed to such lender.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315226000142/0001493152-26-000142-index.htm

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