---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-024435"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CING"
cik: "0001862150"
company_name: "Cingulate Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-19T20:50:25+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T20:52:29.219065+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cingulate board reduces size; two directors not seeking re-election; Hargroves changes class

## Summary
- Class II directors Jeff Ervin and Jay Roberts will not stand for re-election at 2026 Annual Meeting.
- Board intends to reduce size to five directors and appoint a new chairman.
- Jeff Hargroves resigned as Class I director and was reappointed as Class II director to maintain class balance.
- Following reappointment, Class I directors are Peter Werth and Frederick Jiang.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-024435
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CING
- cik: 0001862150
- company_name: Cingulate Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-19T20:50:25+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315226024435/0001493152-26-024435-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315226024435/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-024435
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-024435.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-024435.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeff Ervin departed as Class II Director at Cingulate Inc..
  - Action: will not seek re-election
  - Role: Class II Director
  source text: Jeff Ervin and Jay Roberts, will not seek re-election when their respective terms expire at the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315226024435/0001493152-26-024435-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeff Hargroves was appointed as Class II Director at Cingulate Inc..
  - Action: resigned and reappointed
  - Role: Class II Director
  source text: Jeff Hargroves has agreed to resign from the Board as a Class I director solely for the purpose of being re-appointed to the Board as a Class II director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315226024435/0001493152-26-024435-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jay Roberts departed as Class II Director at Cingulate Inc..
  - Action: will not seek re-election
  - Role: Class II Director
  source text: Jeff Ervin and Jay Roberts, will not seek re-election when their respective terms expire at the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315226024435/0001493152-26-024435-index.htm

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