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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-033115"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CING"
cik: "0001862150"
company_name: "Cingulate Inc."
filed_at: "2026-07-14T12:00:08+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-14T12:05:15.198932+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cingulate stockholders approve 625K share increase to equity plan; board reduced to 5, Schaffer chairman

## Summary
- Stockholders approved Amendment No. 3 to 2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, increasing authorized shares by 625,000 to 2,221,126.
- Board reduced to five directors; CEO Shane Schaffer appointed chairman, Jeff Hargroves as lead independent director.
- Audit Committee: Zhanpeng 'Frederick' Jiang chair; Nominating & Corp Gov: Hargroves chair; Compensation: Lawrence chair.
- All four proposals passed at annual meeting, including ratification of KPMG as auditor for FY 2026.
- Amendment effective July 9, 2026; total authorized shares under plan now 2,221,126.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-033115
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CING
- cik: 0001862150
- company_name: Cingulate Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-07-14T12:00:08+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315226033115/0001493152-26-033115-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315226033115/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Shane Schaffer was appointed as chairman of the Board at Cingulate Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: chairman of the Board
  source text: the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) reduced the size of the Board to five (5) directors and appointed Shane Schaffer, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, as the chairman of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315226033115/0001493152-26-033115-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeff Hargroves was appointed as lead independent director of the Board at Cingulate Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: lead independent director of the Board
  source text: The Board appointed Jeff Hargroves as the lead independent director of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000149315226033115/0001493152-26-033115-index.htm

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