secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Cingulate Inc. (CING)
CIK:        0001862150
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001641172-25-024286
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cingulate CEO Shane Schaffer charged with aggravated domestic battery; placed on administrative leave
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- CEO Shane Schaffer charged with one count of aggravated domestic battery on August 9, 2025.
- Board placed Dr. Schaffer on administrative leave on August 14, 2025, pending legal resolution.
- CFO Jennifer Callahan appointed interim CEO, continuing as CFO until further Board action.
- Director John A. Roberts appointed Executive Chairman to provide operational support to management.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000164117225024286/0001641172-25-024286-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1862150/000164117225024286/form8-k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001641172-25-024286

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