---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001849820-26-000057"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KITT"
cik: "0001849820"
company_name: "Nauticus Robotics, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:35:07.548646+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nauticus Robotics announces 1-for-8 reverse stock split to meet Nasdaq minimum bid price

## Summary
- Reverse split effective April 21, 2026; every 8 shares consolidated into 1.
- Fractional shares will be rounded up to the nearest whole share.
- Primary objective is to satisfy Nasdaq Capital Market minimum bid price requirement.
- New CUSIP 63911H 405; trading symbol remains KITT.
- Stockholders approved the reverse split range at special meeting on January 28, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001849820-26-000057
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KITT
- cik: 0001849820
- company_name: Nauticus Robotics, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.03, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000184982026000057/0001849820-26-000057-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000184982026000057/kitt-20260416.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001849820-26-000057.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 41cef62c796569a5f3ecab3f0f001ae84447cf21
  claim: Nauticus Robotics, Inc.: Certificate of amendment to effect 1-for-8 reverse stock split of common stock (effective 2026-04-21).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 17, 2026, Nauticus Robotics, Inc. (the "Company") filed a certificate of amendment to its Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the "Certificate of Amendment") to effect a 1-for-8 reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of the shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.0001 per share on April 21, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849820/000184982026000057/0001849820-26-000057-index.htm

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