Padmanabhan Rangan Form 4 Nauticus Robotics / Padmanabhan Rangan ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Rangan Padmanabhan

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

17146 FEATHERCRAFT LANE SUITE 450

(Street)

WEBSTER

77598

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Nauticus Robotics, Inc. [ KITT ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chief Financial Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/07/2022

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
RSU	⁽¹⁾	10/07/2022		A		144,021		⁽²⁾	⁽²⁾	Common Stock	144,021	$0.00	144,021	D
Performance RSU	⁽¹⁾	10/07/2022		A		249,637		⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	Common Stock	249,637	$0.00	249,637	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Each Restricted Stock Unit ("RSU") is issued pursuant to the Company's 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan and represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock, and vesting (i.e., forfeiture restriction termination) generally is subject to the reporting person remaining an employee or director of the Company, its affiliates or subsidiaries.

2. 50% of the RSUs vest on May 16 of each of 2023 and 2024.

3. 0% to 150% of these Performance RSUs may vest in two (2) equal installments on each of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2024, based the Company's revenue, as reported on its audited income statement for the year ending December 31, 2022 ("Revenue"), relative to the Company's 2022 revenue as reported on its Form S-1 filed on September 9, 2022, as may be amended ("S-1 Revenue").

4. The percentage of Performance RSUs that may vest will be (i) at the Compensation Committee's (the "Committee") discretion if the Revenue is below $11 million; (ii) 50% if the Revenue is greater than or equal to $11 million, but less than S-1 Revenue; (iii) 100% if the Revenue is greater than or equal to the S-1 Revenue, but less than 115% of S-1 Revenue; (iv) 115% if the Revenue is greater than or equal to 115% of S-1 Revenue, but less than 125% of S-1 Revenue; (v) 125% if the Revenue is greater than or equal to 125% of S-1 Revenue, but less than 150% of S-1 Revenue; (vi) 150% if the Revenue is greater than or equal to 150% of S-1 Revenue.

	/s/ Rangan Padmanabhan, by M. Dilshad Kasmani as Attorney-in-Fact	10/12/2022
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Padmanabhan Rangan Form 4Nauticus Robotics / Padmanabhan Rangan ownership change