On November 30, 2023, the Board of Directors (the ?Board?) of Nauticus Robotics, Inc. (the ?Company?) removed Rangan Padmanabhan, the Company?s Chief Financial Officer On December 1, 2023, the Board appointed Victoria Hay as the Interim Chief Financial Officer Mrs. Hay, 40, has been the co-owner and President of Flexible Consulting, LLC since May 2021. In her capacity as President of Flexible Consulting, LLC, Mrs. Hay has acted as a financial and accounting advisor for numerous companies, including acting as contracted Chief Financial Officer of Enovate, an AI company focused on the oil and gas sector. Prior to her time at Flexible Consulting, LLC Mrs. Hay was at Weatherford International plc from 2008 to May 2021 in accounting and finance roles of increasing seniority, most recently as the Senior Director ?

Global Accounting and Reporting Services. Mrs. Hay began her career as a finance analyst with Morgan Stanley. Mrs. Hay is a CIMA chartered accountant and has a BSC(Hon) in Biotechnology with a Management emphasis from Edinburgh University.

Mrs. Hay, through Flexible Consulting, LLC, will receive cash compensation of $30,000 per month and up to $1,000 per month of expense reimbursement. Mrs. Hay will also be granted 40,000 restricted stock units of the Company that will vest at the earlier of Mrs. Hay?s departure and one year from the date of grant. There is no arrangement or understanding between Mrs. Hay and any other person pursuant to which she was to be selected as an officer and there is no family relationship between Mrs. Hay and any of the Company?s directors, executive officers, or any person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer.