Form 8-K

8-K — Cingulate Inc.

Accession: 0001493152-26-033115

Filed: 2026-07-14

Period: 2026-07-09

CIK: 0001862150

SIC: 2834 (PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS)

Item: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Item: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits

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UNITED

STATES

SECURITIES

AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington,

D.C. 20549

FORM

8-K

CURRENT

REPORT

Pursuant

to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date

of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 9, 2026

CINGULATE

INC.

(Exact

name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-40874

86-3825535

(State

or other jurisdiction

(Commission

(IRS

Employer

incorporation)

File

Number)

Identification

No.)

1901

W. 47th Place

Kansas

City, KS 66205

(Address

of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(913)

942-2300

(Registrant’s

telephone number, including area code)

(Former

name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check

the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under

any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐

Written

communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐

Soliciting

material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐

Pre-commencement

communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐

Pre-commencement

communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities

registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title

of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name

of exchange on which registered

Common

Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

CING

The

Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

(Nasdaq

Capital Market)

Warrants,

exercisable for common stock

CINGW

The

Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

(Nasdaq

Capital Market)

Indicate

by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405)

or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging

growth company ☒

an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying

with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item

5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of

Certain Officers.

Equity

Plan Amendment

the Cingulate Inc. (the “Company”) 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on July 9, 2026 (the “Annual Meeting”),

the Company’s stockholders approved Amendment No. 3 to the Cingulate Inc. 2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the “Equity

Plan”) to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance thereunder by 625,000 shares (the “Amendment”).

The board of directors of the Company had previously approved the Amendment, subject to stockholder approval, and the Amendment became

effective upon such stockholder approval.

copy of the Amendment is included with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing summary

is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms and provisions of the Amendment.

Changes

to Board Structure

the date of the Annual Meeting, 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. The Board appointed

Jeff Hargroves as the lead independent director of the Board.

The

Board also appointed Zhanpeng “Frederick” Jiang as the chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board and Mr. Hargroves as

the chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board. Following the Annual Meeting: (i) the Audit Committee

of the Board consists of Mr. Jiang , as chairman, Mr. Hargroves and Bryan Lawrence, (ii) the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

of the Board consists of Mr. Hargroves, as chairman, Mr. Jiang and Mr. Lawrence and (iii) the Compensation Committee of the Board consists

of Mr. Lawrence, as chairman, Mr. Hargroves and Mr. Jiang.

Item

5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

the Annual Meeting, four proposals were submitted to the Company’s stockholders. The final voting results were as follows:

Proposal

The

Company’s stockholders elected the following Class II director to serve for a term expiring at the 2029 annual meeting of stockholders

and until his successor has been duly elected.

Name

For

Withhold

Broker Non-Votes

Jeff Hargroves

3,563,369

40,558

4,672,130

Proposal

The

Company’s stockholders approved the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public

accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026.

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

8,153,858

100,881

21,318

Proposal

The

Company’s stockholders approved the Amendment to the Equity Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for

issuance thereunder by 625,000 shares to 2,221,126 shares.

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

3,196,215

372,123

35,589

4,672,130

Proposal

The

Company’s stockholders approved the adjournment of the Annual Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary or appropriate, to

permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with,

the approval of one or more of foregoing proposals. Adjournment of the Annual Meeting was deemed not necessary, because there were sufficient

votes at the time of the Annual Meeting to approve each proposal.

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

7,563,297

663,663

49,097

Item

9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits

Exhibit

No.

Description

10.1

Amendment No. 3 to the Cingulate Inc. 2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant

to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by

the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

CINGULATE

INC.

Dated:

July 14, 2026

By:

/s/

Shane J. Schaffer

Name:

Shane

J. Schaffer

Title:

Chief

Executive Officer

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Exhibit

10.1

AMENDMENT

No. 3 TO THE CINGULATE INC. 2021 OMNIBUS

EQUITY

INCENTIVE PLAN

This

third Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Cingulate Inc. 2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”)

of Cingulate Inc. (the “Company”), is made as of May 18, 2026. All capitalized terms used but not defined in this

Amendment shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Plan.

I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS,

Section 17.2 of the Plan reserves to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) the right to amend the Plan

from time to time;

WHEREAS,

the Board desires to increase the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan from 1,596,126 shares

to 2,221,126 shares, subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders.

NOW,

THEREFORE, be it effective as of the date of approval by the Company’s stockholders, the Plan is hereby amended as follows:

1. Amendment

to Section 4.1. Section 4.1(a) of the Plan is hereby amended and restated in its entirety,

to read as follows:

(a)

Subject

to adjustment pursuant to Section 4.3 and any other applicable provisions hereof, the maximum aggregate number of shares of

Common Stock, which may be issued under all Awards granted to Participants under the Plan, shall be 2,221,126 shares; all of which

may, but need not, be issued in respect of Incentive Stock Options.

2. This

Amendment shall be subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company within 12 months

after the date this Amendment is adopted. Such stockholder approval shall be obtained in

the manner and to the degree required under applicable laws.

3. Except

as set forth herein, the Plan shall remain in full force and effect without modification.

WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officer hereby certifies that the foregoing amendment to the Plan was duly adopted and approved

by the Board.

Dated:

May 18, 2026

CINGULATE

INC.

/s/ Shane J. Schaffer

Name:

Shane

J. Schaffer

Title:

Chief

Executive Officer

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