8-K

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): June 14, 2023

701 W Main Street, Suite 410

Durham, NC 27701

(Address of Principal Executive

Offices)(Zip Code)

(919) 888-8194

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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

On June 14, 2023, 374Water Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, there were 85,102,089 shares of common stock represented in person or by proxy of the 128,998,876 shares of common stock entitled to be cast, constituting a quorum. The Company's stockholders approved the four proposals listed below, which proposals are described in detail in the Company's definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2023. The final votes on the proposals presented at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

PROPOSAL 1: TO ELECT SEVEN (7) DIRECTORS TO SERVE UNTIL THE NEXT ANNUAL MEETING OR UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSORS ARE DULY ELECTED AND QUALIFIED.

PROPOSAL 2: AN ADVISORY VOTE ON NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION AS DISCLOSED IN THE PROSY STATEMENT

PROPOSAL 3: AN ADVISORY VOTE ON THE FREQUENCY OF FUTURE ADVISORY VOTES ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

PROPOSAL 4: TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CHERRY BEKAERT LLP AS THE COMPANY’S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2023.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.