---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-065550"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "NRGV"
cik: "0001828536"
company_name: "Energy Vault Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T13:19:55.364701+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Energy Vault reports final voting results from annual meeting; all director nominees elected

## Summary
- Zia Huque, Theresa Fariello, and Thomas Ertel elected as Class II directors with >88M votes each.
- Ratification of BDO USA as auditor approved with 111.7M votes for, ~52K against, 60K abstentions.
- Total shares voted: 111.8M on auditor ratification; broker non-votes of 19.7M on director elections.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-065550
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: NRGV
- cik: 0001828536
- company_name: Energy Vault Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828536/000110465923065550/0001104659-23-065550-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828536/000110465923065550/tm2317184d1_8ka.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: On May 25, 2023, Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The matters voted upon at the meeting and the final results of those votes, as informed on May 26, 2023 by the independent inspector of election of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, were as follows: Proposal 1 - Election of Class II Directors Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Zia Huque 90,542,664 1,632,886 19,672,794 Theresa Fariello 92,052,529 123,021 19,672,794 Thomas Ertel 88,384,944 3,790,606 19,672,794 Proposal 2 - Ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstaining Broker Non-Votes 111,736,415 51,928 60,001 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828536/000110465923065550/0001104659-23-065550-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class II Directors at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: On May 25, 2023, Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The matters voted upon at the meeting and the final results of those votes, as informed on May 26, 2023 by the independent inspector of election of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, were as follows: Proposal 1 - Election of Class II Directors Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Zia Huque 90,542,664 1,632,886 19,672,794 Theresa Fariello 92,052,529 123,021 19,672,794 Thomas Ertel 88,384,944 3,790,606 19,672,794 Proposal 2 - Ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstaining Broker Non-Votes 111,736,415 51,928 60,001 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828536/000110465923065550/0001104659-23-065550-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.