---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-074902"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ELWT"
cik: "0002063863"
company_name: "Elauwit Connection, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-17T12:35:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T12:40:40.058283+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Elauwit Connection appoints Nick Jones CIO/COO (June 15); releases Rick Alder as COO (June 11)

## Summary
- Nick Jones, age 47, appointed CIO and COO effective June 15, 2026.
- Richard Alder released from COO position effective June 11, 2026; entitled to termination without cause payments.
- Jones previously EVP & COO at World Cinema, Inc. (Aug 2016 - Jun 2026); also CEO of NJT, Inc.
- Employment terms: $300,000 base salary, annual cash bonus eligibility, $50,000 sign-on RSU vesting over one year.
- Under Alder's tenure, Elauwit expanded to 176 sites and ~40,000 units in 15 months; Google satisfaction 4.4 stars; one-touch call resolution 70% to 87%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-074902
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ELWT
- cik: 0002063863
- company_name: Elauwit Connection, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-17T12:35:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2063863/000110465926074902/0001104659-26-074902-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2063863/000110465926074902/tm2618078d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard Alder departed as Chief Operations Officer at Elauwit Connection, Inc..
  - Action: released
  - Role: Chief Operations Officer
  source text: Richard Alder was released from his position as Chief Operations Officer effective as of June 11, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2063863/000110465926074902/0001104659-26-074902-index.htm
- Executive change
  Nick Jones was appointed as Chief Information Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Elauwit Connection, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Information Officer and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Effective as of June 15, 2026, the Board of Directors of Elauwit Connection, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Nick Jones, age 47, to serve as the Chief Information Officer and Chief Operating Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2063863/000110465926074902/0001104659-26-074902-index.htm

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