---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-010533"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NUAI"
cik: "0002028336"
company_name: "New ERA Energy & Digital, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T05:46:48.291897+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Charlie Nelson appointed President/COO with large equity awards; warrants adjusted to $2.00, 16.2M shares issuable

## Summary
- Charlie Nelson named President and COO effective Jan 28, 2026; previously board member since Dec 2024.
- Nelson receives PSUs (3,664,036 shares) tied to hyperscaler deal, financial close, and $100M revenue / $15 stock price milestones.
- Nelson also receives RSUs (1,221,345 shares) vesting monthly over four years; both awards inducement under Nasdaq Rule 5635(c)(4).
- CEO E. Will Gray II gets amended employment with $550K base, 40% bonus target; identical PSU/RSU grants (3,664,036 / 1,221,345) under the Plan.
- Amended waiver with ATW AI Infrastructure: warrant exercise prices adjusted to $2.00 (anti-dilution partial waiver); 5.5M first tranche and 10.7M second tranche shares issuable.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-010533
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NUAI
- cik: 0002028336
- company_name: New ERA Energy & Digital, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2028336/000121390026010533/0001213900-26-010533-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2028336/000121390026010533/ea0274977-8k_newera.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  New ERA Energy & Digital, Inc. amended Amended and Restated Consent and Waiver with ATW AI Infrastructure II LLC valued at Amended and Restated Consent and Waiver modifying anti-dilution provisions of Investor Warrants; adj (effective 2026-02-01).
  - Action: amendment
  - Counterparty: ATW AI Infrastructure II LLC
  - Value: Amended and Restated Consent and Waiver modifying anti-dilution provisions of Investor Warrants; adj
  - Effective: 2026-02-01
  source text: On February 1, 2026, New Era Energy & Digital, Inc. (the “ Company ”) entered into an Amended and Restated Consent and Waiver (the “ Amended Waiver ”) with ATW AI Infrastructure II LLC (the “ Investor ”) which amended and restated the previously disclosed Consent and Waiver, dated January 16, 2026, in its entirety.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2028336/000121390026010533/0001213900-26-010533-index.htm

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