---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-056579"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FERA"
cik: "0002025401"
company_name: "Fifth Era Acquisition Corp I"
filed_at: "2026-05-14T20:00:48+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T20:04:49.848130+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fifth Era Acquisition Corp I CFO resigns, Christopher Nelson appointed same day

## Summary
- Christopher Linn resigned as CFO on May 8, 2026; effective immediately, no disagreement cited.
- Board appointed Christopher Nelson as CFO effective May 8, 2026.
- Nelson, 29, supported the company's accounting and finance since its IPO and prior roles at Fifth Era Partners and Mercer.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-056579
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FERA
- cik: 0002025401
- company_name: Fifth Era Acquisition Corp I
- filed_at: 2026-05-14T20:00:48+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2025401/000121390026056579/0001213900-26-056579-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2025401/000121390026056579/ea0290822-8k_fifth1.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-056579
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-056579.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christopher Nelson was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Fifth Era Acquisition Corp I.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On May 8, 2026, the Board appointed Christopher Nelson as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2025401/000121390026056579/0001213900-26-056579-index.htm
- Executive change
  Christopher Linn resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Fifth Era Acquisition Corp I.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On May 8, 2026, Christopher Linn informed the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Fifth Era Acquisition Corp I, a Cayman Islands corporation (the “Company”), of his resignation as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2025401/000121390026056579/0001213900-26-056579-index.htm

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