---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-061667"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NHIC"
cik: "0002043699"
company_name: "NewHold Investment Corp. III"
filed_at: "2026-05-28T00:15:19+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T10:08:00.225273+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NewHold Investment Corp III announces business combination with Newcleo valued at ~$2.4B

## Summary
- Pre-money equity value of Newcleo ~$2.4B; gross proceeds up to $429M from $220M PIPE + up to $209M trust cash.
- PIPE of $220M committed at $10/share (22M shares), anchored by strategic and institutional investors.
- Combined company to list on Nasdaq under 'NWCL'; transaction expected to close in H2 2026.
- Newcleo develops lead-cooled fast reactors (LFRs) and mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel from reprocessed nuclear materials.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-061667
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NHIC
- cik: 0002043699
- company_name: NewHold Investment Corp. III
- filed_at: 2026-05-28T00:15:19+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2043699/000121390026061667/0001213900-26-061667-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2043699/000121390026061667/ea0292410-8k425_newhold3.htm

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