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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001828536-23-000082"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NRGV"
cik: "0001828536"
company_name: "Energy Vault Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T14:53:26.682927+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Energy Vault annual meeting elects three Class II directors, ratifies auditor

## Summary
- Zia Huque, Theresa Fariello, and Thomas Ertel elected as Class II directors with broker non-votes of 19,672,794.
- Ratification of BDO USA as independent auditor for FY 2023 approved with 111,736,412 votes for, 51,928 against, 60,001 abstaining.
- All director nominees received majority support; Fariello had fewest withheld votes (123,021).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001828536-23-000082
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NRGV
- cik: 0001828536
- company_name: Energy Vault Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828536/000182853623000082/0001828536-23-000082-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828536/000182853623000082/nrgv-20230525.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: 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 111,736,412 51,928 60,001 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828536/000182853623000082/0001828536-23-000082-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: Proposal 1 - Election of Class II Directors Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Zia Huque 90,542,661 1,632,886 19,672,794 Theresa Fariello 92,052,526 123,021 19,672,794 Thomas Ertel 88,384,941 3,790,606 19,672,794
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828536/000182853623000082/0001828536-23-000082-index.htm

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