---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001828536-24-000075"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "NRGV"
cik: "0001828536"
company_name: "Energy Vault Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T16:39:36.180856+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ex-CFO van Gaalen gets $99K severance, COBRA, accelerated RSU vesting

## Summary
- Last day as CFO was April 15, 2024; separation agreement terms disclosed in 8-K/A.
- Lump sum severance of $99,302.91 plus reimbursement of COBRA premiums for up to 5 months.
- 46,875 RSUs accelerate vest; remaining 125,000 unvested RSUs forfeited.
- Standard release of claims including ADEA, with 21-day review and 7-day revocation period.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001828536-24-000075
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: NRGV
- cik: 0001828536
- company_name: Energy Vault Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828536/000182853624000075/0001828536-24-000075-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828536/000182853624000075/nrgv-20240404.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001828536-24-000075.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Beer was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Energy Vault Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: assuming the position
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: reporting that Johannes Cornelis Maria van Gaalen will cease to serve as Chief Financial Officer concurrently with Michael Beer assuming the position of Chief Financial Officer on April 15, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828536/000182853624000075/0001828536-24-000075-index.htm
- Executive change
  Johannes Cornelis Maria van Gaalen departed as Chief Financial Officer at Energy Vault Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: will cease to serve
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: reporting that Johannes Cornelis Maria van Gaalen will cease to serve as Chief Financial Officer concurrently with Michael Beer assuming the position of Chief Financial Officer on April 15, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828536/000182853624000075/0001828536-24-000075-index.htm

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