LUGANO, Switzerland & WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. (“Energy Vault”) (NYSE: NRGV), a global energy storage company today announced that, effective on November 26, 2024, the Compensation Committee of Energy Vault’s Board of Directors granted to 3 new, non-executive employees, restricted stock unit awards covering 96,000 shares of its common stock under the Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. 2022 Employment Inducement Award Plan (as amended and/or restated, the “Inducement Award Plan”). The Compensation Committee also granted to Brad Eastman, Energy Vault’s new Chief Legal Officer (i) a restricted stock unit award covering 700,000 shares of the Company’s common stock and (ii) a performance-based restricted stock unit award (the “PSU Award”) covering 300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock under the Inducement Award Plan. The restricted stock units and performance-based restricted stock units were granted as inducements material to the employees entering into employment with Energy Vault in accordance with New York Stock Exchange Listing Rule 303A.08.

The Inducement Award Plan is used exclusively for the grant of equity awards to individuals who were not previously employees of Energy Vault, or following a bona fide period of non-employment, as an inducement material to such individuals’ entering into employment with Energy Vault, pursuant to New York Stock Exchange Listing Rule 303A.08.

The restricted stock unit awards will each vest (subject to the employee’s continued service to Energy Vault) as to 25% of the shares of common stock subject to the award, on the first anniversary of the vesting commencement date, and as to 6.25% of the shares of common stock subject to the award, upon the employee’s completion of each three-month period of continuous service thereafter. The PSU Award granted to Mr. Eastman will vest (subject to Mr. Eastman’s continued service) if Energy Vault’s stock price reaches certain price targets ($3.00 as to one-third of the PSU Award, $4.00 as to one-third of the PSU Award and $5.00 as to one-third of the PSU Award) within four years after the grant date.

Each of these awards are subject to the terms and conditions of the Inducement Award Plan and an award agreement thereunder.

About Energy Vault

Energy Vault develops and deploys utility-scale energy storage solutions designed to transform the world's approach to sustainable energy storage. The company's comprehensive offerings include proprietary gravity-based storage, battery storage, and green hydrogen energy storage technologies. Each storage solution is supported by the company’s hardware technology-agnostic energy management system software and integration platform. Unique to the industry, Energy Vault’s innovative technology portfolio delivers customized short-and-long-duration energy storage solutions to help utilities, independent power producers, and large industrial energy users significantly reduce levelized energy costs while maintaining power reliability. Utilizing eco-friendly materials with the ability to integrate waste materials for beneficial reuse, Energy Vault’s EVx™ gravity-based energy storage technology is facilitating the shift to a circular economy while accelerating the global clean energy transition for its customers. Please visit www.energyvault.com for more information.

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