Akshay Ladwa, Chief Operations Officer at Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NRGV), purchased 4,000 shares of the company’s common stock on March 2, 2026, according to a Form 4 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The shares were acquired at $3.085 each, producing a total outlay of $12,340. Following the transaction, Ladwa is recorded as directly holding 1,824,384 shares of Energy Vault stock.
Energy Vault’s shares were trading at $3.49 at the time of the report, a price that the filing notes represents a 168% increase over the previous 12 months. InvestingPro Tips cited in the filing also note that the stock typically exhibits high price volatility.
The company has a market value of $535 million and is scheduled to report quarterly results on March 17.
Recent corporate developments cited alongside the insider purchase paint a picture of a company working to stabilize its finances. Energy Vault reported its first positive adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2025, in a range of $5 million to $10 million.
That improvement in operating results coincided with financing activity that added $135.5 million in proceeds after initial purchaser commissions. The company said that financing led to cash balances rising by more than 300% year-over-year.
In addition to that financing, Energy Vault announced issuance of an additional $10 million in convertible senior notes due 2031, following the exercise of an option by initial purchasers, identified in the company’s disclosures as firms such as Jefferies LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
The company also amended its Securities Purchase Agreement with YA II PN, Ltd., adjusting the terms of previously issued senior unsecured convertible debentures. The filing indicates this amendment is part of a sequence of changes that began with the original agreement executed in September 2025.
On the commercial front, Energy Vault disclosed a strategic partnership with Peak Energy to co-develop energy storage solutions tailored for AI infrastructure. The collaboration will integrate Peak Energy’s sodium-ion batteries with Energy Vault’s digital technology, and it secures an initial offtake commitment for 1.5 GWh of U.S.-manufactured batteries.
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