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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers.
(a) Resignation of Chief Financial Officer.
On May 8, 2026, Christopher Linn informed the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Fifth Era Acquisition Corp I, a Cayman Islands corporation (the “Company”), of his resignation as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. The Board accepted Mr. Linn’s resignation effective immediately.
Mr. Linn’s resignation was not the result of any disagreement with the Company regarding its operations, policies or practices, including any matter relating to the Company’s financial reporting or accounting practices.
(b) Appointment of New Chief Financial Officer.
On May 8, 2026, the Board appointed Christopher Nelson as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Nelson, age 29, has supported the Company’s accounting, finance and reporting functions since the Company’s IPO and performed similar functions for the management team’s prior SPAC from 2021 to 2024.
Mr. Nelson previously served as an Investment Associate, then as Head of Research and later as Director of Finance at Fifth Era Partners, formerly Blockchain Coinvestors, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage blockchain and artificial intelligence investments, where he had significant responsibility for investment research, evaluation of prospective investments, financial planning and firm operations, beginning in 2021. Prior to joining Fifth Era Partners, Mr. Nelson consulted on executive and board compensation at Mercer, a Marsh McLennan company, beginning in 2019. Mr. Nelson received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| FIFTH ERA ACQUISITION CORP I | |||
| Date: May 14, 2026 | By: | /s/ Mitchell Mechigian | |
| Name: | Mitchell Mechigian | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
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