UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~April~~March 16, ~~2025~~2026

Fifth Era Acquisition Corp I

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands

001-42539

36-5108801

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

PO Box 1093 Boundary Hall ~~Cricket Square, Grand Cayman KY1-1102, Cayman Islands~~

Cricket Square, Grand Cayman

KY1-1102, Cayman Islands

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +1 (345) 814-5726

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one right	FERAU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share	FERA	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Rights, each right entitling the holder to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one Class A ordinary share upon the consummation of the initial business combination	FERAR	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 8 5.0102. Departure ~~Other~~of ~~Events~~Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

~~Separate Trading of Class A Ordinary~~Director ~~Shares and Share Rights~~Resignation

On ~~April~~March 1617, ~~2025~~2026, ~~Fifth~~Gary ~~Era~~Cookhorn ~~Acquisition~~resigned ~~Corp~~as Ia ~~(the~~director ~~“Company”) announced that, commencing on April 21, 2025, the holders~~ of the ~~units~~board ~~issued~~of indirectors ~~its initial public offering~~ (the “~~Units~~Board”), ~~each Unit consisting~~ of ~~one~~Fifth ~~Class A ordinary share~~Era ofAcquisition ~~the~~Corp ~~Company,~~I ~~par value $0.0001 per share~~ (the “~~Class A Ordinary Share~~Company”), ~~and~~effective ~~one~~immediately. ~~right~~Mr. toCookhorn’s ~~receive~~resignation ~~one-tenth~~did ~~(1/10) of~~not ~~one~~result ~~Class~~from any Adisagreement ~~Ordinary~~with ~~Share of~~ the Company ~~upon~~on ~~the~~any ~~consummation~~matter ofrelating to the Company’s ~~initial business combination (the “Share Rights”)~~operations, ~~may~~policies ~~elect~~or ~~to separately trade the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Share Rights included in the Units~~practices. ~~Any~~The ~~Units not~~Company ~~separated~~thanks ~~will continue to trade on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “FERAU~~Mr.” ~~The~~Cookhorn ~~Class~~for Ahis ~~Ordinary~~service ~~Shares and the Share Rights are expected to trade~~ on the ~~Nasdaq~~Board ~~Global Market under the symbols “FERA”~~ and ~~“FERAR,”~~valuable ~~respectively. Holders~~contributions ~~of Units will need~~ to ~~have their brokers contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company,~~ the Company~~’s transfer agent, in order to separate the Units into Class A Ordinary Shares and Share Rights~~.

~~Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.~~Director Appointment

~~(d)~~On March ~~Exhibits~~20, 2026, the Board unanimously appointed Donald Putnam to serve as a director on the Board, effective immediately.

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release dated April 16, 2025.

Mr. Putnam is the Executive Chairman of Energy Substantiation Partners LLC, which he founded in 2024, and Founder and Managing Partner of Grail Partners LLC, a role he has held since 2005. Mr. Putnam is a veteran financial executive, mathematician, and entrepreneur whose career has spanned investment banking, quantitative finance, machine learning, and blockchain innovation. Prior to founding Grail, he founded Putnam Lovell Securities in 1987 and served as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board, and Managing Director in the firm’s investment banking group. After the firm’s sale to National Bank Financial in 2002, he served as CEO and Vice Chairman of Putnam Lovell NBF until 2005. Mr. Putnam has maintained a long-standing interest in artificial intelligence and blockchain. With more than thirty years of experience in neural network mathematics and applications, he has worked with or studied most major forms of machine learning, including support vector machines, gradient boosting, and random forests. He is also a frequent writer and speaker on the business and policy implications of artificial intelligence. In addition to his roles at Energy Substantiation and Grail, Mr. Putnam serves on the Investment Committee of Ripon College, on the boards of Manifold Partners and Welton Investment Partners, and on the Advisory Board of Ridgedale Advisors.

1There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Putnam and any other persons pursuant to which he was elected as director of the Board. There are no family relationships between Mr. Putnam and any other director or executive officer of the Company and he has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

~~SIGNATURE~~Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

~~Pursuant to the requirements~~(d) ~~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~~Exhibits.

	FIFTH ERA ACQUISITION CORP I
Exhibit No.		Description
Date: April 16, 2025	By:	/s/ Mitchell Mechigian
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
		Name: Mitchell Mechigian
		Title: Chief Executive Officer

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: March 20, 2026	By:	/s/ Mitchell Mechigian
		Name:	Mitchell Mechigian
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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