Novus Capital II : Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership - Form 4

Ownership Submission

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16, Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Pedretti Andrea 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. [NRGV] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Technology Officer / (Last) (First) (Middle) 4360 PARK TERRACE DRIVE, , SUITE 100 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) (Street) WESTLAKE VILLAGE CA 91361 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Join/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivate Security	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code	5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)	6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date	7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security	8. Price of Derivative Security	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expriation Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Pedretti Andrea 4360 PARK TERRACE DRIVE, SUITE 100 WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA91361			Chief Technology Officer

Signatures

/s/ Timothy Maloche, Attorney-in-Fact	2022-09-19
**Signature of Reporting Person	Date

Explanation of Responses:

(*)	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
(**)	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The Reporting Person received Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") that represent a contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock for each RSU upon the satisfaction of applicable vesting conditions. The shares were issued pursuant to vested RSUs.
(2)	Represents the number of shares withheld by the Issuer to satisfy the tax withholding obligation in connection with the settlement of RSUs.
(3)	As payment for $2,195,200 of a personal loan, Mr. Pedretti granted to the lender a security interest in 1,083,760 shares of the issuer's common stock pursuant to stock pledge and transfer agreement dated December 4, 2019. This transaction represents a disposition in partial satisfaction of the reporting person's obligation to deliver such shares pursuant to such stock pledge and transfer agreement.
(4)	The Reporting Person received RSUs in connection with the merger described in that certain Business Combination Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of September 8, 2021, by and among Novus Capital Corporation II, now known as Energy Vault Holdings, Inc., NCCII Merger Corp. ("Merger Sub"), and Energy Vault, Inc. ("Energy Vault"), pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into Energy Vault, with Energy Vault surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer (the "Merger")
(5)	The Reporting Person received RSUs in Issuer in exchange for, and pursuant to the assumption and conversion of, 345,967 restricted stock units of Energy Vault. Subject to the satisfaction of both a liquidity event requirement and service-based requirement, each RSU represents the contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's Common Stock. The liquidity event requirement was satisfied upon the closing of the Merger. The RSUs will accordingly vest upon the satisfaction of the service-based requirement, which provides that the RSUs will vest or have vested as follows: with respect to 50% of the RSUs on the closing of the Merger, with respect to 25% of the RSUs vest on July 19, 2020 and with respect to 1/48th of the RSUs each month thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person's continuous service with the Issuer through each vesting date.

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