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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Third Amended and Restated Equity Purchase Facility Agreement
As previously reported, New Era Helium Inc., a Nevada corporation (“NEH” or the “Company”), and an institutional investor (the “Investor”), entered into that certain Equity Purchase Facility Agreement, dated as of December 6, 2024, as amended and restated by that certain Amended and Restated Equity Purchase Facility Agreement dated as of February 21, 2025 and the Second Amended and Restated Equity Purchase Facility Agreement dated as of May 5, 2025 (the “Existing EPFA”).
Pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Existing EPFA, among other things, (a) the Company issued to the Investor certain promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $10 million (the “Promissory Notes”) and (b) during the commitment period provided for in the Existing EPFA, the Company, in its sole discretion, has the right, but not the obligation, to issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall subscribe for and purchase from the Company, up to an aggregate of $75 million of shares of Company common stock (“Shares”) by the delivery to the Investor of certain advance notices. As of July 10, 2025, the Company has issued and sold an aggregate of 12,788,741 Shares for gross proceeds of approximately $8,588,625 under the Existing EPFA.
On July 10, 2025, the Company and the Investor entered into a Third Amended and Restated Equity Purchase Facility Agreement (the “Third A&R EPFA”), which amends and restates the Existing EPFA in its entirety. Capitalized terms used in this Current Report on Form 8-K and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Third A&R EPFA.
The Third A&R EPFA, among other things, permits the Company to select an Extended Purchase Pricing Period (as defined in the Third A&R EPFA) which permits the Investor to effect sales of Shares pursuant to an Advance Notice during pre-market trading hours, amends the definition of Excluded Securities and includes other conforming and administrative changes.
The foregoing summary of the Third A&R EPFA does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Third A&R EPFA filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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| 10.1 | Third Amended and Restated Equity Purchase Facility Agreement, dated July 10, 2025. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded with the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURES
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.
Dated: July 10, 2025
| NEW ERA HELIUM INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ E. Will Gray II | |
| Name: | E. Will Gray II | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |