Item 4.02Item 4.02 - Non-Reliance on Financial Statements
Item 4.02. Non-Reliance on Previously Issued
Financial Statements or Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review.
On July 24, 2026, the Audit Committee (the “Audit
Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of New Era Energy & Digital, Inc., a Nevada corporation
(the “Company”), determined, after consultation with management and Weaver and Tidwell, L.L.P., the Company’s
independent registered public accounting firm, that the previously issued unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements filed
in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2026 (the “Affected Period”), initially filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 15, 2026 (the “Original Form 10-Q”),
require restatement and should no longer be relied upon. The restated unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements will be included
in an Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 (the “Form 10-Q/A”), which will be filed
as promptly as practicable following this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Report”).
During the preparation of the Company’s
financial statements for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2026, management identified certain errors in the classification of certain
professional fees related to the Company’s acquisition and financing transactions (such errors, the “Expense Classification
Errors”), as well as errors in the Company’s accounting under ASC Topic 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation (“ASC
718”), for performance stock units (“PSUs”) granted to certain executive officers during the three months
ended March 31, 2026 (such error, the “Stock-Based Compensation Errors”). The estimated financial impacts are preliminary
and subject to change as the Company completes its restatement procedures.
Expense Classification Errors: The Company recorded approximately $1.4 million of legal and professional
fees as general and administrative expense for the three months ended March 31, 2026, that were direct and incremental costs of specific
debt and equity transactions and should have been deferred. These costs primarily related to debt issuance costs, which are presented
as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the related debt or, for debt not yet issued, deferred within other current assets,
and equity issuance costs, which are charged against the gross proceeds of completed issuances or, for offerings not yet completed, deferred
within other current assets. The Company’s analysis is ongoing, and these amounts remain preliminary as management completes its
full assessment of the Expense Classification Errors.
Stock-Based Compensation Errors: The Company
identified non-cash errors in its accounting for the PSU awards, including with respect to the determination of the grant-date fair
value of the awards and the method of attributing compensation cost over the awards’ vesting terms. The grant-date fair value
of the PSU awards granted during the three months ended March 31, 2026, as originally determined of $23.5 million, was
inappropriately calculated and understated. Management is continuing to evaluate the accounting for the PSU awards under ASC 718,
which assessment determines the timing and amount of compensation cost required to be recognized. The Company’s analysis is
ongoing, and the Company is unable at this time to quantify the effect of the Stock-Based Compensation Errors on the Affected
Period; the effect may be material to the Original Form 10-Q.
In addition to the Expense Classification Errors
and the Stock-Based Compensation Errors, management is evaluating the Company’s accounting for its acquisition on January 16, 2026,
of the remaining 50% membership interest in Texas Critical Data Centers, LLC (“TCDC”).
Specifically, management is evaluating certain components of the fair value of the acquisition and has engaged a valuation expert. The
Company’s analysis is ongoing, and the Company is unable at this time to quantify the potential effects of the analysis if it determines
an error has occurred.
Estimated Effect of the Restatement
The Company is unable at this time to
quantify the combined effect of all of the errors described in this Report on the Affected Period, including the effect on net loss
and net loss per share, pending completion of the evaluation of the Expense Classification Errors, the Stock-Based Compensation
Errors and the TCDC acquisition analysis described above; the combined effect may be material. The errors affect net loss, net loss
per share, total assets, total liabilities and total stockholder’s equity as well as the presentation of the condensed
consolidated statement of cash flows and the condensed consolidated statement of changes in stockholders’ equity. The Expense Classification Errors and Stock-Based Compensation Errors have no effect on the
Company’s cash position. The correction of the Stock-Based Compensation Errors and Expense Classification Errors is not
expected to have an income tax effect because the Company maintains a full valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets.
As stated in the Original Form 10-Q, management
concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of March 31, 2026 and has identified a material
weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Investors and other readers should rely only on
the financial information and related disclosures regarding the Affected Period in the Form 10-Q/A and in any other future filings with
the SEC. They should not rely on the Original Form 10-Q or any previously issued or filed reports, press releases, earnings releases,
investor presentations or similar communications relating to the Affected Period.
The Company’s management and the Audit Committee
have discussed the matters described in this Report with Weaver and Tidwell, L.L.P., the Company’s independent registered public
accounting firm.