Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On December 27, 2019, pursuant to the terms of that certain Purchaser Rights Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2019, by and between NextDecade Corporation (the "Company") and Ninteenth Investment Company LLC, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Company appointed Khalifa Abdulla Al Romaithi as a Class B director of the Board. In connection with Mr. Al Romaithi's appointment to the Board, the size of the Board was increased from eleven to twelve members. Mr. Al Romaithi will serve as a Class B director until the Company's 2020 annual meeting of stockholders or until his successor is duly elected and qualified or the earlier of his death, resignation or removal.

Mr. Al Romaithi is the Executive Director, Midstream, in the Petroleum and Petrochemicals business at Mubadala Investment Company ("Mubadala"). He is responsible for pursuing attractive investment opportunities across the entire oil and gas infrastructure value chain with a primary focus on natural gas and crude gathering, treating, compression, processing and storage, pipeline, natural gas liquefaction and regasification. Prior to Mubadala, Mr. Al Romaithi held various senior managerial positions, including Director of Downstream Investments and Head of Portfolio Management, at the International Petroleum Investment Company.

Mr. Al Romaithi serves on the board of directors of several companies including Sumed, Gulf Energy Maritime PJSC, Arabtec Holding Co. PJSC, Depa United Group, and Abu Dhabi National Takaful Co. Mr. Al Romaithi received a Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Finance from the University of Portland.

Mr. Al Romaithi has no direct or indirect material interest in any transactions required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

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