---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-076660"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLNE"
cik: "0001368265"
company_name: "Clean Energy Fuels Corp."
filed_at: "2026-06-23T13:00:36+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T13:02:15.679271+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Clean Energy Fuels appoints Bart Frabotta as COO effective June 23, 2026

## Summary
- Bart Frabotta, former Group VP, appointed COO effective June 23, 2026.
- Annual base salary of $545,056; eligible for target annual bonus of 100% of base.
- Received 50,000 RSUs vesting in three equal annual installments.
- Severance: 150% of base plus prior-year bonus without cause; 225% on change of control.
- Will oversee station ops, RNG/LNG production, engineering, and AI initiatives.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-076660
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLNE
- cik: 0001368265
- company_name: Clean Energy Fuels Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-06-23T13:00:36+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368265/000110465926076660/0001104659-26-076660-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368265/000110465926076660/tm2618401d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Bartolomeo A. Frabotta was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Clean Energy Fuels Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On June 23, 2026, Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (the “Company”) announced that Bartolomeo A. Frabotta, the Company’s former Group Vice President, has been appointed as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, effective as of June 23, 2026
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368265/000110465926076660/0001104659-26-076660-index.htm

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