---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-093758"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLIR"
cik: "0001434524"
company_name: "ClearSign Technologies Corp"
filed_at: "2026-08-11T11:45:37+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-11T11:50:05.118374+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ClearSign appoints former ExxonMobil heat-transfer leader Larry Saddler to board

## Summary
- Larry M. Saddler, 76, appointed to fill vacant directorship effective Aug 6, 2026.
- Saddler spent 40+ years at ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), retiring in 2021 as Global Technology Sponsor for Heat Transfer.
- Compensation: $60,000 annual cash (or RSUs) plus $40,000 annual non-statutory stock option grants, quarterly.
- Company will make Make-Whole Payments for forfeited/cancelled Covered RSUs from prior employer, tied to continued service.
- Offer letter effective Aug 6, 2026; standard indemnification agreement entered.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-093758
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLIR
- cik: 0001434524
- company_name: ClearSign Technologies Corp
- filed_at: 2026-08-11T11:45:37+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434524/000110465926093758/0001104659-26-093758-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434524/000110465926093758/tm2622777d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-093758.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Larry M. Saddler was appointed as director at ClearSign Technologies Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: Subsequent to the Annual Meeting, upon recommendation of the nominating and corporate governance committee of the Board (the “Governance Committee”), the Board appointed Larry M. Saddler to serve as a director, effective as of August 6, 2026 (the “Effective Date”), to fill such vacancy on the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434524/000110465926093758/0001104659-26-093758-index.htm

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