---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-113910"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLNE"
cik: "0001368265"
company_name: "Clean Energy Fuels Corp."
filed_at: "2026-10-06T13:00:36+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T16:30:36.963576+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Clean Energy Fuels names JJ Armstrong CFO, succeeding Robert Vreeland; base salary $500,000

## Summary
- Jason 'JJ' Armstrong, VP and Corporate Controller since 2015, appointed CFO effective Oct 6, 2026; he also becomes Principal Financial and Accounting Officer.
- Robert Vreeland departs after a dozen years as CFO; the press release says he is heading into retirement and thanks him for his leadership.
- Armstrong's employment agreement: $500,000 annual base salary, annual bonus up to 100% of salary, initial term ending Oct 6, 2029.
- Incremental equity grant of 35,000 time-vesting RSUs, vesting in three substantially equal annual installments from the transition date.
- Severance if terminated without cause: 150% of base salary plus 150% of prior-year bonus; 225% multiples if within six months before or one year after a change in control.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-113910
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLNE
- cik: 0001368265
- company_name: Clean Energy Fuels Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-10-06T13:00:36+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/1368265/000110465926113910/0001104659-26-113910-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368265/000110465926113910/tm2626770d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-113910
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-113910.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-113910.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jason J. Armstrong was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Clean Energy Fuels Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Jason J. Armstrong, the Company’s former Vice President and Corporate Controller, has been appointed as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368265/000110465926113910/0001104659-26-113910-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert M. Vreeland departed as Chief Financial Officer at Clean Energy Fuels Corp..
  - Action: depart
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: agreed with Robert M. Vreeland that he would depart from his role as Chief Financial Officer of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368265/000110465926113910/0001104659-26-113910-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.