secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (CLNE)
CIK:        0001368265
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-06T13:00:36+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-113910
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368265/000110465926113910/0001104659-26-113910-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368265/000110465926113910/tm2626770d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-113910

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