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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-24-110329"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VGAS"
cik: "0001841425"
company_name: "Verde Clean Fuels, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-12-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T01:46:17.296972+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Verde Clean Fuels secures $50M equity investment from Diamondback's Cottonmouth at $4/share

## Summary
- Cottonmouth Ventures (Diamondback subsidiary) to buy 12.5M shares at $4.00 for $50M total; close expected Q1 2025.
- Proceeds to fund Permian Basin natural gas-to-gasoline plants using Verde's STG+ process; Cottonmouth becomes second-largest shareholder.
- Board expands to 8; Cottonmouth gets one director seat and one observer right.
- Shannon Linden resigns as Chief Accounting Officer effective Jan 3, 2025.
- Shareholder written consent obtained for charter amendments and transaction approval.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-110329
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VGAS
- cik: 0001841425
- company_name: Verde Clean Fuels, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-12-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.07, 3.02, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841425/000121390024110329/0001213900-24-110329-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841425/000121390024110329/ea0225303-8k_verde.htm

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