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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-007878"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VGAS"
cik: "0001841425"
company_name: "Verde Clean Fuels, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-01-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T07:17:01.732251+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Verde Clean Fuels closes $50M equity investment by Diamondback subsidiary; appoints director

## Summary
- Cottonmouth purchased 12.5M shares at $4.00/share for $50M; total investment $70M, making Cottonmouth second largest shareholder.
- Proceeds to fund development and construction of natural gas-to-gasoline plants using Verde's STG+ process.
- Board expanded from 7 to 8; appointed Johnny Dossey (VP Marketing at Diamondback) as Cottonmouth's director designee.
- Closing occurred Jan 29, 2025; shares issued in private placement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-007878
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VGAS
- cik: 0001841425
- company_name: Verde Clean Fuels, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-01-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841425/000121390025007878/0001213900-25-007878-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841425/000121390025007878/ea0229028-8k_verde.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-007878
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-007878.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-007878.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Johnny Dossey was appointed as Director at Verde Clean Fuels, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed Johnny Dossey as a Cottonmouth Director (as defined in the A&R Charter), effective as of the same date
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841425/000121390025007878/0001213900-25-007878-index.htm

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