Form: S-8

Initial registration statement for securities to be offered to employees pursuant to employee benefit plans

January 16, 2009

As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 16, 2009

Registration No. 333-                     

 

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

CLEAN ENERGY FUELS CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

33-0968580
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

3020 Old Ranch Parkway, Suite 200
Seal Beach, California

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

90740
(Zip Code)

 


 

2006 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

 


 

Andrew J. Littlefair
President and Chief Executive Officer
Clean Energy Fuels Corp.
3020 Old Ranch Parkway, Suite 200
Seal Beach, California 90740

 (Name and Address of Agent For Service)

 

(562) 493-2804

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copy to:

John J. Hentrich, Esq.
Robert L. Wernli, Jr., Esq.
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
12275 El Camino Real, Suite 200
San Diego, California  92130-2006

 


 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large Accelerated filer o

 

Accelerated filer x

 

Non-accelerated filer o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

Smaller reporting company o

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title of Each Class of Securities to be
Registered

 

Amount to be Registered (1)

 

Proposed Maximum Offering  Price Per Share

 

Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering
Price

 

Amount of Registration Fee

 

Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

 

964,008 shares

 

$

 6.33

(2)

$

6,102,170.64

 

$

239.82

(4)

Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

 

35,992 shares

 

$

6.335

(3)

$

 228,009.32

 

$

8.96

(4)

 

(1)

In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement shall cover any additional securities that may from time to time be offered or issued under the adjustment provisions of the employee benefit plan to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

 

 

(2)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based upon the exercise price per share ($6.33) of options to purchase 964,008 shares of common stock which were awarded under the registrant's 2006 Equity Incentive Plan on January 2, 2009.

 

 

(3)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) promulgated under the Securities Act, based upon the average of the high and low prices of the registrant’s common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on January 12, 2009.

 

 

(4)

No payment of registration fee is being made in connection with the filing of this registration statement.  Rather, $248.78 of the registration fee for this registration statement is being offset, pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, by the registration fees paid in connection with unsold securities registered by the registrant under Registration Statement No. 333-137124 (initially filed on September 6, 2006).

 

 

 



 

REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES

 

PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E

 

This registration statement registers 1,000,000 additional shares of our common stock that may be issued pursuant to the Clean Energy Fuels Corp. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan commencing January 1, 2009.  In accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the previous Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-145454) filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on August 14, 2007 are incorporated by reference into this registration statement.  In addition, the following documents filed with the SEC are hereby incorporated by reference into this registration statement:

 

(a)                                  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, filed on March 19, 2008;

 

(b)                                 Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed on May 15, 2008, August 13, 2008 and November 14, 2008;

 

(c)                                  Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on April 7, 2008, April 22, 2008, June 20, 2008, July 3, 2008, August 21, 2008, September 8, 2008, September 25, 2008, October 15, 2008, October 29, 2008, December 5, 2008 and December 31, 2008 (except for any information under Item 2.01 or 7.01 which is not being incorporated); and

 

(d)                                 The description of our common stock which is contained in the registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on May 18, 2007.

 

In addition, all documents subsequently filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement from the date of filing of such documents.

 

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 8.

 

Exhibits.

 

 

 

 

 

See Index to Exhibits.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Seal Beach, State of California, on January 16, 2009.

 

 

CLEAN ENERGY FUELS CORP.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew J. Littlefair

 

 

Andrew J. Littlefair

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Andrew J. Littlefair and Richard R. Wheeler, jointly and severally, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (including the undersigned’s capacity as a director and/or officer of Clean Energy Fuels Corp.), to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any other registration statement for the same offering, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute, acting alone, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Name

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Andrew J. Littlefair

 

President, Chief Executive Officer (Principal

 

January 16, 2009

Andrew J. Littlefair

 

Executive Officer) and a Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Richard R. Wheeler

 

Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial

 

January 16, 2009

Richard R. Wheeler

 

Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Warren I. Mitchell

 

Chairman of the Board and Director

 

January 16, 2009

Warren I. Mitchell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ John S. Herrington

 

Director

 

January 16, 2009

John S. Herrington

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ James C. Miller III

 

Director

 

January 16, 2009

James C. Miller III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Boone Pickens

 

Director

 

January 16, 2009

Boone Pickens

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Kenneth M. Socha

 

Director

 

January 16, 2009

Kenneth M. Socha

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Vincent C. Taormina

 

Director

 

January 16, 2009

Vincent C. Taormina

 

 

 

 

 

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The following documents are filed as exhibits to this registration statement:

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

Incorporated by reference herein

Number

 

Description

 

Form

 

Date

4.1

 

Specimen Common Stock Certificate

 

Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-137124)

 

March 27, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.2

 

2006 Equity Incentive Plan

 

Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-137124)

 

March 27, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.3

 

2006 Equity Incentive Plan—Form of Notice of Grant of Stock Option and Stock Option Agreement

 

Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-145434)

 

August 14, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.4

 

2006 Equity Incentive Plan – Form of Stock Award Agreement

 

Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

 

May 15, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of KPMG LLP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23.2

 

Consent of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24.1

 

Power of Attorney (See Signature Page)

 

 

 

 

 

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