Form: 8-K

Current report filing

May 23, 2022

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 19, 2022

 

CLEAN ENERGY FUELS CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware   001-33480   33-0968580

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation) 

 

(Commission

File Number) 

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.) 

 

4675 MacArthur Court, Suite 800

Newport Beach, CA 

  92660
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   Zip Code

 

(949) 437-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class Trading symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share CLNE The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company    ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.   ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On May 19, 2022, Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (the “Company”) held its 2022 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The Company’s stockholders considered and voted on four proposals at the Annual Meeting and cast their votes on each such proposal as set forth below.

 

Proposal 1: The holders of the Company’s common stock elected ten director nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors, each to serve for a one-year term until the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her respective successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. The results of the voting on Proposal 1 were as follows:

 

Name of Director   Votes
For
    Votes
Withheld
    Broker
Non-Votes
 
Andrew J. Littlefair     127,718,172       3,094,607       41,640,436  
Stephen A. Scully     128,299,647       2,513,132       41,640,436  
Lizabeth Ardisana     124,541,232       6,271,547       41,640,436  
Karine Boissy-Rousseau     117,382,575       13,430,204       41,640,436  
James C. Miller III     127,572,403       3,240,376       41,640,436  
Lorraine Paskett     115,646,016       15,166,763       41,640,436  
Kenneth M. Socha     123,873,999       6,938,780       41,640,436  
Vincent C. Taormina     127,416,761       3,396,018       41,640,436  
Parker A. Weil     124,824,921       5,987,858       41,640,436  
Laurent Wolffsheim     117,437,304       13,375,475       41,640,436  

 

Proposal 2: The holders of the Company’s common stock ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. The results of the voting on Proposal 2 were as follows:

 

Votes For:     167,762,237  
Votes Against:     2,699,279  
Votes Abstained:     1,991,699  
Broker Non-Votes:      

 

Proposal 3: The holders of the Company’s common stock approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The results of the voting on Proposal 3 were as follows:

 

Votes For:     114,579,614  
Votes Against:     15,776,083  
Votes Abstained:     457,082  
Broker Non-Votes:     41,640,436  

 

Proposal 4: The holders of the Company’s common stock approved the Company’s 2022 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “New ESPP”) and the reservation of 2,500,00 shares of the Company’s common stock for issuance under the New ESPP. The results of the voting on Proposal 4 were as follows:

 

Votes For:     127,241,410  
Votes Against:     3,143,592  
Votes Abstained:     427,777  
Broker Non-Votes:     41,640,436  

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: May 23, 2022 CLEAN ENERGY FUELS CORP.
     
  By: /s/ Mitchell W. Pratt
    Name: Mitchell W. Pratt
    Title: Chief Operating Officer & Corporate Secretary

 

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