Company: VGASW
Filing Date: 2025-11-14
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001628280-25-052351
Chunk: 36

Company: Verde Clean Fuels, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-11-14
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
Chunk 36
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 outside of the Business Combination perimeter, had entered into several compensation-related arrangements with certain of Intermediate’s management and employees. Compensation costs associated with those arrangements were allocated by Holdings to Intermediate as the employees were rendering services to Intermediate. However, the ultimate contractual obligation related to these awards, including any future settlement, rested and continues to rest with Holdings. The Holdings equity compensation instruments consist of 1,000 Series A Incentive Units and 1,000 Founder Incentive Units. The Series A Incentive Unit holders are entitled to participate in the earnings of and distributions by Holdings after a specified return threshold to the Series A Preferred Unit holders has been achieved. The Founder Incentive Unit holders are entitled to receive a certain aggregate distribution amount by Holdings after a specified aggregate distribution amount has been received by the Series A Preferred Unit holders. The Series A Incentive Units were deemed to be service-based awards and the Founder Incentive Units were deemed to be performance-based awards.On August 7, 2020, Holdings issued 800 Series A Incentive Units and 1,000 Founder Incentive Units to certain of Intermediate’s management and employees in compensation for their services. In August 2022, certain amendments were made to the Series A Incentive Units and Founder Incentive Units whereby such units would become fully vested upon completion of the Business Combination.In connection with the Closing of the Business Combination, all of the outstanding and unvested Series A Incentive Units and Founder Incentive Units became fully vested. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company accelerated the remaining share-based payment expense for the Series A Incentive Units and recorded such expense in general and administrative expenses. For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company did not record additional share-based compensation expense for the Founder Incentive Units as certain conditions had not been met. The Company continues to evaluate the conditions related to the Founder Incentive Units. As of September 30, 2025, such conditions continue to not have been met.See Note 6 for further information.

NOTE 9 – WARRANTS

There were 15,383,263 warrants outstanding as of September 30, 2025 (the “Warrants”). Each Warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as discussed below. However, no Warrants will be exercisable for cash unless there