Company: VGASW
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-020032
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Company: Verde Clean Fuels, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
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te & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 and recommends that stockholders vote for ratification of such selection. Although we are not required by law to obtain such ratification from our stockholders, we have determined that it is desirable to do so. If our stockholders do not ratify the selection of Deloitte, the Audit Committee may reconsider its selection. The Audit Committee, in its discretion, may appoint a new independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if the Audit Committee believes that such a change would be in the best interests of the Company and our stockholders.

Deloitte has audited our financial statements since 2023. We expect that representatives of Deloitte will be present at the Annual Meeting to respond to appropriate questions and to make a statement if they so desire.

As previously disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 21, 2023, the Audit Committee approved the dismissal of Marcum LLP (“

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”) and approved the engagement of Deloitte as its independent public accounting firm, effective February 15, 2023. During the interim period from January 1, 2023 through Marcum’s dismissal, (1) Marcum’s reports on the Company’s financial statements did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles, (2) there were no “disagreements” (as that term is described in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act, and the related instructions to Item 304 of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act) with Marcum on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosures or audited scope or procedures, which disagreements if not resolved to Marcum’s satisfaction, would have caused Marcum to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with its report and (3) there have been no “reportable events” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act) except as previously disclosed. During the interim period from January 1, 2023 through Marcum’s dismissal, neither the Company, nor anyone on the Company’s behalf consulted with Deloitte on the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction (either completed or proposed), the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s