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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 the SEC within four business days after the Annual Meeting.

What if I return a proxy card but do not make specific choices?

If you submit a proxy but do not indicate any voting instructions, the persons named as proxies will vote in accordance with the recommendations of the Board. The Board’s recommendations and the descriptions of each proposal are indicated on page 1 of this Proxy Statement.

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### Will any other business be conducted at the Annual Meeting?
We know of no other business that will be presented at the Annual Meeting. If any other matter properly comes before the stockholders for a vote at the Annual Meeting, however, the proxy holders named in the proxy card will vote your shares in accordance with their best judgment.

#### Who pays for the expenses of solicitation?
Our Board is soliciting your proxy on behalf of the Company. The Company pays for the costs of the distribution of the proxy materials and solicitation of proxies. As part of this process, we reimburse brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for their expenses for forwarding proxy and solicitation materials to our stockholders. Our directors, officers and employees may also solicit proxies on our behalf in person, by telephone or by other means of communication. Directors, officers and employees will not be paid any additional compensation for soliciting proxies.

What does it mean if I receive more than one set of materials?

If you receive more than one set of materials, that means your shares are registered in more than one name or are registered in different accounts. In order to vote all of the shares you own, you must either sign and return all of the proxy cards or follow the instructions for any alternative voting procedure on each of the proxy cards or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials you receive.

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#### PROPOSAL NO. 1 – ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
In accordance with our fifth amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “

#### Charter
”), the Board is divided into three classes with staggered terms. The Board presently has eight members. There are three Class I directors whose term of office expires at the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders: Graham van’t Hoff, Duncan Palmer and Johnny Dossey. There are two Class II directors whose term of office expires at the Annual Meeting: Curtis Hébert, Jr. and Ron Hulme. There are three Class III directors whose term of office expires at the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders: Dail St.