Company: VGASW
Filing Date: 2025-01-06
Form Type: DEF 14C
Source: 0001213900-25-000941
Chunk: 23

Company: Verde Clean Fuels, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-01-06
Form: DEF 14C
Chunk 23
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 until his or her term expires at the next applicable annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation or until his earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office (in accordance with this Certificate of Incorporation). In the event such Cottonmouth Director resigns, is removed or is not renominated for election (due to the Cottonmouth Stockholders ceasing to have the right to designate a Cottonmouth Designee pursuant to Section 5.1(b) ) in accordance with this Section 5.2(b) , the Directors remaining in office shall be entitled to decrease the size of the Board to eliminate such vacancy. Section 5.3 Failure to Designate a Board Member . In the absence of any designation by the Cottonmouth Stockholders pursuant to Section 5.1(b) , the Cottonmouth Director then serving on the Board shall be deemed to be designated pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation if such individual is still willing to serve in such capacity and satisfies all applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.1 . Section 5.4 Resignations and Removal of Directors . (a) Any Director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Board, the Chairperson or the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect upon delivery, unless the resignation specifies a later effective date or time or an effective date or time determined upon the happening of an event or events. Unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. (b) Prior to the Trigger Date and subject to the special rights of the holders of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock to elect Directors, the Board or any individual Director may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of voting stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at an election of Directors, and following the Trigger Date, any Director, or the entire Board, may be removed, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the voting power of the stock outstanding and entitled to vote thereon; provided , however , that in each case, whenever the holders of any class or series are entitled to elect one or more Directors pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Directors), with respect to the removal without cause of a Director or Directors so elected, the vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of that class or series and