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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1934, as amended (“

#### Exchange Act
”). Our Board has determined that Mr. Palmer, as a member of our Audit Committee, qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as such term is defined in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K and possesses financial sophistication, as defined under the Nasdaq Listing Rules and as set forth in his biography in the section entitled “ Information Regarding Director Nominees and Continuing Directors ” above.

#### Audit Committee Report
The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed with management the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. The Audit Committee has discussed with Deloitte, our independent registered public accounting firm, the matters required to be discussed under the rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“

#### PCAOB
”) and the SEC. The Audit Committee has also received the written disclosures and the letter from Deloitte required by the applicable PCAOB requirements for the independent accountant communications with audit committees concerning auditor independence, and has discussed the independence of Deloitte with that firm. Based on the foregoing, the Audit Committee has recommended to the

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Board that the audited financial statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 for filing with the SEC.

Respectfully submitted by the Members of the Audit Committee:

Duncan Palmer, Chair

Dail St. Claire

Curtis Hébert, Jr.

#### Compensation Committee
Our Compensation Committee is responsible for, among other things: (i) reviewing key employee compensation goals, policies, plans and programs; (ii) reviewing, and recommending to the Board for approval, the compensation for the Company’s directors and Chief Executive Officer, and recommending and approving the compensation for the Company’s other executive officers; (iii) reviewing and making recommendations to the Board regarding employment agreements and other similar arrangements between the Company and the Company’s executive officers; and (iv) administering the Company’s stock plans and other incentive compensation plans. The Compensation Committee may delegate its authority to one or more subcommittees, consisting of one or more of its members, when the Compensation Committee deems it appropriate to carry out its responsibilities.

Messrs. Hulme, van’t Hoff and Siegler are members of the Compensation Committee, with Mr. van’t Hoff serving as Chairperson. Messrs. Hulme and van’t Hoff qualify as independent directors according to the rules and regulations of