Company: VGASW
Filing Date: 2025-01-06
Form Type: DEF 14C
Source: 0001213900-25-000941
Chunk: 33

Company: Verde Clean Fuels, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-01-06
Form: DEF 14C
Chunk 33
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). (b) “ Beneficially Own ” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. (c) “ Chairperson ” means the chairman of the Board. (d) “ Class C LLC Unit ” means a unit of Verde Clean Fuels OpCo, LLC designated as a Class C Unit pursuant to the OpCo LLC Agreement. (e) “ control ” (including the terms “ controlling ” and “ controlled ”), with respect to the relationship between or among two or more Persons, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the affairs or management of such subject Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee or executor, by contract or otherwise. (f) “ Cottonmouth ” means Cottonmouth Ventures LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or any successor thereto. (g) “ Cottonmouth Stockholders ” means Cottonmouth and its Permitted Transferees, provided, and for so long as, such Permitted Transferee remains an Affiliate of Diamondback following such transfer and is an Affiliate of Diamondback as of the relevant time of each determined date for purposes of Articles V and VIII. (h) “ Diamondback ” means Diamondback Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation. (i) “ OpCo ” means Verde Clean Fuels OpCo, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or any successor thereto. (j) “ OpCo LLC Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Verde Clean Fuels OpCo, LLC dated as of February 15, 2023, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified, from time to time. Annex A-11 (k) “ Permitted Transferee ” means any Person to whom a Cottonmouth Stockholder transfers any Common Stock that, at the time of such transfer, is an Affiliate of a Cottonmouth Stockholder. (l) “ Person ” means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity. [Remainder of page intentionally left blank.] Annex A-12

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been duly executed by a duly authorized officer of the Corporation on this ___ day of January, 2025.

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