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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · ClearSign Technologies Corp (CLIR)

ClearSign Appoints Larry Saddler, Former ExxonMobil Executive, to Board of Directors

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 leadership Written later

ClearSign Technologies appointed Larry M. Saddler, age 76, as a director effective August 6, 2026, filling the board's one vacant seat. Saddler retired from ExxonMobil in February 2021 after more than 40 years of engineering and technology roles there.

Key points

  • Effective date of appointment: August 6, 2026; fills the one vacant directorship on a five-seat board
  • Director pay: $60,000 annual cash compensation plus non-statutory stock options with a $40,000 annual fair market value
  • Company agreed to make cash Make-Whole Payments for certain unvested RSUs from his prior employer that are forfeited or cancelled
  • Announced in a press release dated August 11, 2026 (Exhibit 99.1)

The filing

CompanyClearSign Technologies Corp (CLIR)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECAug 11, 2026, 7:45 AM ET
Accession number0001104659-26-093758

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 9, 2026, 10:08 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on August 11, 2026.

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